U.S. and Worldwide Stamps; Specialized Russia
September 16-18, 2008

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Lot #1
UNITED STATES 1847 ISSUE
1847 5c red brown, red grid cancel, full to large margins all around including part of adjoining stamp at bottom, faint marginal corner crease at lower right not mentioned on accompanying cert., otherwise v.f., with 1980 PFC,
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Catalog #1
Catalog Value $ 600
Price Realized
$375.00

Lot #2
UNITED STATES 1847 ISSUE
1847 5c red brown, blue grid cancel, margins just clear at top, ample on other sides, used on cover addressed to Wilmington, DE, filing fold through the stamp and minor backflap flaws, otherwise fine, signed Calves,
Envelope
Catalog #1
Catalog Value $ 710
Price Realized
$375.00

Lot #3
UNITED STATES 1847 ISSUE
1847 10c black, red grid cancel, margins all around, v.f., with 1984 PFC,
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Catalog #2
Catalog Value $ 1,400
Price Realized
$1,100.00

Lot #4
UNITED STATES 1847 ISSUE
1847 10c black, black ms cancel, clear to large margins all around, fine, with 2008 Scheller cert.,
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Catalog #2
Catalog Value $ 750
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #5
UNITED STATES 1847 ISSUE
1847 10c black, clear to full margins all around, tied by red grid cancel to 1849 outer FL addressed to New York, with faint red NY cds alongside, filing fold away from the stamp, fine, with 2008 Scheller cert.,
Envelope
Catalog #2
Catalog Value $ 1,700
Price Realized
$1,300.00

Lot #6
UNITED STATES 1851-57 ISSUE
1851-57 12c black, used on piece, tied by blue Cincinnati cds, margins all around including parts of adjoining stamps at top and right, v.f.,
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Catalog #17
Catalog Value $ 360
Unsold
Lot #7
UNITED STATES 1857-61 ISSUE
1857-61 12c black, Plate 1, block of six used on 1858 cover from New York to England, tied New York cancels, with black "Short Paid" handstamp alongside, New York Packet Bt postmarks and red arrival on reverse, stamps with minor perf. flaws and cover faults at left, still a fine and rare usage,
Envelope
Catalog #36
Unsold
Lot #8
UNITED STATES 1870-88 BANKNOTE ISSUES
1879 30c full black, deep rich color, heavy h.r., rounded corner at upper left not mentioned on accompanying cert., otherwise fine, with 2002 PFC,
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Catalog #190
Catalog Value $ 1,100
Price Realized
$425.00

Lot #9
UNITED STATES 1870-88 BANKNOTE ISSUES
1883 4c blue green, beautiful color, never hinged, fresh and fine, with 2003 PSE cert.,
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Catalog #211
Catalog Value $ 1,100
Unsold
Lot #10
UNITED STATES 1893 COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION ISSUE
1893 10c black brown, vertical strip of three, n.h., fine,
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Catalog #237
Catalog Value $ 1,050
Unsold
Lot #11
UNITED STATES 1893 COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION ISSUE
1893 10c black brown, vertical strip of three, n.h., fine,
**
Catalog #237
Catalog Value $ 1,050
Unsold
Lot #12
UNITED STATES 1893 COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION ISSUE
1893 10c black brown, selection of 14 singles, all n.h. but four with disturbed gum (catalogued as hinged), mixed centering, couple with perf. flaws, mostly fine,
**
Catalog #237
Catalog Value $ 4,100
Unsold
Lot #13
UNITED STATES 1893 COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION ISSUE
1893 $1 salmon, well centered, small h.r., tiny thin not mentioned on accompanying cert., otherwise v.f., with 1980 PFC,
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Catalog #241
Catalog Value $ 1,200
Price Realized
$625.00

Lot #14
UNITED STATES 1893 COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION ISSUE
1893 $4 crimson lake, bright color, never hinged, fresh and fine, with 2002 PSE cert.,
**
Catalog #244
Catalog Value $ 8,500
Price Realized
$4,500.00

Lot #15
UNITED STATES 1893 COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION ISSUE
1893 $4 carmine, unused with disturbed gum, well centered, small faults, fine appearance,
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Catalog #244
Catalog Value $ 2,600
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #16
UNITED STATES 1893 COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION ISSUE
1893 $5 black, neat New York cds, well centered, v.f., with 2008 Calves cert.,
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Catalog #245
Catalog Value $ 1,500
Price Realized
$750.00

Lot #17
UNITED STATES 1894-95 BUREAU ISSUES
1894 $1 black, type II, rich color, l.h., reperforated at left, fine appearance,
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Catalog #261A
Catalog Value $ 2,400
Unsold
Lot #18
UNITED STATES 1894-95 BUREAU ISSUES
1894 $5 dark green, used, well centered, reperforated at right, v.f. appearance,
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Catalog #263
Catalog Value $ 2,600
Price Realized
$550.00

Lot #19
UNITED STATES 1898 TRANS-MISSISSIPPI ISSUE
1898 $1 black, well centered, small h.r., creases, few short perfs., otherwise v.f.,
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Catalog #292
Catalog Value $ 1,250
Price Realized
$575.00

Lot #20
UNITED STATES 1898 TRANS-MISSISSIPPI ISSUE
1898 $2 orange brown, well centered for this difficult stamp, small h.r., fine, with 2002 PFC,
*
Catalog #293
Catalog Value $ 2,250
Price Realized
$1,500.00

Lot #21
UNITED STATES 1901 PAN-AMERICAN ISSUE
1901 1c green and black, bottom margin plate no. block of 16, two stamps n.h., balance hinged or with slightly disturbed gum, minor separations away from the plate no., fine-v.f.,
Box */**
Catalog #294
Catalog Value $ 550
Price Realized
$220.00

Lot #22
UNITED STATES 1901 PAN-AMERICAN ISSUE
1901 2c carmine and black and 4c deep red brown and black, blocks of four, fairly well centered, n.h., v.f. (catalogue value for singles)
Box **
Catalog #295-296
Catalog Value $ 970
Price Realized
$1,250.00

Lot #23
UNITED STATES 1902-3 ISSUE
1902-3 $1 black, deep rich color, h.r., centered slightly to top, fine,
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Catalog #311
Catalog Value $ 750
Price Realized
$240.00

Lot #24
UNITED STATES 1902-3 ISSUE
1902-3 $2 dark blue, well centered, fresh color, barest trace of a hinge (which we cannot find), v.f., with 2003 PFC,
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Catalog #312
Catalog Value $ 1,200
Unsold
Lot #25
UNITED STATES 1902-3 ISSUE
1903 2c carmine, scarlet, carmine rose, five different booklet panes of six, two n.h., others h.r., one with slightly disturbed gum and tiny perf. separations, mostly fine or better (catalogued as the least expensive hinged booklet panes)
Booklet
Catalog #319g
Catalog Value $ 625
Unsold
Lot #26
UNITED STATES 1909 BLUISH PAPER
1909 Lincoln, 2c carmine, well centered, l.h., v.f.,
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Catalog #369
Catalog Value $ 225
Price Realized
$140.00

Lot #27
UNITED STATES 1910-30 ISSUES
1912-14 50c violet, top margin plate number single, well centered, bright color, l.h., v.f., with 2001 PSE cert. for a block of four from which this came,
*
Catalog #421
Catalog Value $ 450
Price Realized
$375.00

Lot #28
UNITED STATES 1910-30 ISSUES
1212-14 $1 violet brown, top margin part imprint single, well centered, h.r., v.f., with 1979 PFC,
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Catalog #423
Catalog Value $ 550
Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #29
UNITED STATES 1910-30 ISSUES
1914 20c ultramarine, well centered with wide margins, fresh color, n.h., v.f., with 1999 PFC for a block of four from which this came,
**
Catalog #438
Catalog Value $ 500
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #30
UNITED STATES 1910-30 ISSUES
1914 30c orange red, well centered with wide margins, l.h., v.f., with 1991 PFC,
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Catalog #439
Catalog Value $ 260
Price Realized
$170.00

Lot #31
UNITED STATES 1910-30 ISSUES
1916 50c violet, bright color, l.h., bottom left corner perf. fault (not mentioned on accompanying cert.), otherwise fine, with 1998 PSE cert.,
*
Catalog #477
Catalog Value $ 1,100
Price Realized
$575.00

Lot #32
UNITED STATES 1910-30 ISSUES
1917 1c-$1 complete less 2c and 3c, 18 diff., two of each, mostly in horizontal pairs, fine-v.f.
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Catalog #498/518
Catalog Value $ 753
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #33
UNITED STATES 1910-30 ISSUES
1917-19 1c-50c, blocks of four, 17 diff., h.r. at top, bottom pairs n.h., fresh, many exceptional copies, fine-v.f.,
Box */**
Catalog #498/517
Catalog Value $ 2,141
Unsold
Lot #34
UNITED STATES 1910-30 ISSUES
1917 1c-$1 complete less 2c and 3c, 18 diff., n.h., few with natural gum skips of fingerprints, many well centered, mostly fine-v.f.,
**
Catalog #498/518
Catalog Value $ 804
Unsold
Lot #35
UNITED STATES 1910-30 ISSUES
1917 2c rose, type I, vertical pair imperf. horizontally between, used, few minor perf. creases, otherwise fine,
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Catalog #499c
Catalog Value $ 300
Price Realized
$160.00

Lot #36
UNITED STATES 1910-30 ISSUES
1917 2c deep rose, fine single, tied by machine cancel on cover from Lancaster, Pa (May 6) to Terre Hill, opening tear at lower right of the envelope, rare item, with 2008 PFC,
Envelope
Catalog #500
Catalog Value $ 650
Unsold
Lot #37
UNITED STATES 1910-30 ISSUES
1917-19 3c violet, dark violet, six booklet panes of six, three h.r., others n.h., two off-centered, others fine-v.f.,
Booklet
Catalog #502b
Catalog Value $ 480
Unsold
Lot #38
UNITED STATES 1910-30 ISSUES
1917-19 5c rose (error) in top (straight edge) sheet margin block of 30, off-centered and adhering to a lot card, fresh, v.g.
Box (*)
Catalog #505
Price Realized
$210.00

Lot #39
UNITED STATES 1910-30 ISSUES
1917-19 9c salmon red, 12c claret brown, top plate no. blocks of six, well centered, n.h. but dried gum, v.f.,
Box **
Catalog #509,512
Catalog Value $ 510
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #40
UNITED STATES 1910-30 ISSUES
1917-19 10c orange, 12c claret brown, right or left Plate No. blocks of six, the former h.r., latter n.h. but dried gum, fine- v.f.,
Box */**
Catalog #510,512
Catalog Value $ 460
Unsold
Lot #41
UNITED STATES 1910-30 ISSUES
1917-19 30c orange, left plate no. block of six, well centered, n.h. but dried gum, v.f.,
Box **
Catalog #516
Catalog Value $ 925
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #42
UNITED STATES 1910-30 ISSUES
1917 2c carmine, well centered, beautiful color, n.h., v.f., with 2004 PFC,
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Catalog #519
Catalog Value $ 900
Price Realized
$700.00

Lot #43
UNITED STATES 1910-30 ISSUES
1918 $5 deep green and black, left margin single, well centered, n.h., v.f., with 2000 PFC,
**
Catalog #524
Catalog Value $ 425
Unsold
Lot #44
UNITED STATES 1910-30 ISSUES
1920 2c carmine, type VII, full to large margins all around, l.h., thin, v.f. appearance of this rare stamp, with 1967 PFC,
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Catalog #534B
Catalog Value $ 2,100
Price Realized
$1,100.00

Lot #45
UNITED STATES 1910-30 ISSUES
1922-25 $2 deep blue and $5 carmine and blue, top margin singles, $2 with plate no., n.h. ($2 hinged in selvage), v.f.,
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Catalog #572-573
Catalog Value $ 415
Price Realized
$190.00

Lot #46
UNITED STATES 1910-30 ISSUES
1923 $5 carmine and blue, n.h., v.f.,
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Catalog #573
Catalog Value $ 240
Price Realized
$130.00

Lot #47
UNITED STATES 1910-30 ISSUES
1923 2c carmine, well centered, l.h., v.f., with 2003 PSE cert.,
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Catalog #595
Catalog Value $ 275
Price Realized
$200.00

Lot #48
UNITED STATES 1910-30 ISSUES
1929 Kansas-Nebraska, complete sets, n.h., fine-v.f.,
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Catalog #658-679
Catalog Value $ 1,069
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #49
UNITED STATES 1910-30 ISSUES
1929 Kansas, 5c and 9c Plate No. blocks of four, the former l.h., latter n.h., fine-v.f.,
Box */**
Catalog #663,667
Catalog Value $ 600
Unsold
Lot #50
UNITED STATES 1910-30 ISSUES
1929 Kansas, 5c (36) and 9c (36), all in blocks of four, n.h. (except two of each value l.h.), well centered, fresh, v.f.,
Box */**
Catalog #663,667
Catalog Value $ 1,753
Price Realized
$525.00

Lot #51
UNITED STATES MODERN ISSUES
1938 $1-$5, including $1 (90, including 3 plate blocks), $2 (13), and $5 (24, including plate block), n.h., fine-v.f.
Box **
Catalog #832-834
Catalog Value $ 2,986
Price Realized
$1,000.00

Lot #52
UNITED STATES MODERN ISSUES
1956 $5 Hamilton, top left margin plate no. block of four, n.h., v.f.,
Box **
Catalog #1053
Catalog Value $ 275
Price Realized
$150.00

Lot #53
UNITED STATES MODERN ISSUES
1979 Summer Olympics, imperf. se-tenant block of four, n.h., v.f.,
Box **
Catalog #1794b
Catalog Value $ 1,400
Price Realized
$850.00

Lot #54
UNITED STATES Air Post
1918 6c-24c, five sets of three, mostly h.r., few with small faults, otherwise fine-v.f.,
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Catalog #C1-3
Catalog Value $ 1,000
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #55
UNITED STATES Air Post
1918 6c orange, three blocks incl. center-line and arrow blocks of four, one stamp h.r., others n.h., four with glazed gum, fine-v.f.,
Box */**
Catalog #C1
Catalog Value $ 1,435
Unsold
Lot #56
UNITED STATES Air Post
1918 24c carmine rose and blue, block of four, well centered, n.h., fresh and v.f. (catalogue value for singles)
Box **
Catalog #C3
Catalog Value $ 600
Unsold
Lot #57
UNITED STATES Air Post
1918 8c-24c, four sets, mostly h.r., one 24c barely hinged (appears n.h.), few minor faults, fine-v.f.,
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Catalog #C4-6
Catalog Value $ 690
Unsold
Lot #58
UNITED STATES Air Post
1923 8c dark green, three blocks of four, each with top stamps hinged, bottom stamps n.h., fine-v.f. (catalogue value for singles)
Box */**
Catalog #C4
Catalog Value $ 337
Price Realized
$130.00

Lot #59
UNITED STATES Air Post
1923 8c green, top Plate No. block of six, n.h., one with disturbed gum, perf. separations, fine,
Box **
Catalog #C4
Catalog Value $ 350
Unsold
Lot #60
UNITED STATES Air Post
1928 10c Lindbergh, booklet pane of three on uncacheted FDC, Cleveland Midwestern Philatelic Sta. cancel, hand addressed, some cover wrinkles away from the stamp, v.f.,
Envelope
Catalog #C10a
Catalog Value $ 800
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #61
UNITED STATES Air Post
1930 Zeppelin, set of three, l.h., $1.30 with faintly toned gum, otherwise fine,
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Catalog #C13-15
Catalog Value $ 1,525
Price Realized
$700.00

Lot #62
UNITED STATES Air Post
1930 Zeppelin, set of three, 65c with slightly disturbed gum, $1.30 l.h. and $2.60 very lightly hinged with natural gum creases, otherwise fine-v.f.,
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Catalog #C13-15
Catalog Value $ 1,525
Unsold
Lot #63
UNITED STATES Air Post
1930 Zeppelin, set of three, each with plate number, well centered, C14 with small adhesion, balance l.h., v.f.,
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Catalog #C13-15
Catalog Value $ 1,525
Unsold
Lot #64
UNITED STATES Air Post
1930 Zeppelin, two sets, one unused (regummed), the other hinged, minor faults, otherwise fine-v.f.,
*(*)
Catalog #C13-15
Catalog Value $ 3,050
Price Realized
$1,300.00

Lot #65
UNITED STATES Air Post
1930 $1.30 brown, block of four, well centered, n.h., v.f.,
Box **
Catalog #C14
Catalog Value $ 3,600
Price Realized
$1,900.00

Lot #66
UNITED STATES Air Post
1933 50c Century of Progress, three blocks of four (two with plate numbers), well centered, n.h., mostly v.f. (Catalogue value for n.h. singles)
Box **
Catalog #C18
Catalog Value $ 1,200
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #67
UNITED STATES Air Post
1933 50c Century of Progress, top margin plate no. block of six, one stamp l.h. with faint thin, some toning at right, otherwise fine (catalogue value for singles)
Box **
Catalog #C18
Catalog Value $ 555
Unsold
Lot #68
UNITED STATES Special Delivery
1917 10c ultramarine, top and left plate no. blocks of six, hinged in selvage, most stamps n.h., also 10c gray violet, top margin plate no. block of six, hinged, some stained spots and thin in margin, otherwise fine-v.f.,
Box *
Catalog #E11,11b
Catalog Value $ 750
Unsold
Lot #69
UNITED STATES Offices in China
1869-70 cover franked with 10c green, cancelled by Yokohama large cross (late state, Frajola type Yok/can-2) with oval "China-Japan Stamp Service" handstamp, carried by "PMSS" (Pacific Mail Steamer Service) to Virginia, with San Francisco Oct.21 Paid All arrival pmk on back, ship endorsement at bottom, light overall toning, otherwise fine and scarce usage from Japan
Envelope
Price Realized
$4,750.00

Lot #70
UNITED STATES Offices in China
1919-22 2c-$2 surcharges, complete set of 18 blocks of four (24c on 12c vertical strip of four), never hinged, usual centering and dried gum (from glassine interleaving), 20c on 10c with sheet margin folded over and adhered to two stamps, one 60c on 30c thin, occasional faint inclusions or gum tones, mostly fine or better. A scarce set of blocks (catalogue value for four unhinged single sets)
Box **
Catalog #K1-18
Catalog Value $ 22,980
Unsold
Lot #71
UNITED STATES Offices in China
1919 2c on 1c green, right margin plate no. block of 16, few well centered, n.h., some faint toned spots on gum (mostly in selvage) and natural gum creases, otherwise fine-v.f. This lot and the 15 that follow have never before appeared on the market, as the consignor's family purchased them directly from the Post Office in Shanghai,
Box **
Catalog #K1
Catalog Value $ 1,300
Price Realized
$425.00

Lot #72
UNITED STATES Offices in China
1922 4c on 2c rose, 16 stamps in blocks or strips of four, one with straight edge at right, n.h., usual dried gum (from glassine interleaving), fine,
Box **
Catalog #K2
Catalog Value $ 1,120
Price Realized
$210.00

Lot #73
UNITED STATES Offices in China
1919 4c on 2c rose, left margin plate no. block of 16, well centered, fresh color, n.h., v.f.,
Box **
Catalog #K2
Catalog Value $ 1,300
Price Realized
$800.00

Lot #74
UNITED STATES Offices in China
1919 6c on 3c violet, right margin plate no. block of 20, bright color, n.h. and post office fresh, fine,
Box **
Catalog #K3
Catalog Value $ 3,060
Price Realized
$1,100.00

Lot #75
UNITED STATES Offices in China
1919 8c on 4c brown, bottom margin block of 16, with plate no. at lower left, n.h., fine (catalogue value for n.h. singles)
Box **
Catalog #K4
Catalog Value $ 2,240
Price Realized
$550.00

Lot #76
UNITED STATES Offices in China
1919 10c on 5c blue, bottom left margin block of 16, with engraver's initials at lower left, n.h., few minor perf. separations, fine (catalogue value for n.h. singles)
Box **
Catalog #K5
Catalog Value $ 2,720
Price Realized
$800.00

Lot #77
UNITED STATES Offices in China
1919 12c on 6c red orange, right margin plate no. block of 16, bright color, n.h., dried gum spots and one stamp with faint gum crease, fine,
Box **
Catalog #K6
Catalog Value $ 3,700
Price Realized
$1,100.00

Lot #78
UNITED STATES Offices in China
1919 14c on 7c black, left margin plate no. block of 16, heavily dried gum (but n.h.), fine (catalogue value as hinged)
Box *
Catalog #K7
Catalog Value $ 1,925
Price Realized
$600.00

Lot #79
UNITED STATES Offices in China
1919 16c on 8c olive bistre, right margin plate no. block of 16, bright color, n.h., some dried gum spots, fine-v.f.,
Box **
Catalog #K8
Catalog Value $ 2,950
Price Realized
$800.00

Lot #80
UNITED STATES Offices in China
1919 18c on 9c salmon red, left margin plate no. block of 16, n.h. with usual dried gum, fine-v.f.,
Box **
Catalog #K9
Catalog Value $ 2,900
Price Realized
$800.00

Lot #81
UNITED STATES Offices in China
1919 20c on 10c yellow, right margin plate no. block of 16, n.h. with usual dried gum, fine-v.f.,
Box **
Catalog #K10
Catalog Value $ 2,900
Price Realized
$800.00

Lot #82
UNITED STATES Offices in China
1919 24c on 12c brown carmine, left margin plate no. block of 16, few well centered, n.h. with usual dried gum, fine-v.f.,
Box **
Catalog #K11
Catalog Value $ 3,000
Price Realized
$850.00

Lot #83
UNITED STATES Offices in China
1919 30c on 15c gray, left margin plate no. block of 16, n.h. with usual dried gum, fine-v.f.,
Box **
Catalog #K12
Catalog Value $ 4,000
Price Realized
$1,100.00

Lot #84
UNITED STATES Offices in China
1919 40c on 20c deep ultramarine, left margin plate no. block of 16, n.h. but with slightly dried gum, faint natural crease in selvage, fine and rare multiple,
Box **
Catalog #K13
Catalog Value $ 5,250
Price Realized
$1,600.00

Lot #85
UNITED STATES Offices in China
1919 60c on 30c orange red, left margin plate no. block of 16, bright color, n.h., usual dried gum, fine and rare plate block,
Box **
Catalog #K14
Catalog Value $ 4,600
Price Realized
$1,300.00

Lot #86
UNITED STATES Offices in China
1919 $1 on 50c light violet, left margin plate no. block of 16, centered to right, few well centered, bright color, n.h. but with slightly dried gum as usual, fine and extremely rare multiple; unpriced never hinged in Scott's as this is possibly the only known example and it has never before appeared on the market (catalogue value for hinged plate block of six and ten unhinged singles)
Box **
Catalog #K15
Catalog Value $ 23,250
Price Realized
$9,500.00

Lot #87
UNITED STATES Offices in China
1919 $2 on $1 violet brown, top margin plate no. and imprint block of 16, n.h. with usual dried gum, one stamp with natural inclusion (not affecting plate block), a fine and rare multiple,
Box **
Catalog #K16
Catalog Value $ 21,000
Price Realized
$7,665.00

Lot #88
UNITED STATES Offices in China
1922 2c on 1c green, block of 15, also pair and a block of four, two stamps h.r., others never hinged, usual dried gum (from glassine interleaving), off-centered to top, v.g.,
Box **
Catalog #K17
Catalog Value $ 4,950
Unsold
Lot #89
UNITED STATES Offices in China
1922 4c on 2c carmine, top Plate No. sheet margin block of 18, never hinged, dried gum (from talcum powder), tiny perf. separations at top, usual centering, rare
Box **
Catalog #K18
Catalog Value $ 4,160
Unsold
Lot #90
UNITED STATES Offices in China
1922 4c on 2c carmine, blocks of 24 and 27, never hinged, usual dried gum (from glassine interleaving), fine-v.f.,
Box **
Catalog #K18
Catalog Value $ 11,730
Unsold
Lot #91
UNITED STATES Offices in China
1922 native cover franked with United States Pilgrim Issue 2c carmine rose (Scott's No. 549), tied by clear duplex "U.S. Pos. Service China Mar 2 1922" cancellation, addressed to Woodbine, Pa, with Rev. Hallock, Shanghai China address embossing, fine and rare usage, with 2008 PFC
Envelope
Price Realized
$1,000.00

Lot #92
UNITED STATES United States used in Japan
1874 two covers (one defective) to Laramie City, Wyoming Territory, one franked with 6c and 10c (16 rate), the other with single 10c brown, each with Yokohama Japan departure cds, one with San Francisco arrival, scarce usage
Envelope
Price Realized
$1,000.00

Lot #93
UNITED STATES United States used in Japan
1874 cover to Virginia, franked with single 10c brown, with Yokohama Japan departure cds, fine
Envelope
Price Realized
$750.00

Lot #94
UNITED STATES Officials
1873 2c vermilion, separated top margin "pane" of 30, usual centering, 15 stamps n.h., balance hinge, few toned spots and reinforcing, unfortunately, the plate block is not intact, fine (catalogue value for singles)
Box */**
Catalog #O16
Catalog Value $ 3,450
Price Realized
$1,400.00

Lot #95
UNITED STATES Revenue Stamps
1871 1c Proprietary, imperf. trial color proof in deep orange and black, vertical pair, v.f.
P
Catalog #RB1TC
Unsold
Lot #96
UNITED STATES Revenue Stamps
1865 Revenue Stamped Paper, 2c Eagle essay in orange, v.f.
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Catalog #RNB1E
Unsold
Lot #97
UNITED STATES Savings Stamps
1920 Treasury Stamps, $1 Hamilton, disturbed gum, small faults, fine appearance,
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Catalog #TS1
Catalog Value $ 3,500
Unsold
Lot #98
UNITED STATES American Bank Note Co. Proofs & Essays
1934 2c Aviation, with "Specimen" inscription in the upper tablet, die proof in orange brown, v.f.
P
Unsold
Lot #99
UNITED STATES Canal Zone
1924-25 1/2c-$1 complete, blocks of four, l.h. or h.r. at top, bottom pairs n.h., few with dried gum, mostly well centered, fresh, fine-v.f. (catalogued as singles)
Box */**
Catalog #70-81
Catalog Value $ 2,637
Unsold
Lot #100
UNITED STATES Guam
1900 Special Printing, 2c red, type IV, signed "special surcharge" in pencil on reverse, with additional "Tows" handstamp in violet, l.h., v.f., with 2008 PFC. Only one pane of 100 stamps (for each value) were prepared for display at the Paris and Pan American Expositions, with most handstamped "Specimen"; some copies were signed "Special Surcharge" in pencil by stamp dealer J.M. Bartels for authentication purposes, see footnote in Scott's Specialized,
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Catalog #2var
Catalog Value $ 1,000
Price Realized
$800.00

Lot #101
UNITED STATES Puerto Rico
1898 Ponce Provisional, 5c violet on yellowish paper, full to clear margins, on small piece, some faint toned spots, still a v.f. example of this rare provisional, without the usual faults, with 2008 COMEX cert.,
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Catalog #200
Catalog Value $ 7,500
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Lot #102
ALBANIA
1913 2 1/2p violet brown, se-tenant horizontal tete-beche (one inverted) pair with two different color overprints (brick red and violet), used on piece, v.f. and striking rarity, ex-Nosi, with 2008 Graf cert. (Mi.9; catalogue value for singles)
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Catalog #1var
Catalog Value € 1,600
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Lot #103
ALBANIA
1913 5pa ocher, blue overprint inverted, n.h., v.f., with 2008 Graf cert. (Mi.4; catalogue value for a normal hinged stamp)
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Catalog #4var
Catalog Value € 500
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #104
ALBANIA
1913 10pa blue green, horizontal pair, left stamp with horizontal overprint variety, used on piece, v.f., this variety is considerably rarer than tete-beche pairs, ex-Nosi, with 2008 Graf cert. (Mi.5; catalogue value for two ordinary singles)
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Catalog #5var
Catalog Value € 500
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #105
ALBANIA
1913 20pa carmine rose, horizontal tete-beche pair (one inverted), used on piece, one short perf. mentioned for accuracy only, otherwise v.f., with 2008 Graf cert. (Mi.6; catalogue value for two ordinary singles)
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Catalog #6var
Catalog Value € 500
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Lot #106
ALBANIA
1913 1pi ultramarine, horizontal tete-beche pair, used on piece, v.f., with 2008 Graf cert. (Mi.7; catalogue value for singles)
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Catalog #7var
Catalog Value € 500
Price Realized
$425.00

Lot #107
ALBANIA
1913 1pi ultramarine, overprinted in brick red, horizontal tete-beche pair (one inverted), used on piece, v.f., with 2008 Graf cert. (Mi.7; catalogue value for two ordinary singles)
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Catalog #7var
Catalog Value € 500
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Lot #108
ALBANIA
1913 1pi ultramarine, overprinted in blue, horizontal tete-beche pair (one inverted), used on piece, v.f., with 2008 Graf cert. (Mi.7; catalogue value for two ordinary singles)
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Catalog #7var
Catalog Value € 500
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Lot #109
ALBANIA
1913 1pi ultramarine, overprinted in black, tied by neat Peqin cancel (30.7.1913) on small cover to Qukes, with backdated Elbasan cds in black (the black cancel's first documented usage is as of January 27, 1914 - prior to which the violet cancel was used, hence this cover most likely did not go through the mail) and Qukes violet arrival on reverse (1.8.1913), fine, with 2008 Graf cert. (Mi.7)
Envelope
Catalog #7
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Lot #110
ALBANIA
1913 2pi blue black, black overprint inverted, n.h., fine, with 2008 Graf cert. (Mi.8; catalogue value for an ordinary hinged stamp)
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Catalog #8var
Catalog Value € 500
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Lot #111
ALBANIA
1913 2pi blue black, horizontal tete-beche pair, overprinted in violet, used on piece, few inconsequential short perfs., v.f., with 2008 Graf cert. (Mi.8; catalogue value for two ordinary singles)
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Catalog #8var
Catalog Value € 900
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Lot #112
ALBANIA
1913 5pi dark violet, violet overprint, n.h., usual short perfs., otherwise fine, with 2008 Graf cert. (Mi.10; catalogue value for hinged)
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Catalog #10
Catalog Value € 1,300
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Lot #113
ALBANIA
1913 5p dark violet, horizontal pair, left stamp with horizontal overprint, used on piece, inconsequential perf. toning, v.f. and considerably rarer than tete-beche pairs, ex-Nosi, with 2008 Graf cert. (Mi.10; catalogue value for two ordinary singles)
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Catalog #10var
Catalog Value € 2,200
Price Realized
$1,300.00

Lot #114
ALBANIA
1913 5pi dark lilac, used on piece, well centered, v.f. and rare, unlisted in Scott's, with 2008 Graf cert.,
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Catalog #Mi.A10
Catalog Value € 2,800
Price Realized
$1,100.00

Lot #115
ALBANIA
1913 10pi dull red, overprinted in black, used on piece, well centered, v.f. and rare, only 241 printed, with 2008 Graf cert. (Mi.11)
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Catalog #11
Catalog Value € 4,500
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Lot #116
ALBANIA
1913 20pa carmine rose, overprint inverted, never hinged, short perf. at left, otherwise fresh and v.f., ex-Nosi, with 2008 Graf cert. (Mi.14; catalogue value for an ordinary hinged stamp)
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Catalog #14var
Catalog Value € 900
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Lot #117
ALBANIA
1913 20pa carmine rose, black overprint inverted, used on piece, v.f., with 2008 Graf cert. (Mi.13, catalogue value for an ordinary used stamp)
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Catalog #14var
Catalog Value € 950
Price Realized
$575.00

Lot #118
ALBANIA
1913 1pi bright blue, used on piece, well centered, some faint perf. toning, otherwise v.f., with 2008 Graf cert. (Mi.14)
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Catalog #15
Catalog Value € 1,700
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Lot #119
ALBANIA
1913 2pa olive green, red overprint inverted, n.h., fine, with 2008 Graf cert. (Mi.3; catalogue value for an ordinary hinged stamp)
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Catalog #17var
Catalog Value € 500
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Lot #120
ALBANIA
1913 2pa olive green, horizontal pair, left stamp with horizontal overprint, used on piece, v.f., this variety is considerably rarer than tete-beche pairs, ex-Nosi, with 2008 Graf cert. (Mi.3; catalogue value for two ordinary singles)
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Catalog #17var
Catalog Value € 1,000
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Lot #121
ALBANIA
1913 2pi on 5pa ocher, used on piece, well centered, v.f., unlisted in Scott's, with 2008 Graf cert.,
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Catalog #Mi.A3
Catalog Value € 2,000
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Lot #122
ALBANIA
1913 1pi black, black overprint, used on small piece, fine and rare, only 345 printed, with 2008 Graf cert. (Mi.15)
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Catalog #18
Catalog Value € 2,600
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Lot #123
ALBANIA
1913 1pi black on deep rose paper, black overprint inverted, tiny paper adhesion on reverse, v.f. and rare as only 345 were issued (regular and inverted overprints), with 2008 Graf cert. (Mi.15var; catalogue value for ordinary single)
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Catalog #18var
Catalog Value € 3,000
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Lot #124
ALBANIA
1913 10pa on 20pa carmine rose, overprinted in black, never hinged and post office fresh, fine and rare in such condition, this surcharge is unlisted in Scott's, ex-Nosi, with 2008 Graf cert. (Mi.17; catalogue value for hinged)
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Catalog #19var
Catalog Value € 2,600
Price Realized
$1,200.00

Lot #125
ALBANIA
1913 10pa on 20pa carmine rose, red overprint and black surcharge inverted, never hinged and post office fresh, v.f. and rare variety, ex-Nosi, with 2008 Graf cert. (Mi.16var; catalogue value for ordinary hinged single)
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Catalog #19var
Catalog Value € 1,200
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #126
ALBANIA
1913 10pa on 20pa carmine rose, black overprint and surcharge inverted, never hinged and post office fresh, v.f. and rare variety, ex-Nosi, with 2008 Graf cert. (Mi.16; catalogue value for an ordinary hinged single)
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Catalog #19var
Catalog Value € 1,200
Price Realized
$675.00

Lot #127
ALBANIA
1913 10pa on 20pa carmine rose, overprinted in black, brick red, blue and violet, each color in horizontal pair (8 stamps in total), all used on piece and tied by Elbasan postmarks, v.f. and scarce exhibition piece. There are five documented colors of this overprint, with all present on this piece except for the red (shining) overprint, ex-Nosi, with 2008 Graf cert. (Mi.16; catalogue value for used singles)
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Catalog #19
Catalog Value € 9,600
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Lot #128
ALBANIA
1913 10pa on 20pa carmine rose, overprinted in red, used on piece, well centered, v.f., with 2008 Graf cert. (Mi.16)
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Catalog #19
Catalog Value € 1,200
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Lot #129
ALBANIA
1913 10pa on 20pa carmine rose, overprinted in black, with surcharge inverted, used on piece, fine and rare, this surcharge is unlisted in Scott's, ex-Nosi, with 2008 Graf cert. (Mi.17; catalogue value for an ordinary single)
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Catalog #19var
Catalog Value € 2,600
Price Realized
$2,300.00

Lot #130
ALBANIA
1913 1pi black, sewing machine perforations, on cover addressed to Lef Nosi (Albanian Post Minister) in Elbasan, tied by violet Dukes cancel (24.10.13), with backdated black Elbasan arrival on reverse (black ink was first introduced in Vlone on December 12, 1913 and the first documented usage in Elbasan is on January 27, 1914, prior to which the violet ink was used, hence this cover did not travel through the mail), faint toning, otherwise fine cover with a documented provenance, with 2008 Graf cert. (Mi.2B)
Envelope
Catalog #20a
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Lot #131
ALBANIA
1913 1gr black, margins just in at left, on cover sent from Elbasan to Qukes, tied by 11.12.1913 Elbasan cds, with Qukes arrival on reverse, fine, with 2008 Graf cert. (Mi.20)
Envelope
Catalog #23
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Lot #132
ALBANIA
1913 20pa Ottoman postal stationery card, black double eagle overprint inverted, with seal of Albanian Ministry of Posts, Qukes, Peqin and Elbasan postmarks (all 4.8.13), v.f., with 2008 Graf cert.
Envelope
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Lot #133
ALBANIA
1914 Skanderbeg Issue, 2q-50q, five values on cover sent from Shngjin via Peqin and Elbasan to Qukes, tied Ottoman postmarks further inscribed "Medua" by hand (The Ottoman handstamps are inscribed "Tchay-Aghzi" which denotes a small river and was deemed inappropriate after Independence, hence the Italian name "Medua" was used), fine and rare cover, as this practice was only used for a short time until a new datestamp arrived, with 2008 Graf cert. (Mi.29-33)
Envelope
Catalog #35-39
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Lot #134
ALBANIA
1914 Arrival of Prince William of Wied, set of six on cover sent from Elbasan to Qukes, all with March 7, 1914 First Day cancels, with arrival on reverse, fine-v.f., with 2008 Graf cert. (Mi.35-40)
Envelope
Catalog #41-46
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Lot #135
ALBANIA
1914 10q rose red, six stamps (three on reverse) used on registered Vlone cover, all tied by red Vlone cancels which were only used during this period to celebrate the arrival of Prince William of Wied, v.f. and desirable usage, as these stamps were only valid for nine days, with 2008 Graf cert. (Mi.37)
Envelope
Catalog #43
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Lot #136
ALBANIA
1914 Skanderbeg Surcharges, complete set on cover sent from Korce to Qukes, all tied by 27.4.1914 Korce cancels, with Qukes (29.4.1914) arrival on reverse, fine-v.f. and rare cover, as these stamps were only in use in Korce between April 17 and July 4, 1914, with 2008 Graf cert. (Mi.41-46)
Envelope
Catalog #47-52
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Lot #137
ALBANIA
1915 Skanderbeg Issue, complete set on cover sent from Mollas to Debar where it was censored, with Elbasan transits (Serbian Post Qukes postmark), stamps tied by star seal of Mollas, with Debar censor markings, v.f. and rare use, with 2008 Graf cert.
Envelope
Catalog #47-52
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Lot #138
ALBANIA
1915 5p Serbian postal card used during the second Serbian Occupation, sent from Elbasan (21.11.15) to Qukes, with arrival (21.11.15), fine and rare item, despite its philatelic usage, with 2008 Graf cert.
Envelope
Price Realized
$300.00

Lot #139
ALBANIA
1915 registered cover sent from Elbasan to Bitola, subsequently returned to Elbasan via Qukes, franked with 30pa Serbian adhesives and used during the second Serbian Occupation, all tied by straight-line Elbasan cancels, with Bitola (28.9.15), Qukes (30.9.15) and Elbasan (1.10.15) postmarks on reverse, with Serbian censor markings, few faint stains, still a fine and rare civilian usage, with 2008 Graf cert.
Envelope
Price Realized
$675.00

Lot #140
ALBANIA
1919 stationery entire envelope, dating from the early period of the Durres government (when postal service was reduced to a minimum), with red Elbasan Finance Office seal with black double eagle, tied by Elbasan postmark (28.2.19) and addressed to Durres, with incorrectly set Durres arrival (30.2.19) on reverse, fine and rare cover, as only approximately 500 were produced by the Elbasan Finance Office during this period, with 2008 Graf cert.,
Envelope
Catalog #Mi.1
Catalog Value € 3,800
Price Realized
$1,900.00

Lot #141
ALBANIA
1919 unused stationery entire prepared by the Elbasan Finance Office, dating from the early period of the Durres government (when postal service was reduced to a minimum), with red Elbasan Finance Office seal with black double eagle, fine and rare as only approximately 500 were produced by the Elbasan Finance Office during this period, with 2008 Graf cert.,
Envelope
Catalog #Mi.1
Catalog Value € 3,800
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Lot #142
ALBANIA
1919 stationery entire envelope sent from Durres to Elbasan during the early days of the Durres government when postal service was reduced to a bare minimum, with serial number "105" and 20pa postage paid applied by hand, with seal of the finance office in Durres and "13.5.19" Durres cds, addressed to a member of the Nosi family, v.f. and rare, with 2008 Graf cert. (catalogue value for a cut square)
Envelope
Catalog #Mi.1
Catalog Value € 2,500
Price Realized
$1,500.00

Lot #143
ALBANIA
1919 stationery entire envelope sent from Elbasan to Peqin during the early days of the Durres government when postal service was reduced to a bare minimum, with serial number "25" and 20pa postage paid applied by hand, with seal of the finance office in Elbasan and "14.6.19" Elbasan cds, v.f. and rare, with 2008 Graf cert.,
Envelope
Catalog #Mi.U1
Catalog Value € 6,000
Price Realized
$1,300.00

Lot #144
ALBANIA
1920 25q blue, overprinted in black, h.r., v.f., signed (Mi.73)
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Catalog #123
Catalog Value € 750
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Lot #145
ALBANIA
1921 25q light blue, on cover sent from Vlone to Elbasan via Berat and Kavaje, tied by Vlone (18.7.21) cds, due to the unstable political situation, the cover made a detour via Berat, filing fold away from the stamp, otherwise fine commercial usage, with 2008 Graf cert. (Mi.79II)
Envelope
Catalog #138
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Lot #146
ALBANIA Air Post
1929 5q-3fr, set of seven, h.r., fine-v.f., signed Kessler, etc. (Mi.210-216; catalogue value for n.h.)
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Catalog #C22-28
Catalog Value € 1,800
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Lot #147
ALBANIA Postal Stationery
1913 First Issue stationery envelope, with the seal of the Albanian Ministry of Posts, sent from Elbasan (25-6-13) to Fier, via Pequin and Lushje, with transit and arrival postmarks, minor flaws, fine and attractive cover, with 2008 Graf cert.,
Envelope
Catalog #Mi.1 (U1)
Catalog Value € 1,600
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Lot #148
ALBANIA Postal Stationery
1913 Second handstamp Issue (June 1913) with double impression of the "Post of the Provisional Government of Albania handstamp", unused, v.f. and rare, with 2008 Graf cert. noting that this "is the first such envelope with double print I have seen to date" (catalogue value is for a single impression)
Envelope
Catalog #Mi.2 (U2)
Catalog Value € 700
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Lot #149
ALBANIA Postal Stationery
1913 20pa Ottoman postal card with clear double eagle handstamp and seal of the Ministry of Posts, sent from Qukes to Peqin via Elbasan, v.f., with 2008 Graf cert.,
Envelope
Catalog #Mi.P1
Catalog Value € 1,000
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Lot #150
ALBANIA Postal Stationery
1914 10q+10q unsevered double international reply postal card celebrating the arrival of Prince William of Wied, used from Peqin to Elbasan, with reply portion unused, v.f., only 100 printed, with 2008 Graf cert.,
Envelope
Catalog #Mi.P10
Catalog Value € 1,200
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Lot #151
ALBANIA Albanian Locals: Central Albania (Essad Post)
1915 commercial cover sent from Mollas, via Elbasasn to Tirana, correctly franked with a single 40pa blue, tied by Mollas departure (applied by hand), with Elbasan transit (both Gregorian calendar 18.11.15), also with another transit (5.11) and arrival (7.11, both Julian calendar) on reverse. During this period, the Serbian Post cooperated with Essad's post and both the Gregorian and Julian calendars were used alongside (they were 13 days apart in 1915), minor cover flaws, fine, with 2008 Graf cert.
Envelope
Catalog #Mi.14
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Lot #152
ALBANIA Albanian Locals: Shkodra
1915 5pa-2gr, five different surcharges, tied by "Shkoder 21-3-1915" cancels on cover to Lesh, fine-v.f., with arrival pmk, scarce as these stamps were only in use for three days (March 19-21), with 2008 Graf cert.
Envelope
Catalog #Mi.1a-5
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Lot #153
ALBANIA Albanian Locals: Shkodra Postage Dues
1915 Surcharges, complete set of six, plus additional 5pa block of four, tied by First Day 19.3.1915 Shkoder cancels on coverfront, with overprints in different directions including 1gr overprint inverted, fine-v.f. and rare, as only 250 of the 5gr were printed, with 2008 Graf cert.
Catalog #Mi.1-6
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Lot #154
ALBANIA Albanian Locals: Shkodra Postage Dues
1915 cover sent from Shengjin (23.IV.15) to Shkoder, franked with only 5pa postage, with 25q postage due applied on arrival, tied by bilingual Albanian-French cds (25.Apr.1915), v.f., with 2008 Graf cert.
Envelope
Catalog #Mi.P2
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Lot #155
ALBANIA Albanian Locals: Shkodra Postal Stationery
1915 10q+10q unused, unsevered international reply, double postal card, with overprint on reply portion inverted, v.f., with 2008 Graf cert.
Envelope
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Lot #156
ALLENSTEIN
1920 5pf-40pf, unissued set of five, n.h., v.f., signed Mikulski,
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Catalog #Mi.II-VI
Catalog Value € 900
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #157
ALLENSTEIN
1920 5pf-40pf, unissued set of five bottom margin blocks of forty, with plate numbers, n.h., v.f. and rare as only 500 sets were printed, signed Mikulski,
Box **
Catalog #Mi.II-VI
Catalog Value € 36,000
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Lot #158
ANDORRA (FRENCH)
1931 1c gray, double overprint, h.r., fine, signed Champion, with 2008 Calves cert. (YT 2a)
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Catalog #1a
Catalog Value € 2,000
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Lot #159
ARGENTINA
1916 San Martin, 20p dull blue & claret, center inverted, sheet margin single, l.h., usual centering, fine,
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Catalog #246a
Catalog Value $ 1,200
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Lot #160
AUSTRIA
1863 3k light green, single and block of four, tied by "Konigswart 7.10" cancels on cover to Wien, small faults, otherwise fine and rare multiple on cover, with Marienbad transit and arrival pmks, with 2005 Ferchenbauer (handbook No.25a) cert. ("die Zahnbrucken des Blocks sind volkommen intakt, es handelt sich um ein attraktives Prachstuck")
Envelope
Catalog #18
Catalog Value € 9,000
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Lot #161
AUSTRIA
1936 10sh Dollfuss, n.h., v.f. (Mi.588)
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Catalog #380
Catalog Value € 1,300
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Lot #162
AUSTRIA
1945 1M-5M, unissued overprints, blocks of four, n.h., couple of minor gum disturbances, fine-v.f. signed Dr. Wallner, etc.,
Box **
Catalog #Mi.Va-d
Catalog Value € 800
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Lot #163
AUSTRIA Semi-Postals
1933 WIPA souvenir sheet, l.h. in margin, stamps n.h., v.f., with the special presentation folder (Mi. Block 1)
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Catalog #B111
Catalog Value € 3,000
Price Realized
$1,600.00

Lot #164
AUSTRIA Semi-Postals
1946 Dr.Karl Renner souvenir sheets, complete set of four, n.h., usual natural inclusions or gum wrinkles, post office fresh, v.f., with the original folder (scarce) (ANK 780-83A)
Box **
Catalog #B185-88
Catalog Value € 2,810
Price Realized
$1,300.00

Lot #165
AUSTRIA Semi-Postals
1946 Dr.Karl Renner souvenir sheets, complete set of four, n.h., usual natural inclusions or gum wrinkles, post office fresh, v.f., with the original folder (scarce) (ANK 780-83A)
Box **
Catalog #B185-88
Catalog Value € 2,810
Price Realized
$1,300.00

Lot #166
AUSTRIA Semi-Postals
1946 Dr.Karl Renner souvenir sheets, complete set of four, n.h., usual natural inclusions or gum wrinkles, post office fresh, v.f. (ANK 780-83A
Box **
Catalog #B185-88
Catalog Value € 2,650
Price Realized
$1,000.00

Lot #167
AUSTRIA Semi-Postals
1946 Dr.Karl Renner souvenir sheets, complete set of four, n.h., usual natural inclusions or gum wrinkles, post office fresh, v.f. A(NK 780-83A)
Box **
Catalog #B185-88
Catalog Value € 2,650
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Lot #168
AUSTRIA Semi-Postals
1946 Dr.Karl Renner souvenir sheets, complete set of four, n.h., usual natural inclusions or gum wrinkles, post office fresh, v.f. (ANK 780-83A)
Box **
Catalog #B185-88
Catalog Value € 2,650
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Lot #169
AUSTRIA Semi-Postals
1946 Dr.Karl Renner souvenir sheets, complete set of four, n.h., usual natural inclusions or gum wrinkles, post office fresh, v.f. (ANK 780-83A)
Box **
Catalog #B185-88
Catalog Value € 2,650
Price Realized
$1,050.00

Lot #170
AUSTRIA Air Post
1950-53 Birds, complete set of seven, n.h., v.f. (ANK 967-73)
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Catalog #C54-60
Catalog Value € 500
Price Realized
$140.00

Lot #171
AUSTRIA Air Post
1950-53 Birds, complete set of seven, n.h., v.f. (ANK 967-73)
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Catalog #C54-60
Catalog Value € 500
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Lot #172
BELGIUM
1849-50 10c brown, lower left sheet corner margin single, with parts of three adjoining stamps showing, used, extraordinary stamp
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Catalog #3
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #173
BELGIUM
1861 unwatermarked, 20c blue, block of four, unused with original gum, h.r., margins all around with parts of adjoining stamps at top, bottom left stamp with pinhole and minor abrasions, also tiny flaws at upper left, otherwise fine and rare multiple (COB 11, catalogue value for four singles
Box *
Catalog #11
Catalog Value € 2,800
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Lot #174
BELGIUM
1865 10c die essay proof on glazed card (heavy crease well clear of design), in the issued color of brown, handstamped "April 28, 1865" in blue, showing the altered design with tablets reading "Belgique" and "10 Postes 10" (instead of "10 Cent 10" in the lower tablet, with cleared background, very rare
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Price Realized
$650.00

Lot #175
BELGIUM
1873 10c-1fr selection of six die proofs, five different in black, each handstamped "before hardening" and with datestamp, also 20c in the unissued color ultramarine, occasional trivial creases, mostly fine-v.f., scarce lot
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Price Realized
$2,900.00

Lot #176
BELGIUM
1875 5fr deep red brown, well centered, h.r., v.f., with 1981 Balasse cert. (COB 37)
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Catalog #39
Catalog Value € 1,950
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Lot #177
BELGIUM
1875 5fr deep red brown, horizontal pair, well centered, l.h., v.f., with 2008 Scheller cert. (COB 37; catalogue value for singles)
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Catalog #39
Catalog Value € 3,900
Price Realized
$1,800.00

Lot #178
BELGIUM
1878 5fr, three used singles, two in deep red brown (one with roller cancel), also pale brown, each with minor flaws, with Pierre Kaiser cert. (COB 37,37A)
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Catalog #39,39a
Catalog Value € 4,125
Price Realized
$525.00

Lot #179
BELGIUM
1881 handpainted essay for an unissued 2fr value, mauve and white on tracing paper, card mounted and dated "July 4th, 1881", fine and unique item from the De La Rue archives
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Price Realized
$750.00

Lot #180
BELGIUM
1883 50c handpainted essay in the issued design, blue & Chinese white on tracing paper, v.f. and unique essay from the De La Rue archives
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Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #181
BELGIUM
1883 10c handpainted essay in brown red and Chinese white on thick card, dated "July 27 82", with suggested alternative design showing the value in figures in pencil below, v.f. essay from the De La Rue archives
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Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #182
BELGIUM
1883 1fr handpainted essay in dull purple and Chinese white on thick card, dated "July 27 82" in pencil, v.f. essay from the De La Rue archives
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Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #183
BELGIUM
1883 die proof of the head plate with uncleared stamp-shaped surround, printed in violet on glazed card, without indication of value and stamped, handstamped "2 Dec 81", fine and rare item from the De La Rue archives
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Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #184
BELGIUM
1883 50c violet, die proof on glazed card, without indication of state, handstamped date "31 Jan 83", v.f., rare
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Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #185
BELGIUM
1952 UPU Congress, presentation folder with the complete set of 12, also 50fr King Baudouin, also 1946 Kings, two presentation folders, all fine-v.f. (COB LX8,13)
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Catalog #435/B514P
Catalog Value € 605
Unsold
Lot #186
BRAZIL
1843 30r and 60r black, used, narrow but ample margins all around, small flaws, fine appearance,
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Catalog #1,2
Catalog Value $ 790
Price Realized
$150.00

Lot #187
BRAZIL
1843 30r, 60r and 90r black, used, each with margins all around, neat cancels, the last one a bit oily, still fresh and v.f., first and last with APS certificates. A nice set of the "bulls eyes",
O
Catalog #1-3
Catalog Value $ 1,990
Price Realized
$850.00

Lot #188
BRAZIL
1843 60r black, neat cds, large margins incl. dividing line at bottom, v.f.,
O
Catalog #2
Catalog Value $ 240
Price Realized
$160.00

Lot #189
BRAZIL
1937 1,000r imperf. block of four, also imperf. singles of 200r and 10,000r, all with gum and overprinted "Specimen", v.f.
Box S
Catalog #446,49,55var
Unsold
Lot #190
BRAZIL
1941 Aviation Week, imperf. horizontal pair, l.h., v.f.
*
Catalog #511var
Unsold
Lot #191
BRAZIL Air Post
1930 overprinted "Graf Zeppelin U.S.A.", set of three, l.h., v.f.,
*
Catalog #YT PA17-19
Catalog Value € 375
Unsold
Lot #192
BRAZIL Air Post
1942 5.40c on 5,400r Vargas, with "Correinho" watermark, n.h., v.f., only 500 printed,
**
Catalog #C47a
Price Realized
$160.00

Lot #193
BRAZIL Air Post
1943 Morinigo Visit, specialized group incl. perf. single, double impression, two imperf. pairs (one proof on chalky paper), horizontal pair imperf. vertically, n.h., v.f.
**P
Catalog #C48var,48P
Unsold
Lot #194
BRAZIL Air Post
1943 Map, specialized group incl. "yellow color omitted", "emerald color omitted", "Aereo" omitted, also vertical pair imperf. horizontally and at right, n.h., v.f.
**
Catalog #C49var
Price Realized
$240.00

Lot #195
BRAZIL Air Post
1943 Stamp Centenary, 2cr and 5cd imperf. marginal pairs, each with horizontal watermark, also souvenir sheet of three, with gray background only (missing all other colors and denominations), n.h., v.f., rare
**P
Catalog #C51,52,53var
Price Realized
$525.00

Lot #196
BRAZIL Air Post
1943-45 1.20c Law Conference, variety with double impression, also Esperanto, imperf. pair on unwatermarked, ungummed paper, v.f.
P
Catalog #C54var, C61P
Unsold
Lot #197
BRAZIL Air Post
1944 20c-120c surcharges, two sets, one overprinted in wrong colors, another regular colors but inverted, n.h., v.f.
**
Catalog #C55-59var
Price Realized
$240.00

Lot #198
BRAZIL Postal Tax Stamps
1933 imperf. block of four, n.h., v.f.
Box **
Catalog #RA1var
Unsold
Lot #199
CHINA
1898 1/2c-$5 complete set of 12, each overprinted "Specimen" in small letters and mounted on an Imperial Postal Administration presentation sheet, fine-v.f.
S
Catalog #98-109S
Price Realized
$1,000.00

Lot #200
CHINA
1898-1909 1/2c-$5, 15 different, each overprinted "Specimen" in large letters and mounted on an Imperial Postal Administration presentation sheet, some peripheral toning and flaws, stamps fine-v.f., rare
S
Catalog #98-109,124/30S
Price Realized
$1,000.00

Lot #201
CHINA Air Post
1921 Issue, 17 complete sets, each cancelled to order Tientsin 10 June 23 on unaddressed envelope, some toning. mostly fine-v.f.
Envelope
Catalog #C1-5
Catalog Value $ 2,720
Price Realized
$750.00

Lot #202
CHINA SINKIANG
1916-19 1/2c-$20 overprinted in black or red, 1/2c-16c blocks of eight (except only 3x7c), 20c, 30c, 50c and $5 (irregular blocks of seven), $10 block of six, $20 horizontal strip of four and single, many with imprint, usual dried gum, some perf. separations and minor toning, mostly fine and impressive group,
Box **
Catalog #17-38
Catalog Value $ 6,500
Price Realized
$4,500.00

Lot #203
CHINA Formosa
1946 surcharges, 60 sets, all in blocks, unused without gum as issued, n.h., v.f.
Box **
Catalog #10-13
Catalog Value $ 549
Unsold
Lot #204
CHINA - PRC
1955-78 Scientists, set of four imperf. miniature sheets, also Flying Fairies and Bridges souvenir sheets, n.h., v.f.,
**
Catalog #245-248a, 1433,1452
Catalog Value $ 600
Price Realized
$425.00

Lot #205
CHINA - PRC
1967 Thoughts of Mao, se-tenant horizontal strip of five, n.h., v.f.,
**
Catalog #943a
Catalog Value $ 1,100
Price Realized
$650.00

Lot #206
CHINA - PRC
1978 National Science Conference, souvenir sheet of three, n.h., v.f.,
**
Catalog #1383a
Catalog Value $ 325
Price Realized
$200.00

Lot #207
CHINA - PRC
1978 National Science Conference, souvenir sheet of three, n.h., v.f.,
**
Catalog #1383a
Catalog Value $ 325
Price Realized
$210.00

Lot #208
CHINA - PRC
1978 Horses souvenir sheet, n.h., v.f.
**
Catalog #1399
Catalog Value $ 275
Price Realized
$190.00

Lot #209
CHINA - PRC
1978 Horses souvenir sheet, n.h., v.f.,
**
Catalog #1399
Catalog Value $ 275
Price Realized
$210.00

Lot #210
CHINA - PRC
1978 Flying Fairies souv. sheet, n.h., v.f.,
**
Catalog #1433
Catalog Value $ 250
Price Realized
$190.00

Lot #211
CHINA - PRC
1978 Flying Fairies souv. sheet, n.h., v.f.,
**
Catalog #1433
Catalog Value $ 250
Price Realized
$190.00

Lot #212
CHINA - PRC
1978 Bridges Souvenir sheet, n.h., v.f.
**
Catalog #1425
Catalog Value $ 250
Unsold
Lot #213
CHINA - PRC Military Mail
1953 Army and Air Force issues, unused without gum as issued, n.h., v.f.,
**
Catalog #Yang M1-2
Catalog Value $ 1,080
Price Realized
$700.00

Lot #214
CHINA - PRC North China
1949 Mao, imperf. horizontal pairs, unused without gum as issued, v.f.
(*)
Catalog #3L82-88var
Unsold
Lot #215
COLOMBIA Air Post
1920 10c Tilted Plane viewed from above, full margins all around, unused without gum as issued, few faint stains, otherwise v.f. (YT PA3)
(*)
Catalog #C4
Catalog Value € 4,000
Unsold
Lot #216
COLOMBIA Air Post
1920 10c Flier in Plane Watching Biplane, full to large margins all around, unused without gum as issued, faint thins, v.f. appearance, signed Kessler (YT PA4)
(*)
Catalog #C5
Catalog Value € 3,750
Unsold
Lot #217
COLOMBIA Air Post
1920 10c Lighthouse, used with 3c on small piece, violet cancel, full to clear margins all around, minor stains, otherwise fine (YT 5)
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Catalog #C6
Catalog Value € 2,500
Unsold
Lot #218
COLOMBIA Air Post
1920 10c Fuselage and Tail of biplane, margins all around, unused without gum as issued, few minor faults, otherwise v.f. and rare, as less than 100 were printed (YT PA6)
(*)
Catalog #C7
Catalog Value € 12,500
Unsold
Lot #219
COLOMBIA Air Post
1920 10c Condor on Cliff, full to clear margins all around, unused without gum as issued, corner crease at lower left, otherwise fine, signed Champion (YT PA7)
(*)
Catalog #C8
Catalog Value € 7,000
Unsold
Lot #220
CRETE
1904 special Bradbury-Wilkinson presentation sheetlet with gilt edges, containing nine different designs, unusually fresh and v.f., rare
P
Price Realized
$550.00

