1918 35k blue, 70k brown, blocks of four, the former lozenges omitted, the latter with lozenges on both sides, with small faults affecting top stamps, otherwise fine-v.f. -
Estimate price: $250-250
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Lot #4189 - r.s.f.s.r. 1918 chainbreakers
Lot #4190 - r.s.f.s.r. 1918 chainbreakers
1918 35k and 70k varieties, each imperf. at top, n.h., v.f., signed Rosselevitch (Standart 1-2Pb) -
Estimate price: $1000-900
Lot #4191 - r.s.f.s.r. 1918 chainbreakers
1918 15k brown, unissued value in color of 70k, imperforate and gummed proof sheetlet, v.f. and extremely rare -
Estimate price: $10000-9500
Lot #4192 - r.s.f.s.r. 1918 chainbreakers
1918 35k dark blue, imperf. sheet corner margin single, h.r, v.f. -
Estimate price: $500-450
Lot #4193 - r.s.f.s.r. 1918 chainbreakers
1918 Chainbreakers, 35k dark blue, imperf. single, n.h., v.f. -
Estimate price: $300-280
Lot #4194 - r.s.f.s.r. 1918 chainbreakers
1918 35k blue, imperf. horizontal pair, used, right stamp with small thin, otherwise v.f., rare -
Estimate price: $500-450
Lot #4195 - r.s.f.s.r. 1918 chainbreakers
1918 35k dark blue, imperf. vertical pair, used, cut close but just clear at top, fine-v.f., signed Mikulski -
Estimate price: $500-450
Lot #4196 - r.s.f.s.r. 1918 chainbreakers
1918 35k dark blue, imperf. vertical pair, used, v.f., with Hovest cert. -
Estimate price: $500-450
Lot #4197 - r.s.f.s.r. 1918 chainbreakers
1919 35k blue, vertical pair, lozenges virtually completely omitted from the top stamp, also two singles, one with lozenges on both sides, the other lozenges omitted, h.r., some perf. stains, otherwise fine -
Estimate price: $150-150
Lot #4198 - r.s.f.s.r. 1918 chainbreakers
1918 35k blue, part imperf. horizontal pair, double vertical and horizontal perfs, the latter shifted to top center of the pair, reinforced with paper on back, most unusual -
Estimate price: $500-450
Lot #4199 - r.s.f.s.r. 1918 chainbreakers
1918 (5 Mar) registered cover (opened for display) from Kaluga to Moscow, franked with single 35k on front, used in combination with two blocks of 4x5k Postal Saving stamps on back, paying 75k (the actual registration fee was 50k, in effect from Jan 1 until November 1, 1919), boxed Kaluga registration hs, with number (201) filled in by hand, faint Moscow arrival pmks, fine and rare combination cover -
Estimate price: $1500-1400
Lot #4200 - r.s.f.s.r. 1918 chainbreakers
1918 (20 Mar) registered cover (opened for display) from Petrograd to Libava, properly franked on back with 35k dark blue and 15k Arms (paying the actual registration fee of 50k, in effect from Jan 1 until November 1, 1919), with arrival (10.6) and redirection endorsements, cover reduced at sides, but with all markings intact, fine and very rare -
Estimate price: $1500-1400
Lot #4201 - r.s.f.s.r. 1918 chainbreakers
1918 (12.3) registered cover (opened for display) from a Red Army Latvian soldier, stationed somewhere in the region of Latvia occupied by the Red Army, written to his wife in Tambov Porohovoi Zavod (gun powder factory in Tambov), properly franked with 35k dark blue and 15k Arms (paying the actual registration fee of 50k, in effect from Jan 1 until November 1, 1919), both cancelled by pen, with arrival pmk and redirection endorsements...
Lot #4202 - r.s.f.s.r. 1918 chainbreakers
1918 (26.11) registered cover from Hovrino (Simbirsk province) to Moscow, provisional registration marking by hand, also violet datestamp, again with departure be pen, properly franked on reverse with 11x35k dark blue (single, blocks of 4 and 6), used in combination with imperf. 15k (paying the proper rate of 4r, in effect from November 1, 1919 to 10 March, 1920), vertical filing fold just slightly through two center stamps, fine and rare...
