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Harry von Hofmann - Amazon Web Services
Harry von Hofmann:
‚Postgeschichte Russland‘ und ‚Russland - Recommandirt bis 1918‘
Russian Postal History and Imperial Registered Mail to 1918
Harry von Hofmann ist Redakteur und Verleger,
war BPP-Prüfer und vormals Leiter der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Lettland, sowohl Aussteller, Juror,
Kommissar, Ausstellungsleiter und – mit ganzem
Herzen – Sammler!
Er erhielt national und international alle nur erdenklichen Auszeichnungen in der Philatelie. An
dieser Stelle seien lediglich die Verdienstnadel des
BDPh in Gold, die Richard-Renner Medaille des
BDPh für beispielhaftes Wirken für die Deutsche
Philatelie und die Zeichnung der Roll of Distinguished Philatelists – ein absolutes Highlight im
philatelistischen Lebens selbst gestandener Persönlichkeiten - genannt.
Harry von Hofmann is editor
and publisher, he was certifier for the BPP as well as
president of the Study Group
Latvia. He is exhibitor, judge,
commissioner, orginizer for
exhibits and a full hearted
stamp collector.
He has received all national and international philatelic rewards possible. Here we should mention the Medal of honor in gold of the BDPh, the
Richard-Renner Medal of the BDPh for his outstanding work for German Philately as well as his
signing of the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists one of the great highlights of his philatelic life.
Harry von Hofmann hat sich seit jeher mit der
Philatelie insbesondere Lettlands, Estlands, Litauens aber auch Russlands eingehend beschäftigt,
sowohl literarisch als auch als aktiver Sammler.
Sein ganz besonderes Interesse galt bei all seinen
Aktivitäten der Postgeschichte dieser Gebiete.
Harry von Hofmann has always been engaged in
philately, especially in the areas of Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia and Russia as an active collector as well
as an author and researcher. Of all these areas,
postal history was his main interest.
Wir schätzen uns glücklich, in dieser Auktion seine Sammlungsteile Postgeschichte Russland und
Russland - Recommandirt (beide Sammlungen
mehrfach national und international ausgezeichnet) und Litauen anbieten zu dürfen.
We are pleased to offer in this auction his collections Russian Postal History and Imperial Registered Mail (both have been awarded nationally
and internationally many times) as well as the
collection Lithuania.
Wiesbaden im September 2014
Wiesbaden, September 2014
Dieter Michelson
Geschäftsführer
Michael Hilbertz
Chef-Philatelist
Harry von Hofmann: Russian Postal History and Imperial Registered Mail to 1918
45
Pre-Philatelic Mail
St. Petersburg / Moscow see also lots 1321-1332
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1810/1863, Pre-philatelic (Vorphila) cancellations from all Russia, excluding St Petersburg and
Moscow, on 27 covers and cards, including early postal stationery envelopes.We note fine examples from Dimitrov, Kavkask (Stavropol), Kazan, Krasnojarsk, Pskov, Tambov and Tula among
(Photo = 1 www)
others adding up to a valuable assembly of difficult to find material
1246
6
1247
6
1792/1857 MOSCOW: Fine collection of early Moscow cancellations with 20 covers or entire
letters including notable 1809 Cyrillic MOSKVA in red, 1836 red MOSCOU, 1839 red MOSKOU, the majority of strikes are good to fine and much better than often found for Moscow
(Photo = 1 www)
900
1248
6
1775/1861 ST PETERSBURG: The splendid collection of mostly pre-philatelic cancellations
of St Petersburg and its environs comprising 32 covers or entire letters, including one from
1775 and one from 1784. Generally good to fine strikes throughout and an excellent basis for
(Photo = 1 www)
expansion
600
1249
6
1807/1862 BELARUS: Fine group of 9 covers including early postal stationery envelopes from
towns in the Belarussian area with notable 1807 MOSIR, 1810 NESVIZH, 1819 VITEBSK and
(Photo = 1 www)
overall generally fine and scarce material
450
1830/1867 UKRAINE: Mostly Pre-philatelic (Vorphila) cancellations on covers and entire letters from places mostly in modern-day Ukraine with excellent representation of early Kiev,
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Podolia, Zhitomir and Katerynoslav, in total 34 items
650
1805/1869 LITHUANIA: An excellent collection of mainly pre-philatelic mail in one album
starting with notable GRODNO of 1805, VILNIUS of 1807 and including also cancellations of
(Photo = 1 www)
smaller towns, a total of 33 items including some early postal stationeries
650
1250
1251
6
6
1000
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Registered Mail until 1900
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1252
6
1849 ESTONIA: Attractive large format cover sent to Württemberg with boxed REVAL despatch
cancel and Registry number „2“ top left, identifying this as an early example of registered mail,
confirmed by the boxed „Recommandirt“ cachets in red. One private and one post office seal
on reverse along with rate markings. An exceptionally interesting item illustrated in Harry von
Hofmann´s Zakaznoe - Recommandirt at page 15
1253
6
1832/1872 REGISTERED MAIL: The important collection of Early Registered Mail comprising
12 letters and covers and 3 early postal documents, written up on album pages with several
items illustrated in Harry von Hofmann´s Zakaznoe - Recommandirt between pages 16 - 20
1254
6
250
(Photo = 1 www)
900
1866/1876 REKOMENDOVANO: The important collection of REKOMENDOVANO mail
comprising just 6 items of which 4 are illustrated in Harry von Hofmann´s Zakaznoe - Recom(Photo = 1 www)
mandirt pages 23 - 26
600
1500
1255
6
1872/1878 FIRST UPU TARIFF PERIOD: A collection of Registered covers, chosen for their
quality, and illustrating Inland and Foreign mail in this period. The 16 covers include 10, 20 and
30 kop uprated postal stationery envelopes and in addition 5 three-colour frankings. Tariffs
illustrated range from 20 kop to 95 kop and three items are shown in Harry von Hofmann´s
(Photo = 1 www)
Zakaznoe - Recommandirt between pages 30 - 33
1256
6
1875/1915 REGISTERED MAIL: A selected group of 15 covers to which additional Registration labels have been added during transit or at the destination, 12 are from Germany, one Belgium, one Great Britain and one remarkable item with labels of both the USA and Chile, this
one illustrated with others in Harry von Hofmann´s Zakaznoe - Recommandirt pages 43 to 48
(Photo = 1 www)
600
1257
6
1879/1884 SECOND UPU TARIFF PERIOD: A selected group of 15 Registered covers and
one Avis de Reception, illustrating tariffs between 10 kop (Local Registered Rate) and 28 kop.
