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Lot 1073 |
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1865 (14/26 Nov.) folded cover from Moscow to Lyon (1.12), bearing 1858 30k and 1864 1k (2) & 5k tied by "3" in hexagons of dots of Nikolai Railway, red Eydkuhnen-Bromberg "Aus Russland Franco" c.d.s. (28.11) and "P.D", blue Erquelines French entry c.d.s. (30.11), blue manuscript "3/5" and (on reverse) "f8", Very Fine.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
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Lot 1074 |
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1865 (17/29 Nov.) folded cover from Moscow to Lyon (4.12), bearing 1858 10k & 20k and 1864 1k & 3k (2) cancelled Nikolai Station c.d.s., red Eydkuhnen-Bromberg "Aus Russland Franco" c.d.s. (1.12) and "P.D", blue Erquelines French entry c.d.s., blue manuscript "f 8" on reverse, Fine and attractive four-color franking.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
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Lot 1075 |
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1866 (21 May/2 Jun.) folded cover from St. Petersburg to Lyon (6.6), bearing 1864 1k (2), 3k (7) & 5k tied by mute hexagons of dots, red Eydkuhnen-Bromberg "Aus Russland Franco" c.d.s. (3.6) and "P.D", blue Erquelines French entry c.d.s., Very Fine and appealing franking.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
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Lot 1076 |
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1866 (31 May/12 Jun.) folded letter from Moscow (Nikolai Station) to Paris, bearing 1858 20k and 1865 3k & 5k, cork cancelled and tied by red Eydkuhnen-Bromberg "Aus Russland Franco" c.d.s. (14.6) and by blue Erquelines French entry c.d.s., red "P.D." and manuscript "fr 5½" (Sgr.) credit to Prussia, Very Fine.
Estimate 400 - 600
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Lot 1077 |
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1866 (22 Oct./1 Nov.) registered cover from Kiev to Paris, Kiev c.d.s. on reverse, red Eydkuhnen-Bromberg "Aus Russland Franco" c.d.s., "P.D", "chargé" and sawtoothed box "Recomandirt", blue Erquelines French entry c.d.s. (13.11); opened on three sides for display and reinforced along folds, Fine and attractive. Manuscript rates (in kopeks) "7 (for registration)/ 36 (postage)/ 5 (return receipt)=48", 8 Sgr. was retained by Prussia.
Estimate 400 - 600
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Lot 1078 |
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1866 (21 Dec./2 Jan. 1867) folded cover from Moscow to Lyon (7.1), bearing 1858 20k and 1864 1k (2) & 2k (2) cancelled light Moscow c.d.s., red "P.D" and blue Erquelines French entry c.d.s., manuscript "f 5½" (Sgr.) credit to Prussia, Fine.
Estimate 600 - 800
Provenance: Fabergé
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Lot 1079 |
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1867 (1/13 Jun.) folded letter Berdiansk, Ukraine to Paris via Moscow (18/30.6), bearing 1865 5k & 20k and 1866 3k cancelled light Berdiansk c.d.s., red "P.D." handstamp and manuscript "fr 3½" (Sgr.) credit to Prussia, blue sender's oval and Erquelines French entry c.d.s. (4.7), Very Fine.
Estimate 400 - 600
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Lot 1080 |
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1869 (28 Jan./9 Feb.) folded cover from Moscow to Lyon (14.2), bearing 1865 3k, 5k & 20k cancelled light Moscow c.d.s., red "P.D." handstamp and blue Erquelines French entry c.d.s. (13.2), Very Fine.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 1081 |
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1869 (10/22 Mar.) registered cover from Hussiatyn, Ukraine to Dijon (29.3), multiple transit and registration markings on front and back with manuscript rates and (on reverse) wax seals, Very Fine.
Estimate 400 - 600
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Lot 1082 |
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1869 (7 Apr.) folded cover from Warsaw, Poland to Bordeaux (10.4), bearing 1865 5k & 20k and 1866 3k tied by square-ringed "1" cancels, red Warsaw c.d.s., "P.D.", arced box "Franco" and Eydkuhnen-Bromberg "Aus Russland Franco" c.d.s. (7.4), Erquelines blue French entry c.d.s. (9.4), Very Fine.
Estimate 400 - 600
Provenance: Bojanowicz
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Lot 1083 |
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1869 (7 Apr.) folded letter from Warsaw, Poland to Bordeaux (10.4), bearing 1865 20k and 1866 3k & 5k (sky blue background) cancelled bold octagonal rings "1", red Warsaw c.d.s., "P.D.", arced box "Franco" and Eydkuhnen-Bromberg "Aus Russland Franco" c.d.s. (7.4), blue sender's handstamped corner card and French entry c.d.s. (9.4); sealed tears at ends of horizontal file fold, otherwise Very Fine.
