April -June, 2001
THE
BALTIC STATES & RUSSIA: CERTIFICATES & DIPLOMAS,
OFFICIAL DECREES ABOUT MONEY, PAYMENT & ARCHIVE
DOCUMENTS
No.
Date Denomination
Description
Condition Price US$
CERTIFICATES AND DIPLOMAS
Estonia
1.Military
Defense Legion “KAITSELIIT”. Diploma for I place in win a sport
competition.
W/nice emblem of society: eagle with
sword. Printed on white
cardboard.
Size: 24.5 x 32.5 cm.
1.1 1939 DIPLOMA. Gray & blue. W/embossed seal. XF 15.00
1.2 1939 DIPLOMA. Gray & blue. W/embossed seal. VF 11.25
Latvia
1.Registered Certificate of the Latvian Red
Cross 1939. Size: 9.2 x
12.7 cm. 4 pages. W/stamp, photo & registrations 1935-40. XF
13.50
Russia
- Military
1.Certificate
about fulfillment of Military Service a soldier 1st class.
Form No.8.
Infantry. Seldom seen.
1.1 1876 CERTIFICATE BOOK. 31 page. W/7 stamps. VF
33.00
2.Certificate
about fulfillment of Military Service a soldier 1st class.
Form No.8.
Infantry. Seldom seen.
2.1 1880 CERTIFICATE BOOK. 31 page. W/11 stamps. VG/F 22.95
3.Certificate
for military service of soldier 2nd class in 1901 from
Goldingensk
Dept.(Latvia). Printed on two blue sheets - size 18,2 x 21,5.
Included terms
of service - part from Czarist decree of 14 June 1888.
3.1 1901 CERTIFICATE FOR SERVICE. W/stamp & sign. F 16.35
4.WW I.
Ministry of Internal Affairs. Petrograd Mayor. Certificate for
move to
Active Army on war. Printed on interest official letterhead.
4.1
1915 CERTIFICATE. W/ stamp & 3 signs. aVF 7.50
- Civil documents
1.Certificate of doctor of the Chancellery
Lifljandia Governor
for moving to Moscow & St.Petersburg.
Size: 22.8 x 36.8 cm. 4 pages.
Issued date - 10.09.1891. Have 5 post
stamps, 3 registrations & stamp
of the Chancellery Lifljandia Governor.
Also hand signatures of
the Lifljandia
Governor(General-lieutenant) & Vice Governor + 2 others
signs. W/registered number 2887. Very
interest document. VF 25.00
2.Vice-Consulat
de Russie a Aarhus(Denmark). Certificat d'Arrivée, de
Depart et de Santé. Certificate for
captain for mission in Libau
(Latvia)June 1902. With mission due 1 rub
90 kopeks or 5.42 kroner.
Lovely rare large size(24.5 x 38 cm)
diplomatic document with coat of
arms of Russian empire. With consulate
stamp. F 99.00
3.Ministery of
Internal Affairs. Prison Department of Enisei(Siberia)
Guberniya
Administration. Krasnojarsk City.
3.1 1906 CERTIFICATE OF EX. PRISONER. W/stamp & 3 sign. VG 11.75
4.Chief
Administration of Agriculture of Russian Empire. Laudable
diploma.
Large size rich color illustrated document with farmer's
vignette.
Wjandra Agricultural Society (Estljandia/Estonia) for
second
prize in competition 22-23.08.1909. Size: 68.50 * 46.50 cm.
Painter
Izenburg (St. Petersburg). Printed by Golike & Vilborg.
4.1
1909 LAUDABLE DIPLOMA. W/stamp & 2 sign. VF 100.00
5.Certificate of Ministry Of Peoples Education from Third Riga's
City
School.
Dated 1.06.1913 for #271. Under series "300
Anniversary of
Romanov's".
With portraits of two Russian czars - Alexei Mikhailovich
&
Nicholas II. Printed on paper with nice watermark - coat of arms
of Russian
Empire. Nice look. Size: 36 * 22.50 cm.
5.1 1913 CERTIFICATE. Two
sheets. W/stamp & sign. F 85.00
6.Certificate of Administration “Spiridonov’s Lowest Women
Agricultural
School” 1st
Class in estate “Marjina Dubrava”, Prokhorov District,
Pskov
Region.
