Lots 997 - 1005, Catalogue of Auction #96 Raritan Stamps, Inc
| Lot | Cat.# | Description |
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| 997 | **/* |
1/141 var | Neat Collection on Schaubek Hingeless Pages 1857- 1917, 203 stamps, including sheet of 50 plus 6 labels of No.137, including used No.1 and 2, City Post with appropriate cancellation, all stamps of 1868-79on vertically laid paper, 3k with "v" background and more; unused No.31-38, 41-45, 53-54, 88-105 and etc., occasional flaws possible, still nice and intact holding, full/part of OG or used, F/VF, C.v. is close to $4,000, Est. $800-$1,000 |
400.00 |
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| 998 | */U | Group of Liberty Cup and Abdication Overprints on Romanov Dynasty stamps 1917, 11 items, including five blocks of 4, two blocks of 8 (one inverted), two blocks of 12 (one inverted) and two postcards, all are on pages from a Collection, mostly VF, Est. $200-$250 |
100.00 |
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| 999 | |
Postal History Collection of "1 kop" Franking (this rate had been introduced in 1872 for locally sent wrappers containing printed matters, invitations, greetings, congratulatory letters and postcards) 1880-1915, about one hundred postal history items on written up pages, all franked by stamps of 1k orange of different issues, representing several St. Petersburg and Moscow correspondences, but mainly material from Riga, Revel and other cities and towns of Russian Baltics, individually saleable for $50-$75 in average, minor conveyance flaws noted, generally fresh collectible condition, F/VF lot with great potential re-sale, Est. $2,000-$2,500 |
1000.00 |
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| 1000 | |
Postal History Collection of "2 kop" Franking (this rate had been introduced in 1875 for International and Inland correspondences contained printed matters and business papers) 1894-1914, 41 postal history items, mostly foreign destinations originated from Moscow, several from St. Petersburg, Riga, Revel and etc., some usual flaws mentioned, otherwise fresh and nice lot, F/VF and rarely offered large group of 2k mailings, Est. $800-$1,000 |
400.00 |
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| 1001 | |
Collection of Moscow City Telegraph Offices 1886-1917, 54 postal history items representing 24 different telegraph offices from No.2 to No.64, including 9 stationery envelopes, letter cards and wrappers, 8 receipts and 10 telegrams, minor conveyance flaws possible, still nice looking unit, F/VF and rarely offered material, Est. $1,200-$1,500 |
600.00 |
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| 1002 | |
Unusual Ways of Acceptance and Delivery of Correspondences 1901-15, seven items neatly arranged and described on exhibition pages, each one representing different types of mail acceptance, such as "Accepted by Wending Machine", "Accepted by Private Book", "Accepted by Private Agency", two different forwarding markings and etc., conveyance flaws possible on two items, still F/VF and rare group, Est. $500-$600 |
250.00 |
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| 1003 | |
Collection of Esperanto Mailings 1908-14, ten postcards or covers, arranged on well-described pages, apparently a half of foreign destinations, including USA (2), Uruguay, Switzerland and Turkey, all bearing labels or Esperanto handstamps, nice and fresh condition, all appropriate markings, mostly VF, Est.$400-$500 |
200.00 |
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| 1004 | |
Moscow Unnumbered TPO Postal History Items 1914-15, five items, including postcard "Moscow - Sergievo" (10.VI.1914), postcard "Moscow - Golitsino" (12.VII.1914), cover "Moscow -Ramenskoye" (7.6.15), postcard"Ramenskoye - Moscow" (10.7.15) and postcard "Moscow - Klin" in connection to Military Hospital Train No.31, all are F/VF, Est. $300-$400 |
150.00 |
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| 1005 | **/* |
73/138, var | Provisional Government and Early Soviet Re-issues of Imperial stamps 1917-18, 160 mint stamps in singles, pairs and blocks of 4 or 6, 5 panes of 25 and 13 complete sheets of 50 or 100, perforated and imperforate stamps from 1k to 10r, representing 72 different varieties, such as misplaced, inverted or missing details of the design, offsets on gum, provisional perforation of imperf stamps, occasional flaws possible, sheets - usually folded, still nice and clean unit with full OG with many NH stamps, F/VF, Est. $600-$700 |
300.00 |