Estimate 400 - 600
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Lot 1084 |
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1869 (16.28 Apr.) folded letter from Riga, Latvia to Bordeaux (2.5), bearing two each 1866 1k, 3k & 10k cancelled light Riga c.d.s., red Eydkuhnen-Bromberg "Aus Russland Franco" c.d.s. (29.4), "P.D." and manuscript "fr 5½" (Sgr.) credit to Prussia, blue Erquelines French entry c.d.s. and sender's oval (tying stamps); age spotting, otherwise Very Fine.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 1085 |
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1869 (30 May) folded letter from Warsaw to Lyon (2.6), bearing 1865 20k and 1866 pair each 1k & 3k tied by square ringed "1" cancels, red Warsaw and Eydkuhnen-Bromberg "Aus Russland Franco" c.d.s. (30.5), "P.D." and arced box "Franco", blue Erquelines French entry c.d.s. (1.6) and manuscript "5½" (Sgr.) credit to Prussia, F-VF.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
Provenance: Bojanowicz
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Lot 1086 |
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1869 (17/29 Jul.) folded cover from Moscow to Bordeaux (3.8), bearing 1865 20k and 1866 3k and 5k cancelled red Moscow foreign mail c.d.s., red oval "Frankirovano" and "P.D." handstamps, blue Erquelines French entry c.d.s., Very Fine.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 1087 |
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1869 (26 Aug./5 Sep.) folded mourning letter from St. Petersburg to Paris, bearing 1866 3k & 5k (5) tied by "S.P.B." ovals, St. Petersburg c.d.s., red "P.D." and blue Erquelines French entry c.d.s., red manuscript "5½", black mourning border surrounds letter sheet; minor internal splitting, Very Fine.
Estimate 600 - 800
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Lot 1088 |
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1869 (21 Sep./3 Oct.) folded cover from Moscow to Lyon (8.10) via St. Petersburg (22.9/4.10), bearing 1866 1k (23, twenty on reverse) & 5k cancelled Moscow c.d.s., red Eydkuhnen-Bromberg "Aus Russland Franco" c.d.s. (5.10) and "P.D.", blue Erquelines French entry c.d.s. (7.10) and Hotel Dusaux handstamped oval; five 1k torn in opening, a Fine and rare make-up of the 28k rate.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
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Lot 1089 |
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1869 (7/19 Nov.) folded cover from Moscow to Lyon (25.11) via St. Petersburg (9/21.11), bearing 1865 20k & 30k and 1866 1k & 5k cancelled Moscow c.d.s., red Eydkuhnen-Bromberg "Aus Russland Franco" c.d.s. (22.11) and "P.D.", blue Erquelines French entry c.d.s., red manuscript "f 11" (Sgr.) credit to Prussia and "4" to France, a Very Fine four-color franking.
Estimate 2,000 - 3,000
Provenance: Lipschütz
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Lot 1090 |
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1869 (27 Nov./9 Dec.) folded letter from Moscow to Lyon (15.12), bearing 1866 1k, 5k, 10k (2) and 30k cancelled red Moscow foreign mail c.d.s., red oval "Frankirovano" and "P.D.", blue Erquelines French entry c.d.s. (11.12), red manuscript "f 11" (Sgr.) credit to Prussia, Fine.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
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Lot 1091 |
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1869 (Dec.) two folded letters from Moscow to Tarare, from the same correspondence, each with a different composition of the 28k rate, first with 1866 3k, 5k & 20k, second with two 10k for the 20k; all stamps tied by red Moscow foreign mail c.d.s., all other markings identical: red oval "Frankirovano" and "P.D.", blue Erquelines French entry c.d.s., red manuscript "f 5½", Very Fine pair.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
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Lot 1092 |
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1870 (12/24 Jan.) folded letter from Tagonrog to Marseille (5.2) via Moscow (17/29.1), bearing 1865 1k (3) & 5k and 1866 10k (2) cancelled Taganrog c.d.s., magenta boxed "P.D.", blue Forbach French entry c.d.s. (1.2), red manuscript "f 5½", black mourning border surrounds letter sheet, Very Fine.