Lot #4203 - r.s.f.s.r. 1918 chainbreakers
1918 (26 Nov) registered coverfront used in Moscow (Poste Restante), franked with block of 4x35k dark blue, used in combination with imperf. pair of Imperial 70k and block of 4x35k Arms (overpaying the proper rate of 4r by 20k), all on the front (unusual), interesting item -
Estimate price: $500-450
Lot #4204 - r.s.f.s.r. 1918 chainbreakers
1918 70k red brown, imperforate single, large even margins all around, lightly hinged and post office fresh, v.f., signed Goznak, with 2003 Melnikov certificate. A rare stamp, only one sheet printed -
Estimate price: $5000-4500
Lot #4205 - r.s.f.s.r. 1918 chainbreakers
1918 70k red brown, vertical pair, variety imperf. at top, n.h., also perf. single with a strong offset on back, h.r., fine-v.f. -
Estimate price: $250-250
Lot #4206 - r.s.f.s.r. 1918 chainbreakers
1918 (7 Dec) small registered cover from Urensko-Karlinskoye to a soldier stationed in the Petrograd region, properly franked with 5x70k red brown (vertical pair and strip of three), used in combination with imperf. pair of 15k and single 20k/14k, (paying the proper rate of 4r (in effect from November 1, 1919 to 10 March, 1920), fine and probably unique usage -
Estimate price: $2500-2300
Lot #4207 - r.s.f.s.r. 1918 chainbreakers
1918 (24 Dec) registered cover from Bogorodsk, with endorsement "field post office of the Red Army", addressed to a red army solder and franked on reverse with strip of 5x70k red brown, used together with 50k Imperial Arms and paying 4r registration rate (in effect from Nov.1, 1919 until March 10, 1920), with 28.12 arrival pmk, fine and rare usage -
Estimate price: $2500-2300
Lot #4208 - r.s.f.s.r. postage paid in cash - no stamps available
1918-21 suspended mail, four covers, two registered from London to Moscow, each with "Service Suspended" and boxed "undeliverable for reasons stated" and "to be returned to sender" handstamps, another from Los Angeles to Petrograd, with special postal label ("mail for Roumania and Russia, except Finland. Return to sender, plus 1921 registered cover from Starodoube to Chicago, with erroneous application of "returned to sender for the reason...
Lot #4209 - r.s.f.s.r. postage paid in cash - no stamps available
1922 inflation, study of the manuscript cash payment provisional markings, selection of 10 covers, used in different Ukrainian towns paying 40r-30,000r, official notations by the local postmasters including "no stamps available, 10,000r paid in cash" (used from Ladyshin), others from Kamenka, Priluki, Rybnica, Dubossary, Ternowka etc., mostly sent via Moscow to Germany, with appropriate markings, fine and interesting lot, ex-Cronin -
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Lot #4210 - r.s.f.s.r. 1921 first definitives
1921 (Aug 12) large registered, value declared (7,500r) cover used locally in Moscow, paying 180r with 20r (pelure paper) and lower left sheet corner margin block of 4x40r (marginal creases), with Moscow Ekspeditsya (three solid triangles) in oval and arrival pmks (Aug 13), five virtually intact Moscow post office wax seals with Imperial eagles on back. These definitive stamps were issued only two days earlier on August 10th and on August...
Lot #4211 - r.s.f.s.r. 1921 first definitives
1921 20r light blue, extremely light color variety, sheet margin block of four, n.h., all stamps more or less creased, especially at bottom right, ending in a tear at bottom, still a fine multiple of this rare shade, with 2013 Liapine cert. (Standart 6d; catalogue value for singles) -
Estimate price: $750-700
Lot #4212 - r.s.f.s.r. 1921 first definitives
1921 250r black, plate proof on thick glazed card, v.f., signed Rosselevitch -
Estimate price: $250-230
Lot #4213 - r.s.f.s.r. 1921 first definitives
1921 250r gray violet, ordinary paper (typographed), block of four, n.h., v.f. (Standart 10I, catalogue value for singles) -
Estimate price: $500-450
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