U.S. and Worldwide Stamps
May 7-8, 2008
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #1675 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 and scarce early letter to Jerusalem  | Price Realized $425.00 |
 | Lot #1676 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown and blue, affixed on paper, partial cancel, margins all around, v.f. (Mi.1) O Catalog #1 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1677 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown & blue, large part of boxed "Zhitomir" datestamp, margins all around, v.f. (Mi.1) O Catalog #1 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #1678 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. (Mi.1) O Catalog #1 | Price Realized $5,500.00 |
 | Lot #1679 RUSSIA 1858 10k brown & blue, three used singles, canc. "1", "35" and "Mitawa", fine-v.f., O Catalog #2 | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #1680 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 | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #1681 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 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #1682 RUSSIA 1858 20k blue & orange, thin paper, perfectly centered example, cancelled "38" in oval dots, fresh and v.f. (Mi.3y) O Catalog #3 | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #1683 RUSSIA 1858 30k carmine & green, thin paper variety, fresh & v.f. copy, signed Pfenninger etc., O Catalog #4 | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #1684 RUSSIA 1858 30k carmine & green, thin paper, numeral "5" (Vilnius) canc., fine, O Catalog #4 | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #1685 RUSSIA 1858 30k carmine and green, thin paper, part Kiev canc., well centered, fresh color, v.f., with 2003 Mikulski cert. (Mi.4y) O Catalog #4 | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #1686 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 "5 1/2" in red crayon indicating silver-grosch postage for Prussia and France, v.f. (Standard $1500) Catalog #10 | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #1687 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 and Syros arrival on reverse, usual filing folds, fine and rare three color franking | Price Realized $2,400.00 |
 | Lot #1688 RUSSIA 1866 1k-30k Arms Issues, blocks of four, n.h. and post office fresh, couple of perf. separations, v.f. (Standard $4,000 for hinged/never hinged blocks)  ** | Price Realized $2,600.00 |
 | Lot #1689 RUSSIA 1866 four different 5k trial color proofs on Horizontally Laid Paper, including orange, green, red and violet, all hinged, one creased (green), otherwise v.f. P | Price Realized $1,200.00 |
 | Lot #1690 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 $180.00 |
 | Lot #1691 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 $450.00 |
 | Lot #1692 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 $475.00 |
 | Lot #1693 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 #1694 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 #1695 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. 12 1/2), underpaying 28k which necessitated "Unzurreichend frankiert" boxed hs in red, plus corresponding "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 | Price Realized $1,200.00 |
 | Lot #1696 RUSSIA 1870 FL sent unfranked from Kerch-Enikol (3 March) via Odessa (10 March) to Genova Italy, with Vienna transit and charged 1L postage due on arrival | Unsold |
 | Lot #1697 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 #1698 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 $2,400.00 |
 | Lot #1699 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 #1700 RUSSIA 1884 3.50r black & gray and 7r black and orange, h.r., fine-v.f. (Mi.38y-39y) * | Price Realized $1,700.00 |
 | Lot #1701 RUSSIA 1884 3.50r and 7r Arms, blocks of four, one 3.50r lightly hinged at upper right, rest never hinged and post office fresh, exceptionally well centered, v.f. (Standard $25,000+) *** | Price Realized $23,000.00 |
 | Lot #1702 RUSSIA 1889 14k carmine & blue, center inverted, well centered, light pmk, fresh and v.f., signed Mikulski, ex-Faberge (Mi.50xK) O | Price Realized $5,250.00 |
