U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
July 13-14, 2005
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #1848 RUSSIA 1825 FL from St.Petersburg, dated June 16, sent via Le Havre by French Steamer to Paris, with erroneous application of "Colonies Par Le Havre" hs in red (should have been "Pays d'Outremer Par Le Havre"), charged "7", with arrivalpmk in red, fine and unusual cover  | Price Realized $275.00 |
| Lot #1849 RUSSIA 1841 FL from St.Petersburg to Paris, with "C.II.Bypg" datestamp, oval "Geo.Fr.Brandt & Co." (forwarding agent) and red arrival pmks, v.f. | Price Realized $150.00 | |
 | Lot #1850 RUSSIA 1849 small FL from St.Petersburg to France, attractive illustrated stationery sheet, with boxed two line departure datestamp, sent to Nice, taxed 20(deci), with red "T.A.3" and "12 Ago" arrival hs, v.f. | Price Realized $90.00 |
| Lot #1851 RUSSIA 1855 Telegraph, dated 26 June 1855 and headed "Telegraph Station Helsinki", interesting contents, used during the "Crimean War", v.f. | Price Realized $300.00 | |
 | Lot #1852 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown & blue, six copies, each with margins all around, various postmarks, one canc. on piece, fresh and v.f. lot Catalog #1 Catalog Value 3,600 | Price Realized $3,000.00 |
 | Lot #1853 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown and blue, used, margins all around to clear at left, fine u Catalog #1 Catalog Value 600 | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #1854 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown & blue, v.f. tied by boxed "Wesenberg" (now Rakvere) datestamp on outer FL to Blucher, filing folds away from the stamp, rare usage in Estonia Catalog #1 Catalog Value 3,000 | Price Realized $2,600.00 |
 | Lot #1855 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown & blue, v.f. tied by boxed "Tauroggen" date stamp and merchant's oval cachet on FL to St.Petersburg, with arrival pmk "Polucheno Vetcher" (received in the evening), 24 May, 1858, rare Catalog #1 Catalog Value 3,000 | Price Realized $2,800.00 |
 | Lot #1856 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown & blue, margins all around, v.f., used in 1858 on FL from Mariupol to Odessa, filing fold well away from the stamp, fine cover Catalog #1 Catalog Value 3,000 | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
 | Lot #1857 RUSSIA 1858 10k brown & blue, 20k blue & orange, unused without gum, well centered, fine-v.f., scarce unused (*) Catalog #2,3 | Price Realized $2,900.00 |
 | Lot #1858 RUSSIA 1858 10k brown & blue, thin paper, tied by "38" numeral pmk on FL from Riga to Volmar, with 15 Nov departure and 16 Nov arrival datestamps on back, fine Catalog #2 | Price Realized $450.00 |
| Lot #1859 RUSSIA 1858 10k brown & blue, tied by numeral canc. in rectangular dots and used on FL from Berdichev to Warszawa, red arrival pmk struck on the stamp, stains, otherwise fine appearing and unusual application of the Polish arrival cancel, Catalog #2 Catalog Value 350 | Price Realized $250.00 | |
 | Lot #1860 RUSSIA 1858 10k brown & blue, tied by numeral canc. on FL from St.Petersburg to Jacobstad, Finland, red St.Petersburg 7 May, 1858 departure datestamp, fresh and v.f. cover Catalog #2 Catalog Value 350 | Price Realized $450.00 |
| Lot #1861 RUSSIA 1855 10k brown & blue tied by "55" numeral canc. on FL from Kherson to Odessa, couple of small stains, otherwise fine, Catalog #2 Catalog Value 350 | Price Realized $450.00 | |
 | Lot #1862 RUSSIA 1855 10k brown & blue tied by "95" numeral canc. on FL from Kotelnik to Vologda, two-line departure datestamp (3 December 1859) on reverse, v.f., Catalog #2 Catalog Value 350 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1863 RUSSIA 1858 10k black, plate proof on unwatermarked paper, frame only, central oval blank, v.f., ex-Mehrtens collection P Catalog #2P | Price Realized $1,600.00 |
 | Lot #1864 RUSSIA 1866-70 Horizontally Laid Paper, 1k-30k, set of six blocks of four, l.h. or h.r. (10k), some perf. separations, post office fresh, fine-v.f.  *Catalog #19-25 | Price Realized $1,650.00 |
 | Lot #1865 RUSSIA 1866-70 1k, 2k and 10k (2), used on back of 1878 cover registered from St.Petersburg to Cetinje (Montenegro), forwarded to Cattaro and eventually returned to sender, unusual destination, with appropriate markings Catalog #19,23,26 | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #1866 RUSSIA 1866-70 3k, 5k and 10k, used in 1867 on FL from St.Petersburg to Amsterdam, black "Franco" hs on arrival, fine three color cover to Holland Catalog #20,22,23 | Price Realized $100.00 |