Lot #221
CZECHOSLOVAKIA Semi-Postals
1919 Overprints in Austrian postage dues, 1h-50h on 42h, complete except for 15h on 2h, with two 10h on 24h values, l.h., fine-v.f., signed Mikulski, Gilbert, etc. (Mi.92/97)
*
Catalog #B58/63
Catalog Value € 346
Price Realized
$210.00

Lot #222
CZECHOSLOVAKIA Semi-Postals
1919 1f slate, well centered, h.r., faint stain and crease, otherwise v.f. and rare, only 180 issued, signed Mrnak (Mi.104)
*
Catalog #B64
Catalog Value € 2,200
Price Realized
$1,900.00

Lot #223
CZECHOSLOVAKIA Semi-Postals
1919 20f dark brown, with overprint shifted slightly, l.h., fine example of this rare stamp, only 100 issued, signed Mrnak, with 1960 Friedl cert. (Mi. 144)
*
Catalog #B97
Catalog Value € 6,500
Price Realized
$5,750.00

Lot #224
DANZIG
1920 Grosse Innendienst, 60pf, 1m and 2m, n.h., 2m with faint gum skips, fine-v.f., signed Richter, etc., with cert. (Mi.47-49)
**
Catalog #44,47-48
Catalog Value € 9,000
Price Realized
$3,750.00

Lot #225
DENMARK
1851 4rs brown, First Printing, horizontal strip of four, pos. 41-44, left stamp with margins in at bottom, ample on all other sides, tied by target pmk on FL from Copenhagen to Hamburg, double Copenhagen 25.4.1852 cancels, fine-.v.f., with 1999 Nielsen cert.
Envelope
Catalog #2a
Price Realized
$675.00

Lot #226
DENMARK Catapult Flights
1931 (17.3) "Bremen-New York" flown cover with appropriate green cachets, v.f.
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #227
DENMARK Catapult Flights
1933 (23.5) "Europa-New York" flown cover with appropriate cachet, with Köln (23.5) transit pmk, v.f.
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #228
DENMARK Catapult Flights
1933 (16.6) "D-Bremen" flown cover to Hamburg, with appropriate cachet and arrival pmk, fine
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #229
DENMARK Catapult Flights
1933 (8.6) "D-Europa" flown cover to Köln, with appropriate cachet and arrival pmk, v.f., signed Holms
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #230
DENMARK Catapult Flights
1934 (24.5) "Europa-New York" registered and flown cover with appropriate cachet, with Köln (25.5) transit and arrival pmks, v.f.
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #231
DENMARK Catapult Flights
1934 (20.9) "D-Bremen-New York" flown cover to Köln, with appropriate cachet and arrival pmk, part of backflap missing and closed cover tear at top, fine
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #232
DENMARK Catapult Flights
1935 (27.9) "D-Bremen-New York" flown cover to Köln, with appropriate cachet and arrival pmk, v.f., signed Georg Lindman, only 11 flown
Envelope
Price Realized
$240.00

Lot #233
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
1865 1/2r and 1r, Wove and Laid paper, set of four, used, margins clear or touching, few minor faults which is acceptable for this early issue, otherwise fine and rare, signed Bloch, etc.,
O
Catalog #1-4
Catalog Value $ 2,925
Price Realized
$2,100.00

Lot #234
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
1866 1/2r black and 1r black, original gum (l.h.), margins all around, v.f., signed Brun, etc.,
*
Catalog #5,7
Catalog Value $ 375
Price Realized
$250.00

Lot #235
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
1866 1r black, pale green paper, large margins all around, unused without gum, v.f. and scarce stamp,
(*)
Catalog #6
Catalog Value $ 2,000
Price Realized
$1,600.00

Lot #236
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
1866 1r black, pale green paper, watermarked, light 1866 cancel, margins all around, v.f. example of this rare stamp, the "key" value of the Dominican Republic,
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Catalog #8
Catalog Value $ 13,000
Unsold
Lot #237
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
1866-73 selection of 13 different, wove, pelure and ordinary paper, mostly unused, 1r on wove paper used, mostly with margins all around, few minor faults, otherwise fine and rare group, signed Calves, etc.,
(*)O
Catalog #9-16,23-24,26,28-31
Catalog Value $ 1,782
Price Realized
$1,100.00

Lot #238
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
1883 5fr on 1p gold, heavy h.r., v.f.,
*
Catalog #70
Catalog Value $ 550
Price Realized
$280.00

Lot #239
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Air Post Officials
1930 10c light blue, horizontal pair, right stamp with overprint omitted, l.h. with usual dried gum, v.f. and rare, with 1986 PFC,
*
Catalog #CO1a
Catalog Value $ 900
Price Realized
$700.00

Lot #240
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Air Post Officials
1930 20c orange, horizontal pair, right stamp with overprint omitted, usual dried gum, v.f. and rare, unlisted in Scott's, with 1986 PFC,
*
Catalog #CO2var
Unsold
Lot #241
EGYPT
1866 selection of 15 used or unused (with or without gum) singles including 10pi slate (unused with original gum, minor perf. flaws), various perforations, some defective,
*O
Catalog #1-7
Price Realized
$1,100.00

Lot #242
EGYPT
1922-23 Harrison Essays, 15m dull blue, two different imperf. pairs of unaccepted design, also King Farouk, 5m imperf. pairs, plus perf. 10m and 15m (with gum), plus 1923 imperf. 5d pair an 10d single plate proofs on card, v.f. lot
PE
Unsold
Lot #243
FINLAND
1856 5k blue, town cancel, full margins all around, v.f. (Facit 1I)
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Catalog #1
Catalog Value SEK 25,000
Price Realized
$1,500.00

Lot #244
FINLAND
1856 10k rose, large margins all around, v.f., tied by boxed "Wiborg 7.6.1857" pmk, also "2" in manuscript at right, on outer FL to Serdopol, signed Calves, with 1989 Robineau cert. (Facit 2)
Envelope
Catalog #2
Catalog Value SEK 25,000
Unsold
Lot #245
FINLAND
1858 5k blue, Large Pearls, pen and Helsingfors town cancels, large margins all around, fresh and v.f., signed Linder, with 2003 Schwenson cert. (Facit 1IIb)
O
Catalog #3
Catalog Value SEK 14,000
Unsold
Lot #246
FINLAND
1858 5k blue, Large Pearls, margins just touching at left, ample on other sides, used on folded 5k stationary envelope, tied by Wiborg (29-6-59) rectangular cancel, filing folds away from the stamp (through 5k seal), fine and rare combination franking, with 2008 Scheller cert. (Facit 1II)
Envelope
Catalog #3
Catalog Value SEK 75,000
Price Realized
$4,750.00

Lot #247
FINLAND
1866-74 20p blue (roulette III), horizontal pair, used in 1868 on FL from Kuopio to Wiborg, also 40p rose (roulette I), used in 1874 on FL from Helsingfors to Prussia, with St.Petersburg transit and Ausg. arrival, both signed Calves, fine
Envelope
Catalog #9,10
Unsold
Lot #248
FRANCE
1849-50 40c orange, two horizontal pairs (slightly overlapping), used on small piece, margins all around, few minor surface scrapes mostly in the margin, otherwise v.f. multiple, signed Calves (Ceres 5)
O
Catalog #7
Catalog Value € 2,750
Unsold
Lot #249
FRANCE
1853 Empire, 1fr lake, large margins all around including parts of adjoining stamps at sides, single franking on FL sent from Cette to Montpellier, tied by "687" obliterator cancel, filing folds away from the stamp, v.f. and rare single franking, signed Calves (YT 18)
Envelope
Catalog #21
Catalog Value € 7,500
Price Realized
$3,750.00

Lot #250
FRANCE
1862-71 5c green, block of four, unused with original gum, h.r., usual perf. flaws, still fine,signed Thiaude, Bolaffi, etc. (YT 20)
Box *
Catalog #23
Catalog Value € 1,200
Unsold
Lot #251
FRANCE
1863-70 5fr Empire, imperf. essay in gray with value omitted, faint crease, otherwise v.f., with 2008 Calves cert.
E
Catalog #37E
Price Realized
$750.00

Lot #252
FRANCE
1863-70 5fr Empire, imperf. essay in black with value omitted, creases, otherwise v.f., with 2008 Calves cert.
E
Catalog #37E
Unsold
Lot #253
FRANCE
1869 5fr Empire, neat "510" cancel, well centered, tiny flaws, v.f. appearance (YT 33)
O
Catalog #37
Catalog Value € 1,100
Unsold
Lot #254
FRANCE
1870-71 Bordeaux Issue, 1c olive green, block of four, margins all around, h.r., v.f., with 2008 Calves cert. (Ceres 39)
Box *
Catalog #38
Catalog Value € 700
Unsold
Lot #255
FRANCE
1870-71 Bordeaux Issue, 2c red brown, Report 2, top left corner margin single, h.r., fresh and v.f., signed Roumet (YT 40B)
*
Catalog #39
Catalog Value € 340
Price Realized
$1,300.00

Lot #256
FRANCE
1870-71 Bordeaux Issue, 2c red brown, Report 2, block of four, margins all around, small hinge remnants, v.f. (YT 40B)
Box *
Catalog #39
Catalog Value € 1,400
Price Realized
$750.00

Lot #257
FRANCE
1870-71 2c red brown, block of four, margins all around, h.r. at top, bottom stamps very lightly hinged, v.f., with 2008 Calves cert. (YT 40B)
Box *
Catalog #39
Catalog Value € 1,400
Unsold
Lot #258
FRANCE
1871 Bordeaux Issue, 4c gray and 40c orange, plus 1c Empire and 25c Ceres, all on folded commercial invoice ("Caisee Comerciale") sent from Nevers to La Machine, tied by "2654" obliterator cancels, with arrival on reverse, fine-v.f. and attractive four color mixed franking, signed Calves, ex-Blanc (YT 41B,48)
Envelope
Catalog #40,47
Unsold
Lot #259
FRANCE
1870-71 Bordeaux Issue, 5c green, horizontal strip of four, margins all around, tied by Lozenges to FL addressed to Bordeaux, minor cover flaws, stamps v.f., signed Calves (Ceres 42II; catalogue value for strip of four off cover)
Envelope
Catalog #41
Catalog Value € 1,425
Unsold
Lot #260
FRANCE
1870-71 Bordeaux Issue, 10c bister, Report 1, horizontal strip of seven plus single, all with margins all around, tied by large "463" numeral cancels on FL to Nantes (14 March, 1871 arrival), minor cover faults and staining affecting a few stamps, still a fine and impressive multiple, signed Calves, ex-Loeuillet (Ceres 43I; catalogue value for used strip of five, plus a pair and single)
Envelope
Catalog #42
Catalog Value € 1,655
Price Realized
$950.00

Lot #261
FRANCE
1870-71 Bordeaux Issue, 20c blue, type II, Report 1, margins all around, small h.r., faint gum toning, otherwise v.f., signed Roig (YT 45A)
*
Catalog #44
Catalog Value € 1,200
Price Realized
$400.00

Lot #262
FRANCE
1870-71 Bordeaux Issue, 40c orange, margins all around, h.r., v.f., signed Calves (YT 48)
*
Catalog #47
Catalog Value € 575
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #263
FRANCE
1870-71 Bordeaux Issue, 40c orange, block of four, margins all around, beautiful color, top stamps hinged, bottom stamps n.h., few natural inclusions, v.f. (YT 48; catalogue value for hinged block of four)
Box */**
Catalog #47
Catalog Value € 2,600
Price Realized
$1,100.00

Lot #264
FRANCE
1870-71 Bordeaux Issue, 80c rose, full margins all around including sheet margin at right, bright color, h.r., fresh and v.f. (YT 49)
*
Catalog #48
Catalog Value € 650
Price Realized
$425.00

Lot #265
FRANCE
1870-71 Bordeaux Issue, 80c deep carmine ("carmine fonce"), left margin block of four, beautiful color, h.r., natural gum wrinkles and inclusions, otherwise v.f., signed Brun, Calves, Gilbert ("carmine fonce", dated 1931) (YT 49b; catalogue value does not include premium for the better shade)
Box *
Catalog #48d
Catalog Value € 3,500
Price Realized
$2,600.00

Lot #266
FRANCE
1870-71 4c gray, horizontal pair, margins all around, h.r., v.f., with 2008 Calves cert. (YT 41B; catalogue value for singles)
*
Catalog #49
Catalog Value € 700
Price Realized
$250.00

Lot #267
FRANCE
1870-71 4c gray block of four, margins all around, h.r., v.f., signed Brun, with 2008 Calves cert. (YT 41B)
Box *
Catalog #49
Catalog Value € 1,600
Price Realized
$700.00

Lot #268
FRANCE
1870-71 4c gray block of four, margins all around, slightly disturbed original gum, v.f., signed Diena, with 1988 Roumet cert. (YT 41B)
Box *
Catalog #49
Catalog Value € 1,600
Unsold
Lot #269
FRANCE
1877-80 1c black on Prussian blue, used, well centered for this difficult stamp, corner creases, v.f. appearance, signed Brun, Calves (YT 84)
O
Catalog #87
Catalog Value € 5,750
Price Realized
$1,000.00

Lot #270
FRANCE
1906 45c green and blue, bottom margin imperf. single, h.r., v.f. (YT 143b)
*
Catalog #122a
Catalog Value € 385
Price Realized
$150.00

Lot #271
FRANCE
1925 Paris Exposition, souvenir. sheet of four, hinged in margin, few minor marginal wrinkles, otherwise fine (YT Bloc 1)
Box *
Catalog #226
Catalog Value € 1,450
Price Realized
$375.00

Lot #272
FRANCE
1927 Strasbourg souvenir sheet, hinged in margin with stamps n.h., v.f. (YT Bloc 2)
Box *
Catalog #241
Catalog Value € 1,350
Price Realized
$375.00

Lot #273
FRANCE
1929 "Type Semeuse Camee", unexploded 3fr booklet with 20x15c red brown, "Laboratoires O.Rolland", n.h., minor gum offsets, v.f.
Booklet
Catalog #YT 189-C2
Catalog Value € 460
Unsold
Lot #274
FRANCE
1929 "Type Semeuse Camee", unexploded 3fr booklet with 20x15c red brown, "Laboratoires O.Rolland", n.h., minor gum offsets, v.f.,
Booklet
Catalog #YT 189-C2
Catalog Value € 460
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #275
FRANCE
1929 "Type Semeuse Camee", unexploded 3fr booklet with 20x15c red brown, "Laboratoires O.Rolland", n.h., minor gum offsets, v.f.
Booklet
Catalog #YT 189-C2
Catalog Value € 460
Unsold
Lot #276
FRANCE
1929 Le Havre, part Exhibition cancel, well centered, v.f. (YT 257A)
O
Catalog #246
Catalog Value € 825
Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #277
FRANCE
1929-33 10fr blue, type III, eight copies incl. single, block of four and "block" of three, n.h., v.f. (YT 261)
Box **
Catalog #252
Catalog Value € 1,240
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #278
FRANCE
1935 20fr Pont du Gard, perf. 13, n.h., v.f. (YT 262)
**
Catalog #254A
Catalog Value € 550
Unsold
Lot #279
FRANCE
1935 Breton (3), Normandie (block of four), also 1.50fr pale blue (3), n.h., v.f. (YT 299-301)
Box **
Catalog #299,300,300a
Catalog Value € 858
Price Realized
$200.00

Lot #280
FRANCE
1936 Paris Exposition, blocks of four, cplt set of six, n.h., fine-v.f. (YT 322-27)
Box **
Catalog #315-20
Catalog Value € 480
Price Realized
$150.00

Lot #281
FRANCE
1937 Marmoz, 30c yellow green (vert-jaune) color variety (instead of slate green), l.h., v.f., signed Calves, Champion, with 2003 Behr cert. (YT 337A)
*
Catalog #325var
Catalog Value € 10,000
Unsold
Lot #282
FRANCE
1937 Pexip souvenir sheet of four, marginal adhesion on back, stamps n.h., v.f.
Box *
Catalog #329
Price Realized
$120.00

Lot #283
FRANCE
1937 Pexip souvenir sheet of four, n.h., post office fresh, v.f.
Box **
Catalog #329
Price Realized
$250.00

Lot #284
FRANCE
1938 Ader, 50fr ultramarine, left margin "Coin Date" block of four, one stamp l.h., balance n.h., v.f. (YT 398)
Box */**
Catalog #348
Catalog Value € 650
Price Realized
$200.00

Lot #285
FRANCE
1947 UPU, imperf. set of four, each with sheet margin, n.h., v.f. (Ceres 780-783)
Box **
Catalog #581-584var
Catalog Value € 350
Unsold
Lot #286
FRANCE
1949 CITEX souvenir sheet of ten, n.h., few marginal wrinkles, also Centenary sheet of ten strips of four, n.h., v.f. (YT 833A, Bloc 5)
Box **
Catalog #615a,624a
Catalog Value € 1,050
Price Realized
$375.00

Lot #287
FRANCE
1949 Stamp Centenary, sheet of 10, n.h., also a single on FDC, v.f. (Ceres 841)
Box **
Catalog #624a
Catalog Value € 860
Price Realized
$280.00

Lot #288
FRANCE
1949 UPU, imperf. set of three, each with sheet margin and plate number, n.h., v.f. (Ceres 850-852)
**
Catalog #634-636var
Catalog Value € 600
Price Realized
$250.00

Lot #289
FRANCE
1975 ARPHILA, imperf. souvenir sheet of four, n.h., v.f. (Ceres Bloc 7)
Box **
Catalog #1429var
Catalog Value € 450
Price Realized
$160.00

Lot #290
FRANCE
1977 80c Red Cicada, value omitted, block of four, n.h., v.f., signed Calves (Ceres 1947a)
Box **
Catalog #1555var
Catalog Value € 22,000
Unsold
Lot #291
FRANCE
1985 2.10fr St. Valentine, value omitted, right margin single, n.h., v.f. example of this modern rarity, of which only one sheet of 25 was printed, signed Calves (Ceres 2341h)
**
Catalog #1965var
Catalog Value € 25,000
Unsold
Lot #292
FRANCE
1998 World Cup, imperf. se-tenant block of ten, n.h., v.f. (Ceres 3106)
Box **
Catalog #2624a,var
Catalog Value € 600
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #293
FRANCE Semi-Postals
1917-19 Orphelins, 5fr+5fr deep blue and black, unused (regummed) well centered, v.f. (YT 155)
(*)
Catalog #B10
Catalog Value € 1,900
Price Realized
$425.00

Lot #294
FRANCE Semi-Postals
1931 1.50fr+3.50fr Allegory, left margin block of four, n.h., fresh and v.f. (YT 269)
Box **
Catalog #B38
Catalog Value € 1,400
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #295
FRANCE Semi-Postals
1939 90c+35c Red Cross, unissued ultramarine and red (instead of green, blue and red), n.h., v.f. and rare variety, only 25 printed, with 2008 Calves cert. (Ceres 422A)
**
Catalog #B81var
Catalog Value € 20,000
Unsold
Lot #296
FRANCE Semi-Postals
1946 3fr+1fr Fouquet, top right corner margin imperf. single, n.h., v.f. (Ceres 766)
**
Catalog #B208var
Catalog Value € 600
Price Realized
$240.00

Lot #297
FRANCE Semi-Postals
1949 Celebrities, complete set, imperf. sheet margin horizontal pairs, never hinged, v.f. (Ceres 853-858)
**
Catalog #B238-243var
Catalog Value € 630
Price Realized
$210.00

Lot #298
FRANCE Semi-Postals
1992 Winter Olympics, imperf. souvenir sheet, n.h., v.f. (Ceres 2719-2728)
Box **
Catalog #B639var
Catalog Value € 550
Price Realized
$280.00

Lot #299
FRANCE Air Post
1927 Overprints, set of two, well centered, h.r., also three other stamps n.h., fine-v.f. (YT PA 1-2,5-7)
*/**
Catalog #C1-2,5-7
Catalog Value € 807
Price Realized
$240.00

Lot #300
FRANCE Air Post
1930 View of Marseille, unfinished design, no carrier pigeon at left of "Poste Aerienne", airplane is smaller (than the issued stamp), bi-colored die essay on bristol card in carmine and red brown, fine-v.f., rare
E
Catalog #C5E
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #301
FRANCE Air Post
1930 1.50fr deep carmine, perforated "E.I.P.A. 30", well centered, n.h., v.f., with 1991 Calves cert. (YT PA 6d)
**
Catalog #C5a
Catalog Value € 5,000
Unsold
Lot #302
FRANCE Air Post
1931 1.50fr Printer's trial color die proof in Prussian blue, v.f.
P
Catalog #C6P
Unsold
Lot #303
FRANCE Air Post
1935 Plane over Paris, complete set, 85c-3.50fr n.h., 50fr unused (regummed), v.f.
**(*)
Catalog #C8-14
Price Realized
$400.00

Lot #304
FRANCE Air Post
1936 Plane Over Paris, 50fr emerald, used, v.f. (YT PA14)
O
Catalog #C14
Catalog Value € 420
Price Realized
$150.00

Lot #305
FRANCE Air Post
1935 50fr Burelage, n.h., v.f. (YT PA15)
**
Catalog #C15
Catalog Value € 1,500
Unsold
Lot #306
FRANCE Air Post
1936 50fr Burelage, used, v.f. (YT PA15)
O
Catalog #C15
Catalog Value € 400
Price Realized
$160.00

Lot #307
FRANCE Air Post
1936 South Atlantic, set of two, h.r., v.f. (YT 320-321)
*
Catalog #C16-17
Catalog Value € 395
Unsold
Lot #308
FRANCE Air Post
1936 South Atlantic, set of two, n.h., v.f. (YT 320-321)
**
Catalog #C16-17
Catalog Value € 840
Price Realized
$375.00

Lot #309
FRANCE Air Post
1949 500fr (Marseille), unissued artist die proof in black, v.f.
E
Catalog #C26E
Price Realized
$130.00

Lot #310
FRANCE Military Air Post
1940 Battleship "Richelieu", overprinted on 50c on 75c Mercure, gutter block of four, n.h., v.f., only 200 issued (catalogue value for singles)
**
Catalog #Dallay 1
Catalog Value € 6,000
Unsold
Lot #311
FRANCE Military Air Post
1940 Battleship "Richelieu", overprinted on 80c brown (Petain), block of four, n.h., v.f. (catalogue value for singles)
**
Catalog #Dallay 2
Catalog Value € 8,000
Unsold
Lot #312
FRANCE Military Air Post
1940 Battleship "Richelieu", overprinted on 10fr Angers, block of four, n.h., v.f. (catalogue value for singles)
Box **
Catalog #Dallay 7
Catalog Value € 6,800
Unsold
Lot #313
FRANCE Military Air Post
1940 Battleship "Richelieu", overprinted on 10fr Angers, overprint inverted, n.h., v.f. (catalogue value for a regular overprint)
**
Catalog #Dallay 7var
Catalog Value € 1,700
Price Realized
$700.00

Lot #314
FRANCE Military Air Post
1940 Battleship "Richelieu", overprinted on stamps of Mauritania, set of two, n.h., v.f.,
**
Catalog #Dallay 8-9
Catalog Value € 1,150
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #315
FRANCE Military Air Post
1940 Battleship "Richelieu", overprinted on stamps of Senegal, set of two, n.h., v.f.,
**
Catalog #Dallay 10-11
Catalog Value € 1,525
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #316
FRANCE Flight Covers
1927 (10.10) Costes & Le Brix flight from Paris to Buenos Aires, with Bourget departure and special cachet, fine-v.f.
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #317
FRANCE Postage Dues
1859 10c black, large margins all around, full original gum, h.r., fresh and v.f. example of this rarity, very few exist with original gum, with 2000 Calves cert. (Ceres 1, cat. Euro 38,500) (YT 1)
*
Catalog #J1
Catalog Value € 32,500
Price Realized
$12,500.00

Lot #318
FRANCE Newspaper Stamps
1868 5c lilac, used, fine, signed Brun (YT 10)
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Catalog #P6
Catalog Value € 725
Price Realized
$270.00

Lot #319
FRANCE French Offices in China
1901 Canton, 5c green, h.r., fine, various signatures on reverse (YT 4)
*
Catalog #2A
Catalog Value € 620
Unsold
Lot #320
FRANCE French Offices in China
1908 Tchonking, 1c-10fr overprinted on stamps of Indochina, 10 sets, mostly in blocks, n.h., usual dried gum (from glassine interleaving), some with glassine still adhering to gum, few minor flaws, also some additional singles to 2fr (not counted)
Box **
Catalog #YT 65-81
Catalog Value € 4,350
Price Realized
$1,200.00

Lot #321
FRANCE French Offices in China
1912-21 2c-2Pi surcharges, larger size, 11 complete sets, with blocks and singles, also extra values, n.h., but dried gum, some offsets or minor flaws, mostly fine,
Box **
Catalog #YT 83-9
Catalog Value € 3,700
Price Realized
$700.00

Lot #322
FRANCE French Offices in China
1919-21 Issues from Hoi-Hao, Mong-Tseu, Yunnan-Fou, Kouang-Tscheou etc., accumulation of various sets, different quantities from 5-50 of each, mostly stuck down to glassine interleaves, some faults, high catalogue value
Box **
Price Realized
$1,100.00

Lot #323
FRANCE French Offices in China
1922 1c-1Pi surcharges, various quantities, with 24x1Pi, 48x20c, 39x40c, only 8x3c etc., with large multiples with gutter pairs, marginal inscriptions, some with dried gum, two stamps stuck down, mostly fine-v.f.,
Box **
Catalog #YT 91-100
Catalog Value € 7,500
Price Realized
$1,700.00

Lot #324
FRANCE French Offices in Egypt - Port Said Postage Dues
1921 "1Q Milliemes" on 30c red, se-tenant horizontal pair with "10 Milliemes", n.h., v.f., signed Calves (YT 7,7d; catalogue value for hinged singles)
**
Catalog #J7var
Catalog Value € 1,450
Unsold
Lot #325
FRENCH COLONIES General Issues
1859-65 Eagle and Crown, 1c-80c, complete set, blocks of four, mostly h.r., few stamps n.h., few minor wrinkles or gum creases, generally fresh and v.f. (YT 1-6)
Box *
Catalog #1-6
Catalog Value € 1,355
Unsold
Lot #326
FRENCH COLONIES General Issues
1859-65 Eagle and Crown, 10c bister, yellow and 40c orange, yellowish, horizontal gutter se-tenant strip of four, plate proof on card, v.f., rare
P
Catalog #3,5P
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #327
FRENCH COLONIES General Issues
1859-65 Imperial Eagle, 10c bister, block of nine, with one stamp printed sideways, few hinge remnants, v.f., faint toned spot on gum not affecting sideways stamp, otherwise v.f., with 2008 Calves cert. (YT 3,3a)
Box *
Catalog #3,3a
Catalog Value € 1,345
Unsold
Lot #328
FRENCH COLONIES General Issues
1871-72 80c rose, margins all around including sheet margin at right, l.h., marginal crease away from the stamp, v.f., signed Brun (YT 10)
*
Catalog #15
Catalog Value € 1,200
Unsold
Lot #329
FRENCH COLONIES General Issues
1872-77 2c red brown, margins all around including sheet margin at left, h.r., v.f., signed Calves (YT 14)
*
Catalog #17
Catalog Value € 550
Price Realized
$220.00

Lot #330
FRENCH COLONIES General Issues
1872-77 2c red brown, part Reunion cds, margins all around, v.f., signed Brun (YT 15)
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Catalog #17
Catalog Value € 900
Unsold
Lot #331
FRENCH COLONIES General Issues
1872-77 2c red brown, part Cochinchine cds, margins all around, v.f., signed Diena (YT 15)
O
Catalog #17
Catalog Value € 900
Unsold
Lot #332
FRENCH COLONIES General Issues
1872-77 4c gray, used, margins all around, v.f., signed (YT 16)
O
Catalog #18
Catalog Value € 650
Unsold
Lot #333
FRENCH COLONIES General Issues
1872-77 Type Sage, 25c blue, Type II, imperforate, margins all around, h.r., v.f., signed Champion, Calves, Thiaude, etc. (YT 35)
*
Catalog #35a
Catalog Value € 5,000
Unsold
Lot #334
FRENCH COLONIES General Issues
1872-77 Type Sage, 25c blue, Type II, imperforate, margins all around, h.r., v.f., signed Brun (YT 35)
*
Catalog #35a
Catalog Value € 5,000
Unsold
Lot #335
FRENCH COLONIES General Issues
1881-86 1c-1fr, complete set, mostly l.h., fine-v.f. (YT 46-59)
*
Catalog #46-59
Catalog Value € 539
Price Realized
$170.00

Lot #336
FRENCH COLONIES French Morocco
1891 10c on 25c black, rose paper, small h.r., fine, only 150 printed, signed Scheller, etc. (YT 5d)
*
Catalog #3b
Catalog Value € 1,200
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #337
FRENCH COLONIES French Morocco
1893 5c black, overprinted in carmine, used on piece, neat "Tanger" cancel, v.f., signed Pfenninger, with 2006 Calves cert. (YT 9)
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Catalog #9
Catalog Value € 1,300
Price Realized
$625.00

Lot #338
FRENCH COLONIES French Morocco
1893 10c black, overprinted in carmine, used on piece, v.f., signed Pfenninger, with 2008 Calves cert. (YT 10)
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Catalog #10
Catalog Value € 900
Price Realized
$425.00

Lot #339
FRENCH COLONIES French Morocco
1903 5c on 5c light blue, vertical pair on small cover (untied), fine, signed Calves (YT 18; catalogue value for used singles off cover)
Envelope
Catalog #24
Catalog Value € 2,600
Price Realized
$1,000.00

Lot #340
FRENCH COLONIES French Morocco
1913 Cherifienne Administration, surcharged ".05" on 50c violet, right margin single, unused without gum, faint stains and minor flaws, otherwise fine example of this rare stamp, signed "Cotter Maroc", etc. (YT 7)
(*)
Catalog #A13
Catalog Value € 1,900
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #341
FRENCH COLONIES Benin
1892 5c green, overprinted in blue, h.r., fine and rare, signed Brun (YT 4A)
*
Catalog #15
Catalog Value € 2,800
Price Realized
$1,200.00

Lot #342
FRENCH COLONIES Benin
1892 15c blue, overprinted in blue, h.r., fine and rare, signed Calves (YT 6A)
*
Catalog #15A
Catalog Value € 2,800
Price Realized
$1,200.00

Lot #343
FRENCH COLONIES Diego Suarez
1890 5c black, margins all around, unused without gum, faint thin, v.f. appearance, signed Brun (YT 7)
(*)
Catalog #7
Catalog Value € 1,200
Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #344
FRENCH COLONIES Diego Suarez
1892 30c brown, overprinted in red, unused without gum, fine, signed Scheller, Robineau (YT 21)
(*)
Catalog #21
Catalog Value € 1,300
Price Realized
$240.00

Lot #345
FRENCH COLONIES Diego Suarez Postage Dues
1892 1fr brown, neat cancel, margins all around, v.f., signed Calves (YT 13)
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Catalog #J13
Catalog Value € 1,600
Unsold
Lot #346
FRENCH COLONIES French Indochina
1892-96 25c black on rose, "Indo-Chine" omitted, used on piece, stamp defective (from removal of part of the piece), still a fine appearance of this rare stamp, signed Calves (YT 10a)
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Catalog #13a
Catalog Value € 8,500
Price Realized
$1,100.00

Lot #347
FRENCH COLONIES French Indochina Parcel Post
1891 10c black and lilac, shiny vermilion overprint, h.r., fine, signed Brun (YT2)
*
Catalog #Q1var
Catalog Value € 850
Price Realized
$375.00

Lot #348
FRENCH COLONIES French Sudan
1894 15c on 75c carmine, used, small tear, otherwise fine example of this rare stamp, signed Brun (YT 1)
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Catalog #1
Catalog Value € 2,300
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #349
FRENCH COLONIES Gabon
1889 15c black on rose paper, large margins all around, small h.r., v.f., signed Miro, etc. (YT 14)
*
Catalog #14
Catalog Value € 2,000
Unsold
Lot #350
FRENCH COLONIES Gabon
1889 25c black on green paper, large margins all around, small h.r., faint ink offsets in margins, v.f. (YT 15)
*
Catalog #15
Catalog Value € 1,300
Unsold
Lot #351
FRENCH COLONIES Gabon
1889 25c black on green paper, "G.A.B" omitted, full margins all around, unused without gum, few faint thin spots, otherwise v.f. and rare, signed Calves (YT 15a)
(*)
Catalog #15a
Catalog Value € 6,000
Price Realized
$1,600.00

Lot #352
FRENCH COLONIES Gabon
1889 25c black on green paper, used, margins all around, v.f., signed Thiaude, Miro etc. (YT 15)
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Catalog #15
Catalog Value € 1,000
Unsold
Lot #353
FRENCH COLONIES Gabon
1889 25c black on green paper, used, large margins all around including sheet margin at top, v.f., signed Calves (YT 15)
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Catalog #15
Catalog Value € 1,000
Price Realized
$375.00

Lot #354
FRENCH COLONIES Gabon
1889 25c black on green, used, v.f., signed Bloch, Brun etc. (YT 15)
O
Catalog #15
Catalog Value € 1,000
Unsold
Lot #355
FRENCH COLONIES Ivory Coast Parcel Post
1903 4fr on 60c brown, type IV, margins all around, disturbed original gum, v.f., signed Calves (YT 11b)
*
Catalog #Q23
Catalog Value € 1,200
Price Realized
$625.00

Lot #356
FRENCH COLONIES Ivory Coast Parcel Post
1905 4fr on 1fr rose, type II (Italic "4"), h.r., defective, otherwise fine and rare, signed Calves (YT 21a)
*
Catalog #Q35a
Catalog Value € 2,200
Price Realized
$220.00

Lot #357
FRENCH COLONIES Madagascar
1889 05c on 10c black, well centered, h.r., toned perf., otherwise v.f., signed Brun (YT 1)
*
Catalog #1
Catalog Value € 900
Unsold
Lot #358
FRENCH COLONIES Madagascar
1891 1fr black, yellow paper, unused without gum as issued, margins in at top and left, tiny marginal thins, otherwise fine, pencil signed (YT 12)
(*)
Catalog #12
Catalog Value € 1,400
Unsold
Lot #359
FRENCH COLONIES Madagascar
1891 5fr violet and black, margins all around, unused without gum as issued, v.f., with 2008 Scheller cert. (YT 13)
(*)
Catalog #13
Catalog Value € 2,800
Unsold
Lot #360
FRENCH COLONIES Madagascar
1891 5fr violet and black, unused without gum as issued, margins all around, v.f., signed Calves (YT 13)
(*)
Catalog #13
Catalog Value € 2,800
Unsold
Lot #361
FRENCH COLONIES Madagascar
1891 5fr violet and black, used, margins all around, v.f., signed Calves (YT 13)
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Catalog #13
Catalog Value € 1,400
Unsold
Lot #362
FRENCH COLONIES Madagascar
1891 5fr violet and black, used, margins all around, v.f., signed Roumet, etc. (YT 13)
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Catalog #13
Catalog Value € 1,400
Price Realized
$550.00

Lot #363
FRENCH COLONIES Madagascar
1891 5fr violet & black, gray, Matave 1 Oct.91 cds, fine, signed Brun etc. (YT 13)
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Catalog #13
Catalog Value € 1,400
Unsold
Lot #364
FRENCH COLONIES Madagascar
1896 15c on 2c brown, unused without gum, fine example of this rare stamp, signed Brun, with 2008 Calves cert. (YT 24)
(*)
Catalog #24
Catalog Value € 3,200
Price Realized
$950.00

Lot #365
FRENCH COLONIES Madagascar Postage Dues
1927 3fr on 1fr ultramarine, block of ten, bottom two stamps with surcharge omitted, n.h., some perf. separations between surcharged and non-surcharged stamps, v.f., signed Brun (YT 19a)
Box **
Catalog #J19var
Catalog Value € 1,500
Unsold
Lot #366
FRENCH COLONIES Martinique Special Delivery
1903 5fr on 60c brown, with surcharge shifted slightly downwards, margins all around, h.r., v.f., signed Brun (YT 60)
*
Catalog #Q1
Catalog Value € 650
Price Realized
$250.00

Lot #367
FRENCH COLONIES Nossi-Be
1893 20c red and green, black overprint, h.r., fine, signed Brun (YT 25)
*
Catalog #30
Catalog Value € 550
Unsold
Lot #368
FRENCH COLONIES Obock
1892 75c carmine, h.r., fine, signed Calves (YT 10)
(*)
Catalog #10
Catalog Value € 480
Unsold
Lot #369
FRENCH COLONIES Obock
1894 25fr and 50fr Triangles, fine-v.f., the latter signed Calves (YT 53-54)
*
Catalog #63-64
Catalog Value € 1,950
Price Realized
$625.00

Lot #370
FRENCH COLONIES Obock
1894 25fr Triangle, v.f., signed Brun (YT 53)
*
Catalog #63
Catalog Value € 950
Price Realized
$375.00

Lot #371
FRENCH COLONIES Obock
1894 50fr red violet and green, slightly disturbed original gum, fine, signed Stolow (YT 54)
*
Catalog #64
Catalog Value € 1,050
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #372
FRENCH COLONIES Obock Postage Dues
1892 30c black, margins all around, h.r., v.f., signed Champion (YT 3)
*
Catalog #J3
Catalog Value € 420
Unsold
Lot #373
FRENCH COLONIES French Polynesia
1948 Issue, complete set of 19 imperf. deluxe sheets, each with tissue overleaf, fine-v.f. (Dallay 187-205)
P
Catalog #160-78P
Catalog Value € 400
Price Realized
$190.00

Lot #374
FRENCH COLONIES St.Pierre & Miquelon
1885 25c on 1fr bronze green, margins all around, neat cancel, v.f., with 2008 Calves cert. (YT 3)
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Catalog #7
Catalog Value € 2,800
Price Realized
$1,300.00

Lot #375
FRENCH COLONIES St.Pierre & Miquelon
1885 25c on 1fr bronze green, "S.P.M" inverted with surcharge reading vertically, faint cancel, margins all around, v.f. and rare variety, signed Calves (YT 2f)
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Catalog #7c
Catalog Value € 4,200
Price Realized
$2,300.00

Lot #376
FRENCH COLONIES St.Pierre & Miquelon
1886 10c black, used on small piece, v.f., signed Roumet, with 2008 Calves cert. (YT 16A)
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Catalog #13
Catalog Value € 1,800
Price Realized
$800.00

Lot #377
FRENCH COLONIES Senegal
1887 5c on 30c brown, type II, part Dakar cancel, fine, signed Bun (YT 2a)
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Catalog #8
Catalog Value € 500
Unsold
Lot #378
FRENCH COLONIES Senegal
1892 1fr on 5c green, surcharged in red, used, v.f., signed Calves (YT 7a)
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Catalog #34
Catalog Value € 1,800
Price Realized
$800.00

Lot #379
FRENCH COLONIES Somali Coast
1894-1902 25fr rose and blue, margins all around, l.h., v.f. (YT 20)
*
Catalog #21
Catalog Value € 1,100
Unsold
Lot #380
FRENCH COLONIES Somali Coast
1902 10c on 25c black and red, two different, one with surcharge inverted, the other with double surcharge, used, fine-v.f., signed Calves, Scheller, etc. (YT 31a,31b)
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Catalog #31a,b
Catalog Value € 570
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #381
FRENCH COLONIES Somali Coast
1902 five stamps, including 10c on 10fr orange and red violet, double surcharge, used, missing upper edge of triangle, otherwise v.f., also 10c on 2fr dull violet and orange, "Djibouti" inverted, h.r., also regular stamp both used and unused, plus 10c on 50fr red violet and green, "01" instead of "10" variety, h.r., fine-v.f., signed Calves, Brun, Scheller, etc. (YT 32,32a,33a,36a)
*O
Catalog #32a,33a,33Fg
Catalog Value € 1,025
Price Realized
$375.00

Lot #382
FRENCH COLONIES Syria
1920 50p on 1fr claret and olive green, black overprint, h.r., fine, signed Behr (YT 55A)
*
Catalog #71
Catalog Value € 900
Price Realized
$400.00

Lot #383
FRENCH COLONIES French Southern and Antarctic Territories
1956 10fr+15fr, perforated and gummed sheetlet of two, l.h. v.f.,
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Catalog #Ceres 6-7var
Catalog Value € 950
Price Realized
$700.00

Lot #384
FRENCH COLONIES French Southern and Antarctic Territories
1960 25fr Kerguelen, perforated and gummed sheetlet, n.h., v.f.,
**
Catalog #Ceres 18
Catalog Value € 450
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #385
FRENCH COLONIES French Southern and Antarctic Territories
1966 20fr Albatross, nine singles, n.h., v.f. (YT 24)
**
Catalog #28
Catalog Value € 5,000
Unsold
Lot #386
FRENCH COLONIES French Southern and Antarctic Territories
1966 20fr Albatross, top corner margin horizontal pair, n.h., v.f. (YT 24)
**
Catalog #28
Catalog Value € 1,100
Unsold
Lot #387
FRENCH COLONIES French Southern and Antarctic Territories
1966 20fr Albatross, block of four, n.h., v.f. (YT 24)
Box **
Catalog #28
Catalog Value € 2,200
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #388
FRENCH COLONIES French Southern and Antarctic Territories
1966 20fr Albatross, block of four, n.h., v.f. (YT 24)
Box **
Catalog #28
Catalog Value € 2,200
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #389
FRENCH COLONIES French Southern and Antarctic Territories
1966 20fr Albatross, marginal block of six, n.h., v.f. (YT 24)
Box **
Catalog #28
Catalog Value € 3,300
Unsold
Lot #390
FRENCH COLONIES French Southern and Antarctic Territories
1966 20fr Albatross, marginal block of six, also block of four (ten stamps in total), n.h., v.f. (YT 24)
Box **
Catalog #28
Catalog Value € 5,500
Price Realized
$1,100.00

Lot #391
FRENCH COLONIES French Southern and Antarctic Territories
1966 20fr Albatross, marginal block of ten, n.h., folded between stamps, v.f. (YT 24)
Box **
Catalog #28
Catalog Value € 5,500
Price Realized
$1,300.00

Lot #392
FRENCH COLONIES French Southern and Antarctic Territories
1966 20fr Albatross, marginal block of nine, n.h., v.f. (YT 24)
Box **
Catalog #28
Catalog Value € 5,000
Price Realized
$1,100.00

Lot #393
FRENCH COLONIES French Southern and Antarctic Territories
1966 20fr Albatross, also 50fr Dumont d'Urville, n.h., v.f. (Ceres 24,PA8)
**
Catalog #28,C7
Catalog Value € 660
Unsold
Lot #394
FRENCH COLONIES French Southern and Antarctic Territories Air Post
1968 unissued 87fr Concorde, unused without gum, faint stain, otherwise v.f., still a modern rarity from TAAF,
(*)
Catalog #YT PA19a
Catalog Value € 7,000
Price Realized
$1,700.00

Lot #395
FRENCH COLONIES Tahiti
1893 1c black and 4c claret, both lightly cancelled, fine, 4c signed Bloch, with 1979 PFC for 1c (YT 7,9)
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Catalog #5,7
Catalog Value € 2,200
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #396
FRENCH COLONIES Tahiti
1893 2c brown, black handstamp, 1893 Papeete cds, fine and rare, with 2008 Calves cert. (YT 8)
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Catalog #6
Catalog Value € 2,700
Price Realized
$1,000.00

Lot #397
FRENCH COLONIES Tahiti Postage Dues
1893 2fr brown, margins all around, h.r., v.f., signed Calves (YT 13)
*
Catalog #J13
Catalog Value € 1,200
Price Realized
$650.00

Lot #398
FRENCH COLONIES Zanzibar
1894-96 7 1/2a on 75c violet orange, well centered, h.r., v.f., signed Calves (YT 9)
*
Catalog #9
Catalog Value € 520
Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #399
GERMAN STATES Baden
1851 9kr black on rose lilac, top left corner margin block of four, margins all around, large part original gum, fresh color, repaired, v.f. appearance of this scarce block, with 1994 Brettl cert. (Mi.4a)
Box *
Catalog #4a
Catalog Value € 30,000
Price Realized
$4,250.00

Lot #400
GERMAN STATES Baden
1855 6kr black on yellow, vertical pair, margins all around including parts of adjoining stamps at right, used on small cover to Bordeaux, stamps tied by Baden 23.12.1855 cancels, with arrival on reverse, some minor edge toning, otherwise fine-v.f.
Envelope
Catalog #9
Unsold
Lot #401
GERMAN STATES Brunswick
1853 3sgr black, horizontal strip of four, used, margins all around, small faults affecting two stamps, otherwise v.f. (Mi.8)
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Catalog #10
Catalog Value € 3,000
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #402
GERMAN STATES Hannover
1856 3pf rose and gray, used on piece, blue "Norden" cancel, margins all around, v.f. (Mi.8b)
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Catalog #9a
Catalog Value € 450
Unsold
Lot #403
GERMAN STATES Lubeck
1859 4s green, block of 16, margins all around, full original gum with most n.h., v.f. and scarce original gum multiple (Mi.5a)
Box *
Catalog #5
Unsold
Lot #404
GERMAN STATES Prussia
1864 FL from Aachen to Paris, franked with a three color combination of 1sgr, 2sgr and 6pf, light filling fold, otherwise v.f., with appropriate transit and arrival pmks
Envelope
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #405
GERMAN STATES Saxony
1850 3pf brown red, unused with traces of original gum, full margins all around, beautiful color, fresh and v.f., with 1987 Proschold cert. (Mi.1c; catalogue value for unused without gum)
(*)
Catalog #1b
Catalog Value € 8,000
Price Realized
$5,250.00

Lot #406
GERMAN STATES Saxony
1850 3pf red, plate III, Leipzig cancel, full margins all around including parts of dividing lines on all four sides, bright color, v.f., with 2004 Rismondo cert. (Mi.1a)
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Catalog #1
Catalog Value € 7,000
Unsold
Lot #407
GERMAN STATES Saxony
1850 3pf red, used on small piece, Leipzig cancel, full margins all around including parts of dividing lines at right and top, bright color, v.f., signed Ebel (Mi.1a)
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Catalog #1
Catalog Value € 7,000
Price Realized
$5,250.00

Lot #408
GERMAN STATES Saxony
1850 3pf red, full margins all around, including part of dividing lines at top and bottom, tied by boxed Oelsnitz 26 June, 1851 datestamp on outer wrapper, with contents (partly printed commercial notice dated 31 May, 1851 from J.A.Patz & Sohn in Oelsnitz) enclosed, and a complete address wrapper to Auerbach, v.f. classic rarity, various handstamps, with 2007 Scheller cert. (Mi.1a)
Envelope
Catalog #1
Catalog Value € 20,000
Unsold
Lot #409
GERMANY
1872 1gr stationary coverfront addressed to London, additionally franked with Small Shield 1/4gr violet and 2g ultramarine and Large Shield 1/3gr yellow green, 1/2gr orange and 1gr rose, all tied by Aachen 4.10.72 cancels, with red London (Oct.25, 72) arrival pmk, filing fold affecting 1/2gr and 1/3gr, stil v.f. and most attractive five color franking (Mi.1,5,17-19)
Catalog #1,5,15-17
Unsold
Lot #410
GERMANY
1872 Eagle with Small Shield, 1/4gr-18kr, ten diff., also numerals 10gr and 30gr, plus Eagle with Large Shield, 1/4gr-18kr, twelve diff., for a total of 24 diff., mostly unused, few with gum, with better values incl. 2gr ultramarine, 2kr red orange, 7kr ultramarine etc., usual small thins or other minor faults, but unusually fresh, generally fine or better appearance,
(*)*
Catalog #1/26
Catalog Value $ 9,679
Price Realized
$950.00

Lot #411
GERMANY
1872 Eagle with Small Shield, also numerals 30gr, plus Eagle with Large Shield, selection of 28 different used, with better values incl. 1kr blue green, 18kr bister etc., all more or less with small faults, generally fine or better appearance,
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Catalog #1/26
Catalog Value $ 6,727
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #412
GERMANY
1900 Reichspost, 2pf-5M complete set of 15, l.h or h.r., 1M n.h., fine-v.f.,
*
Catalog #52-61,62-64,65A
Catalog Value $ 985
Price Realized
$300.00

Lot #413
GERMANY
1901 3pf on right half of 5pf green, the so-called Vineta provisional, tied by "Kais. Deutsche Marine Schiffspost No.1 17/4/01" pmk on newspaper wrapper addressed to the Naval Paymaster in Berlin, with Vineta return address on reverse, v.f. example of this German rarity, only 600 printed, signed Friedemann, Calves, with 1989 Jakubek and 2002 BPB cert. The provisional was used aboard the "Vineta" for sailors who wished to send newspapers documenting the Kaiser's birthday back home to Germany (Mi.AI)
Envelope
Catalog #65B
Catalog Value € 22,000
Unsold
Lot #414
GERMANY
1902 Deutsches Reich, 2pf-30pf, 50pf, 80pf, also 2M-5M, fresh, fine-vf.,
*
Catalog #65C/74,76-79
Catalog Value $ 765
Price Realized
$250.00

Lot #415
GERMANY
1905 20pf light ultramarine, n.h., natural gum bends, v.f., signed Jaschke (Mi.87Id)
**
Catalog #84g
Catalog Value € 1,300
Unsold
Lot #416
GERMANY
1935 document headed "Der Fuhrer and Reichskanzler", dated Berlin 10 May, 1935, addressed to the Hamburg-South America Cruise Line, referring to the "Monta Rosa" Cruiseship sailing from Greece, signed by Adolf Hitler, fine
Price Realized
$1,000.00

Lot #417
GERMANY
1939 partly printed "In Namen des Deutschen Volkes" document for the "Deutschen Mutter", dated 21 May, 1939 Berlin, signed by Adolf Hitler Autograph, countersigned by "Meisner", with official embossing, fine
Unsold
Lot #418
GERMANY
1937 lettersheet, dated 9 November, from the "Reichsfuhrer SS" and signed "H.Himmler", with violet "National Deutsche Urbeiterpartei Ortsgruppe Haifa", interesting item
Price Realized
$1,000.00

Lot #419
GERMANY
1950 foreign currency (postage and tax stamps Notopfer Berlin in the value of $1.00) provisional booklet covers in yellow brown, opening to the left, v.f., with 1991 Schmidl cert. (Hoelzer MH1a)
Booklet
Unsold
Lot #420
GERMANY
1950 $1 (4.20DM) foreign currency provisional booklet covers in yellow brown, opening to the right, v.f., with 1991 Schmidl cert. (Hoelzer MH1a)
Booklet
Unsold
Lot #421
GERMANY
1950 $1 (4.20DM) foreign currency provisional booklet covers in yellow, with black inscriptions, opening to the left, v.f., with 1991 Schmidl cert. (Hoelzer MH1b)
Booklet
Unsold
Lot #422
GERMANY
1950 $1 (4.20DM) foreign currency provisional booklet covers in yellow, with black inscriptions, opening to the right, v.f., with 1991 Schmidl cert. (Hoelzer MH1b)
Booklet
Unsold
Lot #423
GERMANY
1951 Posthorns, complete set, l.h., fine-v.f. (Mi.123-138)
*
Catalog #670-685
Catalog Value € 750
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #424
GERMANY
1951 2.50DM unexploded booklet, n.h, fresh and v.f.,
Booklet
Catalog #Mi. MH1
Catalog Value € 800
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #425
GERMANY Semi-Postals
1933 Ten Year souvenir sheet of four (210x148), unused, with corner hinge marks, stamps n.h., v.f. (Mi. Block 2)
*
Catalog #B58
Catalog Value € 1,800
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #426
GERMANY Semi-Postals
1933 Ten Year souvenir sheet of four (210x148), used on registered cover from Baden Baden (26.2.34) to Zurich, cancelled six times, with two pmks tying the sheet at both sides, bottom portion addressed. with "Einschreiben" and "3 funts" ms at top, with Casino advertising labels and arrival pmk on back. While covers franked with this souvenir sheet are generally in poor condition, given the size and the nature of the issue, this particular sheet is free of the usual faults, aside from a small nick at left and some abrasion marks, probably resulting from the adhesive partially showing through, fine and scarce usage on cover (Mi. Block 2)
Envelope
Catalog #B58
Catalog Value € 15,000
Unsold
Lot #427
GERMANY Semi-Postals
1934 Nothilfe, complete set, n.h., v.f. (Mi.556-564)
**
Catalog #B59-67
Catalog Value € 550
Price Realized
$150.00

Lot #428
GERMANY Air Post
1912 Rhein und Main, 10pf-30pf, also 1M Gelber Hund, plus 10pf and 20pf E.EL.P., l.h. or h.r., Gelber Hund with some gum toning, others fine,
*
Catalog #Mi.I-VI
Catalog Value € 1,700
Price Realized
$525.00

Lot #429
GERMANY Air Post
1912 30pf dark green, single and vertical pair on postcard, additionally franked with 5pf, all tied by Rhein am Main postmarks, minor card stains, otherwise fine,
Envelope
Catalog #Mi.III
Catalog Value € 640
Price Realized
$130.00

Lot #430
GERMANY Air Post
1923 200m blue, imperf. vertical gutter pair, n.h., folded between stamps, v.f., rare
**
Catalog #Mi.267U
Unsold
Lot #431
GERMANY Air Post
1930 South America Flight, set of two, hinges removed (appears n.h.), 2m with slight perf. fault, otherwise v.f., with Schlegel opinion (Mi.438-439)
*
Catalog #C38-39
Catalog Value € 640
Price Realized
$160.00

Lot #432
GERMANY Air Post
1930 South America Flight, set of two, h.r., v.f. (Mi.438-439)
*
Catalog #C38-39
Catalog Value € 640
Price Realized
$170.00

Lot #433
GERMANY Air Post
1930 South America Flight, 2m and 4m, two of each, used on Europe-Round-Pan-American Flight from Friedrichshafen-South America-Friedrichshafen, fine-v.f. (Mi.438-39)
Envelope
Catalog #C38-39
Catalog Value € 2,000
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #434
GERMANY Air Post
1931 Polar Flight, set of three, h.r., fine-v.f. (Mi.456-458)
*
Catalog #C40-42
Catalog Value € 900
Price Realized
$260.00

Lot #435
GERMANY Air Post
1933 Chicago Flight, set of three, h.r., fine-v.f. (Mi.496-498)
*
Catalog #C43-45
Catalog Value € 1,200
Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #436
GERMANY Zeppelin Flights
1931 Polar Flight, set of three used on single cover, cancelled on board, with appropriate cachet and Icebreaker Malyguin arrival pmk, overall toning, fine-v.f.
Envelope
Catalog #C40-42
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #437
GERMANY Berlin
1949 2m unexploded booklet, v.f.,
Booklet
Catalog #Mi.MH1
Catalog Value € 700
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #438
GERMANY Berlin Semi-Postals
1949 Currency Reform, sheet of three, n.h., v.f. (Mi.Block 1)
**
Catalog #9NB3a
Catalog Value € 1,100
Price Realized
$425.00

Lot #439
GERMANY Berlin Semi-Postals
1949 Currency Reform, souvenir sheet of three, used, blue ink spot and slight corner crease, otherwise v.f., signed Schelegel,
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Catalog #9NB3a
Catalog Value € 2,800
Unsold
Lot #440
GERMANY SOVIET ZONE OCCUPATION
1946 Reconstruction, large cross-gutter sheet of 200, with four values printed together, folded between stamps, n.h., catalogued as the least expensive varieties, rare,
Box **
Catalog #Mi.GB1a
Catalog Value € 1,600
Unsold
Lot #441
GERMAN COLONIES German Offices in China
1900 3pf brown, Tientsin Issue, "Tientsin 16/2 01" cancel, well centered, tiny marginal brown spots, mentioned for accuracy only, otherwise, with 2005 Jaschke-Lantelme cert. (Mi.8)
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Catalog #17
Catalog Value € 1,000
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #442
GERMAN COLONIES German Offices in China
1900 50pf purple and black,Tientsin Issue, well centered with wide margins, very lightly hinged, fresh and v.f., especially rare in such condition, signed Bothe, Drahn and Morhmann, with their certificates (Mi.13)
*
Catalog #22
Catalog Value € 20,000
Price Realized
$11,000.00

Lot #443
GERMAN COLONIES German Offices in China
1901 Boxer Rebellion (Petschili Issue) Reichspost 3pf-80pf, eight different, five on small pieces, various cancels, fine-v.f., signed Pfenninger, Bothe, etc., with 2001 Hartung cert. for 80pf,
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Catalog #Mi.Pva/h
Catalog Value € 2,085
Unsold
Lot #444
GERMAN COLONIES German Offices in China
1901 Reichspost, complete set, 5M type III (red and white retouched), used, fine-v.f., 5M signed Steuer (Mi.15-27III)
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Catalog #24-36b
Catalog Value € 600
Unsold
Lot #445
GERMAN COLONIES German Offices in Morocco
1905 Deutches Reich, complete set, used, 60c on 50pf thin, balance fine-v.f., signed Pauligk (Mi.21-33)
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Catalog #20-32
Catalog Value € 600
Unsold
Lot #446
GERMAN COLONIES German Offices in Morocco
1905 3p75c on 3m black violet, 25:16 perfs, top right corner horizontal pair, n.h., fresh and v.f., with 1995 Steuer cert. for a strip of three from which this originated (Mi.32B)
**
Catalog #31
Catalog Value € 280
Unsold
Lot #447
GERMAN COLONIES German Offices in Turkish Empire
1905 Deutches Reich, complete set, used, fine-v.f., few signed Pauligk, Steuer, etc. (Mi.24-35)
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Catalog #31-42
Catalog Value € 950
Unsold
Lot #448
GERMAN COLONIES German Offices in Turkish Empire
1908 Surcharges, set of five on registered cover addressed to Leipzig, Constantinople cancels, fine-v.f. (Mi.48-52)
Envelope
Catalog #55-59
Catalog Value € 380
Price Realized
$160.00

Lot #449
GERMAN COLONIES German New Guinea
1897-99 25pf orange, overprint inverted, bottom margin single, h.r., v.f., only 100 issued, with 2004 Steuer cert. (Mi.5K)
*
Catalog #5a
Catalog Value € 2,800
Price Realized
$1,500.00

Lot #450
GERMAN COLONIES German New Guinea
1901 Yacht, complete set, used, many including 5M on piece, 5M with some faint perf. toning, otherwise fine-v.f., 5M with 2005 Provinsky, BPP cert. (Mi.7-19)
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Catalog #7-19
Catalog Value € 1,000
Price Realized
$400.00

Lot #451
GERMAN COLONIES German South-West Africa
1899 3pf-50pf, set of six, each used on piece, fine-v.f. (Mi.5-10)
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Catalog #7-12
Catalog Value € 550
Price Realized
$250.00

Lot #452
GERMAN COLONIES German South-West Africa
1901 Yacht, complete set, fine-v.f., signed Bothe (Mi.11-23)
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Catalog #13-25
Catalog Value € 360
Price Realized
$190.00

