U.S. and Worldwide Stamps
March 20-21, 2002

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #1786
1857 10k brown and blue
1857 10k imperf. and 1858 10k-30k perf., fine-v.f. and attractive
Catalog #1-4
Catalog Value 2,625
Unsold
Lot #1787
1857 10k brown and blue
1857 10k brown & blue, straight line canc., margins all around, v.f.
Catalog #1
Catalog Value 550
Price Realized
$300.00

Lot #1788
1857 10k brown and blue
1857 10k brown & blue, straight line canc., margins all around, v.f.
Catalog #1
Catalog Value 550
Price Realized
$300.00

Lot #1789
1857 10k brown and blue
1857 10k brown & blue, margins all around, round town pmk, v.f.
Catalog #1
Catalog Value 550
Price Realized
$250.00

Lot #1790
1857 10k brown and blue
1857 10k brown & blue, margins all around, red "26" numeral canc., fresh and v.f., rare
Catalog #1
Price Realized
$700.00

Lot #1791
1857 10k brown and blue
1857 10k brown & blue, margins all around, canc. by pen on outer FL from Archangelsk to St.Petersburg, merchant's cachet at left, also straight line "Archangelsk 5 Jan. 1858" departure datestamp on reverse, stamp with incrediblyfresh colors and embossing, characteristic of the first printing, minor tone spots, v.f. and attractive cover, with Mikulski cert.
Envelope
Catalog #1
Price Realized
$1,500.00

Lot #1792
1857 10k brown and blue
1857 10k brown & blue, margins all around, tied on piece by pre-philatelic bilingual "Windau" datestamp, v.f. and rare
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #1793
1857 10k brown and blue
1857 10k brown & blue, three used examples, pen canc., red canc. and black canc., each with margins all around, v.f.
Catalog #1
Price Realized
$700.00

Lot #1794
1857 10k brown and blue
1857 10k brown & blue, v.f., tied by boxed Nizhni Novgorod pmk on FL to Moscow, interesting text, very rare usage of 10k imperf. from Nizhni Novgorod, only two other covers known, signed Mikulski
Envelope
Catalog #1
Price Realized
$2,300.00

Lot #1795
1857 10k brown and blue
1857 10k brown & blue, v.f., canc. by pen, used Feb.10, 1858 on FL from Archangel to St.Petersburg, excellent first printing impression, with departure datestamp, ex-Mehrtens
Envelope
Catalog #1
Unsold
Lot #1796
1857 10k brown and blue
1858 10k brown & blue, perfect strike of "240" in blue dots, fresh and v.f.
Catalog #2
Unsold
Lot #1797
1857 10k brown and blue
1858 20k green & lilac perforated plate proof on unwmk paper, n.h., o.g., exceptional quality
P
Catalog #Mi.3Py
Unsold
Lot #1798
1857 10k brown and blue
1858 20k green & lilac perforated plate proof on unwmk paper, n.h., o.g., exceptional quality
P
Catalog #Mi.3Py
Unsold
Lot #1799
1857 10k brown and blue
1858 30k carmine & green, thin paper, watermarked "3", nicely centered, canc. "115" in dots, v.f.
Catalog #4
Catalog Value DM 7,000
Price Realized
$1,150.00

Lot #1800
1857 10k brown and blue
1858 30k carmine & green, thin paper, watermarked "3", nicely centered, canc. "19" (Kovno) in oval dots, fresh and v.f., with Mikulski cert.
Catalog #4
Catalog Value DM 7,000
Price Realized
$1,150.00

Lot #1801
1857 10k brown and blue
1858 Third Issue, 30k carmine & green perf. 12, tied by Moscow 4 Jan.1867 pmk on FL to St.Petersburg, additional red departure pmk on reverse, overall cover aging, otherwise fine and rare single franking
Envelope
Catalog #10
Price Realized
$1,300.00

Lot #1802
1857 10k brown and blue
1863 5k St.Petersburg local, clear red pmk, fresh and v.f., scarce
Catalog #11
Price Realized
$160.00

