U.S. & Worldwide Stamps
January 16-18, 2007

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #1998
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.
Envelope
Price Realized
$170.00

Lot #1999
RUSSIA
1853 postal stationery, 10k black, entire envelope cancelled by pen, with "Oboyan July 27" departure pmk, addressed to Smolensk, fine
Envelope
Price Realized
$140.00

Lot #2000
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 #2001
RUSSIA
1857 10k brown and blue, used, margins all around to clear at left, fine
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Catalog #1
Catalog Value 600
Price Realized
$240.00

Lot #2002
RUSSIA
1857 10k brown & blue, the first stamp of Russia, margins all around, beautiful colors, tied by oval "Valk" departure pmk on FL to Riga, with additional "Valk.Lif. 18" (Valk, Lifland province, plus first two year numerals) plus"Polucheno 19 May, 1858" arrival pmks on back, addressee's name and address obliterated by pen, v.f. cover
Envelope
Catalog #1
Catalog Value 3,500
Unsold
Lot #2003
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
Envelope
Catalog #2
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #2004
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,
Envelope
Catalog #2
Catalog Value 350
Price Realized
$250.00

Lot #2005
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
Envelope
Catalog #2
Catalog Value 350
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #2006
RUSSIA
1855 10k brown & blue tied by "55" numeral canc. on FL from Kherson to Odessa, couple of small stains, otherwise fine,
Envelope
Catalog #2
Catalog Value 350
Price Realized
$525.00

Lot #2007
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.,
Envelope
Catalog #2
Catalog Value 350
Price Realized
$525.00

Lot #2008
RUSSIA
1858 10k black, plate proof on unwatermarked paper, frame only, central oval blank, v.f., ex-Mehrtens collection
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Catalog #2P
Price Realized
$2,600.00

Lot #2010
RUSSIA
1865 cover from Moscow to Nice, franked with 1k, 2x3k, 10k and 20k perf. 121/2, paying 37kop rate, tied by 27.1.65 pmks, with boxed "Aus Russland", additional departure and arrival pmks on back, wax seal removed from back, fineand most attractive four color franking to France, ex-Faberge
Envelope
Price Realized
$1,200.00

Lot #2011
RUSSIA
1866 FL from St.Petersburg to England, franked with 1k (3), 3k (perf.121/2), 10k (unwatermarked) and 2x5k (horizontally laid paper), paying 26kop rate, tied by 8 May St.Petersburg-Warsaw railroad cds, red "Aus Russland Franco" andboxed "P.D.", oval forwarding and Bradford arrival pmks, filing fold affecting one stamp, fine and attractive four color franking
Envelope
Price Realized
$800.00

Lot #2012
RUSSIA
1867 FL from St.Petersburg to Livorno, franked with 5k (horizontally laid paper) and 30k unwatermarked, red "Aus Russland" German acceptance and transit pmks, minor overall toning, rare mixed franking usage, with arrival cds
Envelope
Catalog #18
Unsold
Lot #2013
RUSSIA
1869 FL from St.Petersburg to Florence, franked with 2x3k (horizontally laid paper) and 30k unwatermarked, red "Aus Russland" German acceptance, with 31/2sgr due in red crayon, also Udine-Verona transit and Firenze arrival pmks,one 3k with rounded corner, fine and scarce mixed franking
Envelope
Catalog #18,20
Unsold
Lot #2014
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
Envelope
Catalog #20,22,23
Price Realized
$100.00

Lot #2015
RUSSIA
1866-70 5k black & lilac, imperforate single (Mi.20U), background shifted to top as always, excellent colors, v.f. This rare variety exists only used
Catalog #22b
Catalog Value Euro 2,500
Price Realized
$2,800.00

Lot #2016
RUSSIA
1866-70 10k green and carmine, perforated proof on glazed chalky paper, irregular perfs as often, otherwise fine and very rare
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Price Realized
$3,250.00

Lot #2017
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
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Price Realized
$4,500.00

Lot #2018
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
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Catalog #31-40S
Price Realized
$2,900.00

Lot #2019
RUSSIA
1884 3.50r gray, horizontally (instead of vertically) laid paper, used, cancelled 1885, well centered but with usual faults, fine appearance, extremely rare, with Robineau cert.
Catalog #39a
Price Realized
$5,000.00

Lot #2020
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 #2021
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 Tallinn, Estonia) to Montevideo, Uruguay, fine, with arrival pmk, scarcedestination
Envelope
Price Realized
$80.00

Lot #2022
RUSSIA
1902 vertically laid paper, 7r black & yellow, center inverted, centered to bottom as always, l.h., fine example of this popular rarity
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Catalog #70a
Price Realized
$8,500.00

Lot #2023
RUSSIA
1909 10k dark blue, printed on gummed side only, rounded lower right corner, otherwise fine
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Catalog #79var
Price Realized
$100.00

Lot #2024
RUSSIA
1909 10k dark blue, vertical pair, printed on both sides, v,f, and extremely rare variety
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Catalog #79var
Price Realized
$1,400.00

Lot #2025
RUSSIA
1914-23 Military Scenes, collection of 82 picture postcards, many in color, used and unused, some with violet military cachets, wide variety of subjects incl. military units, aviation, artillery, units on various fronts, also some post WWIIcards depicting General Wrangel, White Army units in Bulgaria, military schools etc. An impressive group of cards, rare, ex-Krassovsky
Envelope
Price Realized
$1,300.00

Lot #2026
RUSSIA
1915 10r carmine, yellow & gray blue (error), centered to top as always, fine example of this rarity, with Robineau cert.
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Catalog #109c
Price Realized
$1,500.00

Lot #2027
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
Envelope
Price Realized
$180.00

Lot #2028
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.,
Box **
Catalog #114-15
Catalog Value 5,300+
Price Realized
$1,800.00

Lot #2029
RUSSIA
1917 Provisional Gouvernement Issue, imperf. 10k dark blue, 14 (!) copies used in 1919 on registered cover from Moscow to Petrograd, additionally franked with 6x50k (perf.), fine, with arrival pmk, rare
Envelope
Catalog #124
Price Realized
$550.00

Lot #2030
RUSSIA
1917 5r dark blue, green & pale blue, imperf. single with yellow groundwork inverted, v.f., rare and undercatalogued error, with Robineau cert.
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Catalog #133b
Price Realized
$2,300.00

Lot #2031
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 usage of privately perforated adhesives
Envelope
Price Realized
$400.00

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