U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
September 13-14, 2006
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #1984 RUSSIA 1850 stampless cover with "Kiev" departure hs on back, with "10" (filled in by hand) Feb. datestamp, sent from a famous monastery, via Constantinople to Jerusalem, envelope with arrival endorsements, full wax seal, fine andscarce early letter to Jerusalem  | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1985 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown & blue, large part of boxed "Zhitomir" datestamp, margins all around, v.f. (Mi.1) Catalog #1 Catalog Value Euro 1,000 | Price Realized $400.00 |
 | Lot #1986 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown & blue, selection of 14 copies, one on piece, each with margins all around, various printings and shades, occasional small flaws, mostly fine-v.f. Catalog #1 | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
 | Lot #1987 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown & blue, pen canc., selection of 21 copies, one on piece, each with margins all around, incl. two sheet margin examples, various printings and shades, occasional small flaws, mostly v.f. Catalog #1 | Price Realized $5,250.00 |
 | Lot #1988 RUSSIA 1858 10k brown & blue, three used singles, canc. "1", "35" and "Mitawa", fine-v.f., Catalog #2 Catalog Value Euro 750 | Price Realized $200.00 |
 | Lot #1989 RUSSIA 1858 10k brown & blue, tied by "448" numeral dotted pmk of "Evpatoria" on FL to Taganrog, fine-v.f., with additional date stamp on reverse, rare Catalog #2 Catalog Value Euro 600 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1990 RUSSIA 1858 10k brown & blue, tied by "445" numeral dotted canc. of "Genichensk" on FL to Odessa, fine-v.f., with additional date stamp on reverse, rare Catalog #2 Catalog Value Euro 600 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1991 RUSSIA 1858 20k orange & blue, thick paper, unused without gum, well centered and fresh, v.f., with Mikulski cert. (Mi.3x) (*) Catalog #3 Catalog Value Euro 7,500 | Price Realized $3,000.00 |
 | Lot #1992 RUSSIA 1858 20k blue & orange, thin paper, perfectly centered example, cancelled "38" in oval dots, fresh and v.f. (Mi.3y) Catalog #3 Catalog Value Euro 2,500 | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #1993 RUSSIA 1858 30k carmine and green, thin paper, part Kiev canc., well centered, fresh color, v.f., with 2003 Mikulski cert. (Mi.4y) u Catalog #4 Catalog Value Euro 3,500 | Price Realized $1,300.00 |
 | Lot #1994 RUSSIA 1858 30k carmine & green, thin paper, numeral "5" (Vilnius) canc., fine Catalog #4 Catalog Value Euro 3,500 | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #1995 RUSSIA 1858 30k carmine & green, thin paper variety, fresh & v.f. copy, signed Pfenninger etc. Catalog #4 Catalog Value Euro 3,500 | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #1996 RUSSIA 1858-64 1k black and yellow and 3k black and green, h.r., 3k with small sealed tear, otherwise fine-v.f. (Mi.9-10) * Catalog #5-6 Catalog Value Euro 750 | Price Realized $180.00 |
 | Lot #1997 RUSSIA 1868 cover (opened for display) from Orel to Geneva, franked on reverse with 1865 unwatermarked 1k (3) and 5k, used in combination with 1858 20k (perf. 121/2), underpaying 28k which necessitated "Unzurreichend frankiert" boxed hsin red, plus correspoding "underfranked" two-line boxed hs in Cyrillic letters, charged additional postage in blue & red crayons, Moscow transit, with Geneva arrival pmk, fine mixed franking combination, interesting postage due application Catalog #9,12,14 | Price Realized $1,200.00 |
 | Lot #1998 RUSSIA 1858 30k carmine & green, tied by "11" on oval dots of St.Petersburg, used in 1868 to Paris, additional 28 April dispatch, red "P.D" and blue Paris-Erquelimes French entry pmk, all on front, also "51/2" in red crayon indicatingsilver-grosch postage for Prussia and France, v.f. Catalog #10 | Price Realized $1,050.00 |
 | Lot #1999 RUSSIA 1865 FL sent from Taganrog to Greece, franked with 3x10k brown and blue, tied by Taganrog cds, additionally charged 50L upon arrival, and franked with 10L and 40L Hermes Heads, both tied by Syros cds, with circular "Franco" hs andSyros arrival on reverse, usual filing folds, fine and rare three color franking | Price Realized $2,600.00 |