Lot #453
GERMAN COLONIES German South-West Africa
1906 Yacht, 5M slate and carmine, watermarked, used, v.f., signed Grinmeck, BPP (Mi.32Aa)
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Catalog #34
Catalog Value € 340
Price Realized
$180.00

Lot #454
GERMAN COLONIES Cameroun
1900 Yacht, complete set, used, fine-v.f., signed Bothe, etc. (Mi.7-19)
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Catalog #7-19
Catalog Value € 950
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #455
GERMAN COLONIES Caroline Islands
1901 Yacht, complete set, used, fine-v.f., 5M with 2002 Jaschke-Lantelme cert. (Mi.7-19)
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Catalog #7-19
Catalog Value € 1,000
Unsold
Lot #456
GERMAN COLONIES Caroline Islands
1910 5pf on 3pf brown, Second Ponape Provisional, tied by "Ponape 12.7.10" cds to small piece, v.f., signed Kohler, with 1984 Bothe cert. (Mi.7Pv)
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Catalog #20
Catalog Value € 4,000
Price Realized
$2,300.00

Lot #457
GERMAN COLONIES Kiauchau
1905-9 Yacht, complete set to $2 1/2, used, fine-v.f., signed Pfenninger, etc. (Mi.28-37)
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Catalog #33-42
Catalog Value € 1,100
Price Realized
$575.00

Lot #458
GERMAN COLONIES Mariana Islands
1900 3pf-50pf, overprinted at 56 degree angle, set of six, top margin imprint blocks of four, never hinged and post office fresh, v.f., signed Bothe, Mansfeld (Mi. 1-6II; catalogue value for singles)
Box **
Catalog #11-16
Catalog Value € 2,200
Price Realized
$950.00

Lot #459
GERMAN COLONIES Mariana Islands
1899 3pf-50pf, overprinted at 48 degree angle, set of six bottom margin singles on registered cover to Alzey (addressed to Karl Fritz, a relative of the Colonial administrator), all tied by "Saipan 1.4.00" cancels, with Alzey arrival on reverse, v.f., signed Richter, Bothe, with 1986 Dr. Lantelme cert. (Mi.1-6I)
Envelope
Catalog #11a-16a
Catalog Value € 14,800
Price Realized
$4,500.00

Lot #460
GERMAN COLONIES Mariana Islands
1899 3pf-50pf, overprinted at 48 degree angle, set of six, each with sheet margin at bottom, used on registered cover to Alzey, Germany, tied by "Saipan 1/4.00" cancels, with Alzey 12.7.00 arrival on reverse, v.f. and rare, signed Ebel (where this cover first appeared at auction in 1956), with 2006 Jachke-Lantelme cert. (Mi.1-6I)
Envelope
Catalog #11-16a
Catalog Value € 14,800
Price Realized
$5,000.00

Lot #461
GERMAN COLONIES Mariana Islands
1899 3pf light brown, overprinted at 48 degree angle, heavy h.r., thin and creased, otherwise fine, signed Stolow, with clear 1971 PFC (Mi. 1I)
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Catalog #11a
Catalog Value € 2,400
Price Realized
$250.00

Lot #462
GERMAN COLONIES Mariana Islands
1899 25pf orange, overprinted at 48 degree angle, well centered, small h.r., few natural gum wrinkles, otherwise v.f., signed Bloch, with 1982 Friedl cert (Mi. 5I)
*
Catalog #15a
Catalog Value € 3,200
Unsold
Lot #463
GERMAN COLONIES Mariana Islands
1899 25pf orange, overprinted at 48 degree angle, block of four, used with correct "Saipan 29.11.99" (Friedemann Sorte I) cancels, v.f. and rare piece, with 1980 Bothe cert. (Mi.5I; catalogue value for singles)
Box
Catalog #15a
Catalog Value € 12,800
Unsold
Lot #464
GERMAN COLONIES Mariana Islands
1900 25pf orange, overprint inverted, heavy h.r., fine, only 100 printed, with 1979 Bothe cert. (Mi.5IIK)
*
Catalog #15b
Catalog Value € 2,800
Price Realized
$1,200.00

Lot #465
GERMAN COLONIES Mariana Islands
1900 25pf orange, overprint inverted, heavy h.r., fine, only 100 printed, signed Bothe, Lange, etc. (Mi.5IIK)
*
Catalog #15b
Catalog Value € 2,800
Unsold
Lot #466
GERMAN COLONIES Mariana Islands
1899 50pf red brown, overprinted at 48 degree angle, tied to piece by neat "Saipan 1.4.00" cds, with small zeros "oo" made from the 1899 datestamp, well centered, faint toning at bottom margin not mentioned on accompanying cert., still v.f. and rare, with 1980 Bothe cert. (Mi.6I)
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Catalog #16a
Catalog Value € 3,000
Unsold
Lot #467
GERMAN COLONIES Mariana Islands
1901 Yacht, complete set, used, fine-v.f., signed Senf, etc. (Mi.7-19)
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Catalog #17-29
Catalog Value € 1,000
Unsold
Lot #468
GERMAN COLONIES Mariana Islands
1901 Yacht, 1M-5M, four high values in marginal blocks of four, n.h. (few hinged in margin), fine-v.f., signed Bothe (Mi.16-19; catalogue value for singles)
Box **
Catalog #26-29
Catalog Value € 2,380
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #469
GERMAN COLONIES Marshall Islands
1901 Yacht, complete set, used, fine-v.f., signed Grobe, etc. (Mi.13-25)
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Catalog #13-25
Catalog Value € 1,200
Unsold
Lot #470
GERMAN COLONIES Samoa
190 Yacht, complete set, used, 5M on piece, few small faults effecting low values, fine-v.f., signed Steuer, Buhler, with 2003 Steuer cert. For 5M (Mi.7-19)
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Catalog #57-69
Catalog Value € 1,000
Unsold
Lot #471
GERMAN COLONIES Togo
1900 Yacht, complete set, used, 5M on piece, fine-v.f., with 2005 Jaschke Lantemle cert. for 5M (Mi.7-19)
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Catalog #7-19
Catalog Value € 1,000
Price Realized
$550.00

Lot #472
GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Albania
"1944" instead of "1943", seven different, incl. 1q, 30q-3f, n.h., v.f.,
**
Catalog #Mi.1,8-13III
Catalog Value € 2,150
Price Realized
$650.00

Lot #473
GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Bohemia & Moravia
1943 Heydrich souvenir sheet in black, numbered "599", with the original envelope (bearing same number), n.h. and post office fresh, with a minute gum adhesion, slightly irregular lower left corner and tiny corner crease, all without any consequence according to the 2007 Paetow cert. A v.f. example of this German Occupation rarity; of the 1000 printed, only about 100 survived, most in bad condition,
*
Catalog #M. Block I
Catalog Value € 20,000
Price Realized
$9,000.00

Lot #474
GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of France
1940 10c ultramarine, right margin horizontal pair, overprinted type II, n.h., v.f., with 2006 Krischke cert.,
**
Catalog #Mi.7II
Catalog Value € 1,200
Price Realized
$700.00

Lot #475
GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of France
1940 15c orange brown, horizontal pair, overprinted type II, l.h., v.f., signed Tust, etc. (catalogue value for n.h.)
*
Catalog #Mi.8II
Catalog Value € 1,200
Unsold
Lot #476
GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of France
1940 20c lilac, horizontal pair, overprinted type II, small h.r., fine, with 1978 Pickenpack cert. (catalogue value for n.h.)
*
Catalog #Mi.9II
Catalog Value € 1,200
Unsold
Lot #477
GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of France
1940 25c blue green, left margin vertical pair, overprint type I, n.h., v.f., with 1978 Pickenpack and 2006 Krischke certs,
**
Catalog #Mi.11I
Catalog Value € 1,600
Price Realized
$1,200.00

Lot #478
GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of France
1940 30c dark carmine, horizontal pair, overprinted type II, l.h., v.f., signed Tust, etc. (catalogue value for n.h.)
*
Catalog #Mi.13II
Catalog Value € 1,200
Price Realized
$550.00

Lot #479
GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of France
1940 45c light green, horizontal pair, overprinted type II, l.h., v.f., signed Tust, etc. (catalogue value for n.h.)
*
Catalog #Mi.14II
Catalog Value € 1,200
Price Realized
$400.00

Lot #480
GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of France
1940 60c yellow brown, bottom margin horizontal pair, overprinted type II, h.r., v.f. (catalogue value for n.h.)
*
Catalog #Mi.15II
Catalog Value € 1,200
Unsold
Lot #481
GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of France
1940 70c rose lilac, horizontal pair, overprinted type II, small h.r., v.f., signed Tust, etc. (catalogue value for n.h.)
*
Catalog #Mi.16II
Catalog Value € 1,200
Unsold
Lot #482
GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of France
1940 75c olive green, horizontal pair, overprinted type II, small h.r., fine, signed Tust, etc. (catalogue value for n.h.)
*
Catalog #Mi.17II
Catalog Value € 1,200
Price Realized
$400.00

Lot #483
GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of France
1940 80c dark orange, horizontal pair, overprinted type II, l.h., v.f., with 1978 Pickenpack cert. (catalogue value for n.h.)
*
Catalog #Mi.18II
Catalog Value € 1,200
Unsold
Lot #484
GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of France
1940 1fr dark green, bottom margin vertical pair, overprinted type I, l.h., v.f., signed Brun (catalogue value for n.h.)
*
Catalog #Mi.20I
Catalog Value € 1,300
Unsold
Lot #485
GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of France
1940 1fr dark green, horizontal pair, overprinted type II, h.r., v.f., with 1978 Pickenpack cert. (catalogue value for n.h.)
*
Catalog #Mi.20II
Catalog Value € 1,200
Unsold
Lot #486
GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of France
1940 1fr carmine, horizontal pair, overprinted type I, l.h., v.f., signed Tust (catalogue value for n.h.)
*
Catalog #Mi.21I
Catalog Value € 1,300
Unsold
Lot #487
GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of France
1940 1.40fr violet purple, bottom margin horizontal pair, overprinted type II, h.r., fine (catalogue value for n.h.)
*
Catalog #Mi.23II
Catalog Value € 1,200
Unsold
Lot #488
GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of France
1940 1.50fr blue, horizontal pair, overprinted type II, l.h., fine, with 1978 Pickenpack cert. (catalogue value for n.h.)
*
Catalog #Mi.24II
Catalog Value € 1,200
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #489
GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of France
1940 2fr carmine lilac, horizontal pair, overprinted type II, l.h., v.f., signed Tust (catalogue value for n.h.)
*
Catalog #Mi.25II
Catalog Value € 1,200
Unsold
Lot #490
GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of France
1940 2.50fr dark green, top right corner margin vertical pair, overprinted type I, n.h., v.f., signed Tust,
**
Catalog #Mi.27I
Catalog Value € 1,600
Price Realized
$1,200.00

Lot #491
GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of France
1940 40c+10c Chavannes, overprinted type II, l.h., v.f., signed Tust (catalogue value for n.h.)
*
Catalog #Mi.29II
Catalog Value € 1,500
Unsold
Lot #492
GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of France
1940 40c+60c Postal Museum, overprinted type II, l.h., v.f., signed Tust, Roumet, etc. (catalogue value for n.h.)
*
Catalog #Mi.30II
Catalog Value € 1,500
Unsold
Lot #493
GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of France
1940 40c+60c Soldiers, overprinted type II, very lightly hinged, v.f., signed Tust, Roumet, etc. (catalogue value for n.h.)
*
Catalog #Mi.31II
Catalog Value € 1,500
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #494
GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of France
1940 70c+10c Debussy, overprinted type II, h.r., v.f., signed Pickenpack (catalogue value for n.h.)
*
Catalog #Mi.32II
Catalog Value € 1,500
Unsold
Lot #495
GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of France
1940 70c+80c Mothers and Children, overprinted type II, l.h., v.f., signed Tust (catalogue value for n.h.)
*
Catalog #Mi.33II
Catalog Value € 1,500
Price Realized
$625.00

Lot #496
GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of France
1940 80c+45c Joffre, overprinted type II, h.r., v.f., signed Tust (catalogue value for n.h.)
*
Catalog #Mi.34II
Catalog Value € 1,500
Price Realized
$600.00

Lot #497
GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of France
1940 90c+30c Public Health, overprinted type II, h.r., v.f., signed Tust (catalogue value for n.h.)
*
Catalog #Mi.35II
Catalog Value € 1,500
Unsold
Lot #498
GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of France
1940 90c+35c Red Cross, overprinted type II, l.h., v.f., signed Tust (catalogue value for n.h.)
*
Catalog #Mi.36II
Catalog Value € 1,500
Price Realized
$675.00

Lot #499
GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of France
1940 90c+10c Balzac, overprinted type II, l.h., v.f., signed Tust, Roumet (catalogue value for n.h.)
*
Catalog #Mi.38II
Catalog Value € 1,500
Unsold
Lot #500
GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of France
1940 90c+60c Mothers and Children, overprinted type II, l.h., v.f., signed Tust (catalogue value for n.h.)
*
Catalog #Mi.39II
Catalog Value € 1,500
Unsold
Lot #501
GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of France
1940 1fr+50c Soldiers, overprinted type II, l.h., v.f., signed Tust, Roumet (catalogue value for n.h.)
*
Catalog #Mi.40II
Catalog Value € 1,500
Unsold
Lot #502
GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of France
1940 1fr+25c Overseas, overprinted type II, l.h., v.f., signed Pickenpack (catalogue value for n.h.)
*
Catalog #Mi.41II
Catalog Value € 1,500
Price Realized
$675.00

Lot #503
GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of France
1940 1fr+50c Foch, overprinted type II, h.r., signed Tust (catalogue value for n.h.)
*
Catalog #Mi.42II
Catalog Value € 1,500
Price Realized
$600.00

Lot #504
GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of France
1940 1.50fr+50c Gallieni, overprinted type II, disturbed original gum, v.f., signed Pickenpack (catalogue value for n.h.)
*
Catalog #Mi.43II
Catalog Value € 1,500
Price Realized
$300.00

Lot #505
GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of France
1940 2.25fr+25c Bernard, overprinted type II, h.r., signed Tust, Roumet (catalogue value for n.h.)
*
Catalog #Mi.44II
Catalog Value € 1,500
Price Realized
$675.00

Lot #506
GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of France
1940 2.50+50c blue, overprinted type II, h.r., with 2006 Krischke cert. (catalogue value for n.h.)
*
Catalog #Mi.45II
Catalog Value € 1,500
Unsold
Lot #507
GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of France
1940 10c ultramarine and 90c Clemenceau, overprinted type I, used on cover addressed to Bourbourg, with arrival on reverse, v.f., with 2008 Krischke cert.
Envelope
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #508
GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of France
1940 10c ultramarine and 90c Gregoire of Tours, overprinted type I, used on locally addressed cover, v.f., signed Roumet, Tust, etc.
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #509
GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of France
1940 1fr+50c Foch, overprinted type I, used on locally addressed cover, v.f., signed Tust, Roumet
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #510
GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of France
1940 35c+10c Intellectuals and 65c+1.10fr Infantry, overprinted type I, used on locally addressed cover, v.f., signed Roumet, Tust, etc.
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #511
GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of France
1940 35c green and 65c+35c Charcot, overprinted type I, used on locally addressed cover, v.f., signed Roumet, Tust, etc.
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #512
GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of France
1940 1.10fr Intellectuals, overprinted type I, used on locally addressed cover, v.f., signed Roumet, Tust, etc.
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #513
GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of France
1940 80c+45c Joffre and 20c Rouget de Lisle, overprinted type I, used on locally addressed cover, v.f., signed Roumet, Tust, etc.
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #514
GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of France
1940 10c ultramarine and 90c+60c Mothers and Children, overprinted type I, used on locally addressed cover, v.f., signed Roumet, Tust, etc.
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #515
GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of France - Festung Lorient
1945 10c ultramarine, well centered, l.h., faint toned spots on gum, otherwise v.f., with 1981 Tust cert. (catalogue value for n.h.)
*
Catalog #Mi.1
Catalog Value € 600
Unsold
Lot #516
GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of France - Festung Lorient
1945 70c orange red, overprint inverted, heavy h.r., v.f., with 1981 Pickenpack cert. (catalogue value for n.h.)
*
Catalog #Mi.7
Catalog Value € 990
Unsold
Lot #517
GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of France - Festung Lorient
1945 1.20fr red brown, h.r., v.f., only 180 issued, with 2006 Herbst cert. (catalogue value for n.h.)
*
Catalog #Mi.9
Catalog Value € 1,200
Price Realized
$400.00

Lot #518
GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of France - Festung Lorient
1945 1.50fr red brown, overprint double, one inverted, l.h., fine (catalogue value for n.h.)
*
Catalog #Mi.10
Catalog Value € 440
Price Realized
$140.00

Lot #519
GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of France - Festung Lorient
1945 4.50fr black blue green, overprinted in black and red, l.h., repaired perforation, otherwise v.f. and rare, only 70 issued, with 1990 Krischke cert. (catalogue value for n.h.)
*
Catalog #Mi.B12
Catalog Value € 3,000
Price Realized
$850.00

Lot #520
GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of France - St. Nazaire
1945 Ships, 50c green, imperf. horizontal tete-beche proof on white paper, v.f., with 1975 Pickenpack cert.
P
Catalog #Mi.1P
Price Realized
$950.00

Lot #521
GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of France - St. Nazaire
1945 Ships, 50c green, imperf. vertical tete-beche proof on white paper, v.f., signed Pickenpack
P
Catalog #Mi.1P
Unsold
Lot #522
GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of France - St. Nazaire
1945 Ships, 50c green, Ministerial proof on white watermarked paper, inscribed "Chambre de Commerce de Saint-Nazaire", v.f. and rare, only 10 issued, signed Pickenpack, with 2006 Krischke cert.,
P
Catalog #Mi.1M
Catalog Value € 4,000
Unsold
Lot #523
GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of France - St. Nazaire
1945 Ships, 2fr lilac brown, imperf. proof on white paper, v.f., signed Pickenpack
P
Catalog #Mi.2P
Unsold
Lot #524
GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of France - St. Nazaire
1945 Ships, 2fr dark violet brown, corner sheet margin imperf. proof on white paper, faint marginal thin, otherwise v.f., signed Oertel, Krischke, etc.,
P
Catalog #Mi.2P
Unsold
Lot #525
GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of France - St. Nazaire
1945 Ships, 50c green and 2fr lilac, also 2fr dark violet brown, sheet margin singles, unused without gum as issued, v.f., signed Tust, Krischke,
(*)
Catalog #Mi.1-2a,2b
Catalog Value € 1,800
Unsold
Lot #526
GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of France - St. Nazaire
1945 Ships, 50c green and 2fr lilac on matching covers addressed to Lavau, 2fr with filing fold away from the stamp, otherwise fine-v.f., signed Tust,
Envelope
Catalog #Mi.1-2
Catalog Value € 800
Unsold
Lot #527
GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of France - St. Nazaire
1945 Ships, 50c and 2fr, set of two on registered cover, additionally franked with 1.50fr and 2fr, some faint toning, otherwise fine,
Envelope
Catalog #Mi.1-2
Catalog Value € 600
Price Realized
$150.00

Lot #528
GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of France - St. Nazaire
1945 50c Ship, horizontal tete-beche sheet margin pair, unused without gum as issued, v.f., signed Calves,
(*)
Catalog #Mi.1Kdr
Catalog Value € 1,100
Price Realized
$550.00

Lot #529
GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of France - St. Nazaire
1945 4.50fr black on rose, "ILGT" instead of "ILOT" variety, used on registered cover, v.f.,
Envelope
Catalog #Mi.3IPFI
Catalog Value € 500
Unsold
Lot #530
GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Kotor
1944 15Rpf-80Rpf, unissued set of three with white background, n.h., fresh and v.f., with 2007 Brunel certs,
**
Catalog #Mi.VII-IX
Catalog Value € 8,400
Price Realized
$5,500.00

Lot #531
GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Ukraine: Luboml
1944 Hilfspost, set of four on registered cover sent from Brest-Litovsk to Berlin, with arrival on reverse, cover faults, otherwise fine,
Envelope
Catalog #Mi.21-24
Catalog Value € 700
Unsold
Lot #532
GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Zara
1943 10c dark brown, 20c carmine and 80c Airpost, on postcard sent "via aerea", all tied by "Zara Arrivi e Partenze" cds, filing fold away from the stamps, still a fine and rare commercial usage, with 2007 Caffaz cert.
Envelope
Catalog #Mi.2,4,26
Unsold
Lot #533
GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Zara
1943 50c light violet, type III (Artillery), overprint inverted (overprint type I), n.h., v.f., signed E. Ludin, with 1999 Krischke cert.,
**
Catalog #Mi.20IIIK
Catalog Value € 700
Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #534
GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES Indian National Army (Azad Hind)
1943 1R+2R black, orange and green, imperf. single, n.h., v.f.,
**
Catalog #Mi.VII
Catalog Value € 200
Price Realized
$200.00

Lot #535
GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German WWII Fieldpost Issues
1943 Tunis, corner margin block of four, unused without gum, v.f. (catalogue value for singles)
Box (*)
Catalog #Mi.5a
Catalog Value € 560
Price Realized
$550.00

Lot #536
GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Propaganda Issues for Great Britain
1943 1 1/2p dark brown, se-tenant gutter block of five, overprinted "World Bolshevism" and "World Capitalism" twice, and "World-Judaism" once, with full gutters between, unused without gum as issued, v.f. and rare
Box (*)
Catalog #Mi.11a-c
Price Realized
$2,600.00

Lot #537
GREAT BRITAIN
1840 1d black, 14 used singles, mostly red MC pmks, all but two with margins all around, the latter just touching one side, few minor creases or other flaws, generally fine-v.f.
O
Catalog #1
Price Realized
$1,500.00

Lot #538
GREAT BRITAIN
1840 2p blue, lettered "RI", black Maltese Cross cancel, full to clear margins all around, fine (SG 5)
O
Catalog #2
Catalog Value £ 650
Unsold
Lot #539
GREAT BRITAIN
1840 2d blue, single and horizontal pair, black MC canc., single just touching at upper left, otherwise margins all around, minor creasing, otherwise fine (SG 5)
O
Catalog #2
Catalog Value £ 1,950
Unsold
Lot #540
GREAT BRITAIN
1841 1p red brown, unused with full original gum, h.r., margins all around, original gum, fresh and fine (SG 8)
*
Catalog #3
Catalog Value £ 425
Price Realized
$400.00

Lot #541
GREAT BRITAIN
1841 2p blue, unused with full original gum, h.r., margins all around including part of adjoining stamp at left, v.f. (SG 14)
*
Catalog #4
Catalog Value £ 3,250
Price Realized
$1,600.00

Lot #542
GREAT BRITAIN
1854 6p red violet, used on small piece, close but clear margins all around, fine (SG 59)
O
Catalog #7
Catalog Value £ 800
Unsold
Lot #543
GREAT BRITAIN
1857 2p blue, horizontal pair, plate 6, lettered "P-G/P-H", unused with full original gum, l.h., fine and rare pair, with 2008 Brandon cert. (SG 35)
*
Catalog #21
Catalog Value £ 4,400
Price Realized
$3,250.00

Lot #544
GREAT BRITAIN
1872 1sh green, plate 5, lettered "L-D/D-L", the notorious "Stock Exchange" forgery, used on piece with genuine 6p and cancelled Stock Exchange Ju.25, 72, fine. The forgery is unwatermarked and quite skillfully produced. It was discovered in 1898, some 26 years after the fraud was perpetrated, SG
O
Catalog #54F
Catalog Value £ 1,300
Price Realized
$650.00

Lot #545
GREAT BRITAIN
1879 3p rose, plate 20, beautiful color, small h.r., fresh and fine (SG 144)
*
Catalog #61
Catalog Value £ 575
Unsold
Lot #546
GREAT BRITAIN
1880 1sh salmon, plate 13, well centered, l.h., small surface scrape at right below "13", otherwise v.f. and rare mint stamp (SG 151)
*
Catalog #65
Catalog Value £ 3,750
Price Realized
$1,400.00

Lot #547
GREAT BRITAIN
1878 10sh slate, plate 1, watermarked Maltese Cross, neat Leith cds, fine, with 2008 Robineau cert. (SG 128)
O
Catalog #74
Catalog Value £ 2,700
Unsold
Lot #548
GREAT BRITAIN
1880 1p violet brown, three different Perkins, Bacons essays, including one imperf. in mauve, all on ungummed paper, fine-v.f.
E
Price Realized
$290.00

Lot #549
GREAT BRITAIN
1880 1p red, three different Perkins, Bacons essays, all on ungummed paper, fine-v.f.
E
Unsold
Lot #550
GREAT BRITAIN
1880 1 1/2p purple, Perkins, Bacons essay, plus two different 2p purple essays, all on ungummed paper, fine-v.f.
E
Unsold
Lot #551
GREAT BRITAIN
1880-81 1 1/2p red brown, well centered, beautiful color, very lightly hinged, fresh and v.f. (SG 167)
*
Catalog #80
Catalog Value £ 175
Price Realized
$190.00

Lot #552
GREAT BRITAIN
1880-81 5p deep indigo, well centered, rich color, l.h., v.f. (SG 169)
*
Catalog #85
Catalog Value £ 625
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #553
GREAT BRITAIN
1880-81 6p gray, plate 17, h.r., fine (SG 161)
*
Catalog #86
Catalog Value £ 400
Unsold
Lot #554
GREAT BRITAIN
1880-81 1sh salmon, plate 14, fresh color, small h.r., fine (SG 163)
*
Catalog #87
Catalog Value £ 500
Unsold
Lot #555
GREAT BRITAIN
1882 £5 bright orange, White Paper, plate 1, well centered with wide margins, beautiful color, lightly hinged original gum, fresh and v.f., with 1996 Brandon cert. and 2005 PFC (SG 137)
*
Catalog #93
Catalog Value £ 10,000
Price Realized
$11,000.00

Lot #556
GREAT BRITAIN
1882 £5 bright orange, White Paper, plate 1, well centered with wide margins, beautiful color, never hinged and post office fresh, tiny natural inclusion,, otherwise v.f., with 2007 BPA cert. (SG 137)
**
Catalog #93
Catalog Value £ 10,000
Price Realized
$10,000.00

Lot #557
GREAT BRITAIN
1882 £5 bright orange, White Paper, plate 1, cancel partially removed, cleaned and regummed, short perf. at bottom and natural inclusion, otherwise v.f. (SG 137)
O
Catalog #93
Catalog Value £ 4,500
Price Realized
$2,900.00

Lot #558
GREAT BRITAIN
1883 2sh6p lilac, White Paper, well centered, l.h., fresh and v.f., signed Raybaudi (SG 178)
*
Catalog #96
Catalog Value £ 450
Unsold
Lot #559
GREAT BRITAIN
1884 10sh ultramarine, Bluish Paper, neat Plymouth SP.7.88 cancel, well centered, fine (SG 177)
O
Catalog #109b
Catalog Value £ 7,500
Unsold
Lot #560
GREAT BRITAIN
1884 £1 brown violet, watermarked Imperial Crowns, double registered postmarks with faint crayon markings, well centered, v.f. (SG 185)
O
Catalog #110
Catalog Value £ 2,400
Price Realized
$1,500.00

Lot #561
GREAT BRITAIN
1888 Victoria, £1 brown violet, watermarked Three Orbs, black London postmarks, well centered, crayon cancels removed and cleaned, fine appearance (SG 186)
O
Catalog #123
Catalog Value £ 3,800
Unsold
Lot #562
GREAT BRITAIN
1888 £1 brown violet, watermarked Three Orbs, 1888 registration postmarks, well centered, v.f. (SG 186)
O
Catalog #123
Catalog Value £ 3,800
Price Realized
$2,800.00

Lot #563
GREAT BRITAIN
1891 Victoria, £1 green, unused with full original gum, h.r., natural gum creases, some pencil notations on back, v.f. (SG 212)
*
Catalog #124
Catalog Value £ 3,200
Unsold
Lot #564
GREAT BRITAIN
1891 Victoria, £1 green, heavy Lombard cancels, fairly well centered, fine (SG 212)
O
Catalog #124
Catalog Value £ 650
Unsold
Lot #565
GREAT BRITAIN
1902-11 Edward, 2sh6p lilac and 5sh carmine rose, well centered, small h.r., fresh and v.f. (SG 260,263)
*
Catalog #139-140
Catalog Value £ 575
Unsold
Lot #566
GREAT BRITAIN
1902-11 Edward, 10sh ultramarine, heavy cancel, well centered, creases, v.f. appearance (SG 265)
O
Catalog #140
Catalog Value £ 450
Unsold
Lot #567
GREAT BRITAIN
1902-11 Edward, £1 blue green, bright color, disturbed gum, fine, signed Kneitschel (SG 266)
*
Catalog #141
Catalog Value £ 1,750
Unsold
Lot #568
GREAT BRITAIN
1902-11 Edward, £1 blue green, heavy cancel, corner crease, v.f. appearance (SG 266)
O
Catalog #142
Catalog Value £ 650
Price Realized
$150.00

Lot #569
GREAT BRITAIN
1913 £1 green, bright color, h.r., tiny gum spot and irregular perfs at left, still v.f., signed Diena (SG 403)
*
Catalog #176
Catalog Value £ 2,200
Price Realized
$1,600.00

Lot #570
GREAT BRITAIN
1913 Seahorses, £1 green, well centered, unused (regummed), v.f. (SG 403)
(*)
Catalog #176
Price Realized
$1,600.00

Lot #571
GREAT BRITAIN
1913 £1 green, oval "Registered" cancel, v.f. (SG 403)
O
Catalog #176
Catalog Value £ 1,250
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #572
GREAT BRITAIN
1919 5sh carmine rose, Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co., h.r., v.f. (SG 416)
*
Catalog #180
Catalog Value £ 250
Price Realized
$140.00

Lot #573
GREAT BRITAIN
1929 PUC, £1 black, top margin single, n.h., light overall gum toning, fine (SG 438; catalogue value for hinged)
**
Catalog #209
Catalog Value £ 750
Price Realized
$750.00

Lot #574
GREAT BRITAIN
1934 Seahorses, Waterlow and Sons, set of three, l.h., fine-v.f. (SG 450-452)
*
Catalog #222-224
Catalog Value £ 575
Unsold
Lot #575
GREAT BRITAIN
1934 Seahorses, Waterlow and Sons, set of three, l.h., fine-v.f. (SG 450-452)
*
Catalog #222-224
Catalog Value £ 575
Unsold
Lot #576
GREAT BRITAIN
1934 Seahorses, Waterlow and Sons, set of three, l.h., fine-v.f. (SG 450-452)
*
Catalog #222-224
Catalog Value £ 575
Unsold
Lot #577
GREAT BRITAIN
1936 George VI, set of four, panes of 120, n.h., fine-v.f. (SG 457-60)
Box **
Catalog #230-233
Catalog Value £ 150
Price Realized
$95.00

Lot #578
GREAT BRITAIN
1939-48 George VI, 2sh6p-£1, set of six, n.h., fine-v.f. (SG 476-478b)
**
Catalog #249-251A,275
Catalog Value £ 350
Price Realized
$290.00

Lot #579
GREAT BRITAIN
1939-48 George VI, 2sh6p-£1, set of six, n.h., fine-v.f. (SG 476-478b)
**
Catalog #249-251A,275
Catalog Value £ 350
Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #580
GREAT BRITAIN
1955-58 Castles, set of four, n.h., v.f. (SG 536-539)
**
Catalog #309-12
Catalog Value £ 225
Price Realized
$150.00

Lot #581
GREAT BRITAIN
1969 Christmas, 5p and 1sh6p, both with gold (Queen's head) omitted, n.h., v.f. (SG 813a,814a)
**
Catalog #606-607var
Catalog Value £ 805
Unsold
Lot #582
GREAT BRITAIN Officials
1885 Inland Revenue, 1sh green, heavy h.r., some faint soiling, otherwise fine and rare, with 1994 Brandon cert. (SG O7)
*
Catalog #O7
Catalog Value £ 4,250
Price Realized
$1,000.00

Lot #583
GREAT BRITAIN Officials
1900 Government Parcels, 1sh carmine rose and green, h.r., v.f. (SG O72)
*
Catalog #O38
Catalog Value £ 475
Unsold
Lot #584
GREAT BRITAIN Offices in China
1917 $1 blue and violet, bottom, left margin vertical strip of four, n.h., some faint gum toning, otherwise v.f. (SG 13; catalogue value for hinged singles)
**
Catalog #12
Catalog Value £ 300
Unsold
Lot #585
GREAT BRITAIN Offices in China
1917 $1 blue and violet, bottom, block of four, also 4c scarlet, top left margin block of eight, with plate number, n.h., $1 with some faint gum toning, otherwise v.f. (SG 3,13; catalogue value for hinged singles)
Box **
Catalog #12
Catalog Value £ 352
Unsold
Lot #586
GREAT BRITAIN Offices in China
1922-27 George V, 1c-$2, complete set, mostly h.r., fine-v.f. (SG 18-28)
*
Catalog #17-27
Catalog Value £ 375
Price Realized
$375.00

Lot #587
GREAT BRITAIN Offices in China
1922-27 1c brown and 2c green, panes of 60 and 38 (98 of each), n.h., folded between the stamps and few minor toned spots, generally fine-v.f. and fresh (SG 18-19, catalogue value for hinged singles)
Box **
Catalog #17-18
Catalog Value £ 686
Unsold
Lot #588
GREAT BRITAIN Offices in China
1922-27 6c orange, 8c gray and 10c ultramarine, blocks of eight, also 25c vertical strip of four, n.h. and post office fresh, fine-v.f. (SG 21-23, 25; catalogue value for hinged singles)
Box **
Catalog #20-22,24
Catalog Value £ 298
Unsold
Lot #589
GREAT BRITAIN British Levant
1906 1pi on 2pi green and carmine, well centered, l.h., pencil signed on reverse, v.f. (SG 15)
*
Catalog #25
Catalog Value £ 1,300
Price Realized
$950.00

Lot #590
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH ADEN
1937 Dhow, complete set, l.h., fine-v.f. (SG 1-12)
*
Catalog #1-12
Catalog Value £ 650
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #591
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH ADEN
1937 Dhow, complete set, l.h., high value with light overall gum toning, otherwise v.f. (SG 1-12)
*
Catalog #1-12
Catalog Value £ 650
Price Realized
$400.00

Lot #592
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH ADEN - KATHIRI
1946 2 1/2a Victory, overprint inverted, very lightly hinged, v.f., with 1974 Bolaffi cert. (SG 13a; catalogue value for n.h.)
*
Catalog #13a
Catalog Value £ 650
Unsold
Lot #593
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH ADEN - QUAITI
1949 1sh UPU, surcharge omitted, l.h., fine example of this rare stamp, with 1974 Bolaffi cert.
*
Catalog #19a
Catalog Value £ 2,000
Unsold
Lot #594
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH ANTIGUA
1921-29 George V, 1/2p-4sh, complete set of 16, mostly l.h., fine-v.f. (SG 62-80)
*
Catalog #42-57
Catalog Value £ 170
Price Realized
$140.00

Lot #595
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH ANTIGUA
1921-29 George V, 3p-£1, set of 7, mostly l.h., fine-v.f. (SG 55-61)
*
Catalog #58-64
Catalog Value £ 250
Price Realized
$200.00

Lot #596
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH ANTIGUA
1932 Tercentenary, complete set, mostly l.h., fine-v.f. (SG 81-90)
*
Catalog #67-76
Catalog Value £ 180
Unsold
Lot #597
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH ASCENSION
1922 Overprints, complete set, mostly l.h., fine-v.f. (SG 1-9)
*
Catalog #1-9
Catalog Value £ 300
Unsold
Lot #598
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH ASCENSION
1922 Overprints, complete set, mostly l.h., fine-v.f. (SG 1-9)
*
Catalog #1-9
Catalog Value £ 300
Unsold
Lot #599
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH ASCENSION
1924-33 Seal of the Colony, 1/2p-3sh, complete set, h.r., fine-v.f. (SG 10-20)
*
Catalog #10-21
Catalog Value £ 275
Unsold
Lot #600
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH ASCENSION
1938-53 George VI, 1/2p-10sh, complete set of 16, n.h. few with light gum toning, fine-v.f (SG 38-47a)
**
Catalog #40-49
Catalog Value £ 250
Price Realized
$150.00

Lot #601
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AUSTRALIA
1913 Kangaroo, 5sh yellow and gray, top margin single, well centered, l.h., fresh and v.f. (SG 13)
*
Catalog #12
Catalog Value £ 325
Price Realized
$300.00

Lot #602
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AUSTRALIA
1931-36 Kangaroo, 10sh pink and gray, well centered with wide margins, l.h., fresh and v.f. (SG 136)
*
Catalog #127
Catalog Value £ 300
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #603
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AUSTRALIA
1932 Sydney Harbor Bridge, 5sh gray green, l.h., v.f. (SG 143)
*
Catalog #132
Catalog Value £ 400
Unsold
Lot #604
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AUSTRALIA Postage Dues
1938 1/2p-1sh, set of seven, 1sh n.h., balance l.h. or n.h., fine-v.f. (SG D112-118; catalogue value for hinged)
*/**
Catalog #J64-70
Catalog Value £ 170
Unsold
Lot #605
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BAHAMAS
1912-19 George V, 1/2p-£1, set of nine, mostly l.h., fine-v.f. (SG 81-90)
*
Catalog #49-56
Catalog Value £ 200
Price Realized
$150.00

Lot #606
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BAHAMAS
1921-34 George V, 1/2p-£1, complete set, mostly l.h., few low values toned, fine-v.f. (SG 111-125)
*
Catalog #70-84
Catalog Value £ 265
Unsold
Lot #607
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BAHAMAS
1938-52 George VI, 1/2p-£1, two complete sets of 20, one £1 with light toned spots, also Landfall of Columbus and Tercentenary complete, n.h., fine-v.f. (SG 149-175,178-193)
**
Catalog #100-129,132-47,154-56
Catalog Value £ 429
Unsold
Lot #608
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BAHRAIN
1938-41 George VI, 3p-25r, complete set, l.h. (low values n.h.), fine-v.f. (SG 20-37)
*
Catalog #20-37
Catalog Value £ 700
Price Realized
$575.00

Lot #609
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BAHRAIN
1938-41 George VI, 3p-25r, complete set, l.h. (low values n.h.), fine-v.f. (SG 20-37)
*
Catalog #20-37
Catalog Value £ 700
Unsold
Lot #610
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BAHRAIN
1948 Olympics, 2 1/2a on 2 1/2p bright ultramarine, surcharge double, very lightly hinged, v.f., with 1974 Bolaffi cert. (SG 63a)
*
Catalog #64a
Catalog Value £ 1,600
Unsold
Lot #611
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BAHRAIN
1952-52 QEII, 1/2a on 1/2p red orange, "1/2" omitted, bottom left corner margin block of nine, n.h., fresh and v.f., signed Diena, with 1974 Bolaffi cert. (SG 80a; catalogue value for singles)
Box **
Catalog #81a
Catalog Value £ 1,260
Price Realized
$3,500.00

Lot #612
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BANGKOK
1882 10c slate, h.r., fine, signed Stolow (SG 7)
*
Catalog #6
Catalog Value £ 400
Unsold
Lot #613
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BARBADOS
1892-1903 1f-2sh6p, complete set, mostly l.h., 6p thin, balance fine-v.f. (SG 105-115)
*
Catalog #70-80
Catalog Value £ 200
Price Realized
$140.00

Lot #614
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BARBADOS
1897 Jubilee, complete set, h.r., few low values with slightly disturbed gum, fine-v.f. (SG 116-124)
*
Catalog #81-89
Catalog Value £ 190
Unsold
Lot #615
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BASUTOLAND
1933 George V, 1/2p-10sh, complete set, high values n.h., balance l.h., fine-v.f. (SG 1-10)
*/**
Catalog #1-10
Catalog Value £ 200
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #616
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BASUTOLAND
1933 George V, 1/2p-10sh, complete set, l.h., fine-v.f. (SG 1-10)
*
Catalog #1-10
Catalog Value £ 200
Price Realized
$150.00

Lot #617
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BECHUANALAND PROTECTORATE
1888 10sh green, unused (regummed), fine and rare stamp, signed Bloch (SG 50)
(*)
Catalog #58
Catalog Value £ 4,000
Price Realized
$675.00

Lot #618
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BECHUANALAND PROTECTORATE
1932 George V, 1/2p-10sh, complete set, l.h., fine-v.f. (SG 99-110)
*
Catalog #105-116
Catalog Value £ 275
Price Realized
$200.00

Lot #619
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BERMUDA
1924-32 George V, 2sh-12sh6p, four high values, with additional shade of 10sh (deep red and pale green), h.r., fine-v.f. (SG 88-93)
*
Catalog #94-97
Catalog Value £ 565
Price Realized
$375.00

Lot #620
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BERMUDA
1938-52 £1 purple & black on red, block of four, top pair l.h., bottom stamps n.h., v.f. (SG 121c)
Booklet */**
Catalog #128
Catalog Value £ 240
Price Realized
$180.00

Lot #621
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BRITISH CENTRAL AFRICA
1903-4 Edward, 1p-£1, set of nine, one low value unused, balance h.r., high value with faint gum crease, otherwise fine-v.f. (SG 59-66)
*
Catalog #60-68
Catalog Value £ 500
Price Realized
$300.00

Lot #622
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BRITISH CENTRAL AFRICA
1903-4 Edward, £10 ultramarine and black, overprinted Specimen in black, h.r., fine (SG 67s)
S
Catalog #69S
Catalog Value £ 400
Unsold
Lot #623
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BRITISH EAST AFRICA
1896-1903 Victoria, 1/2a-5r, set of 16, heavy h.r., some minor toning or small flaws affecting a few values, otherwise fine (SG 65-79)
*
Catalog #72-87
Catalog Value £ 325
Price Realized
$190.00

Lot #624
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BRITISH GUIANA
1852 1c black on magenta, used, large margins all around, usual small faults, v.f. appearance, signed Calves (SG 9)
O
Catalog #6
Catalog Value £ 4,250
Price Realized
$2,200.00

Lot #625
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BRITISH GUIANA
1938-52 George VI, $1 deep violet, perf. 14x13, very lightly hinged, fine and rare perf. variety (SG 317a)
*
Catalog #239a
Catalog Value £ 400
Unsold
Lot #626
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BRITISH HONDURAS
1904-6 Edward, 1c-$5, set of nine, h.r., fine-v.f. (SG 84-93)
*
Catalog #62-71
Catalog Value £ 450
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #627
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BRITISH HONDURAS
1913-17 George V, 1c-$5, complete set, mostly l.h., fine-v.f. (SG 101-110)
*
Catalog #75-84
Catalog Value £ 325
Unsold
Lot #628
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BRITISH HONDURAS
1922-33 George V, 1c-$5, complete set, $5 with barest trace of a hinge, balance mostly l.h., some slight toning, fine-v.f. (SG 124-137)
*
Catalog #92-104
Catalog Value £ 275
Price Realized
$190.00

Lot #629
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BRITISH HONDURAS
1938-47 George VI, complete set to $5, n.h., also British Guiana, George VI, complete set to $3, $1 l.h., balance n.h., fine-v.f. (SG 150-161)
**
Catalog #115-126
Catalog Value £ 185
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #630
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BURMA Officials
1937 George V, complete set to 10r, l.h., fine-v.f. (SG O1-14)
*
Catalog #O1-14
Catalog Value £ 550
Unsold
Lot #631
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BURMA Officials
1939 George VI, complete set to 10r, n.h., 10r with faint natural gum crease, fine-v.f. (SG O115-27)
**
Catalog #O15-27
Catalog Value £ 225
Price Realized
$200.00

Lot #632
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CANADA
1870 3c Indian red, unused without gum, well centered, v.f., with 1968 Royal cert. (SG 79)
(*)
Catalog #37var
Catalog Value £ 950
Unsold
Lot #633
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CANADA
1893 20c vermilion, well centered, h.r., v.f.,
*
Catalog #46
Catalog Value $ 375
Unsold
Lot #634
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CANADA
1897 Jubilee, 1/2c-50c, eleven values, hinged or unused, few minor flaws, mostly fine,
*
Catalog #50-60
Catalog Value $ 1,272
Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #635
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CANADA
1897 50c ultramarine, well centered, fresh color, h.r., v.f.,
*
Catalog #60
Catalog Value $ 275
Unsold
Lot #636
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CANADA
1897 $1 lake, well centered, h.r., v.f.,
*
Catalog #61
Catalog Value $ 800
Unsold
Lot #637
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CANADA
1897 $2 dark purple, rich color, small h.r., v.f.,
*
Catalog #62
Catalog Value $ 1,200
Unsold
Lot #638
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CANADA
1897-98 Maple Leafs, complete set, well centered, mostly l.h., 1/2c with dried gum, fresh and v.f. group,
*
Catalog #66-73
Catalog Value $ 804
Unsold
Lot #639
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CANADA
1898-1902 Numerals, complete set to 20c, well centered, h.r., fine-v.f.,
*
Catalog #74-84
Catalog Value $ 1,671
Unsold
Lot #640
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CANADA
1911-25 George V, 1c-$1, complete set, mostly well centered, l.h. or h.r., fine-v.f.,
*
Catalog #104-122
Catalog Value $ 1,079
Unsold
Lot #641
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CANADA
1911-23 $1 orange, well centered with wide margins, n.h., fresh and v.f.,
**
Catalog #122
Catalog Value $ 230
Unsold
Lot #642
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CANADA
1928-29 $1 olive green, well centered with wide margins, fresh color, n.h., v.f.,
**
Catalog #159
Catalog Value $ 550
Unsold
Lot #643
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CANADA
1987-91 39c QEII, imperf. horizontal pair, n.h., v.f. (Unitrade 1167ai, CA$750)
**
Catalog #1167var
Unsold
Lot #644
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CANADA
1987-91 Flags, imperf. se-tenant booklet pane of four, with 2x1c, 5c and 40c, n.h., v.f. (Unitrade 1190b, CA$ 2,000)
Box **
Catalog #1190b
Catalog Value $ 1,600
Unsold
Lot #645
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CANADA
1991-98 $2 Truro Provincial Normal School, inscriptions inverted, n.h., v.f. and scarce modern error, only 70 are known to exist, with 2007 Greene Foundation cert. (Unitrade 1376b, CA$ 12,000)
**
Catalog #1376b
Catalog Value $ 9,000
Price Realized
$6,000.00

Lot #646
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CANADA
1992 Canada in Space, se-tenant sheet of 20, with hologram omitted from pos. 18-19, n.h., v.f. and rare error, with 2007 Greene Foundation cert. (Unitrade 1442b, CA$ 5,000)
Box **
Catalog #1442b
Catalog Value $ 4,000
Price Realized
$2,000.00

Lot #647
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CANADA
1993 Dinosaurs, se-tenant imperf. corner margin block of four, n.h., v.f., with 2007 Vincent Greene Foundation cert. (Unitrade 1498avar; CA$ 4,000)
Box **
Catalog #1498avar
Price Realized
$1,800.00

Lot #648
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CANADA
1999 46c Year of the Rabbit, corner margin block of four, red and tagging omitted, n.h., v.f. and rare error, with 2007 Greene Foundation cert. (Unitrade 1767i, CA$5,000 as singles)
Box **
Catalog #1767var
Unsold
Lot #649
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CANADA Post Office Seals
1879-193 Officially Sealed, seven stamps, including 1879 yellow brown used, Victoria on white paper (2) h.r., 1913 brown black (2) h.r., and Newfoundland black on blue paper (2) h.r., few minor faults noted, generally fine-v.f. (Unitrade OX1,3-4, Newfoundland OX1)
*O
Unsold
Lot #650
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CANADA Revenue Stamps
1868 $3 Bill Stamp, plate proof on india, horizontal imperf. strip of three, with American Bank Note Company imprint, bright color, v.f.
P
Unsold
Lot #651
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CAYMAN ISLANDS
1907-9 Edward, 1/2p-10sh, set of ten, h.r., fine-v.f. (SG 25-34)
*
Catalog #21-30
Catalog Value £ 300
Unsold
Lot #652
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CAYMAN ISLANDS
1912-20 George V, 1/2p-10sh, complete set, plus 3p-10sh surface colored paper set of three, also additional 10sh shade, mostly l.h., fine-v.f. (SG 40-52b)
*
Catalog #32-47
Catalog Value £ 400
Unsold
Lot #653
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CAYMAN ISLANDS
1921-26 George V, complete sets to 10sh, mostly l.h., fine-v.f. (SG 60-83)
*
Catalog #50-68
Catalog Value £ 205
Price Realized
$150.00

Lot #654
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CAYMAN ISLANDS
1932 Centenary, complete set, l.h., fine-v.f. (SG 84-95)
*
Catalog #69-80
Catalog Value £ 400
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #655
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CEYLON
1857-59 1sh9p green, margins just clear all around, original gum (l.h.), fine, signed Bartels (SG 11)
*
Catalog #12
Catalog Value £ 800
Unsold
Lot #656
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CEYLON
1903-10 Edward, complete sets to 2.25r and 10r, h.r., fine-v.f. (SG 265-300)
*
Catalog #166-196
Catalog Value £ 384
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #657
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CEYLON
1912-25 George V, complete set to 20r, h.r., fine-v.f. (SG 300-319)
*
Catalog #200-214
Catalog Value £ 240
Price Realized
$250.00

Lot #658
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CEYLON
1912-25 George V, 50r dull violet, very lightly hinged, faint corner crease, v.f. appearance (SG 320)
*
Catalog #215
Catalog Value £ 425
Price Realized
$170.00

Lot #659
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CEYLON
1921-33 George V, complete set to 20r, with additional Dies of 50c and 1r, h.r., fine-v.f. (SG 338-357)
*
Catalog #225-244
Catalog Value £ 319
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #660
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CEYLON Telegraph Stamps
1910 Surcharges, complete set of eight, original gum (very lightly hinged, if at all), fine-v.f. and rare group, with 1987 Calves cert.,
*
Catalog #YT 91-98
Catalog Value € 18,250
Unsold
Lot #661
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH COOK ISLANDS
1932-36 2sh6p-£3, five values, mostly l.h., fine-v.f. (SG 95-98,98a)
*
Catalog #103-107
Catalog Value £ 555
Price Realized
$400.00

Lot #662
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH COOK ISLANDS
1943-50 2sh6p-£5, five values, very lightly hinged, fine-v.f. (SG 131-134,136)
*
Catalog #124A/126C
Catalog Value £ 400
Price Realized
$280.00

Lot #663
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CYPRUS
1894-96 Victoria, 1/2pi-45pa, set of ten, used, 12pi with toned perf., otherwise fine-v.f. (SG 50-59)
O
Catalog #28-37
Catalog Value £ 275
Price Realized
$190.00

Lot #664
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CYPRUS
1903 Edward, 1/2p-45pi, set of ten, mostly l.h., fine-v.f. (SG 50-59)
*
Catalog #38-47
Catalog Value £ 500
Unsold
Lot #665
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CYPRUS
1903 Edward, 45pi dark violet and ultramarine, small h.r., fine (SG 59)
*
Catalog #47
Catalog Value £ 200
Unsold
Lot #666
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CYPRUS
1904-7 Edward, complete set to 45pi, h.r., fine-v.f. (SG 60-71)
*
Catalog #48-59
Catalog Value £ 250
Unsold
Lot #667
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CYPRUS
1904-7 Edward, complete set to 45pi, mostly l.h., fine-v.f. (SG 60-71)
*
Catalog #48-59
Catalog Value £ 250
Unsold
Lot #668
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CYPRUS
1912 George V, complete set to 45pi, mostly l.h., fine-v.f. (SG 74-84)
*
Catalog #48-59
Catalog Value £ 170
Unsold
Lot #669
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CYPRUS
1928 50th Year of Cyprus as a British Colony, complete set, l.h., fine-v.f. (SG 123-132)
*
Catalog #114-123
Catalog Value £ 300
Unsold
Lot #670
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CYPRUS
1928 50th Year of Cyprus as a British Colony, complete set, used, fine-v.f. (SG 123-132)
O
Catalog #114-123
Catalog Value £ 375
Price Realized
$300.00

Lot #671
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CYPRUS
1938-51 George VI, complete set to £1, n.h., few gum skips affecting low values, fine-v.f. (SG 151-163)
**
Catalog #143-155,164-166
Catalog Value £ 180
Price Realized
$150.00

Lot #672
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CYPRUS
1938-51 George VI, complete set to £1, n.h., fine-v.f. (SG 151-163)
**
Catalog #143-155,164-66
Catalog Value £ 180
Price Realized
$150.00

Lot #673
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CYPRUS
1938-44 George VI, 9pi-£1, five high values, horizontal or vertical pairs, n.h., fresh and v.f. (SG 159-163)
**
Catalog #151-155
Catalog Value £ 249
Price Realized
$210.00

Lot #674
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CYPRUS
1963 Boy Scout Conference, three souvenir sheets, n.h., v.f. (SG MS 231)
**
Catalog #226a
Catalog Value £ 300
Price Realized
$220.00

Lot #675
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CYRENAICA - AUTONOMOUS STATE
1950 1m-500m, complete set, also Postage Dues, 2m-100m, set of seven, n.h., v.f. (SG 136-148, D149-155)
**
Catalog #65-77,J1-7
Catalog Value £ 395
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #676
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CYRENAICA - AUTONOMOUS STATE
1950 1m-500m, complete set, also Postage Dues, 2m-100m, set of seven, n.h., v.f. (SG 136-148, D149-155)
**
Catalog #65-77,J1-7
Catalog Value £ 395
Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #677
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CYRENAICA - AUTONOMOUS STATE
1950 1m-500m, complete set, also Postage Dues, 2m-100m, set of seven, n.h., v.f. (SG 136-148, D149-155)
**
Catalog #65-77,J1-7
Catalog Value £ 395
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #678
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CYRENAICA - AUTONOMOUS STATE
1950 1m-500m, complete set, also Postage Dues, 2m-100m, set of seven, n.h., v.f. (SG 136-148, D149-155)
**
Catalog #65-77,J1-7
Catalog Value £ 395
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #679
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CYRENAICA - AUTONOMOUS STATE Postage Dues
1950 2m-100m, two complete sets, all in pairs except for 100m (two singles), n.h., v.f. (SG D149-155)
**
Catalog #J1-7
Catalog Value £ 600
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #680
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH DOMINICA
1923-33 George V, 1/2p-£1, complete set, high values l.h., few low values toned, fine-v.f. (SG 71-91)
*
Catalog #65-85
Catalog Value £ 325
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #681
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH EAST AFRICA & UGANDA
1904-7 Edward, 1/2a-10r, complete set, h.r., few minor gum skips, fine-v.f. (SG 17-31)
*
Catalog #17-29A
Catalog Value £ 515
Price Realized
$400.00

Lot #682
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH EAST AFRICA & UGANDA
1912-18 George V, 1c-10r, complete set, with additional shades of 3c, 6c, 10c and 4r, plus four additional shades of 25c and 75c (28 stamps in total), h.r., fine-v.f. (SG
*
Catalog #40-54,60-61
Catalog Value £ 368
Price Realized
$270.00

Lot #683
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH EAST AFRICA & UGANDA
1918 George V, 20r blue and violet, well centered, small h.r., v.f. (SG 60)
*
Catalog #56
Catalog Value £ 400
Price Realized
$375.00

Lot #684
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH FALKLAND ISLANDS
1904-7 Edward, 1/2p-5sh, complete set, with additional 1p (wmk upright), h.r., fine-v.f. (SG 43-50)
*
Catalog #22-29
Catalog Value £ 445
Unsold
Lot #685
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH FALKLAND ISLANDS
1912-14 George V, 1/2p-£1, complete set, l.h., fine-v.f. (SG 30-40)
*
Catalog #30-40
Catalog Value £ 850
Price Realized
$750.00

Lot #686
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH FALKLAND ISLANDS
1911-25 George V, 1/2p-5sh, nine values including both 5sh shades, h.r., fine-v.f. (SG 60-67b)
*
Catalog #30-38
Catalog Value $ 350
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #687
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH FALKLAND ISLANDS
1912-14 George V, 3sh-£1, four high values, with additional 5sh shade (plum), h.r., fine-v.f. (SG 66-69)
*
Catalog #36-40
Catalog Value £ 890
Unsold
Lot #688
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH FALKLAND ISLANDS
1929-31 George V, 1/2p-£1, perforated Specimen, horizontal strips of three, complete except for 4p, some gum disturbances and few values unused, low values separated, fine-v.f. and rare Specimens (SG 116-126s)
S
Catalog #54-64S
Catalog Value £ 3,000
Unsold
Lot #689
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH FALKLAND ISLANDS
1929-31 George V, 1/2p-£1, complete set, h.r., fine-v.f. (SG 116-126)
*
Catalog #54-64
Catalog Value £ 600
Unsold
Lot #690
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH FALKLAND ISLANDS
1933 Centenary, complete set, l.h., fresh and mostly v.f. (SG 127-138)
*
Catalog #65-76
Catalog Value £ 3,000
Unsold
Lot #691
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH FALKLAND ISLANDS
1933 Centenary, complete set on six registered covers to England, 2sh6p-£1 as single frankings, all tied by Port Stanley cds, fine-v.f. and scarce group, signed Bolaffi, with his 1966 cert. for the high value (SG 127-138)
Envelope
Catalog #65-76
Catalog Value £ 21,250
Price Realized
$20,000.00

Lot #692
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH FALKLAND ISLANDS
1938-49 George VI, 1/2p-£1, high values l.h., fine-v.f. (SG 146-163)
*
Catalog #84-96,101-12
Catalog Value £ 425
Unsold
Lot #693
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH FALKLAND ISLANDS
1938-49 George VI, 1/2p-£1, high values l.h., fine-v.f. (SG 146-163)
*
Catalog #84-96,101-12
Catalog Value £ 425
Unsold
Lot #694
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH FALKLAND ISLANDS
1952 George VI, complete set to £1, n.h., also Dependencies, Thin Map, complete set, n.h., 2 1/2p with toned perf., otherwise fine-v.f. (SG 172-185,G9-16)
**
Catalog #107-120, 1L1-8,13
Catalog Value £ 245
Unsold
Lot #695
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH FIJI
1903 Edward, £1 gray and ultramarine, small h.r., fine (SG 114)
*
Catalog #69
Catalog Value £ 325
Price Realized
$300.00

Lot #696
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH FIJI
1912-23 George V, 1/2p-£1, complete set, with additional £1 (Die II) and three additional 1sh shades, mostly l.h., fine-v.f. (SG 125-137)
*
Catalog #79-92
Catalog Value £ 550
Unsold
Lot #697
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH FIJI
1938-55 George VI, 1/2p-£1, complete set of 22, n.h. except for two low values, 6p toned, others fine-v.f (SG 249-266b)
**
Catalog #117-131B
Catalog Value £ 250
Price Realized
$240.00

Lot #698
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH FIJI
1938-55 George VI, 1/2p-£1, complete set of 22, plus 2 1/2p surcharge, n.h., fine-v.f (SG 249-266b)
**
Catalog #117-131B
Catalog Value £ 250
Price Realized
$260.00

Lot #699
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH GAMBIA
1880 6p blue and 1sh green, watermarked sideways, h.r., 1sh with slight overall gum toning, fine-v.f. (SG 18-19A)
*
Catalog #10-11
Catalog Value £ 580
Unsold
Lot #700
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH GIBRALTAR
1889 Spanish Currency Surcharges, set of seven, heavy h.r., fine-v.f. (SG 15-21)
*
Catalog #22-28
Catalog Value £ 180
Unsold
Lot #701
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH GIBRALTAR
1912 George V, complete sale to £1, l.h., fine-v.f. (SG 76-85)
*
Catalog #66-75
Catalog Value £ 275
Price Realized
$200.00