Estimate 600 - 800
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Lot 1093 |
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1870 (2/14 Feb.) folded cover from Mitau, Latvia to Paris via Eydkuhnen (16.2), bearing 1865 3k and 1866 5k & 20k cancelled Mitau c.d.s., straightline "Aus Russland/Franco-Tout", magenta "P.D." and blue Forbach French entry c.d.s. (19 Feb.), blue manuscript "fr 5½ Sgr" credit to Prussia, Very Fine.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 1094 |
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1870 (6/18 Feb.) folded letter from Moscow to Grenoble (25.2), bearing 1865 30k and 1866 3k & 5k cancelled red Moscow foreign mail c.d.s., red oval "Frankirovano", magenta "P.D.", blue Forbach French entry c.d.s. (24.2) and sender's oval, Very Fine. This was a 10k over payment of the 28k rate; apparently the 30k was used from an over-supply of that value.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
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Lot 1095 |
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1870 (14/26 Feb.) folded letter from St. Petersburg to Paris, bearing 1866 1k (3), 5k & 10k (2) tied by "S.P.B."ovals, magenta boxed "P.D.", blue Forbach French entry c.d.s. (2.3) and red manuscript "5½", Very Fine.
Estimate 400 - 600
Provenance: Mertens (I), Fabergé
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Lot 1096 |
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1870 (14/26 Mar.) envelope from Moscow to Gray (1.4), bearing 1866 3k (6, all with 5k background error, Scott #20G) and 5k (2), pen cancelled and tied by red Moscow foreign mail c.d.s., red oval "Frankirovano" and "P.D.", red manuscript "f 5½"; slight abrasions at top edge, Fine and rare composition of the 28k rate.
Estimate 600 - 800
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Lot 1097 |
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1870 (15/27 Mar.) folded cover from Moscow to Lyon (1.4), bearing 1865 30k and 1866 1k, 5k & 20k cancelled red Moscow foreign mail c.d.s., red oval "Frankirovano", blue Erquelines French entry c.d.s., red manuscript "f 11" and "3", Fine and attractive four-color franking.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
Provenance: Great
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Lot 1098 |
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1870 (31 Mar.) folded cover from Warsaw, Poland to Tarare (3.4), bearing 1866 3k (with 5k background error, Scott 20d), 5k & 20k cancelled 4-ring "1" cancels, Warsaw c.d.s., red Eydkuhnen-Bromberg "Aus Russland Franco" and blue Erquelines French entry c.d.s., arced box "Franco" and red "P.D."; minor faults along horizontal file fold, otherwise Very Fine.
Estimate 600 - 800
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Lot 1099 |
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1870 (8 Apr.) cover front from Warsaw to St. Etienne, bearing two each 1866 1k, 3k (with 5k background error, Scott #20d) & 10k tied by square ringed "1" cancels, red Warsaw c.d.s., Eydkuhnen-Bromberg "Aus Russland Franco" c.d.s. (9.4), arced box "Franco", "P.D." and blue Erquelines French entry c.d.s. (10.4), red manuscript "5½" and blue "2", Very Fine.
Estimate 400 - 600
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Lot 1100 |
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1870 (5/14 May) folded cover from Moscow to Lyon (22.5) via St. Petersburg (6/18.5), bearing 1865 30k and 1866 1k, 5k & 20k cancelled Moscow-St. Petersburg c.d.s., red Eydkuhnen-Bromberg "Aus Russland Franco" c.d.s. (19.5) and "P.D.", blue Erquelines French entry c.d.s., red manuscript "f 5½" and "2, Very Fine. A stunning four-color franking. Rated as a double weight cover in Russia but only single weight by Prussia and France.
Estimate 2,000 - 3,000
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Lot 1101 |
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1870 (11 May) folded letter from Warsaw to Lyon (14.5), bearing 1866 3k (with 5k background error, Scott # 20b) and 5k (5) tied by 4-ring "BW" cancels, Dworzec Station, Warsaw c.d.s., red Eydkuhnen-Bromberg "Aus Russland Franco" c.d.s. (11.5), arced box "Franco", red "P.D." (on 5k stamp), blue Erquelines French entry c.d.s. (13.5) and sender's oval, red manuscript "5½" Prussian credit, Very Fine and most unusual franking.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
Provenance: Bojanowicz
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Lot 1102 |
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1870 (10/22 July) envelope from Vinnitsa, Ukraine to Fontainebleu (3.8), bearing 1865 1k & 3k and 1866 5k pair cancelled Vinnitsa c.d.s., serrated boxed "Aus Russland" and blue Erquelines French entry c.d.s. (3.8), blue manuscript "unzureichend" (insufficently) and handstamped "11" (décimes due); slight perf damage where stamps were placed at edge of cover, small sealed tear at lower left, Fine.
