U.S. and Worldwide Stamps
November 20, 2002

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #1348
RUSSIA
1857 10k brown and blue, canc. "9" (Tauroggen) in oval dots, also blue merchant's cachet, margins all around, v.f.
Catalog #1
Catalog Value 600
Price Realized
$280.00

Lot #1349
RUSSIA
1857 10k brown and blue, three copies, each with margins all around, canc. Mitawa, "254" in rectangular dots etc., v.f.
Catalog #1
Catalog Value 1,350
Price Realized
$650.00

Lot #1350
RUSSIA
1857 10k brown and blue, ample margins all around, tied by "9" in oval dots and Merchant's hs on FL from Tauroggen to St.Petersburg, with departure and arrival pmks, fine and scarce cover
Envelope
Catalog #1
Price Realized
$1,500.00

Lot #1351
RUSSIA
1857 10k brown and blue, margins all around, tied by ornamental "Berdichev" hs on outer FL to Warszawa, with boxed departure and red arrival pmks, fine and scarce cover
Envelope
Catalog #1
Price Realized
$1,900.00

Lot #1352
RUSSIA
1858 10k brown and blue, tied by rectangular dots canc. on outer FL from Turgenslahn to Pernau, boxed 13 Dec. 1858 arrival datestamp on back, v.f. usage in Estonia
Envelope
Catalog #2
Price Realized
$250.00

Lot #1353
RUSSIA
1868 FL from Rostov, franked on both sides with 1k, 3k and strip of 3x10k (one stamp with vert. filing crease), used via Constantinople to Syra, where it was taxed by adding Greece 40L and 5L, the latter with three margins and filing fold,fine and rare five color franking
Envelope
Price Realized
$750.00

Lot #1354
RUSSIA
1866 5k lilac & black, imperforate single, spectacular shift of background, usual small faults, fine appearance, rare. This variety only exists used
Catalog #22b
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #1355
RUSSIA
1871 FL from Rostov, franked with 2x1k and 2x10k (one stamp with vert. filing crease), used via Constantinople to Syra, where it was taxed by adding Greece 2x20L and 5L,fine and rare four color franking
Envelope
Price Realized
$750.00

Lot #1356
RUSSIA
1908 registered money order for 60,000r from Kibarty to Kovno, franked on both sides with 10x5r and 10x10r vertically laid paper, fine-v.f., rare, with arrival pmk
Envelope
Catalog #71-72
Price Realized
$700.00

Lot #1357
RUSSIA
1913 Romanov Issue, unexploded 80kop St.Peterburg booklet, with panes of six of 3k, 7k and 3x1k, each separated by a glasine interleaving, post office fresh and v.f., seldom offered in such pristine condition
Booklet
Price Realized
$2,800.00

Lot #1358
RUSSIA
1913 Romanov Issue, unexploded 2rub St.Peterburg booklet, with panes of six of 3x7k, 3x3k and 3x1k, each separated by a glasine interleaving, post office fresh and v.f., seldom offered in such pristine condition
Booklet
Price Realized
$3,250.00

Lot #1359
RUSSIA
1916 Romanov "Money Stamps", 1k and 2k unoverprinted varieties with coat of arms on reverse, sheets of 100, n.h. and post office fresh, v.f.
Box **
Catalog #114-15
Catalog Value 5,300+
Unsold
Lot #1360
RUSSIA
1916 Romanov "Money Stamps", 15k brown, double impression, block of four, v.f. and spectacular item
Box *
Price Realized
$210.00

Lot #1361
RUSSIA
1921-1930 special large presentation album, leather-bound with gold "USSR Goznak Postage Stamp's Collection" embossing, 251 stamps adhering to 14 dated pages, over 200 overprinted or perforated "Specimen" or "Obrazetz", with regular issusesand commemoratives, also air post (incl. C1, 12-13), plus postage dues, with four unissued imperf. varieties, v.f. and unique assembly, ex-Kurt Adler collection
S
Price Realized
$21,500.00

Lot #1362
RUSSIA
1926 Lenin as a child, 20k dark blue, unissued value, watermarked and unwatermarked varieties, panes of 100, n.h., fine-v.f.
Box **
Catalog #Mi.314var
Catalog Value Euro 15,000
Price Realized
$1,000.00

Lot #1363
RUSSIA
1932 Moscow Exhibition souv. sheet of four, with central red 5.12.1932 "All Soviet Philatelic Exhibition, Moscow", the first day of exhibition strike, v.f. Only 500 souv. sheets were issued on carton paper, most were handedout to important dignitaries and subsequently discarded or destroyed (being used as tickets to the exhibition and ripped on entrance). This is the only known used souv. sheet, with Mikulski cert. ("ein UNIKAT"). A major Soviet rarity
Box
Catalog #485-86var
Unsold
Lot #1364
RUSSIA
1939 Aviators, set of three imperf. singles, v.f., scarce
*
Catalog #718-20var
Price Realized
$1,800.00

Lot #1365
RUSSIA
1940-50s, several better singles in sheets, various quantities, incplt sets, n.h., fine-v.f.
Box **

Catalog Value Euro 25,000
Price Realized
$1,250.00

Lot #1366
RUSSIA
1958 registered cover franked with 60k sheet corner margin imperf. variety, also the regular perf. stamp issued for the 1958 Moscow Exhibition, v.f. While philatelic in origin, the imperf. variety used on cover isextremely rare, if not unique
Envelope
Catalog #Mi.2046var
Price Realized
$1,200.00