Lot #702
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH GIBRALTAR
1912 George V, 8sh violet and green and £1 violet and black, h.r., v.f. (SG 84-85)
*
Catalog #74-75
Catalog Value $ 220
Unsold
Lot #703
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH GIBRALTAR
1912 George V, £1 violet and black, n.h., fine (SG 85; catalogue value for hinged)
**
Catalog #75
Catalog Value £ 140
Unsold
Lot #704
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH GIBRALTAR
1938-49 George VI, 1p-10sh, 12 different "better" perforations, including 5sh perf. 14 and perf. 13 1/2, and 10sh perf. 14, h.r., fine-v.f. (SG122/130; catalogue value for never hinged)
*
Catalog #108a/117a
Catalog Value £ 600
Unsold
Lot #705
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH GILBERT & ELLICE ISLANDS
1924 George V, £1 violet and black, right margin single, l.h., fine (SG 24)
*
Catalog #26
Catalog Value £ 550
Unsold
Lot #706
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH GILBERT & ELLICE ISLANDS
1924 George V, £1 violet and black, n.h., fresh and fine (SG 24; catalogue value for hinged)
**
Catalog #26
Catalog Value £ 550
Unsold
Lot #707
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH GOLD COAST
1898-1902 Victoria, 1/2p-10sh, complete set, mostly l.h., fine-v.f (SG 26-34)
*
Catalog #26-35
Catalog Value £ 275
Unsold
Lot #708
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH GOLD COAST
1902 Edward, 1/2p-20sh, complete set, mostly l.h., 6p with tiny stain and 5sh with tiny album page adhesion on reverse, otherwise fine-v.f. (SG 38-48)
*
Catalog #38-48
Catalog Value £ 275
Price Realized
$160.00

Lot #709
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH GRENADA
1902 Edward, complete set to 10sh, l.h., fine-v.f. (SG 57-66)
*
Catalog #48-57
Catalog Value £ 190
Price Realized
$150.00

Lot #710
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH GRENADA
1963 QEII, 6c olive, n.h., v.f. (SG 218)
**
Catalog #199
Catalog Value £ 190
Unsold
Lot #711
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH HONG KONG
1862 96c gray, heavy h.r., partially reperforated with additional perf. flaws, fine appearance, with 2008 Brandon cert. (SG 7)
*
Catalog #7
Catalog Value £ 3,750
Unsold
Lot #712
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH HONG KONG
1882-1902 4c slate, pane of 16, middle eight stamps n.h., others h.r., some gum stains at bottom, well centered, fine-v.f. (SG 34)
Box */**
Catalog #38
Catalog Value £ 256
Unsold
Lot #713
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH HONG KONG
1938-48 George VI, 1c-$10, complete set, mostly l.h., $10 green and violet with some slight overall gum toning, otherwise fine-v.f. (SG 140-162)
*
Catalog #154-166A
Catalog Value £ 900
Unsold
Lot #714
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH HONG KONG
1938-48 George VI, 1c-$10, complete set, h.r., some slight overall gum toning, otherwise fine-v.f. (SG 140-162)
*
Catalog #154-166A
Catalog Value £ 900
Unsold
Lot #715
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH HONG KONG
1948 Silver Wedding, set of two, n.h., $10 with toned perf. tip, otherwise v.f. (SG 171-172)
**
Catalog #178-179
Catalog Value £ 300
Price Realized
$280.00

Lot #716
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH INDIA
1909-9 Edward, 3p-25r, complete set, mostly l.h., fine-v.f. (SG 119-147)
*
Catalog #60-76
Catalog Value £ 1,300
Price Realized
$1,100.00

Lot #717
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH INDIA
1911-23 George V, complete set to 25r, h.r., 15r with natural gum crease, fine-v.f. (SG 151-191)
*
Catalog #80-98
Catalog Value £ 475
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #718
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH INDIA
1937-40 George VI, complete set to 25r, mostly l.h., fine-v.f. (SG 247-264)
*
Catalog #150-167
Catalog Value £ 300
Price Realized
$180.00

Lot #719
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH INDIA
1949-51 3p-15r, complete set of 19, n.h., fine-v.f. (SG 309-324,333-333c)
**
Catalog #207-222,231,235-6
Catalog Value £ 141
Price Realized
$160.00

Lot #720
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH INDIA Officials
1909 Edward, 2r-25r, set of five, each with sheet margins very lightly hinged (appears n.h.), v.f. (SG O68-72)
*
Catalog #O47-51
Catalog Value £ 250
Price Realized
$280.00

Lot #721
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH INDIA Military Mail
1900-14 China Expeditionary Forces, complete sets of overprints including George V, also Indian Expeditionary Forces, complete set, l.h. or h.r., fine-v.f. (SG C1-34,E1-13)
*
Catalog #M1-43
Catalog Value £ 403
Price Realized
$270.00

Lot #722
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH INDIA Military Mail
1913-21 Chinese Expeditionary Force, George V, 3p-1r, complete set, l.h., fine-v.f. (SG C23-34)
*
Catalog #M23-33
Catalog Value £ 225
Price Realized
$150.00

Lot #723
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH INDIAN STATES - CHAMBA
1938 George VI, complete set to 25r, h.r., fine-v.f. (SG 82-99)
*
Catalog #70-87
Catalog Value £ 750
Price Realized
$675.00

Lot #724
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH INDIAN STATES - CHAMBA
1943 George VI, 1/2a-25r, set of eight, l.h., fine-v.f. (SG 100-107)
*
Catalog #87B-88,101-106
Catalog Value £ 500
Price Realized
$425.00

Lot #725
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH INDIAN STATES - GWALIOR
1942-49 George VI, 3p-25r, set of 17 (complete according to Scott's), mostly l.h., fine-v.f. (SG 112-128)
*
Catalog #100-117
Catalog Value £ 337
Price Realized
$240.00

Lot #726
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH INDIAN STATES - JIND
1942-3 George VI, 3p-25r, set of 10, mostly l.h., fine-v.f. (SG 127-136)
*
Catalog #155-164
Catalog Value £ 300
Price Realized
$240.00

Lot #727
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH INDIAN STATES - JIND Officials
1940-43 George VI, 3p-10r, complete set, l.h., fine-v.f. (SG O73-86)
*
Catalog #O62-75
Catalog Value £ 275
Price Realized
$240.00

Lot #728
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH INDIAN STATES - PATIALA
1937-38 George VI, 3p-25r, complete set, h.r., fine-v.f. (SG 80-97)
*
Catalog #80-97
Catalog Value £ 475
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #729
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH INDIAN STATES - PATIALA
1942-43 George VI, complete sets, h.r., fine-v.f. (SG 98-115)
*
Catalog #98-115
Catalog Value £ 385
Price Realized
$280.00

Lot #730
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND
1922 Seahorses, set of three, l.h., fine-v.f. (SG 17-21)
*
Catalog #12-14
Catalog Value £ 225
Price Realized
$150.00

Lot #731
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND
1922 Seahorses, set of three, overprinted in blue black, l.h., fine-v.f., 5sh signed Holcombe (SG 44-46)
*
Catalog #36-38
Catalog Value £ 1,300
Price Realized
$1,000.00

Lot #732
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRELAND
1935 Seahorses, set of three, l.h., fine-v.f. (SG 99-101)
*
Catalog #93-95
Catalog Value £ 375
Price Realized
$300.00

Lot #733
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH JORDAN
1922 1/2p on 5p plum, handstamped in red purple, h.r., fine, a rare stamp, with 2000 Brandon cert. (SG 82)
*
Catalog #96
Catalog Value £ 2,000
Price Realized
$1,200.00

Lot #734
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH KENYA, UGANDA & TANGANYIKA
1921 George V, 1c-5r, set of ten, l.h., 50c toned, fine-v.f. (SG 65-74)
*
Catalog #1-10
Catalog Value £ 350
Unsold
Lot #735
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH KENYA, UGANDA & TANGANYIKA
1922-27 George V, 1c-£1, complete set, with additional 3sh shade (jet black), mostly l.h., some slight toning, fine-v.f. (SG 76-95)
*
Catalog #18-37
Catalog Value £ 398
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #736
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH KENYA, UGANDA & TANGANYIKA
1922-27 £4 rose lilac and black, well centered, l.h., fresh and v.f., pencil signed on reverse (SG 98)
*
Catalog #40
Catalog Value £ 1,900
Price Realized
$1,800.00

Lot #737
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH KENYA, UGANDA & TANGANYIKA
1935 George V, 1c-£1, complete set, mostly l.h., fine-v.f. (SG 110-123)
*
Catalog #46-59
Catalog Value £ 275
Unsold
Lot #738
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH KENYA, UGANDA & TANGANYIKA
1938-54 George VI, 1c-£1, complete set, n.h., fine-v.f (SG 131-150a)
**
Catalog #66-85
Catalog Value £ 160
Price Realized
$150.00

Lot #739
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH KENYA, UGANDA & TANGANYIKA
1938-54 George VI, six better perforation varieties, including 20c and 30c perf. 14, 2sh perf. 13x13 1/2, 5sh and 10sh perf. 13, and £1 perf. 11 1/2x13, l.h., some slight overall gum toning, otherwise fine-v.f.,
*
Catalog #SG 139a,41a,46b,148-50
Catalog Value £ 795
Unsold
Lot #740
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH KUWAIT
1923-24 George V, 1/2a-10r, complete set, mostly l.h., fine-v.f. (SG 1-15)
*
Catalog #1-15
Catalog Value £ 350
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #741
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH KUWAIT
1929-37 George V, 1/2a-15r, complete set, l.h., fine-v.f. (SG 16-29)
*
Catalog #17-35
Catalog Value £ 1,000
Price Realized
$1,100.00

Lot #742
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH KUWAIT
1929-37 George V, 1/2a-15r, complete set, with additional 2a Die, mostly l.h., fine-v.f. (SG 16-29)
*
Catalog #17-35
Catalog Value £ 1,000
Price Realized
$1,100.00

Lot #743
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH KUWAIT
1939 George VI, 1/2a-15r, complete set, l.h., fine-v.f. (SG 36-51)
*
Catalog #45-57
Catalog Value £ 325
Unsold
Lot #744
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH KUWAIT
1939 George VI, 1/2a-15r, complete set, l.h., fine-v.f. (SG 36-51)
*
Catalog #45-57
Catalog Value £ 325
Unsold
Lot #745
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH KUWAIT Officials
1923-24 George V, 1/2a-15r, complete set of 14, l.h., fine-v.f. (SG O1-14)
*
Catalog #O1-14
Catalog Value £ 475
Price Realized
$525.00

Lot #746
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH LABUAN
1879 12c carmine, fresh color, l.h., v.f., with 2008 Brandon cert. (SG 3)
*
Catalog #3
Catalog Value £ 1,600
Unsold
Lot #747
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH LABUAN Postage Dues
1901 8c red and black, center inverted, cancelled to order as always, unusually fresh and fine example of this classic postage due/inverted center error, less than 40 are known to exist (SG D6ba)
O
Catalog #J6a
Catalog Value £ 9,500
Unsold
Lot #748
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH LEEWARD ISLANDS
1897 Jubilee, 5sh green and ultramarine, h.r., fine, signed Bloch (SG 16)
*
Catalog #16
Catalog Value £ 450
Price Realized
$525.00

Lot #749
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH LEEWARD ISLANDS
1905-11 Edward, complete sets, h.r., few low values toned, fine-v.f. (SG 29-45)
*
Catalog #20-45
Catalog Value £ 270
Unsold
Lot #750
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH LEEWARD ISLANDS
1912-22 George V, complete set to 5sh, plus Surface-colored paper set of three, h.r., fine-v.f. (SG 46-57b)
*
Catalog #51-60
Catalog Value £ 247
Unsold
Lot #751
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH LEEWARD ISLANDS
1921-32 George V, complete set to £1, plus seven additional Die I values, mostly l.h., one low value thin, balance fine-v.f. (SG 58-87)
*
Catalog #61-83
Catalog Value £ 540
Unsold
Lot #752
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH LEEWARD ISLANDS
1938-51 George VI, complete set to £1, with two additional £1 shades, 10sh and one £1 l.h., balance n.h., fine-v.f. (SG 95-114b)
*/**
Catalog #103-115,120-125
Catalog Value £ 257
Price Realized
$210.00

Lot #753
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH MADAGASCAR
1884 B.C.M., 6p violet, with violet handstamp, unused without gum, marginal thin, otherwise v.f. (SG 1a)
(*)
Catalog #13
Catalog Value £ 2,000
Price Realized
$700.00

Lot #754
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH MADAGASCAR
1884 B.C.M., 4p violet, with "Consular Mail" handstamp in black, unused without gum, thins, otherwise v.f. (SG 12)
(*)
Catalog #14
Catalog Value £ 1,600
Price Realized
$700.00

Lot #755
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH MADAGASCAR
1886 1sh rose, type III, violet handstamp, unused without gum, v.f. (SG 45b)
(*)
Catalog #42
Catalog Value £ 1,200
Price Realized
$950.00

Lot #756
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH MADAGASCAR
1886 1sh6p rose, type III, violet handstamp, unused without gum, small flaws, v.f. appearance (SG 46b)
(*)
Catalog #43
Catalog Value £ 1,300
Unsold
Lot #757
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH MADAGASCAR
1886 1p rose, type II, without handstamp, unused without gum, usual thins, v.f. appearance (SG 33a)
(*)
Catalog #45b
Catalog Value £ 2,750
Unsold
Lot #758
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH MADAGASCAR
1886 4p rose, type III, without handstamp, unused without gum, usual small faults, otherwise fine (SG 43a)
(*)
Catalog #49a
Catalog Value £ 3,250
Unsold
Lot #759
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH MADAGASCAR
1886 4 1/2p rose, type II, without handstamp, unused without gum, tiny pinhole, otherwise v.f. example of this scarce stamp, with 1987 Holcombe cert. (SG 37a)
(*)
Catalog #50b
Catalog Value £ 4,250
Unsold
Lot #760
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH MADAGASCAR
1886 6p rose, type II, without handstamp, unused without gum, faint marginal thins, otherwise v.f. (SG 38a)
(*)
Catalog #51a
Catalog Value £ 4,250
Unsold
Lot #761
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH MADAGASCAR
1886 8p rose, type III, without handstamp, unused without gum, heavy thins, otherwise fine (SG 44a)
(*)
Catalog #52b
Catalog Value £ 3,500
Unsold
Lot #762
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH MADAGASCAR
1886 1sh rose, type III, without handstamp, unused without gum, thins, fine appearance (SG 45a)
(*)
Catalog #54a
Catalog Value £ 4,000
Unsold
Lot #763
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH MADAGASCAR
1886 1sh6p rose, type III, without handstamp, unused without gum, heavy thins, fine appearance (SG 46a)
(*)
Catalog #55a
Catalog Value £ 3,750
Unsold
Lot #764
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH MALAYAN STATES: JOHORE
1904-8 $100 green and scarlet, n.h., v.f., signed Diena (SG 77; catalogue value for hinged)
**
Catalog #75
Catalog Value £ 425
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #765
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH MALAYAN STATES: KEDAH
1937 10c-$5, complete set, l.h., fine-v.f. (SG 60-68)
*
Catalog #46-54
Catalog Value £ 225
Unsold
Lot #766
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH MALAYAN STATES: KEDAH
1937 10c-$5, complete set, l.h., fine-v.f. (SG 60-68)
*
Catalog #46-54
Catalog Value £ 225
Price Realized
$150.00

Lot #767
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH MALAYAN STATES: KELANTAN
1911-15 1c-$25, complete set, h.r., fine-v.f. (SG 1-12)
*
Catalog #1-13
Catalog Value £ 200
Unsold
Lot #768
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH MALAYAN STATES: KELANTAN
1937-40 Sultan Ismail, 1c-$5, complete set, l.h., fine-v.f. (SG 40-54)
*
Catalog #29-43
Catalog Value £ 800
Unsold
Lot #769
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH MALAYAN STATES: NEGRI SEMBILAN
1895-99 Tiger Head, 1c-50c, complete set, h.r., some light gum toning, fine-v.f. (SG 5-14)
*
Catalog #5-14
Catalog Value £ 350
Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #770
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH MALAYAN STATES: PAHANG
1889 10c slate, h.r., v.f., with 1996 Brandon cert. (SG 3)
*
Catalog #3
Catalog Value £ 225
Price Realized
$130.00

Lot #771
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH MALAYAN STATES: PERAK
1938-41 Sultan Iskandar, 1c-$5, complete set, l.h., fine-v.f. (SG 103-121)
*
Catalog #84-98
Catalog Value £ 750
Unsold
Lot #772
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH MALAYAN STATES: TRENGGANU
1921 $3 and $5 red and green, h.r., fine-v.f. (SG 43-44)
*
Catalog #37-38
Catalog Value £ 480
Unsold
Lot #773
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH MALAYAN STATES: TRENGGANU
1921 $1-$5, set of three, h.r., fine-v.f. (SG 22-25)
*
Catalog #42-44
Catalog Value £ 225
Price Realized
$150.00

Lot #774
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH MALTA
1919 10sh black, l.h., fresh and fine (SG 96)
*
Catalog #65
Catalog Value £ 2,700
Price Realized
$3,250.00

Lot #775
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH MALTA
1921-22 10sh black, l.h., fine (SG 104)
*
Catalog #73
Catalog Value £ 350
Unsold
Lot #776
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH MONTSERRAT
1903 Edward, complete set to 5sh, l.h., fine-v.f. (SG 14-23)
*
Catalog #12-21
Catalog Value £ 180
Price Realized
$150.00

Lot #777
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH NATAL
1857 9p blue, unused without gum, embossing light but discernable, fine appearance, with 1920 letter from Rudolf Friedl regarding this copy,
(*)
Catalog #SG 6
Catalog Value £ 7,000
Price Realized
$6,500.00

Lot #778
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH NAURU
1916 Seahorses, set of three, h.r., slight overall gum toning, fine-v.f. (SG 20/23)
*
Catalog #13-15
Catalog Value £ 415
Price Realized
$300.00

Lot #779
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH NEW BRUNSWICK
1851 1sh dull violet, used, margins all around, fresh, with manuscript notation on back "Barry Stanton 1895 - $130", v.f. A beautiful stamp,
O
Catalog #4
Catalog Value $ 5,750
Price Realized
$3,500.00

Lot #780
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH NEWFOUNDLAND
1897-1910 John Cabot and Tercentenary, complete sets, h.r., fine-v.f. (SG 66-79,95-105)
*
Catalog #61-74,87-97
Catalog Value £ 625
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #781
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH NEWFOUNDLAND Air Post
1919 three original letters by the famous aviators associated with the "Martinsyde" Flight (letter sheet dated April 19, 1919 "with greetings and congratulations by the aeroplane "Raymore" which may leave on her voyage across the Atlantic Air Ocean within the next few hours" and signed by Charles G. Robinson); letter written by Arthur Whitten Brown to Capt. Frank E. Carnell from St.John's (10.6.1919) plus another (11.6), with notation in red "my brother, Ernest Pitman, was sent by Vickers to Newfoundland to assist Capt. Alcock Brown in the preparation for their Trans-Atlantic Flight…" A wonderful group of letters, excellent collateral material
Price Realized
$2,500.00

Lot #782
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH NEWFOUNDLAND Air Post
1932 $1.50 on $1 blue, h.r., fine, signed Stolow (SG 221)
*
Catalog #C12
Catalog Value £ 225
Unsold
Lot #783
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH NEWFOUNDLAND Air Post
1932 $1.50 on $1 blue, l.h., v.f. (SG 221)
*
Catalog #C12
Catalog Value £ 225
Price Realized
$150.00

Lot #784
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH NEW GUINEA Air Post
1931 1/2p-£1, complete set, h.r., fine-v.f. (SG 137-149)
*
Catalog #C1-13
Catalog Value £ 225
Unsold
Lot #785
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH NEW GUINEA Air Post
1935 £2 violet and £5 green, set of two, h.r., v.f. (SG 204-205)
*
Catalog #C44-45
Catalog Value £ 800
Unsold
Lot #786
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH NEW GUINEA Air Post
1939 1/2p-£1, complete set, h.r., fine-v.f. (SG 212-225)
*
Catalog #C46-59
Catalog Value £ 750
Unsold
Lot #787
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH NEW HEBRIDES
1938 Beach Scene, 5c-10fr, complete set, mostly l.h., fine-v.f. (SG 52-63)
*
Catalog #50-61
Catalog Value £ 300
Unsold
Lot #788
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH NEW ZEALAND
1911 Victoria Land, 1p carmine, block of four, n.h., fresh and v.f. (SG A3; catalogue value for hinged singles)
Box **
Catalog #131d
Catalog Value £ 220
Unsold
Lot #789
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH NEW ZEALAND
1940 Centenary, complete set with Officials, n.h., fine-v.f. (SG 613-625, O141-151)
**
Catalog #229-241, O76-86
Catalog Value £ 235
Price Realized
$170.00

Lot #790
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH NIGER COAST PROTECTORATE
1893 1sh on 2p, surcharged in red, h.r., fresh and fine, with 2008 Brandon cert. (SG 38)
*
Catalog #30
Catalog Value £ 600
Unsold
Lot #791
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH NIGERIA
1914-27 George V, 1/2p-£1, complete set, with surface color paper, also additional £1 Die II, mostly l.h., fine-v.f. (SG 1-12)
*
Catalog #1-17
Catalog Value £ 530
Unsold
Lot #792
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH NORTH BORNEO
1899 4c on $5 red violet and $10 brown, normal spacing, h.r., fine-v.f. (SG 123-124)
*
Catalog #101-2a
Catalog Value £ 260
Price Realized
$200.00

Lot #793
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH NORTH BORNEO
1939 1c-$5, complete set, l.h., fine-v.f. (SG 303-317; catalogue value for n.h.)
*
Catalog #193-207
Catalog Value £ 750
Price Realized
$375.00

Lot #794
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH NORTH BORNEO - Japanese Occupation of North Borneo
1944 1c-$1, complete set, n.h., fine-v.f. (SG J20-32)
**
Catalog #N16-28
Catalog Value £ 250
Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #795
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH NORTH WEST PACIFIC ISLANDS
1916 £1 ultramarine and brown, well centered, l.h., v.f. (SG 85)
*
Catalog #26
Catalog Value £ 425
Unsold
Lot #796
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH NORTHERN NIGERIA
1904 £25 green and carmine, well centered, lightly hinged original gum, v.f. example of this rare high value, which was issued for postage but probably only intended for fiscal use, with 1980 BPA cert. (SG 19)
*
Catalog #18a
Catalog Value £ 50,000
Price Realized
$55,000.00

Lot #797
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH NORTHERN NIGERIA
1912 George V, 1/2p-£1, complete set, l.h., fine-v.f. (SG 40-52)
*
Catalog #40-52
Catalog Value £ 225
Unsold
Lot #798
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH NORTHERN RHODESIA
1925-29 George V, 1/2p-20sh, complete set, two high values n.h., balance l.h., fine-v.f. (SG 1-17; catalogue value for hinged)
*/**
Catalog #1-17
Catalog Value £ 450
Price Realized
$400.00

Lot #799
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH NORTHERN RHODESIA
1938-52 George VI, complete set to 20sh, n.h., v.f. (SG 25-45)
**
Catalog #25-45
Catalog Value £ 190
Price Realized
$200.00

Lot #800
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH NYASALAND PROTECTORATE
1913-19 George V, 1/2p-£1, complete set, l.h., fine-v.f. (SG 83-98)
*
Catalog #12-23
Catalog Value £ 275
Unsold
Lot #801
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH NYASALAND PROTECTORATE
1938-44 George VI, complete set to £1, n.h., some toning mostly affecting low values, fine-v.f. (SG 130-143)
**
Catalog #54-67
Catalog Value £ 170
Price Realized
$190.00

Lot #802
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH PAKISTAN
1947 George VI, complete set of 19, n.h., plus Bahawalpur, 3p-10r, complete set, n.h., v.f. (SG 1-19; SG 19-32)
**
Catalog #1-19
Catalog Value £ 290
Price Realized
$260.00

Lot #803
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH PITCAIRN ISLAND
1965 2sh6p I.T.U., watermark inverted, top right corner margin block of four, n.h. (l.h. in margin), v.f. (SG 50w; catalogue value for singles)
Box **
Catalog #53var
Catalog Value £ 520
Price Realized
$400.00

Lot #804
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH RHODESIA
1901 £5 dark blue, well centered, fresh color, l.h., v.f., with 1985 Royal cert. (SG 74)
*
Catalog #74
Catalog Value £ 3,250
Unsold
Lot #805
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH RHODESIA
1910 2sh6p carmine rose and black, well centered, fresh color, small h.r., v.f. (SG 157)
*
Catalog #113
Catalog Value £ 300
Unsold
Lot #806
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH RHODESIA
1910 7sh6p bright blue and carmine, well centered, beautiful color, small h.r., v.f. (SG 160b)
*
Catalog #116
Catalog Value £ 600
Price Realized
$525.00

Lot #807
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH RHODESIA
1913-19 Admirals, complete set to £1, perf. 14, h.r., fine-v.f.,
*
Catalog #119-138
Catalog Value £ 1,182
Price Realized
$800.00

Lot #808
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH ST. HELENA
1922-27 Badge of the Colony, 1/2p-10sh, set of 15, h.r., fine-v.f. (SG 97-112)
*
Catalog #79-93
Catalog Value £ 300
Price Realized
$280.00

Lot #809
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH ST. HELENA
1922-27 Badge of the Colony, 4p-£1, set of 5, h.r., fine-v.f. (SG 92-96)
*
Catalog #95-99
Catalog Value £ 450
Price Realized
$400.00

Lot #810
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH ST. HELENA
1934 Centenary, complete set, h.r., slight overall gum toning, fine-v.f. (SG 114-123)
*
Catalog #101-110
Catalog Value £ 350
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #811
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH ST. HELENA
1934 Centenary, complete set, l.h., fine-v.f. (SG 114-123)
*
Catalog #101-110
Catalog Value £ 350
Price Realized
$290.00

Lot #812
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH ST. HELENA
1934 Centenary, complete set, n.h., fine-v.f. (SG 114-123; catalogue value for hinged)
**
Catalog #101-110
Catalog Value £ 350
Price Realized
$950.00

Lot #813
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH ST. HELENA Semi-Postals
1961 Tristan Relief Fund, set of four, each with sheet margin at left, n.h., fresh and v.f., only 434 sets sold, with 1988 Brandon cert. (SG 172-175)
**
Catalog #B1-4
Catalog Value £ 5,500
Price Realized
$6,500.00

Lot #814
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH ST. KITTS-NEVIS
1920-22 George V, 1/2p-£1, complete set, mostly l.h., fine-v.f. (SG 24-36)
*
Catalog #24-36
Catalog Value £ 250
Price Realized
$200.00

Lot #815
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH ST. KITTS-NEVIS
1923 Caravel, 1/2p-£1, complete set, h.r., fine-v.f. (SG 48-60)
*
Catalog #52-64
Catalog Value £ 1,100
Price Realized
$1,100.00

Lot #816
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH ST. LUCIA
1904-10 Edward, complete sets to 5sh, many l.h., fine-v.f. (SG 64-77)
*
Catalog #50-63
Catalog Value £ 250
Unsold
Lot #817
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH ST. VINCENT
1904-11 Edward, 1/2p-£1, complete set, l.h., fine-v.f. (SG 85-93)
*
Catalog #82-89
Catalog Value £ 350
Unsold
Lot #818
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SAMOA
1914 1 "Shilling" (instead of "Shillings) on 1m carmine, well centered, small h.r., fresh and v.f. example of this rare stamp, only 15 (!) issued, with 1972 PFC (SG 111)
*
Catalog #110a
Catalog Value £ 11,000
Price Realized
$8,500.00

Lot #819
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SAMOA
1925 £2 violet, bright color, h.r., fine,
*
Catalog #126
Catalog Value $ 400
Price Realized
$250.00

Lot #820
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SARAWAK
1888-97 Brooke, 1c-$1, complete set, h.r., some overall gum toning, fine-v.f. (SG 8-21)
*
Catalog #8-21
Catalog Value £ 350
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #821
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SARAWAK
1945 B.M.A. Overprints, complete set, l.h., fine-v.f. (SG 126-145)
*
Catalog #135-154
Catalog Value £ 375
Price Realized
$210.00

Lot #822
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SEYCHELLES
1938-49 George VI, complete set of 24, n.h., few values toned, otherwise fine-v.f. (SG 135-149)
**
Catalog #125-148
Catalog Value £ 450
Price Realized
$425.00

Lot #823
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SIERRA LEONE
1912-24 George V, 1/2p-£1, complete set, with additional £1, mostly l.h., 2sh with tiny thin, fine-v.f. (SG 112-128)
*
Catalog #103-119
Catalog Value £ 410
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #824
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SIERRA LEONE
1933 Wilberforce, complete set, mostly l.h., fine-v.f. (SG 168-180)
*
Catalog #153-165
Catalog Value £ 750
Unsold
Lot #825
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SINGAPORE
1969 Founders souvenir sheet, n.h., v.f. (SG MS 127)
Box **
Catalog #106a
Catalog Value £ 450
Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #826
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SOLOMON ISLANDS
1914-23 George V, 1/2p-£1, complete set, with additional shades of 1/2p, 1p, 5p, 1sh and 5sh, mostly l.h., fine-v.f. (SG 22-38)
*/**
Catalog #28-41
Catalog Value £ 485
Price Realized
$425.00

Lot #827
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SOMALILAND PROTECTORATE
1938-58 George VI, three complete sets including New Currency, n.h., also QEII complete set, l.h. with some toning, fine-v.f. (SG 93-116,125-135,137-148)
**
Catalog #84/139
Catalog Value £ 260
Price Realized
$150.00

Lot #828
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SOUTHERN NIGERIA
1904-7 Edward, 1/2p-£1, complete set, h.r., few low values with light toning, fine-v.f. (SG 21-32)
*
Catalog #21-31
Catalog Value £ 375
Price Realized
$280.00

Lot #829
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SOUTHERN NIGERIA
1907-10 Edward, 1/2p-£1, complete set, h.r., some overall gum toning, otherwise, fine-v.f. (SG 33-44)
*
Catalog #32-43
Catalog Value £ 350
Price Realized
$250.00

Lot #830
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SOUTHERN NIGERIA
1912 George, 1/2p-£1, complete set, l.h.., some overall gum toning not affecting two high values, fine-v.f. (SG 45-56)
*
Catalog #45-56
Catalog Value £ 225
Price Realized
$180.00

Lot #831
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH STRAITS SETTLEMENTS
1882-89 Victoria, 1c-$5, set of 11 (complete according to SG), h.r., 3c creased, balance fine-v.f. (SG 95-105)
*
Catalog #44/52,83-88
Catalog Value £ 400
Price Realized
$300.00

Lot #832
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH STRAITS SETTLEMENTS
1902 Edward, 1c-$5, complete set, mostly l.h., fine-v.f. (SG 110-121)
*
Catalog #93-104
Catalog Value £ 350
Unsold
Lot #833
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH STRAITS SETTLEMENTS
1902 Edward, $100 dull violet and green, overprinted Specimen in black, h.r., fine (SG 122s)
S
Catalog #104AS
Catalog Value £ 550
Price Realized
$575.00

Lot #834
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SUDAN
1877-1950 collection on pages, hundreds of used and unused singles and sets, some better items, postal stationery etc., SG
Envelope *O

Catalog Value £ 1,855
Price Realized
$1,000.00

Lot #835
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SUDAN
1935 General Charles George, set of nine, n.h., v.f. (SG 59-67; catalogue value for hinged)
**
Catalog #51-59
Catalog Value £ 110
Price Realized
$190.00

Lot #836
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH TANGANYIKA
1922-25 Giraffe, 5c-£1, complete set of 19, h.r., 3sh unused with short perf., balance fine-v.f. (SG 74-92)
*
Catalog #10-28
Catalog Value £ 291
Price Realized
$375.00

Lot #837
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH TANGANYIKA
1927-31 George V, 1sh-£1, six high values, £1 n.h., balance l.h., fine-v.f. (SG 102-107)
*/**
Catalog #39-44
Catalog Value £ 288
Price Realized
$250.00

Lot #838
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH TASMANIA
1897 £1 green and yellow, overprinted Specimen in black, l.h., fine
S
Catalog #85S
Unsold
Lot #839
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH TOBAGO
1882 Victoria, 4p yellow green, bright color, owner's hs and expert signature on reverse, v.f. (SG 18)
*
Catalog #19
Catalog Value £ 190
Price Realized
$140.00

Lot #840
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH TOGO
1914 1m carmine, First Setting, used on piece, Lome cancel, v.f., with 1983 PFC (SG H10)
O
Catalog #44
Catalog Value £ 2,500
Price Realized
$2,100.00

Lot #841
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH TOGO
1914 1m carmine, First Setting, with broken "F" variety, pos. 6, used on piece, Lome cancel, v.f., with 2001 Gibbs cert. (SG H10)
O
Catalog #44
Catalog Value £ 2,500
Price Realized
$1,800.00

Lot #842
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH TOGO
1914 2m blue, First Setting, centered slightly to right, small h.r., fine example of this rare stamp, only 40 printed, with 2001 Gibbs cert. (SG H11)
*
Catalog #45
Catalog Value £ 8,000
Price Realized
$4,750.00

Lot #843
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH TOGO
1914 3pf brown, Second Setting, Lome cancel, v.f., with 2003 Gibbs cert. (SG H14)
O
Catalog #48
Catalog Value £ 900
Price Realized
$525.00

Lot #844
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH TOGO
1914 20pf ultramarine, "TOG" variety, used on small piece, Lome cancel, v.f., signed Holcombe (SG H17a)
O
Catalog #51a
Catalog Value £ 3,000
Price Realized
$1,600.00

Lot #845
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH TOGO
1914 20pf ultramarine, "TOG" variety, used on small piece, Lome cancel, v.f., with 1980 Buhler and 2001 BPA certs. (SG H17a)
O
Catalog #51a
Catalog Value £ 3,000
Price Realized
$1,700.00

Lot #846
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH TRANSVAAL
1900 eight different, with Lydenburg, 1/2p (thin) and 1p, Rustenburg 1/2p and 3p, and Wolmaransstad 1/2p-2p (thin), plus 1p red, mostly h.r., few faults noted, otherwise fine, with Brandon cert. for the 1p Wolmaransstad (SG 1-2; 1,5; 1-2,9)
*
Catalog #214-5,223,227,237-8,245
Catalog Value £ 2,940
Price Realized
$750.00

Lot #847
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH TRANSVAAL
1900 Lydenburg, 4p olive and green, used, v.f., with 1976 BPA cert. (SG 7)
O
Catalog #218
Catalog Value £ 750
Price Realized
$550.00

Lot #848
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH TRANSVAAL
1900 Lydenburg, 6p violet and green, h.r., thin, v.f. appearance, with 1980 Brandon cert. (SG 8)
*
Catalog #219
Catalog Value £ 2,250
Unsold
Lot #849
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH TRANSVAAL
1900 Schweizer Reneke, 1/2p-2p, plus 1/2p Cape of Good Hope, all used, fine-v.f., with 1979 Brandon cert. for the 1p and 1976 BPA cert. for the 1/2p of Cape of Good Hope (SG 1-3,5)
O
Catalog #232-234,236
Catalog Value £ 1,250
Price Realized
$750.00

Lot #850
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
1913-14 1/2p-£1, set of ten, l.h., fine-v.f. (SG 149-156)
*
Catalog #1-11
Catalog Value £ 225
Price Realized
$190.00

Lot #851
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH VICTORIA Postage Dues
1890 1/2p-5sh, complete set, h.r., fine-v.f. (SG D1-10)
*
Catalog #J1-10
Catalog Value £ 400
Unsold
Lot #852
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH ZANZIBAR
1895-96 Overprints, complete set, h.r., fine-v.f. (SG 3-21)
*
Catalog #3-17
Catalog Value £ 375
Price Realized
$270.00

Lot #853
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH ZANZIBAR
1913 Dhow, 1c-20r, set of 16, h.r., some slight toning mostly affecting lower values, fine-v.f. (SG 246-260g)
*
Catalog #120-136
Catalog Value £ 415
Price Realized
$425.00

Lot #854
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BRITISH OMNIBUS SETS
1937-1973 Issues incl. complete sets of Coronation, Silver Jubilee (with Egypt), 1948 Silver Wedding, 1949 UPU, also smaller sets such as Victory, Royal Visit, University, plus later issues with Churchill, Red Cross, Freedom From Hunger, WHO, Shakespeare, 1973 Princess Anne Wedding, mounted in three albums, n.h., fine-v.f., SG
**

Catalog Value £ 4,410
Price Realized
$3,750.00

Lot #855
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BRITISH OMNIBUS SETS
1937 Coronation, complete except for South Africa, marginal blocks of four, n.h., fine-v.f., SG
Box **

Catalog Value £ 600
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #856
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BRITISH OMNIBUS SETS
1948 Silver Wedding, complete set, n.h., v.f., SG
**

Catalog Value £ 1,800
Price Realized
$1,300.00

Lot #857
GREECE
1861 Athens Printing, 20L deep ultramarine, without control figures on reverse, quadrille background, "1" Athens cancel, full margins all around, fresh and exceptionally nice example of this rarity, with 2003 Tseriotis cert. (Hermes 8)
O
Catalog #10
Catalog Value € 13,000
Unsold
Lot #858
GREECE
1896 Olympic Games, complete set, h.r., fine-v.f. (Hermes 108-119)
*
Catalog #117-128
Catalog Value € 2,200
Price Realized
$1,600.00

Lot #859
GREECE
1896 10d brown, h.r., v.f. (Hermes 119)
*
Catalog #128
Catalog Value € 850
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #860
GREECE
1899 5L on 1d blue, double surcharge, l.h., v.f., signed Diena (Hermes 135y)
*
Catalog #158b
Catalog Value € 200
Unsold
Lot #861
GREECE
1906 2nd Olympic Games, complete set, h.r., fine-v.f. (Hermes 159-172)
*
Catalog #184-197
Catalog Value € 800
Unsold
Lot #862
GREECE
1923 10d on 10d carmine, well centered, l.h., v.f., signed Diena, etc. (Hermes 382)
*
Catalog #276A
Catalog Value € 1,000
Price Realized
$625.00

Lot #863
GREECE
1940 Greek Youth Organization, complete set with airpost, h.r., fine-v.f.,
*
Catalog #427-436,C38-47
Catalog Value $ 475
Price Realized
$210.00

Lot #864
GREECE Air Post
1933 Zeppelin, set of three in blocks of four, 120d never hinged, others with three stamps hinged and one n.h., fine-v.f. (catalogue value as three hinged sets and one n.h. set)
Box */**
Catalog #C5-7
Catalog Value $ 633
Price Realized
$375.00

Lot #865
GREENLAND
1945 Liberation, set of nine, l.h., fine-v.f. (Facit 19-27)
*
Catalog #19-27
Catalog Value SEK 5,500
Unsold
Lot #866
GREENLAND
1945 Liberation, alternate colors, set of six, n.h., fine-v.f. (Facit 22-27v2)
**
Catalog #22a-27a
Catalog Value SEK 17,500
Unsold
Lot #867
GREENLAND
1945 Liberation, 15o red and bright ultramarine, overprint inverted, bottom margin single, n.h., v.f., signed Stolow (Facit 23v1)
**
Catalog #23var
Catalog Value SEK 8,000
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #868
HONDURAS Air Post
1952 Isabella, set of eight proofs of the center only, blocks of four, on gummed paper, with security punches, few minor creases, fine-v.f.
Box P
Catalog #C198-205P
Price Realized
$260.00

Lot #869
HUNGARY Air Post
1947-49 Air Post souvenir sheets, four different, with Roosevelt (slight staining), 1948 Chain Bridge in carmine and also greenish blue, plus 1949 Chain Bridge souvenir sheet, n.h., fine-v.f. (Mi.Blocks 11-13,17)
**
Catalog #C66, BB1-1D,CB2
Catalog Value € 790
Price Realized
$280.00

Lot #870
ICELAND Air Post
1933 "Hopflug itala", 1kr-10kr, set of three, l.h., slight hinge toning, otherwise fine-v.f., signed. The set was issued to commemorate the visit of Gen. Balbo's Flying Armada, which stopped in Iceland (Facit 165-167)
*
Catalog #C12-14
Catalog Value SEK 17,000
Unsold
Lot #871
ISRAEL
1948 Doar Ivri, 250m-1,000m high values, set of three bottom tab block of ten, never hinged and post office fresh, top value with some inconsequential gum offsets (caused by slight adhesion to an adjoining sheet), also small adhesions in the left outer sheet margin, plus a tiny adhesion on the outer right sheet margin of the 500m, all outside the stamps, v.f. and superior set of double tab blocks, Bale
Box **
Catalog #7-9
Catalog Value $ 42,000
Price Realized
$22,000.00

Lot #872
ISRAEL Air Post
1950 Issue, tab strips of 10, n.h., post office fresh, fine-v.f.,
**
Catalog #C1-6
Catalog Value $ 2,500
Price Realized
$1,400.00

Lot #873
ITALIAN STATES Naples
1858 10gr postal forgery, used on small piece with 1gr and 5gr, boxed Annulato cancels, fine,
Catalog #Sass.F5
Catalog Value € 1,500
Unsold
Lot #874
ITALIAN STATES Parma Newspaper Stamps
1853 9c black on blue paper, margins all around including sheet margin at bottom, cancelled on "Gazzetta Ufficiale di Milano" dated April 23, 1853, which was during the first few days of usage, v.f. and rare as most were uncancelled, an important showpiece of Italian States, with 1992 Sorani cert. (Sass.2)
Envelope
Catalog #PR2
Catalog Value € 58,500
Unsold
Lot #875
ITALIAN STATES Roman States
1868 5c dark blue ("azzurro scuro"), block of four, original gum which has only been lightly hinged, v.f. and rare block, with 2002 Sorani cert. (Sass.25d; catalogue value for singles)
Box *
Catalog #21var
Catalog Value € 15,000
Unsold
Lot #876
ITALIAN STATES Roman States
1868 80c black on pale rose, two panes of 40 (80 stamps in total), original gum hinged a few places for reinforcing with quite a few never hinged, few minor flaws and perf. separations, fine-v.f. (Sass.30; catalogue value for hinged singles)
Box */**
Catalog #25e
Catalog Value € 6,400
Unsold
Lot #877
ITALIAN STATES Sardinia Postal Stationery
1819-36 award winning collection on pages, neatly written-up exhibition style, beginning with the 1818 "Edit Royal" (in French) with the three "modeles des timbres", 50c unused double folio (signed Diena), 1820 unused lettersheet of 15c, 50c letter with 50c imprint, 1824 FL with 15c in blue, 1821 printed form with 25c in oval, 1829 FL with 50c (signed Diena), plus 12 additional examples used or unused. From the 2nd Issue, there are again "Manifeste de la Royale Chambre des Comptes" with embossed "Modeles de Timbres", also 25 used or unused folios or FLs, mostly signed, fine-v.f. A beautiful collection of these pioneer postal stationery items
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #878
ITALIAN STATES Tuscany
1860 Provisional Government, the famed "3L Tuscany", 3L ocher, incredibly fresh and full color, with cds of Firenze, also straight line "Per Consegna", full margins at top and bottom, clear at left, cut in at lower right, still a fine and affordable example of this classic rarity which is the key value for the Italian States. This stamp was only in circulation for a short period of time, and it is considered to be the "key" to the Italian States, signed E. Diena, A. Diena, with 1980 Enzo Diena cert. (also ex AD 23.2.1953) (Sass.23)
O
Catalog #23
Catalog Value € 120,000
Price Realized
$15,000.00

Lot #879
ITALY
1862 10c Victor Immanuel, in the scarce "oliva chiaro" shade (clear olive), well centered ("perfetto e ben centrato"), never hinged and post office fresh, a scarce shade in premium condition, with 1998 Colla cert. (catalogue value for hinged, without any premium for never hinged or centering)
**
Catalog #Sass.1b
Catalog Value € 70,000
Unsold
Lot #880
ITALY
1862 10c orange brown (bistro arancio) "Vittorio Emanuele II", used in combination with Sardinia 1858 10c orange brown (Sass. 14Df), on FL used Dec.7, 1862 from Firenze to Perugia, v.f. and fresh, with arrival pmk. The Sardinian stamp is just cut in at left and partially covered by the Italian stamp. An attractive mixed franking combination, with 1970 Diena, 1977 and 1991 Raybadi certificates
Envelope
Catalog #Sass.1g
Unsold
Lot #881
ITALY
1911 15c gray black "Michetti", gutter pane of 200, with plate no. 76-77 at top and left, n.h., folded between stamps in gutter, normal centering ranging from perfect to somewhat off-centered, generally fine or better (Sass.96, catalogue value for singles)
Box **
Catalog #123
Catalog Value € 20,000
Price Realized
$3,500.00

Lot #882
ITALY
1922 Trieste Congress, complete set of four, usual centering, tied by 5.6.22 Congresso pmks (another on reverse) on unaddressed maximum card, fine-v.f. (Sass.123-26)
Envelope
Catalog #142A-D
Catalog Value € 1,900
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #883
ITALY
1923 Manzoni, complete set, l.h., fine-v.f. (Sass.151-156)
*
Catalog #165-170
Catalog Value € 1,150
Price Realized
$280.00

Lot #884
ITALY
1926 1.25L dark blue, perf. 13 1/2, l.h., fine, signed Diena (Sass.196)
*
Catalog #182a
Catalog Value € 600
Unsold
Lot #885
ITALY
1928 "Emanuele Filiberto" 30c green & brown, center inverted, unused with full original gum, usual centering, with tiny brown offset of center at left, fine example of this rarity. Only one sheet of these inverts was sold at the post office in Bologna. The buyer did not notice the error and placed majority of the stamps on a parcel. Most of the stamps were thus used; only two (!) exist with full original gum (see footnote in Sassone where the price is listed for one of the two values with gum), signed Diena, Raybaudi, Sorani, etc. (Sass. 228a)
*
Catalog #203a
Catalog Value € 75,000
Unsold
Lot #886
ITALY
1935 International Aeronautical Salon, set of four, n.h., v.f. (Sass.384-387)
**
Catalog #345-348
Catalog Value € 880
Price Realized
$260.00

Lot #887
ITALY
1961 205L rose, the so-called "Gronchi Rosa", n.h., v.f. (Sass.921)
**
Catalog #834a
Catalog Value € 1,900
Price Realized
$850.00

Lot #888
ITALY
1988 650L Soccer (football), color error (blue instead of green, caused by missing yellow color), sheet corner margin single, used with additional franking, including the normal variety on registered cover, Rome 15 Nov. 1990, v.f. and rare, with Raybaudi cert.
Envelope
Catalog #Sass.1836a
Unsold
Lot #889
ITALY Air Post
1930 Trans-Atlantic Squadron, 7.70L Prussian blue and gray, h.r., v.f. (Sass. PA25)
*
Catalog #C27
Catalog Value € 550
Price Realized
$280.00

Lot #890
ITALY Air Post
1930 First Transatlantic flight from Rome to Brazil, cover franked with 7.70L with seven stars instead of six, with appropriate markings and signed by the entire crew, little toning, otherwise fine-v.f., extremely rare, signed Sismondo as Sass.PA25a (also with 2008 Raybaudi cert. which identifies it incorrectly as Sass.25)
Envelope
Catalog #C27a
Catalog Value € 30,000
Unsold
Lot #891
ITALY Air Post
1933 Zeppelin, complete set, blocks of four, n.h., fine-v.f. (Sass.45-50)
Box **
Catalog #C42-47
Catalog Value € 1,750
Price Realized
$700.00

Lot #892
ITALY Air Post
1933 Balbo Triptychs, "I-GIOR" and "I-PELL", two sets, l.h., fine-v.f. (Sass.PA51-52)
*
Catalog #C48-49
Catalog Value € 700
Price Realized
$240.00

Lot #893
ITALY Air Post
1933 Balbo triptychs (I-Gior), set of two, n.h., fine-v.f. (Sass.PA51-52)
**
Catalog #C48-49
Catalog Value € 700
Price Realized
$240.00

Lot #894
ITALY Air Post
1933 Balbo "Crociera Nord Atlantica" set of two sheets of 20 triptychs each, n.h. and post office fresh, folded once horizontally between stamps, minute and inconsequential stains affecting one set only, otherwise unusually crisp, v.f. and desirable set of sheets, seldom found in this beautiful condition (Sass.PA51-52)
Box **
Catalog #C48-49
Catalog Value € 17,750
Unsold
Lot #895
ITALY Air Post
1933 Balbo Crociera Nord Atlantica, 5,25+19,75L Triptych, without overprint, n.h. and post office fresh, signed Bolaffi etc., with 2007 Raybaudi "Grande Rarita" certificate. A wonderful rarity, only two sheets (40 triptychs) were discovered, of which many are in poor condition (Sass.51b)
**
Catalog #C48a
Catalog Value € 45,000
Price Realized
$30,000.00

Lot #896
ITALY Air Post Officials
1933 Servizio de Stato triptych, l.h., v.f., signed Diena (Sass. 1)
*
Catalog #CO1
Catalog Value € 3,800
Price Realized
$2,500.00

Lot #897
ITALY Air Post Officials
1933 Servizio de Stato triptych, barest trace of a hinge mark (if at all), tiny toned perf. tip, otherwise fine, with 2008 Scheller cert. (Sass.1)
*
Catalog #CO1
Catalog Value € 3,800
Price Realized
$2,000.00

Lot #898
ITALY Air Post Officials
1933 Servizio de Stato triptych, regummed, weak perforations, otherwise fresh and v.f., signed Diena (Sass. 1)
(*)
Catalog #CO1
Price Realized
$1,300.00

Lot #899
ITALY Zeppelin Flights
1933 Roma Flight, legal size cover franked with the complete set of six Zeppelin adhesives, plus additional franking, appropriate markings, little stains and cover folded in the middle, affecting two stamps, otherwise fine (Sass. 45-50)
Envelope
Catalog #C42-47
Catalog Value € 5,250
Unsold
Lot #900
ITALY Parcel Post
1946-51 25c-500L, blocks of four, the complete set of 15, n.h., fine-v.f., very rare in blocks (Sass.66-80)
Box **
Catalog #Q76-51
Catalog Value € 9,150
Unsold
Lot #901
ITALY Parcel Post
1946-54 300L brown carmine, l.h., v.f. (Sass.79)
*
Catalog #Q74
Catalog Value € 1,500
Unsold
Lot #902
ITALY Parcel Post
1954 1000L ultramarine, barest trace of a hinge, well centered, v.f. (Sass.81)
*
Catalog #Q76
Catalog Value € 3,400
Price Realized
$1,400.00

Lot #903
ITALY ITALIAN OFFICES IN CHINA - PECHINO
1917 8c on 20c brown orange, well centered, fresh color, h.r., v.f., signed Champion, with 2008 Scheller cert. (Sass.6)
*
Catalog #8
Catalog Value € 10,000
Unsold
Lot #904
ITALY ITALIAN OFFICES IN CHINA - PECHINO
1917 20c on 50c violet, usual centering, lightly hinged, fine example of this rare stamp, with 1981 Raybaudi cert. (Sass. 6)
*
Catalog #9
Catalog Value € 55,000
Unsold
Lot #905
ITALY ITALIAN OFFICES IN CHINA - PECHINO
1918-19 a spectacular group of surcharges (missing 1/2c on 1c) but with the rest of the set including 1c on 2c, 2c on 5c, 4c on 10c, 8c on 20c, 10c on 25c, 20c on 50c, 40c on 1L (showing a progressive shift of the surcharge to left), $2 on 5L, all in large multiples, 48 of each (three of last defective), also Special Delivery 12c on 30c (50), plus Postage Due 8c on 20c (49), never hinged and as fresh as the day they left the post office, fine-v.f. An incredible holding, blocks of four are not catalogued and are only seldom encountered,
Box **
Catalog #Sass.20-27,E2,S6
Catalog Value € 87,000
Price Realized
$21,000.00

Lot #906
ITALY ITALIAN OFFICES IN CHINA - PECHINO
1919 "2 DOLLARI Pechino" on 5L, type II, well centered, fresh color, never hinged, v.f., of the 15 known copies (both used and unused), this is certainly the finest, signed Raybaudi, with 1968 Diena cert. (also ex-Diena 5.1.1963) (Sass.30)
**
Catalog #30a
Catalog Value € 137,500
Unsold
Lot #907
ITALY ITALIAN OFFICES IN CHINA - PECHINO
1919 "2 Dollari Pechino" on 5L, type III, light cancel, well centered, v.f. example of this rare stamp, with 2008 Scheller cert. (Sass.29)
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Catalog #30b
Catalog Value € 11,000
Price Realized
$3,250.00

Lot #908
ITALY ITALIAN OFFICES IN CHINA - TIENTSIN
1918-19 a spectacular group of surcharges (missing 1/2c on 1c) but with the rest of the set including 1c on 2c, 2c on 5c, 4c on 10c, 8c on 20c, 10c on 25c, 20c on 50c, 40c on 1L, $2 on 5L,also Special Delivery 12c on 30c, plus Postage Due 8c on 20c and 12c on 30c, 48 of each, comprising of 11 blocks of four and 2 pairs of each value, all cancelled "Poste Italiane Tientin-Cina 27.12.22" and affixed on seven sheets, occasional perf. flaws, fine-v.f., accompanied by a receipt from "Concessione Italiana", Tientsin, 28 December, 1922 "I have received your letter and money order for $159 and am sending you N.50 sets of Italian Stamps". A unique holding, blocks of four are not catalogued and are impossible to find,
Box
Catalog #Sass.16-23,E2,S6-7
Catalog Value € 84,480
Price Realized
$19,500.00

Lot #909
ITALY ITALIAN OFFICES IN CHINA - TIENTSIN
1918-21 $2 ("dollari") on 5L blue and rose, type II, l.h., fine and rare, as only 300 were issued between types II and III, with 1986 Diena cert. (Sass. 24)
*
Catalog #23a
Catalog Value € 16,000
Unsold
Lot #910
ITALY ITALIAN OFFICES IN CHINA - TIENTSIN
1918-21 $2 ("Dollari") on 5L blue and rose, type III, h.r., centered to left, still fine and rare, as only 300 were issued between types II and III, with 1985 Diena cert. (Sass. 25)
*
Catalog #23b
Catalog Value € 14,000
Price Realized
$3,250.00

Lot #911
ITALY ITALIAN LEVANT
1874 2c red brown, overprint omitted, full original gum, l.h., well centered and splendid example of this rarity, of which only a few are known, signed Diena, with 2004 Dr.Giorgio Colla Asinelli cert. (Sass.2b)
*
Catalog #2a
Catalog Value € 75,000
Unsold
Lot #912
ITALY ITALIAN OFFICES IN ALBANIA
1907-15 cover from Scutari to Rome, franked with 10pa surcharge, used in combination with 15c Italy, also three ppcs used in 1915 from Valona, franked with 10pa on 5c green, censor markings, mostly fine
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #913
ITALY VENEZIA GIULIA
1918 2kr light blue, silk paper, pos.7, well centered, n.h., v.f., with 2006 Avi cert. (Sass.15/I)
**
Catalog #N18var
Catalog Value € 1,500
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #914
ITALY VENEZIA GIULIA
1918 2kr light blue, silk paper, block of four, pos. 14/15, 19/20, well centered, n.h., v.f., with 2006 Avi cert. (Sass.15/I; catalogue value for singles)
Box **
Catalog #N18var
Catalog Value € 1,500
Unsold
Lot #915
ITALY VENEZIA GIULIA
1918 10kr violet, overprinted "Regno d'Italia Venezia Gulia 3.XI.18" (oily overprint), n.h., v.f., signed A.Diena etc., with 2000 "Grande Rarita" Raybaudi cert. Only 37 (!) printed, hence considered one of the greatest rarities from the Italian kingdom,
**
Catalog #Sass.18
Catalog Value € 100,000
Unsold
Lot #916
ITALIAN COLONIES General Issues Air Post Officials
1934 "Roma-Mogadiscio" Servizio di Stato, complete "set" of four, with Eritrea, Somalia and Tripolitania, n.h., v.f., signed Diena, Raybaudi, with 2008 Scheller certs. Only 750-1000 of each were issued, majority used on flight covers (Sass.1)
**
Catalog #CO1
Catalog Value € 21,000
Price Realized
$11,000.00

Lot #917
ITALIAN COLONIES Eritrea Postage Dues
1903 50L yellow and 100L blue, set of two, h.r., fine, signed Diena (Sass.12-13)
*
Catalog #J12-13
Catalog Value € 1,500
Unsold
Lot #918
ITALIAN COLONIES Eritrea Parcel Post
1917-24 5c-20L, complete set, mostly l.h., fine-v.f., signed Diena (Sass.9-21)
*
Catalog #Q9-21
Catalog Value € 1,000
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #919
ITALIAN COLONIES Eritrea Parcel Post
1927-37 25c-20L, set of ten, mostly l.h., fine-v.f., few signed Diena (Sass.23-32)
*
Catalog #Q22-31
Catalog Value € 3,300
Price Realized
$1,000.00

Lot #920
ITALIAN COLONIES Italian East Africa
1941 unissued Hitler-Mussolini set of four, n.h., little overall toning as often, v.f., rare (only 50 printed), with 1999 Diena cert.,
**
Catalog #Sass.41-44
Catalog Value € 16,250
Price Realized
$15,000.00

Lot #921
ITALIAN COLONIES Libya Special Delivery
1926 2.50L on 2L, perf. 11, sheet of 50, n.h., few gum skips and toned spots, otherwise fine-v.f. and rare multiple (Sass. 13; catalogue value for n.h. singles)
Box **
Catalog #E12
Catalog Value € 22,500
Unsold
Lot #922
ITALIAN COLONIES Libya Parcel Post
1915-24 5c-20L, complete set, mostly l.h., fine-v.f. (Sass.1-13)
*
Catalog #Q1-13
Catalog Value € 800
Price Realized
$250.00

Lot #923
ITALIAN COLONIES Oltre Giuba Parcel Post
1925 5c-20L, complete set, mostly l.h., fine-v.f. (Sass.1-13)
*
Catalog #Q1-13
Catalog Value € 850
Price Realized
$290.00

Lot #924
ITALIAN COLONIES Somalia
1932 5c-25L, complete set, mostly l.h., fine-v.f. (Sass.167-184)
*
Catalog #138-155
Catalog Value € 1,800
Price Realized
$575.00

Lot #925
ITALIAN COLONIES Somalia Postage Dues
1926 5c-10L, complete set, mostly l.h., fine-v.f. (Sass.41-51)
*
Catalog #J31-41
Catalog Value € 600
Unsold
Lot #926
ITALIAN COLONIES Somalia Parcel Post
1923 25c-4L, set of six, h.r., fine-v.f. (Sass.15-20)
*
Catalog #Q10-15
Catalog Value € 900
Unsold
Lot #927
ITALIAN COLONIES Tripolitania
1924 Manzoni, set of six, l.h., fine (Sass.11-16)
*
Catalog #11-16
Catalog Value € 800
Price Realized
$150.00

Lot #928
ITALY - WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES ITALIAN OCCUPATION OF ALBANIA
1940 unissued set of four, n.h., v.f., only 200 printed, with 2007 Avi cert.,
**
Catalog #Sass.12-15
Catalog Value € 4,500
Price Realized
$2,800.00