Lot #1803
1857 10k brown and blue
1866 5k black and lilac, imperforate single, canc. in Riga (where the only known sheet was sold), v.f. and fresh, with Mikulski cert., rare
Catalog #22b
Catalog Value DM 4,000
Price Realized
$1,300.00

Lot #1804
1857 10k brown and blue
1866 1k essay in black, horizontal pair, laid paper issue, with both center and frame typographed, Chevron borders and central inscription "Epreuve de Timbre", rare
E
Unsold
Lot #1805
1857 10k brown and blue
1866-72 1k-30k complete set, also additional shades of 1k, 2k, 3k and 5k, all blocks of four, post office fresh, n.h., fine-v.f.
Box **
Catalog #19-30
Catalog Value 1,155++
Price Realized
$1,100.00

Lot #1806
1857 10k brown and blue
1866-72 1k, 5k, 20k and 30k used in 1872 on FL from St.Petersburg to France, most attractive four color franking, fine, with Lyon arrival pmk
Envelope
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #1807
1857 10k brown and blue
1866 20k orange and blue, imperf. plate proof on gummed paper, in issued colors, fresh and v.f., rare, with Mikulski cert.
P
Catalog #Mi.22P
Price Realized
$1,800.00

Lot #1808
1857 10k brown and blue
1866-72 30k carmine & greem, used in 1869 on FL from Moscow to France, red departure pmks on both sides, with Lyon arrival pmk
Envelope
Catalog #30
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #1809
1857 10k brown and blue
1866 30k carmine and green used in 1867 on FL from Taganrog to Greece, taxed 50L with pair of 5L and single 40L Hermes Heads on arrival in Syra, FRANCO and arrival markings, some faults, otherwise fine three color mixed franking combination
Envelope
Price Realized
$700.00

Lot #1810
1857 10k brown and blue
1870 outer FL from Taganrog, franked with 10k brown & blue, canc. by pen and sent to Syra, with Constantinople transit pmk, Greek 40L added on arrival in Syra, fine combination cover
Envelope
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #1811
1857 10k brown and blue
1872 10k stationery entire envelope additionally franked with 5k black and gray blue and 10k brown and blue, tied by "1270" in triangular dots, Nowocherkutino (Tambov District), registered to St.Petersburg, v.f. and rare usage, with Mikulski cert.
Envelope
Price Realized
$950.00

Lot #1812
1857 10k brown and blue
1883-89 1k-1r complete set, also additional shades of 1k and 2k, blocks of four, post office fresh, n.h., fine-v.f.
Box **
Catalog #31-38,41-45
Catalog Value 409++
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #1813
1857 10k brown and blue
1883-88 Horiz. Laid Paper, Imperial Eagle and Post Horns without thunderbolts, 1884 2k dark green, imperforate pair, fresh and v.f., rare
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Catalog #32b
Catalog Value DM 3,000
Price Realized
$750.00

Lot #1814
1857 10k brown and blue
1883 7k blue, UL sheet corner margin imperforate pair, stamps n.h., v.f., signed Mikulski
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Catalog #35a
Catalog Value DM 3,000
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #1815
1857 10k brown and blue
1883 14k carmine & blue, lower left sheet corner imperf. single, minute thin spot, very rare, ex-Faberge collection, with Mikulski cert.
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Catalog #36a
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #1816
1857 10k brown and blue
1883 70k brown and orange, pane of 25, stamps n.h., fine-v.f.
Box **
Catalog #38
Catalog Value DM 5,000+
Unsold
Lot #1817
1857 10k brown and blue
1889 7k blue, background omitted, block of four, bottom pair n.h., fresh and v.f., with Mikulski cert., unique block, ex-Faberge collection
Box *\**
Catalog #50c
Price Realized
$2,500.00

Lot #1818
1857 10k brown and blue
1889-92 3.50r and 7r, also vertically laid 6r and 10r, all blocks of four, one stamp with small gum adhesion, otherwise n.h., fine-v.f.
Box **
Catalog #53,54,70,72
Catalog Value 672+
Price Realized
$375.00