Five covers are uprated stationery envelopes including 20 kopeck with value at left - just one
(Photo = 1 www)
item in a very fine postal history group
700
1258
6
1882/1907 REGISTERED MAIL: A collection in one album with 68 covers showing dotted „R“
cachets with a remarkable range of origins, foreign destinations and frankings (Photo = 1 www)
750
1259
6
1883/1895, An album of inland Registered mail with 36 covers, many postal stationeries or upra(Photo = 1 www)
ted stationeries, varied and interesting material from many Guberniyas
300
1260
6
1884/1899 ST PETERSBURG: The extensive collection of early St Petersburg rubber cachets
(Gummistempel) for registration comprising 21 covers, and in addition 17 fine covers and
cards with the first pink (rose) R - labels for St Petersburg, these forming a very colourful
group of both inland and foreign mail with destinations including Indo - China and Japan, overall
a very attractive assembly with several items illustrated in Harry von Hofmann´s Zakaznoe (Photo = 1 www)
Recommandirt pages 38 - 42 and 49 - 54
750
Harry von Hofmann: Russian Postal History and Imperial Registered Mail to 1918
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White Labels used in 1899
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1261
1262
Mi.-Nr.
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6
6
ESTONIA: Registered cover sent to St Petersburg from Silamäggi in Estland Guberniya with provisional white registration label of SILLAMÄGI, a very scare and attractive item
150
Registered commercial cover to Frankfurt sent from Reval with scarce provisional white Registration label of REVEL Zh D, Reval Railway station, an attractive usage
100
Harry von Hofmann: Russian Postal History and Imperial Registered Mail to 1918
48
Los-Nr
1263
1264
Mi.-Nr.
Ausruf
6
6
Cover
to
Germany
with
provisional
white
registration
lable
of
KUPISCHKI (Kovno Guberniya), franked to 20 kop on reverse with clear receiver cancel of
FRANKENTHAL
100
Cover addressed to Sweden with YSTAD receiver on reverse sent from Odessa with provisional
white registration label of Odessa telegraph office accompanied by a weak strike of the telegraph
office cancellation, the franking with 2 x 10 kop stamps on the reverse
100
Harry von Hofmann: Russian Postal History and Imperial Registered Mail to 1918
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Mi.-Nr.
49
Ausruf
1265
6
1266
6
The extraordinary collection of 1899 Provisional White Registration labels on 49 covers and
cards from all Russia, representing a lifetime´s assembly of this scarce material among which
we note covers from Archangel, Odessa Voksal, Sima and Verkhne - Troitsk and with other examples illustrated in Harry von Hofmann´s Zakaznoe - Recommandirt pages 55 - 68
(Photo = 1 www)
3500
BALTICS: group of 10 provisional Registration labels and cachets from Riga (including Riga Zh
D), Libau and Mitau, an interesting and scarce group of covers some illustrated in Harry von
(Photo = 1 www)
Hofmann´s Zakaznoe - Recommandirt between pages 56 and 60
500
Street Scene in Tiflis
ca. 1900
1267
6
1899/1900 GEORGIA: Two covers illustrating that the earliest Registration labels for Georgia
were perforated and coloured lilac (rather than white), the cover from Tiflis (which is somehat
toned) also notable for the destination Buenos Aires with one unclear transit cancel on the
reverse - this cover is illustrated in Harry von Hofmann´s Zakaznoe - Recommandirt page 61
150
Harry von Hofmann: Russian Postal History and Imperial Registered Mail to 1918
50
Registered Mail starting 1900
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1268
1269
Mi.-Nr.
Ausruf
6
6
1907, Cover registered to St Petersburg, franking on reverse, with clear cancellation and corresponding Registration label of KAZAN BOURSE, very rarely seen
100
1909 ARMENIA: Registered cover sent to St Petersburg from Kars, with inland registration label
of KARS tied by the Kars datestamp, franked on the reverse 2 x 7 kop and with St Petersburg
receiver cancel
100
Harry von Hofmann: Russian Postal History and Imperial Registered Mail to 1918
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1270
Mi.-Nr.
51
Ausruf
6
1891/1916, The collection of Registered Mail sent from Telegraph Offices other than St Petersburg and Moscow with strong representation of Riga, Kiev and Odessa, a total of 21 covers and
cards several of which are illustrated in Harry von Hofmann´s Zakaznoe - Recommandirt bet(Photo = 1 www)
ween pages 157 - 166
400
1271
6
1901/1917,The splendid three volume collection of Registered mail in the final Imperial period,
with one volume devoted to St Petersburg and Moscow and two to all Russia, in total over 250
selected covers and cards in good to fine condition with very diverse origins and destinations,
frankings and cancellations. A great opportunity to acquire in one Lot a large section of the
(Photo = 1 www)
Harry von Hofmann collection assembled over many years
2500
1272
6
1908/1917,The written up collection of 27 covers illustrating Registration labels in use in the later
Tsarist period with notable examples from Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk and Kishinev with several illustrated in Harry von Hofmann´s Zakaznoe - Recommandirt between pages 85 - 92 (Photo = 1 www)
350
1273
6
1912/1917,The remarkable assembly of Numbering Machine (Numerator Stempel) Registration cachets, with 50 covers including Romanov and War Charity frankings and censor cachets,
a visually appealing collection with several items illustrated in Harry von Hofmann´s Zakaznoe
(Photo = 1 www)
- Recommandirt at pages 106 - 117
1000
1917/1935, Accumulation of registered mail and other items used after the Bolshevik Revolution including mail abroad, a total of 27 items with several illustrated in Harry von Hofmann´s
(Photo = 1 www)
Zakaznoe - Recommandirt pages 306 - 315
600
1909/1918 DOUBLE REGISTRATION LABELLING: An interesting collection of 20 covers with
combined use of Inland (Cyrillic) and Foreign (French) Registration labels with notable examples
from Khabarovsk (3), Vladivostok (3) and Rostov on Don (3) with several illustrated in Harry von
(Photo = 1 www)
Hofmann´s Zakaznoe - Recommandirt between pages 93 - 100
300
1274
6
1275
6
Machine Registration
1276
6
1912, Cover from St Petersburg to Bavaria (transits and receiver on reverse) with Cyrillic machine registration mark of St Petersburg (inverted) and dotted R to indicate the International
destination, illustrated in Harry von Hofmann´s Zakaznoe - Recommandirt page 232
150
52
1277 / € 180
1278 / € 150
1280 / € 80
1281 / € 150
1283 / € 150
1284 / € 150
1285 / € 150
1288 / € 150
Harry von Hofmann: Russian Postal History and Imperial Registered Mail to 1918
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1277
1278
Mi.-Nr.
