Volga German Workers' Commune - Postal History Items 1900, stationery postcard from Marientau (Samara Gub.), one of several German settlements, addressed to Hamburg, via Krasny Kut (center of the canton), mail trainNo.158 "Kasny Kut - Alexandrovsk-Gay" and St. Petersburg, written in German, arrival ds and all appropriate transits, mostly VF and scarce, Est. $200- $250

150.00

1911, color postcard (view of Volga River) from Urbach, German community based on Ryazan-Uralsk railway, addressed to Riga, posted into the mail on TPO No. 152 Uralsk - Urbach, written in German, postmarked on arrival,minor cornerimperfections, still F/VF, Est. $150-$200

100.00

1911, postcard from Pokrovskaya Sloboda (Large Village, later town of Pokrovsk), administrative center of Volga German Settlements, addressed to Station Keppenthal, one of German settlements, franked by 3kred, postmarked on arrival, some card creases, still fine and scarce, Est. $120-$150

80.00

1913, color postcard from Linevo Ozero volost administration (volost center - village Hussenbach) to Tsarskoye Selo (St. Petersburg Gub.), franked by 3k red, arrival ds is alongside, mostly VF, Est. $150-$200

100.00

Early Soviet Period 1923 (June 16), return registered receipt (made from POW card) of receiving charity money in Lesnoy Karamysh, addressed to Moscow, franked by two RSFSR definitives, appropriate markingsand arrival ds, mostly VF, Est. $120-$150

80.00

Volga German Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic 1924, return registered receipt of receiving charity money in Grechinnaya Luka, addressed to Moscow, franked by two soldier stamps of 7k brown, Med.(veditsky) Kr.(estovy) Buerak Obl.(act') N.(emtsev) Pov.(olzhya) "14.10.24" ds, arrived to Moscow on October 23, archival fold, still VF, Est. $150-$200

100.00

1924, return registered receipt of receiving charity money in Kamenka, addressed to Moscow, franked by horizontal pair soldier stamps of 7k brown, Umiot "18.1.25" date stamp, arrived to Moscow on January 28, VF, Est. $150- $200

100.00

1925, return registered receipt (made from POW card) of receiving charity money in Nizhnyaya Dobrinka, addressed to Moscow, franked by worker 14k slate blue, Nizhyaya Dobrinka R.N.P. bilingual "27.6.25" datestamp, Moscow arrival marking, mostly VF, Est. $150-$200

100.00

1931-37, incoming and outgoing postcard and registered cover, card from Leningrad to Fedorovka, cover from Engels to Vienna (some ageing), franked by definitive stamps, bilingual postmarks of Fedorovka and Engels, F/VF, Est. $150-$200

100.00

Ostarbeiter (Workers from the East) Postcards 1943, five stationery postcards of 6pf violet, one with paid answer and two with Propaganda messages, sent from Kattowitz, Oppelhain, Wolfenbuttel and etc., most addressed to KievOblast, usual conveyance flaws, still F/VF, Mi #Mi P302, P310, P312, Est. $150-$200

100.00