6.1 1913 CERTIFICATE. Two sheets.
W/stamp & sign. aVF 19.40
OFFICIAL DECREES ABOUT ISSUE
MONEY IN CIRCULATION
-Original documents(issued in Latvia for
official organization)
1.Emperor
of the Peter The Great. Decree for Ganzen Ruslande about
issue
in circulation from 27.05.1724 new copper coin - 5 Kopeks 1723.
Printed on paper with wmk - Swedish coat of
arms. Printed on
German language on 2 pages with size 20.5 x
33.5 cm ea.(one not cut
sheet to fold in two). With picture of
5 kopeks coin(averse & reverse).
Dated: Riga, 27.05.1724. aUNC 99.50
2.Emperor of the Peter II. Decree for Ganzen Ruslande about issue in
circulation from 9.11.1727 new silver coin -
1 Ruble 1727. Printed on
paper with wmk - vertical lt. lines. Printed
on German language on
1 page with size 19.7 x 31.5 cm. With
picture of 1 ruble coin(averse &
reverse). Dated: Riga, 9.11.1727.
XF 65.00
3.Empress of the Anna. Decree for Ganzen Ruslande about issue in
circulation from 23.07.1730 new gold coin - 1 Ruble 1730. Printed
on
paper with wmk - vertical lt. lines. Printed
on German language on
1 page with size 19.3 x 30.7 cm. With
picture of 1 ruble coin(averse &
reverse). Dated: Riga, 23.07.1730. aUNC 65.00
PAYMENT AND ARCHIVES
DOCUMENTS
Estonia
1.Military
Defense Legion “KAITSELIIT”. Rjapina squadron. Kontramark.
Ticket for
holiday evening w/emblem of society: eagle
with sword.
1.1 1939 50 SENTI. Yellowish.
aUNC 3.50
Russian Empire
- Military documents
1.4th
District of Lifljand(Latvian) Recruit Commission. Recruit receipt
about
readiness of 10 recruits for military service with payment
22 rubles 26 kopeks
for this. Printed in German language. Two sheets in
size 22 x 35,6
cm ea.
1.1 1854 RECEIPT. W/number, stamp & sign.
F 15.00
2.Subservient list for service in reserve army from 1880 to
1884.
2.1 1884 SUBSERVIENT LIST. 1 page. W/3 signs. F 5.60
3.WW I. Accounting book for receiving
provision for soldier's family.
Dk.blue soft
cover. Marked receiving provision in 1915. Issued region -
Tadaikensk
Dept.(Latvia).
3.1 1914 ACCOUNTING BOOK. 8 pages. W/stamps &
signs. VF 22.85
4.WW I Propaganda. Leaflet of Society
“Peoples Help” to Citizens of Great
Russia for
help wonders in war and them families - Peoples Kopeck:
purchase one
kopeck post stamp each week in during year.
4.1 1916 LEAFLET. Black/white. Size: 19 x 27 cm. XF 23.50
5.WW I. Estonian Infantry Reserve
Battalion of the Active Army.
5.1 1917 LEAVE OF ABSENCE. W/stamp & 2 sign.
VG/F 16.35
- Civil documents
1.Official decree by Livljand Civil Governor
J.Du Hamel for No. 4853.
Printed on paper w/wmk. German language.
Dated: Riga, 24.11.1821.
Size: 22 x 36.5
cm. VF
10.00
2.Lifljand(Latvian) Governor. Receipt of registration 159 men as
present
live. Riga,
1850. Printed in German language. One sheet in size 22 x 17,6
2.1 1850 RECEIPT. W/number, stamp & sign.
F 9.50
3.Riga’s City
Administration & Zadvinskyi Orthodox Church. Official
document/Valuable
paper - Legitimation.
3.1 1854 LEGITIMATIONS. One sheet. W/9 stamps & 10 sign F 19.50
(Size: 44.2 x 34.2 cm.
W/large size wmk. - coat of arms of Russia,
date 1853 & price 15 kopeks in silver.
Used 3 pages w/add page inside.
Nice wmk.: coat of arms of Russia. Large
size)
4.Riga’s City
Administration. Official document/Valuable paper.
4.1 1863 LEGITIMATIONS. One sheet. W/3 stamps & 6 sign. F 19.50
(Size: 44.2 x 34.2 cm.
