(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) 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) 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.
(Ship Mail) 1914 (23.5.) picture postcard from Solovki Island to Saint Petersburg franked 3k. tied by oval 3rd Belomorsk Steamship co. date stamp, serial “a”; a fine strike repeated below.
(Ship Mail) 1914 envelope to Finland with 1913 7k Romanov tied by oval ‘3rd White Sea Steamship’ code ‘a’ cds, which ws used on S.S. “Koroleva (Queen) Olga Konstantinovna”, a vessel of the Archangel-Murman Steam Navigation Co., Helsinki-Abo maritime duplex on reverse, fine, ex Faberge and Dr. Casey.
(Ship Mail) Undated circa 1870 company envelope from Odessa to Constantinople with 1866-75 3k. and 10k. cancelled by blur retta cancels in transit.
(Ship Mail) Undated picture postcard (Arab de la Plaine) to France with violet two-lined handstamp ‘Transport Petrolier/ Czar Nicolas II’ with at left large circular MARINE FRANCAISE SERVICE DE LA MER; good quality strikes but postcard with surface faults.
(Siberia) 1916 (22.3.) registered envelope to International Committee of Red Cross, Geneva franked on reverse 20k., from Blagovestchensk, a border town with China, Russian censorship and arrival backstamp; some faults to envelope with tear at top right.
(Siberia) 1919 (19.4.) envelope to San Francisco with violet cachet at left MISSION MILITAIRE FRANCAISE EN SIBERIE/ Service Postal, franked Coat of Arms 15k. (2) and 20k. tied Vladivostok cds, violet censor cachet below. No backstamps, vertical and horizontal filing creases.
(Sinkiang Russian Post Offices Kuldja Post Office) 1918 (24.5) registered insured cover to Tientsin franked at 950k (inclusive of insurance for 500 roubles in banknotes enclosed) cancelled by Kuldja P.O. datestamps (Tchillinghirian Type 7), endorsed “Par Harbin” but delayed and interrupted by the Russian Revolution and arriving at Changchun I.J.P.O. on 18 Oct, some 5 months later, transferring to Tientsin I.J.P.O. on 20.10 and then to Russian Post Office on 21.10. for eventual delivery. A very fine item travelling through two different Foreign Post Offices.
(Soviet) 1921 envelope to Latvia franked 1918 Postal Savings Bank 10r. chocolate/buff tied UFA cds, reverse with Moscow transit and arrival cds; fine.
(Soviet) 1924 Lenin Memorial issue3k., 6k. and 12k. imperf first printings tied to reverse of envelope by Moscow cds. Addressed to Wien, Austria.
(Temporary Steamship Line) 1915 picture postcard to Arkhangelsk franked Romanov 3k. tied double-ring oval cancel 2nd Murmansk Steamship Company, serial a, another strike alongside and arrival below at right. A rare cancel.