

RUSSIA: 1900ca Unused 5k. purple-brown letter sheet with an array of advertising inside and outside including illustrated gun, just the faintest mark on front otherwise very fine and fresh.


RUSSIA: 1900ca Unused 5k. purple-brown lettersheet with an array of advertising exterior and interior including stamp dealer illustrated with stamp, most of the advertising relates to St Petersburg, fine.


RUSSIA: 1905 (5 V) Red Cross decorative small envelope with illustrations both sides, Easter Egg with red cross on backflap, franked 5K. with St Petersburg cancel, fine.


RUSSIA: 1927 (9 11) large unfranked envelope franked 18k brown tied by Leningrad Railway oval ds to Khabarovsk, 300 miles North of Vladivostok on the Amur River, underpaid, double ring oval postage due DOPLATIT/BLAGOV9eshchenk) STR(etensk) PAR(okhod), believed UNIQUE, peripheral wear


RUSSIA: Far Eastern Republic, 1923 (June 13): Registered cover to New York franked on reverse 1921 Chita 3 k. dull red vertical right-hand marginal pair, 15 k. carmine left-hand marginal single in combination with 1923 Soviet issues 1 k. on 100 r. vertical strip of four and left-hand marginal strip of three of 5 k. on 10 r., all tied by VLADIVOSTOK despatch cds's and oval arrival (July 5) datestamps, both Cyrillic and French registration labels on obverse.


RUSSIA: Far Eastern Republic, 1923 (Oct 17): Registered cover to New York bearing on reverse 1923 Soviet issues 1 k. on 100 r. perforated block of ten, 2 k. on 70 r. and 5 k. on 10 r. in imperforated block of ten plus pair 5 k. on 10 r. imperforated, all tied by VLADIVOSTOK despatch cds and oval NEW YORK cancels (Dec 17), on obverse Cyrillic and French registration label and further despatch cds. Fine condition.


RUSSIA: Priamur and Maritime Government, 1922 (May 13): Registered cover to Troy, N.Y., USA franked 1921 Far Eastern Republic 'DVR' overprint 7 k. on 15 k. (4) plus 1921 unoverprinted 2 k. (2), 4 k. (2) and 10 k. (2), VLADIVOSTOK despatch cancels and both Cyrillic and French registration labels, SÉATTLE transit and arrival (June 18) backstamps. Ex collection Dick Scheper.

RUSSIA: Zemstvo BELEBEY 1902 2kr red imperf. horizontal pair mint, minor gum wrinkles Chuchin 8a

RUSSIA: Zemstvo KRASNY 1912 War of 1812 Jubilee 3k multi-colour on pale pink paper horiz. GUTTER pair TETE-BECHE pair mint. Chuchin 10 var.

RUSSIAN CIVIL WAR / LATVIA : 1919 (9 Nov) surch. 1r on 25k violet and deep green on Russian Arms type tied by JELGAWA LATWIJA cds (14 11) on registered envelope, fine


RUSSIAN LEVANT: 18/4 (June): Entire from Constantinople to Odessa franked with 1872 1 k. brown in two shades and 3k., these on horizontally laid paper and 5 k. on vertically laid paper, CONSTANTINOPLE company cachet at base, the stamps themselves cancelled on arrival only (June 15). Provenance: Collection 'Cihangir', Corinphila sale 121, May 2000, lot 370.


RUSSIAN LEVANT: 1865 (June 17): Entire to Mersina bearing 2 pi. blue & rose with four large even margins tied by "COMPAGNIE RUSSE DE NAVIGATION / SMIRNE" double ring handstamp in blue (Tchilinghirian fig 150). A beautiful and rare cover. Provenance: Collection Lipschutz Collection 'Cihangir', Corinphila sale 121, May 2000, lot 500.



RUSSIAN LEVANT: 1868 (March 9): Outer letter sheet from Smyrna to Taganrog, Russia franked by two 2 pi. blue & rose, both with full margins tied by faint strike of '780' in truncated triangle of dots, with partly legible SMYRNA cds with fleurons (Tchilinghirian fig 772) on reverse, the only known strike on cover, front with blue Smyrne company cachet. Fine and rare cover. Cert. Mikulski (1989). Provenance: Collection 'Cihangir', Corinphila sale 121, May 2000, lot 501 Collection Dr: Casey, DF, Geneva, December 2016, lot 10204


RUSSIAN LEVANT: 1907 (Nov 13): Picture postcard to the USA, franked with '10 PARA' on 2 k. tied by violet "ROPIT / AG. KAVALLA" oval datestamp (Tchilinghirian fig. 185) "ROPIT / SALONIKI" transit and MONONGAHELA arrival (July 13) datestamps alongside. Fine and rare.


RUSSIAN POST OFFICE in CHINA: 1902 (4 Jun) postcard franked Kitai ovpt 2k pair tied by Russian Chefoo cds with Chinese Chefoo, boxed PAQUEBOT alongside, 11 2 02 arrival.






RWANDA: UNIQUE COURVOISIER PROOFS for 1967 'Oiseaux' (birds), 73 proofs with 4 to 5 progressive proofs for each value, 5 sets duplicated, very fine


SAINT LUCIA: 1816 (Aug. 18) entire to London written from Soufriere with step-type “SHIPLETTER/PLYMOUTH” and red arrival backstamp.


SAMOA: 1899 (Dec 29): Long registered cover to San Francisco franked with strip of three 2d. 'PROVISIONAL GOVT.' tied by APIA cds, arrival backstamp (Feb 9). Some slight tape staining not detracting from a scarce commercial cover. SG 92


SAMOA: 1900 (Jan 26): Cover to Baden-Baden, Germany franked 1896 2½d. black King (2), 1899 ½ d. green Palm Trees and 1899/1900 2 d. 'PROVISIONAL GOVT.' tied by APIA cds showing inverted year slug, reverse with "N.Z. MARINE P.O. / R.M.S. ALAMEDA" datestamp (Jan 26) and arrival cds (Feb 23). Some toning around stamps.


Samos - Picture POstal Stationery. 1912 5 lepta postal stationery card bearing four images on front of freedom fighter, Castle dated August 1824, at right Thermistoklis Sophoulis and at base Parliament dated November 1912, fine unused.