Estimate 250 - 350
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Lot 1103 |
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1870 (29 Jul./10 Aug.) folded cover from Moscow to Lyon (17.8) via St. Peteresburg (30.7/11.8), bearing 1866 3k (with 5k background error, Scott 20d), 5k and 20k cancelled Moscow Nikolai Station c.d.s., red "Aus Russland Franco" c.d.s. (12.8) and "P.D." handstamp, blue Erquelines French entry c.d.s. (16.8), Fine.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 1104 |
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1870 (28 Aug./9 Sep.) folded cover from Odessa to Marseille (22.9), bearing 1866 1k (3), 5k & 10k (2) cancelled Odessa c.d.s., red "P.D." and blue Erquelines French entry c.d.s. (18.9), Odessa-Kiev (28.8/9.9) and Oswiecim (Auschwitz)-Breslau (14.9) railway markings on reverse along with manuscript "5½", Fine.
Estimate 400 - 600
This cover was delayed in its passage by the Franco-Prussian War. On 4 September France became a Republic and on 19 September the Prussians began the Siege of Paris.
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Lot 1105 |
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1870 (11/23 Sep.) small stampless envelope from Moscow to Paris (29.9), Russian and French "Registered" handstamps and red "P.D.", "Prusse Amb. Quiévrein" entry c.d.s. (28.9) and red manuscript "7½" (Sgr.) rate, manuscript "Retour à L'envoyeur" (Return to sender) with additional Moscow receivers on reverse (4.10/22.9), includes original 2-page letter; cover open on two sides, Very Fine. The Prussian rate of 7½ silvergroshen included 2sgr for registration.
Estimate 400 - 600
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Lot 1106 |
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1871 (3/15 Jun.) folded letter from St. Petersburg to Montpellier, bearing 1866 3k & 5k (5) cancelled St. Petersburg c.d.s., red boxed "P.D.", blue Erquelines French entry c.d.s. and sender's oval, red manuscript "5½", Very Fine. Unusual composition of the 28k rate.
Estimate 600 - 800
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Lot 1107 |
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1871 (15/27 Jul.) folded letter from Reval, Estonia to Marseilles (2.8) via St. Petersburg (17/29.7), bearing 1866 1k & 3k cancelled Revel c.d.s., red boxed "P.D." and manuscript "3/4", blue sender's datestamp, Extremely Fine. The printed matter rate to France was 4k with a ¾sgr credit to Prussia. Letter is a printed announcement of the opening of the Reval Trade Bank.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 1108 |
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1871 (26 Aug./7 Sep.) folded letter from St. Petersburg to Montpellier (11.9), bearing 1866 3k, 5k & 10k (2) cancelled St. Petersburg c.d.s., red boxed "P.D." and manuscript "5½", blue Erquelines French entry c.d.s. (10.9) and sender's oval, Very Fine.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 1109 |
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1872 (10/22 Feb.) folded cover from Kiev to Lyon (2.3) via St. Petersburg (12/24.2), bearing 1865 5k and 1866 3k & 20k cancelled Kiev c.d.s., double circle "Franco" handstamp, red Eydkuhnen-Bromberg "Aus Russland Franco" c.d.s. (28.2) and boxed "P.D.", blue Erquelines French entry c.d.s. (1.3), Very Fine.
Estimate 400 - 600
Provenance: Lipschütz
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Lot 1110 |
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1872 (21 Apr./3 May) folded cover from St. Petersburg to Bordeaux (7.5), bearing 1866 1k and 1868 vertically laid paper 1k (2), 5k & 20k cancelled St. Petersburg c.d.s., red boxed "P.D.", Erquelines French entry c.d.s. (6.5), blue sender's oval and red manuscript "5½"; few minor perf tones, Very Fine. Most unusual usage of the two different 1k values.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
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Lot 1111 |
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1872 (27 Apr./9 May) folded cover from St. Petersburg to Lyon (13.5), bearing 1868 vertically laid paper 3k (2), 10k & 20k (2) cancelled St. Petersburg c.d.s., red Eydkuhnen-Bromberg "Aus Russland Franco" c.d.s. (9.5) and boxed "P.D.", blue Erquelines French entry c.d.s. (12.5), red "11" and blue "2" manuscript rates, blue sender's oval, Very Fine.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 1112 |
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1872 (28 Apr./10 May) folded letter from St. Petersburg to Lyon (14.5), bearing 1868 vertically laid paper 1k, 5k & 10k (5) cancelled St. Petersburg c.d.s., red Eydkuhnen-Bromberg "Aus Russland Franco" c.d.s. (11.5), boxed "P.D." and blue Erquelines French entry c.d.s. (13.5), red manuscript "11" and blue "4" rates, blue sender's oval; vertical file fold through one 10k, Fine.
