371st Auction

1927,  October Revolution Worker and Sailor 8k., imperforated pair with annulling perforations, mint never hinged, very fine

1949, Lenin mausoleum 1 r. imperforated, block of 4 from the souvenir sheet, unmounted mint (Mi. 720,-)

1964, Tokyo Olympics souvenir sheet 1r. tied by red cds. "MOSCOW 31 7 64" to unaddressed official First Day Cover, fine

1988, Support for the Soviet Cultural Fund 15k. with missing inscription and value, mint never hinged, scarce variety with only one sheet of 25 printed, fine, certificate Liapine (2017)

1927 SOLOVKI. A group of 7 used picture postcards and 3 unuse ones, all produced by ISLON in the Solovki Prison Camp which Alexander Solzhenitsyn called "the mother of the Gulag". The used cards with ...

1925, Philatelic Exchange Charity stamp 25k. on 7k. tied by framed 6-line cachet to reverse of registered cover from Moscow, with full contents in french, to Paris with arrival mark, fine

1932, Philatelic Exchange Chain breaker 15k. on 70k. tied by 8-line cachet to reverse of cover from Moscow, with full contents in french, to Mexiko with arrival markins, a late date for private philat...

1924, 1k. resp. 5k. on 35k. blue, two singles tied by cds. "MOSCOW 24 8 24" to reverse of small cover from Ekaterinburg gub., postage due cancel on front, correctly charged 6k. for mail to an approved...

1924, 12k. on 70k. tied by cds. "MOSCOW 29 4 24" to reverse of unfranked cover from Krasnoyarsk, postage due cachet on front, some folds, but attractive and scarce ex Robert Taylor with his notes

1925, Numerals 2k. lithographed and 10k. typhographed tied with cds. "YAROSLAVL 13 1 26" to reverse of overweight ordinary letter from Danilov, 2k. faults, otherwise fine, scarce item ex Robert Taylor...

1925, Numerals5k. strip of three tied by cyrillic cds. "SARATOV 12 12 25" to reverse of ordinary letter from Moscow, underfrakned and charged upon arrival, fine, ex Robert Taylor with his detailed not...

1925, Numerals 8k. tied by cds. "MOSCOW 19 1 26" to reverse of underfranked cover from Leningrad, fine ex Robert Taylor with his notes

1925, Numerals 8k. tied by cds. "MOSCOW 17.6.25" to folded statistical return sent from Chismi in Bashkiria, underfranked at 6k. against the letter rate of 7k., eventually charged 8k. postage due, but...

1925, Numerals 14k. lithograped tied by illegible cds. and boxed cachet to reverse of cover, franked with invalid stamps,, unusual reason for postage due, fine ex Robert Taylor with his detailed notes

1925, Numerals 14k. lithographed tied by cds. "ODESSA 7 1 26" to reverse of unfranked and charged cover from Moscow, scarce, cover with faults ex Robert Taylor with his notes

PIROT: 1871 (ca.), cover to Sarajevo franked with 1pi and 2pi postage due of 1869/71 Dulos stamps tied by SEHIRKOY (A&P type 1, RRR) handstamps. Illustrated in A&P. Certificate TFF

1811, entire letter with double line "GORICE ILLYRIE" in black and handwritten tax note "6" to Zara, fine letter from the Borelli correspondence

1837, Entire letter from Santiago to Bordeaux containing a bill of exchange for 2000 fr., showing on front boxed "PAYS D'OUTREMER" with adjacent "ROCHEFORT 1 MAI 1837"

Incoming Mail: 1895, Helvetia 3 fr. pale brown, four single stamps and 1 fr. lilac, tied by cds. "CHAUX DE FONDS 22.VIII." to insured parcel card via Bremen to Manila, fine, rare

FILIPINO REVOLUTIONARY GOVERNMENT: 1898/99, 'CORREOS FILIPINAS' 2 cents red imperforated horizontally, the complete sheet of 192 stamps with full margins, unused with full unmounted original gum. Desp...

"PUERTO RICO" red oval double framed handstamp on folded letter with red due marking "5.R." alongside, light filiing creases, otherwise fine and attractive

1843, folded letter dated "St. Johns P. Rico June 28 1843" with forwarding agent cachet "FORWARDED BY M.G. GONZALES & CO. St.JOHNS. PORTO RICO" alongside to Middletown with red straight-line "SHIP" an...

"CAGUAS." blue straight-line with adjacent bowed "SIN CARGO" on cover front with manuscript "Vo Bo" to Ponce, few wormholes, heavy toning

"GUAYANILLA" blue straight-line on envelope to Ponce, few worm holes and usual toning

1850, folded letter dated "Guayama 22 Jan 1850" with black split circle "SAN-JUAN-PORTO-RICO JA 24 1850" on reverse and manuscript "1/5" rate, addressed to London, file crease, otherwise fine