(Ship Mail –Arctic) 1910 (22.6.) Governor’s House Archangel postcard to Volokolamsk franked 3k. tied 3rd White Sea Steamship ‘a’ oval date stamps. The message indicates card was posted on board s.s. Koroleva Olg Konstantinovna. Ex. Dr. Casey
(Ship Mail –Arctic) 1912 (12.6.) 4k. stationery card from a timber merchant at KOVDA, on the White Sea Coast, just within the arctic circle, to London with oval cancel reading ‘2nd White Sea Steamship ‘a’. also with pair 20k with same cancel and 7k. Romanov block of eight with ‘1st White Sea Steamship ‘a’ date stamp. Ex. Dr. Casey
(Ship Mail –Arctic) 1913 (29.8.) cover to Ievve, Estonia franked 7k. Romanov and 1911 (18.6.) 3k. stationery card to Smolensk both cancelled by oval 2-e MURMAN – STEAMSHIP ‘a’ date stamps. A maritime postal service operating during the summer months from Arkhangelsk along the Murman coast, north of the Arctic Circle.
(Ship Mail) 1836 (June 25) entire to Boston from Kronshtadt with endorsement “pr Fame”, at top red cursive SHIP/6 handstamp; a fine strike.
(Ship Mail) 1865 entire to Piraeus, Greece, endorsed in Russian “Via Odessa Steamship” franked with three 10k. (some trimmed perfs) tied by Taganrog 15 Apr 65 cds with circular FRANCO handstamp alongside, disinfected in Odessa with fumigation slits and released 21 Apr, “50” in red crayon denoting charge of 50 lepta for French ship letter fee with Greece Large Hermes Heads 10l. and 40l. applied and tied by Piraeus cds, a very attractive combination franking, Ex Dr. Casey.
(Ship Mail) 1869 outer letter sheet to St Petersburg, posted in the ship’s letter box, franked 1864-65 10k tied by Nizhnii-Rybinsk cds with a much clearer strike on reverse, some horizontal cover cresing clear of stamp, the earliest recorded date of any ship cancel on the River Volga, Ex Dr. Casey.
(Ship Mail) 1877 5k. green postal stationery card to London with KAZAN-NIZHNII steamship cds with postal station no. ‘1’ sideways, various tpo alongside, plus 1878 cover to Moscow franked 8k. tied by same cancel with sideways postal station no ‘6’, Ex. Dr. Casey.
(Ship Mail) 1883 printed matter from St Petersburg to Sweden franked 2k. tied by Stockholm KE cds and framed ‘FRAN RYSSLAND’ handstamps; fine and scarce maritime cover, ex Dr. Casey.
(Ship Mail) 1890 (15 Mar) 7k. postal stationery envelope cancelled KAZAN- ASTTRAKHAN steamship no. 8 cds with additional strike bottom left; small defects to envelope top right, Peter Holcombe Certificate, Ex. Lipschutz.
(Ship Mail) 1894 3k Postal Stationery card from Kronshdadt to St Petersburg, put in postbox at landing stage of ferry and cancelled S’PAROKHOFOM IZ’ KRONSHTADTA (By Steamship from Kronshdadt) undated handstamp, arrival cds also tying image. The steamship cancel showing absence of serifs as found in earlier types, fine and scarce. Ex. Dr. Casey
(Ship Mail) 1896 Usage of obsolete 1872 5k inter-town card to St Petersburg received by River Neva postal steamship 20.VI.96 with circular undated “C ‘PAROKHODOM’ IZ’ SGLISSELBURGA’ handstamp, taxed 14k. on arrival (at letter rate) as card was invalid, plus 2k. strip of five on small piece with same cancels, very rare. Ex Dr. Casey.
(Ship Mail) 1897 (27 Oct) 4k. postal stationery card used to Mustapha, Algeria, from Sebastopol, cancelled BATUM-ODESSA 4 steamship cds, arrival cancels at left.
(Ship Mail) 1902 Money transfer card for 100r to Solombala, Arkhangelsk, received by P.O. of ship plying the Norwegian port of Vardo to Arkhangelsk, imprinted 25k. cancelled by ARKHANGELSK-VARDE/ 1/ 2nd STEAMSHIP POSTAL BRANCH/ 30 VIII 1902 cds with further strike dated 4.IX applied when unloaded at Arkhangelsk; a rare usage of this formula card, ex Dr, Casey
(Ship Mail) 1902-05 10k. blue vertical pair on undated printed envelope to Dresden tied by two framed ‘Aus..../DAMPFSCHIFE’ handstamps, tht on left with ship’s name inserted by hand, “Ralenta II”; a fine and scarce usage.
(Ship Mail) 1908 picture postcard of an execution franked 4k. with superb blue oval Russian East Adriatic Steamship Company code ‘e’ date stamp, addressed to Hong Kong with Shanghai Poste Russe transit, very fine.
(Ship Mail) 1911 3k postal stationery card to “poste restante” Lappeeranta, Finland cancelled by very fine 2nd Murman Steamship code ‘a’ oval date stamp, fine ex Dr. Casey.
(Ship Mail) 1912 (10.6.) ‘Solovetzky Convent’ picture postcard to Serdobsk franked 4k. tied double oval 3d Murmansk steamship company, serial ‘a’, double-ring arrival of 12.6.; slight to right corner fault, Ex. Dr. Casey.
(Ship Mail) 1913 (12.6.) stampless picture postcard with ASTRAKHAN NIZHNII steamship oval date stamp with Doplatit Par Astrakhan Nizhnii postage due oval handstamp, “6k.” inserted by hand; fine and scarce.
(Ship Mail) 1914 (18.7.) Russian picture postcard to Anvers, Belgium franked 1913 Romanov 2k. pair tied by oval ‘1st White Sea Steamship “a” ‘ datestamp, arrival cds; fine and scarce. Ex. Dr. Casey.