April - June, 2001

 

          THE BALTIC STATES & RUSSIAN: LOTTERY TICKETS & PASSPORTS

 

 

No.   Date     Denomination      Description               Condition Price US$

 

                                         LOTTERY BILLS

 Estonia

 1.H.Treffner High School Lottery (Tartu City).

1.1   1926      50 MARKA. Green & blue. W/ number. -Scarce-       VF    9.95

 2.Society "Endla" in Pjarnu City.            

2.1   1928       1 KROON. Green & red. W/stamp & number.         aXF    5.20

 3.Estonian Society of Health. The Save Health Museums.

3.1   1928       1 KROON. Dk.& Lt.green. W/stamp & number.        XF    7.45

( Printed in American Dollar style )

 4.Estonian Military Union “KAITSELIIDU”. Money lottery. Each ticket with

   emblem of society: eagle with sword.

4.1   1931       1 KROON. Dk.blue. W/ number.                     XF+   8.00

4.2   1931       1 KROON. Dk.blue. W/ number. W/add part.         XF    9.50

 5.Estonian Society of Save Children.                 

5.1   1933       1 KROON. Blue & brown.  W/red number.            UNC   4.95

 

 France

 1.Society Mutual Aid & Military Medals.

   With picture of mythology persons.

1.1   1941      11 FRANCS. Yellow & green. W.# & serie.           UNC   3.95

 

 Russia. Czarist Empire.

 1.State Beneficent Lottery. Second issue.

1.1   1891       1 RUBLE = 1/5 part bill. Brown. Wmk.            aVF    6.50

 2.In help for St. Petersburg Curator’s Committee about nurses of Red Cross

   under patronage Him Emperor’s Highness Princess Evgenii Oldenburgskoi.

2.1 ND(1908)    25 KOPEKS. Green. W/number & red stamp.           UNC  24.95

 3.Borovenkovsky Committee of the Russian Society of Red Cross Society.

   Issued under Government. Size: 22,5 x 13,5 cm..

3.1   1913      25 KOPEKS. Red. W/number & stamp. -Seldom seen-.  VG/F 38.95

 4.Estonia. Arusaare Voluntary Fire Brigade. Revel, 1913. - Scarce -

4.1   1913      25 KOPEKS. Pink/green/gray. 25.5 X 14.2 cm.       VG   19.65

 5.State Beneficent Lottery. First issue.

5.1   1914       1 RUBLE = 1/5 part bill. Green. Wmk.             XF   11.25

(Pair <two bills by 1 ruble> in one block)

 6.State Beneficent Lottery. Second issue.

6.1   1914       1 RUBLE = 1/5 part bill. Red.   Wmk.             XF   11.25

(Pair <two bills by 1 ruble> in one block)

 

Russia / Civil War

 1.Ministry of Finance. St.George Beneficent Lottery 1919 to benefit of

   the Ekaterinburg Central St.George Committee for attendance to wounded

   St.George cavaliers. First Issue. Very attractive piece with Russian

   patriotic symbols.

1.1   1919      50 RUBLES. Brown. W/two stamps.                  aXF   19.95

 

 Russian Soviet Federal Socialist Republic

 1.The Central Committee of Hunger Fighting Against Consequences.

1.1   1922 500,000 RUBLES. Blue. Wmk.: 100.                       F     7.85

1.2   1923      10 RUBLES. Brown & black. Wmk.: Stars.           aXF    9.50

 2.Petrograd Regional Department of Labor & Public Health Service.

   Petrograd (St. Petersburg) State United Money Lottery.

2.1   1922     150 RUBLES 1922/1,500,000 RUBLES 1921. Brown.      UNC  17.50

(Lovely allegoric picture. Large size. Seldom seen. )

 3.Lottery of Art items in Help of Invalids of Civil War. Moscow Helping

   Committee. Nice design – red soldiers and art items.

3.1   1923       5 RUBLES. Brown & blue. W/stamp & number.       aVF   21.60

 

 USSR

 1.All‑Union Central Executive Committee.

   Commission of Homeless Children Defense.

1.1   1931      50 KOPEKS. Class 2. Brown. Wmk.                   F     3.70

 2.Union of Red Cross Societies. First lottery. Moscow.

