373rd Auction

1918, 50sch. red as strip of three with additional franking (Katerynoslav overprint) tied by railway cancel "KREMENCHUG VOKSAL 19 12" to reverse of roughly opened registered cover to Rostov on Don, at this perdiod all railway cancels are very scarce, almost unknown

1918, 15k. with Poltava type 1 trident with additional franking tied by cds. "ROMNI" to reverse of cover to Konotop with arrival mark, fine

1918, 1rbl. as strip of three and 7 rbl. single, all with Poltava tridents, tied by cds. "KOROL 17 1 19" to somewhat cut-down receipt for post-office box registration, attractive and very scarce

1919, 1rbl. block of four with cds. "OPOCHKA 2 1 20" on reverse of registered cover addressed wo what looks like a suppy commissariat for the XIth rifles in Luga, no receiver cds. but paper adhering to front that may be related to delivery, only sent one month after or so after the defeat of the North West Army approaching Petrograd through Pskov guberniya, fine

1920, Parcel card endorsed at top in Mss "Krasn . Arm ." [ Red Army ] from POLEVAYAR POCHT STAN LIT 3 , 14 / 16 11 20 to KOSTROMA 10 1 21, charged 105 roubles and originally correctly franked as follows : verso , 10x10 rouble Imperial Arms perforate , used at face value [ one has since fallen off ] and , recto , 5 x 1 kopeck Arms imperforates overprinted Podillia VIIId [ Bulat 1677 ] revalued x 100 and representing a Trophy Use of Ukrainian stamps . These stamps were applied in a crumpled state and then smoothed - hence the misalignment of one of the cancels . In addition, four stamps were added to the franking in Kostroma and pen cancelled; according to Alexander Epstein , they represent the fee for parcel storage from the arrival date until collection on 2 2 21 . An exceptional item, the Trident sub - type on the 1 kopeck is normally only found mint or CTO, in addition a mint block of 25

1918, 1rbl. with Odessa type Vd tridents, pair and horizontal strip of four tied by cds. "DZIGOVKA 21 1 19" to front and reverse of money transfer to Shargorod with arrival mark, fine

1920, Definitive 20g. blue tied by cds. "RANGOON SORTING 22 MY 35" to small cover with adjacent straight-line "Paquebot", unusual, fine

KHARKOV: 10rbl. as horizontal pair and 7rbl yellow/black, both with Kharkov type 2 overprint, the latter with inverted overprint, used at "KABANE KHARK", some imperfections, scarce Provenance: ex Schmidt collection (who worked in Kharkiv as an engineer in the 1930s)

KHARVKIV: 1r. perforated and imperforated and 3,50r. imperforated, overprint types 2 and 3 on se-tenant strips of seven, mostly mint never hinged, 1r. imperforated with light horizontal bend, otherwise fine, ex Ron Zelonka (Bulat Nr. 739f, 754d, 1r. perforated not listed)

KYIV: 5 rbl. imperforated with other adhesives on reverse of a Cash on Delivery letter from KIEV 7 11 18 to VINNITSA ZABUSHE 9 11 18. Two correctly used labels on front together with indication of the amount of 225 rubels to be collected . At this period, Cash on Delivery items are very rare and provide one of the few ways in which a high value stamp , like the 5 rub , could be used on a letter rather than a formular card, roughly opened, otherwise fine

KYIV: 4k. red, 20 stamps with scarce overprint type 2ee tied by cds. to front and reverse of money order, another clipped money order with mixed franking also, the first one with punch holes, fine

KYIV: 1918, 7r. black/yellow, four singles with Kyviv 1 overprint, one with typical neat KIEV CTO , the other appears postally used, the other with unlisted variety, inverted overprint, this one showing on reverse handstamp "Aufdruck FALSCH" but cancelled through in pencil with initials of Dr Seichter and regular Dr Seichter guarantee bottom right of reverse, part KIEV cancel, and another stamp with unlisted combination with additional Kyiv 2 Trident ( probably 2b ) , cancel is probably Kiev, signed UPV

KYIV: 3k. imperforated, unused and used block of 25 showing the scarce 5-cliché multiple, each struck five times in blue-violet, fine, signed Pateman in the corner of each block

OVRUCH: 50k. with local trident and additional franking tied by cds. "OVRUCH 7 12 18" to money transfer to Iskorost, delayed but eventually signed for in March 1919, some abrahsion on 50k. and some adhesion to left of card, otherwise fine, scarce Provenance: Ustinovsky collection

POLTAVA: 1rbl, two blocks of four with overprint type 1 in violet, used and unused, fine

ZDOLBUNOVO / ZDOLBUNIV: 1919, Money Transfer Form sending 300 roubles from ZDOLBUNOVO VOLJINSK ] 17 2 19 to ZHITOMIR with 20 2 19 receiver mark on reverse and recipient ' s signature for the following day . Charged at 1 % of the 300 roubles transferred and franked with 3 x 1 rouble imperforate Imperial Arms stamps overprinted in violet with the distinctive local Trident handstamp of Zdolbunovo / Zdolbuniv ( Bulat 2497 ) . Neatly cancelled and overall in fine condition Provenance: ex Ustinovsky collection

1918, two money transfer forms using 13 Katerynoslav type 1 Tridents , one sent to Kamenets Podolsk and one to Kharkov . One form is a post - 1917 printing with the Imperial Arms at top left removed but otherwise identical to the earlier version which is signed VYROVYJ and uses stamps with significant background colour shift, one card with the usual punch holes

ODESSA: 1918, 2k. perforated, 3k. imperforated and horizontal pair of 10k. perforated, with types 1,2 and 3, tied by cds. "7 10 18" to commervial censored cover to Vienna. Despite the presence of Austrian occupation troops in Ukraine, mail to Austria ist not common in 1918, a fine cover

1920, Vienna Issue, 1,3,5 and 40g., each as imperforated block of 15 printed on reverse of maps, two blocks with marginal inscriptions, unused, fine

1917/20, 4 Ganzsachen (eine gelocht) und ein Zahlkartenabschnitt, dabei Karte Judaica, dazu 25 Block mit Trident-Aufdruck von Podolien Type VIIId gestempelt

1918, neun bessere gestempelte Marken Kiew 1, alle sign. (Bulat, Dr. Seichter, UPV) (Bulat CV $ 750,-)

1918/23, postfrische, ungebrauchte und gestempelte Partie (ohne Trident-Aufdrucke), dabei Einheiten, Probedrucke etc., dazu Mariupol-Ausgabe Mi.-Nr. 1 im postfrischen 8er-Block vom Bogenunterrand

1918, 40 ungebrauchte und gestempelte Marken von Kiew 1, Shitomir und Tschernigow, ex Lager Travor Pateman, hoher Katalogwert

1918, über 80 postfrische und ungebrauchte Marken Charkow Type 1, dabei 25er-Block Bulat Nr. 699a, Originale und Nachdrucke, teils sign. Dr. Seichter