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Lot 1585

Russia 1863 Stampless Cover, Dorpat To Germany, 1863 letter to Berlin via Riga, charge mark '6' up to the border, for internal mail, inside Prussia charged with 3gr Porto in manuscript, seldom seen, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $200-300.
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Lot 1586

Russia 1857, 10k Stationery Envelope Used From Reval, used from Reval to Kupuidayny, Russia with 2 line boxed Reval dispatch mark 12 January 1857, light soiling, otherwise Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $150-200.
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Lot 1587

Russia 1857, 10k Brown & Blue on Cover From Riga, Michel #1, to St Petersburg, 10th January 1858 cancel, stamp with pen cancel, bearing Riga two line dispatch mark and St Petersburg arrival mark of 15th January, cover folded at right, stamp sound, Fine, PF (1991) cert.
Scott #1 $1,750+.
Estimate $1,000-1,200.
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$805
Lot 1588

Russia 1858, 10k Brown & Blue on Cover From Wenden To Riga, Michel #2x, tied to cover by the rare type 4 Wenden oval handstamp with date in manuscript in center of oval, 18 June 1858 and two line unboxed Wenden Paid mark with date & on reverse Riga arrival mark of 19 June, Fine to Very Fine.
Scott #2.
Estimate $400-600.
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$345
Lot 1589

Russia 1858, 10k Brown & Blue on Cover From Jakobstat, Michel #5, outer letter sheet franked with marginal copy, tied by Jakobstadt c.d.s. of 27 December 1863 with Riga c.d.s. arrival mark of 27 December, very rare to find this issue with margins, Very Fine.
Scott #8.
Estimate $200-300.
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Lot 1590

Russia 1858, 10k Brown & Blue on Cover To Riga, Michel #5, from Walk, franked with 10 kop, cancelled rectangular dot 389 of Walk, with Riga arrival c.d.s. of 4th July 1863 and Walk dispatch of 3rd July 1863, cover with file fold, still, Fine to Very Fine.
Scott #8.
Estimate $150-200.
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$115
Lot 1591

Russia 1866-68, 3k, 5k and 20k on Cover, Michel #19x, 20ax, 22x, Outer letter sheet from Riga to Bordeaux, Riga 9/13 April 1869 cancel, Paris to Bordeaux T.P.O. marks on reverse, lovely 3 color franking, Fine to Very Fine.
Scott #20, 22, 24.
Estimate $180-220.
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Lot 1592

Russia 1875, 7k Gray & Rose, Horizontally Laid Paper on Cover, Michel #25x, envelope registered from Riga to Gera, Saxony, 19 April 1879 cancel, entering Saxony T.P.O 11 label applied, lovely piece, Fine to Very Fine.
Scott #27.
Estimate $150-200.
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Lot 1593

Russia 1875, 10k Horizontal Laid Paper on Cover, Michel #27x, outer letter sheet, Riga to Libau, 1 stamp with plate flaw, tied by Riga c.d.s. of 27 September 1872 and on reverse a superb c.d.s. of Libau-Etkani T.P.O. No. 45-46, a further Riga dispatch mark and a faint Libau arrival C.D.S. of 29 September, Fine to Very Fine.
Scott #29.
Estimate $200-300.
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Lot 1594

Russia 1920 British Baltic Military Mission Cover To Africa, ship letter, Riga to Kisumu, Nyanza Province, British East Africa, with manuscript "On Active Service", signed by officer, London transit mark of 25 May 1920 from H.M. Ships, Mombassa transit mark of 26 June and Kisumu receiving mark of 30 June on reverse, together with indistinguishable boxed 3 line cachet, a most unusual and scarce piece, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $450-600.
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Lot 1595