2.1   1931      50 KOPEKS. Class 5. Red. Wmk: stars.              F     4.50

 3.Lottery for Helping of War Invalids and ex-serviceman of Red Army.

3.1   1931      50 KOPEKS. Brown & red.                          aUNC   9.95

 4.Society of Assistance to Evolution Automobiles and Improvement of

   Roads in RSFSR. "AUTODOR". Very nice pictures of old cars.

4.1   1928      50 KOPEKS.      Pink. Seldom seen.  Wmk.         aF    13.50

4.2   1928      50 KOPEKS.      Green  & brown.     Wmk.         aF    11.00

4.3   1928      50 KOPEKS.      Violet & black.     Wmk.          F/VF 10.30

4.4   1930      50 KOPEKS. Class  2. Brown & blue.  Wmk.          F     6.85

4.5   1930      50 KOPEKS. Class  4. Brown & blue.  Wmk.          XF   11.70

4.6   1930      50 KOPEKS. Class  3. Brown & green. Wmk.       XF/aUNC 12.95

4.7   1931       1 RUBLE . Class  2. Yellow.        Wmk.          VF    5.50

4.8   1931       1 RUBLE . Class  6. Yellow.        Wmk.         aUNC   7.90

4.9   1933       1 RUBLE . Class 11. Blue & red.    Wmk.          VF    5.25

4.10  1934       1 RUBLE . Class  2. Brown.         Wmk.          F     3.40

4.11  1934       1 RUBLE . Class  3. Brown.         Wmk.         aUNC   6.80

 5.Society of Assistance to Evolution Water Transport “OSVODa”. All-Union

   lottery. With boat picture.

5.1   1932       1 RUBLE . Class  2. Black & red.   Wmk.         aUNC   5.00

 6.Anti-Alcoholism Society . Second All-Russian lottery.

6.1   1932      50 KOPEKS.           Black & red.   Wmk.          XF    4.75

 7.Aircraft Defense and Chemical Construction Fund “OSOAVIAHIM”.

   The First All-Union Aviation Lottery. Very nice vignette of airplane, car,

   train and ship.

7.1   1926      50 KOPEKS. Serie 017. Multicolor.   Wmk.          VG/F 10.25

7.2   1926      50 KOPEKS. Serie 038. Multicolor.   Wmk.          VF   19.50

7.3   1927      50 KOPEKS. Serie 124. Multicolor.   Wmk.          F/VF 16.90

7.4   1927      50 KOPEKS. Serie 299. Multicolor.   Wmk.          VF+  20.85

 

 Lottery tickets were sold to finance the war and this system had been

 used before the war to raise general revenue. Also lotteries were held by

 military organizations to raise money for operation and administrative

 needs. These lotteries began at least in the 1930s. On the other hand, 

 the military vignettes(All lottery bills with nice military pictures)

 make them very popular and interesting items for collectors.

 8.Aircraft Defense and Chemical Construction Fund “OSOAVIAHIM”.

