U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
May 10-11 2006
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
| Lot #1736 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 patroness 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 $1,900.00 | |
 | Lot #1737 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown and blue, margins all around, bright color, used on FL from Volsk to Saratow, postal cancellation, v.f. and rare in such condition (Mi.1)  Catalog #1 Catalog Value Euro 5,000 | Price Realized $3,250.00 |
 | Lot #1738 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown & blue, margins all around, tied by neatly struck "327" numeral canc. in rectangular dots on cover used 12 November, 1858 from "Chembar" to Moscow, single line "Chembarsk" departure and boxed "Polucheno" arrivaldatestamp on back, v.f. cover, rare usage Catalog #1 Catalog Value Euro 5,000+ | Price Realized $3,500.00 |
 | Lot #1739 RUSSIA 1858 10k brown & blue, thin paper, tied by a perfect strike of "14" numeral canc. in oval dots on FL used 15 Nov. 1858 from "Zhitomir" to Warszawa, boxed departure and red arrival pmks on back, blue merchant's cachet at upperleft, fine usage of Russia No. 2 on cover from Poland Catalog #2 Catalog Value Euro 600+ | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #1740 RUSSIA 1858 20k orange & blue, thin paper, well centered, tied by "2" numeral cancel on FL from Moscow to St.Petersburg, boxed "Moscow 15 October, 1858" departure hs on back, v.f. and rare cover, ex-Faberge Catalog #3 Catalog Value Euro 8,000 | Price Realized $6,250.00 |
 | Lot #1741 RUSSIA 1858 30k carmine and green, thick paper, "121" (Taganrog) cancel, well centered, bright color, v.f., with 1989 Mikulski cert. (Mi.4x) u Catalog #4 Catalog Value Euro 3,000 | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #1742 RUSSIA 1858 30k carmine and green, thick paper, cancelled "Gusyatin 15 Dec. 1881", well centered with large margins all around, bright colors, v.f. example of this late usage (Mi.4x) u Catalog #4 Catalog Value Euro 3,000 | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #1743 RUSSIA 1858 30k carmine and green, thin paper, numeral dot cancel, good colors, fine (Mi.4y) u Catalog #4 Catalog Value Euro 3,500 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #1744 RUSSIA 1864 1k black, imperf. essay inscribed "Epreuve de Timbre" in French and "Proba" in Cyrilic letters, with herringbone design around frame, block of 15, on wove paper, some creases, otherwise fine and impressive multiple, very rare  E | Price Realized $4,750.00 |
 | Lot #1745 RUSSIA 1865 FL from Taganrog to Greece, franked with 3x10k brown & blue (perf. 12^), sent via Odessa, with 10L and 40L Greece Large Hermes Heads added in Pireus to pay the required 50L postage due, fine and attractive combinationfranking | Price Realized $850.00 |
 | Lot #1746 RUSSIA 1866 FL from Taganrog to Greece, franked with 3x10k brown & blue (unwatermarked), sent via Odessa, with 80L Greece Large Hermes Head added in Athens to pay the required postage due, v.f. and attractive combination franking, withDiena cert. | Price Realized $850.00 |
 | Lot #1747 RUSSIA 1858 20k blue & orange, plate proof on unwatermarked paper, with full embossing, little toning, v.f. and rare P | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
 | Lot #1748 RUSSIA 1866 20k blue & orange, bottom sheet margin, gutter pane of 50 (two panes of 25), n.h. and post office fresh, v.f. (Mi. 22x) **Catalog #24 Catalog Value Euro 6,000 | Price Realized $2,100.00 |
 | Lot #1749 RUSSIA 1867 FL from St.Petersburg to Greece, franked with 30k carmine & green perf. 12, used in combination with 1k & 3k perf. 141/2, all unwatermarked, taxed 60L on arrival in Syros, with addition of Greek 10L orange and pair of 20L,vertical filing fold affecting 10L, couple of other small flaws and paper erosion on address portion of the lettersheet, still a colorful cover, with arrival pmk, rare | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #1750 RUSSIA 1878 registered cover from Balta to Kamenetz-Pod., franked with 1k, 2k, 3k (2), 10k and 20k, paying 39k rate, one stamp with little surface rubbing, otherwise fine and spectacular five-color franking | Price Realized $700.00 |
| Lot #1751 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. (Mi.110-11) **Catalog #114-15 Catalog Value Euro 4,900 | Unsold | |
 | Lot #1752 RUSSIA 1917 1r Arms, proof with green background, imperf. sheet margin block of four, n.h., v.f. PCatalog #131P | Unsold |