53
Ausruf
6
6
1913, Cover, somewhat creased, sent from Moscow to Stockholm with clear Moscow machine
registration mark (sideways) and also a clear violet cachet indicating that the letter has been
handled by the Automat, illustrated in Harry von Hofmann´s Zakaznoe - Recommandirt page
(Photo = 1 52)
229
180
1913, Pre-printed commercial cover sent from Moscow to Zürich with smudged Moscow machine registration mark and also a violet cachet to right of cover indicating that the letter has been
(Photo = 1 52)
handled by the Automat
150
Court House in Riga
ca. 1910
1279
6
1280
6
1281
6
1913, Cover from Riga to Switzerland with International Registration label of RIGA GARE and
in addition Cyrillic machine registration mark of RIGA VOKSAL (inverted), all on front of cover
200
1913, Picture postcard from Riga to Germany with International registration label of RIGA GARE
on address side and Cyrillic machine registration mark of RIGA VOKSAL on picture side
(Photo = 1 52)
80
1913, Commercial cover (Chemical Factory cachet on reverse) using 20 kop Romanov stationery
envelope sent from St Petersburg to Heidelberg with clear strike (inverted) of St Petersburg 3
(Photo = 1 52)
machine registration mark, an attractive item
150
Harry von Hofmann: Russian Postal History and Imperial Registered Mail to 1918
54
St. Petersburg Vitebsk
Railway Station ca. 1910
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1913, Cover from St Petersburg Vitebsk Railway Station to Kazan with clear strike St Petersburg
H.B. (Hauptbahnhof) machine registration, on the reverse Cyrillic cachet indicating that the letter
was Handled by Automat, a very fine item illustrated in Harry von Hofmann´s Zakaznoe - Recommandirt pages 240 - 241
200
1913, Uprated Romanov 20 kop postal stationery envelope sent from St Petersburg to Frankfurt
with St Petersburg machine registraton mark overlapping the 3 kop Romanov adhesives on the
(Photo = 1 52)
reverse, a colourful item
150
1284
6
1913, Attractive commercial cover, central crease, from St Petersburg to Germany, on the reverse
a clear strike of St Petersburg 4 machine registration mark, illustrated in Harry von Hofmann´ s
(Photo = 1 52)
Zakaznoe Recommandirt pages 234 - 235
150
1285
6
1913, Cover from St Petersburg Warsaw Railway Station to Lublin, franked on reverse with receiver cancel and also readable strike of Machine Registration mark which just touches the stamps
(Photo = 1 52)
illustrating that these were applied first in the Machine registration procedure
150
1282
6
1283
6
Harry von Hofmann: Russian Postal History and Imperial Registered Mail to 1918
55
St. Petersburg Nicholas
Railway Station
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1286
1287
ex 1286
Mi.-Nr.
6
6
Ausruf
1913/1915,Three larger format items with red machine Registration of Mogilev, St Petersburg and
St Petersburg Nicholas railway station (this item illustrated in Harry von Hofmann´s Zakaznoe Recommandirt page 242)
400
1914, Cover from Mogilev to Switzerland, franked on reverse with fine strike Mogilev machine
registration mark overlapping the stamps and also part strike of violet cachet indicating that the
letter has been handled by the Automat.
180
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Mi.-Nr.
Ausruf
1288
6
1914 Cover from Saratov to Amsterdam, franking on front, with exceptionally fine and clear Sa(Photo = 1 52)
ratov Registration Machine mark on reverse
150
1289
6
1914 Cover from St Petersburg Warsaw Railway Station to Riga, attractively franked and with
(Photo = 1 58)
weak strike of Machine registration mark at top left
120
1915, Censored cover from Minsk to Denmark, folded over with censor seal, with both Minsk
registration machine mark overlapping the 14 kop Romanov stamp and an international Registration label for Minsk, a colourful cover from a scarce Automat
200
1915, Censored cover from Mogilev to New York with fine strike of Mogilev machine registration
mark on front, and receiver cancels on reverse
200
1290
1291
6
6
We are now taking consignments for the International Stamp Exhibit in London
Consignment deadline: January 16, 2015
Harry von Hofmann: Russian Postal History and Imperial Registered Mail to 1918
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Mi.-Nr.
57
Ausruf
1292
6
1915 Censored cover from Vilnius to Switzerland, wax seal and franking on reverse, with Regis(Photo = 1 58)
tration Machine mark of Vilnius Centre (in French) top left
120
1293
6
1915 Censored cover from Vilnius to Switzerland, wax seal and 20 kop franking on reverse, top
left on front is the Registration Machine mark of Vilnius Railway Station (in French) (Photo = 1 58)
120
1294
6
1915 Cover from Mogilev to Petrograd with three-colour War Charity franking on reverse and
on front clear strike of Mogilev machine registration mark (inverted), illustrated in Harry von
(Photo = 1 58)
Hofmann´s Zakaznoe - Recommandirt page 228
150
1295
6
1915 Cover from Petrograd to Yalta, some water damage, colourful franking with on the reverse
fair strike of St Petersburg 2 machine registration mark illustrated in Harry von Hofmann´s Za(Photo = 1 58)
kaznoe - Recommandirt page 233
80
View of Essentuki
1296
6
1916, Cover from Essentuki to Petrograd with very rare strike of the Essentuki machine registration mark
200
1297
6
1916, Censored cover from Petrograd to Copenhagen (receiver cancel on reverse) with machine
(Photo = 1 58)
registration mark of Petrograd (inverted) on front of cover
150
1298
6
1916, Censored cover, some creasing, with wax seal and adhesives on reverse sent from Petrograd to the London stamp dealers Bridger and Kay with weak strike (inverted) of Petrograd
(Photo = 1 58)
machine registration mark
100
1299
6
1917, Cover from Kislovodsk to Holland, with both Russian and British censorship and Dutch arrival cancellation, with legible strike of the exceptionally rare Kislovodsk machine registration
(Photo = 1 58)
mark, inverted and in violet at bottom of cover front, a desirable item
250
58
1289 / € 120
1292 / € 120
1294 / € 150
1293 / € 120
1295 / € 80
1298 / € 100
1297 / € 150
1299 / € 250
Harry von Hofmann: Russian Postal History and Imperial Registered Mail to 1918
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Mi.-Nr.
