1917 RUSSIAN EMPIRE RAILWAY Answer stationery card sent to Croatia from TPO Volochisk vokzal (railway station). Franked by imprinted stamp of 3k Current rate of Temporary Government is 20k Probably considered as PoW mail and sent free

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

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Rare Stamps and Postal History

Auction 48

December 16 - 27, 2025

United States , Black Mountain , NC

Our December auction features a record 7,500 lots of rare stamps and postal history items.

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The World & Rocket Mail

Lots 1 - 638

Abgeschlossen am Dec 16

United States

Lots 639 - 880

Abgeschlossen am Dec 16

Germany: German Empire, Weimar Republic, Third Reich

Lots 881 - 1521

Abgeschlossen am Dec 17

Germany: WWI & WWII Occupations, Legions, Field Post

Lots 1522 - 1834

Abgeschlossen am Dec 18

Germany after 1945: Local Post, Occupation Zones

Lots 1835 - 2408

Abgeschlossen am Dec 18

Carpatho-Ukraine

Lots 2409 - 2714

Abgeschlossen am Dec 19

Ukrainian Tridents

Lots 2715 - 3122

Abgeschlossen am Dec 19

Ukraine: People's Republic, West Ukraine, Underground Post, Unofficial Issues

Lots 3123 - 3587

Abgeschlossen am Dec 20

Displaced Persons Camps: Ukraine, Germany, Poland, Baltic States

Lots 3588 - 3803

Abgeschlossen am Dec 20

Russian Empire: Print Errors & Postal History

Lots 3804 - 4274

Abgeschlossen am Dec 21

Zemstvo: Russian Rural Post

Lots 4275 - 4672

Abgeschlossen am Dec 21

Russian Civil War: Armies, Republics, Caucasus

Lots 4673 - 5241

Abgeschlossen am Dec 22

Russian Postal History & Mint Postcards

Lots 5242 - 5505

Abgeschlossen am Dec 22

Russian Offices Abroad

Lots 5506 - 5766

Abgeschlossen am Dec 23

RSFSR & Soviet Union: Rare Stamps, Chronology, Complete Sheets

Lots 5767 - 6073

Abgeschlossen am Dec 23

Russian Cinderellas: Charity Stamps

Lots 6074 - 6596

Abgeschlossen am Dec 26

Russian Postcards & Covers: Exhibition, Charity, Advertisement

Lots 6597 - 6802

Abgeschlossen am Dec 26

Russian Cinderellas: Exhibitions & Advertisement

Lots 6803 - 7093

Abgeschlossen am Dec 27

Russian Cinderellas & Revenues: Odessa and Other Issues

Lots 7094 - 7518

Abgeschlossen am Dec 27

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1912 RUSSIAN EMPIRE Cover of ordinary letter sent from Aleksandrovsky Poselok (rare cancellation) to Luga (St Petersburg govern). Franking of 7k (3x1k+2x2k) Empire stamps in accordance to current rate. Cancellations of both towns

$50

1906 RUSSIAN EMPIRE Commercial cover of registered letter sent from Nikol’sk-Ussuriysky to Baron Rothschild, San Francisco (USA). Franked 30k stamps of Russian Empire in align to current rate for registered overweight mail. Transit Postmarks of New York and arrival postmark of San Francisco

$90

1917 RUSSIAN EMPIRE Cover of commercial registered letter sent from Vladivostok (telegraph office) to New York (USA). Franked 20 kop corresponds to the current tariff for registered letters. Violet censorship mark of Vladivostok censor and delivery postmarks on reverse

$30

1916 RUSSIAN EMPIRE Commercial cover of ordinary letter sent from Astrakhan’ to Isfahan (Persia). Franked 10k stamp in align to current rate. Open by Military Censorship in Tiflis (cachet on reverse) and sealed from top. Transit Postmarks of Tiflis and Teheran, arrival postmark of Isfahan

$210

1900 WENDEN Cover of ordinary letter sent from Wenden to Riga. Franked 7kop of Imperial stamps, cancelled by cachet and 2 kop of local Wenden stamp handwritten cancellation. Rare as local Wenden stamps used

$110

1917 RUSSIAN EMPIRE Postal card sent from Novosokolniki vokzal (railway station) to Nikol’sk Ussuriyskiy. Franked 3k imperforated stamp. Rate of Temporary Government was 5k for domestic postcards, therefore postage due applied as double price difference 4k (postmark of Nikol’sk Ussuriyskiy). Cancellations of both towns