Lot #929
ITALY - WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES ITALIAN OCCUPATION OF ITHACA
1941 7d brown, well centered, n.h., fresh and v.f., with 2001 Raybaudi cert.,
**
Catalog #Sass.37
Catalog Value € 6,750
Price Realized
$4,250.00

Lot #930
JAPAN
1939-40 National Parks souvenir sheets, four different, each with a folder, n.h., v.f.,
**
Catalog #283a,288a,306a,311a
Catalog Value $ 710
Price Realized
$375.00

Lot #931
JAPAN Air Post
1929 Communication souvenir sheet of four, h.r., small hinge thin, fine appearance,
Box *
Catalog #C8
Catalog Value $ 1,400
Price Realized
$850.00

Lot #932
JAPAN Japanese Offices in China
1914-21 1/2s-1y, four complete sets, mostly in strips of four, few blocks or irregular multiples, n.h., some with margin, couple of minute perf. flaws., fine-v.f. (JSDA OC35-49)
**
Catalog #33-47
Catalog Value ¥ 601,600
Price Realized
$2,100.00

Lot #933
JAPAN Japanese Offices in China
1914-21 1/2s-1y, two complete sets, vertical or horizontal pairs, n.h., some with margin, couple of minute perf. flaws., fine-v.f. (JSDA OC35-49)
**
Catalog #33-47
Catalog Value ¥ 300,800
Price Realized
$1,200.00

Lot #934
JAPAN Japanese Offices in China
1914-21 1/2s-1y, two complete sets, vertical or horizontal pairs, n.h., couple of minute perf. flaws., fine-v.f. (JSDA OC35-49)
**
Catalog #33-47
Catalog Value ¥ 300,800
Price Realized
$1,100.00

Lot #935
JAPAN Japanese Offices in China
1914-21 1/2s-1y, complete set, n.h., couple of minute perf. flaws., fine-v.f. (JSDA OC35-49)
**
Catalog #33-47
Catalog Value ¥ 150,400
Price Realized
$425.00

Lot #936
JAPAN Japanese Offices in China
1914-21 1/2s-10y complete set in blocks of four, mostly with margin at top or bottom, never hinged and post office fresh, occasional perf. separations or minute toned spots on gum, completely unimportant, mostly fine-v.f. An incredible set of blocks, as nice as the day they were purchased at the post office (JSDA OC22-23,OC35-49, catalogue value for four sets, without premium for blocks)
Box **
Catalog #33-49
Catalog Value ¥ 5,602,000
Price Realized
$35,000.00

Lot #937
JAPAN Japanese Offices in China
1907 10y violet (bottom sheet margin) and 1914-21 5y green, never hinged and post office fresh, v.f. (JSDA OC21-22)
**
Catalog #21,48
Catalog Value ¥ 670,000
Price Realized
$5,250.00

Lot #938
JAPAN Japanese Offices in China
1914-21 5y green and 10y violet, vertical pairs, 5y with sheet margin at bottom, never hinged and post office fresh, usual perforations, fine-v.f. (JSDA OC22-23)
**
Catalog #48-49
Catalog Value ¥ 2,500,000
Price Realized
$15,000.00

Lot #939
JAPAN Japanese Offices in China
1914-21 5y green and 10y violet, horizontal pairs, with sheet margin at top or bottom, partly separated (10y), never hinged and post office fresh, usual perforations, fine-v.f. (JSDA OC22-23)
**
Catalog #48-49
Catalog Value ¥ 2,500,000
Price Realized
$15,000.00

Lot #940
JAPAN Japanese Offices in China
1907 10y violet (bottom sheet margin horizontal strip of four) and 1914-21 5y green (sheet corner margin block of four), never hinged and post office fresh, faint toning, fine-v.f., extremely rare multiples (JSDA OC21-22)
Box **
Catalog #21,48
Catalog Value ¥ 2,680,000
Price Realized
$14,000.00

Lot #941
JAPAN Japanese Offices in China Postal Stationery
1910-12 unsevered, folded stationery reply cards 1 1/2 Sen+ 1 1/2 Sen red brown (5), 4 Sen+ 4 Sen carmine (5), also postal cards including 1 1/2 Sen blue (5), 4 Sen carmine (2), plus 3 Sen lettersheet (5), all unused, occasional slight toning and couple of minor flaws, mostly v.f. A rare group
Envelope
Catalog #JSDA ZC8
Catalog Value ¥ 100,000
Unsold
Lot #942
JAPAN Japanese Offices in China Postal Stationery
1912 unsevered, folded stationery reply card 4 Sen+ 4 Sen, unused, v.f., rare,
Envelope
Catalog #JSDA ZC8
Catalog Value ¥ 100,000
Unsold
Lot #943
KOREA
1951-52 Flags, cplt set of 44, n.h., fine-v.f. (Mi.95-138)
**
Catalog #132-173
Catalog Value € 850
Price Realized
$375.00

Lot #944
KOREA
1951-52 Flags, complete set of 22 imperf. souvenir sheets, unused without gum as issued, n.h., v.f. (Mi. Block 27-48)
(*)
Catalog #132-173var
Catalog Value € 1,500
Unsold
Lot #945
LIECHTENSTEIN
1934 Vaduz souvenir sheet, l.h., slight crease at top, otherwise v.f. (Mi.Block 1) (catalogue value for n.h.)
*
Catalog #115
Catalog Value € 2,500
Unsold
Lot #946
LIECHTENSTEIN
1934-35 5fr dark violet, l.h., v.f. (Mi.142; catalogue value for n.h.)
*
Catalog #131
Catalog Value € 650
Price Realized
$180.00

Lot #947
LIECHTENSTEIN Air Post
1930 15rp-1fr, complete set, n.h., v.f. (Mi.108-113)
**
Catalog #C1-6
Catalog Value € 500
Price Realized
$200.00

Lot #948
LUXEMBOURG
1906 10c scarlet, souvenir sheet of ten, n.h., fine-v.f. (Mi.72)
Box *
Catalog #82a
Catalog Value € 500
Price Realized
$160.00

Lot #949
LUXEMBOURG
1923 View of Luxembourg, 10f souvenir sheet, h.r., with marginal thinning from hinge removal, otherwise fine (Mi. Block 1)
*
Catalog #151
Catalog Value € 2,500
Price Realized
$260.00

Lot #950
LUXEMBOURG Semi-Postals
1935 Intellectuals, complete set, l.h., fine-v.f. (Mi.266-280; catalogue value for n.h.)
*
Catalog #B65A-Q
Catalog Value € 1,500
Price Realized
$290.00

Lot #951
MANCHUKUO
1932 Issue, blocks of eight, n.h., 1x15f defective, some gum skips of creases, mostly fine-v.f.,
Box **
Catalog #1-18
Catalog Value $ 2,200
Price Realized
$850.00

Lot #952
MEXICO
1861 1r black, pink paper, used, large margins all around, insignificant thin at top, well away from design, signed Calves,
O
Catalog #7d
Catalog Value $ 9,000
Unsold
Lot #953
MEXICO
1914 Victoria de Torreon, complete except for 5c, used on two covers, with 20c and 50c on cover to New York, minor cover faults, still fine and rare, signed Ruiz Perez, Ex-Koenig
Envelope
Catalog #362/368
Unsold
Lot #954
MEXICO Air Post
1935 Amelia Earhart, l.h., v.f., signed Sanabria, Kessler, with 1994 APS cert.,
*
Catalog #C74
Catalog Value $ 3,250
Price Realized
$2,600.00

Lot #955
MEXICO Air Post
1935 Amelia Earhart, 20c brown carmine, n.h., well centered, v.f., signed Sanabria, H.Bloch etc., rare unhinged,
**
Catalog #C74
Catalog Value $ 5,000
Price Realized
$4,750.00

Lot #956
MONACO
1932 45c brick red, left margin single, n.h. (hinged in selvage), fresh and v.f. (YT 123a)
**
Catalog #115a
Catalog Value € 790
Unsold
Lot #957
MONACO Semi-Postals
1919 Views of Monaco, set of seven, usual centering, h.r., fine-v.f. (YT 27-33)
*
Catalog #B2-8
Catalog Value € 2,100
Price Realized
$600.00

Lot #958
MONACO Semi-Postals
1920 5fr+5fr red, bright color, usual centering, h.r., signed H.Bloch etc., faint corner stain not mentioned on accompanying certificate, otherwise a fine example of this rare stamp, with 1972 PFC (YT 43)
*
Catalog #B18
Catalog Value € 8,250
Price Realized
$1,500.00

Lot #959
MONACO Semi-Postals
1920 5fr+5fr red, well centered for this difficult issue, fresh color, never hinged, fine and rare, double signed Champion (YT 43)
**
Catalog #B18
Catalog Value € 13,000
Unsold
Lot #960
MONACO Semi-Postals
1949 Red Cross, perf. and imperf. souvenir sheets of four, n.h., v.f.,
Box **
Catalog #YT Bloc 3A-B
Catalog Value € 990
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #961
NETHERLANDS
1852 15c orange yellow, vertical pair, full to clear margins all around including sheet margin at right, original gum (l.h.), v.f. (NVPH 3)
*
Catalog #3
Catalog Value € 1,900
Price Realized
$1,300.00

Lot #962
NETHERLANDS Post Office Seals
1884 1g-10g, complete set, used, fine-v.f.,
O
Catalog #NVPH 1-7
Catalog Value € 450
Unsold
Lot #963
NICARAGUA Air Post
1959 Cardinal Spellman Visit, selection of 16 sets of 7 (112 diff.) sets of progressive color proofs, on gummed stamp paper, all with plate numbers and guide-line markings, also 1957-58 unissued color trials (three of each) of the Ecclesiastical and Cathedrals sets, plus printer's mock-up of the Refugees souv. sheet, fine-v.f. and rare group
P
Catalog #C430-46P
Unsold
Lot #964
PERU
1857 1r blue, margins all around, heavy h.r., creased, v.f. appearance,
*
Catalog #1
Catalog Value $ 1,250
Unsold
Lot #965
POLAND
1860 10k blue & rose, horizontal pair, tied on piece by "1" in four squares, also with oval merchant's cachet, fine multiple, ex-Faberge
O
Catalog #1
Price Realized
$1,700.00

Lot #966
POLAND
1944 Issue, lithographed screen proof in blue, thick chalky paper, v.f.
P
Catalog #341-43P
Price Realized
$2,400.00

Lot #967
POLAND
1944 Issue, lithographed screen proof in yellow, thick chalky paper, v.f.
P
Catalog #341-43P
Price Realized
$6,500.00

Lot #968
POLAND
1944 Issue, lithographed screen proof in red brown, thin paper, v.f.
P
Catalog #341-43P
Price Realized
$7,500.00

Lot #969
POLAND
1944 Issue, lithographed screen proof in black, thin paper, v.f., signed Mikulski
P
Catalog #341-43P
Price Realized
$5,750.00

Lot #970
POLAND
1944 Issue, lithographed screen proof in red, thin paper, v.f.
P
Catalog #341-43P
Price Realized
$2,600.00

Lot #971
POLAND
1944 Issue, lithographed screen proof in Venetian red, thin paper, v.f.
P
Catalog #341-43P
Price Realized
$12,000.00

Lot #972
POLAND
1944 Issue, imperf. plate proofs in black, on thin white paper, v.f.
P
Catalog #341-43P
Price Realized
$2,900.00

Lot #973
POLAND
1944 Issue, imperf. plate proofs in issued colors, on thin white paper, v.f.
P
Catalog #341-43P
Price Realized
$2,200.00

Lot #974
POLAND
1944 Issue, perf. 11 1/2, set of three horizontal pairs, unused without gum as issued, fine-v.f.
(*)
Catalog #341-43
Price Realized
$170.00

Lot #975
POLAND
1944-45 Issue, set of three (used), also 25gr on home made postcard, plus gutter, tete-beche par, two singles with shifted perfs, 1zl gutter tete-beche strip of four, also single imperf. at bottom, horizontal pair with broken frame (pos.26) and double perf. at bottom margin, surcharged 5zl on 25gr (four diff. positions, plus additional nine singles, various shades), also 5zl on 50gr (nine stamps, incl. two singles, strip of three and a block of four), various shades, mostly fine-v.f.
*O
Catalog #341-43
Price Realized
$2,400.00

Lot #976
POLAND
1944 25g (5), also 50gr (1), proofs on thin white paper, one vertical pair, rest are singles, v.f.
P
Catalog #341,42P
Price Realized
$2,100.00

Lot #977
POLAND
1944 25gr carmine, imperf. horizontal pair, proof on thick "Koloryt" paper, v.f., rare
P
Catalog #341P
Price Realized
$2,500.00

Lot #978
POLAND
1944 50gr yellow green, dark green, imperf. proofs, each with sheet corner margin, one on thick "F.Grapow Lodz" paper, the other on German Occupation paper, v.f.
P
Catalog #342P
Price Realized
$4,000.00

Lot #979
POLAND
1944 surcharged 3zl "Zwyczajna" (two copies, one with shifted surcharge, another doubled) also "Polecona", all n.h., first one creased, others v.f., signed Krawczyk, only 150 issued of "Zwyczajna" and 25 (!) of "Polecona", cat value Zl. 18,500 ($8,800)
**
Catalog #Fi.V3,VI
Price Realized
$4,500.00

Lot #980
POLAND
1945 surcharged 5zl on 25gr, imperf. single, unused without gum as issued, v.f.
(*)
Catalog #362var
Price Realized
$1,800.00

Lot #981
POLAND
1945 25gr red brown, three singles without surcharge, one perf., the others imperf., various shades, fine-v.f.
(*)
Catalog #362var
Price Realized
$2,400.00

Lot #982
POLAND
1945 5zl on 50gr, imperf. single, also two pairs, one with double perfs, another imperf. between, fine-v.f.
*
Catalog #363var
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #983
POLAND
1945 5zl on 50gr, imperf. single, plus another without surcharge, signed Schmutz, n.h., v.f.
**
Catalog #363var
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #984
POLAND
1945 surcharged 5zl on 50gr green, dark green, two distinct shades, sheets of 30, fine-v.f.
Box **
Catalog #363
Unsold
Lot #985
POLAND
1945 surcharged 5zl on 25gr red brown, sheet of 30, printed on German occupation paper, unused without gum as issued, v.f.
Booklet (*)
Catalog #362
Price Realized
$800.00

Lot #986
POLAND
1945 5zl on 25gr, double surcharge, unused without gum as issued, v.f., rare (Fi. cat. value zl. 8,500)
(*)
Catalog #362var
Price Realized
$21,000.00

Lot #987
POLAND Semi-Postals
1946 B.I.E. set of three sheetlets of 12, also souv. sheet of three, n.h., v.f.,
Box (*)
Catalog #B49-49B,49c
Catalog Value $ 1,210
Price Realized
$800.00

Lot #988
POLAND Displaced Persons Camps
1946 Dachau-Allach, perforated Red Cross souv. sheet of six, upper left value inverted, n.h., v.f.
Box **
Unsold
Lot #989
PORTUGUESE COLONIES MADEIRA
1868 20r-100r, selection of 14 singles, with complete set unused, without gum (with BPA certificates), also an additional 50r green, plus used 80r orange (2) and 100r lilac (3), as well as a set of four reprints, mixed condition, mostly fine,
*O
Catalog #1-5
Catalog Value $ 2,104
Unsold
Lot #990
ROMANIA German Occupation
1917 surcharges, set of three without "M.V.iR." overprints, n.h., v.f., signed Mikulski (Mi.1F-3F)
**
Catalog #3N1-3var
Catalog Value € 400
Price Realized
$170.00

Lot #991
ROMANIA German Occupation
1917 surcharges, set of three without "M.V.iR." overprints, blocks of twelve, n.h., v.f., signed Mikulski (Mi.1F-3F)
Box **
Catalog #3N1-3var
Catalog Value € 4,800
Unsold
Lot #992
SAAR
1920 5m deep blue, sheet of 20, n.h. and post office fresh, showing three overprint varieties (Mi.30II, 30III, 30V), folded in margin and minor selvage separations, stamps fine-v.f., signed Dub, a wonderful Saar rarity (Mi.30; catalogue value for singles)
Box **
Catalog #38
Catalog Value € 54,500
Price Realized
$14,000.00

Lot #993
SAAR
1920 5m deep blue, lightly cancelled, well centered, v.f., signed Calves (Mi.30)
O
Catalog #38
Catalog Value € 1,100
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #994
SAAR
1920 10m yellow green, sheet of 20, showing overprint flaws of pos. 12 and 15 ("heavy control band" and small "A"), n.h., fresh and v.f., signed Dub, with 2002 Burger cert. (Mi.31,31I,31II; catalogue value for singles)
Box **
Catalog #39
Catalog Value € 8,400
Unsold
Lot #995
SAAR
1924 4fr unexploded booklet, with blue on yellow brown covers, stamps n.h., v.f.,
Booklet
Catalog #Mi. MH1
Catalog Value € 2,600
Price Realized
$1,500.00

Lot #996
SAAR
1947 surcharges, the "Urdruck" set complete, n.h., fine-v.f. (Mi.226-38I)
**
Catalog #175a-87a
Catalog Value € 2,600
Price Realized
$1,400.00

Lot #997
SAAR Semi-Postals
1928 40c-10fr, complete set, l.h., fine-v.f. (Mi.128-134)
*
Catalog #B9-15
Catalog Value € 550
Price Realized
$200.00

Lot #998
SAAR Air Post
1950 Council of Europe, 200f red brown, bottom right corner "date" block of four, n.h., v.f. (Mi.298,298Br)
Box **
Catalog #C12
Catalog Value € 890
Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #999
SALVADOR
1896 1c green, 24c violet, imperf. gutter sheets of 200, unused without gum, some toning, mostly fine-v.f.
Box (*)
Catalog #146,154var
Price Realized
$90.00

Lot #1000
SAN MARINO
1895 1L light blue, original gum (h.r.), fine and rare high value, signed Bloch, Bolaffi (Sass.31)
*
Catalog #22
Catalog Value € 2,200
Price Realized
$700.00

Lot #1001
SAN MARINO
1903 2L violet, l.h., v.f., signed Diena (Sass.44)
*
Catalog #72
Catalog Value € 1,300
Unsold
Lot #1002
SAN MARINO
1933 Convention of Philatelists, set of four, l.h., fine-v.f., signed Diena (Sass.176-179)
*
Catalog #151-154
Catalog Value € 600
Unsold
Lot #1003
SAN MARINO
1946 100L "New Hope", two minisheets of ten, n.h., few gum skips and marginal wrinkles, otherwise v.f. (Sass.6)
Box **
Catalog #257
Catalog Value € 1,800
Unsold
Lot #1004
SAN MARINO
1949-51 UPU, four different souvenir sheets of six, n.h. except the imperf. sheet which is l.h., fine-v.f. (Sass. 8-11)
Box */**
Catalog #304,C62a,b,C75
Catalog Value € 1,105
Price Realized
$400.00

Lot #1005
SAN MARINO
1958 500L View, sheet of six, n.h., fresh and v.f. (Sass.18)
Box **
Catalog #411
Catalog Value € 1,375
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #1006
SAN MARINO Air Post
1933 Zeppelin, set of six, n.h., v.f. (Sass.11-16)
**
Catalog #C11-16
Catalog Value € 600
Price Realized
$250.00

Lot #1007
SAN MARINO Air Post
1950 500L blue, dark green and violet brown, imperf. sheet margin single, n.h., v.f. (Sass.91b)
**
Catalog #C71var
Catalog Value € 700
Unsold
Lot #1008
SAN MARINO Air Post
1951 1000L Flag and Plane, l.h., v.f. (Sass.99)
*
Catalog #C77
Catalog Value € 600
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #1009
SAN MARINO Air Post
1961 1000L Helicopter, also 1961 Europa, sheetlets of six, two of each, n.h., one 1000L with faint gum toning, otherwise v.f. (Sass.22-23)
Box **
Catalog #490,C117
Catalog Value € 1,525
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #1010
SPAIN
1865 12c blue and rose, frame inverted, used, small faults, fine appearance, signed Calves, Buhler, etc.,
O
Catalog #76a
Catalog Value $ 1,650
Price Realized
$400.00

Lot #1011
SPAIN
1950 Centenary of Spain's stamps, complete set with airpost, h.r., fine-v.f. (Ed. 1075-1082)
*
Catalog #776-779,C127-130
Catalog Value € 585
Price Realized
$300.00

Lot #1012
SPAIN Air Post
1953 50p Sorolla, n.h., v.f. (Ed.1125)
**
Catalog #C144
Catalog Value € 900
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #1013
SPAIN Air Post Semi-Postals
1938 Defense of Madrid, h.r., v.f., signed Stolow, Diena (Ed. 759)
*
Catalog #CB6
Catalog Value € 415
Price Realized
$140.00

Lot #1014
SWITZERLAND Zurich
1843 6r black, red vertical lines, margins all around, including black dividing lines on three sides, tied by black rosette cancel on printed FL, with corresponding Stafa 26 May 1845 departure strike, v.f. and exceptional cover, signed Von der Weid etc., with 2008 Calves cert. (Zu.2S)
Envelope
Catalog #1L2
Catalog Value SFr 4,700
Unsold
Lot #1015
SWITZERLAND Geneva
1843 5c black on green, the left half of the "Double Geneva", margins all around except just in right, tied by neat red rosette cancel on FL addressed to Mr. Brocher, architect Commune des Eaux Vives, filing folds away from the stamp, fine and rare cover, with 1997 Zumstein cert. ("sehr farbenfrisch, sehr sauber gestempelt") (Zu.4L)
Envelope
Catalog #2L1a
Catalog Value SFr 18,000
Unsold
Lot #1016
SWITZERLAND Geneva
1847 5c yellow green envelope stamp, large margins all around, used on 1850 FL addressed to Monsieur Calladon, "President du Consistoire", neat red Geneva cancel, with red Geneva "5 Dec 50 10 1/2" cds alongside, filing folds away from the stamp, v.f. and attractive usage, signed Reutherskiold, with 1933 Wettler and 1977 Von der Weid certs ("echte seltene frankatur, fehlefrei market, farbfrisches und sauberes stuck") (Zu.O7)
Envelope
Catalog #2LU1
Catalog Value SFr 30,000
Unsold
Lot #1017
SWITZERLAND
1850 Poste Locale, 2 1/2rp black and red, Without Frame around Cross, margins all around to just clear at top, pen cancel removed (cleaned) and repaired, otherwise a fine example of this scarce stamp, with 1989 Calves cert. (Zu.14II)
O
Catalog #4
Catalog Value SFr 30,000
Price Realized
$2,800.00

Lot #1018
SWITZERLAND
1934 NABA souv. sheet of four, n.h., v.f. (Zu. Block 1)
Box **
Catalog #226
Catalog Value SFr 1,000
Unsold
Lot #1019
SWITZERLAND
1934 NABA souvenir sheet, used on piece, v.f. (Zu. Block 1)
Box
Catalog #226
Catalog Value SFr 750
Unsold
Lot #1020
SWITZERLAND Air Post
1935 10c on 15c deep green and light green, surcharge inverted, well centered, small h.r., v.f. and rare, only 50 printed, signed Muller-Basel, with 2006 Roumet cert. (Mi.286K, Euro 10,000) (Zu.20)
*
Catalog #C20a
Catalog Value SFr 8,500
Unsold
Lot #1021
SWITZERLAND Air Post
1935 10c on 15c deep green and light green, surcharge inverted, well centered, small h.r., red owner's handstamp in red with shows through, otherwise v.f. and rare, only 50 printed, signed Muller-Basil, etc., with 2008 Scheller cert. (Mi.286K, Euro 10,000) (Zu.20)
*
Catalog #C20a
Catalog Value SFr 8,500
Unsold
Lot #1022
SWITZERLAND Air Post
1935 10c on 15c deep green and light green, surcharge inverted, h.r., minor natural paper flaws, otherwise v.f., signed Muller-Basil, with 1988 Hunziker and 2008 Scheller certs. (Zu.20) (Mi.286K, Euro 10,000)
*
Catalog #C20a
Catalog Value SFr 8,500
Unsold
Lot #1023
SWITZERLAND Air Post
1938 "Pro Aero 1938" surcharged 75c on 50c, bottom corner sheet margin single, small h.r., v.f. and rare unused, as most were cancelled to order or affixed to air mail letters by postal officials; this lot along with the next two represent a significant holding of this rare issue and present a wonderful opportunity for collectors to acquire this sought after stamp, unpriced in Scott's, signed Hunziker, with 2008 Scheller cert. (Zu.26) (Mi.325 Euro 14,000)
*
Catalog #C26
Catalog Value SFr 7,500
Price Realized
$4,500.00

Lot #1024
SWITZERLAND Air Post
1938 "Pro Aero 1938" surcharged 75c on 50c, regummed, small h.r., v.f. (Mi.325, Euro 14,000) (Zu.26, catalogue value for hinged)
(*)
Catalog #C26
Catalog Value SFr 7,500
Unsold
Lot #1025
SWITZERLAND Air Post
1938 "Pro Aero 1938" surcharged 75c on 50c, bottom sheet margin single, n.h., post office fresh, v.f., signed Bolaffi etc., with 2008 Scheller cert. (Zu.26)
**
Catalog #C26
Catalog Value SFr 15,000
Price Realized
$7,500.00

Lot #1026
SYRIA ISSUES OF THE ARABIAN GOVERNMENT
1920 registered cover from Aleppo to the Banco di Roma in Alexandria, Egypt, franked with two different adhesives with Arabian Government seals, used in combination with 2pi Palestine, Halep departure and Alexandria arrival pmks, wax seal removed from back, fine
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #1027
SYRIA ISSUES OF THE ARABIAN GOVERNMENT
1920 Ottoman stationery entire envelope to Ottoman Bank in Baghdad, additionally franked with 20pa ultramarine, used in combination with 5m Palestine, Damascus departure pmks, fine and scarce handstamped stationery envelope
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #1028
SYRIA ISSUES OF THE ARABIAN GOVERNMENT
1920 group of seven covers or cards, various frankings, used from Aleppo, Damascus etc., some faults, mostly fine
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #1029
SYRIA Ain-Tab
1921 1pi on 1pi violet and black, surcharged in carmine, used on piece, v.f., signed Calves, with 2008 Scheller cert.,
O
Catalog #YT 3
Catalog Value € 2,200
Price Realized
$1,200.00

Lot #1030
SYRIA Ain-Tab
1921 2pi on 1pi violet and black, surcharged in black, used, v.f., signed Calves, with 2008 Scheller cert.,
O
Catalog #YT 7
Catalog Value € 1,700
Price Realized
$850.00

Lot #1031
THAILAND
1951-60 King Adulyadej, 5s-20b, complete set, n.h., fine-v.f.,
**
Catalog #283-295
Catalog Value $ 649
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #1032
THAILAND
1951-60 King Adulyadej, 10b black brown and violet, n.h., v.f.,
**
Catalog #294
Catalog Value $ 310
Price Realized
$190.00

Lot #1033
THAILAND Semi-Postals
1920 Scout's Fund, three complete sets, mostly l.h., one stamps (B14) unused, fine-v.f.,
*
Catalog #B12-30
Catalog Value $ 1,482
Price Realized
$950.00

Lot #1034
VATICAN CITY
1929 Provisional Surcharges, complete set, h.r., 2,55L with a tiny thin speck, others fine-v.f., signed Zumstein, Raybaudi,
*
Catalog #35-40
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #1035
VATICAN CITY
1946 20c on 5c gray, bottom left corner block of 20, n.h., with horizontal perforations missing from bottom three rows, double perforations between rows two and three, n.h., fine-v.f. (Sass.102n,102o,102t)
Box **
Catalog #102var
Price Realized
$850.00

Lot #1036
VENEZUELA
1915 engraved vignette in green, used for the Antonio Jose de Sucre Issue, large die proof die sunk on card, with "Sucre" in pencil, dated and signed by the engraver
P
Unsold
Lot #1037
VENEZUELA
1951-52 Arms and Industry, complete set of 384 stamps including Air Post, n.h., fine-v.f. (Mi.646/1075)
**
Catalog #464-631,C338-553
Catalog Value € 3,600
Price Realized
$1,300.00

Lot #1038
VENEZUELA Air Post
1943 Resellado, 10c-20b, complete set, blocks of four, n.h. and post office fresh, v.f.,
Box **
Catalog #C164-180
Catalog Value $ 700
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #1039
VENEZUELA Ciudad Bolivar Provisional Issue
1902-03 selection of six covers incl. manuscript revaluation "75c+Sucre", handstamped "Vale 25 Cs", "Vale 50cts", usually tied by large double circle "Fiscalia de Instruccion Publica Estado Guyana", signed alongside "Carrasco" in cases, addressed to Trinidad (3), Napoli (2) and France (1), the latter via Port of Spain, with transit and arrival pmks, four of the covers are with Holcombe certificates, some minor faults, of no importance, scarce and seldom offered group of these provisionals, ex-Gebauer collection
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #1040
YEMEN
1926 2 1/2b black, 2 1/2b black, orange, each tied by a violet handstamp on a ppc (Hodeidah), sent from Massaua, 17.9.28 via the Italian Somaliland, where it was franked with a vertical pair of 10c to pay for the external transit to Italy (addressed to Ing. Luigi Baerberis in Rome), fine and rare Yemen cover
Envelope
Catalog #1,2
Price Realized
$5,750.00

Lot #1041
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS UNITED STATES
1847-1988 collection in Minkus Album, with regular issues and commemoratives, including 1847 5c and 10c, 1851 5c, 1857 90c (dubious cancel), 1869 30c and 90c, Banknotes to 90c, 1890 set to 90c, Columbians to $5, 1894-5 Bureau Issues to $5, Trans-Mississippi complete to $2, Pan-American, 1902-3 Issue to $5, 5c Lincoln imperf. pair, Pan-Pacific, Washington-Franklins to $5, Liberty to $5, Kansas-Nebraska, White Plains sheet, etc., with high value postage, also Air Post with C1-3, Zeppelin set (hinged), C18, few booklet panes including C10a, Special Delivery, Parcel Post, Offices in China complete, Confederate States, mixed condition with both used and unused, faults noted, huge catalogue value
*O
Price Realized
$8,500.00

Lot #1042
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS UNITED STATES
1847-1990s collection in 15+ albums, housed in four cartons, used and unused, with No.1,2, regular issues, 1869 issue complete, Columbians to $2, Trans-Mississippi to $1, later issues mostly complete, Air Post with C1-6 (unused), C13,14 (used), back of the book incl. Revenues, Postal Stationery, recent year-books, United States Possessions, Hawaii, Canal Zone, Philippines, Guam, Puerto Rico, Ryukyu Islands, mixed condition with faults to be expected, high catalogue value
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Price Realized
$11,000.00

Lot #1043
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS UNITED STATES
1857-1930 collection on Scott's album pages, with few early Issues, Pictorials to 12c, Banknotes, 1890 to 90c, Columbians to $2, Bureau color changes, Trans-Mississippi to 50c, Pan American, 1902-3 to $5, Louisiana Purchase, Washington Franklins to $5, Pan-Pacific complete, Liberty Series to $5, White Plains sheet (small faults), etc., mostly unused with few early issues used, some never hinged, mixed condition with few faults noted, many well centered, generally fine or better, high catalogue value
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Price Realized
$6,250.00

Lot #1044
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS UNITED STATES
1890-1973 carton with pages and albums, used and unused, with regular issues, commemoratives, officials, revenues, also some unused booklets etc., mixed condition, with usual faults to be expected, high catalogue value
*O
Price Realized
$1,100.00

Lot #1045
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS UNITED STATES
1888-1929 selection in stock book incl. 5c Garfield used (7), plus wholesale quantities of 1902-3 Issue 1c and 2c, some Washington-Franklins, 1923-26 7c perf. 10, coils, Kansas-Nebraska 3c, 4c, 9c etc., apparently all n.h., centering mixed with some fine or better,
**O
Catalog #216/673
Catalog Value $ 11,000
Unsold
Lot #1046
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS UNITED STATES
1900-2000 large accumulation in three cartons, with singles, plate blocks, blocks of four in glassines, album pages, stock cards, auction lot sheets, year sets, strength in Air Post, Special Delivery, mostly n.h., also used and unused singles on pages, collection balances etc., substantial catalogue and face value
Box **
Price Realized
$1,500.00

Lot #1047
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS UNITED STATES Air Post
1918-33 selection of 22 stamps, with C1 (9), C2 (3), C4 (6), C5 (2) and C18 (2), mostly h.r., few unused or disturbed gum, also few minor faults noted, generally fine,
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Catalog #C1-2,4-5,C18
Catalog Value $ 1,135
Price Realized
$270.00

Lot #1048
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS UNITED STATES COVERS
1880s-1920s accumulation of 1,000+ in carton, mostly 19th century, worth inspection
Envelope
Price Realized
$1,500.00

Lot #1049
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS UNITED STATES COVERS
1920s-60s First Day Covers, 2,000+ in two cartons, with early regular issues, air post, commemoratives, better cachets, fine-v.f., worth careful inspection
Envelope
Price Realized
$950.00

Lot #1050
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS UNITED STATES COVERS
1940s-60s First Day Covers, 3,000+ in two cartons, with regular issues, air post, commemoratives, many better cachets, fine-v.f., worth careful inspection
Envelope
Price Realized
$1,500.00

Lot #1051
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS UNITED STATES FLIGHT COVERS
1920s-60s covers, accumulation of 2,000+ in four cartons, first flights, dedications, helicopter flights etc.
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #1052
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS UNITED STATES FLIGHT COVERS
1920s-30s accumulation of 5,000+ in five cartons, mostly early CAMs and FAMs including Hong Kong, Macao, also dedications, jet flights, some pilot signed,
Envelope
Price Realized
$2,300.00

Lot #1053
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS UNITED STATES FLIGHT COVERS
1920s-60s accumulation of 2,000+ in carton, including Helicopter flights, first flights, many signed by the pilots, interesting lot
Envelope
Price Realized
$950.00

Lot #1054
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS UNITED STATES COVERS Postal Stationery
1880s-60s accumulation of 6,000+ in five cartons, used and unused stationery entire envelopes, postal cards, with good representation of officials (some quite rare), mixed condition
Envelope
Price Realized
$3,000.00

Lot #1055
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS ADEN
1881-1961 Postal History, specialized collection written up exhibition style on pages, with 100+ covers, more than half pre-1938 stamps of India used in Aden, many registered to Italy, later issues include various States, also selection of older stamps of India and some Great Britain with Aden cancellations, mostly fine-v.f. An excellent collection of Aden
Envelope
Price Realized
$4,000.00

Lot #1056
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS ARAB COUNTRIES (GULF STATES)
1941-61 balance of a collection on pages, with Aden, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Muscat etc., singles and sets, few covers, mostly n.h., fine-v.f., SG
*/**

Catalog Value £ 1,700
Price Realized
$1,600.00

Lot #1057
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS ARMENIA
1919-1923 specialized collection of hundreds of mostly unused singles, blocks of four and larger, neatly arranged in a large stock book, with dozens of unusual varieties, inverted, double, partly omitted, also large multiples with Yerevan cds, with values to 10r, also later issues with surcharges, some reference material and doubtful items as always, but many signed by Romeko, Mikulski, Dr.P.Jemchouhin and others, generally fine-v.f., huge catalogue value
*/**
Unsold
Lot #1058
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS AUSTRALIA
1913-1974 collection on pages, complete including all the Kangaroos (!) 1/2p-£2 (53 different stamps with five different £2 values, plus four different £1 values - this section alone catalogues £21,000+) unused, mostly well centered, l.h. or h.r., other issues with George V, Sydney Harbor Bridge, definitives to £2, some coils and booklets, also Postage Dues incl. J1-21 etc., Military stamps and officials, occasional used, mostly unused, fine-v.f., SG
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Catalog Value £ 27,000
Price Realized
$30,000.00

Lot #1059
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS AUSTRALIA
1953-1978 Issues in various moderate quantities, incl. Navigators to $4, regular issues and souvenir sheets with 1971 Christmas (two panes of 25), booklet panes and much more, n.h., fine-v.f.
Box **
Unsold
Lot #1060
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS AUSTRIA
1850-1988 comprehensive collection in Scott's Specialty Album, with regular issues and commemoratives, including Birthday Jubilee, Styria overprints, Semi-Postals, Air Post complete, Postage Dues virtually complete, back of the book with military mail, Bosnia, Serbia, Italian Occupation, Lombardy-Venetia, etc., mostly hinged, Classics mostly used, few minor faults noted, generally high, substantial catalogue value,
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Price Realized
$1,400.00

Lot #1061
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS AUSTRIA
1850-1990 collection including Levant, Lombardy-Venetia etc., used or unused, many n.h., with regular issues and commemoratives, Semi-Postals, Air Post, Postage Dues, classics mostly used, few minor faults noted, generally high, substantial catalogue value
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Price Realized
$1,600.00

Lot #1062
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS AUSTRIAN LEVANT
1867-1914 issues on pages, selection of 50+ used and unused singles, some better pmks, postage dues, paper varieties, surcharges, mostly fine
*O
Unsold
Lot #1063
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS BAHAMAS
1859-1968 specialized two-volume collection on pages, incl. SG No.1 used (Royal cert.), No.4,6 unused, further selection of unused and used Chalon heads with better values, mostly complete from SG 45, with Victoria, Edward and George V and VI high values, varieties incl. 1963 FFH name and value omitted (SG 223a, cat £900), also Special Delivery double and inverted overprints (E1a,b), War Tax with double overprints (MR2a,3b), booklets, some blocks etc., mostly fine-v.f. An excellent collection, high catalogue value
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Price Realized
$10,000.00

Lot #1064
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS BALTIC COUNTRIES
1918-1940 Estonia and Latvia, collection of hundreds collected parallel used and unused on pages, with regular issues, commemoratives, air post with few covers, missing the key items, but with many better perf. and imperf. sets (especially from Latvia, with 1925 imperf. Libau set, 1932 perf. and imperf. Zeppelin sets of four and others), mostly fine-v.f.
*O
Price Realized
$1,600.00

Lot #1065
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS BELGIUM
1869-1929 balance of a specialized collection on manila stock cards and on pages, 1,500+ stamps and 30+ covers, some with excellent franking (but generally poor margins), 20c Leopold with various plate flaws and numeral town cancels, various 8,10,14,17 and 18-bar cancels, also proofs, trial colors, essays, some reference material, also 15 used hexagonal Telegraph stamps, imperf. blocks of four of the 1929 reprints of the 1896-97 Brussels Exhibition Issue, also some philatelic literature and more
Envelope OP
Unsold
Lot #1066
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS BRITISH COMMONWEALTH
1915-1975 British Europe and Oceania, collection in two Scott's Specialty albums, with Aitutaki, Australia, including Kangaroos to 5sh, Melbourne Souv. sheet, Arms and Navigators to high values, British Solomon Islands, Christmas Island, Cyprus, Fiji, Gibraltar with Spanish Currency complete, George V £1, Gilbert & Ellice Islands, Nauru, New Hebrides, New Zealand, Niue, Norfolk Island, North West Pacific Islands to 10sh, Papua New Guinea, Penrhyn Islands, Pitcairn Islands, Queensland 1890 1p vermilion imperf. pair, Samoa, Tasmania, Tonga, Tuvalu, Victoria and Western Australia, with Semi-Postals, Airpost, Postage Dues, etc., mostly hinged, fairly complete for George VI and QEII (QEII mostly n.h.), fine-v.f. and generally fresh collection, with very little catalogue value in classics, (catalogue value approximate according to SG)
*/**

Catalog Value £ 16,500
Unsold
Lot #1067
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS BRITISH COMMONWEALTH
1937-2000 unexploded booklets, hundreds in carton, mainly Great Britain with some early including Silver Jubilee, occasional George VI, mainly QEII including pre-decimal, also British Commonwealth with better items from Jamaica, Tristan Da Cunha, New Zealand, Australia, Mauritius, Northern Rhodesia, Rhodesia, plus many others incl. varieties, inverted watermarks etc., each item purchased individually and housed in a glassine envelope with identifying numbers, fine-v.f.
Booklet
Unsold
Lot #1068
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS BRITISH COMMONWEALTH
1938-58 selection of 12 different sets, mostly George VI, with Ascension to 10sh, Bermuda, Fiji and Jamaica to £1, Falkland Islands with George VI 1952 and QEII complete to £1, also Dependencies with Thin Map and QEII to £1, India to 25r, Leeward Islands to £1, Seychelles to 5r and Straits Settlements to $5, mostly l.h., fine-v.f., SG
*

Catalog Value £ 2,750
Unsold
Lot #1069
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS BRITISH COMMONWEALTH
1938-58 selection including George VI (Falkland Islands n.h.) and QEII issues, also Malta, Channel Islands etc, various singles and sets, many n.h., fine-v.f.
*/**
Price Realized
$1,100.00

Lot #1070
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS BRITISH COMMONWEALTH
1950s-90s accumulation of singles and sets in carton, mostly Australasia with Papua, Cook Islands, Penhryn, Niue, New Zealand, also Malta, Ireland, Falkland Islands etc.
**
Price Realized
$750.00

Lot #1071
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS BRITISH COMMONWEALTH
1952-60 QEII, 16 complete sets, including Ascension (2 different), Cyprus, Falkland Islands, Falkland Islands Dependencies, Malta, North Borneo (2 different), Rhodesia & Nyasaland (2 different), Sabah, Sarawak, Singapore and South Georgia (2 different, including 1-16), n.h., mostly v.f.
**

Catalog Value £ 1,790
Unsold
Lot #1072
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS BRITISH COMMONWEALTH
1970s-90s balance of a consignment in carton, with stock books containing larger blocks and souvenir sheets, hundreds incl. Great Britain, various omnibus issues, sheets etc. High new issue cost
Box **
Price Realized
$950.00

Lot #1073
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS BRITISH COMMONWEALTH
1935 Silver Jubilee, selection of 12 covers incl. Antigua (two sets), Gilbert & Ellice, Mauritius, Morocco Agencies, South-West Africa, Malta (four covers), Northern Rhodesia (2), many registered, various usages, mostly fine-v.f.
Envelope
Price Realized
$425.00

Lot #1074
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS BRITISH AFRICA
1863-1975 Collection in three Scott's Specialty Albums, with Ascension, Basutoland, Bechuanaland, Cape of Good Hope, Gambia (fairly complete from 1886), Gold Coast (fairly complete from 1904), British Middle East Forces, British Morocco, KUT, Malawi, Mauritius, Nigeria, Northern Rhodesia, Nyasaland, Rhodesia with Double Heads to 5sh, St.Helena, Seychelles complete (including George VI), Sierra Leone, Somaliland, Southern Nigeria, Southern Rhodesia, South-West Africa, Swaziland, Tristan Da Cunha, Zanzibar, Zululand etc., with Air Post, Postage Dues, Officials, etc., also some varieties, mostly hinged prior to QEII, afterwards mostly n.h., fairly complete for George VI and QEII, few minor faults noted, fine-v.f. and mostly clean collection (catalogue value is approximate and does not include material after 1970)
*/**

Catalog Value £ 25,000
Price Realized
$13,000.00

Lot #1075
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS BRITISH €OPE
1840-1988 Collection in two Minkus Albums, with Great Britain mostly used, including 1p black, 1867 5sh Victoria (2), selection of used classics, 1883 Victoria 2sh6p-10sh, Edward to 5sh, 1934 Seahorses, mostly unused from QEII onwards (many n.h.) also with Officials; Cyprus unused, with George VI to £1 (l.h.), QEII sets to £1 (n.h.); Gibraltar with George V to 10sh, QEII to £1 (l.h.); Ionian Islands; British Levant; Malta unused with Edward to 1sh, George V to 5sh, 1922 set complete to £1, Postage & Revenue sets, postage dues, etc.; Ireland, mostly unused post 1938, fine-v.f. with few small faults noted on older items, otherwise fine-v.f. (catalogue value approximate according to SG)
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Catalog Value £ 7,500
Unsold
Lot #1076
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS BRITISH AMERICA
1852-1975 Collection in three Scott's Specialty items, with Antigua including Edward and George V 5sh, Bahamas, Barbados, Barbuda, Bermuda with George VI to £1 with both perf. 13 and 14, British Antarctic Territory, British Guiana with George V to 96c, British Honduras, Cayman Islands, Dominica with Edward and George V values to 5sh, Falkland Islands including Victoria 2sh6p and 5sh, Falkland Island Dependencies, Grenada with 10sh Edward, George V complete, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Montserrat, Newfoundland with many complete sets, St. Christopher, St. Kitts-Nevis, St. Lucia including 1883 Victoria set to 1sh, South Georgia, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks & Caicos and Virgin Islands, with Semi-Postals, Postage Dues, etc., fairly complete for George VI and QEII with high new issue value, mostly hinged, some George VI and QEII n.h., also few perforation varieties, fine-v.f. and overall a fresh collection, with very little catalogue value in classics, (Catalogue value is approximate according to SG)
*/**

Catalog Value £ 28,500
Price Realized
$15,000.00

Lot #1077
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS BRITISH ASIA
1880-1975 collection in Scott's Specialty album, with Aden (complete except for Dhow), also States, plus Bahrain, Brunei with sets to $5 and $10, Burma, Ceylon, Hong Kong including QEII to sets complete, Kuwait, Malaysian States, Muscat & Oman, North Borneo, Qatar, Sarawak, Singapore complete, Straits Settlements, with Victoria to 96c, George V sets to $5, Malaya-Borneo, etc., with Semi-Postals, Postage Dues, Japanese Occupation, etc., fairly complete for George VI and QEII, mostly hinged pre-QEII, mostly n.h. after, some usual tropical toning, generally fine-v.f. (catalogue value approximate according to SG)
*/**

Catalog Value £ 18,000
Unsold
Lot #1078
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS BRITISH €OPE
1960s-90s modern issues from Jersey, Guernsey, Cyprus and Gibraltar, wholesale stock in sheets, quantities 50+ each, nice selection, SG
Box **

Catalog Value £ 6,800
Unsold
Lot #1079
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS BRITISH €OPE
1922-1975 Collection in Scott's Album, with Channel Islands, Ireland and Malta, better items include Ireland Seahorses, Malta 5sh Victoria and complete sets to 10sh and £1, etc., with Air Post and Postage Dues, fairly complete from 1935 onwards, with many n.h. (earlier material hinged), fine-v.f.,
*/**

Catalog Value £ 3,000
Price Realized
$1,500.00

Lot #1080
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS BRITISH GUIANA
1860-1967 collection on Scott's album pages, with early issues to 1882 used, fairly complete unused from Sc. No. 120, with some varieties, also officials, 1966 Independence overprints watermarked sideways, occasional quality issues, otherwise fine-v.f., with many scarce items (catalogue value approximate according to Scott's)
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Catalog Value $ 8,500
Price Realized
$1,700.00

Lot #1081
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS CANADA
1868-1979 Collection mounted on Scott's pages, with Montreal Printing including 6c, Jubilees to 20c, Edward to 10c, Quebec Tercentenary complete, George V to 50c, Coils, 50c Bluenose, apparently complete from 1934 onwards, with booklet panes, Semi-Postals, Air Post, Special Delivery, Registration, Postage Dues, etc., mostly unused with many never hinged (few early issues regummed), mostly well centered and v.f.
*/**
Unsold
Lot #1082
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS CANADA
1859-1979 accumulation in two cartons, with singles, plate blocks, blocks of four in three albums and special block albums, mixed condition, mostly fine
Box *O
Price Realized
$575.00

Lot #1083
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS CANADA
1930-60s collection/accumulation on Scott's or White Ace pages, mostly hinged, few used, complete sets, also blocks of four including 1946 to $1, mostly fine-v.f.
Box *O
Price Realized
$1,000.00

Lot #1084
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS CANADA Air Post
1920s-30s First Flights, officials, stationery and more, thousands in carton
Envelope
Price Realized
$1,800.00

Lot #1085
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS CAPE OF GOOD HOPE
1853-64 1p-1sh, large assembly of hundreds, mostly used, various pmks, condition varies, with usual faults or poor margins, some exceptional copies included, nice lot (catalogue value by Scott's, Gibbons in excess of £75,000)
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Catalog #1-7,9,9a,9b,12-15
Catalog Value $ 59,800
Unsold
Lot #1086
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS CHINA
1940s-60s Balance of a consignment, various sets in quantities of 1-120 of each, sheets, used, folders, some PRC etc.
*O
Price Realized
$5,250.00

Lot #1087
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS CHINA
1920s-60s covers, accumulation of 300+ in carton, both commercial and FDCs, some better items
Envelope
Price Realized
$2,800.00

Lot #1088
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS CHINA
1950-80s Taiwan and PRC, mostly cplt sets in glassines, fine-v.f.
*/**
Price Realized
$425.00

Lot #1089
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS CHINA - PRC
1947-51 early issues with North China etc., collection of 200+ mostly used on pages, fine-v.f.
*(*)
Price Realized
$600.00

Lot #1090
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS CHINA - PRC
1980-86 small stock of sets, souv. sheets and booklets, usually four of each, n.h., fine-v.f.
Booklet **
Price Realized
$400.00

Lot #1091
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS COLOMBIA Air Post
1926-31 SCADTA, group of 12 covers including three unused stationery (30c and 50c large envelopes, plus 20c lettersheet), with handstamped in violet "E.U." on 60c (two legal size envelopes, one with inverted overprint), also machine overprinted "GB", one from Canal Zone, plus a few miscellaneous items, interesting lot
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #1092
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS COLOMBIA Postal Stationery
1890s Cubiertas, 10c-50c selection of 35+, many different, used or unused, some faulty
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Price Realized
$150.00

Lot #1093
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS CZECHOSLOVAKIA
1918-1990 extensive collection in two Scott's specialty albums, mostly unused and generally complete less the rarities, with a good range of 1919 Semi-Postals, air post, souvenir sheets and back of the book issues, mostly l.h., some used, multiplies, study group and much more, fine-v.f.
*
Price Realized
$2,700.00

Lot #1094
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS ECUADOR
1865-1967 collection in Minkus album, used or unused, fairly complete from 1930 onwards, with Air Post, Officials, souvenir sheets, etc., also Venezuela, fine-v.f.
*O
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #1095
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS FRANCE
1849-1988 Collection in Minkus album, with Classics (usual poor quality), regular issues, commemoratives, Semi-Postals essentially complete including B3-10, Air Post, Souvenir sheets including Pexip and Philatex, Postage Dues, Newspaper Stamps, Officials, etc., also some essays, mixed condition, mostly unused - some without gum, faults noted, high catalogue value
*O
Price Realized
$3,750.00

Lot #1096
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS FRANCE
1849-2000 Collection on pages and loose, hundreds of singles and sets, also covers and FDCs, rather disorganized in carton, some better items,
Envelope *O
Price Realized
$600.00

Lot #1097
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS FRANCE
1900-40 Issues, accumulation of singles, blocks and larger multiples, with some better stamps incl. 20fr Merson, some commemoratives, semi-postals and air post, few hinged, mostly n.h., few older covers etc., mostly fine-v.f.
Box */**
Price Realized
$750.00

Lot #1098
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS FRENCH CAMEROUN AND FRENCH TOGO
1915-17 group of 28 covers, Occupation overprints, many registered to Paris or Switzerland, with colorful frankings, also single 5sh etc., some with "Passed by Censor" and other markings, fine-v.f. and attractive lot
Envelope
Price Realized
$3,000.00

Lot #1099
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS FRENCH LEVANT
1910-16 group of five covers or cards, various frankings, used from Constantinople, Alexandria, Smyrna, one Paquebot, another registered to Greece, some faults
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #1100
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS FRENCH SOUTHERN ANTARCTIC TERRITORIES (TAAF)
1955-76 accumulation of various singles and sets, usually up to 65+ of each, mostly in large multiples, some air post, occasional gum problems with adhesions or toning, mostly fine-v.f.,
Box **
Catalog #YT 1/62 etc.
Catalog Value € 22,000
Price Realized
$3,000.00

Lot #1101
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS GERMAN STATES
Bergdorf-Hamburg, selection of 10 sheets, mostly reprints, some toning and faults, interesting group
Box *
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #1102
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS GERMAN STATES
1852-1920 Thurn & Taxis - selection of 48 used singles (one pair) on pages, imperf. and rouletted with values to 30gr, also a page with Saxony (18 diff.) and another with Germany 1905-19 Deutsches Reich adhesives to 5m, mixed condition with usual faults noted, very presentable, high catalogue value
*O
Unsold
Lot #1103
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS GERMANY
1920s Inflation, 20 diff. sheets of 100, various overprints, n.h., fine-v.f.
Box **
Price Realized
$140.00

Lot #1104
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS GERMANY
1920s-60s covers, accumulation of 1,000+ commercial, censored and registered mail, also FDCs, some better items
Envelope
Price Realized
$1,300.00

Lot #1105
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS GERMANY
1932-70 balance of a collection in stock book, with Third Reich, Bundespost, Berlin, etc., with Semi-Postals including Wagner, Airpost including Eagle, Zeppelin, Hindenburg, etc., mostly hinged, fine-v.f.
*
Price Realized
$1,100.00

Lot #1106
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS GERMANY
1945-49 French Zone Occupation, issues virtually complete on Minkus album pages, with Baden, Rhineland and Wurttemberg, including Semi-Postals and souvenir sheets (perf. and imperf.), hinged, fine-v.f.
*
Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #1107
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS GERMANY
1948-1990 Federal Republic (1949-74) and Berlin (1948-1990) collections in two special albums, issues complete with posthorn set (Zierer cert) and all semi-postals, Berlin with black and red overprints, currency reform souvenir sheet etc., n.h. but with some quality problems (signed little higher by Schlegel) such as tiny shorter perforations, or manipulated gum, mostly fine-v.f., Mi.
**

Catalog Value € 14,000
Price Realized
$3,000.00

Lot #1108
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS GERMAN LOCALS
1945-46 post WWII Issues, collection in eight large albums, used and unused singles, sets, multiples, blocks and some sheets, also hundreds of covers, all neatly arranged and catalogued, with all areas represented including Dobeln, Finsterwalde, Fredesdorf, Glauchau, Grossraschen, Lubenau, Spremberg, Storkow, plus some private issues, mostly expertized by appropriate authorities, with many rare items, some not catalogued, generally fine-v.f. An extraordinary collection of these elusive issues and a rare opportunity to obtain a specialized and unpicked holding of this fascinating collecting area, Mi.
Envelope **O

Catalog Value € 82,170
Price Realized
$24,000.00

Lot #1109
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS GERMAN OFFICES ABROAD & GERMAN COLONIES
1870-1915 collection in Lighthouse hingeless album, mostly used, with Offices in China, including Tientsin 5pf, 10pf (with Jakubek cert.) and 20pf , Deutches Reich sets, Morocco, with Reichspost, watermarked Deutches Reich and "Morokko" complete, Turkey with Reichspost and watermarked Deutches Reich complete, German New Guinea, German East Africa complete to 3r, German SW Africa, Cameroon, Caroline Islands, Kiauchau including Yacht to 5m, Mariana Islands, Marshall Islands, Samoa and Togo, also with few covers, post cards or stationery, plus Forerunners (not counted), few faults noted, generally fine, with few items signed, Mi.
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Catalog Value € 18,500
Price Realized
$5,500.00

Lot #1110
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES
1933-42 collection of 650+ covers relating to the German WWII Naval ships, with correspondence from various battleships incl. the "Bismarck", "Tirpitz", "Gneisenau", "Scharnhorst", "Emden", "Nuremberg". "Graf Spee" (letter from a crew member interned at Isla Martin Garcia in Argentina) and others, also a good showing of U-boat covers and more, many interesting "Feldpost" and censor markings, with mail to and from various vessels. Most are mounted on pages with corresponding photographs and expertly written up, with detailed schematics, operational maps, history, some picture postcards (including color), excellent condition, generally fine-v.f. A fascinating collection, seldom offered
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #1111
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES
1941-43 German Occupation of Lithuania, mostly Zarazai, duplicated selection in an old approval booklet, with used and unused singles, pairs, with black and red overprints, many different types and varieties, mostly fine-v.f. A useful and seldom offered group of these interesting overprints, Mi.
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Catalog Value € 23,270
Price Realized
$4,500.00

Lot #1112
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS GREAT BRITAIN
1840-1980 collection in Scott's album, used and unused, with many high values to £1 with Brandon certificates (this section catalogues £62,000), plus hundreds of Victoria, Edward, George V and George VI singles and sets, back of the book, Mulready envelopes, mixed condition, with faults noted, but also many nice stamps, SG
*O

Catalog Value £ 195,000
Unsold
Lot #1113
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS GREAT BRITAIN
1857-2004 Collection in two Scott's Specialty Albums, with Victoria to 2sh, 1887 Issue complete to 1sh, Edward to 10sh, plus duplicated selection of both printings, few control number multiples, George V with sets to 1sh, Seahorses including sets of Waterlow, De La Rue (missing 5sh) and Bradbury Wilkinson, plus perf. varieties and extensive selection of control number multiples, George VI to £1 (without 10sh values), QEII essentially complete except for Castles, with verities, booklet panes, Machin Heads, values to £10, etc., also Postage Dues, Officials, Mulready Envelopes, Regional Issues and Offices in Levant, mostly unused with many never hinged, a fine collection with a lot of value in specialized material
*/**
Unsold
Lot #1114
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS GREAT BRITAIN
1840-1960 balance of the collection on Scott's album pages, used and unused singles and sets incl. 1p black and 2p blue (v.f. used), 1847-54 6p, 10p and 1sh embossed, line engraved to 5sh (incl. blue paper), 1887-92 Victoria to 1sh unused, Edward and George V to 1sh, coil pairs, 1934 Seahorses, QEII cplt, Officials and postage dues, mixed condition with faults noted among early issues, others l.h., fine-v.f. (catalogue value $25,000+ according to Scott's)
*O
Price Realized
$3,750.00

Lot #1115
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS GREAT BRITAIN
1841 1d red brown, 122 used singles, various cancels, margins to cutting in places, excellent lot for plating,
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Catalog #3
Catalog Value $ 2,135
Price Realized
$375.00

Lot #1116
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS GREECE
1861-1972 collection in Minkus album, used or unused, with some Hermes Heads, Airpost, Postage Dues, back of the book material, some duplication, mixed condition, high catalogue value
*O
Price Realized
$1,100.00

Lot #1117
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS GREECE
1861-1988 collection in Minkus album, used or unused, with Hermes Heads, 1896 Olympics to 5d, "A.M." surcharges, 1906 Olympics complete, plus Semi-Postals, Airpost, Postage Dues, fine-v.f. collection
*O
Unsold
Lot #1118
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS GREECE
1863-1881 collection of 50+ FLs or covers, most franked with Large Hermes Heads, singles, pairs and combination frankings up to four color, both incoming and outgoing mail, some better items such as single 20L originating in Malta, 1L on a newspaper, four-color franking affixed on incoming letter from Paris and many others, mixed condition as usually, with poor margins or small flaws, many fine-v.f. appearing, useful specialist group, worth careful inspection
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #1119
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS INDIA
1900-1975 Collection in two Scott's Specialty albums, with Victoria to 5r, George V to 25r (1926-36), 1949 set to 15r, fair degree of complete for Republic, plus Military Mail, Officials, also Indian States, including Chamba George VI set to 12a, Charkhari including 1/2a tete-beche block of four, Rajastan 8a block of four, etc., mostly unused, with some modern material n.h., fine-v.f., SG
*/**

Catalog Value £ 1,500
Price Realized
$800.00

Lot #1120
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS ISRAEL
1948 Interim Period, collection in album, with JNF labels, booklets, used and unused overprinted issues, also 77 covers including Rishon le Zion (3), Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, stamps and souvenir sheets from Nahariya, also newspaper clippings and historical information written-up alongside, fine-v.f. and interesting collection
Envelope *O
Price Realized
$1,500.00