Lot #1367
RUSSIA
1959 registered stationery entire franked with three diff. unissued items incl. the 40k Voroshilovgrad and two diff. Mendeleyev Congress, v.f., with backstamp. While philatelic in origin, these stamps used on cover areextremely rare
Envelope
Catalog #Mi.AXIX,XX
Price Realized
$2,400.00

Lot #1368
RUSSIA
1961 two registered covers from Moscow to Laptevo, franked with two imperf. pairs from the Stalin souv. sheet, each cover additionally franked with 2k green, v.f., with arrival pmks
Envelope
Catalog #1325var
Unsold
Lot #1369
RUSSIA
1976 Winter Olympics, the complete set of five large die proofs, each with color matchprint and signed by the various officials, also souv. sheet printed on special paper, v.f. and undoubtedly unique group
P
Catalog #Mi.4444-8,BL110
Unsold
Lot #1370
RUSSIA
1976 Rembrandt souv. sheet, gold value and impression inverted, n.h., v.f. A wonderful modern rarity, possibly unique
**
Catalog #Mi.Block 116var
Unsold
Lot #1371
RUSSIA
1980 2k Pine Tree, imperf. block of six, perf. "Obrazets", v.f., extremely rare, only 8-10 stamps exist
Box S
Catalog #Mi.5002S
Unsold
Lot #1372
RUSSIA
Semi-Postals.
1915 set of four on white paper, imperf. variety, large margins, 7k with light creases, others v.f.
*
Catalog #B9-13var
Catalog Value 600
Price Realized
$625.00

Lot #1373
RUSSIA
Semi-Postals.
1922 Philately for Children, 1k-10k perf., also 1k imperf., the complete set of sheetlets of 25, all with margins except 5k without vert. margins, n.h. except 2k and 3k with hinge reinforcements, handstamped guarantee marks, fine-v.f., extremely rare set of sheetlets
Box **
Catalog #B24-29
Price Realized
$13,500.00

Lot #1374
RUSSIA
Semi-Postals.
1922 Philately for Children, 1k-10k perf., used 19 Aug. 1922 (First Day of Issue) on revalued 14k Romanov stationery entire envelope, addressed to Germany, fine-v.f.
Envelope
Catalog #B24-28
Price Realized
$1,050.00

Lot #1375
RUSSIA
Semi-Postals.
1923 Philately for Labor, three diff. surcharges used on back of registered cover from Moscow to Estonia, fine-v.f., with Tallinn arrival
Envelope
Price Realized
$250.00

Lot #1376
RUSSIA
Air Post.
1923 letter sheet endorsed "Air Mail", franked with \Far Eastern Republic\ 20k on 15k Air Post surcharge (Mi.52A), tied by Vladivostok 26.7.23 pmk, additional strike below, flown to Nikolsk Ussuryjsk, with same day arrival pmk,filing fold away from the stamp, v.f. Russian Airmail rarity, less than 10 flown covers are known, signed Romeko, Dr.Jemchouhin, Field etc.
Envelope
Price Realized
$7,500.00

Lot #1377
RUSSIA
Air Post.
1923 flown cover from Moscow to Berlin, attractively franked incl. 1923 Exhibition imperf. set of four (three additional stamps on back), also the 10r Air Fleet label, red "Mit Luftpost Befordert Konigsberg (Pr.)"
Envelope
Price Realized
$290.00

Lot #1378
RUSSIA
Air Post.
1925 flown cover from Krasnodar via Moscow to Berlin, attractively franked with perf. and imperf. regular issues, also 2r Air Fleet label (uncancelled), fine-v.f., with arrival pmk
Envelope
Price Realized
$220.00

Lot #1379
RUSSIA
Air Post.
1930 (Sep. 11) registered cover from Moscow to Germany, franked with 1k, 14k and 1r, tied by Zeppelin cds, Hamburg and Friedrichshafen pmk on reverse, v.f. and scarce usage of regular issues on Zeppelin mail; only the special Zeppelin stamps were supposed to be used as franking
Envelope
Price Realized
$300.00

Lot #1380
RUSSIA
Air Post.
1931 registered ppc from Moscow to Lorch, Germany, franked with 10k, 15k and 20k, tied by Moscow cds, Berlin transit pmk and Lorch arrival, v.f.
Envelope
Catalog #C15-17
Price Realized
$250.00

Lot #1381
RUSSIA
Air Post.
1933 10k green, horiz. pair, imperf. between, v.f., signed Mikulski. A rare variety unused
*
Catalog #C46a
Price Realized
$800.00

Lot #1382
RUSSIA
Air Post.
1934 Soviet Airships Issue, complete set on registered cover to Germany, scarce and attractive, v.f.
Envelope
Catalog #C53-57
Price Realized
$800.00

Lot #1383
RUSSIA
Air Post.
1935 registered cover from Moscow to Bern, Switzerland, franked with 5k, 30k and 50k, tied by Moscow cds, Bern arrival on reverse, interesting combination usage, v.f.
Envelope
Catalog #546,C57,C67
Price Realized
$280.00

Lot #1384
RUSSIA
Air Post.
1937 50k Twin-Motor Transport Plane, vert. pair, imperf. between, v.f. used
Catalog #C73var
Price Realized
$210.00

Lot #1385
RUSSIA
Air Post.
1944 1r slate green, horiz. pair, imperf. between, v.f. used, scarce
Catalog #C78var
Price Realized
$550.00

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