W/large size wmk. - coat of arms of Russia,
date 1871 & price 20 kopeks in silver.
Used 2 pages. German language)
5.Livonia.
Document of local German landlord on 2 pages dated 1866
with lovely
sealing wax stamp of Livoniae Sigilum Consistorii. XF 6.95
6.Latvian
District Direction of Lifljand Trade-Credit Society. Receipt
for account
from Fire Insurance Society. Riga, 1873. 1st
type. Printed in
German
language. One sheet in size 23 x 13,5 cm.
6.1 1873 RECEIPT. W/number, stamp & sign.
VF 9.50
7.Latvian District
Direction of Lifljand Trade-Credit Society. Receipt
for account
from Fire Insurance Society in Dorpat(Tartu). Riga, 1873.
2nd type. Printed in German
language. One sheet in size 23 x 18 cm.
7.1 1874 RECEIPT. W/number, stamp & sign. VF 9.50
8.Booklet with sings on coronation of Czar Alexander III (w/nice
portraits of Alexander III with him wife ). Printed on Estonian
language in Dorpat (Tartu City) 1883. Include 4 pages.
8.1 1883 CORONATION BOOKLET. Size: 10.5 x 17.5 cm. XF 25.00
9.Pernow City
Administration. Official document/Valuable paper dated 1881
in German
language. Size: 21.7 x 35.2 cm. W/large size wmk. - coat of
arms of
Russia, date 1875 & price 40 kopeks in silver. Used 2 pgs. 14.95
10.Riga City. Permissible ticket for printing of book
from Riga's Special
Censor by
Internal Censorship dated 1886.
10.1 1886 PERMISSIBLE TICKET. One sheet w/post stamp. F
5.50
11.Lifljand Region(Latvia).
State Saving Bank. First type.
11.1 1892 SETTLEMENT BOOK. W/stamp & sign.,8 pgs.
F 6.95
12.Kurljandskaja Gubernya(Latvia). Receipt
about payment state taxes &
other tax rates. Size: 24.6 x 22 cm. With
stamp of Kabillensk Region.
12.1 1892
17 RUBLES 34 KOPEKS. Bluish.
W/number & stamp. F 12.50
13.Official decree for banks and finance
organizations under section -
"SICRET". Description
characteristic of false credit bills - 5 rubles
1895, first class of falsification.
One
sheet. Size: 21.5 x 36.8 cm. F 24.90
14.Kurljandskaja Gubernya(Latvia). Receipt
about payment taxes.
Size: 25 x 21.8 cm. With stamp of
Kabillensk Region.
14.1 1896
4 RUBLES 53 KOPEKS. Yellowish.
W/number & stamp aF 12.50
15.Lifland under Russian Empire. Schloss-Oberpahlen. Estate
Administration of the Duke N.N.Gagarin. Payment tax for land.
15.1 22.3.1902 3 RUBLES 26 KOPEKS. W/sign & stamp. F 6.50
16.Estonia. Volmarsgofsk
Regional Administration. Receipt.
16.1 1903 17 GARNETZ RYE. W.stamp & 2 sign. F 4.20
17.Lifland under Russian Empire. Circulated
Assignat of the Prison’s
Department Lifland Gubernya to
Arensburg(Isle of Saaremaa) Treasury.
17.1 1911
2 RUBLES 31 KOPEKS. W/coupon &
#. XF 14.95
(Type I. Circulated assignat printed in one line.)
18.Lifland under Russian Empire.
Assignat(Circulated) of the Prison’s
Department Lifland Gubernya to Arensburg(Isle
of Saaremaa) Treasury.
18.1 1911
3 RUBLES 3 KOPEKS. W/coupon &
#. XF 14.95
(Type II. Circulated written by hand above printed -
assignat. Standard
issued for Riga’s
Treasury, but canceled and written to Arensburg.)
19.Lifland under Russian Empire. Coupon to
Circulated Assignat from
Arensburg(Isle of Saaremaa) Treasury to
the Prison’s Department
Lifland Gubernyan Administration.
19.1 1911
4 RUBLES 32 KOPEKS. W/wmk. &
#. XF 28.50
(Wmk: text – coupon & vignette above. W/ovpt: paid in
red. Canceled.