 | Lot #1753 RUSSIA 1917 10k on 7k light blue, right margin vertical pair, surcharge inverted, n.h., v.f., signed P.Jem ** Catalog #117a | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #1754 RUSSIA 1923 Lithographed, 1k, 4k, 10k, 20k, 30k, 40k and 1r, perf. 141/2, seven diff., mostly n.h., fine-v.f. *\** Catalog #261-64var | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #1755 RUSSIA 1925 15k lemon, used, fine (Mi.253A) u Catalog #287 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1756 RUSSIA 1924 15k lemon, used, fine Catalog #287 | Unsold |
| Lot #1757 RUSSIA 1924-25 5r perf. 101/2, also unwatermarked 10k olive, both n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #293a,616A | Price Realized $160.00 | |
| Lot #1758 RUSSIA 1925 regular issue on watermarked paper, various perforations, 1k-5r complete set incl. additional shade of 10k, mostly in blocks of four, n.h., fine-v.f. (Mi.271-91) **Catalog #304-25 Catalog Value Euro 780 | Price Realized $325.00 | |
 | Lot #1759 RUSSIA 1927 Tenth Anniversary of the October Revolution, 25k multicolored die essay (70:90mm) on card, blue, red and white colors, some adhesions on back, v.f. and rare design by N.A.Tyrs E | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #1760 RUSSIA 1927 Tenth Anniversary of the October Revolution, 5r Red Army soldier, red and white on black die essay (72:90mm) card mounted and corrected by hand, v.f., design by I.F. Smirnov (Moscow) E | Unsold |
 | Lot #1761 RUSSIA 1930 unissued artist's die essay (73:112mm) showing an "airplane over industry", inscribed "air mail", descriptive tablet at bottom blank, fine and unique E | Unsold |
 | Lot #1762 RUSSIA 1930 unissued artist's die essay (65:120mm) in black on gray, fine and unique E | Unsold |
 | Lot #1763 RUSSIA 1932 15th Anniversary of the October Revolution, 20k black, two diff. photo essays, signed by the artists Suvorov and Sokolov, adhesions on back, fine E | Price Realized $575.00 |
| Lot #1764 RUSSIA 1933 Ethnic Nationalities, cplt set of marginal singles, n.h., fine-v.f. ** Catalog #489-509 | Price Realized $350.00 | |
 | Lot #1765 RUSSIA 1934 Popov, imperforate singles, set of two, h.r., v.f., with Mikulski cert. * Catalog #529a-30a | Price Realized $700.00 |
| Lot #1766 RUSSIA 1935 Spartacist Games, complete set, l.h., fine-v.f. (Mi.513-22) * Catalog #559-568 Catalog Value 120 | Price Realized $180.00 | |
| Lot #1767 RUSSIA 1935 Spartacist Games, complete set, n.h., fine-v.f. (Mi.513-22) ** Catalog #559-568 Catalog Value 250 | Price Realized $325.00 | |
| Lot #1768 RUSSIA 1937 Architecture, 227 souv. sheets, n.h., fine-v.f. (YT Block 2) **Catalog #603a Catalog Value Euro 7,718 | Price Realized $1,100.00 | |
| Lot #1769 RUSSIA 1939 30k on 4k unwatermarked, sheet margin single, n.h., fine ** Catalog #743a | Price Realized $180.00 | |
| Lot #1770 RUSSIA 1946 October Revolution, 150 souvenir sheets, each cancelled to order, fine-v.f. (YT Block 6) Catalog #1083a Catalog Value Euro 11,250 | Price Realized $1,500.00 | |
 | Lot #1771 RUSSIA 1948 Ostrovsky, set of three imperf. horizontal pairs, n.h., v.f., signed Stolow (Mi.1217-19U) ** Catalog #1227-29var Catalog Value Euro 1,700 | Price Realized $1,300.00 |
 | Lot #1772 RUSSIA 1948 Ostrovsky, set of three imperf. horizontal pairs, n.h., v.f., signed Stolow ** Catalog #1227-29var | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #1773 RUSSIA 1948 60k carmine, horizontal strip of three, imperf. vertically, n.h., v.f. ** | Price Realized $625.00 |
| Lot #1774 RUSSIA 1950 Skyscrapers, cplt set, n.h., fine-v.f. ** Catalog #1518-25 | Price Realized $170.00 | |
 | Lot #1775 RUSSIA 1957 South Pole souv. sheet of four, interesting variety with red color omitted from the top pair, n.h., v.f. ** | Price Realized $850.00 |
| Lot #1776 RUSSIA 1958 Issue, three diff. imperforate values, 100 of each, all in large multiples, n.h., v.f. (Mi.2113B,2118B,2119B) **Catalog #2096/2101var Catalog Value Euro 8,500+ | Unsold | |
 | Lot #1777 RUSSIA 1959 Basketball, imperf. at top, n.h., v.f., signed Mikulski ** | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #1778 RUSSIA 1989 5k International Stamp Week, left margin imperf. horizontal pair, n.h., v.f. (Mi.5978U) ** Catalog #5795var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1779 RUSSIA 1989 5k International Stamp Week, imperf. horizontal pair, n.h., v.f. (Mi.5978U) ** Catalog #5795var | Unsold |
