U.S. and Worldwide Stamps; The Versailles Collection
April 1-3, 2003

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #2436
RUSSIA
1857 10k brown & blue, margins all around, fine used, signed Bloch
Catalog #1
Catalog Value 600
Price Realized
$240.00

Lot #2437
RUSSIA
1857 10k brown & blue, margins all around, beautiful colors, fresh and v.f.
Catalog #1
Catalog Value 600
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #2438
RUSSIA
1857 10k brown & blue, margins all around, canc. by numeral dots "523" numeral dot pmk on large part of FL to St.Petersburg, with "Yefremov" 5 August 1858 departure and "Polucheno" (received) 8 August arrival pmks on reverse, fine and extremely rare, possibly unique usage from the small town of Yefremov in the Tula district
Envelope
Catalog #1
Price Realized
$2,100.00

Lot #2439
RUSSIA
1857 10k brown & blue, margins all around, tied on piece by Riga datestamp, also 10k perf., v.f.
Catalog #1,2
Catalog Value 725
Price Realized
$300.00

Lot #2440
RUSSIA
1858 20k blue & yellow, unused without gum, excellent colors, fresh and fine, rare unused
(*)
Catalog #3
Catalog Value 3,000
Price Realized
$1,400.00

Lot #2441
RUSSIA
1858 20k blue & orange, thin paper, numeral pmk, fine (Mi. cat. Euro 2,000)
Catalog #3
Catalog Value 700
Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #2442
RUSSIA
1858 20k blue & orange, thick paper variety, canc. "5" (Vilnius) in oval dots, well centered, fine
Catalog #3
Catalog Value 700
Price Realized
$725.00

Lot #2443
RUSSIA
1858 30k carmine & green, thick paper variety, canc. "31" in oval dots, well centered, fine (Mi. cat. Euro 3,600)
Catalog #4
Catalog Value 1,250
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #2444
RUSSIA
1858 30k carmine & green, thin paper, well centered and fresh, v.f., with Buhler cert.
Catalog #4
Catalog Value 1,250
Price Realized
$1,000.00

Lot #2445
RUSSIA
1859-1913 Postal History, collection of 69 covers or FLs, with many beautiful frankings and foreign destinations, also seven pre-philatelic letters, two letters franked with No.2 to Pernau and Riga, three color frankings used from Warszawa,St. Petersburg, Odessa etc., red and blue cancellations, interesting rates and combination frankings with postal stationery entires and more, many with Mikulski certificates, mostly fine-v.f., A wonderful group of Imperial covers
Envelope
Price Realized
$4,500.00

Lot #2446
RUSSIA
1863-72 group of 8 FLs to France, Italy or Austria, diff. Arms issues franking incl. three 3-color combinations, all with "Frankirovano" or "Oplacheno" (pre-paid) hs, two with stamps completely removed, others fine-v.f.
Envelope
Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #2447
RUSSIA
1865 5k "City Post", cross-gutter pane of 100, n.h. fine-v.f., rare in full sheets, especially unhinged,
Box **
Catalog #11
Catalog Value 2,000++
Price Realized
$1,800.00

Lot #2448
RUSSIA
1866-1912 St.Petersbug, specialized collection of 400+ stamps and 55 covers, with 1866 issues canc. in oval "SPB", a study of the Numeral canc. on stamps, covers and cards showing good strikes of the scarce types XV, XVI andboth types of XXXI, also contains registered mail with the 1899 temporary label and 1903 triple ring date canc., mostly fine or better, a wonderful collection for further expansion
Envelope u
Price Realized
$2,100.00

Lot #2449
RUSSIA
1866-70 horiz. laid paper, 1k-30k seven diff. incl. additional shade of 3k, blocks of four, post office fresh, n.h., fine-v.f.
Box **
Catalog #19-25,20a
Price Realized
$1,400.00

Lot #2450
RUSSIA
1866-70 vertically laid paper, 4x1k and single 10k, all used in 1872 on cover to Trieste, St.Petersburg departure cds, via Warszawa, with Postal Card No.5-6 transits & backstamped, minor cover toning and small piece missing at bottom, stillfine and remarkable usage, signed Mikulski
Envelope
Catalog #19c,23a
Price Realized
$375.00

Lot #2451
RUSSIA
1871 FL to France, franked with 3k, 5k and 20k, all tied by "Odesskoye P.O." cds, with boxed "P. Albusson Odessa" cachet at left, blue "Autriche Erquielines" border entry, TPO and transit markings on reverse, v.f., with arrival pmk
Envelope
Price Realized
$210.00

Lot #2452
RUSSIA
1875-79 7k gray & rose, vertically laid paper, large part original gum, small thin, fresh and fine appearance of this rare stamp
*
Catalog #27b
Catalog Value Euro 1,200
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #2453
RUSSIA
1876 8k stationery entire (backflap missing) additionally franked with 8k gray & rose, canc. "Postal Car 7-8" and sent to Paris, French entry postmark, fine
Envelope
Price Realized
$130.00

Lot #2454
RUSSIA
1883 registered cover franked on reverse with 10x1k and 2x2k, interesting arrangement, tied by Dzurino cds, with Kerch-Enikol arrival pmks
Envelope
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #2455
RUSSIA
1884 7r, h.r., well centered, fine
*
Catalog #40
Price Realized
$210.00