$50

1914 RUSSIAN EMPIRE Private registered letter sent from Vladivostok to Poltava. Franked for 3k stamp. Current rate for registered mail 20k, however no postage due. Arrival postmark of Poltava on reverse

$50

1881 RUSSIAN EMPIRE View postal card sent abroad from St. Petersburg to Flensburg (Germany). Franked 4k stamp aligns with rate for an international postcard. Cancellations of postal window #9 of Main Post Office St. Petersburg

$10

1916 RUSSIAN EMPIRE Philatelic postcard sent locally in Riga. Franked 5kop with imperforated stamps (3kop + 2x1kop). With a private overprint of the Fregean slam on Russian Empire Coat of Arms

$30

1917 RUSSIAN EMPIRE Form of postal card for Russian military forces in France during WWI. Card in Russian prepared for free shipping by French Post

$20

1916 RUSSIAN EMPIRE Private view postcard of Vladivostok harbor sent from Vladivostok vokzal (railway station) to Riga. Franked for 3k stamp. Corresponds to current rate

$30

1910 RUSSIAN EMPIRE Irkutsk. City view postcard sent 05.05.1911 from Irkutsk railway station to Longqu (China). Franked with 4 kop stamp as the rate for a postcard abroad. Few transit postmarks, including purple Japanese. Interesting route as Eastern correspondence

$50

1905 RUSSIAN EMPIRE Cover of ordinary letter sent from Military unit during Russo-Japanese war to Pastor of Staro-Fennern (Lifland govern). Free franked as Military mail by proof of violet cachet. Transit Postmarks of Opochka, Pernov, arrival postmark of Staro-Fennern

$70

1912 RUSSIAN EMPIRE RAILWAY Stationery letter `Skretka` sent to Dresden (Germany) from TPO Bologoe-283-Polotsk. Franked stamps for amount of 10k (imprinted 7k and 3k) in align with current rate

$40

1912 RUSSIAN EMPIRE Ordinary letter sent from Kharkov vokzal (railway station) to Worcester (Mass., USA). Franked 10kop corresponds to the current tariff

$25

1906 RUSSIAN EMPIRE General view postal card of Krasnoyarsk edited in Moscow by D.P. Efimov, photo Sherer, Nabgoltz and Co

$10

1939-1945 'Save the Red Army Warrior!', Anti-German, Russia Soviet Union Propaganda, WWII Postcard

$16

1912 (3 Aug) Registered cover front only from Urga (Type 6 datestamp) to Sweden, franked with block of four 10k and two 3k, using domestic registered label instead of international and handwritten 'Ourga' by postman, label UNDESCRIBED in Hellrigl

$150

1917 RUSSIAN EMPIRE Envelope of ordinary letter sent locally from Kyiv to Chigirin. Combined franking of War Charity stamp for 10kop. and standard stamp of 5kop. Higher than the current ordinary letter rate. Cancelled by hand and machine cachet of Kyiv.

$50

1943 (25 May) 'Hitler Wants to Eat - Let's Feed Him! ', WWII Caricature Postcard From Moskow to Shuya, Military Censorship, franked with 20k 25 Anniv. Of the October Revolution, USSR, Soviet Union, Russia

$35

1923(?) R.S.F.S.R. Reverse of cover of international registered mail sent from Moscow(?) to Berlin (Germany). Franked of `SFA Foreign philatelic exchange control` overprinted 3r stamp. Arrival mark of Berlin

$15

1914 RUSSIAN EMPIRE Stationery card sent from PWO 153 Khabarovsk-Vladivostok to Saint Petersburg. Imprinted stamp of 3kop. within the current rate cancelled by oval cachet of PWO. Arrival machine postmark of Sankt Petersburg.

$30

1924 FAR EASTERN REPUBLIC Cover of ordinary letter from Vladivostok sent locally, franked with 2x100 rub RSFSR with Far Eastern Republic overprints 1kop of gold (Vladivostok issue). Corresponds to tariff

$100

1923 SOVIET GEORGIA Reverse cover of ordinary letter sent to Batum. Franked with 11 black overprinted stamps for 15.000r (type III) and one of 10.000r violet overprint (type II). Total postage due of 175.000r in align with current rate for standard mail. Cancellation of Batumi in Georgian

$30