U.S. and Worldwide Stamps
February 18-19, 2004

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #2179
1858-1919 Issues
1858 perf. 12, 10k, 20k and 30k, unused without gum, well centered and post office fresh, showing full embossing, fine-v.f.
(*)
Catalog #8-10
Catalog Value 850
Price Realized
$300.00

Lot #2180
1858-1919 Issues
1858 1k black, unaccepted design, die proof with central inscription reading "Epreuve de Timbre" and "IIPOBA", fine and very rare
P
Price Realized
$725.00

Lot #2181
1858-1919 Issues
1858 10k brown & blue, also 1864 1k, 3k and 5k, four diff., 1k regummed, 3k tiny thin, otherwise fresh, fine-v.f.
*
Catalog #Mi.5,9-11
Catalog Value Euro 1,550
Price Realized
$375.00

Lot #2182
1858-1919 Issues
1863 St. Petersburg, 5k blue & black, pane of 25, n.h., post office fresh and v.f. Cat. Euro 625 for hinged
Box **
Catalog #11
Price Realized
$725.00

Lot #2183
1858-1919 Issues
1881 registered 5k stationery entire, additionally franked with pair of St.Petersburg 5k locals, used to Bologna, with arrival pmks, two wax seals removed from back, little toning, fine Breitfuss letter to Italy, scarce
Envelope
Catalog #11
Price Realized
$3,250.00

Lot #2184
1858-1919 Issues
1866-70 Issues, registered cover used in 1879 from Sevsk to Moscow, franked on reverse with 1k and 30k making up the scarce 31k rate, v.f., with arrival pmk
Envelope
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #2185
1858-1919 Issues
1866-70 Issues, cover used in 1883 and franked with pair of 1k and single 5k and 7k, used from Moscow to Modena, addressed to Charles Diena (of the philatelically famous Diena family), v.f., with transit & arrival pmks
Envelope
Price Realized
$180.00

Lot #2186
1858-1919 Issues
1867 3k black & green, imperf. pair, plate proof for the 1867 Paris Exhibition, on thick glazed card, very fine and rare, ex-Breitfuss and Goss
P
Price Realized
$4,250.00

Lot #2187
1858-1919 Issues
1867 5k black & blue, perf. plate proof for the 1867 Paris Exhibition, on thick glazed card, slight discoloration, otherwise fine and rare, ex-Breitfuss and Goss
P
Price Realized
$2,400.00

Lot #2188
1858-1919 Issues
1867 10k carmine & green, perf. plate proof for the 1867 Paris Exhibition, on thick glazed card, slight discoloration, otherwise very fine and rare, ex-Breitfuss and Goss
P
Price Realized
$2,600.00

Lot #2189
1858-1919 Issues
1867 3k carmine, proof of background only, on pelure paper
P
Unsold
Lot #2190
1858-1919 Issues
1870-73 three FLs, one to Berlin and franked with 1k, 3k and 10k; the other to Manchester with single 20k franking; last with single 5k tied by red pmk paying local rate in St.Petersburg, fine-v.f. lot
Envelope
Price Realized
$170.00

Lot #2191
1858-1919 Issues
1871 FL from Taganrog franked with 10k and 20k, used via Odessa to Corfu where Greek 5L and 40L were added to pay 45L postage due, usual margins, otherwise fine and colorful combination
Envelope
Price Realized
$1,100.00

Lot #2192
1858-1919 Issues
1875-79 7k magenta and green, brown & orange, two perf. and gummed plate proofs, fine-v.f.
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Catalog #27P
Catalog Value Euro 500
Price Realized
$250.00

Lot #2193
1858-1919 Issues
1881 7k stationery entire used from Ekaterinoslaw to New Zealand, addressed to "Australia New Zealand Greymouth", eventually arriving via Christchurch, Brisbaneand Port Chalmers in Gremouth, charged "50", some toning, rare destination
Envelope
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #2194
1858-1919 Issues
1883-88 35k violet & green, imperforate plate proof on gummed, watermarked paper, v.f. and splendid item
P
Catalog #37P
Price Realized
$1,300.00