 | Lot #1703 RUSSIA 1902 3k unused postal card, double impression, one inverted, v.f. | Price Realized $625.00 |
 | Lot #1704 RUSSIA 1902-5 1r brown & orange perf. 11 1/2, single, used with additional franking on large part of parcel card registered to Moscow, slight toning around the edges, v.f. and scarce usage | Price Realized $575.00 |
 | Lot #1705 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 glassine interleaving, post office fresh and v.f.  | Price Realized $6,250.00 |
 | Lot #1706 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 glassine interleaving, post office fresh and v.f. | Price Realized $7,500.00 |
 | Lot #1707 RUSSIA 1912 cover franked with 10k dark blue, tied by ova Vladivostok 11.12.12 Railroad datestamp, sent to Germany, bearing boxed bilingual "Per Sibirischen Express" handstamp, fine and scarce | Unsold |
 | Lot #1708 RUSSIA 1912 cover to England, franked with 10k dark blue, tied by oval Vladivostok Railway pmk, with boxed bilingual "Per Sibirischen Express" hs, fine-v.f. and rare | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1709 RUSSIA 1913 2r red brown, imperf. vertical pair, with sheet margin at left and bottom, l.h., v.f. * | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #1710 RUSSIA 1913 3r dark violet, imperf. vertical pair, with sheet margin at left, l.h., v.f. * | Price Realized $1,300.00 |
 | Lot #1711 RUSSIA 1914-18 group of 12 diff. Red Cross covers or cards, various markings & censor hs, fine-v.f. and fascinating lot | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #1712 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 incoming prison cover | Price Realized $190.00 |
 | Lot #1713 RUSSIA 1916-17 (ca) 10k dark blue, imperf. Postal Forgery made in Lodz (then in Russia) to defraud postal authorities, v.f., rare * | Price Realized $270.00 |
 | Lot #1714 RUSSIA 1917 1k, 2k, 3k and 5k imperforate blocks of 10, overprinted Obrazetz in large Cyrillic letters, l.h., v.f. S | Unsold |
 | Lot #1715 RUSSIA 1917 1r brown & red, center double, one inverted, complete sheet of 50, n.h., v.f. and spectacular multiple ** | Price Realized $2,700.00 |
 | Lot #1716 RUSSIA 1917 10r scarlet, yellow & gray, overprinted "Obrazets" in blue, marginal single, v.f. and rare S | Price Realized $600.00 |
 | Lot #1717 RUSSIA 1922 registered cover from Odessa to Paris, franked a complete gutter sheet of 50x7,500 on 250r, plus additional three copies of same, used in combination with Control Stamps 10x25r (all uncancelled), paying the 400,000r for a registered letter abroad, stamps folded over with some inevitable faults, otherwise fine, rare combination franking | Price Realized $800.00 |
 | Lot #1718 RUSSIA 1922-23 20r on 15k brown and violet blue, imperf. single, margins all around, very lightly hinged, signed P.Jem, with 1994 Mikulski cert. * Catalog #224 | Price Realized $8,500.00 |
 | Lot #1719 RUSSIA 1923 100r Soldier, two panes of 25, each with clichT of 70r, n.h., v.f. ** | Price Realized $120.00 |
 | Lot #1720 RUSSIA 1924 20k Lenin, type I, double impression of black incl. center, l.h., v.f. * | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #1721 RUSSIA 1924 Typographed, 6k blue, imperf. block of four, n.h., fine-v.f. ** | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1722 RUSSIA 1924-26 advertising poster stamps, selection of 18 mostly different, occasional faults, scarce O | Price Realized $290.00 |
 | Lot #1723 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 (*) | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #1724 RUSSIA 1925 7k Lenin Mausoleum, imperf. proofs on thick cards in blue and brown, v.f. P | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #1725 RUSSIA 1925 Lomonosov, 3k orange brown, imperf. proof on government paper, v.f. P | Price Realized $400.00 |
 | Lot #1726 RUSSIA 1925 7k Popov, imperf. proof on card in red, v.f. P | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #1727 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. | Price Realized $210.00 |
 | Lot #1728 RUSSIA 1926 Definitives (watermarked), 18k violet, imperforate block of four, margins all around, n.h., fresh and v.f. A rarity (Standard 89Pa, $16,000+ for singles) ** | Price Realized $45,000.00 |