Estimate 600 - 800
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Lot 1113 |
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1872 (4/16 Jun.) folded cover from St. Petersburg to Lyon (20.6), bearing 1866 3k (2) & 10k (5) cancelled St. Petersburg c.d.s., red boxed "P.D." and blue Erquelines French entry c.d.s. (19.6), red "8" and blue "2" manuscript rates, Fine.
Estimate 600 - 800
The new rate structure included a credit to Prussia of 3sgr per 15 grams plus 2sgr per 3sgr for transit for a total of 8sgr. The credit to France remained unchanged.
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Lot 1114 |
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1872 (18/30 Jul.) small envelope from Rovno, Ukraine to Paris via Warsaw (20.7/1.8), bearing 1866 1k (2) and 1868 20k cancelled Rovno c.d.s., red Eydkuhnen-Bromberg "Aus Russland Franco" c.d.s. (2.8) and boxed "P.D.", black arced box "Franco" and blue Erquelines French entry c.d.s. (4.8); sealed opening tear at top, otherwise Very Fine. Red manuscript "4" indicates 2sgr each to Prussia and France.
Estimate 400 - 600
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Lot 1115 |
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1872 (9/21 Nov.) folded cover from St. Petersburg to Lyon (25.12), bearing 1868 20k cancelled St. Petersburg c.d.s., red Eydkuhnen-Bromberg "Aus Russland Franco" c.d.s. (22.1) and "P.D.", Erquelines-Paris French entry c.d.s. (24.11), Very Fine.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 1116 |
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1872 (18/30 Mar.) folded cover from Moscow to Lyon (5.4), bearing 1868 vertically laid paper 1k (2), 3k (2) & 20k cancelled Moscow c.d.s., red oval "Frankirovano" and boxed "P.D.", blue Erquelines French entry c.d.s. (4.4), manuscript "f 5½" and "2", Fine.
Estimate 400 - 600
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Lot 1117 |
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1873 (23 May/4 Jun.) folded cover from Moscow to Lyon (9.6), bearing 1866 10k & 30k cancelled Moscow c.d.s., red "P.D." and black "Allemagne, Erq. Paris" French entry c.d.s. (5.6), red manuscript "f 8", Fine double rate usage.
Estimate 400 - 600
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Lot 1118 |
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1873 (26 May/7 Jun.) folded cover from Odessa to Marseille (12.6), bearing 1866 1k (2), 3k & 5k (3) cancelled Odessa c.d.s., boxed "Aus Russland Franco", purple "Oplacheno" in circle, red "P.D." and blue Erq. Paris French entry c.d.s. (11.6), Fine and unusual franking.
Estimate 600 - 800
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Lot 1119 |
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1873 (14/26 Jul.) folded cover from Moscow to Lyon (31.7), bearing two 1866 30k cancelled Moscow c.d.s., red "P.D.", blue Erq. Paris French entry c.d.s. (30.7) and sender's oval, red manuscript "f 8", Fine triple rate cover.
Estimate 400 - 600
Provenance: Fabergé
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Lot 1120 |
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1873 (9/21 Sep.) envelope from Odessa to Marseille (26.9), bearing 1866 1k, 3k & 10k (2) cancelled Odessa c.d.s., boxed "Aus Russland Franco" and red "P.D." with blue Erquelines-Paris French entry c.d.s. (25.9), Breslau-Berlin railway datestamp (23.9) on reverse, Very Fine.
Estimate 400 - 600
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Lot 1121 |
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1873 (30 Oct./11 Nov.) folded cover from Odessa to Marseille (17.11), bearing 1866 1k, 3k & 10k (2) cancelled Odessa-Kiev railway c.d.s., oblong boxed "Frankirovano", box Breslau-Berlin "Aus Russland, Eis: Post-Bureau V. " railway postmark, red "PD" and blue Erq. Paris French entry c.d.s. (16.11), large "4" handstamp indicates 4sgr credit to Prussia, Very Fine.
Estimate 500 - 750
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Lot 1122 |
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1873 (17/29 Dec.) envelope from Odessa to Marseille (4.1.74), bearing four 1865 5k cancelled Odessa c.d.s., violet "Oplacheno" (Paid) in circle and red boxed "P.D." handstamps, blue "Pag. Paris" French entry c.d.s.; minor flaws not affecting stamps, fresh and Fine.
Estimate 250 - 350
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