373rd Auction

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