Lot #2456
RUSSIA
1886 official decree signed by the governor of Lifland province outlining grave consequences of converting from Greek Orthodoxy to Protestantism, including possible loss of parental rights, jail terms for converting Orthodox children to Protestantism, annulment of marriages performed by Lutheran pastors, inability to hold administrative positions, etc., unusual and rather frightening document of the religious intolerance in Tsarist Russia during the reign of Alexander III
Price Realized
$210.00

Lot #2457
RUSSIA
1889-92 7k blue, groundwork omitted variety, horiz. pair, l.h., v.f. and extremely rare, listed but unpriced in Michel
*
Catalog #50c
Unsold
Lot #2458
RUSSIA
1902-05 Vertically Laid Paper, 1k orange, imperforate pane of 25, with three rows of perforated "Obrazets" (Specimen) across the stamps, natural gum creases, mostly n.h., v.f. and undoubtedly unique multiple
Box S
Catalog #55aS
Price Realized
$2,600.00

Lot #2459
RUSSIA
1902-05 3k red, groundwork omitted, used, single nibbed perf., otherwise fine and rare
Catalog #57a
Catalog Value 175
Price Realized
$130.00

Lot #2460
RUSSIA
1902-05 7k dark blue, imperf. block of 10 with perf. "Obrazets" (Specimen) initials, n.h., v.f. and rare multiple, signed Mikulski
Box S
Catalog #59bS
Price Realized
$950.00

Lot #2461
RUSSIA
1902-05 7k dark blue, horiz. imperf. pair, h.r., slight toning, otherwise v.f. and rare
*
Catalog #59b
Catalog Value Euro 1,500
Price Realized
$800.00

Lot #2462
RUSSIA
1902-05 7k dark blue, horiz. imperf. single, also perf. single, each with dramatically shifted background, fine-v.f., signed Mikulski
*
Catalog #59b
Catalog Value Euro 750+
Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #2463
RUSSIA
1913 unexploded booklet issued in St.Petersburg, with denomination of 2rub, gray covers with black inscriptions, panes of 6 of 1k, 3k and 7k separated by interleaves, v.f. and rare booklet
Booklet
Price Realized
$4,500.00

Lot #2464
RUSSIA
1913 Romanov Issue, 2k green, imperf. sheet margin single with full double impression, small thin, otherwise v.f. and spectacular error
*
Catalog #89var
Unsold
Lot #2465
RUSSIA
1914 cover from Mitawa, franked with 7k Romanov, blue War Censor hs, fine early WWI censor strike
Envelope
Price Realized
$90.00

Lot #2466
RUSSIA
1914 cover from Skvernevice to Harbin, franked with 7k blue, showing a mute canc. at left, censored and charged "6k" on arrival, with oval "Harbin Doplatit", plus "6" in ms, additionally backstamped on arrival, fine andunusual war-time usage to Harbin, rare postage due marking
Envelope
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #2467
RUSSIA
1915-18 five cards or cover franked with mostly Romanov stamps & canc. by German & Austrian fieldpost cancellations, used generally to Germany or Austria, also two 1k Romanov adhesives canc. "K.D.Feldpoststation" in red or black, v.f.
Envelope
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #2468
RUSSIA
1915 Money Stamps, forgeries to defraud the fiscal authorities, 15k red brown, four unused and 20k green, two used, various types, probably used as money, fine-v.f., very rare
*u
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #2469
RUSSIA
1916-17 surcharges, two inverted 10 on 7k, also used pair and unused single showing considerable shifts, plus two covers franked with single 20k on 14k and 10k on 7k, the former registered to Moscow, fine-v.f.
Envelope *
Price Realized
$90.00

Lot #3750
RUSSIA
Air Post.
1935 Cheluskin, smaller size, cplt set of perf. trial color proofs (red), each affixed on a bristol card, with some adhesive staining as often, fine-v.f., rare
P
Catalog #C58-67P
Price Realized
$4,250.00

Lot #3751
RUSSIA
Air Post.
1935 Cheluskin, smaller size, cplt set of perf. trial color proofs (green), each affixed on a bristol card, with some adhesive staining as often, fine-v.f., rare
P
Catalog #C58-67P
Price Realized
$4,500.00

Lot #3752
RUSSIA
Air Post.
1935 Cheluskin, smaller size, cplt set of perf. trial color proofs (violet), each affixed on a bristol card, with some adhesive staining as often, fine-v.f., rare
P
Catalog #C58-67P
Price Realized
$5,000.00

Lot #3753
RUSSIA
Air Post.
1935 Cheluskin, smaller size, cplt set of perf. trial color proofs (brown), each affixed on a bristol card, with some adhesive staining as often, fine-v.f., rare
P
Catalog #C58-67P
Price Realized
$5,500.00

Lot #3754
RUSSIA
Air Post.
1935 Cheluskin, smaller size, cplt set of perf. trial color proofs (black), each affixed on a bristol card, with some adhesive staining as often, fine-v.f., rare
P
Catalog #C58-67P
Price Realized
$5,000.00

Lot #3755
RUSSIA
Air Post.
1935 Cheluskin, smaller size, cplt less 20k, perf. trial color proofs (black brown), each affixed on a bristol card, with some adhesive staining as often, fine-v.f., rare
P
Catalog #C58-62,64-67P
Price Realized
$4,750.00

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