25 r. on 3 k. vertical strip of four, tied by cds “ROMANOVSKA KUB. OBL. 5 7 20” repeated alongside to an improvised parcel card (initially cash on delivery) to “TURKI SAR(ATOV) 17 8 20” for a sending of 38 funt, correct 100 roubles rate (sending 95 roubles plus registration 5 roubles) reverse additional manuscript note of receipt by addressee dated “21 VIII 1920”. The card with the vertical archival crease, fine. A very scarce Soviet usage of...

1919, United Russia 5 k. yellow imperforate, a single and a bloc of six, tied by cds “MARIUPOL EKATERIN. 2 7 19” to reverse of an envelope to Rostov on Don, sent underfranked at the previous tariff (new 70 kopek rate coming into force two days earlier), on front scarce postage due oval mark “DOPLATIT MARIUPOL", as 70 (k) due, reverse arrival cds, some minor imperfections, very scarce

35 k., two horizontal pairs tied by cds “KERCH 16 9 19” to registered envelope to Novorossyisk with reverse arrival, correct 1,40 roubles rate (Tariff of July 1st, 1919: single weight step 70 k. plus registration 70 k.), fine

3 r. strip of five, neatly tied by cds “ROSTOV ON DON 20 4 20” with additional 2 r. to parcel card for 17 funt to “SERDOBSK -5 20” (November 1919 Soviet tariff), endorsed at top “Red Army certified 1026”, the card with a central light archival crease of no importance, very fine. A dramatic testimony of the red army lootings during the civil war, Rostov was seized by the Bolsheviks on 10th February 1920 and the White Army stamps used as Trophy...

10 r. two horizontal strips of five tied by cds VARVAROPOLYE 13 11 19" to registered money order card to Kharkov regarding the transfer of 5,000 roubles, arrival cds “KHARKOV 17 11 19” (correct 2% rate), transfer unpaid and returned upon arrival to the sender as Kharkov felt under the Bolshevik rule meanwhile, final arrival dated “VARVAROPOLYE -3 4 20”, about five months later. Some toning and minor imperfections as to be expected, scarce

KOLCHAK REVENUES: 20 k. horizontal strip of three and 75 k. pair, all tied by pen cross cancellation to a folded extract of birth certificate from the church of the village Innokentiev in Irkutsk diocese, dated on the inside 31 January 1920 (Old Style), some aging and minor imperfections. A most unusual usage

1919/20, Kolchak 70 (k). on 1 k. yellow-orange pair and 5 singles with Russia 5 r. (3) and 10 k. tied by cds. “IRKUTSK 10 3. 20” to money transfer card concerning the sum of 2,000 roubles to the village Ledengsk Vologda with arrival cdss. “LEDENSK VOL. 24 4 20”, correct rate at 1% (equals 20 roubles franking), some minor imperfections as usual, still fine. A very scarce usage of the Kolchak issue as Trophy, Irkutsk having been taken by a...

1921, Chita Issue 1 k. three pairs and two strips of three, together with 3 k., 5 k. and 20 k. all neatly tied by cds, “BLAGOVECHENSK 30 3 23” to reverse of registered envelope to Switzerland with transit westbound via Moscow arrival cds. “”ZURICH -2 V. 23", very fine and eye-catching 40 kopek rate cover

10 k. two singles tied by cds. “CHITA 15 7 22” to registered envelope to Kharbin, China, sent free-franked with reverse blue seal of the Military Industrial Soviet Commission, the adhesives paying for the registration fee only, front three-line book register handstamp and framed registration mark "CHITA N° 705", reverse arrival cds., minor usual soiling of no importance, fine and very scarce

1923, Gold Kopek 2 k. two singles together with Chita issue 3 k. strips of four, five and three singles, tied by cds. “VLADIVOSTOK 16 8 23” to registered envelope to Tientsin, China with arrival cds. alongside, fine and scarce

KHARBIN PORT-ARTHUR railway line, superb strike of the postal wagon cds “POCHTOVYI WAGON N°265 5 X 1903” on postcard to Compiègne, France with Kitai 1 k. and 3 k. tied by cds “PEKIN 2 X 1903” with arrival cds, fine and scarce, signed Holcombe

“R.O.P.I.T. * AGENTS. MERSINA 1 JAN (18)83”, greenish oval handstamp on printed form with heading “COMPAGNIE RUSSE DE NAVIGATION A VAPEUR ET COMMERCE” concerning the dispatch of a cotton cargo from Mersian to Triest, slight peripheral toning, fine and very scarce