Lot #2195
1858-1919 Issues
1884 unaccepted essay for 7r on vertically laid paper, gold, black and carmine, v.f., with Mikulski cert.
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Price Realized
$4,750.00

Lot #2196
1858-1919 Issues
1884 7r black & orange, well centered used single, some irregular perfs, otherwise fine, with Royal cert.
Catalog #40
Catalog Value Euro 1,000
Price Realized
$200.00

Lot #2197
1858-1919 Issues
1889 unaccepted design of 2k Arms, perforated essay in olive brown and green, v.f., rare
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Price Realized
$1,450.00

Lot #2198
1858-1919 Issues
1889 unaccepted design of 2k Arms, imperf. and gummed essay in greenish blue, v.f., rare, signed Breitfus
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Price Realized
$1,450.00

Lot #2199
1858-1919 Issues
1889 unaccepted design of 3k Arms, imperf. essay in carmine, v.f., rare, signed Breitfus
E
Price Realized
$1,450.00

Lot #2200
1858-1919 Issues
1889 unaccepted design of 5k Arms, imperf. essay in lilac, v.f., rare, signed Breitfus
E
Price Realized
$1,450.00

Lot #2201
1858-1919 Issues
1889 unaccepted design of 5k Arms, imperf. die essay in green, v.f., rare, signed Mikulski
E
Price Realized
$2,400.00

Lot #2202
1858-1919 Issues
1898 7k stationery entire additionally franked with strip of 3x1k orange, addressed to Netherlands, stamps canc. by three clear strikes of "Polevaya Pochta na Manewrach" (Field Post on Manoeuvres 7.VIII.98), with ms"Podgornoye Pulkovo" added at left. This was a village near St.Petersburg Observatory, adjacent to a military training ground, some overall toning, otherwise fine and scarce usage, with Uithuizen arrival cds
Envelope
Price Realized
$1,250.00

Lot #2203
1858-1919 Issues
1902-05 7k blue, horiz. pair, full offset on reverse, with one stamp part of design omitted, creases, otherwise v.f. and unusual variety
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Catalog #59var
Price Realized
$95.00

Lot #2204
1858-1919 Issues
1904 10k blue, groundwork inverted, group of 40 used examples, various pmks, mostly fine-v.f.,
Catalog #60a
Price Realized
$130.00

Lot #2205
1858-1919 Issues
1902 15k blue & brown, double impression, horiz. pair, n.h., v.f. and spectacular item
**
Catalog #62var
Price Realized
$400.00

Lot #2206
1858-1919 Issues
1902 15k blue & brown, printed on the gummed side only, v.f.
(*)
Catalog #62var
Price Realized
$120.00

Lot #2207
1858-1919 Issues
1902 registered cover to Germany, franked with 20k Arms, canc. by St.Petersburg No.XXXIV pmk, fine and scarce strike, with Marken-Kirchen arrival pmk
Envelope
Price Realized
$130.00

Lot #2208
1858-1919 Issues
1902 3k unused postal card, double impression, one inverted, v.f.
Envelope
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #2209
1858-1919 Issues
1902-05 1r brown & orange perf. 111/2, single, used with additional franking on large part of parcel card registered to Moscow, slight toning around the edges, v.f. and scarce usage
Envelope
Catalog #68a
Price Realized
$550.00

Lot #2210
1858-1919 Issues
1914 cover franked with 1k, 2k and 4k Romanov, also 5k and 10k Patriotic labels, the latter showing an airplane, used from St.Petersburg to Kurland, 13.9.14 departure pmks, censor hs in violet, Mitawa arrival pmk, fine andattractive usage
Envelope
Price Realized
$240.00

Lot #2211
1858-1919 Issues
1914-17 military Scenes, collection of 82 postcards, many in color, some used, with violet military cachets, mostly fine-v.f., ex-Krassovski
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #2212
1858-1919 Issues
1914-18 collection of 135+ covers and cards mounted and written exhibition style on pages, with an extraordinary selection of mail from the Russian contingent fighting on the French front, also French Troops in Russia, examples of differentcensor markings, "captured by Germans and delayed" hs in English and French, charity vignettes added on covers, Red Cross covers for both French and Russian units, a wonderful and seldom offered collection, ex-Liphschutz
Envelope
Price Realized
$4,500.00