Lot #1819
1857 10k brown and blue
1902-05 Vertically Laid Paper, 1k orange, imperforate pair, fresh and v.f., rare
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Catalog #55a
Catalog Value DM 4,000
Price Realized
$1,400.00

Lot #1820
1857 10k brown and blue
1902-05 5k purple, imperforate block of four, proof on thin paper, v.f.
Box P
Catalog #58P
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #1821
1857 10k brown and blue
1902-05, 7r black and yellow, two complete sheets of twenty-five each showing marginal imprint, fine mint
Box **
Catalog #70
Unsold
Lot #1822
1857 10k brown and blue
1906 5r and 10r vertically laid paper, overprinted "Ultramar" in violet, overall toning, otherwise fine-v.f., probably unique set of specimen overprints from the Portuguese archives
S
Catalog #71-72S
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #1823
1857 10k brown and blue
1906 5r and 10r perforated proofs on horizontally laid paper, unused without gum as issued, v.f. and extremely rare set of proofs
P
Catalog #71-72P
Catalog Value FFr 60,000
Price Realized
$3,500.00

Lot #1824
1857 10k brown and blue
1912 beautiful ppc from St.Petersburg to French Cochinchine, with boxed "Maldirige" and "Sea Post Office Bombay-Aden" transits, also Tayninh arrival pmk
Envelope
Price Realized
$150.00

Lot #1825
1857 10k brown and blue
1913 Romanov Issue, 3k red, double impression, one inverted, h.r., v.f.
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Catalog #90b
Catalog Value 700
Price Realized
$375.00

Lot #1826
1857 10k brown and blue
1913 1k-3k, 7k Romanov Issue errors and freaks, ten incl. 1k vertical pair and two singles with extra row of perfs, 2k vertical misperf and large part printed on gum side, 3k imperf and multiple impressions including inverted, 7kimperf pair with parts of second impressions, most h.r., v.f. group
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Catalog #88-90,92
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #1827
1857 10k brown and blue
1913 Romanov, unexploded booklet containing panes of 6x7k, 3k and three of 1k, separated by glasine interleaves, with a total face value of 78k, pink covers without inscriptions, stapled at left, little staple rust, otherwise fine-v.f. andextremely rare St.Petersburg proof booklet, less than five known to exist
Booklet
Price Realized
$4,500.00

Lot #1828
1857 10k brown and blue
1913 Romanov Issue, 50k vertical pair, top stamp with double perforations at top and sides, n.h., v.f.
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Catalog #99var
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #1829
1857 10k brown and blue
1913 Romanov Issue, 50k vertical pair, top stamp with double perforations at top and sides, n.h., v.f.
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Catalog #99var
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #1830
1857 10k brown and blue
1913 Romanov Issue, 2r and 3r imperforate singles, n.h., v.f., signed Rossica
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Catalog #102a,103a
Catalog Value 1,100
Price Realized
$725.00

Lot #1831
1857 10k brown and blue
1913 Romanov Tercentenary, 3r violet, imperforate horiz. pair, h.r., v.f.
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Catalog #103b
Catalog Value 1,200
Price Realized
$625.00

Lot #1832
1857 10k brown and blue
1914-18 WWI Propaganda postcards (16 different) advertising 51/2% bond issue, used, FPO cancellations and censors, mixed quality but a rare group
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #1833
1857 10k brown and blue
1914-18 censored mail, selection of 29 postal stationery, postcards and covers used within Russia and to overseas, registered and uprated items with a wide variety of censor handstamps
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #1834
1857 10k brown and blue
1915 Romanov "Money Stamps", 20k olive green, imperforate pair, double impression, one inverted, v.f.
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Catalog #107a,var
Price Realized
$280.00

Lot #1835
1857 10k brown and blue
1915-17 military mail, selection of 23 covers and cards from World War I, with Austrian POWs in Siberia, Red Cross free frank from Riga to Tomsk, other Red Cross and medical, transport divisions, etc, a group selected for claritystrike and fresh condition
Envelope
Price Realized
$210.00

