U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
January 19-20, 2005
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
| Lot #1712 RUSSIA Catherine II, The Great (1729-1796), Empress of Russia, 1762-1796, best known for modernizing reforms. She greatly extended Russian territory by annexing Crimea and partitioning Poland. She was a great patron of the artsand one of the most colorful and important of Russian rulers; document in cyrillic, signed "Ekaterina", dated 1777, with part of the wax seal still present, rare | Price Realized $1,300.00 |
