1724 incoming beautiful small letter, private sent from Danzig, address in French, text in German
Hellman Auction #87
By: Philatelic Service of Finland Ltd
Philatelic Service of Finland Ltd Hellman Auction #87
The auction includes as always also a lot of worldwide postal history, mainly in intact lots and collections and also as single items. Foreign section has like always a very strong and interesting part of RUSSIA (lots 1209-1670). Many rare items from Imperial Russia, Zemstvo and Soviet Union are offered with very modest starting prices. Among others we offer 1858 10 kop perforated stamp on a letter 1858 January 4. EARLIEST KNOWN USAGE! Ex Fabergé, signed: Z. Mikulski. In this auction the Zemstvo section (lots 1454-1683), St. Petersburg Postmarks (lots 1460-1501) and St. Petersburg Stationery Envelopes (lots 1434-1459) are also extremely strong and worth of carefull study.
There are also several top items of Finnish philately available in this auction: 39 items of the 1856 Oval issue (1784-1822) with nice and rare covers and singles both 5 and 10 kop. Also rare cover with 2 x 10 kopek to Germany (lot 1905). 1860-66 section has also many nice singles, groups and covers. From the 1875-85 issues we can also introduce many interesting items. There is also very wide variety of collections and cover lots untouched from various estates.
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Lot #1304 - stamps from other countries imperial russian covers
1769 and 1793, very fine RIGA postmarks on mail to Pernau, 1769 the framed RIGA and 1793 RIGA without frame
Lot #1305 - stamps from other countries imperial russian covers
1803 very fine straight line TEMNIKOV in Cyrillic
Lot #1306 - stamps from other countries imperial russian covers
1805 superb single line MOSKVA in red on a letter to St. Petersburg
Lot #1307 - stamps from other countries imperial russian covers
1809 superb single line MOSKVA in red on a beautiful letter to St. Petersburg
Lot #1308 - stamps from other countries imperial russian covers
1810 fine letter from Moscow to Paris, with content. Mail from this period to France is scarce. Red Moscow cancellation and two Prussian transit marks. Certificate: Mikulski (1990)
Lot #1309 - stamps from other countries imperial russian covers
1820 very sharp and beautiful single line PSKOV on a fine letter to Pernau
Lot #1310 - stamps from other countries imperial russian covers
Ca. 1820 single line USMAN on a fine letter, thick blue paper with a handsome watermark
Lot #1311 - stamps from other countries imperial russian covers
1829 entire letter dated at Caffa, on reverse straight line Cyrillic THEODOSIA, on front RUSSIE, AT and AUTRICHE PAR FORBACH postmarks
Lot #1312 - stamps from other countries imperial russian covers
1829 two-ring floral ODESSA on an interesting letter to Geneva, very fine
Lot #1313 - stamps from other countries imperial russian covers
Ca. 1830 very fine straight line postmark LEBEDYAN on a letter to Tambov
Lot #1314 - stamps from other countries imperial russian covers
1833 red two-line LIBAVA (Dobin 1.06) on a letter to Holland, many interesting postmarks!
Lot #1315 - stamps from other countries imperial russian covers
1845 fine letter from Odessa to Italy
Lot #1316 - stamps from other countries imperial russian covers
1845 letter sent from Odessa to Malta, smoked against cholera, scarce
Lot #1317 - stamps from other countries imperial russian covers
1848 two-lined red MOSCAU 1848 g. Seep 3 postmark on a fine letter to Austria
Lot #1318 - stamps from other countries imperial russian covers
"1849 prephilatelic letter from Kronstadt to Topshamn/Maine in North America. Boxed Kronstadt 3.8.1849 on reverse, then by boat to Lübeck, Aachen and Liverpool. Handwritten marking: ""to the forwarded first steamer from Liverpool to the way of North America"""
Lot #1319 - stamps from other countries imperial russian covers
Part of letter from NICHOLAS I (1845) to FERDINAND II, King of Sicily and Jerusalem. Superb, large wax seal of Nikolai
Lot #1320 - stamps from other countries imperial russian covers
1856 Cover with extensive and interesting contents, sent from Erivan to St. Petersburg with weak IZ ERIVANI 1856 JUN...OTPRAVLENO, addressed to Prince Sayn Wittgenstein, Aide de Camp to the Tsar
Lot #1321 - stamps from other countries imperial russian covers
1857 10 kop brown/blue Mi 1 on a cover to Dorpat, beautiful RIGA 16 May 1858. Stamp with full margins, tear in the right bottom corner
Lot #1322 - stamps from other countries imperial russian covers
1857 10 kop brown/blue Mi 1 on a cover to Moscow tied with oval TULA 28 June 1858. Stamp with full to wide margins
Lot #1323 - stamps from other countries imperial russian covers
1857 10 kop brown/blue Mi 1 on a letter to Kertsch, beautifully cancelled stamp (touching at right side) BERDYANSK 28 April 1858, certificate: Diena (1985)
Lot #1324 - stamps from other countries imperial russian covers
1857 10 kop brown/blue Mi 1 on a small entire letter to Vilnius, beautifully cancelled with dotted 45, Drissa in Vitebsk Gov. Stamp with partly good margins, partly touching
Lot #1325 - stamps from other countries imperial russian covers
1857 10 kop brown/blue Mi 1 on a very beautiful letter from Taurogen 20 June 1858, stamp also tied with superb private GEBR.LEVI & CO TAUROGGEN. Just touching the frameline at top left, otherwise fine margins
Lot #1326 - stamps from other countries imperial russian covers
1857 10 kop brown/blue Mi 1 beautiful stamp with very wide margins, used from St. Petersburg 24.June.1858 to Warsaw, letter cleaned, not the stamps. Certificate: Mikulski (2002)
Lot #1327 - stamps from other countries imperial russian covers
1857 10 kop brown/blue Mi 1 on a beautiful letter, boxed REVAL 8 April 1858, arrival mark of Pernau 9 April. Stamp with very wide margins
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