Lot #1836
1857 10k brown and blue
1916-17 Romanov "Money Stamps", 2k and 3k, also surcharged 1k and 2k, four imperforate blocks of four, each with perf. "Obrazets" initials, v.f.
Box S
Catalog #112-13,115-16S
Price Realized
$750.00

Lot #1837
1857 10k brown and blue
1916-17 Currency Stamps, 1k and 2k, ten of each, in blocks of four and six, n.h., v.f.
Box **
Catalog #114-15
Catalog Value 515
Price Realized
$140.00

Lot #1838
1857 10k brown and blue
1916-17 Currency Stamps, 1k and 2k, ten of each, in blocks of four and six, n.h., v.f.
Box **
Catalog #114-15
Catalog Value 515
Unsold
Lot #1839
1857 10k brown and blue
1916-17 Currency Stamps, 1k and 2k, sheets of 100, folded between stamps, n.h., fine-v.f.
Box **
Catalog #114-15
Catalog Value 5,150+
Price Realized
$1,500.00

Lot #1840
1857 10k brown and blue
1917 Issue freaks and errors, 84 imperforate stamps incl. two used, comprising printed on both sides, shifted vignettes and double impressions, mostly singles, v.f. group
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Price Realized
$750.00

Lot #1841
1857 10k brown and blue
1918 R.S.S.R. artist's die essay (125:183mm) on card, showing Hammer and Sickle and the Bird of Freedom, ultramarine and yellow colors corrected by hand, little toning, some adhesions on back, fine and unique item
E
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #1842
1857 10k brown and blue
1922 Issue "RSFSR 1917-22", 5r artist's die essay (180:150mm) on card, corrected by hand, signed by the artist (I.Dubasov) at bottom, brown and black colors, with penciled corrections, some adhesive residue on back, v.f. and unique item
E
Price Realized
$3,250.00

Lot #1843
1857 10k brown and blue
1923 fantasy issue, 5000r, 1000r and 20000r imperf., fine-v.f. and interesting
*
Price Realized
$130.00

Lot #1844
1857 10k brown and blue
1924 Lenin, 5r and 10r imperforate sheets of 40, n.h., v.f.
Box **
Catalog #302-303var
Catalog Value 3,000
Price Realized
$1,200.00

Lot #1845
1857 10k brown and blue
1925-27 Regular Issues, 20 diff. imperf. blocks of four, cplt as issued, n.h., v.f.
Box **
Catalog #304-15,17-25var
Catalog Value 300
Price Realized
$180.00

Lot #1846
1857 10k brown and blue
1926 Esperanto, artist die essay (165:260mm) showing accepted design in green and red, hand corrected, with alternative bottom tablet included, some adhesions on back, fine and unique item by the artist V. Kupryanov
E
Unsold
Lot #1847
1857 10k brown and blue
1927 Tenth Anniversary of the October Revolution, 25k multicolored die essay (70:90mm) on card, blue, red and white colors, some adhesions on back, v.f. and rare design by N.A.Tyrs
E
Unsold
Lot #1848
1857 10k brown and blue
1927 Tenth Anniversary of the October Revolution, 50k multicolored die essay (135:78mm) on card, blue, red and white colors, some adhesions on back, v.f. and rare design by N.A.Tyrs
E
Unsold
Lot #1849
1857 10k brown and blue
1927 Tenth Anniversary of the October Revolution, 5r Red Army soldier, red and white on black die essay (72:90mm) card mounted and corrected by hand, v.f. design by I.F. Smirnov (Moscow)
E
Unsold
Lot #1850
1857 10k brown and blue
1927 Tenth Anniversary of the October Revolution, 10r Soldiers and Workers, black and white essay with simulated perforations (70:90mm), corrected by hand, card adhesions on back, signed by the artist I.F. Smirnov (Moscow)
E
Unsold
Lot #1851
1857 10k brown and blue
1928 8k imperf. pair, l.h., v.f.
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Catalog #402a
Price Realized
$525.00