Sweden 1859 Stampless Cover From Brazil, K.S.P.A.D. Cancel, folded letter with Dec 8 British P.O. cancel from Rio de Janeiro to Stockholm, boxed January 7 K.S.P.A.D. datestamp in black, London transit in red, plus St. P.A. in oval, Fine. Rare marking as the K.S.P.A. marking was only in use for one month.
Estimate $200-300.
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$207
Lot 1596
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Sweden 1922, 15ö Violet, Watermarked, Facit #175Acx, used, well centered for issue, Very Fine, Gumerson (no date) cert.
Scott #189 $775. Facit SKr 8,000.
Estimate $150-200.
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$219
Lot 1597
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Switzerland Geneva, 1851, 5c Black & Red "Neuchâtel", Zumstein #11, Black bar cancel, "fresh colors and neatly cancelled, large margins on 2 sides, a small part of the frame slightly touched at right, partly cut off at bottom, Fine for the issue. Moser (1965) cert., Rellstab (1976) cert.
Scott #2L7 $3,500. Michel #3. Zumstein 5,000 SFr.
Estimate $500-600.
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$518
Lot 1598

Switzerland 1934 Naba Souvenir Sheet, Zumstein #WIII 1, tied to registered philatelic cover by 4.X.34 cancel, Fine to Very Fine.
Scott #226 $550. Zumstein 750 SFr.
Estimate $150-180.
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$230
Lot 1599
 
Switzerland 1936 Pro Patria Block of Souvenir Sheets, Zumstein #Bl. 2 var, N.h., Very Fine.
Scott #B80a $300. Zumstein 425 SFr.
Estimate $100-140.
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$92
Lot 1600

Thailand 1883, 1 Solot, Vertical Pair Imperforate Between, Sakserm #1c, o.g., small hinge remnant, "small thin at top and small tear at left between impressions, touching design", fresh color, Fine to Very Fine appearance, BPA (2005) cert.
Scott #1b var. Sakserm Baht 150,000.
Estimate $500-700.
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$1,783
Lot 1601

Thailand 1898, Usage To India, Sakserm #12-13, 1att first issue postal card franked with 1att and 2atts, July 5, 1898 Bangkok 2 cancel, Calcutta Jul 24 98 transit and Mazgaon Jul 26 98 arrival cancels, reverse shows Bangkok 2 Out-let h.s. on Jul 7, Singapore Jul 11 cancels, rare usage, Fine to Very Fine.
Scott #11-12.
Estimate $400-600.
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$403
Lot 1602

Thailand 1899-1904, 1a To 64a Set, Sakserm #69-84, o.g., few with gum problems (regummed, unused), couple with small faults, 24a sound, fresh colors, missing 1a variety in Thai catalog, Fine.
Scott #75-84 $524. Sakserm Baht 17,800.
Estimate $150-200.
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$276
Lot 1603

Thailand 1900, Usage To Germany, Sakserm #69-70, 1½a postal card franked with 1a and 2a of the third issue, tied by Bangkok 2 13/12/00 cancel and arrival cancel alongside, rare usage, light bend on card, Fine to Very Fine.
Scott #75-76.
Estimate $300-400.
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$345
Lot 1604

Thailand 1902 (Sep.), Battambong Provisional 2 Atts., Sakserm #90, o.g., small hinge remnant, pos. 23, "top right corner perf. becoming detached", fresh color, Fine to Very Fine appearance, Royal (2005) cert.
Scott #78a $4,000. Sakserm Baht 150,000.
Estimate $800-1,000.
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Realized
$1,150
Lot 1605
 
Thailand 1944, Boat License Receipt, from Champasak provinces (Laos), dated Sept 26th, franked on reverse with Civil Defense 5s (pair, strips of 3 and 5), a rare document, Fine.
Estimate $120-150.
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$92
Lot 1606

Thai Occupation of Burma 1944, Receipt, Aug 19, bearing 5s orange strip of 3 (original Thai State adhesives), used on receipt issued to the School of Chiang Tung province, for paint brushes and oil paints sold, a most unusual W.W.II piece, Fine.
Estimate $300-400.
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$403
Lot 1607

Yugoslavia 1952, Helsinki Olympics Set Imperforate, Blocks of 4, Michel #698-703, n.h., margin copies, scarce multiples, Very Fine.
Scott #359-364 $1,000+.
Michel €3,600+.
Estimate $250-350.
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Realized
$1,035








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