R.N.A.S. c.1915 Stampless picture postcard to England endorsed "On active service with Russian army" with a superb circular cyrillic cachet in violet which translates as "English Admiralty. Armoured Car Detachment", the picture side with a violet censor cachet. Minor staining and corner creases but an attractive and very scarce card; Units of 15 and 17 Squadrons of the R.N.A.S Armoured Car Division were sent to Russia in 1915 and fought...
Worldwide Stamps and Postal History
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Lot #496 - Russia
1918 Stampless postcards (2) and a cover from Bakhariza to England all with F.P.O PB44 c.d.s, two the narrow type datestamp, the third a wider type c.d.s, all with oval censor cachets. (3).
Suggested price: £ 200-250
Lot #497 - Russia
1919 Stampless O.A.S covers both with wide type F.P.O PB 44 c.d.s of Bakhariza, one with oval framed "PE/C/21" censor, the other with circular violet "PASSED BY CENSOR / No. 44R", both fine. (2).
Suggested price: £ 180-220
Lot #498 - Russia
1919 Stampless O.A.S covers with narrow type F.P.O PB55 of Beresnik or F.P.O PB66 of Oberzerskaya (2), two with oval framed "PE / C / 26" or "X5" censors, the other with circular Passed by Censor cachets numbered 27R in violet and 71R in red, the latter tying "OPENED BY / BASE CENSOR No. 16" label. A few minor faults though mainly fine. (3).
Suggested price: £ 280-320
Lot #499 - Russia
1918-20 Stampless O.A.S covers and cards with A.P.O PB1 or F.P.O 80 of Batum, or with London Received From H.M Ship cancels written from Novorossisk, Tallinn or off Sebastopol. Also 1918 cover from London to "Lieut. J.D Hayes, British Intelligence Section, British Embassy, Petrograd, c/o Foreign Office, Whitehall, per favour of F.O bag" with boxed "Postal Censor"; a postcard of French Cruisers in action off Riga; a signed Photo of the...
Lot #500 - Russia
Japanese Forces. 1919-20 Stampless cards from Japanese forces in Siberia with Japanese F.P.O datestamps, one YMCA card a little stained, otherwise fine. (3).
Suggested price: £ 100-120
Lot #501 - Russia
Polish Forces. 1920 (Feb 15) Stampless soldiers cover with circular "POCZTA POLOWA / No. 20" handstamp, violet "11ta Komp. 8 n.p. Leg" and a red censor cachet, to a lady in Lodz, the enclosed letter informing her of the death of a Polish soldier killed by the Bolsheviks. Also a Photo of the addressee.
Suggested price: £ 80-100
Lot #1371 - Russia
G.B. 1d Black Cover. 1840 (June 11) Entire letter written by Count Davidoff in St. Petersburg, addressed to Edinburgh, posted at Gravesend franked by a 1d black, IG plate 2, four margins, tied by a red Maltese Cross. A rare use of a 1d black on a letter from overseas, undoubtedly one of the earliest Russian letters to bear a postage stamp. Photo on Page 206.
Suggested price: £ 2,500-3,000
Lot #1372 - Russia
1895-98 Covers from Denmark franked 20ore, both addressed to "La Majestie L’Imperatrice Marie Feodorowna, Peterhof, St Petersburg, Russie" with arrival backstamps. Marie Feodorowna, the Danish Princess Dagmar, married Czar Alexander III in 1866 and became Empress of Russia in 1883. (2).
Suggested price: £ 100-100
Lot #1373 - Russia
Postal Stationery. 1889 5k Lettersheet containing 22 different adverts, some pictorial, one for a stamp dealer showing an Austrian 3 soldi envelope stamp; and 1906 3k postcard with four adverts printed on the front and reverse, one showing musical instruments. Both very fine, attractive and scarce. (2). Photo on Page 206.
Suggested price: £ 180-240
Lot #1374 - Russia
Russo-Japanese War. 1904 Japanese picture postcard written from Dalny (Dalian) with Russia 3k tied by F.P.O No. 17 c.d.s, a second strike below.
Suggested price: £ 140-160
Lot #1375 - Russia
Chinese Eastern Railway. 1910-13 Postcards with oval T.P.O cancels (7), route numbers 259 (2), 260, 261, 262, 264 or 266 all in Manchuria, also an oval station cancel, most very fine and scarce. (8).
Suggested price: £ 420-500
Lot #1376 - Russia
River Steamers. 1910-15 Postcards with oval steamer cachets from Batum-Odessa (2 types), Nijni-Astrakhan or Astrakhan-Nijni and Perm-Nijni, all very fine. (5).
Suggested price: £ 180-220
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