1911, color postcard (view of Volga River) from Urbach, German community based on Ryazan-Uralsk railway, addressed to Riga, posted into the mail on TPO No. 152 Uralsk - Urbach, written in German, postmarked on arrival, minor corner imperfections, still F/VF and scarce, Est. $150-$200

100.00

1911 (September 3), postcard (view of Caspian Sea) sent from Volchansk (Kharkov Gub.) without paying postage to Pokrovskaya Sloboda, oval postage due "6k" marking was applied, addressee paying dues, received the card and forwarded it to St. Petersburg on September 6; it was by mistake additionally franked by 1k and 2k adhesives (according to Postal Regulations forwarding of correspondences was free of charge) and obliterated due oval, stamp of 2k was cancelled by different type of Pokrovskaya (Samara Gub.) "7.9.11" marking, while stamp of 1k was not cancelled, because overlapping the Pokrovskaya arrival marking, St. Petersburg receiver was not applied, still VF and definitely unique card, Est. $250-$300

150.00

1914, postcard from Sloboda Pokrovskaya (Samara Gub.) to Moscow, franked by Romanov Dynasty 3k red, arrival ds is alongside, mostly VF, Pokrovskaya Sloboda was a historical center of Russian Germans, it was re-named to town of Pokrovsk in 1914, then in 1931 to Engels, Est. $100-$150

75.00

1916, stationery postcard 3k red uprated by 1k orange, written in German, sent from the village of Fyodorovka, cantonal center of Volga Germans, addressed to Zurich, bearing three-line Pokrovsk censorship marking with censor initials "E. F. Sh." and obliterated part of the text on reverse, mostly VF and rarely seen censorship device, Est. $250-$300

150.00

1917, POW's card from Saratov to Kolomea (then Austro-Hungarian Empire), written in Ukrainian, three-line censorship marking at town of Pokrovsk (probably because there were German language specialists) with censor initials "N. K. O.", additionally censored at Vienna with appropriate triangle marking, mostly VF, Est. $100- $150

75.00

1923 (June 16, September ), two return registered receipts (one made from POW card) of receiving charity money in Lesnoy Karamysh and village Schaffhausen of Saratov Gub., both addressed to Moscow and franked by two RSFSR definitives, appropriate markings and arrival ds, mostly VF, Est. $250-$300

150.00

1924, two return registered receipts of receiving charity money, first one in Grechinnaya Luka, posted to the mail in Medveditsky Krestovy Buerak Obl. N. Pov, the other one - in Kamenka, posted at Umyot Post Telegraph Office (Saratov Gub.), both addressed to Moscow, mostly VF, Est. $250-$300

150.00

1936 (September 24), registered cover from Engels to Gorky, franked by horizontal pair of 20k green on light bluish green network (both defected), tied by bilingual "Engels. Kiosk 5. ASSRNP" date stamp with dots at top and bottom, Gorky "27.9.36"hs on reverse, some cover paper discoloration, still fine, Est. $100-$150

75.00

1939, incoming cover from Gorky to Engels, franked by farm worker 20k green, postage due Sormovo marking placed by mistake, bilingual arrival date stamp reads "KIOSK NR.5 ASSRNP. 25.2.39", mostly VF and the only recorded type of receiver device, Est. $150-$200

100.00

1939 (June 7), free-frank cover from Engels to Gorky with triangle marking "Pochtovy Kiosk 5. Engels ASSRNP" (extremely rare word "Kiosk" instead of "Yaschik" (Box), bilingual Engels date stamp is alongside, Gorky"10.6.39" receiver, mostly VF and scarce military cover of pre-World War II period from Volga Germans region, Est. $300-$400

200.00

1940 (March 21), free-frank cover from Engels to Gorky with triangle marking "Pochtovy Yaschik No.6. Engels ASSRNP", bilingual "Engels Kiosk 5" date stamp, Gorky "26.3.40" arrival hs, mostly VF and scarce pre-WWII military mailing, Est. $250-$300

150.00

1942, stationery postcard 20k red, sent from Dzhambul (Kazakhstan) to Engels, bearing re-engraved Engels arrival marking without city name in Roman letters and ASSRNP, because Volga Germans were deported to Middle Asia and Autonomous Republic was liquidated, light vertical fold, still F/VF and scarce, Est. $150-$200

100.00

1889, stationery postcard 3k red, sent from Golbstadt settlement of Taurida Gub., it was the Gubernia center of German worker-migrants until 1871, addressed to Petergof (St. Petersburg Gub.), all appropriate markings and arrival ds, mostly VF, Est. $100-$150

75.00

1895, stationery postcard 4k red, sent from Kronau (German Lutheran Village in Kherson Gub. - now Ukraine), addressed to Donau (Bavaria), delivered via Kherson and Brno, Donau arrival marking is alongside, mostly VF and scarce, Est. $150-$200

100.00