59
Ausruf
1300
6
1301
6
1917, Stationery card uprated and Registered from Saratov to Rotterdam with very clear strike
of the Saratov machine registration mark, illustrated in Harry von Hofmann´s Zakaznoe - Recommandirt page 231 and the only example of a machine mark on a postcard illustrated in his book
200
1917, Censored cover from Saratov to Helsinki (receiver cancellations on reverse) with overinked use of Saratov machine registration mark on front (inverted in relation to the address and
(Photo = 1 64)
franking)
80
Imperial Postal History (sorted by date)
1302
1303
2
6
6
1858, Entire letter from St Petersburg franked 10 kopeck with splendid arrival cancellation of
SARATOV POLUCHENO on the front and no markings on the reverse a great item to display
200
1872, Formular card with unclear cancellations but the 5 kopeck stamp on Vertically laid paper,
(Photo = 1 64)
slight age toning at top
80
Harry von Hofmann: Russian Postal History and Imperial Registered Mail to 1918
60
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Mi.-Nr.
Ausruf
1304
6
1827/1866 ODESSA: Collection of 17 entire letters and covers with Odessa Cancellations on
mail going abroad except for one cover to Taganrog franked with two-margin copy of Russia # 1
(Photo = 1 www)
450
1305
6
1837/1917, A striking accumulation of Receipts, Advice of Delivery, Re-Address (Spravka) and
Return labels and cachets, an interesting lot deserving of further study and expansion, 18 items
excluding a quantity of small receipt slips with several items illustrated in Harry von Hofmann´s
(Photo = 1 www)
Zakaznoe - Recommandirt
350
1306
6
1850s/1860s DOTTED NUMERALS: A very fine collection of dotted numeral cancellations on
33 covers and early postal stationery envelopes, together with some loose stamps. There are
many scarce cancels present and we note 52 (Boldino), 191 (Djukowo), 244 (Tim), 229 (Smilovitschi), 334 (Zlatoustovskaja) 400 in manuscript (Michailov), 831 in blue (Mena), a great Lot.
(Photo = 1 www)
2000
1307
3/6
1850s/1860s DOTTED NUMERAL CANCELLATIONS: Small collection mostly on Russia # 5
with four loose stamps and 5 covers with clear strikes of 5 (Vilnius), 9 (Tauroggen), 19 (Kovno)
(Photo = 1 www)
and 240 (Polangen), a nice lot
250
1308
6
1858/1879 STANITSAS: Collection of Straight Line „Stanitsa“ cancellations on 14 covers and
(Photo = 1 www)
cards showing generally good strikes of these difficult cancellations
400
1309
6
1865/1917 POSTAGE DUE AND RE-DIRECTION: An interesting group on album pages comprising Postage Due markings (9 items) and SPRAVKA and other labels applied by the post office
(9 items) and including notably an 1865 printed SPRAVKA of St Petersburg (no longer attached
(Photo = 1 www)
to a postal item)
250
1310
6
1870/1915 LITHUANIA: An extensive collection in two albums with over 230 covers and
cards with an excellent range of cancellation from the Lithuanian area including Registered,
Railway, Money Letters and Money Transfers, an invaluable study of the postal history of this
area
(Photo = 1 www)
1200
1878, Postal Stationery card of 5 kopecks issued in 1872 for inter-city mail used at TARUTINO (Bessarabia) in 1878 but locally revalued to the new tariff of 4 kopecks with a handstamp
applied at the top of the card in violet ink. One of two recorded examples of this handstamp,
the other (recorded by Jack Moyes) also used within Bessarabia and suggesting that the revaluation may have been carried out by the Kishinev Post and Telegraph office.
1000
Weekly market in Tarutino
1311
P2
6
Harry von Hofmann: Russian Postal History and Imperial Registered Mail to 1918
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1312
1313
1314
1315
Mi.-Nr.
61
Ausruf
6
6
6
6
1885/1916 „FROM THE MAILBOX“ (Aus dem Briefkasten): A splendid written up collection of
17 covers from St Petersburg and Moscow, posted in the mailbox but franked for registration.
A wide range of cachets are identified and described and several are illustrated in Harry von
(Photo = 1 www)
Hofmann´s Zakaznoe - Recommandirt, pages 138 to 147)
450
1886/1917, Mixed group of 15 covers and cards including examples of temporary Cancellations,
Exhibition cancels, „Hotel Bristol“, Nizhni-Novgorod Yarmarka - in general, a valuable and in(Photo = 1 www)
teresting group
300
1902/1917 PRIVATE REGISTRY (Selbstbucher): A remarkable collection showing the use in
Russia of Private Registry Books, a generally unknown area of Russian postal history.The group
comprises 12 covers, all sent from St Petersburg or Moscow except for two from Pskov and
Machinovka, the whole written up with extensive notes and the subject of a separate section
(Photo = 1 www)
in Harry von Hofmann´s Zakaznoe - Recommandirt pages 199 - 216
600
1908 MAIL FACILITIES IN COMMERCIAL PREMISES (Hilfpoststellen): Registered cover to Germany, franked on the reverse to 30 kopecks, and with the Cyrillic Registration label of the Paslawski Pharmacy, a great item, possibly unique, and illustrated in Harry von Hofmann´s Zakaznoe
- Recommandirt page 169
250
If you cannot participate in our auction in person-bid live online
at www.heinrich-koehler.de
Harry von Hofmann: Russian Postal History and Imperial Registered Mail to 1918
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View of Vilna ca. 1910
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1316
6
1317
6
1318
6
1319
6
1320
6
1910 MAIL FACILITIES IN COMMERCIAL PREMISES (Hilfpoststellen): Registered cover sent to
London, uprated postal stationery envelope, cancelled and with the International Registration
label of VILNA DROGUERIE I: R: CHAMBEDAL, an extraordinary and possibly unique item
250
1910/1916 VOLOST MAIL: A group of 17 covers and cards with VOLOST PRAVLENIE cancellations, generally scarce material including one rare parcel card with a Volost Pr. label. (Photo = 1 www)
200
1911/1914 COURT SUMMONSES (Zustellurkunde): A collection of 8 items, of which 4 have
For The Postman delivery stamps, originating from Vitebsk, Ekaterinodar, Radin, Moscow, Biela,
Parchev and Sedlitz and several illustrated in Harry von Hofmann´s Zakaznoe - Recommandirt
(Photo = 1 www)
pages 130 to 137
450
1911/1915 CASH ON DELIVERY: A group of Cash on Delivery cards and covers, six with
green labels and one with green Enumerator handstamp of Moscow, all are very scarce and
3 are illustrated in Harry von Hofmann´s Zakaznoe - Recommandirt pages 283 - 285. Also
included in this Lot are a further 10 items showing rubber registration handstamps, auxiliary
markings and other unusual material, several of which are also illustrated in von Hofmann
(Photo = 1 www)
500
1913, Ordinary letter to St Petersburg with clear strikes of the scarce cancellation of PARATSKII
(Photo = 1 64)
ZAVOD KAZ
80
St. Petersburg & Moscow Postal History
1321
1322
6
6
MOSCOW: 1899/1900, A group of six covers with the earliest Registration labels of Moscow, a
scarce group with both Inland and Foregin mail labels represented and some illustrated in Harry
(Photo = 1 www)
von Hofmann´s Zakaznoe - Recommandirt at pages 63 to 71
250
1889/1917, A very fine collection of Registered mail despatched from Moscow telegraph offices, comprising 27 covers and cards with varied frankings and destinations, an exceptional
group - some illustrated in Harry von Hofmann´s Zakaznoe - Recommandirt pages 155 to 168
(Photo = 1 www)
600
Harry von Hofmann: Russian Postal History and Imperial Registered Mail to 1918
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1323
1324
Mi.-Nr.