Lot #2213
1858-1919 Issues
1914-18 group of 12 diff. Red Cross covers or cards, various markings & censor hs, fine-v.f. and fascinating lot
Envelope
Price Realized
$250.00

Lot #2214
1858-1919 Issues
1914 registered & censored cover to Sweden with elaborate Sewing Machine Manufacturing Co. printed advertising on reverse, fine-v.f. with Stockholm arrival pmk
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #2215
1858-1919 Issues
1915 "Nobel Brothers" correspondence cover to St.Petersburg (crossed out to read Petrograd - during the war German spelling was considered unpatriotic) and franked with 7k Romanov and 3k arms tied by an incomplete cancellation (used deliberately to prevent spies from finding out the origin of mail)
Envelope
Catalog #75,92
Price Realized
$80.00

Lot #2216
1858-1919 Issues
1915 10r Arms, variety showing part of design omitted and printed on selvage, fine and spectacular variety
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Catalog #109var
Price Realized
$140.00

Lot #2217
1858-1919 Issues
1916-17 (ca) 10k dark blue, imperf. Postal Forgery made in Lodz to defraud postal authorities, v.f., rare
*
Price Realized
$700.00

Lot #2218
1858-1919 Issues
1916 Money Stamps, unoverprinted 1k and 2k with Coat of Arms on reverse, blocks of 10, n.h., v.f.
Box *
Catalog #114-15
Catalog Value Euro 550
Unsold
Lot #2219
1858-1919 Issues
1916 Money Stamps, unoverprinted 1k and 2k with Coat of Arms on reverse, blocks of 10, n.h., v.f.
Box **
Catalog #114-15
Catalog Value Euro 550
Unsold
Lot #2220
1858-1919 Issues
1917 two registered covers, one with Hotel advertising, the other with Watch makers company advertising, used via France to Switzerland, censored, fine-v.f.
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #2221
1858-1919 Issues
1916 cover franked on reverse with 10k blue, used from a small village to a prisoner held in the infamous Schlisselburg prison, with large "examined/Schlisselburg Detention Prison" censor cachet and arrival cds, fine-v.f. and scarce incoming prison cover
Envelope
Price Realized
$190.00

Lot #2222
1858-1919 Issues
1916-17 surcharges, 10k on 7k horiz. pair, right stamp without surcharge, also single & block of four with surcharge inverted, also two singles, one with surcharge displaced to sides, another with surcharge offset on reverse, fine-v.f. lot
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Catalog #117a
Price Realized
$400.00

Lot #2223
1858-1919 Issues
1919 registered cover from Moscow to Petrograd, franked with perf. 50k (6) and 14x10k imperf., v.f. with arrival pmk, rare on cover
Envelope
Catalog #124
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #2224
1858-1919 Issues
1917 10r scarlet, yellow & gray, imperf. block of five, top middle stamp showing variety "broken oval" in the outer frame below the eagle, mostly n.h., v.f.
Box *
Catalog #135,135var
Catalog Value Euro 300+
Price Realized
$170.00

Lot #2225
1858-1919 Issues
1917 10r scarlet, yellow & gray, overprinted "Obrazets" in blue, marginal single, v.f. and rare
S
Catalog #135S
Unsold
Lot #2226
1858-1919 Issues
1917 1r brown & red, center double, one inverted, complete sheet of 50, n.h., v.f. and spectacular multiple
Box **
Catalog #131a
Unsold
Lot #2227
1858-1919 Issues
1917 1r brown & red, center inverted, margin block of 13, n.h., v.f.
Box **
Catalog #131a
Price Realized
$200.00

Lot #2228
1858-1919 Issues
1917 1r brown & red, margin block of 13, double impression of frame, shifted diagonally and inverted, n.h., v.f. and impressive multiple
Box **
Catalog #131var
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #2229
1858-1919 Issues
1919 registered cover from Charkov to Moscow, franked on back with 35k Chainbreakers, used in combination with Ukraine 3x10sh, all canc. by Ukrainian cds, fine-v.f., with arrival pmk, fine and scarce combination usage
Envelope
Price Realized
$270.00

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