Deborah Friedman Collection of Colombian Airmail; U.S. & Worldwide Stamps
November 7, 2007 and November 13-15, 2007
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #2733 RUSSIA R.S.F.S.R. 1918-19 Postal Savings stamps used as regular postage, selection of nine money transfer cards, franked with different combinations of 5k, 10k (Mi.125,126), also 50k, 5r,10r, 25r, 100r (Mi.131-138) etc., used from Russian Central Asia incl. Novaya Bukhara, Chardzhui, Merke (Turkestan), Tomkak to Tashkent, Kokand (Fergana), also from Kandalaksha to Petrozavodsk, etc., five a registered, one with "100p" re-valuation in pen on 10r, some faults, mostly fine-v.f., very rare group  Catalog #Mi.125/138 | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
 | Lot #2734 RUSSIA R.S.F.S.R. 1918 Hand with Sword Breaking Chains, 35k blue and 70k brown, each variety imperf. at top, n.h., fine-v.f. (Mi.149-150Uo) ** Catalog #149-150var | Price Realized $2,600.00 |
 | Lot #2735 RUSSIA R.S.F.S.R. 1919 Registered cover franked on back with three imperf. strips of 3x3k Arms with Kharkov Trident overprint, additionally franked with perf. 5k and 10k, used in combination with 35k Chain Breakers, from Kharkov, 29.4.19 to Moscow, with 3.5.19 arrival pmk, fine usage from Ukraine Catalog #149 | Unsold |
 | Lot #2736 RUSSIA R.S.F.S.R. 1919 7kop stationery entire envelope, with Kharkov Trident overprint, additionally franked with Imperial 1k, imperf. strip of three, single perf. 5k, used in combination with 35k Chain Breakers, from Kharkov. 6.5.1919, registered to Moscow, with 9.5.19 arrival pmk on back, little toning, otherwise fine usage from Ukraine Catalog #149 | Price Realized $850.00 |
 | Lot #2737 RUSSIA R.S.F.S.R. 1919 Hand with Sword Breaking Chains, master die proof on thick card, in black, value tablets blank, v.f., extremely rare E Catalog #149E | Price Realized $13,000.00 |
 | Lot #2738 RUSSIA R.S.F.S.R. 1919 7kop red brown (the color of the issued 70k value), perforated and gummed sheetlet, minor creases, otherwise v.f. E Catalog #149E | Price Realized $13,500.00 |
 | Lot #2739 RUSSIA R.S.F.S.R. 1919 10k blue (the color of the issued 35k value), perforated and gummed sheetlet, fresh, v.f. E Catalog #149E | Price Realized $13,500.00 |
 | Lot #2740 RUSSIA R.S.F.S.R. 1919 14k green, perforated and gummed sheetlet, fresh, v.f. E Catalog #149E | Price Realized $13,000.00 |
 | Lot #2741 RUSSIA R.S.F.S.R. 1919 15k orange brown, perforated and gummed sheetlet, fresh, v.f. E Catalog #149E | Price Realized $13,000.00 |
 | Lot #2742 RUSSIA R.S.F.S.R. 1919 15k brown perforated and gummed sheetlet on paper with vertical lozenges, marginal folds, fresh, v.f. E Catalog #149E | Price Realized $15,500.00 |
 | Lot #2743 RUSSIA R.S.F.S.R. 1919 20k olive green, perforated and gummed sheetlet, fresh, v.f., signed Romeko E Catalog #149E | Price Realized $13,000.00 |
 | Lot #2744 RUSSIA R.S.F.S.R. 1919 15k brown, imperf. gummed sheetlet on paper with vertical lozenges, v.f., rare P Catalog #149E | Price Realized $15,500.00 |
 | Lot #2745 RUSSIA R.S.F.S.R. 1919 15k magenta, imperf. gummed sheetlet, v.f., with penciled initials at bottom right P Catalog #149E | Price Realized $16,000.00 |
 | Lot #2746 RUSSIA R.S.F.S.R. 1919 15k brown, imperf. gummed sheetlet, v.f., rare P Catalog #149E | Price Realized $16,000.00 |
 | Lot #2747 RUSSIA R.S.F.S.R. 1919 15k black, imperf. sheetlet on ungummed paper, marginal wrinkles, v.f., signed W.Pohl P Catalog #149E | Price Realized $15,000.00 |
 | Lot #2748 RUSSIA R.S.F.S.R. 1919 1k orange brown, imperf. die proof on card, v.f. P Catalog #149E | Price Realized $15,000.00 |
 | Lot #2749 RUSSIA R.S.F.S.R. 1919 1k light blue, imperf. die proof on card, v.f. P Catalog #149E | Price Realized $15,500.00 |
 | Lot #2750 RUSSIA R.S.F.S.R. 1919 1k apple green, imperf. die proof on card, v.f. P Catalog #149E | Price Realized $16,000.00 |
 | Lot #2751 RUSSIA R.S.F.S.R. 1919 2k black, imperf. die proof on card, dated in pencil "14.III.19", initialed in green crayon at bottom right, v.f. P Catalog #149E | Price Realized $15,500.00 |
 | Lot #2752 RUSSIA R.S.F.S.R. 1919 2k brown, imperf. die proof on card, dated in pencil "14.III.19", signed "Zarinch" in green crayon at bottom, v.f. P Catalog #149E | Price Realized $15,500.00 |
 | Lot #2753 RUSSIA R.S.F.S.R. 1919 Hand with Sword Breaking Chains, 2k blue, imperf. die proof on card, dated in pencil "14.III.19", v.f. P Catalog #149E | Price Realized $16,500.00 |
 | Lot #2754 RUSSIA R.S.F.S.R. 1919 Hand with Sword Breaking Chains, 15k orange, imperf. die proof on white card, v.f. P Catalog #149E | Price Realized $15,500.00 |
 | Lot #2755 RUSSIA R.S.F.S.R. 1919 Hand with Sword Breaking Chains, center only, proofs on wove paper, selection of six including yellow green, blue green, blue, red brown, orange brown, carmine, v.f., undoubtedly unique P Catalog #149E | Price Realized $55,000.00 |
