1860, “YASSI SEP. 9 1860”, Cyrillic datestamp mit fleuron (Tchilinghirian Type 9), fair strike in blue on entire letter to Bucharest, fine and scarce

JASSY: 1862, Postal receipt issued by the “JASSY POST OFFICE" for a money letter with an insurance value of 74 roubles and 2 kopek, dated 15 January 1862; light vertical archival fold, still very fine. A rare example of the small format receipt used in Romania

JASSI INCOMING MAIL: 1842, lettersheet with two-line “KISHINEV 15 DECEMBER 1842” despatch marking on reverse and addressed to Jassi, fine. A scarce destination

TULCEA: 1883, “R.O.P.i.T TULCHINSK. AGENTSVO 28 II (83)” (Tchilinghirian Type1), two fine strikes in blue on Russian Levant 1 k. black/yellow and 7 k. carmine/green to small mourning envelope to Livorno, Italy, with reverse transit cds. “ALEXANDRIE” and arrival. Envelope with missing black flap, small reinforced tear at top and minor soiling of no significance; the 7 kopek with one round corner. Overall very fine and attractive. A truly...

1825, folded entire with full contents from St Petersburg to Boston, reverse two-line frame “Forwarded by Y(our). O(bedient). S(ervan).ts / Maury Latham &Co. LIVERPOOL”, on front red transit cds “NEW YORK” and matching straightline “SHIP”, manuscript “20½” ship rating at upper right corner, small tear on the back, still fine. Scarce

1858, no wmk., perf. 12½, 10 k. brown & blue, two singles, tied by diamond "ODESSA" to entire letter 1864 to Mytilene,Island of Lesbos. Entire witht tiny tear at top and the left stamp tiny perforation faults, where applied at the edge of the entire. A scarce letter with very unusual destination. Large expert mark on front.

1866, Coat of Arms 1 k. black/orange yellow, 3 k. black/green and 10 k. reddish brown/blue, fresh colours, neatly tied by Polish truncated 4-square numeral “1” with red departure cds “VARSAW 1 JULY 1871” to folded entire to Berlin with transit- and arrival, very fine

1866/68, 3 k. black/green on vertically laid paper (three singles), together with horizontally laid paper 1 k. black/yellow and 10 k. brown/blue, fresh colours, tied by cds “RIGA 23 FEV. 1873” to entire letter to Paris, transit and blue cds “ALLEMAGNE ERQ.PARIS 10 MARS”; one 3 kopek corner fault, otherwise very fine. An unusual three-colour franking with the two issues, signed Maslowski

20 k. blue/orange, tied by TPO cds “POSTAL WAGON 27-28 11 FEV. 1872” to entire letter from Varsaw to Paris, incorrectly marked at departure by Cyrillic “PAID” but underfranked by 8 kopek, rightly taxed upon transit with red two-line “Unzureichend frankirt.”, manuscript “11” (Décimes = 110 centimes = 28 kopek at current change, full postage due) and blue “3” (Sgr. for Prussian transit), scarce small framed “P.38” (22x9mm, Von Der Linden.-Nr....

20 k. blue/red tied by cds “S. PETERBURG 11 DEC 1891” to reverse of a registered envelope to Nagasaki, Japan, addressed to the “care of the Russian Consul, Imperial Russian frigate staff surgeon”, endorsed on front “Via Brindisi”, reverse transit cds “HONG KONG FE 11 92” and arrival mark “NAGASAKI 6 FEB 1892 JAPAN”, very fine and most unusual, in addition two registered covers from Vladivostok to either Hakodate or Nagasaki. A fine trio

1919, Arms 5 k., horizontal strip of three and pair tied by red cds. “SIGULDA 30 4 19” to front of a money transfer for the sum of three roubles to Riga with reverse arrival cds., the card and franking cut in at right otherwise very fine and exceptional usage in Soviet Latvia, both cities being under Bolshevik rule; also a 1919 parcel card from “PSKOV 27 4 19” to Riga, also under Soviet rule, very fine. A scarce Bolshevik duo

St. Petersburg City Post: 1848/68, envelope 5(+1) k. blue, size 121x88, used locally with clear city post arrival mark of 23.12.1858. Very fine and scarce.