8.1   1929      50 KOPEKS.Class  2. Red & blue.       Wmk.        UNC   5.85

8.2   1930      50 KOPEKS.Class  2. Green.            Wmk.        UNC   5.85

8.3   1930      50 KOPEKS.Class  2. Green.            Wmk.       aUNC   5.20

8.4   1930      50 KOPEKS.Class  5. Green.            Wmk.       aUNC   5.20

8.5   1931      50 KOPEKS.Class  4. Brown.            Wmk.        UNC   5.40

8.6   1932       1 RUBLE. Class  1. Red.              Wmk.        XF+   5.00

8.7   1932       1 RUBLE. Class  6. Red.              Wmk.       aVF    2.95

8.8   1933       1 RUBLE. Class  5. Dk.blue & violet. Wmk.        XF+   4.50

8.9   1933       1 RUBLE. Class  5. Dk.blue & violet. Wmk.        VG    1.40

8.10  1933       1 RUBLE. Class  7. Dk.blue & violet. Wmk.        XF    4.25

8.11  1934       1 RUBLE. Class 14. Green & brown.    Wmk.     XF/aUNC  4.90

8.12  1934       1 RUBLE. Class 17. Green & brown.    Wmk.        F+    2.20

8.13  1935       1 RUBLE. Class 13. Gray.  Wmk.                   UNC   5.10

8.14  1935       1 RUBLE. Class 14. Gray.  Wmk.                   XF+   4.15

8.15  1936       1 RUBLE. Class 29. Blue  & brown. Wmk.           UNC   5.00

8.16  1937       1 RUBLE. Class 22. Green & brown. Wmk.          aUNC   4.95

8.17  1937       1 RUBLE. Class 28. Green & brown. Wmk.           UNC   5.00

8.18  1937       1 RUBLE. Class 28. Green & brown. Wmk.           XF    4.25

8.19  1937       1 RUBLE. Class 33. Green & brown. Wmk.          aXF    4.10

8.20  1939       1 RUBLE .Class  8. Blue.  W/o wmk.               UNC   5.50

8.21  1939       1 RUBLE .Class  9. Blue.  W/o wmk.            XF/aUNC  4.85

8.22  1939       1 RUBLE .Class 10. Blue.  W/o wmk.               UNC   5.50

8.23  1939       3 RUBLES.Class 14. Green. W/o wmk.               UNC   5.80

8.24  1939       5 RUBLES.Class 15. Brown. W/o wmk.               UNC   5.95

8.25  1939       5 RUBLES.Class 15. Brown. W/o wmk.               XF    5.00

8.26  1940       1 RUBLE .Class  5. Brown. W/o wmk.               UNC   5.15

8.27  1940       3 RUBLES.Class  7. Red & black.   W/o wmk.       UNC   5.70

8.28  1940       3 RUBLES.Class  7. Red & black.   W/o wmk.      aUNC   5.30

8.29  1940       5 RUBLES.Class 13. Blue & green.  W/o wmk.       UNC   6.25

8.30  1940       5 RUBLES.Class 13. Blue & green.  W/o wmk.       XF+   5.00

8.31  1940       5 RUBLES.Class 13. Blue & green.  W/o wmk.       VF    3.90

8.32  1940       5 RUBLES.Class 14. Blue & green.  W/o wmk.      aUNC   5.45

8.33  1940       5 RUBLES.Class 14. Blue & green.  W/o wmk.       XF    4.95

8.34  1941       3 RUBLES.Class  7. Brown. W/o wmk.               UNC   5.10

8.35  1941       3 RUBLES.Class 10. Brown. W/o wmk.              aUNC   4.90

8.36  1941       5 RUBLES.Class 14. Blue . W/o wmk.               XF    5.00

 9.Peoples Commissariat Finance of the USSR. Monetary‑Currency Lottery.

   WW II issues for help Soviet Army. Each ticket from denomination

   20 rubles with nice military pictures.

9.1   1941      10 RUBLES. Green.       Wmk.                      UNC   3.85

9.2   1941      10 RUBLES. Green.       Wmk.                     aUNC   3.60

9.3   1941      10 RUBLES. Green.       Wmk.                      XF+   3.15

9.4   1942      20 RUBLES. Blue .       Wmk.                      UNC   5.15

9.5   1942      20 RUBLES. Blue .       Wmk.                     aUNC   4.85

9.6   1943      25 RUBLES. Blue & red.  Wmk.                      UNC   4.95

9.7   1943      25 RUBLES. Blue & red.  Wmk.                      XF    4.00

9.8   1944      25 RUBLES. Green.       Wmk. More seldom seen.    XF    5.50

9.9   1944      25 RUBLES. Green.       Wmk.                     aVF    3.90

 10.Committee of Young People Organizations of the USSR.

    All-Union Young Festival. 

10.1  1958       3 RUBLES. Brown & green. Wmk.                    UNC   0.65

 11.All Union Art Lottery 1963. With lovely view of Moscow Kremlin.

11.1  1963      50 KOPEKS. Brown & gray. Wmk: CCCP. Large size.   UNC   1.50

 

                                            PASSPORTS                     

Estonia

 1.Republic of Estonia. Passport of Estonian Citizen.                      

   This passport(man) valid before 26.11.2002.                         

1.1   1992      PASSPORT. 32 pages.                               XF   59.00

Russia / Imperial

 1.Permanent Passport Book. Issued in Estland Gubernya 1908 with price

   for blank – 15 kopeks.

1.1   1908      PASSPORT. W/20 pages & 9 stamps.                VF   11.50

 

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