Size: 20.5 x 12.7
cm. More attractive than the assignat.)
20.Estonia. The
Lifljandskaja Landratskaja College. Home of Noble.
For payment
in Yurjev(Tartu) City. Mortgage paper of Zemstvo tax.
20.1 1915 MORTGAGE SHEET OF ZEMSTVO TAX. One page. VF 9.95
21.Latvia. The
Lifljandskaja Landratskaja College. Department of
Road Affairs.
Riga City. Home of Noble.
21.1 1915 OFFICIAL INFORM DOCUMENT. On form w. 2 sign. XF 9.95
22.Latvia. The
Lifljandskaja State Office. Settlement. Riga, 1915.
22.1 1915 1 RUBLE 20 KOPEKS. W/stamps & signs. F 7.80
23.Latvia. The
Emperor’s Russian Fire Society. Smilten (Lifljandskaja
Gybernia)
Voluntary Fire Society. Receipt about received money.
23.1 1915 25 RUBLES. W/stamp & 3 signs.
aVF 6.00
24.Petrograd
(St. Petersburg) Office of the State Bank. Saving Dept.
24.1 1915 RECEIPT BY SAVING. Gray. W. 3 sign. F 5.50
(Nice wmk.: coat of
arms of Russia. Large size)
25.Ministery of
Internal Affairs. Lifljandskaja Guberniya. Pernov region.
Kurkundskaja
Administration.
25.1 1916 1 RUBLE 16 KOPEKS OF ZEMSTVO TAX. XF 5.00
26.Ministery of
Internal Affairs. Lifljandskaja Guberniya. Pernov region.
Kurkundskaja
Administration.
26.1 1916 1 RUBLE 16 KOPEKS OF ZEMSTVO TAX. XF 5.00
27.Estonia.
Estljandskiy Region. State Saving Bank. Second type.
27.1 ND(1910‑16)
SETTLEMENT BOOK. Green. W/stamp,
11 pages. VF 6.50
28.Estonia.
Estljandskoe Noble Land Credit Society.
Receipt for
give back loan.
28.1 1916 14 RUBLES 50 KOPEKS. W/2 sign. aVF
4.95
29.Wolmar City(Latvia).
Loan-Saving Society of Wolmar Public Assembly.
Orange soft
cover. Size: 11,3 x 17,5 cm.
29.1 ND(1916‑30)
SAVING BOOK. W/seal. 16
pages. VF
10.00
30.Society of Mutual Aid of the Petrograd
Janitor's & Doormen. Coupon of
receipt given for membership due in special
fund. Sheet of 4 Clear form
30.1
ND(1914-1917) COUPON OF RECEIPT. Green
paper. W/# & stamp. UNC 20.00
31.Lifland under Russian Empire. Coupon to
Advance Assignat from Valka
Treasury to the Prison’s Department Lifland
Gubernyan Administration.
31.1 1917
340 RUBLES. Blue/black. W/wmk & #. XF 28.50
(Wmk: text – coupon & vignette above. W/ovpt: paid in
black. Canceled.
Size: 20.5 x 12.7
cm. More attractive than the assignat.)
32.File of Prison’s Department of the
Lifljand Gubernyan Administration,
3rd paper work “About costs by
heating and lighting of the Valga’s
Prison” no.4, 1917. Include different 72
documents(some printed on
forms of Ministry of Justice and two with
seals). Special cover.
Size: 26.5 x 39.5 cm. Russian
language. XF 39.90
33.Russian
Orthodox Church in Estonia. Set of 5 difference documents
from 5
difference towns. Dated from 1910 to 1920. 43.00
USSR
1.Estonia under
Soviets. The Union of Dramatic Studios. Tallinn City.
1.1 1940 CHEQUE BOOK. W/45 checks & stamps. XF 8.95
2.Russia.
Ministry of Transport and High Roads of the RSFSR.
Book of the
"SPECIMEN" of one way tickets for
city and
long-distance busses, way cars and trucks.
2.1 1962
"SPECIMEN" TICKETS AND RECEIPTS(66 monthly UNC 85.00
tickets, 46 single tickets,
7 receipts).
All items are
"Specimen", in UNC condition,
W/No.000000. Print drawing‑2,000 copies.