Lot #1852
1857 10k brown and blue
1932 15th Anniversary of the October Revolution, 20k brown, artist's die essay (150:115mm) corrected by hand, card mounted and signed at bottom by the artist, A. Tolokinikov, v.f. and unique
E
Unsold
Lot #1853
1857 10k brown and blue
1932 15th Anniversary of the October Revolution, 20k black, two diff. photo essays, signed by the artists Suvorov and Sokolov, adhesions on back, fine
E
Unsold
Lot #1854
1857 10k brown and blue
1933 20k Order of the Red Banner, perf. 9, n.h., fine and rare stamp
**
Catalog #518var
Price Realized
$1,050.00

Lot #1855
1857 10k brown and blue
1949 Lenin Mausoleum, imperforate souv. sheet, n.h., v.f., with Mikulski cert.
**
Catalog #1327a,var
Catalog Value DM 2,500
Price Realized
$625.00

Lot #1856
1857 10k brown and blue
1964 Tokyo Olympics, green souv. sheet on cacheted FDC, v.f.
Envelope
Catalog #2921-26var
Price Realized
$110.00

Lot #1857
1857 10k brown and blue
Semi-Postals.
1922 Philately for the Children, cplt set of six, l.h., v.f.
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Catalog #B24-29
Price Realized
$250.00

Lot #1858
1857 10k brown and blue
Semi-Postals.
1923 Philately for Labor, cplt set, also two paper varieties, fresh and v.f., with handstamped guarantee marks,
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Catalog #B38-42,40a
Catalog Value DM 3,450
Price Realized
$650.00

Lot #1859
1857 10k brown and blue
Semi-Postals.
1923 4r+4r silver surcharge with spaced date "1923", used, v.f. with handstamped guarantee marks, very rare
Catalog #B42b
Catalog Value DM 3,000
Price Realized
$850.00

Lot #1860
1857 10k brown and blue
Semi-Postals.
1923 4r+4r silver surcharge slightly doubled showing letters on top and in the middle, v.f. and extremely rare variety, with handstamped guarantee marks
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Catalog #B42var
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #1861
1857 10k brown and blue
Air Post.
1922-24 group of five covers all bearing the red "Envoye par la poste aerienne" label, two are registered, all to England or Germany, various types of label noted, all at different rates, fine group
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #1862
1857 10k brown and blue
Air Post.
1924 15k on 1r red brown, surcharge inverted, v.f. used, signed Dr.Jemchouhin
Catalog #C8a
Catalog Value DM 2,500
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #1863
1857 10k brown and blue
Air Post.
1924 15k on 1r, surcharge inverted, used with additional franking in registered and flown cover from Leningrad to Riga, red "Mit Luftpost Beforderd Konigsberg" flight cachet, Moscow transit pmks, fine-v.f., signed Romeko and Mikulski
Envelope
Catalog #C8a
Price Realized
$2,400.00

Lot #1864
1857 10k brown and blue
Air Post.
1925 registered and flown cover from Tashkent to Berlin, attractively franked with regular issues and air post, also semi-official adhesives, fine-v.f.
Envelope
Price Realized
$425.00

Lot #1865
1857 10k brown and blue
Air Post.
1926 registered and flown cover from Kursk to Berlin, franked with 3k aviation defense and additional stamps and labels, "Von Auslande uber Berlin" registration label, appropriate transit and arrival pmks, fine
Envelope
Price Realized
$290.00

Lot #1866
1857 10k brown and blue
Air Post.
1927 registered and flown cover from Saratov to Berlin, attractively franked on front, with the rare "KP.OAB" vignette on back, also two additional Pskow aviation defense 5k and 3r adhesives (both uncancelled) and two propaganda vignettes
Envelope
Price Realized
$375.00

Lot #1867
1857 10k brown and blue
Air Post.
1928 registered and flown cover from Kabul to Moscow, mixed franking with Afghan adhesives, some faults, otherwise fine-v.f., scarce
Envelope
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #1868
1857 10k brown and blue
Air Post.
1930 5k and 28k unissued artist's multicolored die essays (90:130 and 160:115mm) showing a letter carrier and an airplane delivering mail, each with artist's ink and pencil hand corrections, some adhesions on back, v.f. and unique pairessays
E
Price Realized
$2,350.00