Lot #1121
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS ITALIAN STATES
1851-60 Tuscany, selection on pages, values to 1s, mixed condition, with some faults, high cat. value
O
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #1122
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS ITALY AND ITALIAN COLONIES
1852-1988 Comprehensive collection in two Scott's Specialty albums, all areas represented including Old Italian States with Lombardy Venetia, Modena, Naples, Parma, Roman States, Sardinia, Sicily and Tuscany, Italian Kingdom and Republic virtually complete, mostly unused from 1910 onwards, with Semi-Postals, Air Post, Postage Dues, Parcel Post virtually complete, also Special Delivery, Publicity stamps etc. There are extensive Italian Offices Abroad and Colonies including Levant, Cyrenaica, Somalia, Fiume, plus World War I Occupation Issues and Trieste, some older issues used, rest mostly unused, some faults to be expected especially among Old States, a fine collection with enormous catalogue value and potential
*O
Price Realized
$6,250.00

Lot #1123
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS ITALY
1870-1967 balance of collection in Minkus album, unused or used, with regular issues, air post, postage dues, etc., mixed condition with faults noted, an ideal "Starter" collection
*O
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #1124
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS JAPAN
1840-1980 collection in Scott's album, used and unused, with 19th century well represented (few reference items), commemoratives incl. 10s Heir Apparent, souvenir sheets, regular issues to 10y, many unused, mixed condition with occasional flaws, high catalogue value
*O
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Lot #1125
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS JAPAN
1874-75 Cherry Blossoms, selection of 18 used or unused imperf. singles, proofs on stamp paper, mixed condition with few minor flaws, generally fine and very rare
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Price Realized
$1,500.00

Lot #1126
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS JAPAN
1916-1960 Issues in small quantities, incl. regular issues and souvenir sheets, also few sheetlets of 10 or larger, neatly arranged in a stock book, early items hinged, post WWII material mostly n.h., with better items incl. Letter Writing Week, Beauty and Flying Geese, sports strips and se-tenant blocks of four, fine-v.f. JSDA cat.
Box */**

Catalog Value ¥ 1,021,900
Price Realized
$1,700.00

Lot #1127
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS JAPAN Air Post
1929-61 Issues complete on pages incl. C8 souv. sheet (regummed), Pheasant, Pagoda ("sen"), Pagoda without zeroes ("yen") incl. 30y coil pair, n.h., fine-v.f. (Sakura A1-37, C56, the latter catalogued as hinged)
*/**
Catalog #C3-43
Catalog Value ¥ 570,000
Price Realized
$1,800.00

Lot #1128
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS JAPAN
1930s-60s covers and cards, accumulation of 1,000+ in carton, including FDCs and commercial mail
Envelope
Price Realized
$650.00

Lot #1129
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS LEVANT
1920 selection on card, with British and French Offices, also some Turkish varieties, mixed condition
*O
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #1130
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS LIECHTENSTEIN
1920-990 collection in a Lighthouse hingeless album, l.h. or n.h. (pre 1940) and all n.h. from 1940 to date, with many better sets, fine-v.f.
*/**
Unsold
Lot #1131
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS LITHUANIA
1918-1940 collection of hundreds on pages, parallel used and unused, with early typesets, commemoratives, semi-postals and air post, some duplication, missing the key items, but with few better items, perf. and imperf., mostly fine-v.f.
*O
Price Realized
$575.00

Lot #1132
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS LUXEMBOURG
1852-1988 collection in Lighthouse hingeless album, with nice selection of Classics, regular issues, including 1951 European Union (n.h.), 1956 Europa, souvenir sheets, etc., also Semi-Postals, Air Post, few better Officials, Classics used, balance mostly hinged (some n.h.), fine-v.f., substantial catalogue value
*O
Unsold
Lot #1133
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS MONACO
1885-1988 Collection in Minkus Album, mostly unused (few sets used, some n.h.), with regular issues including First Issue to 75c, Second Issue to 1fr, Semi-Postals including "Mars" to 1fr+1fr, Air Post, Postage Dues, souvenir sheets, etc. plus small selection of Spanish Andorra, few minor faults noted, generally fine and clean collection (catalogue value approximate according to YT)
*

Catalog Value € 8,000
Unsold
Lot #1134
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS MONGOLIA
1958-88 also Russia (1866-1972), collections in Minkus and Scott's albums, mostly cancelled to order, many complete sets, some souv. sheets,
*O
Price Realized
$240.00

Lot #1135
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS MONGOLIA
1960s-80s dealer's stock of 19 different sets, quantities of 185-98,500 of each (inventory listing is available on request), housed in 32 cartons, items cataloguing from 80c-$6, all neatly packaged, n.h., v.f.,
Box **
Catalog #241/2168,C4/172
Catalog Value $ 1,510,625
Price Realized
$15,000.00

Lot #1136
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS PERU
1858-84 Issues, collection of hundreds on pages, with some unused, but mostly used singles, pairs and few larger multiples, with rare cancellations incl. Chilean Occupation, with Huacho, Chota, Eten, La Huaca, Ysola Guanape, Ancon, Aplao, Arequipa, Apurimac, Ayabaca, Caraz, Cajamarca, Casa Palca, Moyobamba and much more
*O
Unsold
Lot #1137
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS POLAND
1912-19 balance of a consignment, with "Pol. Korp." surcharges on Russian stamps, incl. better values used and unused, also local issues, Przedborz, Sosnowice, Warszawa, Zarki, Zawiercie etc., also 17 covers or cards incl. better items (Zawiercie set of two on one cover), bisects etc., mixed condition, some usual doubtful items, interesting lot
*O
Price Realized
$1,500.00

Lot #1138
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS POLAND
1939-40 Russian Occupation, selection of four covers, Russian stamps with Polish pmks, or Polish stamps with Russian pmks, incl. one mixed franking, also five covers used by the Polish Military with British Forces, mostly fine
Envelope
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #1139
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS PORTUGAL
1842-1940 small group of covers and postal stationery, with stampless letters, few air post etc.
Envelope
Price Realized
$300.00

Lot #1140
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS PUERTO RICO
1886-1900 specialized collection on pages, used and unused singles and sets, also a study of cancellations, blocks of four or larger, gutter pairs, few errors and varieties, proofs (including imperf. block of four, double impression, one inverted), revenues,War Tax, 1899-1900 U.S. issues, including Revenues, postal stationery, plus Air Post issues (Sanabria listed), mixed condition, generally fine or better
Envelope *O
Price Realized
$2,000.00

Lot #1141
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS RED CROSS
1940s-50s group of 12 large die proofs incl. France 1951 set of two printer's inspection die proofs in sepia (only 4 of each produced), also Haiti (five diff. large die proofs on cards), plus Austria 3s unissued design (Henri Dunant) and Monaco, all v.f.
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Price Realized
$1,000.00

Lot #1142
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS RUSSIA
1919-40 balance of a collection on pages, hundreds of mostly used singles and sets, with strength in RSFSR and regular issues, many small town cancellations, varieties, gutter pairs and multiples, inverted surcharges, mixed condition, good specialist lot
O*
Price Realized
$3,000.00

Lot #1143
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS RUSSIA
1920s-60s selection of mostly complete sets, incl. better pre-WWII issues such as Spartacist Games (two sets, one n.h.), Chelyuskin set (hinged), other air post incl. Levanevsky (l.h.), also Stalin souv. sheet (two n.h.), etc., mostly fine-v.f.
*/**
Price Realized
$10,500.00

Lot #1144
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS RUSSIAN AREA
1899-1945 collection on pages, with Russian Offices in China, Levant, plus Civil War Issues including Wrangel Army surcharges, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Batum, Georgia, Transcaucasia, Far Eastern Republic, South Russia, Ukraine plus German WWII Occupation of Ukraine incl. Alexanderstadt and Sarny (high catalogue value), some Baltic Issues etc., used and unused, few covers, mixed condition with occasional flaws noted, few reference items, generally fine-v.f. An interesting collection
*O
Price Realized
$10,500.00

Lot #1145
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS RUSSIAN AREA
1900-91 balance of a consignment on pages, cards and loose, with some Offices Abroad, Civil War Issues, Russian Republics, Mongolia (1945-91), Tanna Touva etc., also some R.S.F.S.R., mixed condition, mostly fine-v.f.
*O
Price Realized
$1,000.00

Lot #1146
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS RUSSIAN AREA
1919-23 collection on pages, mostly Transcaucasian Republics including Azerbaijan, Georgia, Batum, good variety of issues, varieties, used and unused, some reference and bogus material, many better items, generally fine-v.f.
*O
Unsold
Lot #1147
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS RUSSIAN OFFICES IN THE TURKISH EMPIRE
1860-1913 collection on pages and loose, with four examples of No.1 (including one used), No. 2, 3, many from 4-7, also 16-19, postal history with many rare cancels and forerunners. There are many references to Tchilingirian throughout, including an opinion to Dr.Winterstein. There are many scarce and unusual varieties especially among the 1913 City overprints, with se-tenant multiples and others. For maritime collectors, there are many steamship markings, plus much more, including a money letter to the monastary of Mount Athos etc., occasional quality problems, mostly fine-v.f.
*O
Price Realized
$4,500.00

Lot #1148
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS RYUKYU ISLANDS
1956-1970 Issues in small quantities, incl. Air Post (C1-3 etc), neatly arranged in a stock book, with some regular issues, souv. sheets, n.h., fine-v.f. JSDA cat.
Box **

Catalog Value ¥ 215,840
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #1149
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS RYUKYU ISLANDS
1956-1970 Issues in small quantities, incl. Air Post, neatly arranged in a glassine envelopes, n.h., v.f.,
Box **

Catalog Value $ 825
Unsold
Lot #1150
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS SAAR
1920-57 collection on Minkus pages, mostly hinged, some used, with overprints including 5m and 10m, regular issues, semi-postals, air post, Flood Relief souvenir sheets (one thin), Officials, etc., also Memel (not counted), fine-v.f. collection (catalogue value is approximate according to Michel)
*O

Catalog Value € 5,000
Unsold
Lot #1151
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS SAN MARINO
1877-1988 Collection in Scott's Album, fairly complete except for few high values, better items include First Issues to 5L (without both 1L), 1929 General Post Office, Garibaldi, Views, etc., with Semi-Postals, Air Post including First Issue very lightly hinged, also Special Delivery, Postage Dues, Parcel Post, souvenir sheets, etc., mostly hinged, with few used or n.h., few minor faults noted in early material, fine and clean collection (catalogue value approximate according to Sass.)
*

Catalog Value € 13,000
Price Realized
$2,200.00

Lot #1152
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS SAN MARINO
1877-1996 Collection in a Minkus Album, fairly complete from 1957 on, with earlier issues including better singles from the first set and others, also souv. sheets, air post, parcel post, modern booklets etc., generally fine-v.f., Sass.
*/**

Catalog Value € 5,000
Unsold
Lot #1153
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS SCANDINAVIA
1854-1988 Collection in Scott's Specialty album or on pages, with Danish West Indies, Denmark, Finland, Greenland with 1945 set, Iceland, Norway, including #1, and Sweden, with Semi-Postals, Air Post, Officials, etc., early material mostly used, balance mostly hinged, mixed condition amongst classics, generally fine or better
*O
Price Realized
$1,300.00

Lot #1154
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS SCANDINAVIA
1930s-70s covers, thousands incl. Greenland, SAS Flights, Denmark etc., huge acquisition cost
Envelope
Price Realized
$700.00

Lot #1155
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS SOUTH AMERICA
1892-99 Seebeck Issues, collection of 547 different stamps (60 sets) in a special album containing stamps from Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Salvador, fine-v.f.
*
Price Realized
$240.00

Lot #1156
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS SPAIN AND COLONIES
1930-88 Collection in Scott's Specialty album, mostly complete from 1950 onwards, hinged or n.h., with Semi-Postals, Air Post, Postal Tax, etc., also some Spanish Andorra, fine and mostly clean collection
*/**
Price Realized
$1,400.00

Lot #1157
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS SWITZERLAND
1850-1988 collection in two Minkus albums, used or unused, with few classics (used), Pax set, with Semi-Postals, Postage Dues, Officials, etc., also souvenir sheets virtually complete including NABA, 1940 Pro Patria, Lunaba, etc., fine collection
*O
Price Realized
$1,500.00

Lot #1158
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS SWITZERLAND
1870-80 Hotel Post, Belalp-Stoos, accumulation of 350+ mostly unused singles and multiples in stock book, good variety of issues, few used, others with or without gum, some faults noted, Mi.
(*)*

Catalog Value € 12,000
Price Realized
$2,600.00

Lot #1159
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS TRANSVAAL
1902-10 Issues on Scott's album pages, collected both used and unused with 1902-09 Edward to £1 (both issues), also postage dues etc, mostly fine-v.f.,
*O
Catalog #252-66,268-84,J1/7
Catalog Value $ 1,300
Unsold
Lot #1160
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS TURKEY
1863-1998 Collection on Minkus and Scott's pages, in two albums, plus an additional stock book, used and unused to 1960, mostly cplt unused, generally n.h. from there, some back of the book items, generally fine
*O
Price Realized
$950.00

Lot #1161
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS TURKEY
1863 First Issue, selection of 30 used or unused, few reference items, mixed condition
*O
Catalog #1/7
Price Realized
$300.00

Lot #1162
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS TURKEY
1920 Turkey in Asia, selection on cards, 100+ incl. few better items, mixed condition, also some Thrace
*O
Unsold
Lot #1163
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS UNITED NATIONS
1951-88 Collection in Lighthouse hingeless album, virtually complete, with New York, Geneva, Vienna, also souvenir sheets, hinged or n.h., fine-v.f.
*/**
Price Realized
$160.00

Lot #1164
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS URUGUAY
1859-1928 huge collection consisting of 60+ albums, also balances on pages, acquired over a period of many years from famous collectors such as Kneitschel and the late rev. Gene Scott who picked only a selected few for his main collection, with balance largely intact, consisting of thousands of singles, sets, blocks, sheets, varieties of every possible kind including imperf., part perf., inverted and double surcharges, proofs and essays, hundreds of covers including a study of numerals issue, plus all that can possibly be included in the super-specialized collection of Uruguay, with hundreds of individual items worthy of individual listing, offered intact on instructions of the present owner
Envelope *OP
Unsold
Lot #1165
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS VATICAN CITY
1929-88 complete collection on Scott's Specialty album pages, hinged or n.h., with Semi-Postals, Air Post, Special Delivery, Postage Dues, etc., 1934 Provisionals and Tobias hinged, balance of better sets n.h., fine-v.f., Sass.
*/**

Catalog Value € 5,000
Unsold
Lot #1166
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS VENEZUELA
1930-61 Issues, duplicated accumulation/collection on stock cards, with different printings, varieties, few proofs, perfins etc., many affected by climactic toning. others fine-v.f.
*O
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Lot #1167
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE
1900s-60s huge accumulation of hundreds of thousands of used and unused stamps, housed in 60+ albums, glassines, album pages, stock books, 70+ shoeboxes etc., covering the entire world, also some covers (mostly Scandinavia), all housed in 41 cartons (banker's boxes), lots of sorted packet material, collections of Germany, Switzerland, British stock books and much more; inspection recommended
*O
Price Realized
$17,000.00

Lot #1168
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE
both 19th and 20th century, accumulation in stock book and glassines, with hundreds of used and unused singles, few covers and multiples, majority reference material and various forgeries, but also many genuine stamps incl. better Western Ukraine overprints (signed Mikulski etc), Trieste Zone A, some Panama varieties, Canal Zone, British Commonwealth etc. An interesting lot
*O
Price Realized
$6,750.00

Lot #1169
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE
balance of a consignment in a small box, with errors and varieties from South America, Egypt, and various European Countries incl. Belgium, Albania, Ethiopia etc., imperf., part perf., Specimen, inverted and double surcharges and much more, all described and priced on lot sheets, fine and interesting lot, ex-Serebrakian
*O
Price Realized
$800.00

Lot #1170
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE
balance of consignment in homemade album, with North Borneo and Labuan, few complete sets or missing high values, most fiscally cancelled, also Guatemala, Spain, plus stockbook with Greece, Island, Malta, Ireland, etc., generally fine
Box *O
Price Realized
$625.00

Lot #1171
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE
balance of a consignment housed in three cartons, pages, albums, glassines, stock books etc., with better Thailand, Switzerland, South America and British, some quantities of unused sets, singles, souv. sheets etc.
Envelope *O
Price Realized
$1,900.00

Lot #1172
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE
1872-1952 balance of a consignment, with Austria, French Colonies, Germany, Singapore Waterlow & Sons Essay (Tobacco Revenue), Switzerland 1900 black proof, Bermuda, Cambodia imperfs etc., mixed condition
*O
Price Realized
$550.00

Lot #1173
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE
1880-1940s balance of a consignment in two cartons, collections and balances incl. Austria Scott's album, with many better singles, sets and covers, also Scandinavia, Netherlands, South America, some British, plus loose items, occasionally stuck down, high catalogue value
*O
Price Realized
$2,400.00

Lot #1174
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE
1880-1940s box with Spain, Portugal, South America, various used and unused singles and sets, occasional wholesale quantities, mixed condition
*O
Price Realized
$1,600.00

Lot #1175
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE
1893-1940 balance of a consignment, few items incl. United Sates Columbians 10c and 15c (both n.h., reperforated, otherwise fine-v.f.), Air Post 10c Lindbergh, three unexploded booklets, each with two panes (C10a), Germany WWII Walloon Legion recruitment flier (rare), Israel with various items incl. Scott's No. 7-9 (l.h.), tab block of No. 27; also carton with Philatelic Literature, mostly Air Post related, with old Sanabria catalogues, Deutsches Reich material, Lundy Islands etc. An interesting lot
*/**
Unsold
Lot #1176
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE
1920-40 varieties, selection of 20+ items on card, with double surcharges (Alauoites), perf. shifts (Georgia, Tannu Touva, Serbia), Italy Postage due (50c) on cover used in 1937 etc.
*O
Price Realized
$290.00

Lot #1177
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE
1950s-90s balance of a consignment in two cartons, thousands of singles and sets in glassines, album pages, with nice selection of Belgium, also France, Monaco, Ryukyu Islands, Scandinavia and more
*/**
Price Realized
$1,000.00

Lot #1178
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE
1840-1950 balance of a consignment in carton, album pages with Vatican City, British Commonwealth, covers incl. GB No.1, flight covers, etc., mixed condition
Envelope *O
Unsold
Lot #1179
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE Flight Covers
1924-1941 selection of 30 covers or cards, mostly Russian and Baltic related, with Berlin-Konigsberg-Kaunas-Raseiniai first flight (Junkers), Moscow-Teheran, Warsaw-Tallinn, Marienburg-Allenstein, Deruluft Riga-Luzerne, Teheran-Baku, New York-Paris-Riga, First Flight opening of line Leningrad-Berlin, Gordon-Bennett Airplane/balloon combination cards, Stockholm-Riga, Warsaw-Kaunas, Moscow-Minsk etc., with Russian, Polish, Dutch, German, Czech and Swedish frankings, interesting lot
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #1180
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE Revenue Stamps
1879-1900s selection of 60+ used and unused singles, all "back of the book" status, but most are listed in Yvert & Tellier Catalogue., incl. India Officials (Edward and George V, four diff. with double overprints), Natal Telegraphs (8 diff.) Western Australia (I.R. 2p single and block of four, also 2x3p), Tobago "Revenue" (three, also five others incl. 3p, 1sh and 5sh), North Borneo (10c Revenue surcharge, also 2x$25 dark blue), Victoria (2x£1with "OS" perfins), also Suez Canal (2x5c, pair of 20c and single 40c), plus Reunion, Italy, Scandinavia and New Zealand, mostly fine, YT
*O

Catalog Value € 4,500
Unsold
Lot #1181
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE TOPICALS
1949-1990 small box with hundreds of mostly imperf. singles, pairs, blocks, trial color proofs, also die proofs, imperf. deluxe sheets, imperf. souv. sheets, essays, covers and more, representing Thematic Philately including Boy Scouts, Animals, Olympics, Sports incl. Tennis, Baseball, Gold, Basketball, also Religion, Paintings, Lions International, Roosevelt, JFK, other Famous Men, Churchill, Princess Diana, Space, etc., countries represented include Belgium, Cambodia, France and former French Colonies, Monaco, French Polynesia, Poland, South America etc., many items price at $200-$300, with a total retail value of $19,500, ex-Serebrakian
Envelope **P
Price Realized
$4,500.00

Lot #1182
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE COVERS
1915-25 selection of 70+ picture postcards of mostly Zeppelins, various countries, some in color, others black & white, mostly fine-v.f.
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #1183
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE COVERS
1920s-50s accumulation of 1,500+ in carton, commercial mail with some interesting items
Envelope
Price Realized
$2,600.00

Lot #1184
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE COVERS
1920's-60s accumulation of thousands in three cartons, with soldier's and censored mail, registered and commercial, flown covers and more
Envelope
Price Realized
$2,500.00

Lot #1185
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE COVERS
1920's-60s accumulation of 3,000+ in two cartons, mostly British Commonwealth, registered and censored mail, some FDCs
Envelope
Price Realized
$1,700.00

Lot #1186
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE COVERS
1920s-60s accumulation of 2,500+ in two cartons, with Trans-Atlantic mail, commercial and registered, some FDCs
Envelope
Price Realized
$950.00

Lot #1187
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE COVERS
1920s-60s covers, huge accumulation of 5,000+ in four cartons, both commercial, modern, flight covers and FDCs, please inspect
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #1188
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE COVERS
1920s-60s accumulation of thousands in three cartons, aerogramme, commercial mail etc.
Envelope
Price Realized
$1,100.00

Lot #1189
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE COVERS
1920s-60s carton with hundreds including some better material, please inspect
Envelope
Price Realized
$675.00

Lot #1190
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE COVERS
1930s-40s accumulation of 2,000+ in carton, mostly censored mail, interesting lot
Envelope
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #1191
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE COVERS Air Post
1920s-30s accumulation of 2,000+ in carton, including United States, various first flights etc.
Envelope
Price Realized
$2,300.00

Lot #1192
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE COVERS Postal Stationery
1920s-60s accumulation of 1,000+ in carton, used and unused stationery entires, postal cards, all countries represented
Envelope
Price Realized
$1,500.00

Lot #1193
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE COVERS Postal Stationery
1930s-70s mostly Airletters, accumulation/collection of thousands, most countries represented, used and unused, seldom offered
Envelope
Price Realized
$950.00

Lot #1194
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE COVERS Zeppelin Flights
1929-35 Collection in five beautiful, specially designed albums, covering stamps (296 different) and Zeppelin covers (62+), with most issues represented. United States includes C13-15, Germany with all sets used and unused (C35-45), also on cover including South America (C38-39) two sets on one, Argentina (both blue and green overprints), Bolivia (including C13,17, also five inverted surcharges), plus multiple franking on cover, Paraguay, Brazil, Iceland, Greece, Italy and Colonies, Egypt, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Finland (used and unused), Iceland, Russia with better sets and covers, one volume with modern issues (not counted), fine-v.f. An excellent opportunity for expansion
Envelope
Price Realized
$8,000.00

Lot #2001
RUSSIA Autographs
1891 Tchaikovsky, Piotr, Ilyich (1840-93), autographed lettersheet, dated 25 Oct. 1891 (Paris), accompanied by an addressed, unfranked envelope, all in the composer's hand, v.f., scarce
Envelope
Price Realized
$5,500.00

Lot #2002
RUSSIA
1843 (19 March) stampless letter from "Miedzyboz" to Grafenburg, with "Russie" transit handstamp in blue, endorsed "via Radzillow", also "insured", with 20k and 60k charge for insured mail, also Yatichev in Cyrillic letters, red was seals
Envelope
Price Realized
$525.00

Lot #2003
RUSSIA
1857 10k brown & blue, margins all around, tied on small piece by a good strike of "Libawa 12 May 1858" datestamp, v.f., with Mikulski cert.
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Catalog #1
Price Realized
$850.00

Lot #2004
RUSSIA
1857 10k brown & blue, margins all around, tied on small piece by a three line "Libawa" 21 May, 1858 datestamp, v.f.
O
Catalog #1
Price Realized
$700.00

Lot #2005
RUSSIA
1857 10k brown & blue, plate I, margins all around, two line datestamp and round cds (illegible), v.f., with Mikulski cert.
O
Catalog #1
Price Realized
$575.00

Lot #2006
RUSSIA
1857 10k brown & blue, margins all around, cancelled "5" (Vilnius) in circular dots, v.f., signed Calves
O
Catalog #1
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #2007
RUSSIA
1857 10k brown & blue, margins all around, numeral cancellation in rectangular dots, v.f.
O
Catalog #1
Unsold
Lot #2008
RUSSIA
1857 10k brown & blue, large margins all around, tied on small piece by Riga, April 1858 cds, v.f., ex-Mertens and Rothschild collections
O
Catalog #1
Unsold
Lot #2009
RUSSIA
1857 10k brown & blue, plate I, sheet margin at right, cancelled by "245" in rectangular dots (Jacobstadt in Kurland), v.f., with Mikulski cert.
O
Catalog #1
Unsold
Lot #2010
RUSSIA
1857 10k brown & blue, plate II, horizontal pair, margins all around, cancelled by "239" (Libava) in rectangular dots, v.f., with Mikulski cert.
O
Catalog #1
Unsold
Lot #2011
RUSSIA
1857 10k brown & blue, margins all around, with interesting natural fold at bottom, tied by a perfect "Dinaburg" 17 June, 1858 cds on outer FL to Riga, with additional two line departure datestamp (in red) and boxed "Polucheno" arrival in black, v.f., signed Friedl, ex-Henry C. Gibson collection, with Mikulski cert. The red circular datestamps (not to be confused with the two-line datestamps) were used in Dinaburg from April until July 1858. One of only two known covers with this rare postmark
Envelope
Catalog #1
Price Realized
$17,000.00

Lot #2012
RUSSIA
1857 10k brown & blue, plate II, margins all around, tied by "239" in rectangular dots on outer FL to Riga, with "Libawa" 22 July 1858 departure datestamp and on reverse with "Polucheno 24 July 1858" arrival strike, usual filing fold, away from the stamp, v.f., with Mikulski cert. ("briefe in so schoner erhaltung wie dieser, kommen in Russian ser selten vor" - covers in such nice condition are very rare)
Envelope
Catalog #1
Price Realized
$8,500.00

Lot #2013
RUSSIA
1857 10k brown & blue, margins all around, beautiful color and relief, tied by "Riga" 24 March, 1858 circular datestamp on FL to Moscow, usual filing fold away from the stamp, v.f., with BPB cert. ("ein ser schoner brief")
Envelope
Catalog #1
Price Realized
$12,000.00

Lot #2014
RUSSIA
1857 10k brown & blue, margins all around, beautiful color and relief, tied by boxed Odessa, 4 April 1858 datestamp on FL to St.Petersburg, usual filing fold away from the stamp, v.f.
Envelope
Catalog #1
Unsold
Lot #2015
RUSSIA
1857 10k brown & blue, margins all around, beautiful color and relief, tied by narrow boxed "Sventsyany" (province Vilnius) in straight line Cyrillic letters (probably unique on cover), addressed to Warsaw, with another departure two-line datestamp on back, red "Warszawa" 13/5 (Gregorian calendar) arrival on back, v.f. usage from present-day "Svenchonis" (Lithuania), ex-Faberge and Mikulski collections
Envelope
Catalog #1
Price Realized
$17,000.00

Lot #2016
RUSSIA
1857 10k brown & blue, deep intense colors, margins all around, tied by two-line date stamp on small lady's envelope from Bogorodsk (July 7, 1858) to Moscow, with boxed "Polucheno" datestamp and intact red wax seal on back, little ageing on front, still a v.f. and rare cover from Bogorodsk, with BPB cert.
Envelope
Catalog #1
Price Realized
$11,000.00

Lot #2017
RUSSIA
1857 10k brown & blue (first printing), margins all around, used on FL written 24 March, 1858 (received 2 April), stamp cancelled by straight-line "Illukst" handstamp (Kurland), with additional "Illukst Otprav. 29 March 1858" datestamp at bottom, addressed to Muhlendorff, with boxed "Riga" Polucheno 1 April datestamp on back, filing folds away from the stamp, some usual ageing affecting the lettersheet, fine and extremely rare usage with the rare pre-philatelic marking from a small village in the Baltic region, with Mikulski cert.
Envelope
Catalog #1
Price Realized
$20,000.00

Lot #2018
RUSSIA
1858 10k brown & blue, thick paper, unused with full original gum, lightly hinged, post office fresh, fine, signed Calves, with Mikulski cert. ("in every respect superb, very fresh colors and original gum, only with a trace of hinge") Genuine unused examples of the first perforated stamp from Russia are extremely rare and considerably undercatalogued (Standard $10,600+)
*
Catalog #2
Price Realized
$16,000.00

Lot #2019
RUSSIA
1858 10k brown & blue, thin paper, unused with part original gum, small hinge remnant at top, post office fresh, fine, with Mikulski cert. Genuine unused examples of the first perforated stamp from Russia are extremely rare and considerably undercatalogued (Standard $10,600+)
*
Catalog #2
Price Realized
$7,000.00

Lot #2020
RUSSIA
1858 10k brown & blue, thick or thin paper, selection of seven used singles (three cancelled on piece), also a vertical pair, the latter tied on piece by Riga cds, others with different pmks, couple of short perfs, mostly fine-v.f.
O
Catalog #2
Unsold
Lot #2021
RUSSIA
1858 20k blue & orange, thick paper, well centered and cancelled by cds, corner perf. creases, otherwise v.f.
O
Catalog #3
Price Realized
$750.00

Lot #2022
RUSSIA
1858 20k blue & orange, thick paper, incredibly well centered and remarkably fresh, cancelled by "121" in rectangular dots (Taganrog), v.f., signed Calves
O
Catalog #3
Price Realized
$1,500.00

Lot #2023
RUSSIA
1858 20k blue & orange, thin paper, well centered and lightly cancelled by "119" rectangular dots (Rostov), fresh and exceptional stamp, with Mikulski cert.
O
Catalog #3
Price Realized
$1,500.00

Lot #2024
RUSSIA
1858 20k blue & orange, thin paper, well centered, with the rare boxed cancellation of "Nizhniy Novgorod", July 3, v.f., with Mikulski cert.
O
Catalog #3
Unsold
Lot #2025
RUSSIA
1858 20k lilac & green, perforated and gummed trial color proof, unwatermarked, l.h., v.f.
P
Catalog #3P
Price Realized
$1,100.00

Lot #2026
RUSSIA
1858 20k lilac & green, perforated and gummed trial color proof, h.r., v.f.
P
Catalog #3P
Price Realized
$1,100.00

Lot #2027
RUSSIA
1858 30k carmine & green, thin paper, reperforated at bottom, fine appearance
O
Catalog #4
Price Realized
$1,100.00

Lot #2028
RUSSIA
1858 30k carmine & green, thin paper, reasonably well centered and cancelled by "121" in rectangular dots (Taganrog), v.f., with Mikulski cert. ("very nice stamp, with decorative cancellation, in this condition very rare")
O
Catalog #4
Unsold
Lot #2029
RUSSIA
1858 30k carmine & green, thin paper, cancellation cleaned, with other small faults, appears unused
O
Catalog #4
Price Realized
$1,100.00

Lot #2030
RUSSIA
1858-64 1k, 3k unused with original gum, minor gum toning, otherwise fine-v.f. (Standard $1,600)
(*)
Catalog #5,6
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #2031
RUSSIA
1858-64 1k yellow & black, plate proof on thin card, fresh and v.f., ex-Goss
P
Catalog #5P
Price Realized
$4,750.00

Lot #2032
RUSSIA
1858-64 1k black, plate proof on pelure paper, fresh and v.f., ex-Goss
P
Catalog #5P
Unsold
Lot #2033
RUSSIA
1858-64 1k yelow & black, block of 15 with interpanneu margin at bottom, unused with full original gum, four stamps lightly hinged at top, others never hinged and post office fresh, v.f. and remarkable multiple, one of the largest known of this value
Booklet */**
Catalog #5
Unsold
Lot #2034
RUSSIA
1858-64 3k black & green, plate proof on thin card, fresh and v.f., ex-Goss
P
Catalog #6P
Price Realized
$5,500.00

Lot #2035
RUSSIA
1858-64 5k lilac & black, plate proof on thin card, fresh and v.f., ex-Goss
P
Catalog #7P
Price Realized
$5,500.00

Lot #2036
RUSSIA
1858 10k-30k set of three, unused (regummed), minor flaws, fine appearance (Standard $3,200 for hinged)
(*)
Catalog #8-10
Unsold
Lot #2037
RUSSIA
1858 10k brown & blue, horizontal gutter pair, cancelled on piece by diamond "Odessa" 9.4.1864 pmk, v.f., extremely rare gutter pair, with Mikulski cert. ("eine kleine Russlandseltenheit")
O
Catalog #8
Unsold
Lot #2038
RUSSIA
1858 10k brown & blue, tied by "18" in circle of dots on small cover from Kiev to Kitulin, with straight line departure Kiev 12 December 1858 datestamp on back, v.f.
Envelope
Catalog #8
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #2039
RUSSIA
1858 10k brown & blue, tied by "18" in circle of dots on FL from Kiev to Odessa, with 23 Sept. 1860 departure cds on back, fine
Envelope
Catalog #8
Price Realized
$250.00

Lot #2040
RUSSIA
1858 20k blue & orange, unused with full original gum, post office fresh, h.r., v.f., signed Brun (Standard $1,050)
*
Catalog #9
Price Realized
$575.00

Lot #2041
RUSSIA
1858 30k carmine & green, unused, beautiful bright colors, small thin, fine appearance,
(*)
Catalog #10
Catalog Value 850
Price Realized
$260.00

Lot #2042
RUSSIA
1858 30k carmine & green, unused without gum, post office fresh, v.f. (Standard $1,600 as unused with gum)
(*)
Catalog #10
Price Realized
$575.00

Lot #2043
RUSSIA
1858 30k carmine & green, unused without gum, post office fresh, v.f. (Standard $1,600 as unused with gum)
(*)
Catalog #10
Price Realized
$525.00

Lot #2044
RUSSIA
1865 unwatermarked, 1k, 5k, 10k and 30k, four diff., unused with part original gum, last one corner thin, fine appearance (Standard $2,300)
*
Catalog #12/18
Price Realized
$950.00

Lot #2045
RUSSIA
1866 3k green, 5k lilac and 10k brown & blue (pair), paying 28k on FL from Riga (13 April, 1871) to France, with appropriate transit and arrival pikes, v.f.
Envelope
Price Realized
$260.00

Lot #2046
RUSSIA
1866 10k brown & blue, cancelled "952" in dots and used in 1874 to Belgium, round "Oplacheno" (paid) handstamp, forwarded from Brussels to Paris and bearing a very rare boxed handstamp "Reexpediee Taxe Etrangere Taxe Francaise Total F" with "40" filled in by pen, with "Erquelines a Paris 30 Mai 74" arrival pmk on back. Cover with small stain and missing backflap, with BPB cert.
Envelope
Price Realized
$1,200.00

Lot #2047
RUSSIA
1866 3k black & green, "V" in background (error), unused with part original gum, minor surface flaws, otherwise fine, signed Brun,
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Catalog #20d
Catalog Value $ 1,000
Price Realized
$250.00

Lot #2048
RUSSIA
1866-75 vertically laid paper, 20k and 30k unused (regummed), fine, with Raybaudi cert.,
(*)
Catalog #24a,25a
Catalog Value $ 2,750
Price Realized
$1,500.00

Lot #2049
RUSSIA
1875 20k orange & blue, pane 25 (upper left stamp partly cut away, three others with faults and partly separated), cancelled on piece, rare multiple
Box
Catalog #30
Unsold
Lot #2050
RUSSIA
1875 20k blue & orange, sheet margin single, "T" in form of a cross, n.h., fine (Standard $500)
**
Catalog #30a
Price Realized
$270.00

Lot #2051
RUSSIA
1884 Posthorns without Thunderbolts, 1k-70k complete set of eight, also additional shade of 2k blue green, n.h., post office fresh, fine-v.f. (Standard $780)
**
Catalog #31-38, 32a
Price Realized
$375.00

Lot #2052
RUSSIA
1884 Posthorns without Thunderbolts, 1k-70k complete set of eight, also additional shade of 2k blue green, all in horizontal or vertical pairs, n.h., post office fresh, fine-v.f. (Standard $1,560)
**
Catalog #31-38, 32a
Price Realized
$850.00

Lot #2053
RUSSIA
1884 Posthorns without Thunderbolts, 1k-70k complete set of eight, also additional shade of 2k blue green, all in horizontal gutter blocks of four, n.h., post office fresh, fine-v.f. (Standard $3,120+ for four sets)
Box **
Catalog #31-38, 32a
Price Realized
$3,500.00

Lot #2054
RUSSIA
1884 Horizontally Laid Paper, Posthorns without Thunderbolts, 14k blue & rose, center inverted, used, thin and other small defects, fine appearance, signed Romeko,
O
Catalog #36b
Catalog Value $ 6,000
Unsold
Lot #2055
RUSSIA
1884 Posthorns without Thunderbolts, 70k orange & brown, 18 copies (three blocks of four, one block of six), mostly with sheet margin, some perf. separations, n.h., post office fresh, fine-v.f. (Standard $4,600+ for singles)
Box **
Catalog #38
Price Realized
$1,500.00

Lot #2056
RUSSIA
1884 3.50r black & gray, plus 7r black & orange, set of two unfolded sheets of 25 with large intact margins all around, showing full detail of watermark, stamps never hinged and post office fresh (hinged in margin only), brilliant colors, usual centering, mostly v.f. Another set of sheets (also ex-Mikulski) was broken up several years. As of today, this is the only existing intact set of sheets of these high values. A great unique item of museum quality, ex-Mikulski collection
Box **
Catalog #39-40
Unsold
Lot #2057
RUSSIA
1884 3.50r and 7r, unused with original gum, h.r., well centered, v.f., signed Diena (Standard $2,850)
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Catalog #39-40
Price Realized
$1,600.00

Lot #2058
RUSSIA
1884 7r orange & black, unused with original gum, h.r., well centered, v.f.,
*
Catalog #40
Catalog Value $ 750
Unsold
Lot #2059
RUSSIA
1884 7r, unused with original gum, h.r., well centered, v.f. (Standard $1,350)
*
Catalog #40
Unsold
Lot #2060
RUSSIA
1884 7r orange & black, unused with part original gum, surface faults, fine appearance,
*
Catalog #40
Catalog Value $ 750
Unsold
Lot #2061
RUSSIA
1884 7r, two copies, unused (regummed), one somewhat defective, fine appearance,
(*)
Catalog #40
Catalog Value $ 1,500
Price Realized
$750.00

Lot #2062
RUSSIA
1889 50k lilac & green, imperf. horizontal pair, plate proof on thick paper, right stamp showing an interesting plate flaw: white line through part of the center, minor grease spot, otherwise v.f., with N.Mandrovski cert (Mi.54P)
P
Catalog #44P
Unsold
Lot #2063
RUSSIA
1889 14k blue & rose, center inverted, nicely centered, good color, small thin, fine appearance, signed Dr.P.Jemchouhin etc.,
O
Catalog #51a
Catalog Value $ 4,000
Unsold
Lot #2064
RUSSIA
1902 7k dark blue, horizontal strip of four with sheet margin, pre-print creases creating an interesting variety, stampsn.h., fine
*
Catalog #59var
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #2065
RUSSIA
1902 7k dark blue, imperf. sheet corner margin single, h.r., gum creases, other v.f.
*
Catalog #59b
Price Realized
$1,100.00

Lot #2066
RUSSIA
1902 vertically laid paper, 7k dark blue, imperforate single with dramatically shifted groundwork, h.r., v.f., signed Matl (Wien) (Standard $1,000)
*
Catalog #59b
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #2067
RUSSIA
1902 25k lilac & green, center inverted, used as always, well centered, small thins and perforation flaws, fine appearance (Standard $6,250)
O
Catalog #64a
Unsold
Lot #2068
RUSSIA
1905 registered cover from Berdichev to Malin (Kiev), franked with 50k, 1r (2) and 3.50r, with five intact wax seals and arrival pmk on back, fine
Envelope
Price Realized
$1,400.00

Lot #2069
RUSSIA
1906 5r and 10r, n.h., v.f. (Standard $1,300)
**
Catalog #71-72
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #2070
RUSSIA
1906 5r, perf. 11 1/2, sheet margin at right, h.r., v.f. (Standard $530)
*
Catalog #71a
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #2071
RUSSIA
1906 5r, perf. 11 1/2, h.r., fine (Standard $530)
*
Catalog #71a
Price Realized
$300.00

Lot #2072
RUSSIA
1910 (9.2) registered money parcel card (for 150r), with "Valeur Declaree" bilingual label, franked with 1k, 2k, 20k and 3x25k, all cancelled by perfin "Kiev 2 GR" in Cyrillic, sent via Odessa to Jerusalem, with 31 Dec.1910 docketing at upper left, wax seal removed from top, with filing folds affecting franking. This is stated to be the only recorded example of this type of Kiev perfin (Russian stamps perforated with initials)
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #2073
RUSSIA
1910-14 exploded (staple missing) 80k booklet, sold in St.Petersburg, black on green covers, panes of 6x1k (3), 3k and 78k, with total face value of 78K (charge of 2k was made for the booklet), stamps are hinged, all originated from this booklet, v.f., rare (Standard B1)
Booklet

Catalog Value $ 5,000
Price Realized
$2,900.00

Lot #2074
RUSSIA
1912 1r Arms, horizontal pair with sheet margin, variety imperf. at left, three vertical bars in margin, l.h., v.f., rare (Standard 108a)
*
Catalog #87var
Price Realized
$1,000.00

Lot #2075
RUSSIA
1912 1r Arms, imperf. horizontal pair, sheet margin at right with three vertical brown bars, stamps n.h., v.f., extremely rare, with Mandrovski cert. (Standard 108IIa, cat. $42,500)
**
Catalog #87var
Unsold
Lot #2076
RUSSIA
1913 Romanov Issue, 1k-5r complete set in blocks of four (2r split into two vertical pairs), fresh, mostly v.f.
Box */**
Catalog #88-104
Price Realized
$3,250.00

Lot #2077
RUSSIA
1913 (28.2) registered (money letter) cover from St.Petersburg to Moscow, franked on back with 1k, 15k (2), 2r, 3r and 5r, used in combination with 5r Arms Issue, with intact wax seals and arrival pmk, fine commercial usage
Envelope
Catalog #88,95,102-104
Unsold
Lot #2078
RUSSIA
1913 Romanov Tercentenary, 1k orange, die proof in issued color, v.f.
P
Catalog #88P
Price Realized
$1,000.00

Lot #2079
RUSSIA
1913 Romanov Tercentenary, 2k green, misperforated single, l.h., v.f. and dramatic shift
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Catalog #89var
Price Realized
$160.00

Lot #2080
RUSSIA
1913 Romanov Tercentenary, 2k orange, trial color die proof, v.f.
P
Catalog #89P
Price Realized
$1,300.00

Lot #2081
RUSSIA
1913 Romanov Tercentenary, 3k carmine, double impression, horizontal pair, n.h., v.f. (Standard $2,100)
**
Catalog #90b
Price Realized
$1,300.00

Lot #2082
RUSSIA
1913 Romanov Tercentenary, 3k purple, trial color die proof, v.f.
P
Catalog #90P
Price Realized
$1,000.00

Lot #2083
RUSSIA
1913 Romanov Tercentenary, 4k purple, trial color die proof, v.f.
P
Catalog #91P
Price Realized
$1,000.00

Lot #2084
RUSSIA
1913 Romanov Tercentenary, 7k brown, sheet margin imperf. single, h.r., v.f., signed Champion, rare and undervalued
*
Catalog #92a
Price Realized
$1,500.00

Lot #2085
RUSSIA
1913 Romanov Tercentenary, 10k black, proof of central vignette only, die proof on glazed card, defective, fine appearance
P
Catalog #93P
Unsold
Lot #2086
RUSSIA
1913 Romanov Tercentenary, 14k blue, die proof on glazed card, v.f.
P
Catalog #94P
Price Realized
$1,300.00

Lot #2087
RUSSIA
1913 Romanov Tercentenary, 15k lilac die proof of frame only, also die proof of central vignette in brown, both reduced to stamp size, v.f.
P
Catalog #94P
Unsold
Lot #2088
RUSSIA
1913 Romanov Tercentenary, 15k gray and red brown, bicolor die proof on glazed card, v.f.
P
Catalog #94P
Price Realized
$1,000.00

Lot #2089
RUSSIA
1913 Romanov Tercentenary, 20k orange red, die proof on reduced card, v.f
P
Catalog #94P
Price Realized
$1,000.00

Lot #2090
RUSSIA
1913 Romanov Tercentenary, 25k purple, die proof on glazed card, v.f
P
Catalog #97P
Price Realized
$1,000.00

Lot #2091
RUSSIA
1913 Romanov Tercentenary, 35k purple, die proof on glazed card, v.f
P
Catalog #98P
Price Realized
$1,000.00

Lot #2092
RUSSIA
1913 Romanov Tercentenary, 35k purple and blue, bicolor die proof on glazed card, v.f
P
Catalog #98P
Price Realized
$1,000.00

Lot #2093
RUSSIA
1913 Romanov Tercentenary, 50k olive, die proof of frame only, v.f.
P
Catalog #99P
Unsold
Lot #2094
RUSSIA
1913 Romanov Tercentenary, 70k dark blue & olive, bicolor die proof on glazed card, v.f.
P
Catalog #100P
Price Realized
$1,300.00

Lot #2095
RUSSIA
1915 money stamps, 15k and 20k Romanov, imperf. horizontal pairs, v.f.
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Catalog #106a,107a
Price Realized
$750.00

Lot #2096
RUSSIA
1915 money stamps, 20k green, currency stamp from Odessa, fine
*
Unsold
Lot #2097
RUSSIA
1915 10r carmine, yellow and gray blue (error), horizontal pair with sheet margin at right, usual centering, h.r., fine and probably unique multiple, ex-Liphschutz collection
*
Catalog #109c
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Lot #2098
RUSSIA
1917 Revolution, private overprints, selection of blocks of four (16), eight (2) and twelve (2), all on Romanov issue, some inverted, mixed condition, fine-v.f.
Booklet *
Price Realized
$1,200.00

Lot #2099
RUSSIA
1917 Revolution, selection of 12 different original black and white photographs incl. Kerensky with ministers, various funeral processions (burial of Cossacks etc), May 1 Holiday, First Days of the Revolution, various volunteers, also an additional photograph (same source) from Christiania, Norway, fine-v.f. and rare
Unsold
Lot #2100
RUSSIA
1918 15k brown, unissued value in color of 70k, imperforate and gummed proof sheetlet, v.f. and extremely rare
P
Catalog #149E
Price Realized
$15,000.00

Lot #2101
RUSSIA
1918 35k blue, lozenges omitted varieties, also 70k brown, lozenges on both sides, blocks of four, each with small faults affecting top stamps, otherwise fine-v.f.
Box *
Catalog #149-50var
Price Realized
$250.00

Lot #2102
RUSSIA
1918 35k blue, vertical pair, lozenges virtually completely omitted from the top stamp, also two singles, one with lozenges on both sides, the other lozenges omitted, h.r., some perf. stains, otherwise fine
*
Catalog #149var
Price Realized
$160.00

Lot #2103
RUSSIA
1918 35k dark blue, variety imperf. at top, sheet corner margin single, n.h., v.f.
**
Catalog #149var
Price Realized
$1,600.00

Lot #2104
RUSSIA
1918 35k dark blue, imperf. single, three large margins, close but adequate at left, n.h., v.f. (Standard $1000)
**
Catalog #149a
Price Realized
$700.00

Lot #2105
RUSSIA
1918 35k dark blue, imperf. sheet margin single, h.r., v.f.
*
Catalog #149a
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #2106
RUSSIA
1918 35k blue, imperf. horizontal pair, used (very rare), right stamp with small thin, otherwise v.f.
O
Catalog #149a
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Lot #2107
RUSSIA
1918 35k dark blue, imperf. vertical pair, used, cut close at top, v.f., signed Mikulski (Standard $2,700 for unused pair)
O
Catalog #149a
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Lot #2108
RUSSIA
1918 35k blue, part imperf. horizontal pair, used (very rare), with part double vertical and horizontal perfs, the latter shifted to top center of the pair, reinforced with paper on back, most unusual
O
Catalog #149var
Unsold
Lot #2109
RUSSIA
1918 70k red brown, variety imperf. at top, l.h., v.f.
*
Catalog #150var
Unsold
Lot #2110
RUSSIA
1918 70k red brown, vertical pair, variety imperf. at top, n.h., also perf. single with a strong offset on back, h.r., fine-v.f.
*/**
Catalog #150var
Unsold
Lot #2111
RUSSIA
1918 70k red brown, vertical pair, variety imperf. at top, n.h., v.f.
**
Catalog #150var
Unsold
Lot #2112
RUSSIA
1918 70k red brown, upper left sheet corner block of four, variety imperf. at top, n.h., wrinkled and with gum creases, otherwise v.f.
Box **
Catalog #150var
Price Realized
$950.00

Lot #2113
RUSSIA
1918 (5.3.19) registered cover (opened for display) from Kaluga to Moscow, with single 35k on front and two blocks of 4x5k Postal Saving stamps on back, paying 75k ( the actual registration fee was 50k, in effect from Jan 1 until November 1, 1919), Kaluga registration hs, with number (201) filled in by hand, faint Moscow arrival pmks, fine and rare combination cover
Envelope
Catalog #149
Price Realized
$5,500.00

Lot #2114
RUSSIA
1918 (20.3.19) registered cover (opened for display) from Petrograd to Libava, properly franked on back with 35k dark blue and 15k Arms (paying the actual registration fee of 50k, in effect from Jan 1 until November 1, 1919), with arrival (10.6.19) and redirection endorsements, cover reduced at sides, but with all markings intact, fine and very rare
Envelope
Catalog #149
Price Realized
$5,500.00

Lot #2115
RUSSIA
1918 (12.3.19) registered cover (opened for display) from a Red Army Latvian soldier, stationed somewhere in the region of Latvia occupied by the Red Army, written to his wife in Tambov Porohovoi Zavod (gun powder factory in Tambov), properly franked with 35k dark blue and 15k Arms (paying the actual registration fee of 50k, in effect from Jan 1 until November 1, 1919), both cancelled by pen, with arrival pmk and redirection endorsements including one for Riga, also Army Field Post (12.5.19) and Riga (14.5.19) pmks and bearing endorsement indicating that addressee returned to her country (Latvia), plus finally "Obratno Odpravleno" (returned to sender) in large Cyrillic letters on front, fine and remarkable letter used by a Latvian Red Army soldier (Latvia achieved independence in 1918)
Envelope
Catalog #149
Price Realized
$11,000.00

Lot #2116
RUSSIA
1918 (26.11.19) registered cover from Hovrino (Simbirsk province) to Moscow, provisional registration marking by hand, also violet datestamp, again with departure be pen, properly franked on reverse with 11x35k dark blue (single, blocks of 4 and 6), used in combination with imperf. 15k (paying the proper rate of 4r, in effect from November 1, 1919 to 10 March, 1920), vertical filing fold just slightly through two center stamps, fine and rare cover, with extraordinary franking, with Moscow 10.12. arrival
Envelope
Catalog #149
Price Realized
$8,000.00

Lot #2117
RUSSIA
1918 (26.11.19) registered coverfront used in Moscow (Poste Restante) franked with block of 4x35k dark blue, used in combination with imperf. pair of 70k and block of 4x35k Arms (overpaying the proper rate of 4r by 20k), all on the front (unusual), interesting item
Catalog #149
Price Realized
$525.00

Lot #2118
RUSSIA
1918 (3.4.19) cover (slightly reduced at left) franked with block of 4x35k and pair of 70k, paying 2.80r from Kramatorovka (Kharkov province) to Taramovka, fine, with arrival pmk
Envelope
Catalog #149-50
Price Realized
$1,600.00

Lot #2119
RUSSIA
1918 (7.12.19) small registered cover from Urensko-Karlinskoye to a soldier stationed in the Petrograd region, properly franked with 5x70k red brown (vertical pair and strip of three), used in combination with imperf. pair of 15k and single 20k/14k, (paying the proper rate of 4r (in effect from November 1, 1919 to 10 March, 1920), fine and probably unique usage
Envelope
Catalog #150
Price Realized
$8,000.00

Lot #2120
RUSSIA
1918 (24.12.19) registered cover from Bogorodsk, with endorsement "field post office of the Red Army", addressed to a red army solder and franked on reverse with strip of 5x70k red brown, used together with 50k Imperial Arms and paying 4r registration rate (in effect from Nov.1, 1919 until March 10, 1920), with 28.12.19 arrival pmk, fine and rare usage
Envelope
Catalog #150
Price Realized
$5,500.00

Lot #2121
RUSSIA
1921 1000r red brown, proof on thick paper, n.h., v.f., rare
Box P
Catalog #190P
Price Realized
$1,400.00

Lot #2122
RUSSIA
1921 200r red brown, unissued value, sheet of 25, never hinged, one stamp with disturbed gum, also couple of natural inclusions and gum wrinkles, v.f. and post office fresh, rare sheet (Standard O15, cat. value $3,000+ for singles) (see footnote in Scott's after No. 190)
Box **
Catalog #190var
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Lot #2123
RUSSIA
1922 (13.5) registered cover (opened for display) from Solombala-Archangel to Lithuania, franked on both sides with combination Imperial and R.S.F.S.R. adhesives, fine and colorful cover, with Kaunas 22.5.22 arrival pmk
Envelope
Price Realized
$250.00

Lot #2124
RUSSIA
1922 (3.4) registered cover (opened for display) from Solombala-Archangel to Lithuania, franked on both sides with combination Imperial and R.S.F.S.R. adhesives, fine and colorful cover, with Kaunas 18.4.22 arrival pmk
Envelope
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Lot #2125
RUSSIA
1922 (31.1) large registered cover from Moscow to Danzig, franked on front with vertical strips of 4x1004, 200r, 250r, 300r, 500r and 1000r and on back with single 100r and vertical pair of 2,250r carmine (Volga Flood Issue), filing creases and folds, otherwise fine and scarce R.S.F.S.R. item, with arrival pmk
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #2126
RUSSIA
1922 (16.5) registered cover (opened for display) from Solombala-Archangel to Lithuania, franked on both sides with combination Imperial and R.S.F.S.R. adhesives, fine and colorful cover, with Petrograd transit and Kaunas 23.5.22 arrival pmk
Envelope
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Lot #2127
RUSSIA
1922 (16.3) registered cover from Okna-Pod (Ukraine) to Berlin, franked on back with block of 10x1000r red and block of 4x5000r on 2r, cover roughly opened at bottom, otherwise fine item from Dr.Brender correspondence
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #2128
RUSSIA
1922 surcharges, 500r on 2r, 10,000r on 40r black surcharges inverted, l.h., v.f.
*
Catalog #192a,195a
Price Realized
$290.00

Lot #2129
RUSSIA
1922 10,000r on 40r surcharge inverted, v.f.
*
Catalog #195a
Price Realized
$190.00

Lot #2130
RUSSIA
1922 10,000r on 40r (37,5mm), red surcharge inverted, h.r., v.f.
*
Catalog #200a
Price Realized
$220.00

Lot #2131
RUSSIA
1922 red surcharge 10,000r on 40r, variety triple surcharge, l.h., v.f.
*
Catalog #200var
Price Realized
$650.00

Lot #2132
RUSSIA
1922 10,000r on 40r (38.5mm) with periods after "P.C.F.C.P." , h.r., v.f.
*
Catalog #200f
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Lot #2133
RUSSIA
1922 red surcharge 10,000r on 40k (type II), with periods after P.C.F.C.P., used, scarce
O
Catalog #200f
Price Realized
$150.00

Lot #2134
RUSSIA
1922 red surcharge 10,000r on 40k (type II), with periods after P.C.F.C.P., variety with numerals at top, l.h., v.f., signed Ebnet
*
Catalog #200f,var
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #2135
RUSSIA
1922 10,000r blue green, unwatermarked proof on gummed, stamp paper, small thin, otherwise v.f.
P
Catalog #204P
Price Realized
$260.00

Lot #2136
RUSSIA
1922 22,500r violet, imperf. single, interesting plate flaw, part of design missing at center right, n.h., v.f.
**
Catalog #206var
Price Realized
$300.00

Lot #2137
RUSSIA
1922-23 Star Overprints, 5r (typographed) on 20k, surcharge inverted, vertical gutter pair, l.h. or n.h., folded between stamps, v.f.
*/**
Catalog #216a
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #2138
RUSSIA
1922-23 Star Overprints, 20r on 70k, 30r on 50k, 40r on 15k, 100r on 15k and 200r on 15k, surcharges inverted, five diff., fine-v.f.
*
Catalog #217a/222a
Price Realized
$550.00

Lot #2139
RUSSIA
1922-23 Star Overprints, 100r on 15k, surcharge double, also pair of 200r on 15k, surcharge double, l.h., fine-v.f.
*
Catalog #221b,222b
Unsold
Lot #2140
RUSSIA
1922-23 Star Overprints, 100r on 15k, surcharge double, one inverted, l.h., fine
*
Catalog #221b,var
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #2141
RUSSIA
1922-23 Star Surcharges, 200r on 40r on 15k double surcharge, l.h., fine and extremely rare two different surcharges variety, signed Romeko
*
Catalog #222b,var
Price Realized
$800.00

Lot #2142
RUSSIA
1922-23 Star Overprints, 5r (lithographed) on 20k blue & red, imperf. single, l.h., v.f., scarce (Standard 081A $1,250)
*
Catalog #223var
Price Realized
$750.00

Lot #2143
RUSSIA
1923 (20.9) cover from Minsk to Berlin, franked on back with 15x20r on 70k, used in combination with 2x100r and vertical pair of 1923 All-Russian Exhibition, also a 5r RSFSR charity label (help for the invalids), minor cover flaws, fine mixed franking RSFSR and CCCP
Envelope
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #2144
RUSSIA
1923 100r imperforate sheetlet of 25, with error cliché 70r inserted, double impression, one shifted upwards, entire sheetlet handstamped "brakowano" (defective), n.h., some tears, otherwise fine, with Mandrowski cert. The imperf. sheetlet of the 70r/100r Red Army Soldier is considered the greatest rarity of the R.S.F.S.R. philately and only a few are known to exist. This error sheet, with double impression was obviously discovered in time and invalidated by applying the "Brakowano" handstamp. We have never seen or heard of another similar item and it could very well be the only one known (Standard 89I, catalogue value for a normal sheet $340,000)
Box S
Catalog #232/33var
Unsold
Lot #2145
RUSSIA
1923 20r brown violet, imperf. sheet margin horizontal strip of three, overprinted "Obrazets" in red Cyrillic letters, n.h., v.f.
S
Catalog #241c/S
Price Realized
$525.00

Lot #2146
RUSSIA
1923 Moscow Exhibition, 5r imperf. single, groundwork virtually omitted, used, corner creases, otherwise fine and interesting variety
O
Catalog #244var
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Lot #2147
RUSSIA
1923 Regular Issue (Lithographed), 6k black, imperf. and gummed trial color proof, h.r., v.f.
P
Catalog #255P
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Lot #2148
RUSSIA
1923 Regular Issue (Lithographed), 10k dark blue, imperforate top sheet margin strip of five, overprinted "Obrazets" in large red Cyrillic letters, n.h, v.f.
S
Catalog #256S
Price Realized
$1,000.00