 | Lot #2000 RUSSIA 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 Catalog #11 | Price Realized $4,250.00 |
 | Lot #2001 RUSSIA 1881 registered 5k stationery entire, additionally franked with single and strip of three of St.Petersburg 5k locals, used to Belgium, additionally franked with 3x1k Arms, all tied by 7 March, 1881 cds, with "Von Ausland uber BahnpostEydtkuhnen-Dirshau" registry label, cover (and 1k adhesive) defective at right, otherwise spectacular Breitfuss cover, with Brussels arrival and partial wax seals on back, 1987 Philatelic Foundation Cert. Catalog #11 | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
 | Lot #2002 RUSSIA 1866 1k-30k Arms Issues, blocks of four, n.h. and post office fresh, couple of perf. separations, v.f. (Mi.18x-24x)  **Catalog #19-25 | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #2003 RUSSIA 1866 1k-30k Arms Issues, vertical gutter blocks of four, n.h. and post office fresh, v.f. (Mi.18x-24x) **Catalog #19-25 | Price Realized $2,800.00 |
 | Lot #2004 RUSSIA 1866 5k black & lilac, imperforate single with significant shift of background to bottom right, minor flaws as often, fine(Mi.20xU) Catalog #22b Catalog Value Euro 2,500 | Price Realized $1,350.00 |
 | Lot #2005 RUSSIA 1866-70 Issues, registered cover used in 1879 from Sevsk to Moscow, franked on reverse with 1k and 30k making up the 31k rate, v.f., with arrival pmk | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #2006 RUSSIA 1866-70 Issues, registered cover used in 1877 from Yaransk to Vyatka, franked on reverse with 1k and 30k making up 31k rate, fine-v.f., with arrival pmk | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #2007 RUSSIA 1866-70 Issues, registered cover used in 1877 from Yaransk to Vyatka, franked with 1k and 30k making up 31k rate, fine-v.f., with arrival pmk | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #2008 RUSSIA 1866-70 Issues, registered cover (little reduced at top) used in 1877 from Nolinsk to Vyatka, paying 31k with 1k and 30k, fine-v.f., with arrival pmk | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #2009 RUSSIA 1866-70 Issues, cover used in 1883 and paying 14k with pair of 1k and single 5k and 7k, used from Moscow to Modena, v.f., with transit & arrival pmks | Price Realized $210.00 |
 | Lot #2010 RUSSIA 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 | Price Realized $170.00 |
 | Lot #2011 RUSSIA 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 | Price Realized $1,350.00 |
 | Lot #2012 RUSSIA 1872 FL from Berdyansk to Greece, franked with two each of 3k and 10k (vertically laid paper) paying 26k and charged 45L postage due on arrival, with the addition of 5L green and pair of 20L blue Large Hermes Heads, boxed "Franco"and Odessa transit pmks, with Syra arrival cancel on back, usual filing folds, otherwise fine and attractive four color combination franking | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
 | Lot #2013 RUSSIA 1875 5k violet lilac, entire stationery entire (139x113), showing variety open "O" of "Kopeck" at top, unused, little toning, otherwise fine Catalog #Mi.U21B | Price Realized $180.00 |
 | Lot #2014 RUSSIA 1881 7k stationery entire used from Ekaterinoslaw to New Zealand, addressed to "Australia New Zealand Greymouth", eventually arriving via Christchurch, Brisbane and Port Chalmers in Gremouth, charged "50", some toning, rare destination | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #2015 RUSSIA 1885 7k Arms, three perforated and gummed proofs on stamp paper, various colors, fresh and fine-v.f., signed Mikulski (Mi.25Pa-c) P Catalog #27P Catalog Value Euro 900+ | Price Realized $1,250.00 |
 | Lot #2016 RUSSIA 1889 14k carmine & blue, center inverted, well centered, light pmk, fresh and v.f., signed Mikulski, ex-Faberge (Mi.50xK) Catalog #51a Catalog Value Euro 5,000 | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
 | Lot #2017 RUSSIA 1902 unissued design, 2k blue and yellow, large die essay, little toning in margin only, otherwise v.f., rare E | Price Realized $1,600.00 |