 | Lot #1729 RUSSIA 1927 Tenth Anniversary of the October Revolution, unaccepted design, 16k multicolor die essay, hand finished, v.f. and extremely rare E | Price Realized $2,500.00 |
 | Lot #1730 RUSSIA 1927 7k Smolny Institute, imperf. horizontal pair, large margins all around, n.h., v.f. ** | Price Realized $4,000.00 |
 | Lot #1731 RUSSIA 1929 5k Red Army Soldier, die essay in green and brown, some creases, otherwise v.f. and probably unique E | Price Realized $2,400.00 |
 | Lot #1732 RUSSIA 1929-31 2k Factory Worker, watermarked, misperforated corner margin block of four, n.h., v.f. ** | Unsold |
 | Lot #1733 RUSSIA 1931-32 1k-1r, imperf. set of nine, h.r., fine-v.f. * Catalog Value 270 | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #1734 RUSSIA 1932 Moscow Exhibition souvenir sheet of four, with full original gum, never hinged, tiny creases and wrinkles of no importance, v.f. and rare, especially in this condition ** | Price Realized $30,000.00 |
 | Lot #1735 RUSSIA 1933 4k Baku Commissars, variety imperf. at right, cancelled to order, v.f. O | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #1736 RUSSIA 1933 5k Baku Commissars, variety imperf. at top, usual dried gum, fine, signed Mikulski * | Price Realized $5,250.00 |
 | Lot #1737 RUSSIA 1933 5k Baku Commissars, horizontal pair, imperf. between usual dried gum, v.f. * | Price Realized $6,250.00 |
 | Lot #1738 RUSSIA 1933 5k Baku Commissars, variety imperf. at left, unused without gum, few wrinkles, otherwise fine, signed Mikulski (*) | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #1739 RUSSIA 1933 20k Baku Commissars, horizontal pair, variety imperf. between, n.h. (usual slightly dried gum), v.f. ** | Price Realized $6,250.00 |
 | Lot #1740 RUSSIA 1933 40k Baku Commissars, variety imperf. at left, bottom margin single, cancelled to order, v.f. O | Price Realized $850.00 |
 | Lot #1741 RUSSIA 1935 Revolutionary Heroes, 2k-40k, imperf. set of three, each with sheet margin, 4k l.h., others n.h., v.f. (Standard $4,700+) *** | Price Realized $5,250.00 |
 | Lot #1742 RUSSIA 1936 10k Dubrolyubov, perf. 11 and perf. 14, blocks of four, n.h., v.f. ** | Price Realized $170.00 |
 | Lot #1743 RUSSIA 1937 Dzerzhinsky, imperf. set of four, margins all around, n.h., 40k with tiny gum stains, otherwise fine-v.f. (Standard $15,000+) ** | Price Realized $11,000.00 |
 | Lot #1744 RUSSIA 1937-52 20k green, imperf. horizontal pair, margins all around, l.h., v.f. * | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #1745 RUSSIA 1937-52 40k Lenin, imperf. horizontal pair, full margins all around, l.h., v.f. * | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #1746 RUSSIA 1939 30k on 4k claret, unwatermarked, also watermarked stamp, n.h., v.f. ** | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #1747 RUSSIA 1940 10k Battle of Ismail, variety imperf. at bottom, n.h., creased at bottom, otherwise v.f. ** | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #1748 RUSSIA 1940 10k Battle of Ismail, variety imperf. at bottom, n.h., creased at bottom, otherwise v.f. ** | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #1749 RUSSIA 1940 10k Battle of Ismail, variety imperf. at bottom, n.h., creased at bottom, otherwise v.f. ** | Price Realized $625.00 |
 | Lot #1750 RUSSIA 1940 10k Battle of Ismail, vertical pair, bottom stamp variety imperf. at bottom, n.h., v.f. ** | Price Realized $675.00 |
 | Lot #1751 RUSSIA 1946 60k Stamps of Soviet Russia, variety imperf. at bottom, n.h., fine ** | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #1752 RUSSIA 1947 800th Anniversary of Moscow, 1r-5r, se-tenant vertical, gutter strip of four, folded between stamps, h.r., v.f. (Standard $560) *** | Price Realized $270.00 |
 | Lot #1753 RUSSIA 1948 15k Foot Race, variety imperf. at top, n.h., v.f. ** | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #1754 RUSSIA 1949 Lenin Mausoleum, perf. and imperf. souvenir sheets, hinged, fine-v.f. * | Price Realized $1,700.00 |
 | Lot #1755 RUSSIA 1964 Tokyo Olympics, 1r imperf. souvenir sheet in green, n.h., v.f. (Mi. Block 33) ** | Price Realized $230.00 |
