U.S. and Worldwide Stamps; The Versailles Collection
April 1-3, 2003
| Images | Description | Current 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  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 | 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. | 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,  **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 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. **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 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 SCatalog #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 SCatalog #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  | 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 | 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 | 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. | 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. * | 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 |