 | Lot #2018 RUSSIA 1902 unissued design, 2k brown and yellow, large die essay, v.f., rare E | Price Realized $1,600.00 |
 | Lot #2019 RUSSIA 1902 3k unused postal card, double impression, one inverted, v.f. | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #2020 RUSSIA 1902-5 7k blue, imperforate horizontal pair, Riga cds, v.f. (Mi.49yU) Catalog Value Euro 1,500+ | Price Realized $1,600.00 |
 | Lot #2021 RUSSIA 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 Catalog #68a | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #2022 RUSSIA 1906 5r Arms, die proof in black, center omitted, v.f. and extremely rare P Catalog #71P | Price Realized $5,500.00 |
 | Lot #2023 RUSSIA 1909 St.Petersburg unexploded 80k booklet, green covers with black inscriptions, three panes of 6x1k orange, one pane each of 6x3k carmine and 7k blue, each separated by glasine interleaving, post office fresh and v.f.  Catalog #Mi.MH1 | Price Realized $5,500.00 |
 | Lot #2024 RUSSIA 1909 St.Petersburg unexploded 2r booklet, salmon covers with black inscriptions, six panes of 6x1k orange, three panes each of 6x3k carmine and 7k blue, each separated by glasine interleaving, post office fresh and v.f. Catalog #Mi.MH2 | Price Realized $7,000.00 |
| Lot #2025 RUSSIA 1914-18 group of 12 diff. Red Cross covers or cards, various markings & censor hs, fine-v.f. and fascinating lot | Price Realized $250.00 | |
 | Lot #2026 RUSSIA 1916-17 (ca) 10k dark blue, imperf. Postal Forgery made in Lodz to defraud postal authorities, v.f., rare * | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #2027 RUSSIA 1916 Money Stamps, unoverprinted 1k and 2k with Coat of Arms on reverse, blocks of 10, n.h., v.f. (Mi.110-11) *Catalog #114-15 Catalog Value Euro 490 | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #2028 RUSSIA 1916 Money Stamps, unoverprinted 1k and 2k with Coat of Arms on reverse, blocks of 10, n.h., v.f. (Mi.110-11) **Catalog #114-15 Catalog Value Euro 490 | Price Realized $270.00 |
 | Lot #2029 RUSSIA 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 Prison" censor cachet and arrival cds, fine-v.f. and scarce incomingprison cover | Price Realized $190.00 |
| Lot #2030 RUSSIA 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 *u Catalog #117a | Price Realized $675.00 | |
| Lot #2031 RUSSIA 1917 1r brown & red, center double, one inverted, complete sheet of 50, n.h., v.f. and spectacular multiple **Catalog #131a | Unsold | |
 | Lot #2032 RUSSIA 1917 10r scarlet, yellow & gray, overprinted "Obrazets" in blue, marginal single, v.f. and rare S Catalog #135S | Unsold |
| Lot #2033 RUSSIA 1924-27 three presentation folders incl. 1924 Souvenir from the 8th UPU Congress, regular issues and commemoratives, also some postal cards, all stuck to pages, some toning, scarce (*) | Unsold | |
 | Lot #2034 RUSSIA 1924 20k Lenin, type I, double impression of black incl. center, l.h., v.f. * Catalog #268var | Price Realized $200.00 |
 | Lot #2035 RUSSIA 1924 Typographed, 2k green, imperf. sheet corner margin single, n.h., v.f., with Raybaudi cert. ** Catalog #Mi.229II Catalog Value Euro 800+ | Price Realized $800.00 |
 | Lot #2036 RUSSIA 1924 Typographed, 6k blue, imperf. block of four, n.h., fine-v.f. **Catalog #Mi.233II Catalog Value Euro 300+ | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #2037 RUSSIA 1925 Revolution, perf. & imperf. sets used on 2 covers, one registered to Austria with Foreign Exchange surcharge on reverse, other to USA, fine-v.f. Catalog #330-35 | Price Realized $90.00 |
 | Lot #2038 RUSSIA 1926 watermarked definitives, 1r Red Army Soldier, perf. sheet of 20, n.h., v.f., rare. Regular printing was in sheets of 25 (!) ** | Unsold |
 | Lot #2039 RUSSIA 1927 cover (reduced at sides) to Vladimir, franked on back with multicolor advertising (Weights and Measures) collar with 8k, fine and scarce item, with arrival pmk | Unsold |