 | Lot #2756 RUSSIA R.S.F.S.R. 1919 Hand with Sword Breaking Chains, center only, die proof on thin card, in black, v.f. P Catalog #149E | Price Realized $10,000.00 |
 | Lot #2757 RUSSIA R.S.F.S.R. 1919 Hand with Sword Breaking Chains, center only, die proof on card, in black, dated in pencil " 8.IV-19", v.f. P Catalog #149E | Price Realized $10,000.00 |
 | Lot #2758 RUSSIA R.S.F.S.R. 1919 Hand with Sword Breaking Chains, center only, die proof on card, in blue, dated in pencil " 8.IV-19", v.f. P Catalog #149E | Price Realized $11,500.00 |
 | Lot #2759 RUSSIA R.S.F.S.R. 1919 Hand with Sword Breaking Chains, money stamps, 1k orange, 2k green, perforated proof sheetlets, reverse with indication of coin value, with penciled "5.III.19" dates in bottom margin, v.f., extremely rare P Catalog #150P | Price Realized $62,500.00 |
 | Lot #2760 RUSSIA R.S.F.S.R. 1919 Hand with Sword Breaking Chains, money stamps, 1k orange, 2k green, imperf. die proofs, reverse with indication of coin value, with penciled "5.III.19" dates in bottom margin, v.f., extremely rare P Catalog #150P | Price Realized $60,000.00 |
 | Lot #2761 RUSSIA R.S.F.S.R. 1919 Registered cover from Shigony (Simbirsk gouv.) 9.12.19 to a Red Army Soldier, addressed to the "Army in the Field" (with arrival postmark Polewaja Pochtowaya Kontora Vostfront" 15.12.19), franked on back with 50k Imperial Arms, used in combination 70k Chain Breakers (single and two vertical pairs), fine and exceptional usage, probably unique to a Field Post Office of the Red Army, with this franking, ex-Liphschutz collection Catalog #150 | Price Realized $8,000.00 |
 | Lot #2762 RUSSIA R.S.F.S.R. 1919 Registered 5kop stationery card, additionally franked with 70k Chain Breakers, cancelled Moscow, 6.11.18 (one day prior to the first day of issue), used locally, v.f., possibly unique pre-FDC issue Catalog #150 | Price Realized $10,500.00 |
 | Lot #2763 RUSSIA R.S.F.S.R. 1920 Money Order transmitting 3,000r from "Baryatinskaya" (Kal.), franked with Imperial 16x5k imperf., used in combination with 7x5k postal stationery cut squares (from postal cards), with Saratow 24.11.20 arrival, also scissor cuts affecting stamps (these were probably done by postal officials as means of cancellation), otherwise fine and remarkable franking using both Imperial stamps and cut squares from postal cards, ex-Liphschutz collection. A postal history gem from R.S.F.S.R. | Price Realized $5,500.00 |
 | Lot #2764 RUSSIA R.S.F.S.R. 1921 Registered cover from Odessa 5.9.21 to New York, provisional 3-line handstamp "Oplacheno Dengami..", with postmaster's signature ("Paid Cash" amount filled in by hand 3,125rub), usual cover wear, very rare example of pre-payment of postage in cash, during the uncertainty of post-revolutionary inflation era | Price Realized $2,700.00 |
 | Lot #2765 RUSSIA R.S.F.S.R. 1921 Registered cover, sent without stamps from Kamenka (Pod) 18.12.21 to Dr.M.Brender in Berlin, bearing "Von Ausland uber Berlin" registration label, endorsement on reverse indicates "tariff of 7,000r" collected in cash, Moscow transit and Berlin arrival pmks, fine provisional usage, with postmaster's signature, very rare example of pre-payment of postage in cash, during the uncertainty of post-revolutionary inflation era | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #2766 RUSSIA R.S.F.S.R. 1921 Registered cover, sent without stamps from Saratov to Leipzig, bearing "Von Ausland uber Berlin" registration label, endorsement on reverse indicates "tariff of 2,000r" collected in cash, Moscow transit and Leizpig 10.12.21 arrival pmks, faint "Pochtovyj Zbor" handstamp on back relative to the rate collected, with postmaster's signature | Price Realized $1,300.00 |
 | Lot #2767 RUSSIA R.S.F.S.R. 1921 Registered cover, sent without stamps from Saratov. 27.10.21 to Leipzig, bearing "Von Ausland uber Berlin" registration label, Moscow transit and Leizpig 9.11.21 arrival pmks, "Pochtovyj Zbor" handstamp on back relative to the rate collected, with postmaster's signature | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #2768 RUSSIA R.S.F.S.R. 1921 Registered cover, sent without stamps from Mur-Kurilovtzy (Pod) 8.12.21 to Berlin, Moscow transit and Berlin 27.12.21 arrival pmks, "Oplachen" (Paid) handstamp on back, with manuscript endorsement indicating "2000r collected in cash" | Price Realized $1,600.00 |
 | Lot #2769 RUSSIA R.S.F.S.R. 1922 Registered cover, sent without stamps from Gaisin (Pod) 16.1.22 to Berlin, bearing "Von Ausland uber Berlin" registration label, endorsement on reverse indicates "tariff of 10,000r" collected in cash, Moscow transit and Berlin 3.2.22 arrival pmks, fine provisional usage, with postmaster's signature, very rare example of pre-payment of postage in cash, during the uncertainty of post-revolutionary inflation era | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
