1857 10k brown & blue, upper left sheet corner margin single, ample at bottom and barely clear at upper right, cancelled by a decorative "Kovno" (today Kaunas, Lithuania) postmark, affixed on small piece, v.f., ex-Mertens collection -
Estimate price: $1000-950
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Cherrystone Auctions Specialized Russia
We are pleased to present our annual RUSSIA Specialized sale, consisting of 594 lots, with exceptional Russian Empire, RSFSR, Soviet Union, plus related areas including Siberia.
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Lot #4007 - Russia 1857 russia number one
Lot #4008 - Russia 1857 russia number one
1857 10k brown & blue, thick paper, margins all around, cancelled "Mitava" in large Cyrillic caps, "1" watermark shifted to top, v.f. -
Estimate price: $600-550
Lot #4009 - Russia 1857 russia number one
1857 10k brown & blue, thick paper, margins all around, cancelled "240" in rectangle of dots (Polangen, today Palanga in western Lithuania), v.f. -
Estimate price: $600-550
Lot #4010 - Russia 1857 russia number one
1857 10k brown & blue, thick paper, margins all around, tied by "Berdyansk" in Cyrillic script on small piece, v.f. -
Estimate price: $750-675
Lot #4011 - Russia 1857 russia number one
1857 10k brown & blue, thin paper, margins all around, cancelled "471" in rectangle of dots (Kozlov, Tambov prov), v.f. -
Estimate price: $500-475
Lot #4012 - Russia 1857 russia number one
1857 10k brown & blue, plate II, large margins all around, light datestamp, v.f., with Mikulski cert. -
Estimate price: $600-550
Lot #4013 - Russia 1857 russia number one
1857 10k brown & blue, margins all around, oval cancel, v.f. -
Estimate price: $500-475
Lot #4014 - Russia 1857 russia number one
1857 10k brown & blue, margins all around, circular town postmark, v.f. -
Estimate price: $500-450
Lot #4015 - Russia 1857 russia number one
1857 10k brown and blue, left sheet margin single, cancelled by two-line Cyrillic date stamp (6 June, 1858), fresh and v.f. positional piece -
Estimate price: $750-750
Lot #4016 - Russia 1857 russia number one
1857 10k brown & blue, plate I, right sheet margin single, cancelled by "245" in rectangular dots (Jacobstadt in Kurland), v.f., with Mikulski cert. -
Estimate price: $1000-950
Lot #4017 - Russia 1857 russia number one
1857 10k brown & blue, lower right sheet corner margin single, light pen and numeral dot pmks, v.f. and scarce positional piece -
Estimate price: $1000-950
Lot #4018 - Russia 1857 russia number one
1857 10k brown & blue, margins all around, tied on small piece by a three line "Libawa" 21 May, 1858 datestamp, v.f. -
Estimate price: $750-750
Lot #4019 - Russia 1857 russia number one
1857 10k brown & blue, margins all around, numeral cancellation in rectangular dots, v.f. -
Estimate price: $500-450
Lot #4020 - Russia 1857 russia number one
1857 10k brown & blue, large margins all around, tied on small piece by Riga, April 1858 cds, v.f., ex-Mertens and Rothschild collections -
Estimate price: $1000-900
Lot #4021 - Russia 1857 russia number one
1857 10k brown & blue, plate I, printed on thin paper, horizontal pair with sheet margin at right, cancelled Berdyansk 1858, fresh and v.f., rare multiple, with Mikulski cert. (Mr. Mikulski estimates that only about 30 pairs of Russia number one exist, most of them cancelled by pen) -
Estimate price: $5000-4500
Lot #4022 - Russia 1857 russia number one
1857 10k brown & blue, plate II, fourth and last sub-printing, frame dark brown, center dark blue, printed on thinner paper (stamps used in the third period of cancellations, dotted pmks with numerals), selection of four, two used on pieces (each signed Mikulski), ex-Mertens, Faberge etc., v.f. -
Estimate price: $2000-1900
Lot #4023 - Russia 1857 russia number one
1857 10k brown & blue, four copies, each with a different postmark, one piece, margins all around, v.f. -
Estimate price: $2000-1900
Lot #4024 - Russia 1857 russia number one
1857 10k brown & blue, deep intense colors, margins all around, tied by two-line date stamp on small lady's envelope from Bogorodsk July 7, 1858 to Moscow, with boxed "Polucheno" datestamp and intact red wax seal on back, little ageing on front, still a v.f. and rare cover from Bogorodsk, with BPB cert. -
Estimate price: $7500-7000
Lot #4025 - Russia 1857 russia number one
1857 10k brown & blue, margins all around, tied by two-line "Soligalitch" (in Kostroma Oblast) April 1858 datestamp on complete folded letter (with three pages of text) to Helsingfors, with boxed "ANK 21/4" arrival on back, also with large part of red seal, fresh and immaculate number one on cover, signed Bloch, ex-Baughman collection -
Estimate price: $10000-9500
Lot #4026 - Russia 1857 russia number one
1857 10k brown & blue, margins all around, cancelled by pen and tied by "38" in circle of dots (Riga) on cover to Mitava, bilingual "Arensburg" (on the southern shore of Oesel Island, Saaremaa, Estonia), departure and "Polucheno May 14 1858 Mitava" postmarks on back, also with intact red seal, fine, signed Mikulski. Scarce origin (Arensburg, Estonia) via Riga to a Ritter-baron in Mitava -
Estimate price: $5000-4500
Lot #4027 - Russia 1857 russia number one
1857 10k brown & blue, three nice margins, just in bottom, tied by Berdyansk datestamp on outer FL from the "Fratelli Rocca" to their correspondent offices in Odessa, dated 17/29 April (difference between Julian and Gregorian calendars), with 21 April/3 May arrival docketing, signed Emilio Diena -
Estimate price: $1500-1200
Lot #4028 - Russia 1857 russia number one
1857 10k brown & blue, margins all around, cancelled by pen and tied by "37" in circle of dots (Reval) on outer FL to Hapsal, with boxed "Reval 2 April 1859" departure datestamp on back, very fine -
Estimate price: $5500-5250
Lot #4029 - Russia 1857 russia number one
1857 10k brown & blue, large margins all around, tied by boxed "Taurogen 28 March 1858" datestamp on outer FL to Riga, with boxed "Polucheno March 29 1858" arrival on back, also oval "Speditions-Geschaft John G. Kniep Tauroggen", signed A.Diena, very fine -
Estimate price: $5000-4500
Lot #4030 - Russia 1857 russia number one
1857 10k brown & blue, large margins all around, placed upside-down and tied by unframed "Smorgon 1858 August" datestamp, with "20" added by pen, addressed to Madame La Contessa Ida Mostowska" in Warszawa, with red Warszawa 6/9 and boxed "1/P" (1:00 P.M.) arrival on back, cover tears at bottom and on back, fine and probably unique usage from Smorgon (Gov. Vilna) -
Estimate price: $10000-9000
Lot #4031 - Russia 1857 russia number one
1857 10k brown & blue, margins all around, tied by ornamental double broken circle "Kovno" postmark on cover to Vilna, with "Kovno March 18, 1858" departure cds on back, intact wax seal, minor cover wear and tears, still a v.f. number one cover of Russia, ex-Frederick Small collection -
Estimate price: $5000-4500
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