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Lot 1243 |
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1874 (6/18 Mar.) folded cover from St. Petersburg to Naples (23.3), bearing 1866 1k (3), 3k & 10k cancelled St. Petersburg c.d.s., circular "Oplacheno" handstamp and blue sender's oval, backstamped Vilna-Warsaw-Granica and Cormons-Venice railway c.d.s., Very Fine.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 1244 |
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1874 (15/27 Oct.) folded cover from St. Petersburg to Naples (2.11), bearing 1866 10k cancelled St. Petersburg c.d.s., boxed "Nebpoln Oplacheno" (insufficiently paid) with Italian 30c postage due applied in Naples and tied by c.d.s., green sender's oval and red manuscript "=40", Very Fine. The rate, as of 1 January 1874, was 16k or 70c. The 10k paid was equal to 40c, leaving 30c to be paid by addressee.
Estimate 600 - 800
Expertization: signed Mikulski.
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Lot 1245 |
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1874 (15/27 Dec.) folded letter from Odessa to Palermo (5.1.75), bearing 1866 1k (3) and 5k (2) cancelled Odessa c.d.s., boxed "Frankirovano", "Oplacheno" in circle handstamps and blue sender's handstamps, backstamped Odessa-Volochisk railway c.d.s. (16/28.12); reinforced horizontal file fold, F-VF.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 1246 |
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1879 (3/15 May) folded cover from Odess to Genoa (19.5), bearing 1866 1k (2), 2k and 5k (2) cancelled Odessa c.d.s., blue sender's oval, backstamped Odessa-Kiev railway c.d.s. (3/15.5), Fine. A double weight U.P.U. rate cover.
Estimate 600 - 800
Expertization: signed Mikulski.
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Lot 1247 |
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1865 (18/30 June) envelope from Tiflis, Georgia to Naples (20.7) via Odessa and Vienna (16.7), bearing 1858 20k and two each 1864 3k & 30k tied by "40" dotted circular, large circle "Franco", "P.D." and Odessa diamond, manuscript "2" for double weight and "f40" changed to "80"; edge wear, one 3k discolored, Fine. The 86k was equal to 350c. As of 15 May 1863 a double weight letter would have been charged 300c.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
Provenance: Fabergé
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Lot 1248 |
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1866 (7/19 Apr.) envelope from Cerkask to Genoa (7.5) via Vienna (4.5), bearing 1864 1k (2) and 1865 10k (4) cancelled Cerkask c.d.s., black "P.D", wax seal damage on reverse, vertical file fold, Fine. The 42k was equal to 170 centesimi. As of 1 May 1862 a single rate letter would have cost 100 centesimi.
Estimate 500 - 750
Expertization: 1987 En. Diena Certificate.
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Lot 1249 |
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1869 (10/22 May) folded cover from Odessa to Genoa (29.5) via Vienna (27.5), bearing 1865 20k and 1866 1k cancelled Odessa c.d.s., red oval "Frankirovano" and "PD", blue sender's oval; non-contemporary red "C" handstamp, Very Fine. The Russian internal postage was almost certainly paid in cash.
Estimate 600 - 800
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Lot 1250 |
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1870 (19 Mar.) envelope from Piatek, Poland to Florence (4.4), bearing 1865 30k and 1866 1k & 5k tied by 4-ring "217" cancels with boxed bilingual Piatek postmark on reverse, arced box "Franco" and "P.D." handstamps, blue manuscript "18½", backstamped Granica, Szczakowa, Venice and Florence; Very Fine.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
Expertization: signed Bolaffi.
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Lot 1251 |
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1872 (9/21 Mar.) stampless folded letter from Taganrog to Genoa (1.4) via Moscow (13-14/25-26.3), manuscript Russian and Austrian rates, 1L Italian postage due stamp affixed upon arrival and cancelled Genoa c.d.s., green sender's oval, nine different backstamps, Fine.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 1252 |
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1872 (10/22 Aug.) folded cover from Odessa to Naples (27.8) via Vienna (24.8), bearing 1868 20k cancelled light Odessa c.d.s., black "P.D.", red manuscript "18" (kr.) to Austria, blue sender's oval, Very Fine.
Estimate 300 - 400
Expertization: signed Raybaudi.
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Lot 1253 |
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1882 (21 Jul./2 Aug.) folded letter from Berdiansk, Ukraine to Malta (17.8) via Constantinople, bearing 1879 7k cancelled Berdiansk c.d.s., blue sender's oval, five different backstamps: ROPIT Constantinople despatch oval (26.7/7.8), Odessa (28.7/9.8), Russia railway (29.7/10.8), Siracusa (Sicily, 15.8) and Malta, Very Fine.
Estimate 250 - 350
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