Lot #2149
RUSSIA
1923-25 Regular Issue, 30k (lithographed) and 8k (typographed), panes of 25, with annulling perforations and further perforated "Obrazets", fine-v.f., signed Ebnet
Box S
Catalog #263,283S
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Lot #2150
RUSSIA
1924 Regular Issue (Lithographed), 4k, 10k, 30k and 40k, set of four, first two poorly centered as often, others fine-v.f.,
*
Catalog #261-64
Catalog Value $ 250
Price Realized
$150.00

Lot #2151
RUSSIA
1924 Lenin, narrow frame (20x25mm) imperf. set of four, 3k signed Romeko, fine-v.f. (Standard $1,250+)
*
Catalog #265-68var
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #2152
RUSSIA
1924 Lenin, medium frame (20,5x26mm) imperf. blocks of four, n.h., folded between stamps, v.f. (Standard $675+)
Box **
Catalog #265-68var
Price Realized
$750.00

Lot #2153
RUSSIA
1924-25 Regular Issue (typographed), 4k carmine, imperf. strip of three, double impression, n.h., v.f.
**
Catalog #274var
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #2154
RUSSIA
1924-25 Regular Issue (typographed), 2k green, imperf. block of 8 with part gutter at right, double impression, with invalidating horizontal perforations, n.h., v.f.
Box **
Catalog #277var
Unsold
Lot #2155
RUSSIA
1924-25 Regular Issue (typographed), 2k green, imperf. single with sheet margin at right, n.h., v.f. (Standard $1,450)
**
Catalog #277var
Price Realized
$1,100.00

Lot #2156
RUSSIA
1924-25 Regular Issue (typographed), 3k red brown, vertical block of 12, with horizontal perforations only, double or triple impressions, with part of imprint at left, n.h., v.f., spectacular item
Box **
Catalog #278var
Price Realized
$1,200.00

Lot #2157
RUSSIA
1924-25 Regular Issue (typographed), 6k dark blue (rare), imperf. sheet corner margin block of 15, strong offset on back, 2nd stamp with additional blue ink in center,13th stamp with interesting plate flaw showing deformed "o" of "zolotom", n.h., v.f.
Box **
Catalog #281var
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Lot #2158
RUSSIA
1924-25 Regular Issue (typographed), 6k light blue, imperf. sheet corner margin block of 15, n.h., natural gum creases, otherwise v.f.
Box **
Catalog #281var
Unsold
Lot #2159
RUSSIA
1924-25 Regular Issue, 15k lemon, unused with full original gum, lightly hinged, well centered, v.f., with Mikulski cert ("very good quality, with full original gum, small traces of the hinge"). A wonderful example of this popular rarity (Standard $26,000+)
*
Catalog #287
Price Realized
$19,500.00

Lot #2160
RUSSIA
1924-25 15k lemon, well centered, lightly cancelled, v.f., with Raybaudi cert.
O
Catalog #287
Price Realized
$425.00

Lot #2161
RUSSIA
1924-25 Regular Issues (typographed), 30k violet, 40k slate gray, horizontal strips of five, perforated "Obrazets", fine-v.f.
S
Catalog #288A,288B/S
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Lot #2162
RUSSIA
1924-25 Regular Issue (typographed), 1r brown & red, marginal block of 16, double horizontal perforations, fold-over variety with part of design on gummed side and largely omitted from the front, n.h., v.f. and incredible item
Box **
Catalog #290var
Price Realized
$1,400.00

Lot #2163
RUSSIA
1924-25 Regular Issue (typographed), 2r variety, part perf., with double impression of the red vignette, which is also printed (upside down) on reverse, n.h., fine
**
Catalog #291var
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #2164
RUSSIA
1924-25 Regular Issue, 3r perf. 13 1/2:10, l.h. (if at all), v.f. (Standard $2,500)
*
Catalog #292b
Price Realized
$1,600.00

Lot #2165
RUSSIA
1924-25 Regular Issue, 3r green & brown, white paper, horizontal pair perforated 13 1/2:10, incomplete ("blind") perforations between stamps and slightly creased between stamps (in an apparent attempt to separate them), n.h., v.f., with Mandrovski cert. A great regular issue rarity, multiples of the compound perf. are virtually non-existent (Standard $16,250 for two singles)
**
Catalog #292b
Unsold
Lot #2166
RUSSIA
1924-25 Regular Issue, 3r green & brown, imperf. sheet margin single, double impression, with horizontal invaliding perfs, v.f.
*
Catalog #292var
Unsold
Lot #2167
RUSSIA
1924 Publicity Stamps, advertising "Journal for Housewives" label, on back of 1924 cover from Nizhniy Novgorod to Germany, also three additional labels (off cover)
Envelope
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #2168
RUSSIA
1925 Publicity Stamps, two Cigarette (Krim-Tabak) labels, also additional franking on back of cover from Leningrad to Germany, v.f.
Envelope
Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #2169
RUSSIA
1925 Publicity Stamps, two advertising labels, on back of registered cover from Pskow, via Leningrad to Estonia, cover reduced at left, otherwise fine
Envelope
Price Realized
$270.00

Lot #2170
RUSSIA
1925 Publicity Stamps, advertising "Electrobank" label, on back of 1926 cover to Kaunas, fine
Envelope
Price Realized
$280.00

Lot #2171
RUSSIA
1926 registered cover from Vladivostok to Harbin, attractively franked with a combination of commemoratives and 20k regular issued adhered to a special advertising (Soviet Fleet) label (small faults), fine cover to Manchuria
Envelope
Price Realized
$260.00

Lot #2172
RUSSIA
1926 (7.10) registered cover from Kiev to Poland, franked on back with 3x8k Fleet advertising labels, also 1k and 3k additional, some cover flaws and minor toning, still fine and attractive usage, with Dubno arrival
Envelope
Price Realized
$750.00

Lot #2173
RUSSIA
1925 Lenin Mausoleum, 7k blue, imperf. single on cartridge paper, v.f.
P
Catalog #294P
Price Realized
$270.00

Lot #2174
RUSSIA
1925 Lenin Mausoleum, 20k carmine, imperf. plate proof on card, creased, otherwise v.f.
P
Catalog #296P
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #2175
RUSSIA
1925 Lenin, 5r and 10r imperf. horizontal pairs, n.h., v.f. (Standard $425)
**
Catalog #302-303var
Price Realized
$200.00

Lot #2176
RUSSIA
1925 Lomonosov, 3k orange brown, two imperf. singles, each on different cartridge paper, v.f.
P
Catalog #326P
Price Realized
$850.00

Lot #2177
RUSSIA
1925-27 Regular Issue (watermarked), 12 different stamps, used on registered and flown cover from Baku (14.2.28) to Teheran, fine-v.f., with arrival pmk
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #2178
RUSSIA
1925-27 Regular Issue (Lithographed), 8k watermarked, perf. 11, also typographed dark olive variety, h.r., the latter with irregular perfs, otherwise fine
*
Catalog #311var
Unsold
Lot #2179
RUSSIA
1925-27 Regular Issue (watermarked), 2r green & rose, perf. 14 1/2:15, block of four, l.h. at top, bottom stamps n.h., v.f.
Box */**
Catalog #323a
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Lot #2180
RUSSIA
1926 Regular Issue (watermarked) 5k, 40k and 3r used on an intact parcel card from Taganrog 16.6.26 to USA, with Moscow transit pmk on back, filing fold away from the stamps, fine high value franking, signed Mikulski
Envelope
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #2181
RUSSIA
1927 surcharges, five diff., used on registered cover (reduced at left) from Vladivostok to Riga, fine
Envelope
Price Realized
$150.00

Lot #2182
RUSSIA
1927 surcharges on postage dues, unwatermarked 8k on 1k (typo), 8k on 3k (litho), watermarked 8k on 7k (typo), all type II inverted, l.h., fine-v.f., signed Goznak
*
Catalog #359,361,369var
Price Realized
$800.00

Lot #2183
RUSSIA
1927 Esperanto, 14k perf. 10 1/2 vertical pair, imperf. between, h.r. at top, small perf. stain at bottom, otherwise v.f., signed Stolow. A rare variety, on regular stamp paper (not to be compared to the privately perforated imperf. pairs)
*
Catalog #374var
Price Realized
$8,000.00

Lot #2184
RUSSIA
1927 Esperanto, 14k yellow green & brown, imperf. sheet margin single, hinged in margin, stamp n.h. but tropicalized gum, otherwise v.f. (Standard $2,125)
*
Catalog #374var
Price Realized
$1,100.00

Lot #2185
RUSSIA
1927 7k Smolny, vertical pair imperf. horizontally, additional vertical invalidating perforations, n.h., v.f.
**
Catalog #377var
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Lot #2186
RUSSIA
1927 18k blue, imperf. sheet margin single, with invalidating vertical perfs, n.h., v.f.
**
Catalog #380var
Price Realized
$270.00

Lot #2187
RUSSIA
1927-28 5k red brown, block of four, full offset on back, horizontal invalidating perforations, n.h., v.f.
Box **
Catalog #386var
Price Realized
$375.00

Lot #2188
RUSSIA
1928 Red Army, 14k Navy and 18k Cavalry, imperforate sheet margin singles, n.h., v.f., extremely rare imperf. errors, first time ever offered by Cherrystone
**
Catalog #403var, 404a
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Lot #2189
RUSSIA
1929 Pioneers, 10k perf. 12 1/2:12:10:12, sheet margin at bottom, n.h., v.f. (Standard $375)
**
Catalog #411b
Price Realized
$1,200.00

Lot #2190
RUSSIA
1929 Regular Issue (watermarked), 3k blue, variety imperf. at bottom, irregular perfs, n.h., v.f.
**
Catalog #415var
Price Realized
$250.00

Lot #2191
RUSSIA
1932-33 Moscow & Leningrad Exhibition sets, n.h. and post office fresh, single short perf., otherwise v.f. (Standard $700)
**
Catalog #485-88
Price Realized
$400.00

Lot #2192
RUSSIA
1933 Ethnic Nationalities of the Soviet Union, 15k "Uzbeks", perforated trial color proofs, seven different, each affixed on a gray card and tied by red "IIPOEKT", also "17 December 1932" at bottom, v.f., with cert.
P
Catalog #505P
Unsold
Lot #2193
RUSSIA
1933 Soviet Heroes, set of three blocks of four, n.h., v.f.
Box **
Catalog #514-16
Price Realized
$625.00

Lot #2194
RUSSIA
1933 Commissars, 20k purple, vertical strip of three, perf. 13 3/4:13 3/4:10 1/2 (at bottom):13 3/4, with double horizontal pairs between middle and bottom stamps, top stamp defective (perfs cut at top), n.h., v.f., with Mandrovski cert. (Standard $1,450+ just for the perf. 10 1/2 variety, not accounting for the double perf.)
**
Catalog #521var
Unsold
Lot #2195
RUSSIA
1933 Commissars, 40k carmine, variety imperf. at left, used, v.f.
O
Catalog #523var
Unsold
Lot #2196
RUSSIA
1934 Sverdlow & Nogin, also Mendeleyev set of four, n.h., v.f. (Standard $1,300)
**
Catalog #531-39
Price Realized
$950.00

Lot #2197
RUSSIA
1934 Mendeleyev, blocks of four, three sets hinged, one n.h., v.f.
*/**
Catalog #536-39
Price Realized
$4,000.00

Lot #2198
RUSSIA
1935 Metro, set of four, n.h., 15k with minor perf. toning, otherwise fine-v.f. (Standard $1,500)
**
Catalog #551-54
Price Realized
$1,200.00

Lot #2199
RUSSIA
1935 Spartacist Games, cplt set, l.h. or h.r., fine-v.f. (Standard $450)
*
Catalog #559-68
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #2200
RUSSIA
1935 Spartacist Games, complete set, n.h. and post office fresh, 10k with imperceptible perf. toning, still v.f. (Standard $1,275)
**
Catalog #559-68
Price Realized
$600.00

Lot #2201
RUSSIA
1935 Spartacist Games, cplt set, n.h., fine-v.f. (Standard $1,275)
**
Catalog #559-68
Price Realized
$950.00

Lot #2202
RUSSIA
1935 Spartactist Issue, 20k and 40k, used with additional franking on two covers from Moscow and Kharkow to USA or Switzerland, fine
Envelope
Catalog #566,68
Unsold
Lot #2203
RUSSIA
1935 Kalinin, 3k lilac, sheet margin block of four, showing watermark "1" at bottom, n.h., v.f.
Box **
Catalog #573var
Unsold
Lot #2204
RUSSIA
1935 Tolstoy, 20k perf. 14, variety imperf. at right, cancelled to order, v.f.
O
Catalog #579var
Price Realized
$800.00

Lot #2205
RUSSIA
1935 4k Bauman, imperf. vertical pair, n.h., v.f.
**
Catalog #581var
Unsold
Lot #2206
RUSSIA
1935 Revolutionary Heroes, 4k Bauman, imperf. vertical pair, n.h., v.f.
**
Catalog #581var
Unsold
Lot #2207
RUSSIA
1936 large registered cover (money letter for 3,750r or FFr 10,000) from Odessa to Frankfurt, franked with 30k (2), 3r (2) and 1r Air Post, registration entered by hand, with nine intact wax seals and arrival pmk on back, fine and unusual high value combination franking
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #2208
RUSSIA
1936 Pioneers, 3k perf. 11, variety imperf. at right, cancelled to order, v.f.
O
Catalog #585a,var
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #2209
RUSSIA
1937 Pushkin, 10k and 20k red brown, imperforate and gummed vertical se-tenant pair, l.h., v.f., extremely rare se-tenant trial color
P
Catalog #590-91P
Unsold
Lot #2210
RUSSIA
1937 Pushkin, 10k variety imperf. at bottom, used, v.f.
O
Catalog #590var
Price Realized
$140.00

Lot #2211
RUSSIA
1937 Pushkin souvenir sheet, two large die master die proofs (without values) in black for the 10k and 50k values adapted for the sheetlet of two, value tablets each proof dated (10.2.1937) and signed by the artist. The same designs were used for the 20k and 80k values. A very fine pair of proofs, probably unique, signed V.Zagorsky, with Mikulski cert. for each
P
Catalog #596P
Unsold
Lot #2212
RUSSIA
1937 Pushkin souvenir sheet, proof in lilac brown, uncut vertical pair of two souvenir sheets, with large margins (145x 222mm), with full original gum, never hinged, scoring creases (to indicate the eventual size of the sheetlet), small faults at bottom, otherwise v.f. A great rarity, probably unique (in this color)
P
Catalog #596P
Unsold
Lot #2213
RUSSIA
1937 Architecture of Moscow, 3k, 5k and 20k imperforate singles, h.r., 5k with trivial toning, otherwise v.f. (Standard $2,300)
*
Catalog #597,98,601var
Price Realized
$1,500.00

Lot #2214
RUSSIA
1937 Architecture of Moscow, 10k red brown, imperf. single, used, v.f., signed Ebnet (Standard $510)
O
Catalog #599var
Price Realized
$240.00

Lot #2215
RUSSIA
1937 Architecture of Moscow, 40k violet, imperf. single with large margin at right, n.h., v.f., with handstamped guarantee. A rare imperf. stamp (Standard 3,400+)
**
Catalog #603var
Price Realized
$2,400.00

Lot #2216
RUSSIA
1937 Architecture of Moscow, 40k violet, imperforate horizontal strip of three, n.h., diagonal crease (as often) affecting all three stamps, otherwise v.f. (Standard $10,500+)
*
Catalog #603var
Price Realized
$2,800.00

Lot #2217
RUSSIA
1937 Architecture of Moscow, 40k violet, imperf. souvenir sheet of four, marginal inscriptions omitted, never hinged and post office fresh, v.f., signed Mikulski etc. A rarity from the Soviet Union, especially in this exceptional quality (Standard $27,500+)
Box **
Catalog #603a,var
Unsold
Lot #2218
RUSSIA
1937 Architecture of Moscow, 50k imperforate horizontal pair with sheet margin at right, h.r., v.f., signed Romeko (Standard $5,100)
*
Catalog #604var
Price Realized
$2,400.00

Lot #2219
RUSSIA
1937 Dzerzhinsky, 10k vertical pair, imperf. between, used, v.f.
O
Catalog #606var
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #2220
RUSSIA
1937 Dzerzhinsky, 10k variety imperf. at bottom, used, v.f.
O
Catalog #606var
Price Realized
$150.00

Lot #2221
RUSSIA
1937 20k Dzerzhinsky, variety imperf. at top, used, v.f.
O
Catalog #607var
Price Realized
$280.00

Lot #2222
RUSSIA
1937 Dzerzhinsky, 20k variety imperf. at right, used, v.f.
O
Catalog #607var
Price Realized
$300.00

Lot #2223
RUSSIA
1938-52 Regular Issue (unwatermarked), 1k, 2k, 4k, 5k, 10k, 20k green and 50k, seven diff., n.h. except 20k (h.r.), 5k with small defects, others fine-v.f.
*/**
Catalog #613A-615A,616A,17A,19A
Price Realized
$425.00

Lot #2224
RUSSIA
1938 Regular Issue (unwatermarked), 4k lilac, imperforate single, n.h., v.f., signed Mikulski (Standard $2,500)
**
Catalog #615var
Price Realized
$1,500.00

Lot #2225
RUSSIA
1938 North Pole, 40k green & red, 80k red, imperforate singles, n.h., v.f., the former signed Romeko (Standard $5,400+)
**
Catalog #627a, 628a
Unsold
Lot #2226
RUSSIA
1938 North Pole, 80k carmine, imperf. horizontal pair, h.r., v.f., signed Ebnet (Standard $510)
*
Catalog #628a
Unsold
Lot #2227
RUSSIA
1938 Red Army, 30k vertical pair imperf. between, cancelled to order, v.f.
O
Catalog #631var
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #2228
RUSSIA
1938 Red Army, 50k variety, imperf. at right, used, v.f.
O
Catalog #633var
Price Realized
$375.00

Lot #2229
RUSSIA
1938 Second Trans-Polar Flight, 10k lilac brown, 20k black and 50k violet, imperforate singles, never hinged, first two with natural gum irregularities or creases, v.f. While only 50 of each were issued of 10k and 20k; the imperf. 50k error is virtually unknown (Standard $35,000+ for hinged, 50k unpriced never hinged)
**
Catalog #640-42var
Unsold
Lot #2230
RUSSIA
1938 Second Transpolar Flight, 20k gray black, imperf. horizontal pair, scissor cut between stamps, used, v.f., rare
O
Catalog #641ar
Unsold
Lot #2231
RUSSIA
1938 Second Transpolar Flight, 20k gray black, imperf. sheet margin single, used, v.f., rare
O
Catalog #641var
Unsold
Lot #2232
RUSSIA
1939 Horse, 50k red brown, variety, imperf. at bottom, l.h., v.f.
*
Catalog #730var
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #2233
RUSSIA
1939 Regular Issue, 5k red on white paper (typographed), line perf. 12 1/4, upper sheet corner margin block of 18, n.h., v.f. (Standard 606A, cat. value $3,000)
Box **
Catalog #734var
Price Realized
$1,500.00

Lot #2234
RUSSIA
1939 Sanatoriums, 10k carmine, variety imperf. at top, 15k yellow green, variety imperf. at right, cancelled to order, v.f.
O
Catalog #750,751var
Price Realized
$375.00

Lot #2235
RUSSIA
1939 Lermontov, set of three, plus Chekhov, set of four, all in blocks of four, mostly with margin, n.h. but some with dried or disturbed gum, otherwise fine-v.f.
Box **
Catalog #757-59,763-66
Price Realized
$300.00

Lot #2236
RUSSIA
1939 Lermontov, 30k vertical pair, double horizontal perforations between stamps, also variety imperf. at bottom, cancelled to order, some toning, unusual
O
Catalog #758var
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #2237
RUSSIA
1939 Chernishevsky, blocks of four, n.h., v.f.
Box **
Catalog #760-62
Price Realized
$625.00

Lot #2238
RUSSIA
1940 Chekhov, blocks of four, l.h. at top, bottom stamps n.h., fine-v.f.
Box */**
Catalog #763-77
Price Realized
$240.00

Lot #2239
RUSSIA
1940 30k Tchaikovsky, variety imperf. at bottom, used, v.f.
O
Catalog #791var
Price Realized
$160.00

Lot #2240
RUSSIA
1940 30k Tchaikovsky, variety imperf. at bottom, used, v.f.
O
Catalog #791var
Price Realized
$140.00

Lot #2241
RUSSIA
1940 Pavilions, 30k two different se-tenant blocks of 16, n.h., v.f.
Box **
Catalog #796/808
Price Realized
$4,000.00

Lot #2242
RUSSIA
1940 Pavilions, 30k selection of six se-tenant pairs (one horizontal, others vertical), also two se-tenant blocks of four, all cancelled to order, fine-v.f.
Box O
Catalog #796/808
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #2243
RUSSIA
1940 Perekop, 10k variety imperf. at bottom, used, v.f.
O
Catalog #811var
Price Realized
$210.00

Lot #2244
RUSSIA
1940 10k Perekop, variety imperf. at top, used, v.f.
O
Catalog #811var
Unsold
Lot #2245
RUSSIA
1940 50k Perekop, variety imperf. at top, used, v.f.
O
Catalog #814var
Unsold
Lot #2246
RUSSIA
1941 Army & Navy, 5k-1r set of eight gutter blocks of four (20k regular block), line perf. (15k comb perf.), n.h., fine-v.f. (Standard $3,500+ as gutter pairs)
Box **
Catalog #824-31
Price Realized
$2,600.00

Lot #2247
RUSSIA
1941 Alisher Navoi, 30k perf. 12 1/2, 12 1/2:12 and 1r, three horizontal gutter blocks of four, last one with both right stamps imperf. at left, n.h., v.f. (Standard $6,250 just for gutter pairs, with accounting for the variety imperf. at left and premium for blocks)
Box **
Catalog #857-58var
Price Realized
$20,000.00

Lot #2248
RUSSIA
1941 20th December, marginal single, n.h., v.f. (Standard $625)
**
Catalog #859
Price Realized
$525.00

Lot #2249
RUSSIA
1942 20k Gift from the front, variety imperf. at right, used, v.f.
O
Catalog #873var
Price Realized
$120.00

Lot #2250
RUSSIA
1943 October Revolution, 5k black brown, variety imperf. at right, n.h., v.f.
**
Catalog #878var
Price Realized
$300.00

Lot #2251
RUSSIA
1943 20k Red Navy, variety imperf. at top, used, v.f.
O
Catalog #899var
Price Realized
$260.00

Lot #2252
RUSSIA
1944 Heroes of the Civil War, 30k Schors, variety imperf. at top, used, v.f.
O
Catalog #942var
Unsold
Lot #2253
RUSSIA
1945 Griboyedov, 30k unissued design, photo essay in black, v.f., rare, with Liapine cert.
E
Catalog #966E
Unsold
Lot #2254
RUSSIA
1945 World War II, 1r variety, imperf. at bottom, n.h., v.f.
**
Catalog #979var
Price Realized
$525.00

Lot #2255
RUSSIA
1945 Popov, 30k variety imperf. at right, cancelled to order, v.f.
O
Catalog #989var
Price Realized
$375.00

Lot #2256
RUSSIA
1945 Victory Holiday, 9 May overprint in blue, two line inscription virtually omitted from top (only slight traces of the blue overprint visible, with no evidence of tampering), l.h., v.f., rare
*
Catalog #992var
Price Realized
$550.00

Lot #2257
RUSSIA
1946 Warplanes, 20k Tupolev bomber, variety imperf. at right, n.h., v.f.
**
Catalog #992Evar
Price Realized
$2,500.00

Lot #2258
RUSSIA
1945 1r Airplane, vertical pair imperf. between, perfs. trimmed all around to resemble imperf., cancelled to order
O
Catalog #993var
Price Realized
$130.00

Lot #2259
RUSSIA
1945 WWII, 1r, variety imperf. at left, cancelled to order, v.f.
O
Catalog #1018var
Price Realized
$210.00

Lot #2260
RUSSIA
1946 Regular Issues (Lithographed), 30k Aviator, h.r., v.f., signed (Standard $1,000+)
*
Price Realized
$750.00

Lot #2261
RUSSIA
1946 Victory Medal, 30k lilac, vertical pair, variety, imperf. at bottom, used, v.f.
O
Catalog #1021var
Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #2262
RUSSIA
1946 Victory, 60k olive green, variety, imperf. at right, used, v.f.
O
Catalog #1023var
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #2263
RUSSIA
1946 Victory Medal, 60k red brown, variety, imperf. at bottom, n.h., v.f.
**
Catalog #1024var
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #2264
RUSSIA
1946 Victory, 60k sheet margin single, spectacular fold-over variety, n.h., v.f.
**
Catalog #1025var
Price Realized
$150.00

Lot #2265
RUSSIA
1946 Medals, 60k blue green, line perf. 12 1/2, upper left sheet corner margin block of four, n.h., fine-v.f. (Standard $320)
Box **
Catalog #1035var
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #2266
RUSSIA
1946 Medals, 60k lilac brown, variety imperf. at top, n.h., v.f.
**
Catalog #1038var
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #2267
RUSSIA
1946 Moscow, 20k, variety imperf. at left, also 45k, variety imperf. at right, both cancelled to order, v.f.
O
Catalog #1062,63var
Price Realized
$300.00

Lot #2268
RUSSIA
1946 5k Combine, vertical pair imperf. between, creases, otherwise fine
*
Catalog #1075var
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #2269
RUSSIA
1947 Karpinski, 30k dark green, variety imperf. at bottom, n.h., v.f.
**
Catalog #1087var
Price Realized
$260.00

Lot #2270
RUSSIA
1947 Zhukovski, 30k variety imperf. at right, used, v.f.
O
Catalog #1098var
Price Realized
$190.00

Lot #2271
RUSSIA
1947 Republics, complete set in blocks of four, n.h., fine-v.f.
Box **
Catalog #1104-20
Price Realized
$625.00

Lot #2272
RUSSIA
1947 30k Estonia CCP, variety imperf. at left, used, v.f.
O
Catalog #1108var
Price Realized
$160.00

Lot #2273
RUSSIA
1947 30k Latvian CCP, variety imperf. at left, used, v.f.
O
Catalog #1113var
Price Realized
$180.00

Lot #2274
RUSSIA
1947 800th Anniversary of Moscow, 2r variety imperf. at bottom, n.h., v.f.
**
Catalog #1144var
Price Realized
$1,300.00

Lot #2275
RUSSIA
1947 Moscow souv. sheets of four, type I and II (adhesion), also 1949 Stalin (70th Birthday) souvenir sheet of four, n.h., v.f. (Standard $1,600)
Box **
Catalog #1149,1325
Unsold
Lot #2276
RUSSIA
1947 30k red brown, Sanatorium "Abkhazia", horizontal pair, imperf. vertically, l.h., v.f.
*
Catalog #1166var
Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #2277
RUSSIA
1947 30k Sanatorium "Abkhazia", variety imperf. horizontally, n.h., v.f.
**
Catalog #1166var
Price Realized
$240.00

Lot #2278
RUSSIA
1947 30k Zapadugol (Sochi) Sanatorium, variety imperf. at top, used, v.f.
O
Catalog #1171var
Price Realized
$160.00

Lot #2279
RUSSIA
1948 Leningrad, 50k blue green, horizontal pair, variety imperf. at bottom, used, v.f.
O
Catalog #1190var
Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #2280
RUSSIA
1948 Ukrainian CCP, 30k dark blue, variety imperf. at top, used, v.f.
O
Catalog #1193var
Price Realized
$150.00

Lot #2281
RUSSIA
1948 Surikov, 30k red brown, variety imperf. at top, used, v.f.
O
Catalog #1201var
Unsold
Lot #2282
RUSSIA
1948 30k Artillery, variety imperf. at bottom, used, v.f.
O
Catalog #1205var
Price Realized
$140.00

Lot #2283
RUSSIA
1948 60k Military Class, variety imperf. at top, used, v.f.
O
Catalog #1208var
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #2284
RUSSIA
1948 Ostrovsky, imperf. sheet margin singles, set of three, n.h., v.f.
**
Catalog #1227-29var
Price Realized
$2,500.00

Lot #2285
RUSSIA
1948 Foot Race, 15k variety imperf. at top, h.r., v.f.
*
Catalog #1254var
Unsold
Lot #2286
RUSSIA
1948 Soccer, 30k red brown, variety imperf. at top, used, v.f.
O
Catalog #1255var
Price Realized
$1,300.00

Lot #2287
RUSSIA
1949 Lomonosov, 40k red brown, thick paper, n.h., also two used varieties imperf. at top and bottom, all v.f.
**O
Catalog #1320var
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #2288
RUSSIA
1949 40k Lomonosov, variety imperf. at bottom, used, v.f.
O
Catalog #1320var
Price Realized
$130.00

Lot #2289
RUSSIA
1949 Cape Dezhnev, 40k green, variety imperf. at bottom, fine used
O
Catalog #1323var
Price Realized
$1,500.00

Lot #2290
RUSSIA
1949 Stalin souv. sheet of four, also Lenin Mausoleum, perf. souvenir sheet of four, n.h., natural gum wrinkles and inclusions, otherwise v.f. (Standard $1,615)
Box **
Catalog #1325,1327a
Price Realized
$800.00

Lot #2291
RUSSIA
1949 Stalin, souvenir sheet of four, n.h., v.f.
Box **
Catalog #1325
Price Realized
$250.00

Lot #2292
RUSSIA
1949 Lenin Mausoleum souvenir sheet of four, n.h. and post office fresh, natural gum inclusions, minor corner creases, otherwise v.f.
Box **
Catalog #1327a
Price Realized
$400.00

Lot #2293
RUSSIA
1949 Lenin Mausoleum, imperf. souvenir sheet of four (179:134mm), n.h. and post office fresh, natural gum wrinkles, v.f. and exceptionally nice quality (Standard $2,500)
Box **
Catalog #1327a
Price Realized
$2,000.00

Lot #2294
RUSSIA
1949 Lenin Mausoleum, perf. and imperf. souvenir sheets of four, h.r., the latter dried and disturbed gum, upper right corner crease, fine appearance,
Box *
Catalog #1327a,var
Price Realized
$1,400.00

Lot #2295
RUSSIA
1949 Lenin Mausoleum, perf. and imperf. souvenir sheets of four, l.h., v.f.
Box *
Catalog #1327a,var
Price Realized
$1,400.00

Lot #2296
RUSSIA
1949 Lenin Mausoleum, perf. and imperf. souvenir sheets of four, h.r. or l.h., v.f.
Box *
Catalog #1327a,var
Price Realized
$1,600.00

Lot #2297
RUSSIA
1949 Lenin Mausoleum, imperf. souvenir sheet of four, n.h., v.f. (Standard $2,500)
Box **
Catalog #1327a,var
Price Realized
$1,600.00

Lot #2298
RUSSIA
1949 Regular Issue (typographed), 25k Flier, block of four, unused (regummed), v.f. Blocks of four of this value are rare (Standard 1381)
Box (*)
Catalog #1345var
Unsold
Lot #2299
RUSSIA
1949 Pushkin, complete set in blocks of four, also souvenir sheet, all n.h., v.f.
Box **
Catalog #1359-63, 1360a
Price Realized
$1,700.00

Lot #2300
RUSSIA
1949 Sanatorium, 40k Kislovodsk, block of eight, top pair variety imperf. at top, n.h., slightly irregular gum, v.f.
Box **
Catalog #1366var
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #2301
RUSSIA
1949 Sochi, 40k variety imperf. at right, v.f. used
O
Catalog #1372var
Price Realized
$260.00

Lot #2302
RUSSIA
1949 Dokuchayev, 40k red brown, variety imperf. at left, used, v.f.
O
Catalog #1384var
Price Realized
$575.00

Lot #2303
RUSSIA
1949 UPU, 40k imperf. single, double impression of indigo (C.C.C.P. and globe), l.h., v.f.
*
Catalog #1392a,var
Price Realized
$750.00

Lot #2304
RUSSIA
1949 Chapayev, 40 orange red, variety imperf. at top, n.h., v.f.
**
Catalog #1403var
Price Realized
$300.00

Lot #2305
RUSSIA
1949 Ukraine & Belorus, blocks of four, n.h., v.f.
Box **
Catalog #1427-28
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #2306
RUSSIA
1950 Pavlik Morozov, 40k variety imperf. at top, used, v.f.
O
Catalog #1445var
Price Realized
$210.00

Lot #2307
RUSSIA
1950 May 1 Issue, blocks of 10, n.h., v.f.
Box **
Catalog #1458-59
Unsold
Lot #2308
RUSSIA
1950 Suvorov, complete set in blocks of four, n.h., v.f.
Box **
Catalog #1464-68
Price Realized
$1,100.00

Lot #2309
RUSSIA
1950 Moscow Metro, 40k carmine, variety imperf. at right, fine used
O
Catalog #1481var
Price Realized
$1,300.00

Lot #2310
RUSSIA
1950 Skyscrapers, two sets, l.h., fine-v.f.
*
Catalog #1518-25
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #2311
RUSSIA
1950s Cold War Propaganda cards, seven different, some quite interesting, unused, v.f.
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #2312
RUSSIA
1951 For Peace, complete set in blocks of four, n.h., v.f.
Box **
Catalog #1550-51
Price Realized
$575.00

Lot #2313
RUSSIA
1951 Portraits, complete set in blocks of four, n.h., v.f.
Box **
Catalog #1568-83
Price Realized
$675.00

Lot #2314
RUSSIA
1951 October Revolution, 40k variety with red color shifted downwards, l.h., v.f.
*
Catalog #1596var
Price Realized
$260.00

Lot #2315
RUSSIA
1952 Constitution, 40k variety imperf. at top, used, v.f., rare
O
Catalog #1625var
Price Realized
$1,200.00

Lot #2316
RUSSIA
1953 40k Andreyev, unaccepted design, photo essay/proof in black, v.f., rare, with Liapine cert.
E
Unsold
Lot #2317
RUSSIA
1954 Kazan University, 60k variety imperf. at bottom, cancelled to order, v.f.
O
Catalog #1737var
Price Realized
$150.00

Lot #2318
RUSSIA
1955 North Pole souv. sheet, 25 copies, n.h., v.f.
Box **
Catalog #1767a
Price Realized
$280.00

Lot #2319
RUSSIA
1955 Lomonosov Moscow State University, set of two, line perf. 12 1/2, 40k n.h., 1r used, small tear, otherwise fine-v.f. (Standard $250)
**O
Catalog #1786-87var
Unsold
Lot #2320
RUSSIA
1955 Lomonosov Moscow State University souv. sheets, 10 sets, n.h., v.f.
Box **
Catalog #1786a-87a
Unsold
Lot #2321
RUSSIA
1955 Lomonosov Moscow State University, 200th Anniversary souvenir sheet of four, brown & blue colors omitted, hence no text in margin and missing values and name of the country, cancelled to order 18.2.60, with full original gum, l.h., v.f., with Ukrainian Experts Cert., stated to be one of only two known
Box
Catalog #1787a,var
Unsold
Lot #2322
RUSSIA
1956 Aivazov, 40k green, three-line inscription, sheet of 72 (folded between stamps), n.h., v.f. (Standard $6,100 as singles)
Box **
Catalog #1860a
Price Realized
$4,250.00

Lot #2323
RUSSIA
1957 100 years of the first postage stamp, photo proof/Essay in black, v.f., rare, with Liapine cert.
E
Unsold
Lot #2324
RUSSIA
1957 Glinka, set of two on tinted paper, perf. 12x12 1/2, sheets of 72 (folded between stamps), n.h., fine-v.f. (Standard $490 as singles)
Box **
Catalog #1907-08var
Unsold
Lot #2325
RUSSIA
1957 October Revolution souv. sheets, 10 of each, n.h., v.f.
**
Catalog #1943a,2002a
Price Realized
$260.00

Lot #2326
RUSSIA
1957 October Revolution, souvenir sheet of three, proof on thick paper with large margin at bottom, background colors omitted, creases, otherwise v.f., rare
P
Catalog #1943aP
Price Realized
$2,500.00

Lot #2327
RUSSIA
1957 Soccer, 40k block of four, variety showing black color shifted, n.h., v.f.
Box **
Catalog #1972var
Unsold
Lot #2328
RUSSIA
1957 Lenin, 60k variety imperf. at top, l.h., v.f.
*
Catalog #1997var
Price Realized
$550.00

Lot #2329
RUSSIA
1957-58 National Artists, 40k horizontal pair, variety imperf. at top, cancelled to order, n.h., v.f.
O
Catalog #1929var
Price Realized
$2,900.00

Lot #2330
RUSSIA
1958 E. Sharents (Armenian Poet) 40k sepia, vertical pair imperf. between, small faults, fine appearance
*
Catalog #2038var
Price Realized
$1,100.00

Lot #2331
RUSSIA
1958 Maxim Gorky, 40k line perf. 12 1/2, l.h., v.f. (Standard $320)
*
Catalog #2048var
Unsold
Lot #2332
RUSSIA
1958 Maxim Gorky, 40k line perf. 12 1/2, n.h., fine (Standard 2044A, cat. value $300)
**
Catalog #2048var
Unsold
Lot #2333
RUSSIA
1958 13th Party Congress, 40k variety imperf. at right, n.h., v.f.
**
Catalog #2049var
Price Realized
$550.00

Lot #2334
RUSSIA
1958 unissued "Voroshilovgrad", n.h., v.f. (Standard $1,500)
**
Catalog #2117var
Price Realized
$850.00

Lot #2335
RUSSIA
1958 Latvia CCP, 40k variety imperf. at top, n.h., some toning, otherwise v.f.
**
Catalog #2126var
Price Realized
$425.00

Lot #2336
RUSSIA
1958 Communist Party, 1r vertical pair, variety imperf. at top, n.h., v.f.
**
Catalog #2142var
Price Realized
$1,400.00

Lot #2337
RUSSIA
1958 Regular Issue, 60k red, variety imperf. at top, n.h., v.f.
**
Catalog #2288var
Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #2338
RUSSIA
1958 Regular Issue, 20k gray blue, 25k red brown, 60k green, also unissued 30k (Red Army Soldier) indigo, all perf. 12, unused without gum, v.f., extremely rare "set" of proofs
P
Catalog #2290-93P
Price Realized
$25,000.00

Lot #2339
RUSSIA
1958 Regular Issue, 20k green, variety with perforated sheet margin at right, n.h., v.f.
**
Catalog #2290var
Price Realized
$150.00

Lot #2340
RUSSIA
1959 Charles Darwin, 40k, line perf. 12 1/2, n.h., v.f. (Standard $2,100)
**
Catalog #2166var
Price Realized
$1,400.00

Lot #2341
RUSSIA
1959 Basketball overprint, letter "CH" of "Chile" directly under the letter "k" of "Komanda", n.h., v.f. (Standard $1,500)
**
Catalog #2170var
Price Realized
$1,500.00

Lot #2342
RUSSIA
1959 Basketball, 1r variety imperf. at top, cancelled to order, v.f.
O
Catalog #2170var
Price Realized
$1,500.00

Lot #2343
RUSSIA
1961 4k Nachichevan, variety imperf. at bottom, cancelled to order, v.f.
O
Catalog #2342var
Price Realized
$2,300.00

Lot #2344
RUSSIA
1960 Space ("Belka" and "Strelka"), 40k line perf. 12 1/2, n.h., v.f. (Standard $1,900)
**
Catalog #2383var
Price Realized
$2,600.00

Lot #2345
RUSSIA
1960 Uzbek Costumes, 60k line perf. 12 1/2, n.h., v.f. (Standard $1,500)
**
Catalog #2417var
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #2346
RUSSIA
1961 Georgian National Costumes, 2k line perf. 12 1/2, n.h., v.f. (Standard $1,500)
**
Catalog #2419var
Price Realized
$2,600.00

Lot #2347
RUSSIA
1961 Estonian Native Costumes, 12k line perf. 12 1/2, n.h., v.f. (Standard $1,500)
**
Catalog #2426var
Price Realized
$2,100.00

Lot #2348
RUSSIA
1961 Forest Animals, 1k and 6k, each line perf. 12 1/2, n.h., v.f. (Standard $5,100)
**
Catalog #2429,2430var
Price Realized
$3,000.00

Lot #2349
RUSSIA
1961 Andrei Rublijov, 4k line perf. 12 1/2, n.h., v.f. (Standard $2,500)
**
Catalog #2453var
Price Realized
$1,900.00

Lot #2350
RUSSIA
1961 10k Venus Space Satellite, line perf. 12 1/2, n.h., v.f. (Standard $1,900)
**
Catalog #2457
Price Realized
$1,700.00

Lot #2351
RUSSIA
1961 National Chorus, 4k line perf. 12 1/2, n.h., v.f. (Standard $1,300)
**
Catalog #2459var
Price Realized
$2,100.00

Lot #2352
RUSSIA
1961 10k Lenin, line perf. 12 1/2, n.h., v.f. (Standard $1,500)
**
Catalog #2466var
Price Realized
$1,400.00

Lot #2353
RUSSIA
1961 Hydroelectrical Service, 6k line perf. 12 1/2, n.h., v.f. (Standard $4,250)
**
Catalog #2495var
Price Realized
$2,800.00

Lot #2354
RUSSIA
1961 40th Anniversary of the first Soviet Stamps, 2k and 6k, each line perf. 12 1/2, n.h., v.f. (Standard $3,000)
**
Catalog #2516,2518var
Price Realized
$2,200.00

Lot #2355
RUSSIA
1961 22nd Soviet, 4k line perf. 12 1/2, n.h., natural gum inclusion, still v.f. (Standard $2,500)
**
Catalog #2526var
Price Realized
$1,600.00

Lot #2356
RUSSIA
1961 Ballet, 10k line perf. 12 1/2, n.h., v.f. (Standard $1,700)
**
Catalog #2551var
Price Realized
$5,250.00

Lot #2357
RUSSIA
1962 Youth Congress, 6k Lenin, line perf. 12 1/2, n.h., v.f. (Standard $1,700)
**
Catalog #2577var
Price Realized
$1,200.00

Lot #2358
RUSSIA
1962 Lenin, 10k horizontal pair, imperf. between, cancelled to order, n.h., v.f.
O
Catalog #2582var
Price Realized
$850.00

Lot #2359
RUSSIA
1962 50th Anniversary of "Pravda", 4k two different, each line perf. 12 1/2, n.h., v.f. (Standard $3,200)
**
Catalog #2591-92var
Price Realized
$2,100.00

Lot #2360
RUSSIA
1962 Soviet Sculptor (Shadr), 4k, line perf. 12 1/2, n.h., v.f. (Standard $1,700)
**
Catalog #2619var
Price Realized
$1,200.00

Lot #2361
RUSSIA
1962 Space, 1r souvenir sheet, variety imperf. at right, n.h. but with a gum disturbance, tiny surface abrasions and creases, otherwise fine
*
Catalog #2631A,var
Price Realized
$2,000.00

Lot #2362
RUSSIA
1962 Farmer's Wife, 4k line perf. 12 1/2, n.h., v.f. (Standard $1,700)
**
Catalog #2650var
Price Realized
$1,000.00

Lot #2363
RUSSIA
1962 Fifth Anniversary of the Sputnik, 10k line perf. 12 1/2, n.h., v.f. (Standard $3,000)
**
Catalog #2653var
Price Realized
$2,100.00

Lot #2364
RUSSIA
1962 October Revolution, 45th Anniversary, 4k line perf. 12 1/2, n.h., v.f. (Standard $1,500)
**
Catalog #2661var
Price Realized
$1,600.00

Lot #2365
RUSSIA
1963 M.S. Shchepkin, 4k red brown, unissued smaller size, perf. 13, also the issued stamp for comparison, disturbed partial gum as the stamp was probably removed from the presentation sheetlet, v.f., rare
**
Catalog #2814var
Price Realized
$2,500.00

Lot #2366
RUSSIA
1964 Winter Olympics (Innsbruck), 6k imperf. horizontal pair, black color including denomination omitted, n.h., v.f., with Mandrowski cert. A rarity
**
Catalog #2845var
Unsold
Lot #2367
RUSSIA
1964 Tokyo Olympics, green souv. sheet with serial number, n.h., v.f.
**
Catalog #2921-26
Price Realized
$260.00

Lot #2368
RUSSIA
1964 Tokyo Olympics, green souv. sheet with serial number, three copies, n.h., v.f.
**
Catalog #2921-26var
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #2369
RUSSIA
1964 Tokyo Olympics, green souv. with serial number, unaddressed FDC, v.f.
Envelope
Catalog #2921-26
Price Realized
$240.00

Lot #2370
RUSSIA
1969 Bilibin, imperf. horizontal se-tenant strip of five, folded once between third and fourth stamps, also at the extreme left margin, unused without gum, v.f. and extremely rare (Standard $14,500+)
P
Catalog #3662-3666var
Unsold
Lot #2371
RUSSIA
1969 Fairy Tales (Bilibin), horizontal strip of five, folded between stamps at right, imperf. between first and second stamps, also variety imperf. at right, n.h., v.f.
**
Catalog #3662-66var
Price Realized
$575.00

Lot #2372
RUSSIA
1969 Bilibin, 50k Fairy Tales, variety imperf. at right, n.h., v.f.
**
Catalog #3666var
Price Realized
$210.00

Lot #2373
RUSSIA
1970 6k green and orange, error with black and brown colors missing, horizontal pair, cancelled to order (with full original gum, n.h.), v.f., with Hovest cert. Only one sheet (all cancelled to order) of this error was discovered
O
Catalog #3760var
Price Realized
$2,600.00

Lot #2374
RUSSIA
1972 Sobinov, unissued 10k ("Narodnyj Artist CCCP"), line perforated 12 1/4 (proof perf), with characteristic irregular perforations. Only a few of these proofs were prepared and affixed on special presentation sheetlets by Goznak. This stamp is never hinged but the gum is slightly disturbed, as a result of removal from the presentation sheetlet. A superb modern rarity from the former Soviet Union, with V.Liapine cert. (Standard 4049var)
**
Catalog #3966var
Unsold
Lot #2375
RUSSIA
1983 Lighthouses, 1k imperf. horizontal pair, n.h., v.f. (Standard $4,250)
**
Catalog #5179var
Price Realized
$1,100.00

Lot #2376
RUSSIA
1989 5k October Revolution, left margin vertical imperf. pair, n.h., v.f.
**
Catalog #5814var
Unsold
Lot #2377
RUSSIA
1990 Soviet Republic Capitals, imperf. blocks of four, 12 different (missing only Frunze, Riga and Yerevan do not exist imperf), n.h., v.f.
Box **
Catalog #5854/5868var
Unsold
Lot #2378
RUSSIA
1990 Soviet Republic Capitals, imperf. blocks of four, 12 different (missing only Frunze, Riga and Yerevan do not exist imperf), n.h., v.f.
Box **
Catalog #5854/5868var
Price Realized
$1,100.00

Lot #2379
RUSSIA
1990 Soviet Republic Capitals, imperf. blocks of four, 12 different (missing only Frunze, Riga and Yerevan do not exist imperf), n.h., v.f.
Box **
Catalog #5854/5868var
Unsold
Lot #2380
RUSSIA
1991 Vladimir Usov, 7k horiz. Pair, right stamp red brown omitted, n.h., v.f. (Mi.6245F)
**
Catalog #6026var
Unsold
Lot #2381
RUSSIA Semi-Postals
1905 3k red, brown and green, perf. 13 1/2x11 1/2, h.r., v.f.
*
Catalog #B1a
Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #2382
RUSSIA Semi-Postals
1914 Issue, imperf. singles, n.h., v.f., signed Romeko
**
Catalog #B5-8var
Price Realized
$1,700.00

Lot #2383
RUSSIA Semi-Postals
1914 Issue, 1k variety imperf. at right, v.f.
*
Catalog #B5var
Price Realized
$280.00

Lot #2384
RUSSIA Semi-Postals
1914 Issue, 3k variety imperf. at left, n.h., v.f.
**
Catalog #B6var
Price Realized
$425.00

Lot #2385
RUSSIA Semi-Postals
1914 Issue, 10k variety imperf. at bottom, heavy h.r., v.f.
*
Catalog #B6var
Price Realized
$400.00

Lot #2386
RUSSIA Semi-Postals
1915 White Paper, imperf. sheet margin singles, complete set of four, l.h., couple of natural inclusions, v.f. (Standard $2,100)
*
Catalog #B9-13var
Price Realized
$2,400.00

Lot #2387
RUSSIA Semi-Postals
1915 1k, white paper, interesting variety, partially unprinted at upper right (due to a pre-print crease), v.f., signed Mikulski
*
Catalog #B9var
Unsold
Lot #2388
RUSSIA Semi-Postals
1922 Volga Famine Relief surcharges, block of four, upper left stamp variety "100p+p100", rounded corner, otherwise fine
Box *
Catalog #B18,18a
Price Realized
$220.00

Lot #2389
RUSSIA Semi-Postals
1922 Volga Famine Relief, 100+100r (carmine) on 70k, 250+250r (yellow orange) on 35k, both surcharges inverted, the former n.h., latter l.h., signed W.Pohl (Standard $1,080)
*/**
Catalog #B19,22var
Price Realized
$1,100.00

Lot #2390
RUSSIA Semi-Postals
1922 Volga Famine Relief, 250r+250r on 35k blue, double surcharge, block of four, n.h., small gum skip at top, v.f.
Box **
Catalog #B21var
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #2391
RUSSIA Semi-Postals
1922 Rostov-on-Don Famine Issue, six complete sets, unused without gum as issued, fine-v.f., with Raybaudi cert.,
(*)
Catalog #B30-33
Catalog Value $ 900
Unsold
Lot #2392
RUSSIA Semi-Postals
1923 Philately for Labor, six stamps incl. bronze surcharge, also three diff. paper varieties of 2r+2r on 250r, l.h., v.f. (Standard $750+)
*
Catalog #B38-41,40a
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #2393
RUSSIA Semi-Postals
1923 Philately for Labor, 4r+4r bronze surcharge with "1 923" spaced date, h.r., v.f. (Standard $750+)
*
Catalog #B41a
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #2394
RUSSIA Semi-Postals
1923 Philately for Labor, 4r+4r silver surcharge, n.h. and post office fresh, with Mikulski cert. (Standard $3,200)
**
Catalog #B42
Price Realized
$2,300.00

Lot #2395
RUSSIA Air Post
1923 5r deep green, yellow paper, type II unissued wide "5", right sheet margin single, l.h. with natural inclusion at lower left, slight overall gum toning and natural gum creases, still a v.f. stamp, only one sheet of 25 (!) issued, signed Goznak, Raybaudi (Standard $90,000)
*
Catalog #C4a
Unsold
Lot #2396
RUSSIA Air Post
1923 5r deep green, white paper, type II unissued wide "5", never hinged and post office fresh, without the usual creases which plague this issue, signed Goznak, also Diena, Sorani etc., with Mikulski cert. A rarity, only one sheet of 25 printed (Standard $90,000 for hinged)
**
Catalog #C4a
Price Realized
$75,000.00

Lot #2397
RUSSIA Air Post
1924 surcharges, set of blocks of four, used on large registered, flown cover from Moscow (19.5) to Paris, with appropriate markings and arrival pmk, cover folded (not affecting stamps), with additional faults and some toning, otherwise fine and scarce
Box Envelope
Catalog #C6-9
Price Realized
$575.00

Lot #2398
RUSSIA Air Post
1923 10k on 5r (wide "5") variety, unused without gum, v.f.
(*)
Catalog #C7a
Price Realized
$850.00

Lot #2399
RUSSIA Air Post
1924 10k on 5r (wide "5") variety, sheet margin single, usual gum creases, l.h., small stain at upper right, otherwise v.f., signed Goznak, Champion,
*
Catalog #C7a
Unsold
Lot #2400
RUSSIA Air Post
1924 10k on 5r (wide "5") variety, lightly hinged (if at all, possibly a natural gum skip), absolutely flat gum, without the usual gum creases, v.f., signed Sorani, Goznak (twice), Diena etc., with Mikulski cert.
*
Catalog #C7a
Price Realized
$1,900.00

Lot #2401
RUSSIA Air Post
1924 10k on 5r green type II, basic stamp wide "5", used, v.f., signed Krug, Ebnet, rare
O
Catalog #C7a
Unsold
Lot #2402
RUSSIA Air Post
1924 surcharges, 10k on 5r green, 15k on 1r brown, 20k on 10r carmine, three diff., each with surcharge inverted, l.h. (if at all), signed W.Pohl, Buchsbayew (with cert) etc., v.f., rare
*
Catalog #C7b,8a,9a
Price Realized
$32,500.00

Lot #2403
RUSSIA Air Post
1924 15k on 1r brown, surcharge inverted, l.h., v.f., signed Dr.P.Jemchouhin etc. (Standard $2,500)
*
Catalog #C8a
Unsold
Lot #2404
RUSSIA Air Post
1927 (14.10) registered and flown cover from Moscow to Berlin (15.10), franked with 3x10k and 15k, fine-v.f., signed Ebnet
Envelope
Catalog #C10-11
Price Realized
$250.00

Lot #2405
RUSSIA Air Post
1930 Airships, set of two perf. blocks of four, n.h., v.f.
Box **
Catalog #C12-13
Price Realized
$2,200.00

Lot #2406
RUSSIA Air Post
1930 Graf Zeppelin, imperf. singles, set of two, h.r., v.f., signed Goznak, Ebnet etc. (Standard $5,100)
*
Catalog #C12b-13b
Price Realized
$3,250.00

Lot #2407
RUSSIA Air Post
1930 Graf Zeppelin ("five years in four"), 40k and 80k imperf. singles, l.h., post office fresh, v.f., with Sismondo cert. (Standard $5,100)
*
Catalog #C12b-13b
Price Realized
$3,500.00

Lot #2408
RUSSIA Air Post
1930 Graf Zeppelin ("five years in four"), 40k and 80k imperf. singles, n.h. with natural gum skips, one with a tiny adhesion, post office fresh, v.f., signed Goznak (Standard $10,500)
**
Catalog #C12b-13b
Unsold
Lot #2409
RUSSIA Air Post
1930 80k red, imperf. single, l.h., v.f.
*
Catalog #C13b
Price Realized
$1,200.00

Lot #2410
RUSSIA Air Post
1930 80k red, interesting pre-print variety showing plate flaws along the entire design, v.f.
*
Catalog #C13var
Unsold
Lot #2411
RUSSIA Air Post
1931 Airships, imperf. set of five, used on registered and flown cover from Moscow (15.5) to Amsterdam, with Berlin (16.5) arrival
Envelope
Catalog #C15-19
Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #2412
RUSSIA Air Post
1931 50k gray blue (error), n.h., v.f. (Standard $1,100)
**
Catalog #C23a
Price Realized
$625.00

Lot #2413
RUSSIA Air Post
1931 50k gray blue (error), six copies, l.h. or h.r., fine-v.f. (Standard $3,300)
*
Catalog #C23a
Price Realized
$3,500.00

Lot #2414
RUSSIA Air Post
1931 15k gray black, perf. 10 1/2, h.r., overall gum toning, usual centering, fine and rare stamp, less than 900 printed (Standard $1,275)
*
Catalog #C25a
Price Realized
$1,100.00

Lot #2415
RUSSIA Air Post
1931 15k gray, imperforate horizontal pair, l.h., v.f., signed Stolow, with Mandrovski cert. A rare pair, only 100 imperf. stamps printed (Standard $8,300+ for two singles)
*
Catalog #C25c
Unsold
Lot #2416
RUSSIA Air Post
1931 North Pole, perf. set of four, used on flown cover from Moscow (15.2.39) to Switzerland, fine and unusual usage on a non-Zeppelin mail, signed Mikulski
Envelope
Catalog #C30-33
Price Realized
$700.00

Lot #2417
RUSSIA Air Post
1932 Polar Year, cover and card from Franz Josef Land to Archangelsk to Berlin, fine-v.f.
Envelope
Catalog #C34-35
Unsold
Lot #2418
RUSSIA Air Post
1932 Polar Year, set of two used on cover from Franz Josef Land to Archangelsk and to Moscow, v.f., with appropriate markings
Envelope
Catalog #C34-35
Unsold
Lot #2419
RUSSIA Air Post
1932 Polar Year, large die proof/essay in black, unaccepted design as the inscription at lower right reads: "Vozdushnaya Pochta CCCP" (instead of "CCCP Avio-Ekspresss", v.f., one of only two known
E
Catalog #C35P
Unsold
Lot #2420
RUSSIA Air Post
1933 Stratostat Balloon, set of three, plus additional 20k, used on flown cover from Moscow (4.6.34) to Germany, left 20k with minor toning, otherwise fine-v.f., with arrival pmk
Envelope
Catalog #C37-39
Price Realized
$1,200.00

Lot #2421
RUSSIA Air Post
1933 Stratostat Balloon, 5k brown, imperf. trial color proof, watermarked and gummed paper, slight gum toning, otherwise v.f.
P
Catalog #C37P
Price Realized
$4,750.00

Lot #2422
RUSSIA Air Post
1933 Civil Aviation, watermarked set of five, used on registered and flown cover from Moscow (15.10.34) to Berlin, fine-v.f., with arrival cds
Envelope
Catalog #C40-44
Price Realized
$1,300.00

Lot #2423
RUSSIA Air Post
1934 Civil Aviation, watermarked issue, 80k violet, perforated 10:13 3/4:13 3/4:13 3/4, sheet margin at top, cancelled Moscow 25.3., v.f.
O
Catalog #C44var
Unsold
Lot #2424
RUSSIA Air Post
1933 Civil Aviation, unwatermarked set of five, used on registered and flown cover from Moscow (14.9.34) to Berlin, couple of minor cover stains, otherwise fine-v.f., with arrival cds
Envelope
Catalog #C45-49
Price Realized
$1,100.00

Lot #2425
RUSSIA Air Post
1934 5k Usyskin, perforated 14, vertical position of the watermark, block of four with sheet margin at right, never hinged, tiny natural gum adhesions at bottom, v.f., extremely rare multiple, especially on vertically watermarked paper
Box **
Catalog #C50a
Unsold
Lot #2426
RUSSIA Air Post
1934 5k Usyskin, variety imperf. at bottom, v.f., extremely rare
O
Catalog #C50var
Price Realized
$21,000.00

Lot #2427
RUSSIA Air Post
1934 10k ultramarine (Vasenko) imperforate trial color proof on watermarked and gummed paper, natural gum creases, otherwise v.f., signed Mikulski
P
Catalog #C51P
Unsold
Lot #2428
RUSSIA Air Post
1934 10k red lilac (Vasenko) imperforate trial color proof on watermarked and gummed paper, with red inscriptions on back in Cyrillic letters indicating that this color should be on the 5k value, v.f.
P
Catalog #C51P
Unsold
Lot #2429
RUSSIA Air Post
1934 10k gray black (Vasenko) imperforate trial color proof on watermarked and gummed paper, v.f.
P
Catalog #C51P
Unsold
Lot #2430
RUSSIA Air Post
1934 10k brown (Vasenko), perf. 14, cancelled to order (Kazan) as always, natural gum creases, v.f., rare and undercatalogued stamp (Standard $6,800)
O
Catalog #C51a
Price Realized
$7,500.00