 | Lot #2040 RUSSIA 1927 Tenth Anniversary of the October Revolution, unaccepted design, 16k multicolor die essay, hand finished, v.f. and extremely rare E | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #2041 RUSSIA 1928 registered cover from Moscow to Manila, attractively franked and originally intended for air post, with foreign exchange 2x5k on 100r surcharges added on back, with Shanghai transit and arrival pmks, v.f. and rareusage to the Philippines | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #2042 RUSSIA 1929 5k Red Army Soldier, die essay in green and brown, some creases, otherwise v.f. and probably unique E Catalog #417P | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #2043 RUSSIA 1932-33 15k Maxim Gorki, imperf. single, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #470a | Price Realized $180.00 |
 | Lot #2044 RUSSIA 1932-33 October Revolution, cplt set, n.h., fine-v.f. ** Catalog #472-78 | Price Realized $170.00 |
 | Lot #2045 RUSSIA 1932-33 October Revolution, 35k gray black, sheet corner margin block of four, couple of irregular perfs at top, fine-v.f. **Catalog #478 | Price Realized $425.00 |
 | Lot #2046 RUSSIA 1932 International Revolutionaries Aid Association, 10th Anniversary, die essay of 20k+50k green, on thick card, v.f. and extremely rare E Catalog #479E | Price Realized $1,050.00 |
 | Lot #2047 RUSSIA 1933 Ethnic Minorities, cplt set, n.h., fine-v.f. ** Catalog #489-509 | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #2048 RUSSIA 1935 Anti War Issue, cplt set, used with additional franking on registered cover sent in 1944 from Moscow to Tel Aviv, opened by censor and backstamped Catalog #546-50 | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #2049 RUSSIA 1935 flown cover from Leningrad to Leipzig, attractively franked with a mixture of regular issues, commemoratives and air post, minor cover flaws away from the stamps, fine Catalog #564etc | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #2050 RUSSIA 1939 20k green, imperf. single, n.h., tiny inclusion, otherwise v.f. ** Catalog #617Avar | Price Realized $220.00 |
 | Lot #2051 RUSSIA 1938 Trans-Polar Flight, 10k, 40k and 50k imperforate blocks of four, used, v.f., very rare (Mi.595U,597U,598U) Catalog #636,638,639var | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
 | Lot #2052 RUSSIA 1947 30k Sanatorium "Afon", imperf. sheet margin single, n.h., v.f., signed Romeko, Mikulski etc. ** | Price Realized $200.00 |
 | Lot #2053 RUSSIA 1947 Red Army, imperf. pairs, set of three, used with additional franking on registered cover sent in 1947 from Moscow to Tel Aviv, fine-v.f. Catalog #1101-3var | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #2054 RUSSIA 1948 regular issue, cplt set used on registered cover to England, v.f. Catalog #1214-21 | Price Realized $95.00 |
 | Lot #2055 RUSSIA 1949 Lenin Mausoleum, imperf. souv. sheet of four, n.h., natural gum skip and corner wrinkles, v.f. (Mi.Block 11B) **Catalog #1327var Catalog Value Euro 800 | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #2056 RUSSIA 1949 Lenin Mausoleum, imperf. souv. sheet of four, n.h., natural gum skip and corner wrinkles, v.f. (Mi.Block 11B) **Catalog #1327var Catalog Value Euro 800 | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #2057 RUSSIA 1949 Lenin Mausoleum, imperf. souv. sheet of four, n.h., natural gum skip and corner wrinkles, v.f. (Mi.Block 11B) **Catalog #1327var Catalog Value Euro 800 | Price Realized $1,200.00 |
 | Lot #2058 RUSSIA 1959 250th Anniversary of Battle of Poltava, unissued 40k value, n.h., pencil signed, v.f. and extremely rare, with Raybaudi cert. ** Catalog #Mi.AXX Catalog Value Euro 4,500+ | Price Realized $9,500.00 |
 | Lot #2059 RUSSIA 1972 10k Sobinow, unissued variety with inscription "CCCP" instead of "Respubliki" at bottom, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #Mi.3999P | Price Realized $2,200.00 |
 | Lot #2060 RUSSIA 1986 National Olympics, 10k unissued design, large die proof, hand-corrected and signed by the artist, v.f. and rare P | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #2061 RUSSIA Semi-Postals. 1922 Philately for the Children, 2k, 3k, 5k and 10k, tied by 19.8.22 Moscow First Day Cancels on ppc (reproduction of 40r adhesive from the "Soviet Philatelist"), registered to Kharkov, with 23.8.22 arrival pmk, fine | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #2062 RUSSIA Semi-Postals. 1923 Philately for Labor, set of five including the rare silver surcharge, used, v.f. Catalog #B38-42 Catalog Value 602 | Price Realized $500.00 |