63
Ausruf
6
6
ST PETERSBURG: 1765, Cover to Pernau with exceptional straight line ST. PETERSBOVRG at
top left, the reverse of the envelope with contemporary Mss „Johann Nagel St Petersburg 28
Oct 1765“ establishing this as an example of the postal marking in it‘s first year of use
500
1790‘s, Envelope with good strike straight line ST. PETERSBOVRG on front and on reverse completely intact and very clear red wax seal of the Tsar´s household, a very fine item
200
64
1303 / € 80
1301 / € 80
1326 / € 80
1304 / € 80
1339 / € 250
1344 / € 80
1342 / € 200
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View of St. Petersburg
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1873, City Post stationery envelope 113 x 73 mm used locally within St Petersburg with clear
strike of GOROD 7 POCHTA cancel on reverse, a little torn on opening
100
80
1326
6
1884, City Post stationery envelope 139 x 113 mm used locally in St Petersburg, the back flap
(Photo = 1 64)
missing
1327
6
Collections: 1853/1913, A small collection of City Post (Stadtpost) cancellations on 33 covers and
cards including 5 Telegraph Office items and with nice material throughout for the St Petersburg
specialist
1328
6
(Photo = 1 www)
300
1880/1913, An Imperial Post Collection of 42 covers and cards in one album with a very good
section of 12 Railway Station cancellations including interesting 1913 use of Baltic Staton enume(Photo = 1 www)
rator to create a registration label
250
1329
6
1885/1903, A collection in one album of St Petersburg Numeral cancellations on 36 covers and
(Photo = 1 www)
cards, not complete but including Number 13 (2 items), 14 (2) and 31 (1)
200
1330
6
1888/1914, A very fine collection of Registered mail sent from St Petersburg telegraph offices,
comprising 30 covers and cards with a wide range of frankings and destinations with some illus(Photo = 1 www)
trated in Harry von Hofmann´s Zakaznoe - Recommandirt pages 155 to 168
600
1331
6
1899, A collection of 10 covers all with Provisional White registration labels of St Petersburg
Telegraph Offices, in generally good to fine condition and together a remarkable assembly of
scarce material, two are illustrated in Harry von Hofmann´s Zakaznoe - Recommandirt pages
(Photo = 1 www)
159 - 160
850
1332
6
1911/1915, A group of six covers and cards with red re-direction triangles, all well tied by can(Photo = 1 www)
cellations, a nice group
120
Russia in the First World War
1333
6
1334
6
1335
6
1914/1917 MUTE CANCELLATIONS (Stumme Stempel): A very fine collection written up in
one album with 70 covers and cards, nearly all from identified offices and including examples
of registered and foreign mail which contribute to making this a well above average assembly
(Photo = 1 www)
of these interesting cancellations
3000
1914 MUTE CANCELLATIONS (Stumme Stempel): small collection on album pages of 22
covers and cards with identified Mute Cancellations, all from Lithuania with smaller towns
(Photo = 1 www)
represented
600
1914/1917, WORLD WAR ONE collection in one album with over 50 censored covers and cards
(Photo = 1 www)
including one with a well - tied War Charity vignette, a useful and varied lot
150
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66
RAILWAY MAIL
St. Petersburg Warsaw
Railway Station
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6
1337
6
1338
6
1899 RAILWAY MAIL: Commercial cover with company paper seal on reverse, filing crease
through centre of cover, registered to Hamburg with provisional white registration label of St
Petersburg Warsaw Railway Station and corresponding cancellations making this a very desirable
Railway mail item
120
1860/1917 RAILWAY STATIONS (Bahnpost): The magnificent collection in two albums with
130 covers and cards, very varied with much scarce and attractive material from all periods of
(Photo = 1 www)
Russia´s Imperial railway post, a lifetime assembly
2500
1896/1916 RAILWAY REGISTERED MAIL: An assembly of 13 covers illustrating registration on
TPOs and at railway stations with fine items from (for example) Vladivostok, Vitebsk, Rostov and
(Photo = 1 www)
the Warsaw - Minsk railway
250
SHIP MAIL
1339
6
1881/1887, Two postal stationery cards that of 1881 cancelled with ASTRAKHAN - TSARITSYN
„2“ and that of 1887 with TSARITSYN - ASTRAKHAN „1“, very scarce early items, but the 1881
(Photo = 1 64)
card rather toned
250
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1340
Mi.-Nr.