Lot #1869
1857 10k brown and blue
Air Post.
1930 unissued artist's die essay (73:112mm) showing an "airplane over industry", inscribed "air mail", descriptive tablet at bottom blank, fine and unique
E
Unsold
Lot #1870
1857 10k brown and blue
Air Post.
1930 unissued artist's die essay (65:120mm) in black on gray, fine and unique
E
Unsold
Lot #1871
1857 10k brown and blue
Air Post.
1930 Zeppelin, imperforate singles, set of two n.h., v.f., signed and Soviet Philatelic Agency
**
Catalog #C12b-13b
Catalog Value DM 6,000
Price Realized
$1,300.00

Lot #1872
1857 10k brown and blue
Air Post.
1930 Graf Zeppelin, vert. imperforate pairs, mostly l.h., v.f., with Mikulski cert.
*
Catalog #C12b-13b
Catalog Value DM 12,000
Unsold
Lot #1873
1857 10k brown and blue
Air Post.
1931 North Pole, perf. & imperf. sets, l.h., fine-v.f.
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Catalog #C26-33
Catalog Value 131
Price Realized
$100.00

Lot #1874
1857 10k brown and blue
Air Post.
1932 Mattern and Griffin Round the World Flight, 7.7.32 departure pmks, "Special Despatch" typewritten cachet at left, cover stains, otherwise fine and rare
Envelope
Catalog #AAMC TO1167
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #1875
1857 10k brown and blue
Air Post.
1933 San Francisco, n.h., v.f., signed Soviet Phil.
**
Catalog #C68
Price Realized
$210.00

Lot #1876
1857 10k brown and blue
Air Post.
1933 San Francisco, n.h., v.f., signed Soviet Phil.
**
Catalog #C68
Price Realized
$210.00

Lot #1877
1857 10k brown and blue
Air Post.
1935 San Francisco surcharge, block of four, n.h., v.f., with Mikulski cert., rare
Box **
Catalog #C68
Unsold
Lot #1878
1857 10k brown and blue
Air Post.
1935 Moscow to San Francisco, small "f" variety correctly used on registered and flown ppc addressed to Consul General of the USSR in San Francisco, v.f., rare
Envelope
Catalog #C68b
Price Realized
$9,500.00

Lot #1879
1857 10k brown and blue
Catapult Flights.
1933 Leningrad to USA, mixed franking with German stamps, October 1-2, 1933 violet cachet, v.f.
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #1880
1857 10k brown and blue
Zeppelin Flights.
1931 Polar Flight card franked with imperf. set of four, appropriate cachets, v.f., scarce
Envelope
Price Realized
$700.00

Lot #1881
1857 10k brown and blue
Consular Air Post.
1922 1200m on 2.25r, v.f., signed Mikulski
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Catalog #CO7
Catalog Value DM 1,750
Price Realized
$700.00

Lot #1882
1857 10k brown and blue
Consular Air Post.
1922 1200m on 2.25r, type II, marginal single, v.f., signed Mikulski
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Catalog #CO7
Catalog Value DM 1,750
Price Realized
$850.00

Lot #1883
1857 10k brown and blue
Consular Air Post.
1922 1200m on 2.25r, h.r., with reduced margin at bottom, v.f., signed Brun etc.
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Catalog #CO7
Price Realized
$850.00

Lot #1884
1857 10k brown and blue
Postage Dues.
1865-1925 specialized collection on pages, with imperial (65) covers and cards charged postage due for various reasons, underpaid incoming mail from foreign countries, illegal usage of invalidated postage etc., also R.S.F.S.R. and Soviet issues (27) with the very scarce surcharges used in early 1920s, some on incoming foreign mail, 1925 letter from Samarkand to Khiva with disinfected markings and much more. A fascinating and rare collection, ex-Maslowski
Envelope
Price Realized
$4,500.00

Lot #1885
1857 10k brown and blue
Officials.
1911 "Tribunal Service Stamps", 15k black & orange, two unused, plus another used on printed envelope from the Court in Moscow to the restaurant of Moscow Station, minor flaws, mostly fine and rare usage
Envelope *
Price Realized
$250.00

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