373rd Auction

1917-18 - ISKOLAT PERIOD 1917-18: 1918, Imperial Coat of arms 3k. red as block 15 tied by cds. "ZELZAVA 17 1 18" to reverse of registered cover to Stomerszee, Lifl, correctly franked at 45 kopeks and with appropriate receiver cancel. Notable for the only recorded example of an internal bi - lingual Russian - Latvian Registration label, probably produced locally sometime in 1917 . It appears to be unrecorded in the literature, and must be regarded as of great rarity and possibly unique The ISKOLAT was the Bolshevik Committee of Workers , Soldiers and Landless Peasants of Latvia and controlled parts of former Imperial Lifland from end July 1917 until February 1918

1919 December, 1r. imperforated, two vertical pairs tied by post - Imperial but cyrillic cds. "KORSOVKA LATVIA " a " 11 12 19" [ von Hofmann 121 . 1 ]  to reverse of slightly stained cover from a soldier who gives his address on the front of the envelope as 1 " Cavalry regiment , 4 " Division , and addresses his letter to a private residence in Rezhitsa ( Latvian , Rezekne ). Franked at 4 roubles, the correct RSFSR Registered letter rate (Tariff of 5 November 1919). Arrival post-Imperial but cyrillic cds. " REZHITSA LATVIA " b "[von Hofmann 216.7]. Returned to sender with improvised Spravka attached indicating that the recipient could not be found at the address given. A very rare and interesting item, signed Mikulski with his opinion (1995)

1918, 5k. as vertical strip of three tied by straight-line "LEEPAJA" to censored cover to Stettin, scarce, fine

1919, 5k. tied by ornamental provisional cancel of "JELGAWA 6 1 1919" to postcard to Halle with Königsberg censor cachet alongside, scarce, fine

1934, New Constitution 20 and 35s. with additional franking tied by cds. "RIGA 6 12 36" to cover to Germany, front with straight-line censor mark "Devisenrechtlich geprüft", reverse with corresponding seal, folded horizontally, otherwise fine and New Constitution 3s. with additional franking tied by cds. "RIGA 13.IX.41" to cover to Riga (occupied by Germany), fine