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1870 (22 May) Russian Empire, Russia, Commercial Cover from Taganrog to Genoa (Italy) via Moscow, franked with 5k (1866 issue) - SHIFTED Background, 30k (1865 issue), with red 'P.D.' (Paid to Destination) handstamp, blue oval commercial handstamp, blue Italian cds on the front side and red Moscow cds, red diamond-shaped postmark on reverse

Russia & Soviet Union / Russian Empire (1857-1917)

Catalog: Russika 16, 19, 19 Td

Catalog value: $1,315

Variety Print Error Cover Postal History

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The M. Kramarenko 'Russika' Collection of Imperial Russia

Auction 54

July 21 - 23, 2026

United States , Black Mountain , NC

The Legendary M. Kramarenko Collection of Imperial Russian Stamps, Varieties & Postal Stationery that became the foundation of the renowned Russika catalogue.

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Russika: Mint Varieties, Printing Errors & Proofs

Lots 1 - 619

July 21, Tuesday, 12:00 PM PM

Russika: Mint Postal Stationery

Lots 620 - 1140

July 22, Wednesday, 4:00 PM PM

Russika: Used Varieties & Print Errors

Lots 1141 - 1456

July 23, Thursday, 4:00 PM PM

Russika: Russian Empire Postal History

Lots 1457 - 1585

July 23, Thursday, 5:30 PM PM

Russika: Used Postal Stationery

Lots 1586 - 1763

July 23, Thursday, 2:30 PM PM

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1907 (18 May) Russian Empire, Russia, Parcel Receipt Card from Saint Petersburg to Hanko (Finland), redirected to Eckero (Finland) via Vyborg, with registration label, with blue crayon postal marking, franked with 10k INVERTED Background and 35k (45k total), three small verification punches

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1861 (27 Jan) Russian Empire, Russia, Cover from Saint Petersburg to Parnu (Estonia), with Dotted Numeral ‘1’ Cancellation, paper embossing on the back side, ink postal marking '27', franked with 10k (1858 issue)

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1878 (24 Mar) Russian Empire, Russia, Registered Cover from Balta to Kamianets-Podilskyi, with handstamped registration markings '№ 272', '№ 215', franked with 5k, 10k, 2 x 20k (1875 issue), Wax Seal

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1877 (11 Jul) Russian Empire, Russia, Official Judicial cover from Saint Petersburg to Riga, franked with 8k (1875 issue)

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1900 (18 Jul) Russian Empire, Russia, Red Cross Picture Postcard from Saint Petersburg to Paris (France) franked with 4k (1889 issue)

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1866 (9 Mar) Russian Empire, Russia, Commercial Cover from Saint Petersburg to Alavus (Finland) via Vyborg, franked with 10k (Rare color, Russika 14d, 1865 issue), with black boxed transit marking, red cds and blue merchant's oval handstamp 'Stoll & Schmidt, St. Petersburg'

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1909 (30 Jan) Russian Empire, Russia, Registered Cover from Tsarskoye Selo Post Office to Graz (Austria) with Registration Label, with Blue Crayon and Red Pen Rostal Markings, Wax Seals, franked with pair 10k INVERTED Background and 4x1k (24k total)

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1913 (3 Oct) Russian Empire, Russia, Registered Сommercial Cover from Saint Petersburg (Post Office at Nikolaev Railway Station) to Sartana, with red handstamped registration markings, franked with 1k, strips 8x2k, strip 5x7k, strip 4x14k, and strip 4x15k Romanovs (1r 70k total)

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1905 (15 Sep) Russian Empire, Russia, Registered Parcel Receipt Card from Rostov Yaroslavskiy to Warsaw, with blue registration label, handstamped registration marking '22412', blue crayon postal marking, franked with 3 x 3k

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1916 (15 Nov) Russian Empire, Russia, Locally Addressed Registered Cover in Zvenyhorodka, with red registration label, franked with 10x1k EXCESS Ink metallic brown-orange color, (10k total)

