U.S. and Worldwide Stamps
May 7-8, 2008

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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
Envelope
Price Realized
$425.00

Lot #1676
RUSSIA
1857 10k brown and blue, affixed on paper, partial cancel, margins all around, v.f. (Mi.1)
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Catalog #1
Unsold
Lot #1677
RUSSIA
1857 10k brown & blue, large part of boxed "Zhitomir" datestamp, margins all around, v.f. (Mi.1)
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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)
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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.,
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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,
Envelope
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,
Envelope
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)
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Catalog #3
Price Realized
$1,100.00

Lot #1683
RUSSIA
1858 30k carmine & green, thin paper variety, fresh & v.f. copy, signed Pfenninger etc.,
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Catalog #4
Price Realized
$1,400.00

Lot #1684
RUSSIA
1858 30k carmine & green, thin paper, numeral "5" (Vilnius) canc., fine,
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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)
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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)
Envelope
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
Envelope
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)
Box **
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.
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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
Envelope
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
Envelope
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
Envelope
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
Envelope
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
Envelope
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
Envelope
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
Envelope
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
Envelope
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
Envelope
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
Envelope
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)
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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+)
Box ***
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)
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Price Realized
$5,250.00

Lot #1703
RUSSIA
1902 3k unused postal card, double impression, one inverted, v.f.
Envelope
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
Envelope
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.
Booklet
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.
Booklet
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
Envelope
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
Envelope
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
Envelope
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
Envelope
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.
Box S
Unsold
Lot #1715
RUSSIA
1917 1r brown & red, center double, one inverted, complete sheet of 50, n.h., v.f. and spectacular multiple
Box **
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
Envelope
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.
Box **
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.
Box **
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #1722
RUSSIA
1924-26 advertising poster stamps, selection of 18 mostly different, occasional faults, scarce
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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.
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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.
Envelope
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)
Box **
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
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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
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Price Realized
$2,400.00

Lot #1732
RUSSIA
1929-31 2k Factory Worker, watermarked, misperforated corner margin block of four, n.h., v.f.
Box **
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
Box **
Price Realized
$30,000.00

Lot #1735
RUSSIA
1933 4k Baku Commissars, variety imperf. at right, cancelled to order, v.f.
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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.
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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.
Box **
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.
Box *
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

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