 | Lot #1867 RUSSIA 1866-70 5k black & lilac, imperforate single (Mi.20U), background shifted to top, v.f. This rare variety exists only used Catalog #22b Catalog Value Euro 2,500 | Price Realized $1,600.00 |
 | Lot #1868 RUSSIA 1866-70 10k green and carmine, perforated proof on glazed chalky paper, irregular perfs as often, otherwise fine and very rare P | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
 | Lot #1869 RUSSIA 1866-70 20k blue & orange, imperforate and gummed proof on glazed, chalky paper, prepared for the 1867 Paris Exhibition, v.f., ex-Breitfuss, very rare P | Price Realized $3,500.00 |
| Lot #1870 RUSSIA 1883-88 Without Thunderbolts, 1k-7r complete set of 10, also Russian Levant 1k-7k and Ostrov Zemstvo local, all overprinted "Obrazets" in blue cyrilics and mounted on presentation sheet, v.f. and extremely rare S Catalog #31-40S | Price Realized $2,800.00 | |
 | Lot #1871 RUSSIA 1884 3.50r gray, fine, signed Mikulski * Catalog #39 | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #1872 RUSSIA 1884 3.50r gray, horizontally (instead of vertically) laid paper, used, cancelled 1885, well centered but with usual faults, fine appearance, extremely rare Catalog #39a | Price Realized $5,000.00 |
| Lot #1873 RUSSIA 1889-92 1k orange, imperforate single, cut in at left and bottom, with part of the adjoining stamp at right, canc. on piece, rare used, Catalog #46a Catalog Value 500 | Price Realized $130.00 | |
 | Lot #1874 RUSSIA 1893 7k stationery entire, additionally franked on front with 7k blue and on reverse with 1k yellow and 4k red (another stamp missing), registered from Revel (now Tallin, Estonia) to Montevideo, Uruguay, fine, with arrival pmk, scarce destination | Price Realized $80.00 |
 | Lot #1875 RUSSIA 1900 7k illustrated stationery entire from St.Petersburg to Krakow, contents intact, stamps removed, fine | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #1876 RUSSIA 1902 vertically laid paper, 7r black & yellow, center inverted, centered to bottom as always, l.h., fine example of this popular rarity (Front Cover Photo) * Catalog #70a | Price Realized $7,500.00 |
| Lot #1877 RUSSIA 1909 10k dark blue, printed on gummed side only, rounded LR corner, otherwise fine * Catalog #79var | Price Realized $100.00 | |
 | Lot #1878 RUSSIA 1909 10k dark blue, vertical pair, printed on both sides, v,f, and extremely rare variety * Catalog #79var | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #1879 RUSSIA 1909-12 15k lilac & blue, vertical strip of three, the two bottom stamps with double impression, fine-v.f., unusual * Catalog #81var | Price Realized $575.00 |
| Lot #1880 RUSSIA 1914-17 Military Scenes, collection of 82 postcards, many in color, some used, with violet military cachets, mostly fine-v.f., ex-Krassovski | Unsold | |
 | Lot #1881 RUSSIA 1915 10r carmine, yellow & gray blue (error), centered to top as always, fine example of this rarity * Catalog #109c | Price Realized $1,700.00 |
| Lot #1882 RUSSIA 1916 cover franked with three uncancelled Romanov stamps sent to Amsterdam, opened by censor and backstamped, with return address showing that this cover was sent by a member of Belgian Armored squadron serving with the Russian army, v.f. and rare | Price Realized $180.00 | |
| Lot #1883 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., **Catalog #114-15 Catalog Value 5,300+ | Price Realized $1,600.00 | |
| Lot #1884 RUSSIA 1917 cover from Moscow to Amritsar, India, franked with 10k on 7k surcharge, censored by Russian and British censors, redirected on arrival to Mussovie, with numerous transit and arrival pmks on reverse, fine cover to an unusual destination Catalog #117 | Price Realized $150.00 | |
 | Lot #1885 RUSSIA 1917 5r imperf., yellow groundwork inverted, v.f., rare and undercatalogue error * Catalog #133b | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
| Lot #1886 RUSSIA 1917 two 7k stationery entires, each additionally franked with unofficial perf. 12, 1k strip of three and single, both used from Zolotonosha to Petropavlovsk, v.f., with arrival pmk, rare | Price Realized $400.00 | |
| Lot #1887 RUSSIA 1919 registered cover from Moscow to Petrograd, franked with perf. 50k (6) and 14x10k imperf., v.f. with arrival pmk, rare on cover Catalog #124 | Price Realized $450.00 | |
 | Lot #1888 RUSSIA 1921 registered cover from Krichev, via Moscow to USA, franked on reverse with gutter block of 8x250r, two horizontal tete-beche pairs, fine and very rare tete beche on cover, only a few known, with arrival pmk | Price Realized $3,000.00 |