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1911 (12 May) Russian Empire, Russia, Registered Judicial Correspondence Cover from Kamianets-Podilskyi to Chernivtsi returned to Kamianets-Podilskyi with document of non-delivery, with red registration label, with blue crayon postal marking, with Official Violet Handstamps of the District Court, mixed franking with 7k and 15k In Favor of the Postman (22k total), Certificate

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1858 (12 Sep) Russian Empire, Russia, Letter without attachments from Odessa (Odesa) to Warsaw franked with 10k (1857-58 issue), Dotted Numeral '6' Cancellation, Boxed two-line Odessa Postmark, Red cds on Reverse side

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1866 (8 Jun) Russian Empire, Russia, Commercial Cover from Riga to Paris (France), carried by railway mail car № 26, franked with 3k, 5k (1865 issue) and 20k (1858 issue), with blue cds, red Franco transit postmark, red 'P.D.' (Paid to Destination) handstamp, crayon postal marks, blue oval sender's cachet 'G.W. Schröder & Co., Riga', Signed, Certificate

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1913 (25 Feb) Russian Empire, Russia, Registered Cover from Saint Petersburg to Duisburg (Germany) with red registration label, franked with 1k, 2k, 3k, 14k, 15k, and 35k Romanovs (70k total)

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1864 (7 Jan) Russian Empire, Russia, Cover from Moscow to Orenburg, franked with 10k (1858 issue), with red wax seal on the reverse

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1900 (16 May) Russian Empire, Russia, Registered Cover from Moscow to Bruxelles (Belgium) with red registration label, with round registration handstamp, with round incoming registration number '446' handstamp, and with blue crayon postal marking, franked with 1r (1889 issue)

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1907 (28 Nov) Russian Empire, Russia, Picture Postcard from Minsk to Merano (Austro-Hungarian Empire, now Italy), blue crayon postal marking, franked with mixed franking of Russian Empire 3k, and Austria surcharge stamp 5h

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1917 (11 Feb) Russian Empire, Russia, Censored Postcard from Zaraysk to Cham (Switzerland), via Moscow, with violet round censorship handstamp 'Reviewed by Moscow military censors № 110', red crayon postal marking, franked with 1k, 3k

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1918 (20 Apr) Russian Empire, Russia, 10k on 7k Postal Stationery Cover to Black Sea Fleet, Linear Ship 'Rostislav' in Odessa (Odesa), with Roller cancel, additionally franked with 20k, imperforate 5k

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1905 (7 Oct) Russian Empire, Russia, Registered Cover from Moscow to Remagen (Germany) via Bonn (Germany), with red registration label, and with violet and black registration handstamps, franked with 3k, 5k, 7k, and 10k (25k total)

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1917 (9 Mar) Russian Empire, Russia, Civil War, Bolshevists Propaganda Liberty Cap, Registered Cover locally addressed in Petrograd (now Saint Petersburg), with red registration label, red revolutionary emblem with slogan 'Long live Freedom! Viva La Liberte!', franked with a block of 12 x 7k

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1906 (27 May) Russian Empire, Russia, Picture Postcard from Haapsalu (Estonia) to Saint Petersburg, with rare family of Countess Brevern de la Gardie violet handstamps, franked with 3k EXCESS Ink

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1872 (26 Apr) Russian Empire, Russia, Commercial Cover from Odessa to Loano (Italy) via Berlin (Germany) and Milano (Italy), franked with a pair of 10k (1868-75 issue) - thick 'Л' in 'ЛОТА' and BROKEN Frame in lower left corner, with black boxed 'P.D.' (Paid to Destination) and Franco handstamps, numeral crayon marking and black oval sender's cachet 'Andrea Smaich, Odessa', black wax seal on the reverse

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1902 (2 Dec) Russian Empire, Russia, Registered Red Cross Picture Postcard from Baku (Azerbaijan) to Samedan (Switzerland) with red registration label, with violet and black registration handstamps, franked with 4k and 10k (1889 issue), (14k total)

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