67
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6
1900, Registered cover franked to 42 kopecks all cancelled with BATUM-ODESSA steamship
cancel and the Registration indicated with a rare provisional White Registration label modified
in manuscript to indicate the direction Batum to Odessa rather than Odessa to Batum, St
Petersburg receiver canellations on reverse
750
1341
6
1900, Registered cover, some minor age wear, posted on the Odessa -Batum steamer service,
franked on reverse with 2 x 7 kop cancelled ODESSA - BATUM „4“ and on the front the registration indicated both by mss at top left and by the corresponding provisonal white registration label bottom left, illustrated in Harry von Hofmann´s Zakaznoe - Recommandirt page 179
500
1342
6
1903/1911, Two cards, 1903 picture postcard of Odessa sent to Tulcea, cancellations on stamps
unclear, but with top left seal of the „Bessarabia“ steamship in black and 1911 Tulcea to Focsani
(Photo = 1 64)
with the same seal in violet cancelling the Romanian stamp, a scarce pair
200
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68
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Mi.-Nr.
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1343
6
1904, A remarkable matched pair of Registered covers both addressed to Kislovodsk, one
posted on the Archangelsk - Vardö steamship # 1 and the other on steamship # 2, established
by the text of the cancellations and the Registration labels „I“ and „II“ for the Archangel -Murmansk part of the route. Kislovodsk receiver cancels on reverse of both covers.
2000
1344
6
1911, Picture postcard (Greetings from Blagoveschensk) with cancellation of the Blagoveschensk
(Photo = 1 64)
Stretensk steamship, serial „v“, a scarce river mail cancellation
80
1345
6
Collection: 1836/1914, of North Sea mail on album pages with 28 covers and cards of which 19
are pre - philatelic with Mss. endorsements for Steamer (Dampfschiff) transmission written in
(Photo = 1 www)
English, French and German, a good lot
350
1346
6
1347
6
1348
6
1349
6
1883/1914, A fine group of 28 covers and cards with BATUM - ODESSA and ODESSA - BATUM ship cancellations, together with 1 cover showing a poor strike of the Cherson - Odessa route
(Photo = 1 www)
300
1892/1918, An extensive collection of 38 covers and cards with varied ship cancellations of the
Volga and Volga-Kama routes, several on picture postcards of the river steamers themselves
(Photo = 1 www)
500
1900/1910, Fine group of 10 covers and cards showing cancellations of the Russian Volunteer
Fleet in the Far East and the Russian Asiatic Steamship Co and illustrating several routes with
(Photo = 1 www)
a wide range of markings, generally good to fine
1500
1906/1915, Collection 8 covers and cards with generally very scarce cancellations including
Warde - Archangelsk (3 items), Archangelsk - Kovda ( 3), an unusual opportunity to acquire
(Photo = 1 www)
more than a single item from this area!
700
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ADVERTISING CARDS AND LETTERSHEETS
1355
1350
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Mi.-Nr.
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6
ADVERTISING LETTERSHEETS (Maria Fedorovna) Moscow Issue # 5 uprated and used from
Moscow to Leipzig, fine condition and intact
200
1351
6
1899, Moscow issue # 49 used from Moscow to Vienna, very fine and intact
(Photo = 1 70)
200
1352
6
1899, Moscow issue # 61 used locally at Kalish, a little edge wear but intact
(Photo = 1 70)
150
1353
6
1899, Moscow issue # 109 locally used within St Petersburg, fine and intact but the back sheet
(Photo = 1 70)
without advertisements and lined for writing
150
1354
6
1898, St Petersburg issue # 11 uprated and used from St Petersburg to Hamburg, fine but not
(Photo = 1 70)
intact - half of the lettersheet removed
60
1355
6
1899, St Petersburg issue # 12 uprated and used from Moscow to France, fine and intact, the
writer gives details in French about the nature of these lettersheets saying that this postal curiosity
which he is now sending will in future have value („Je tádresse cette curiosite postale qui aura
plus tard de la valeur“)
200
1356
6
1899, St Petersburg issue # 16 sent to Reval from a TPO, a little worn and not intact with one
(Photo = 1 70)
sheet removed
60
1357
6
1899, St Petersburg issue # 21 used from Riga to Strasbourg, fine but not intact - one sheet
(Photo = 1 70)
removed
60
1358
6
1899, St Petersburg issue # 30 used from Moscow to Frankfurt, a little messy and not intact - one
(Photo = 1 70)
sheet removed
60
70
1351 / € 200
1353 / € 150
1356 / € 60
1358 / € 60
1365 / € 100
1352 / € 150
1354 / € 60
1357 / € 60
1363 / € 150
1366 / € 100
Harry von Hofmann: Russian Postal History and Imperial Registered Mail to 1918
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71
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1359
6
1900, Riga issue # 102 used from Riga , worn but intact and with long letter
150
1360
6
1901, Warsaw issue # 103 uprated and posted on a TPO, addressed to Hamburg, fine and intact
with many Polish language advertisements and a long letter in German
200
1906/1915 ADVERTISING CARDS: A valuable group of 14 postal stationery cards (of which 2
mint) with printed advertising matter; in addition, an illustrated card from the 1910 Ekaterinoslav Exhibition and 2 illustrated Field Post envelopes, together making an excellent lot of very
(Photo = 1 www)
scarce material in generally good to fine condition
1500
1361
(6)
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BREITFUSS CORRESPONDENCE
Friedrich Andreas Breitfuss
1362
1364
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Mi.-Nr.
Ausruf
1362
6
1881, A Registered cover to the stamp dealer Roussin in Paris, addressed in the handwriting of
F. Breitfuss and with an attractive franking including 5 kop City Post stamp, the cover neatly cancelled; unfortunately the back flap (probably with return address) has been torn off.
200
1363
6
1883, Registered letter using an unusual combinatin of 10 kop stationery and pair of 2 kopeck
stamps, addressed to Berlin in the handwriting of F. Breitfuss, confirmed by his own name and
(Photo = 1 70)
address written in Cyrillic on the back flap of the envelope
150
1885, Registered cover, worn and with adhesion to original wax seals on reverse, utilising an 1848
St Petersburg City Post stationery envelope uprated with a pair of 1863 St Petersburg City Post
stamps. On the back is the name and address of F. BREITFUSS in his handwriting but the front of
the envelope is addressed in a different hand; the cover accompanied with detailed 1990 Mikulski
certificate
300
1364
6
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Mi.-Nr.
