Auction 248-249 Day 1 Postal History, Foreign countries, Coins, medals and banknotes

Chita issue 4 kopeks red and orange (2x) en 7 kopeks light blue on registered cover from Blagoveshchensk 13-8-1923 to Saratov, fine/very fine (no. 30A lightly damaged at bottom)
Postal History Russian Civil War in Siberia 1917-1924 - The Dick Scheper Collection

Chita issue 5 kopeks brown and orange in vertical pair on reverse of cover from Chita 28-2-1923 via Irkutsk, Moscow and Kaunas to Anyksciai (Lithuania), fine/very fine (bottom stamp short but not touched)
Postal History Russian Civil War in Siberia 1917-1924 - The Dick Scheper Collection

Chita issue 5 kopeks brown orange (2x) and 15 kopeks red (2x) on reverse of cover from Chita 12-8-1922 via Moscow and Naples to Beyrouth (Lebanon), faults (one 5 kopeks stamp damaged, both 15 kopeks stamps touched at left). An unusual destination!
Postal History Russian Civil War in Siberia 1917-1924 - The Dick Scheper Collection

Chita issue 7 kopeks light blue in imperforate pair and Russia 4 kopeks red on reverse of registered cover from Blagoveshchensk 1-12-1921 to Kiev, fine (vertical crease and label damaged) and signed Mikulski. 1-12-1921 is probably the earliest known date of usage of the Chita issue!
Postal History Russian Civil War in Siberia 1917-1924 - The Dick Scheper Collection

Chita issue 10 kopeks in 2 pairs on reverse of registered cover from Vladivostok 5-12-1922 to Shanghai, forwarded to London, fine/very fine (vertical crease)
Postal History Russian Civil War in Siberia 1917-1924 - The Dick Scheper Collection

Chita issue 10 kopeks red and blue (2x) on cover from Harbin (China) via the Manchzuriya-Chita railway (were to cover was franked and cancelled) 21-5-1923 to Hamburg, fine/very fine and signed Rosselevitch
Postal History Russian Civil War in Siberia 1917-1924 - The Dick Scheper Collection

Chita issue 10 kopeks blue and red and overprint 2 on 70 kopeks grey and lilac on picture postcard from Vladivostok 31-5-1923 to Harbin (China), very fine
Postal History Russian Civil War in Siberia 1917-1924 - The Dick Scheper Collection

Chita issue 10 kopeks blue and red (2x) and overprint 5 kopeks on 10 rubles blue in strip of 4 with large sheet margins on reverse of registered cover from Vladivostok 1-8-1923 via Yokohama to New York City, fine/very fine (some wrinkles)
Postal History Russian Civil War in Siberia 1917-1924 - The Dick Scheper Collection

Chita issue 15 kopeks red and 20 kopeks blue and red and overprint 5 kopeks on 10 rubles (slightly touched at top) on reverse of registered (written Zakaznoe) cover from Nikolsk-Ussuriisk 14-7-1923 to Vienna (Austria), fine/very fine
Postal History Russian Civil War in Siberia 1917-1924 - The Dick Scheper Collection

Chita issue 20 kopeks blue and red on reverse of registered (handstamped label) cover from Troitskosavsk 20-1-1923 via Moscow to Hellerup (Denmark), fine/very fine
Postal History Russian Civil War in Siberia 1917-1924 - The Dick Scheper Collection

Chita issue 20 kopeks blue and red in pair with sheet margin on reverse of registered cover from Chita 17-6-1923 (oval Chita railway cancel) to Berlin (Germany) with a rare combination of a normal registered label in cyrillic and a handstamped label in purple, fine/very fine
Postal History Russian Civil War in Siberia 1917-1924 - The Dick Scheper Collection