Lot 786-861 - Stamps and letters of Russia

letter weighing 4 1/2 lots was sent on January 27, 1858 (Julian calendar) from Bialystok to Warsaw (February 10) (Gregorian calendar). Franking with 5 stamps No. 1 of Russia. Ex - Mertenz collection (sale in 1907) - A. Faberge (sale at Harmer auction in 1940, lot 150) -... - Z. Mikulsky (lot 168, auction in 2006). UNIKUM of Russian and Polish philately. Illustration from Guido Craveri's book 'CENSUS OF THE 1857 10- KOPECK IMPERFORATE STAMP OF RUSSIA', PAGE. 366 Certificate of Z. Mikulsky

Exhibition collection sheet. The letter was sent on 10.04.1858 from Kazan to Moscow Illustration from Guido Craveri's book 'CENSUS OF THE 1857 10- KOPECK IMPERFORATE STAMP OF RUSSIA', PAGE. 81 Rare postage Certificate M. Dobin

The only one known with this type of quenching. Certificate of N. Mandrovsky. An excellent showpiece.

registered letter was sent on February 12, 1874 from Moscow to Astrakhan (February 18), from there it was sent back to Moscow (February 22) (a handwritten note on the back of the envelope about sending it to the sender). A postal worker's handwritten note that 2 stamps accidentally fell off? surcharge of 20 kopecks. The only known stamp of the additional payment is 20 kopecks UNIKUM The letter was published in the Almanac 'Postal items and postal history, 2010, No. 10.'

Fragment of a sheet of 12 stamps, certificate, rarity

Certificate

The international letter was sent on August 23, 1872 from the mail car No. 19-20 (Kharkov-Rostov-on-Don), through Kharkov (rare cancellation - Kharkov P.O. Kharkov-Odessk Railway) (08.25) and Odessa (08.26) to Tripoli ( Greece) (30.08. - new style). Franking with a pair of stamps of Russia No. 20 and 2 stamps of Greece. Exhibition collection sheet.

sent on February 19, 1699 from Moscow to Orlov (March 14). Delivered by Korotoyatsk villager Zot Anisimov. Letter on two pages, translation from Old Slavonic is attached.

cat. 44,000 rubles, N. Mandrovskiy's certificate. Rarity

rare photo postcard (types of the Russian army and employees of the Russian Consulate in Tabriz), sent on September 19, 1916 by Russian mail from Tabriz to Kislovodsk. Probably the only known open letter with a photograph of the employees of the Russian Consulate in Tabriz and sent by Russian mail from there. Rarity

The international letter was sent on November 8, 1879 from the mail car No. 1-2 (Moscow - St. Petersburg) to London. Beautiful exhibition letter with very rare franking

fragments of sheets, 55 stamps x 500 rubles = 27,500 rubles (for a single stamp, but here you get a lot of quarter blocks)

A registered letter (with a beautiful franking) was accepted in Moscow on February 1, 1913 by an AUTOMATIC MACHINE for sending to Germany. Ex - Ratner

return receipt for a local city postal item with a tariff of 5 kopecks went through the mail in Kyiv on February 1, 1903. Ex - Ratner, one of 2 known

A registered letter was sent through a machine in Petrograd on September 16, 1916 to Revel. Beautiful franking Ex - Ratner. The stamp was used for a very short time.

registered letter was sent on 09/14/1893 from PV No. 49 (Gapsal - St. Petersburg) to Thessaloniki (Turkey). Transit stamps

Rare custom label of Kyiv

A registered letter was sent via AUTOMATIC in St. Petersburg (27.12.1913) to Germany. Rarity. Ex - Ratner

The registered letter was accepted in the machine on November 27, 1913 in Moscow and sent to Germany. Franked with the stamp of the Romanov series Rectangular stamp - 'Accepted by machine'