73
Ausruf
1365
6
1890, A very attractive registered cover addressed to London in the handwriting of F. Breitfuss
with his cachet in violet at bottom left of cover; the letter posted from the Main telegraph office
(Photo = 1 70)
in St Petersburg
100
1366
6
Registered cover to Zürich with receiver cancellation on reverse, addressed in the handwriting of
(Photo = 1 70)
F. Breitfuss, and sent from the St Petersburg main telegraph office
100
1367
6
1895, Registered cover, somewhat creased, sent from the firm of Bruno Saenger (with intact wax
seal on reverse) but addressed to the stamp dealer Rudolf Friedl in the handwriting of F. Breitfuss
(Photo = 1 82)
and registered from the Main telegraph office
100
Russian Post Offices in the Levant
1368
5
1865, Refolded entire letter addressed to Eupatoria franked 6 copies 10 kopeck (Michel # 5) in
two strips of three with fine blue cancellations of KONSTANTINOPOL 23 FEB 1865, no transit
(Photo = 1 82)
or receiver markings
250
1369
6
1887, Registered stationery envelope sent from Odessa and addressed to Bayreuth in Bavaria but
mis-sent to Beirut, oval transit cancels of CONSTANTINOPOL on reverse, along with rare oval
double-framed ROPIT BEIRUT in blue, returned to ODESSA and forwarded on to its intended
(Photo = 1 82)
destination confirmed by BAYREUTH receiver
200
1370
6
1880s/1914, A collection in one album with over 30 items, mostly Levant with notable Beirut,
Jerusalem and Mersina, one cover illustrated in Harry von Hofmann´s Zakaznoe - Recomman(Photo = 1 www)
dirt at page 189
500
6
Russian Poland
1371
6
1857, 10 kop. brown/blue, large margins all around, tied by good strike of round dotted „5“
VILNO to folded letter, somewhat stained, otherwise fine
600
1372
6
1862, Entire letter to St Petersburg sent from Kibarty with bilingual cancel at top right and „282“
ring cancellation on 10 kopeck Russia # 5, just touched by filing crease, St Petersburg receiver
(Photo = 1 82)
on reverse
100
6
1862, Entire letter to St Petersburg sent from Kibarty with bi-lingual cancel top left and 10 kopeck
(Photo = 1 82)
Russia with „282“ ring cancel, St Petersburg receiver on reverse
100
1373
5
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Customs-House in Werballen
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1374
Mi.-Nr.
Ausruf
6
1864, Entire letter with printed business address of Werballen to St Petersburg franked with Poland # 1 apparently cancelled „282“ but with an inverted „2“, adjacent cancellation of KIBARTY ,
St Petersburg receiver cancels front and back, signed Georg Bühler
450
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75
Russian Post Offices in Siberia, China and Manchuria
Los-Nr
1375
1376
Mi.-Nr.
Ausruf
6
6
CHINA: 1901, The very attractive registered cover, slightly reduced at left, sent from PEKIN with
early Registration label to St Petersburg with receiver cancellations on reverse. The cover bears
the wax seal of the Russian Chinese Bank and is notable both for the very scarce registration label
and the fine strikes of the PEKIN cancellations
350
1903, Registered cover to Paris (receiver on reverse) sent from Tientsin with 5 kop stamps
in block of 4 with KITAI overprints, cancelled with typical defective strikes of the Tientsin
canceller, and most notably late use of the large white provisional registration label of Tientsin,
illustrated in Harry von Hofmann´s Zakaznoe - Recommandirt page 186
500
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76
Chefoo from the South East
Los-Nr
1377
1378
Mi.-Nr.
Ausruf
6
6
1907, Imperial newspaper banderole 2 kopecks overprinted KITAI in red, sent from CHIFU to
Saigon, with CHEFOU-CHINE POSTE FRANCAISE cancellation on reverse, a rare usage
300
1907, Registered „Samples No Value“ from SHANGHAI to Austria-Hungary with Cyrillic Shanghai Registration label and international R cachet in violet at top of envelope, on reverse franking
with KITAI adhesives totalling 14 kopecks and receiver cancellation, the long envelope folded back
for display
200
Harry von Hofmann: Russian Postal History and Imperial Registered Mail to 1918
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Mi.-Nr.
1379
1380
77
Ausruf
6
6
1911, Registered cover from CHIFU to Denmark franked 2 x 10 kops KITAI oveprints on 1908
issue wove paper Imperial Arms and showing a nice usage of both internal and international registration labels (the internal label providing the Registry number), receiver cancellation on reverse
250
1900/1918, A fine collection of 38 covers and cards including mail from Hankow, Pekin, Shanghai, Tientsin and Chifu including 6 Registered covers and several colourful frankings, a very
good opportunity to acquire an extensive range of this sought-after material (Photo = 1 www)
3000
MANCHURIA: 1902, Small cover franked 2 x 10 kopecks with inland Registration label of Field
Post Office # 11 and with cancellations front and back of MUKDEN Field Telegraph Office
in the Primaur District, sent to Paris with international R cachet in circle and PARIS receiver,
a very rare item illustrated in Harry von Hofmann´s Zakaznoe - Recommandirt at page 191
500
Chinese Street,
Mukden
1381
6
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Los-Nr
1382
Mi.-Nr.
Ausruf
6
1383
6
1384
6
1903, Registered uprated postal stationery envelope sent from MANCHURIA Railway Post office and addressed to the Kunst and Albers office in Vladivostok, with Cyrillic Registration label
for MANCHURIA Zh D P O, stamps on reverse with fine strikes of the railway station cancellation and a fine POCHTOVI VAGON 261 transit cancellation, a very rare and attractive item
900
1903, Cover to Germany franked 60 kopecks on front with cancellations of Field Post Office #
13 and inland Registration label of INKOY Field and Telegraph Post office, on the reverse an International registration cachet of TIENTSIN and bi-lingual Chinese cancellations for NEWCHANG,
(Photo = 1 82)
roughly opened at right causing damage to two stamps but a rare item
300
1905, Registered cover from Harbin with Registration label of the Harbin Main Field Post Office,
franked on reverse with Field Post cancellations and notable for the scarce paper censor seal
applied to the reverse of the envelope, a fine item from the period of the Russian - Japanese War
(Photo = 1 82)
illustrated in Harry von Hofmann´s Zakaznoe - Recommandirt page 198
250
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79
Arrival of Russian Troops
at a Manchurian Railway Camp 1903
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1385
Mi.-Nr.
Ausruf
6
1903, Registered cover sent through the Chinese Post from Tientsin with Registration cachet
and Chinese adhesives (cancelled TIENTSIN) on reverse, forwarded to Newchang with Chinese receiver and transferred to the Russian Post and re-registered with a Field Post registration
label INKOY POLEVAYAR P T KONTORA and franked with four KITAI overprinted stamps
for transmission to OSNABRÜCK, a rare and most interesting cover illustrated in Harry von
Hofmann´s Zakaznoe - Recommandirt pages 194 - 195
1500
Harry von Hofmann: Russian Postal History and Imperial Registered Mail to 1918
80
Manchurian Postman
Los-Nr
1386
Mi.-Nr.
Ausruf
6
1387
6
1388
6
1903, Registered letter from Tientsin with Chinese Registration cachet on reverse along with
Imperial Chinese stamps cancelled TIENTSIN, thence to Newchang with Chinese NEWCHANG receiver, re-registered there (Newchang = Inkoy) with Mss. R label and sent through
the Field Post with 13th Field Post Office cancellations applied to the five KITAI overprinted
stamps, thence to OSNABRÜCK with Warsaw transit, a rare and fascinating cover illustrated
in Harry von Hofman´s Zakaznoe - Recommndirt pages 192 - 93
1500
1903/1916, An excellent collection of 12 covers and 8 cards with Kharbin, Kharbin Voksal,
Kharbin Pristan, Field Post from the Russian Japanese War and MANCHURIA cancellations, a
valuable lot of scare material which includes 6 registered covers of which one is illustrated in
(Photo = 1 www)
Harry von Hofmann´s Zakaznoe - Recommandirt at page 188
1500
1909/1917 CHINESE EASTERN RAILWAY: A group of 7 covers and cards with TPO cancels
of routes 260 (2 items), 261 (2), 263 (1) and 264 (2), generally good to fine strikes of these
(Photo = 1 www)
scarce routes
500
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81
View of Port Arthur
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1389
Mi.-Nr.
Ausruf
6
1899 LYAO-TUNG LEASEHOLD: Registered cover (some minor creasing) from PORT ARTHUR
to Vienna, SHANGHAI and HONG KONG transits on reverse and WIEN receiver, franked
2 x 10 kop Imperial Arms, and with a spectacular provisional white registration label for PORTARTHUR itself of great rarity and adding greatly to the interest of this most interesting cover
form the SEAGOING STEAMSHIP SERVICE OF CHINESE EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY
1000
1390
6
1902, Registered cover with some creases and age toning from Dalny with Cyrillic Dalny
Registration label, addressed to Tsingtau with TSINGTAU KIAUTSCHOU receiver cancellation on reverse, CHIFU and Field Post transit cancels and five adhesives totalling 32 kopecks
(Photo = 1 82)
each with DALNY cancellation, a rare item
500
1391
6
1898/1904, A collection of 8 cards and one cover from Port Arthur / Dalny with varied frankings
(Photo = 1 www)
and cancellations, one item with Mikulski certificate
450
82
1368 / € 250
1367 / € 100
1372 / € 100
1369 / € 200
1373 / € 100
1383 / € 300
1396 / € 100
1384 / € 250
1390 / € 500
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Church in Sakhalin um 1905
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1392
1393
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Ausruf
6
6
SIBERIA AND FAR EAST: 1906, Registered triple weight commercial cover to St Petersburg
with receiver on reverse, sent from Sakhalin with Registration label of ALEXANDROVSK
(SAKHALIN) and cancellations of P - ALEXANDROV NA SAKHAL; a rare and desirable item
with detailed 1991 Mikulski certificate
500
1914, Remarkable Registered cover to Berlin with both Inland Foreign registration labels of
Sakhalin, the Cyrillic label providing the registry number.The cancellation reads P - ALEXANDROV NA SAKHAL, scarce and attractive item
500
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1394
Mi.-Nr.
Ausruf
6
1899/1917 FAR EAST (AMUR and PRIAMUR): A collection of 18 items with fine examples of
Khabarovsk, Vladivostok, Nikolsk - Ussuryisk cancellations including railway stations, generally
(Photo = 1 www)
fine with good strikes of the cancellations making this a desirable lot.
700
Miscellaneous
1395
0/1
1890/1912, Accumulation mint stamps, mostly in quarter sheets, including horizontally laid 2 kop
(block of 21), 3 kop (21); vertically laid 2 kop (25), 5 kop (25), 4 kop (25); wove paper 5 kop
(Photo = 1 www)
KRED TIP 1910 (25)
150
1396
6
1894 STAMP VARIETIES: Ordinary business letter franked at the reduced rate of 3 kopecks sent
locally withn Warsaw, two of the horizontally laid stamps showing a dramatic and unusual misper(Photo = 1 82)
foration with displacements both horizontally and vertically
100
Grand Duchess
Elizabeth Feodorovna of Russia
1397
6
1899 ROYAL HOUSEHOLD: Seven side autograph letter from Grand Duchess Elizaveta Feodorovna (Princess Ella of Hesse, sister of the Czarina Alexandra) on personal notepaper in original
envelope with crown embossing and special cancellation of the St Petersburg Post Director, all
in fine condition
250
1398
6/(6)
Remainder Lot of unclassified material including one Zemstvo cover, official paper seal (Dienstsie(Photo = 1 www)
geln) letters, money letters, two items from Finland, total 16 items
200
3AKA3HOE - Recommandirt
The Imperial Russian registered post from the beginning of the 19th century
until the end of the First World War in 1918
by Harry v. Hofmann, FRPSL
published 1993 in German,
now available with a complete English translation
translated by P. E. Robinson, FRPSL
German version with 320 pages 16,9 x 24 cm with more than 240 illustrations and English
version (without the illustrations) of 80 pages, both volumes softbound € 38,00, plus
postage.
Contents:
The early period - Rekomendovano - 3AKA3HOE - The St.Petersburg Registration marks - Additional Foreign Registration
labels - The Registration labels of 1899 - “3” labels and “R” labels of the U.P.U. type - A new type of “R” labels - The Double
Registration labels - Temporary improvisations - The “numerator” cachets - With advice of delivery - To be delivered by postal
notification - Registration for the serving of writs - From the letter box - With corrections - Redirection “spravka” - Registered
at telegraph offices - Acceptance at sub-post offices - The railway post - Ship mail - Used abroad - Registered field post - “Selfregistration” - Registration machines - The “mute period” during World War I - Registered letters and war censorship - The
rubber registration marks of 1916-18 - Receipts - Cash on Delivery - Packets and small packets - Zemstvos - Investigation
and compensation - The Russian post in Poland - (The Russian post in Finland, only as a note) - Postal exchange during the
war - Late usage.
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