Lot #2431
RUSSIA Air Post
1934 10k red brown (Vasenko), variety imperf. at bottom, h.r., creased and with fingerprint impression in margin only, still v.f., extremely rare
*
Catalog #C51var
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Lot #2432
RUSSIA Air Post
1934 10k red brown (Vasenko), variety imperf. at left, h.r., v.f., extremely rare
*
Catalog #C51var
Unsold
Lot #2433
RUSSIA Air Post
1934 20k ultramarine (Fedosenko), perf. 14, never hinged, v.f., with Mandrovski cert. A rarity (Standard $26,000)
**
Catalog #C52a
Price Realized
$37,500.00

Lot #2434
RUSSIA Air Post
1934 20k ultramarine (Fedosenko), perf. 14:14:14:10, never hinged, v.f., with Mandrovski cert. One of only five (!) known
**
Catalog #C52var
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Lot #2435
RUSSIA Air Post
1934 Airships (Lenin etc), complete set of five, n.h., v.f. (Standard $1,500)
**
Catalog #C53-57
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #2436
RUSSIA Air Post
1934 Airships, cplt set, n.h. and post office fresh, n.h., v.f. (Standard $1,500)
**
Catalog #C53-57
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #2437
RUSSIA Air Post
1935 Chelyuskin Rescue, complete set of perforated trial color proofs, each reduced size, card mounted, some toning and minor discolorations, otherwise fine-v.f., rare
P
Catalog #C58-67P
Price Realized
$14,000.00

Lot #2438
RUSSIA Air Post
1935 Chelyuskin Rescue, cplt set, n.h. and post office fresh, n.h., v.f. (Standard $4,000)
**
Catalog #C58-67
Price Realized
$1,800.00

Lot #2439
RUSSIA Air Post
1935 Moscow-San Francisco Flight, 1r on 10k surcharge, l.h., v.f., signed Goznak etc.
*
Catalog #C68
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #2440
RUSSIA Air Post
1935 Moscow-San Francisco Flight, 1r on 10k surcharge, h.r., v.f., signed Mikulski etc.
*
Catalog #C68
Price Realized
$1,100.00

Lot #2441
RUSSIA Air Post
1935 Moscow-San Francisco, l.h., v.f., signed Goznak etc. (Standard $1,050)
*
Catalog #C68
Price Realized
$1,100.00

Lot #2442
RUSSIA Air Post
1935 Moscow-San Francisco, used on registered and flown cover from Moscow (31.8) to Herrn J.Rosenberg in Berlin, with arrival pmk (2.9), v.f. While this stamp was prepared for exclusive use on mail carried on the special Air Flight from Moscow to San Francisco through the North Pole (by Levanevsky on August 2), some were used on commercial mail to Germany. A rare cover
Envelope
Catalog #C68
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Lot #2443
RUSSIA Air Post
1935 Moscow-San Francisco, used on registered and flown ppc (Sigismund Levanevsky) from Moscow, via San Francisco, back to Moscow, with bilingual "Special Air Flight Moscow-San Francisco through the North Pole" cachets, with New York and San Francisco transits, also Moscow 8.10.35 arrival pmks, card and stamp creased (covered with pen mark), otherwise v.f., signed Arthur Falk. Three Soviet fliers, Sigismund Levanevsky, George Baidukov and Victor Levchenko, took off from Schlovsky Military Airport near Moscow in the red-winged Soviet monoplane "O 25" at 6:30 A.M. on a 6,000 mile non-stop flight to San Francisco, via the North Pole. Flying over Siberia and 700 miles across the Arctic Ocean, the plane developed problems, and on radio instructions, the fliers returned to their base. An unusual card, making round trip from Moscow, via San Francisco and New York
Envelope
Catalog #C68
Price Realized
$17,000.00

Lot #2444
RUSSIA Air Post
1935 Moscow-San Francisco Flight surcharge, block of four, both bottom stamps small Cyrillic "f" in "San Francisco", hinged, slight toning, mostly at top otherwise v.f., signed Mikulski
Box *
Catalog #C68,68b
Price Realized
$32,500.00

Lot #2445
RUSSIA Air Post
1937 Airplanes, 10k, 30k, 40k, 50k and 80k, five different imperforate singles, all with adequate margins, n.h., occasional slight creasing, v.f. and incredibly rare assemble, first four with Mandrovski certificates
**
Catalog #C69a,71,72,73,74var
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Lot #2446
RUSSIA Air Post
1939 Aviation Day overprints, complete set tied by 18.8.39 cds on registered cover to Leningrad, some toning, otherwise fine, with 20.8.39 arrival pmk
Envelope
Catalog #C76-76D
Price Realized
$200.00

Lot #2447
RUSSIA Air Post
1949 60k red brown, variety imperf. at left, n.h., gum creases and wrinkles, otherwise v.f.
**
Catalog #C84var
Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #2448
RUSSIA Air Post
1955 North Pole overprints, 1r and 2r vertical blocks of six, each with a missing dash variety, n.h., v.f.
Box **
Catalog #C95-96,var
Price Realized
$4,250.00

Lot #2449
RUSSIA Air Post Officials
1922 12m-1,200m surcharges, seven different, various types, mostly l.h., v.f., signed Goznak, Brun etc.
*
Catalog #CO1-5, 7-8
Price Realized
$5,500.00

Lot #2450
RUSSIA Air Post Officials
1922 12m-1,200m surcharges, five different, various types, first two n.h., others mostly l.h., v.f., signed Mikulski, Bloch etc.
*
Catalog #CO1-2,5,7-8
Price Realized
$5,750.00

Lot #2451
RUSSIA Air Post Officials
1922 12m on 2.25r, overprint type I,II,III,IV and V, five different, mostly l.h., v.f., signed Mikulski Goznak etc. Type III occurs five times, type IV twice and type V only once per setting of 25 (Standard $1,250+)
*
Catalog #CO1
Price Realized
$750.00

Lot #2452
RUSSIA Air Post Officials
1922 12m, 24m and 600m surcharges, three different, each type III, n.h., 24m with bottom sheet margin (pos.25), v.f., signed Mikulski, with certificate. Type III occurs five times per setting of 25 (Standard $950+ for hinged)
*/**
Catalog #CO1,2,4
Price Realized
$950.00

Lot #2453
RUSSIA Air Post Officials
1922 24m on 35r, overprint type I,II,III,IV and V, five different, mostly l.h., v.f. Type III occurs five times, type IV twice and type V only once per setting of 25 (Standard $1,800+)
*
Catalog #CO2
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Lot #2454
RUSSIA Air Post Officials
1922 120m on 2.25r, overprint type I,II,III,IV and V, five different, first one regummed, type IV n.h., others l.h., signed Goznak etc., v.f. Type III occurs five times, type IV twice and type V only once per setting of 25 (Standard $2,350+)
*/**
Catalog #CO3
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Lot #2455
RUSSIA Air Post Officials
1922 600m on 3r, overprint type I,II and III, three different, first one h.r.., others n.h., v.f., signed Goznak etc., v.f. Type III occurs five times per setting of 25 (Standard $1,500 for hinged)
*/**
Catalog #CO4
Price Realized
$950.00

Lot #2456
RUSSIA Air Post Officials
1922 1,200m on 10k, overprint type I,II,III and IV, four different, mostly l.h., v.f., last two signed Mikulski and Bloch, all four with separate Mandrovski certificates. Type III occurs five times and type IV only twice per setting of 25 (Standard $5,800+)
*
Catalog #CO5
Price Realized
$4,750.00

Lot #2457
RUSSIA Air Post Officials
1922 1,200m on 50k, overprint type IV, lightly hinged, v.f., with Mikulski certificate. Type IV occurs only twice per setting of 25, hence only four can exist. A rarity (Standard $220,000+)
*
Catalog #CO6
Price Realized
$190,000.00

Lot #2458
RUSSIA Air Post Officials
1922 1,200m on 2.25r, overprint type I, l.h., v.f., signed Mikulski, Roumet, with Mandrovski cert. (Standard $2,100)
*
Catalog #CO7
Price Realized
$1,800.00

Lot #2459
RUSSIA Air Post Officials
1922 1,200m on 2.25r, overprint type I, hinge removed, otherwise, v.f., with Mandrovski cert. (Standard $2,100)
*
Catalog #CO7
Price Realized
$1,500.00

Lot #2460
RUSSIA Air Post Officials
1922 1,200m on 2,25r, overprint type I, l.h., v.f., signed Mikulski etc., with Raybaudi cert. (Standard $2,100)
*
Catalog #CO7
Price Realized
$1,200.00

Lot #2461
RUSSIA Air Post Officials
1922 1,200m on 2.25r, overprint type III, l.h., couple of slightly short perfs as often, v.f., signed Goznak, with Mandrovski cert. Type III occurs only five times per setting of 25 (Standard $3,200)
*
Catalog #CO7
Unsold
Lot #2462
RUSSIA Air Post Officials
1922 1,200m on 3r, overprint type I, never hinged, v.f., with Mandrovski cert., rare unhinged (Standard $3,800 for hinged)
**
Catalog #CO8
Price Realized
$4,000.00

Lot #2463
RUSSIA Air Post Officials
1922 1,200m on 3r, overprint type II, never hinged, v.f., signed Goznak etc., with Mandrovski cert., rare unhinged (Standard $3,800 for hinged)
**
Catalog #CO8
Price Realized
$5,250.00

Lot #2464
RUSSIA Air Post Officials
1922 1,200m on 3r, overprint type V, l.h., v.f., signed Brun etc., with Mandrovski cert. Type V occurs only once in a setting of 25 (Standard $11,500)
*
Catalog #CO8
Price Realized
$12,000.00

Lot #2465
RUSSIA Flight Covers
1928 (14.9) first flight cover from Rostov-on-Don to Vladivostok, paying 20k with two diff. stamps (one defective), with arrival pmk (28.9), also violet circular First Flight cachet of "Dobrolet", fine and scarce departure origin (most flights were from Moscow). After this first flight event, there was no further air mail until Spring, 1929.
Envelope
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #2466
RUSSIA Flight Covers
1928 (18.9) first flight cover from Moscow to Irkutsk, attractively franked with four different stamps incl. 10k & 15k set of two, with Irkutsk (22.9) arrival pmk, also violet circular First Flight cachet of "Dobrolet" on back, fine philatelic franking. After this first flight event, there was no further air mail until Spring, 1929.
Envelope
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Lot #2467
RUSSIA Flight Covers
1928 (14.9) first flight, registered cover from Kharkov to Harbin, with Dobrolet cachet, some creases, otherwise fine and rare
Envelope
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #2468
RUSSIA Flight Covers
1928 (30.4) 3k stationery card, additionally franked with 10k and "Aviopochta Dobrolet" label, with "136" registration number filled in crayon, flown from Alma-Ata to Tashkent (5.5.28 arrival), overall toning and stains, otherwise fine, scarce, with N.Mandrovski cert.
Envelope
Price Realized
$800.00

Lot #2469
RUSSIA Flight Covers
1930 (11.1) registered and flown cover from Ulan Bator, Mongolia (via Verkhneudinsk where the Cyrillic "Vozdushnaya Pochta" was applied) to Harbin, paying 80m, charged 50c postage due on arrival in China, with 10c, 2x20c dark blue added (on reverse) in Harbin, some cover stains and flaws, otherwise fine and rare, with Holcombe cert.. This cover was carried on the Ulan Bator-Verhneudinsk route soon after outgoing air mail was permitted (late 1929). From there, the letter passed by rail to Chinese Eastern Railroad to Harbin
Envelope
Price Realized
$1,100.00

Lot #2470
RUSSIA Flight Covers
1931 postal stationery cards, four incl. 5k, 10k (two diff. papers) unused, also 1932 card used in Leningrad, all with "Zeppelin" theme, fine-v.f.
Envelope
Price Realized
$210.00

Lot #2471
RUSSIA Flight Covers
1931 (June) registered and flown cover from Sverdlowsk to England, with special bilingual "Sverdlovsk Par Avion" cachet, franked with three stamps (one defective), paying 90k, with Berlin transit (17.6) on back. This distinctive air mail handstamp was applied on special freight-exchange air mail letters sent to Moscow 1928-1931, very rare
Envelope
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #2472
RUSSIA Flight Covers
1931 Colombian stationery entire envelope franked with five Russian adhesives, used in combination with six Colombian stamps cancelled from the first flight in 1931 and re-opening Leningrad-Berlin line, forwarded to Buenaventura where it was consigned to Scadta for the internal delivery within Colombia, v.f., with Cali arrival pmk
Envelope
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Lot #2473
RUSSIA Flight Covers
1931 (21.6) record Round the World flight by Wiley Post and Harold Gatty, cover cancelled Mineola, New York, Berlin (24.6), Moscow (29.6), with July 1, Mineola arrival cds. The route was from New York, via Harbour Grace, Chester, England, Hanover, Berlin, Moscow, Novo-Sibirsk, Irkutsk, Blagoveschensk, Khabarovsk, Nome, Edmonton and back to New York, signed by both pilots, with Russian "Dobrolet" cachet, v.f
Envelope
Catalog #AAMC TO 1141
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Lot #2474
RUSSIA Flight Covers
1932 (31.8) flown ppc (actually a photograph of "Zeppelin over Leningrad"), handstamped "Otkrytoye Pismo" and "cena 40k", paying 50k to Berlin, v.f.
Envelope
Price Realized
$400.00

Lot #2475
RUSSIA Flight Covers
1932 (July 5), Mattern and Griffin Round the World Flight. The U.S. pilot Jimmy Mattern, together with Lt. Griffin, took off from Floyd Bennet Field in an attempt to beat round-the-world record held by Post and Gatty. The fliers landed in Berlin after a trip of 31 hours and 41 minutes, from New York, via Harbor Grace. They later reached Moscow, but cracked up on their hop to Siberia. Cover franked with 5c U.S. (New York July 5), 4pf Germany (July 7) and 15k Russia (cancelled Minsk 7.7), addressed to Clarence E. Page and autographed by both pilots, some usual minor flaws and toning, of no consequence. One of only 10(!) covers carried on this flight
Envelope
Catalog #AAMC TO 1167
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Lot #2476
RUSSIA Flight Covers
1934 (7.6) postcard (Kremlin) from Moscow to Germany, franked with 10k Maxim Gorky adhesive, used with regular franking, fine-v.f.
Envelope
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Lot #2477
RUSSIA Flight Covers
1935 (7.7) flown ppc (Zeppelin "Klim Voroshilov") from Leningrad to Freiberg, Germany (9.7), carried on the Leningrad-Riga-Berlin line, attractive franking on both sides, little toning and creases
Envelope
Price Realized
$550.00

Lot #2478
RUSSIA Flight Covers
1944 (18 Jan) Moscow to Damascus, Syria, cover franked with set of two (30k defective) with special bilingual cachet "Mission Militaire France Libre" and red First Flight Moscou-Damas at bottom, fine
Envelope
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Lot #2479
RUSSIA Zeppelin Flights
1931 Polar Flight cover from Leningrad to the Icebreaker Malygin, franked with the perforated set of four, v.f., with appropriate markings, Hovest cert.
Envelope
Price Realized
$700.00

Lot #2480
RUSSIA Zeppelin Flights
1932 5th SAF to Brazil, v.f., signed Aislinger
Envelope
Price Realized
$650.00

Lot #2481
RUSSIA Zeppelin Flights
1932 5th SAF card to Brazil, v.f., with appropriate cachets
Envelope
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #2482
RUSSIA Zeppelin Flights
1932 6th SAF card to Buenos Aires, fine-v.f., with Berlin forwarding cachet
Envelope
Price Realized
$850.00

Lot #2483
RUSSIA Zeppelin Flights
1932 7th SAF card to Brazil, v.f., with Berlin forwarding cachet
Envelope
Catalog #Si.183
Price Realized
$1,200.00

Lot #2484
RUSSIA Zeppelin Flights
1932 8th SAF card to Brazil, v.f., with Berlin forwarding cachet
Envelope
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #2485
RUSSIA Zeppelin Flights
1932 Leningrad-Berlin, with German franking added (24.6) for further transmission on the England Flight, via New York and Atlanta (14.7) to Colombia, with local and SCADTA stamps added (18.7) in Barranquilla for completion of the flight to Bogotá, v.f. and impressive three country combination cover, with appropriate transit and arrival markings, rare
Envelope
Catalog #Si.168
Price Realized
$2,700.00

Lot #2486
RUSSIA Zeppelin Flights
1933 3rd SAF from Leningrad (rare) to Brazil, v.f., with appropriate cachets
Envelope
Price Realized
$1,200.00

Lot #2487
RUSSIA Zeppelin Flights
1933 3rd SAF to Brazil, interesting high value combination franking (consisting of two different 1r stamps), v.f., with Berlin forwarding cachet
Envelope
Catalog #Si.219
Price Realized
$1,200.00

Lot #2488
RUSSIA Zeppelin Flights
1933 4th SAF from Moscow to Brazil, overall toning, otherwise fine, with Berlin Forwarding cachet
Envelope
Price Realized
$600.00

Lot #2489
RUSSIA Zeppelin Flights
1933 4th SAF card to Brazil, v.f., with Berlin forwarding cachet
Envelope
Price Realized
$800.00

Lot #2490
RUSSIA Zeppelin Flights
1933 7th SAF card to Brazil, v.f., with Berlin forwarding cachet
Envelope
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #2491
RUSSIA Zeppelin Flights
1933 Chicago Flight card from Moscow, with Berlin forwarding cachet and Chicago arrival pmk, great franking, v.f.
Envelope
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Lot #2492
RUSSIA Zeppelin Flights
1933 Chicago (Century of Progress) Flight from Leningrad to Berlin and from there to Brazil, attractive combination franking, with Berlin forwarding cachet, v.f. and scarce
Envelope
Price Realized
$2,200.00

Lot #2493
RUSSIA Zeppelin Flights
1933 Chicago Flight (8th SAF) originating from Leningrad (very unusual, since 99% of all Zeppelin dispatches were from Moscow) to Uruguay, with Berlin forwarding cachet and "Condor-Zeppelin 2nd Vueolo Octobre 1933" South American cachet applied in Montevideo, little edge toning, otherwise v.f., rare
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #2494
RUSSIA Zeppelin Flights
1933 Chicago Flight card, attractive franking, with Berlin forwarding cachet, great franking, v.f.
Envelope
Price Realized
$2,100.00

Lot #2495
RUSSIA Zeppelin Flights
1933 Chicago (Century of Progress) Flight card from Moscow to Brazil, attractive combination franking, with Berlin forwarding cachet, signed Mikulski
Envelope
Price Realized
$1,600.00

Lot #2496
RUSSIA Zeppelin Flights
1934 (17.10) 11th SAF card to Brazil, franked with the entire set of Airships (Scott's No. C53-57), with Friedrichshafen (27.10) and Berlin transit, Pernambuco (31.10) arrival pmk, v.f. and rare
Envelope
Catalog #Si.283
Price Realized
$4,000.00

Lot #2497
RUSSIA Catapult Flights
1930 Leningrad (27.10) registered cover with 11 different stamps, used in combination with Germany South America 2m and 4m (Scott's No. C38-39) cancelled on board Dornier DOX, with "Erster Uberseeflug des Dornier Flugschiffs DOX Europa-Amerika" and other cachets on back, Rio de Janeiro 22.6.31 arrival pmk on back, fine-v.f., rare with all franking on front
Envelope
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Lot #2498
RUSSIA Catapult Flights
1931 "Europa-New York" 27 September cover originating from Leningrad (19.9) to Berlin, attractively franked, with additional United States 5c Beacon (three copies, two on reverse), with New York (27.9) and Pittsburgh arrival pmks, fine-v.f.
Envelope
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Lot #2499
RUSSIA Catapult Flights
1931-33 selection of four covers and two cards, all mixed franking Russia-Germany, blue "Dampfer "Europa-New York", red "Dampfer Bremen-New York" (last flight of this aircraft, lost in the next attempted flight, signed Mikulski), green "Bremen-New York", another blue green "Deutscher Schleuderflug Dampfer" (part of the address completely erased), plus violet "Bremen-York" (cover and card, the latter to Colombia, with two Colombian stamps added, one cancelled in Barranquilla), mixed condition, with some cover flaws, rare group of Catapults
Envelope
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Lot #2500
RUSSIA Catapult Flights
1931-33 DO-X selection of five covers, mostly mixed franking Russia-Germany, one large cover registered from Leningrad to Canary Islands with seven diff. Russian stamps on front and vertical strip of 6xGermany 1m Eagle, cancelled on board "Dornier DOX", with Tenerife arrival, additional franked with Portuguese Guinea 15c cancelled 7 May, 1931 in Bolama, with Rio de Janeiro (22.IV.31 error pmk as it should have been 22.VI), rare cover (one of only three known), others franked with Russian and German South America (Scott's C38-39) stamps, with various markings, some toning and minor flaws, rare group
Envelope
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Lot #2501
RUSSIA Catapult Flights
1933 (13 June) registered and flown cover from Leningrad to Berlin, with both Russian and German franking, forwarded via "Europa" Catapult to New York, with red cachets "Deutscher Scheuderflug Dampfer "Europa" New York 14/15 Juni 1933" on both sides, v.f.
Envelope
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #2502
RUSSIA Catapult Flights
1933 "Bremen-New York" 1./2. October postal card originating from Leningrad (24.9) to Berlin with German franking added (25.9.) and addressed to Bogotá, with Colombian stamps on back (one uncancelled), v.f., scarce
Envelope
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Lot #2503
RUSSIA Postage Dues
1924 1k on 100r orange, pelure paper, gutter block of 12 showing distinct differences of the handstamp on both sides, folded (twice) between stamps in gutter, n.h., fine-v.f., signed Wassman
Box **
Catalog #J10b
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Lot #2504
RUSSIA Postage Dues
1924-25 1k on 35k horizontal pair, surcharge inverted, also 12k on 70k, large part of overprint missing (due to a pre-print crease), v.f.
*
Catalog #J1var,6var
Price Realized
$250.00

Lot #2505
RUSSIA Officials
1918 Postal Savings stamps, 3r green, cancelled 25.6.21, with addition red (arrival) postmark, fine and rare usage
O
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Lot #2506
RUSSIA Officials
1923 Foreign Exchange, 3k on 3r surcharge inverted, h.r., fine
*
Price Realized
$200.00

Lot #2507
RUSSIA Officials
1923 Foreign Exchange, 1k on 1r red brown, perf. 11 1/2, h.r., fine (Standard $575 for never hinged)
*
Price Realized
$210.00

Lot #2508
RUSSIA Officials
1931 Foreign Exchange, 10k handstamp on 25k/300r green, block of four, n.h., gum wrinkles and little toning at lower right, some perf. separations, fine-v.f., signed Roger Calves etc. (Standard $1,250 as singles)
Box **
Price Realized
$1,000.00

Lot #2509
RUSSIA Officials
1932 Foreign Exchange surcharges, 3+5k, 10+5k on 35k and 70k, fine-v.f., signed Ebnet (Standard $850)
*
Price Realized
$750.00

Lot #2510
RUSSIA Officials
1932 registered cover from Moscow to Czechoslovakia, attractively franked on front, with Foreign Exchange 10k and 1r surcharges on back, C.F.A. handstamps and official signatures, Prague arrival pmk, fine
Envelope
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Lot #2511
RUSSIA Postal Stationery
1848 10 (+1) k black, imprint on the backflap, entire envelope (137x108), pen cancelled, with Kamenetz-Pod. March 21, 1850 arrival pmk, wax seal intact, fine
Envelope
Price Realized
$625.00

Lot #2512
RUSSIA Postal Stationery
1848 10 (+1) k black, imprint on the backflap, entire envelope (137x108), pen cancelled, with Riga departure datestamp on front and boxed "Polucheno 18 March" (received in the evening), red wax seal intact, fine
Envelope
Price Realized
$750.00

Lot #2513
RUSSIA Postal Stationery
1849 10 (+1) k black, imprint on the backflap, entire envelope (137x109), inverted watermark, Moscow departure datestamp, fine
Envelope
Price Realized
$750.00

Lot #2514
RUSSIA Postal Stationery
1849-61 10 (+1) k black, imprint on the backflap, seven entire envelopes, various sizes, unused, two pre-addressed to "Salamandra" insurance company, some toning and wrinkles, mostly fine-v.f.
Envelope
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Lot #2515
RUSSIA Postal Stationery
1855 10 (+1) k black, imprint on the backflap, entire envelope (137x110), inverted watermark, Velikye Luki departure cds, fine
Envelope
Price Realized
$625.00

Lot #2516
RUSSIA Postal Stationery
1864 St.Petersburg, 5 (+1) k imprint at upper left, entire stationery envelope (113x74), unused, v.f.
Envelope
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Lot #2517
RUSSIA Postal Stationery
1878 surcharged "5" on 10k brown, entire envelope, additionally franked with 1k and 2k, paying 8k for registered usage in Odessa, 16 Jan. 1878, filing fold away from the stamps, interesting item, signed Maslowski
Envelope
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Lot #2518
RUSSIA Postal Stationery
1899 advertising letters, 7k blue, two fronts only, one additionally franked with 3x1k orange and sent from Moscow, the other additionally franked with 3k and 20k and registered from Odessa, both to Paramaribo, Surinam (Netherlands Guyana), scarce destination
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #2519
RUSSIA Postal Stationery
1899 decorative illustrated envelope (for the benefit of St.Petersburg Trustee Committee of Nurses of the Red Cross), franked with 7k dark and used from St.Petersburg to Rostov, v.f., with arrival pmk
Envelope
Price Realized
$600.00

Lot #2520
RUSSIA Postal Stationery
1900 decorative illustrated postal card (for the benefit of St.Petersburg Red Cross), franked with 2x3k red and used from Kiev to Marienbad, Austria, v.f., with arrival pmk, signed Mikulski
Envelope
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Lot #2521
RUSSIA Postal Stationery
1901 decorative illustrated charity envelope (for the benefit of the Community of St.Eugene), franked with 2k green and used from Ryazan to Samara, v.f., with arrival pmk
Envelope
Price Realized
$525.00

Lot #2522
RUSSIA Postal Stationery
1905 decorative illustrated charity envelope (for the benefit of the Community of St.Eugene), franked with 4k red and used from Kiev to Paris, v.f., ex-Maslowski
Envelope
Price Realized
$700.00

Lot #2523
RUSSIA Revenue Stamps
1926-27 Fund for development of Communication, 1k-10r Triangles (10) and 25r, 50r and 100r (Popov), mounted on two gray presentation cards and overprinted "IIPOEKT 11 May 1927" and "25 January 1926", v.f., rare
**S
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Lot #2524
RUSSIA Telegraph Stamps
1884 20k brown & blue, vertical imperf. pair with sheet margin at top, n.h., v.f.
**
Price Realized
$2,500.00

Lot #2525
RUSSIA Russian Provisional Locals - Kharkov
1922 handstamped "0250" on 5k lilac, imperf. block of six, middle stamps with surcharge reading down, others up, cancelled Kharkov 14.12.22, fine
Box
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Lot #2526
RUSSIA Russian Provisional Locals - Kiev
1922 registered cover from Winograd-Kiev to Dr.Brender in Berlin, franked on reverse with 7500r (overprint reading down) on 5k green, tied by the Berlin arrival (14.5.22), fine
Envelope
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Lot #2527
RUSSIA Russian Provisional Locals - Rogatschew
1920 handstamped "5" on 5k lilac, and "15" on 15k blue & red brown, single and pair, used, fine, signed Dr.Ceresa,
O
Catalog #Mi.4A,6
Catalog Value € 320
Price Realized
$200.00

Lot #2528
RUSSIA Russian Provisional Locals - Tambov
1931 surcharged 15k on 10k green, used single, upper right corner crease, otherwise fine (Standard $380)
O
Price Realized
$375.00

Lot #2529
RUSSIA Wenden
1888 2k black, green & red, cancelled by pen and used in combination with 7k Russia, Wenden departure cds and sent to the Russian Consulate in Plymouth, England, little toning, otherwise fine and rare destination, with arrival pmk, Harry Hofmann cert.
Envelope
Catalog #Mi.11
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Lot #2530
RUSSIA Wenden
1893 2k black, red & green, imperf. sheet of 112 (14x8), folded once between stamps (vertically in the middle), position 1 shows variety "small W in 'Zwei'", others with significant shifts of green or red colots, few h.r., mostly n.h., v.f. A rare sheet
Box *
Catalog #L11dvar
Price Realized
$4,750.00

Lot #2531
RUSSIA Wenden
1893 2k black, proof of frame only, imperf. top sheet margin vertical pair on white wove paper, v.f., rare
P
Catalog #L11P
Price Realized
$3,000.00

Lot #2532
RUSSIA Wenden
1893 2k black, proof of frame only on thin wove paper, imperf. sheet of 144 (18x8), folded in the middle between stamps, v.f.
Box P
Catalog #L11P
Price Realized
$5,000.00

Lot #2533
RUSSIA Wenden
1901 Wenden Castle, 2k selection of 137 stamps on pages, incl. imperf. lower right sheet margin pane of 25 (unused without gum), also used and unused singles from various printings, vertical gutter strip of four (top stamp with double perforations), printing errors and varieties incl. double and triple frame, double and displaced centers in various colors, unissued printer's trials, mostly fine-v.f. A scarce group
Box *O
Catalog #L12
Price Realized
$2,300.00

Lot #2534
RUSSIA Wenden
1901 Wenden Castle, 2k in issued colors, imperf. upper left right sheet margin pane of 25, with tete-beche variety, unused without gum, v.f., rare
Box (*)
Catalog #L12
Price Realized
$2,800.00

Lot #2535
RUSSIA Wenden
1901 Wenden Castle, 2k in issued colors, imperf. upper right sheet margin pane of 25, unused without gum, with tete-beche variety, unused without gum, v.f.
Box (*)
Catalog #L12
Unsold
Lot #2536
RUSSIA Wenden
1901 Wenden Castle, 2k imperf. block of six, with tete-beche variety, h.r. at top sheet margin, with some gum adhesions, v.f. and rare tete-beche from the first printing
Box *
Catalog #L12a
Unsold
Lot #2537
RUSSIA Wenden
1901 Wenden Castle, 2k imperf. block of ten, with tete-beche variety, h.r. at top sheet margin, thins and creases affecting the tete-beche, v.f. appearance
Box *
Catalog #L12a
Price Realized
$2,300.00

Lot #2538
RUSSIA Wenden
1901 Wenden Castle, imperf. plate proof from the first printing in black, lower right sheet corner margin pane of 25, v.f., rare
Box P
Catalog #L12P
Price Realized
$2,600.00

Lot #2539
RUSSIA Wenden
1901 Wenden Castle, imperf. plate proof from the first printing in black, upper right sheet corner margin pane of 25, v.f., rare
Box P
Catalog #L12P
Price Realized
$2,600.00

Lot #2540
RUSSIA Wenden
1901 Wenden Castle, plate proof in black, imperf. lower left sheet margin pane of 25, with tete-beche variety, unused without gum, v.f., extremely rare
Box P
Catalog #L12P
Price Realized
$3,500.00

Lot #2541
RUSSIA Wenden
1901 Wenden Castle, plate proof in black, upper left sheet margin pane of 25, with tete-beche variety, unused without gum, v.f., extremely rare
Box P
Catalog #L12P
Price Realized
$3,500.00

Lot #2542
RUSSIA Russian Offices in China
1902 (10 Dec) picture postcard (written in Polish) from Port Arthur, franked with 5c CIP, used via the Russian Post Office in Shanghai, where 1c and 3c Kitai were added for external transmission to a small village in Russian occupied Poland, fine
Envelope
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Lot #2543
RUSSIA Russian Offices in China
1902 (10 Dec) cover from Chifu, via Port Arthur and Moscow to Germany, franked with 1k (3), 3k (3) and 10k "Kitai" overprints, paying 22k, with Schleswig 31.3.03 arrival pmk, three intact wax seals, fine picture postcard from Harbin to Shatsk, franked with unoverprinted Russian 1k and 2k adhesives, with arrival (1 Nov) pmk, fine
Envelope
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #2544
RUSSIA Russian Offices in China
1903 registered picture postcard from Hankow, franked with 1c (4) and 10c CIP, used via the Russian Post Office in Shanghai, where 4x3k Kitai was added for external transmission via Moscow to Belgium, with Pochtowyj Wagon and arrival markings, fine and scarce registered usage
Envelope
Price Realized
$1,400.00

Lot #2545
RUSSIA Russian Offices in China
1904 10k dark blue, vertically laid paper overprinted KITAI in red, block of four, lightly hinged and post office fresh, v.f., with 1991 Mikulski cert. ("one of only four known blocks of four"). A rarity
Box *
Catalog #11
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Lot #2546
RUSSIA Russian Offices in China
1904-08 10k dark blue, vertically laid paper, variety with basic stamp showing shift of groundwork, overprinted "Kitai" in red, cancelled "Hankow" 1908, v.f., with Mikulski cert.
O
Catalog #11
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Lot #2547
RUSSIA Russian Offices in China
1906 (19 Jan) registered cover from Newchwang, franked with 1c, 4c, 5c, 10c CIP, used via the Russian Post Office in Shanghai, where 2x10k Kitai were added for external transmission via Hong Kong to Switzerland, with Moudan arrival pmk, fine and colorful cover
Envelope
Price Realized
$1,300.00

Lot #2548
RUSSIA Russian Offices in China
1906 (17 Oct) picture postcard from Harbin to Shatsk, franked with unoverprinted Russian 1k and 2k adhesives, with arrival (1 Nov) pmk, fine
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #2549
RUSSIA Russian Offices in China
1911-15 two covers with Russian franking on back, used from Harbin (1911) to Germany, and from Vladivostok (1915) to Harbin, the latter registered and franked with 3x10k, little waterlogged, otherwise fine
Envelope
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Lot #2550
RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire
1863 6k blue, unused with large part original gum, margins all around, minute flaws, fine
*
Catalog #1
Price Realized
$160.00

Lot #2551
RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire
1864 outer FL franked with Russian 10k brown & blue (Mi.5), tied by an excellent strike of "C.R.N. & C. 17.I.64 Agence Kerassunde" in blue (Compagnie Russe de Navigation et de Commerce), addressed to Constantinople, usual filing fold away from the stamp and markings, fine and very rare forerunner usage from Kerassunde, with 1996 Mikulski cert., ex-Faberge collection
Envelope
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Lot #2552
RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire
1865 2k brown & blue, used, margins all around, v.f.,
O
Catalog #2
Catalog Value $ 625
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Lot #2553
RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire
1865 2k brown & blue, used, numeral cancel, margins all around, v.f.,
O
Catalog #2
Catalog Value $ 625
Unsold
Lot #2554
RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire
1866 2k rose & pale blue (horizontal network), block of four, blue ROPIT Agency cancel, v.f.
Box
Catalog #4
Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #2555
RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire
1868 3k green, six copies, each used on a separate piece, in combination with Russian franking, various pmks, few minor flaws, fine "mixed franking" group
O
Catalog #9
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Lot #2556
RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire
1883 cover (little reduced at top) franked with Levant 7k (Mi.14x), tied by blue "Ropit Burgas 9 June 83" datestamp, addressed to Constantinople, with black "Ropit Constantinople 10 June 83" arrival postmark on back, little toning, otherwise fine and rare usage from the Ropit Burgas Agency, with Mikulski cert.
Envelope
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Lot #2557
RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire
1883 small cover franked with Levant 3x7k carmine & green (Mi.14x), tied by blue "Ropit Tulschinsk Agenstvo 7.VII.83" cds, addressed to Constantinople, with initial 15 July 1883 oval arrival datestamp; addressee was not found and the cover was apparently returned, with appropriate endorsements on front, apparently sent again some time later, with another Constantinople arrival, this time 10 December 1883. A well traveled cover, with small defects on top, with Mikulski cert. stating that only two (!) covers are known from this small Ropit Agency in Tulschinsk, ex-Snegireff and Gordon Torrey
Envelope
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Lot #2558
RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire
1883-1913 postal history, selection of 23 covers or cards including two letters, each franked with Russian 7k, sent from Poti and Tiflis to Constantinople, cover with 10k franking from Odessa via Ropit agency to Chios, 1894 cover from Bukhara, via Odessa and Bombay to Peshawar, 4k stationery card with Ropit Beirut cds, cover from Batum to Constantinople, two registered covers from Constantinople, via the ROPIT agency to Alexandria, 1903 cover from Jerusalem to Switzerland, 1910 card from Mitelene, 1901 Odessa to Mont Athos, also Ropit Samsun, Smyrna, Alexandretta (rare), and Stamboul, fine and interesting lot
Envelope
Price Realized
$5,000.00

Lot #2559
RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire
1892 (13.1) handmade postcard from Smyrna to Brussels, franked with diagonal half of 10k , tied by ROPIT Smyrna cds, with additional Ropit Constantinople transit on back and Brussels arrival pmk, fine provisional usage
Envelope
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Lot #2560
RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire
1897 (30.11) picture postcard to Brixen, franked with 2k green and Austrian 10pa on 3kr, both tied by a single Constantinople datestamp, small card faults, otherwise fine and interesting item
Envelope
Price Realized
$290.00

Lot #2561
RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire
1900 (ca) two unused (private) stationery entire letters in black or red, with "to Russia" and "from the Holy City of Jerusalem" in Cyrillic letters, some stains and edge wear, otherwise fine
Envelope
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Lot #2562
RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire
1909-10 City overprints complete, l.h. or n.h., fine-v.f.,
*/**
Catalog #61-199
Catalog Value $ 1,576
Price Realized
$1,100.00

Lot #2563
RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire
1909-10 overprinted "Jaffa" and "Jerusalem" in black only, some toning, fine-v.f., signed Calves, scarce,
O
Catalog #71-79,81-89
Catalog Value $ 735
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Lot #2564
RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire
1910 5pa-1pi overprinted Dardanelles, Salonique, Trebizonde, selection of nine vertical pairs, each with one stamp missing overprint, fine-v.f.
*
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Lot #2565
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) BOBROV
1878 3k black on lilac, variety "Zemskaya" shifted, h.r., creased, v.f. appearance,
*
Catalog #4
Catalog Value $ 500
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Lot #2566
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) BOBROV
1878 3k black on lilac, h.r., small thin in margin, otherwise v.f.,
*
Catalog #4
Catalog Value $ 500
Price Realized
$750.00

Lot #2567
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) BOBROV
1879 3k black on green, five different types, h.r., one with sheet margin (stamp n.h.), two with small thins, mostly fine-v.f.,
*
Catalog #6
Catalog Value $ 1,500
Unsold
Lot #2568
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) BOBROV
1879 3k black on gray lilac, incomplete sheet of seven, with two tete-beche pairs, folded between stamps, occasional thins and creases, fine-v.f.
Box *
Catalog #10,10S
Catalog Value $ 1,500
Unsold
Lot #2569
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) CHERDYN
1914 2k carmine, used on 3k stationery card to Okhansk (Volostnoye Pravlenye), with appropriate departure and arrival pmks, some residue from wax seal at right, otherwise fine and unusual inter-Zemstvo mail
Envelope
Catalog #34
Price Realized
$1,200.00

Lot #2570
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) CHERN
1871-73 3k blue, lilac gray, black on quadrille paper (3), gray blue and black, selection of seven, unused without gum, usual small faults, rare,
(*)
Catalog #4,5,10,14,15
Catalog Value $ 1,350
Price Realized
$2,300.00

Lot #2571
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) CHERN
1871-73 3k blue and black, specialized selection of 37 stamps, including No. 5, 6, 7 (two of each), No.8 (Schmidt rated "RR"), No.10 (10), No. 14 (12), 15 (6) and 20 (2), various types and shades, some without gum, occasional small flaws, mostly fine-v.f., ex-Faberge,
*(*)
Catalog #5/20
Catalog Value $ 6,180
Price Realized
$10,000.00

Lot #2572
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) DUKHOVSTSCHINA
1879 3k black on dark blue, block of four, unused without gum, one stamp with a small thin, otherwise v.f., handstamped "Ferrary Faberge", with Mandrovski cert.
Box (*)
Catalog #8
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Lot #2573
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) GLAZOV
1896 2k black on olive green, used, small faults and cut in at top, affixed on small piece, fine appearance, rare, with Mandrovski cert.
O
Catalog #10M2
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Lot #2574
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) GLAZOV
1898 2k dark blue, imperf. single, unused without gum, small stain, otherwise v.f.,
(*)
Catalog #16I
Catalog Value $ 200
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Lot #2575
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) KADNIKOV
1879 3k yellow green, unused with original gum, h.r., little toning, fine,
*
Catalog #5
Catalog Value $ 400
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Lot #2576
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) KADNIKOV
1882 3k green, used, cut in at top and thinned, signed Herrick, Roussin, ex-Faberge (Chuchin rated "R")
O
Catalog #7
Catalog Value $ 600
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Lot #2577
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) KASSIMOV
1875 3k lilac, two diff. shades, unused without gum, little thin, otherwise v.f.,
(*)
Catalog #5,5V
Catalog Value $ 120
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Lot #2578
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) KAZAN
1895 3k dark blue, two copies, slight gum differences, fine-v.f.,
*
Catalog #2
Catalog Value $ 150
Price Realized
$270.00

Lot #2579
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) KHARKOV
1876 5k red, with boxed "XAP YEZ.ZEM.YIIP", unused with original gum, fine, with Melnikov cert., rated RRR, only 6(!) known
*
Catalog #9
Price Realized
$6,500.00

Lot #2580
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) KHERSON
1872-74 10k, two diff., first one used (pen cancelled), little creasing, otherwise fine, ex-Faberge,
*O
Catalog #3,4
Catalog Value $ 220
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Lot #2581
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) KHERSON
1879-84 10k, two copies, also 10k without crown (used), one with small thin, mostly fine,
*O
Catalog #5,6T
Catalog Value $ 110
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Lot #2582
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) KHVALYNSK
1908 2k dark blue & rose, also horizontal tete-beche pair, h.r., small thins, fine appearance,
*
Catalog #5,6S
Catalog Value $ 87
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Lot #2583
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) KIRILLOV
1869-72 2k red on black, two different, unused without gum, small thins, fine appearance,
(*)
Catalog #1,2
Catalog Value $ 110
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Lot #2584
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) KOLOGRIV
1888 2k black on dark violet, cancelled by pen on back of locally addressed cover, filing folds away from the stamp, fine. Only a few covers from Kologriv are know
Envelope
Catalog #1
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Lot #2585
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) KOLOMNA
1871 5k red, two different shades, usual perforations,
*
Catalog #1
Catalog Value $ 200
Unsold
Lot #2586
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) KOLOMNA
1871 5k dark blue, two different types, one part original gum, small thin, otherwise fine-v.f.
*
Catalog #2
Catalog Value $ 200
Unsold
Lot #2587
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) KOLOMNA
1875 5k imperf. (1) and perf. (2), h.r., one with small thin, otherwise fine-v.f.,
*
Catalog #3,4
Catalog Value $ 190
Price Realized
$200.00

Lot #2588
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) KONSTANTINOGRAD
1913 3k black on rose, sheet of 16 including two tete-beche pairs, heavily hinged, with tiny reinforcements, occasional flaws possible, fine-v.f., rare,
Box *
Catalog #2,2S
Catalog Value $ 944
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Lot #2589
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) KOTELNICH
1916 surcharged "5" on 2k red brown, two different types, h.r., fine,
*
Catalog #31,32
Catalog Value $ 280
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Lot #2590
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) KOZELETS
1861 3k bronze brown, two copies, unused with part original gum, h.r., one with small faults, ex-Faberge (Schmidt rated "R")
*
Catalog #1
Catalog Value $ 800
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Lot #2591
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) KOZELETS
1861 3k bronze brown, three copies, unused with part original gum, h.r., small faults, ex-Faberge (Schmidt rated "R")
*
Catalog #1
Catalog Value $ 1,200
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Lot #2592
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) KRASNOUFIMSK
1894-98 2k red, two different, first one h.r., the other used, fine,
*O
Catalog #2,3
Catalog Value $ 148
Price Realized
$160.00

Lot #2593
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) KRASNY
1912 3k imperf. single, h.r., v.f.,
*
Catalog #23I
Catalog Value $ 80
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Lot #2594
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) KREMENCHUG
1875-99 3k selection of seven, 3k brown used (2), others unused or with gum, small flaws, fine appearance,
*O
Catalog #2,3,6,7,15
Catalog Value $ 445
Price Realized
$525.00

Lot #2595
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) LAHISHEV
1901 3k red, pen cancelled, fine,
O
Catalog #6
Catalog Value $ 150
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Lot #2596
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) LAHISHEV
1904 3k carmine, horizontal tete-beche pair, h.r., thin, fine appearance,
*
Catalog #9S
Catalog Value $ 110
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Lot #2597
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) LEBEDIAN
1884-86 5k blue, olive green, unused or with gum, v.f.,
*(*)
Catalog #2,4
Catalog Value $ 75
Price Realized
$130.00

Lot #2598
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) LGOV
1884 5k red brown, green, imperf. block of four, minor gum bends, v.f.
Box *
Catalog #1
Catalog Value $ 100
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Lot #2599
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) LGOV
1884 5k red brown, green, imperf. couche pair, creased, v.f. appearance,
*
Catalog #1S
Catalog Value $ 300
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Lot #2600
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) LIVNY
1869 3k black on dark red, two different, unused with original gum, minor flaws, fine,
*
Catalog #1
Catalog Value $ 200
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Lot #2601
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) LOKHVITZA
1901-4 3k red brown (two copies, one with short perf.), also 1k and 3k, fine,
*
Catalog #2-4
Catalog Value $ 220
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Lot #2602
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) LOKHVITZA
1904-06 1k yellow brown, 3k blue green, imperf. blocks of 10, mostly n.h., some creases affecting four stamps, otherwise v.f., ex-Faberge. Rare imperf. multiples, seldom offered (most of the usually seen "imperf. varieties" are trimmed fantails)
Box */**
Catalog #5I,6I
Catalog Value $ 1,000
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Lot #2603
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) LOKHVITZA
1909 1k red brown, two horizontal pairs, one imperf. with bottom sheet margin, the other imperf. between, h.r., fine-v.f.
*
Catalog #9,var,9I
Price Realized
$200.00

Lot #2604
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) LOKHVITZA
1909 1k red brown, horizontal strip of six, middle pair imperf. between, also imperf. at left and right, fine-v.f.
*/**
Catalog #9var
Price Realized
$200.00

Lot #2605
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) LOKHVITZA
1910 surcharged "3 kop" on 1k red brown, two blocks of four, varieties with displaced surcharges to top or bottom, also imperf. at left or right, l.h. or n.h., fine-v.f. (catalogued as normal singles)
Box */**
Catalog #11var
Catalog Value $ 280
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Lot #2606
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) LOKHVITZA
1910 surcharged 3k on 1k red brown, horizontal pair, imperf. between, sheet margin at top, l.h. at top, stamps n.h., ex-Faberge (only 7 pairs exist)
*
Catalog #11var
Price Realized
$210.00

Lot #2607
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) LOKHVITZA
1910 surcharged "3 k" and "6k", unused or original gum, fine-v.f.
*(*)
Catalog #11-12
Price Realized
$160.00

Lot #2608
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) LOKHVITZA
1910 surcharged "3 k" (instead of "3 kop") on 3k gray blue, h.r., fine, only a few copies known to exist
*
Catalog #12var
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Lot #2609
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) LOKHVITZA
1910 surcharged "6 kop" on 1k red brown, three different varieties, surcharge at top, bottom, all part perf., fine-v.f., only 300 issued,
*
Catalog #13
Catalog Value $ 210
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Lot #2610
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) LOKHVITZA
1910 surcharged "6 kop" on 1k red brown, two blocks of four, varieties with displaced surcharges to top or bottom, also imperf. at left or bottom, l.h. or n.h., fine-v.f. (catalogued as normal singles)
Box */**
Catalog #13var
Catalog Value $ 560
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Lot #2611
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) LOKHVITZA
1910 surcharged "6 kop" on 1k red brown, surcharge at top, large pane of 33, imperf. at left and right, also three stamps imperf. at top, h.r., some adhesions on gum, mostly fine-v.f.,
Box */**
Catalog #13var
Catalog Value $ 2,310
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Lot #2612
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) LOKHVITZA
1910 surcharged "6 kop" on 1k red brown, two horizontal pairs, each imperf. between and at top, surcharge at top or bottom, h.r., fine, ex-Faberge (only 7 pairs exist of the latter)
*
Catalog #13var
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Lot #2613
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) LOKHVITZA
1910 surcharged "6 kop" on 2k dark blue, also 1k on 5k green, 1k on 6k red, last two misperforated, only 200-386 issued,
*
Catalog #14, 20, 21
Catalog Value $ 260
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Lot #2614
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) LOKHVITZA
1910 surcharged "6 kop" on 2k blue green, two copies, varieties imperf. at top or at left (additional variety basic stamp broken frame at right), also surcharge at top or bottom, h.r., one stamp is small thin, otherwise fine-v.f.
*
Catalog #14,14var
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Lot #2615
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) LOKHVITZA
1910 surcharged "1 kop" on 5k and on 6k, also "3 kop" on 10k, horizontal sheet margin pairs, first and last n.h., also a variety showing "3 k" (instead of "3 kop") at left of last, fine-v.f., only 200-250 of each issued (catalogue value for singles, not accounting for the variety)
*/**
Catalog #20-22
Catalog Value $ 560
Unsold
Lot #2616
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) LOKHVITZA
1910 1k gray, 3k gold, horizontal pairs, plus imperf. singles of each (only 100 printed), v.f.,
*
Catalog #24-25. 24I-25I
Catalog Value $ 370
Unsold
Lot #2617
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) LOKHVITZA
1910 surcharged "5kop" and "6 kop" on 1k gray, two diff., h.r., the former with small defects, only 200 issued,
*
Catalog #28,29
Catalog Value $ 200
Unsold
Lot #2618
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) LOKHVITZA
1910 surcharged "6 kop" on 3k gold, h.r., fine, only 84 issued,
*
Catalog #31
Catalog Value $ 300
Unsold
Lot #2619
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) LOKHVITZA
1910 5k, 6k, 10k and 15k imperforate singles, four different, couple of small thin spots, mostly v.f., only 100 of each issued,
*
Catalog #34I-37I
Catalog Value $ 680
Price Realized
$950.00

Lot #2620
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) LOKHVITZA
1910 6k gray lilac & emerald, three blocks of four, distinct shades, one thick paper variety, imperf. at bottom, fine-v.f., rare
Box */**
Catalog #35,35var
Unsold
Lot #2621
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) LOKHVITZA
1910-11 surcharged "3 kop" on 15k, also 25k brown & yellow, fine-v.f., only 200 of each issued,
*
Catalog #43,47
Catalog Value $ 250
Price Realized
$290.00

Lot #2622
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) LOKHVITZA
1911 25k olive yellow & brown, sheet margin single, h.r., v.f., only 200 printed,
*
Catalog #47
Catalog Value $ 150
Unsold
Lot #2623
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) LOKHVITZA
1911-12 1k-50k blocks of four, seven different, mostly with sheet corner margin, l.h. or n.h., fine-v.f. (catalogue value for hinged singles)
Box */**
Catalog #49-55
Catalog Value $ 700
Unsold
Lot #2624
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) LOKHVITZA
1911-12 3k, 5k, 6k and 15k horizontal sheet margin pairs, four different, each with background (ornament) inverted, l.h. or n.h., fine-v.f., rare (only these four values exist with inverted background)
*/**
Catalog #51M,52M,54M1,57M
Catalog Value $ 1,220
Price Realized
$3,500.00

Lot #2625
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) LOKHVITZA
1911 6k imperf. single, unused without gum, v.f., only 100 issued,
(*)
Catalog #52I
Catalog Value $ 150
Unsold
Lot #2626
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) LOKHVITZA
1911 15k two varieties, one with red background shifted, other with background totally omitted, unused without gum, fine
(*)
Catalog #54var
Unsold
Lot #2627
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) LOKHVITZA
1911-14 50k orange, red & black, h.r., small thin, also 3k gray violet, imperf. single, v.f.,
*
Catalog #55,61I
Catalog Value $ 170
Unsold
Lot #2628
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) LOKHVITZA
1911-12 1k green and red, perf. and imperf. pairs, the latter with inverted background. unused without gum, fine and rare, ex-Faberge
*(*)
Catalog #56,56Ivar
Price Realized
$1,700.00

Lot #2629
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) LOKHVITZA
1915 15k carmine & emerald green, horizontal strip of five, variety imperf. vertically, l.h. or n.h., fine-v.f.
*/**
Catalog #64var
Unsold
Lot #2630
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) LOKHVITZA
1915 3k gray green, horizontal tete-beche pair, slightly creased, otherwise v.f.,
*
Catalog #78S
Catalog Value $ 200
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #2631
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) LOKHVITZA
1915-16 1k yellow & light rose, two different shades, imperforate blocks of four, l.h. or n.h., one stamp with small thin, others v.f. A rare pair of blocks (according to Faberge only 25 of each exist)
Box */**
Catalog #79,81var
Unsold
Lot #2632
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) LOKHVITZA
1915-16 1k yellow & light rose, horizontal pair imperf. between, with sheet margin at right, l.h., fine
*
Catalog #79var
Price Realized
$250.00

Lot #2633
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) LUBNY
1881 5k rose, two copies, unused or part original gum, one with a tiny thin spot, otherwise v.f.,
*(*)
Catalog #3
Catalog Value $ 160
Unsold
Lot #2634
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) LUBNY
1883 5k rose, horizontal pair, h.r., v.f.,
*
Catalog #5
Catalog Value $ 120
Unsold
Lot #2635
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) LUBNY
1883 non-denominated value, yellow brown, three copies, h.r., v.f.,
*
Catalog #6
Catalog Value $ 300
Unsold
Lot #2636
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) LUBNY
1883-84 non-denominated value, also 5k rose, the latter without gum, little toning, otherwise v.f.,
*(*)
Catalog #6,7
Catalog Value $ 150
Unsold
Lot #2637
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) LUBNY
1890 5k green & rose, numeral filled in by pen, horizontal tete-beche pair, h.r., small thin, fine appearance, ex-Faberge,
*
Catalog #10S
Catalog Value $ 300
Unsold
Lot #2638
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) LUGA
1877 5k blue, two copies, h.r., fine-v.f.,
*
Catalog #7
Catalog Value $ 300
Price Realized
$550.00

Lot #2639
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) MALMYZH
1870 2k rose lilac, unused, with original gum, somewhat soiled and thin, fine appearance (Schmidt rated "R")
*
Catalog #2
Catalog Value $ 700
Unsold
Lot #2640
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) MALMYZH
1870 2k red, two copies, one h.r., the other without gum and defective,
*(*)
Catalog #3
Catalog Value $ 440
Unsold
Lot #2641
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) MALMYZH
1870 2k red, three copies, h.r., one without gum and small thin, others fine-v.f.,
*(*)
Catalog #4
Catalog Value $ 660
Unsold
Lot #2642
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) MALMYZH
1875 2k red, unused with full original gum, h.r., creased, fine appearance
*
Catalog #5
Catalog Value $ 120
Unsold
Lot #2643
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) MALOARKHANGELSK
1869-76 5k black and blue, two diff., the latter without gum, tiny thin spots, otherwise fine-v.f.,
*(*)
Catalog #2,3
Catalog Value $ 250
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #2644
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) MARIUPOL
1871 5k black, two copies, unused without gum, one with a tiny thin spot, otherwise fine-v.f.,
(*)
Catalog #1
Catalog Value $ 340
Price Realized
$400.00

Lot #2645
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) MARIUPOL
1873 5k black, two copies, unused with part original gum, small faults, fine appearance,
*
Catalog #2
Catalog Value $ 240
Price Realized
$290.00

Lot #2646
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) MELITOPOL
1871 3k blue, two copies, one without gum and small thin, otherwise fine-v.f.,
*(*)
Catalog #5
Catalog Value $ 240
Price Realized
$290.00

Lot #2647
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) MORSHANSK
1879 5k red, two distinct shades, h.r., one thin and creased, otherwise fine-v.f.,
*
Catalog #4
Catalog Value $ 240
Unsold
Lot #2648
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) MORSHANSK
1881 5k, four different, unused or original gum, small flaws, fine-v.f.,
*
Catalog #9-12
Catalog Value $ 380
Unsold
Lot #2649
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) MORSHANSK
1883-99 selection of five incl. 5k used and unused, others unused with original gum, some thin spots, otherwise fine-v.f.
*O
Catalog #15,19,21,30I
Unsold
Lot #2650
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) NOVAYA LADOGA
1869-1883 25k red, unused without gum, thin, also 5k red & gray, horizontal pair, v.f.
*(*)
Catalog #2,7
Catalog Value $ 124
Unsold
Lot #2651
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) ODESSA
1878 2k, unused without gum, also 5k (3), minor flaws, mostly fine,
*(*)
Catalog #1,2
Catalog Value $ 130
Unsold
Lot #2652
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) OKHANSK
1872-78 3k blue, two copies, unused without gum, small faults, one with little toning and cut in at top (both rated "R" in Schmidt), also 3k dark blue, two copies, one without gum, different paper thickness, fine-v.f.
*(*)
Catalog #3,5
Catalog Value $ 1,460
Price Realized
$2,100.00

Lot #2653
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) OKHANSK
1892-93 5k multicolor, also 2k green, both imperf., the latter with small thin,
*
Catalog #10,15I
Catalog Value $ 90
Price Realized
$140.00

Lot #2654
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) ORGHEEV
1873 3k black on rose, two different shades and types, one without gum, fine,
*(*)
Catalog #3
Catalog Value $ 110
Unsold
Lot #2655
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) ORGHEEV
1873 6k blue green, four different shades and types, one without gum, couple of tiny thin spots, otherwise fine-v.f.
*(*)
Catalog #4
Catalog Value $ 280
Unsold
Lot #2656
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) ORGHEEV
1878-79 3k, two diff., also 6k green (2), fine-v.f.
*
Catalog #5,7,8
Catalog Value $ 425
Unsold
Lot #2657
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) OSA
1898-1910 2k, 6k (4), used, also 3k green unused, with original gum, couple of minor flaws, mostly fine,
O
Catalog #28,45,46
Catalog Value $ 385
Unsold
Lot #2658
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) OSA
1899 4k single and pair, also 2k green & black, the latter with perf. toning, otherwise fine,
*
Catalog #32,33
Catalog Value $ 130
Unsold
Lot #2659
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) OSTROV
1875-82 5k, three diff., unused or with original gum, couple of minor thin spots, otherwise fine,
*(*)
Catalog #1-3
Catalog Value $ 145
Unsold
Lot #2660
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) PAVLOGRAD
1872-76 5k blue, dark blue, two of each, h.r., some small thin spots, mostly v.f.,
*
Catalog #2-3
Catalog Value $ 190
Unsold
Lot #2661
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) PENZA
1899-1904 1/2k black, also 3k red (2), diff. types, h.r., fine-v.f.,
*
Catalog #1,5
Catalog Value $ 212
Unsold
Lot #2662
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) PERESLAV
1877 3k black on blue green, unused without gum, cut in at left, with tiny spots at bottom, light creasing, good color, ex-Schwabe, Faberge (Schmidt rated "R", Chuchin "RR")
(*)
Catalog #2
Catalog Value $ 1,500
Price Realized
$1,500.00

Lot #2663
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) PERESLAV
1877 3k, three diff., first one without gum, tiny thin spots, otherwise fine-v.f.,
(*)
Catalog #5-7
Catalog Value $ 480
Unsold
Lot #2664
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) PEREYASLAV
1871 3k black on yellow, unused without gum, small thin, otherwise fine,
(*)
Catalog #2
Catalog Value $ 120
Unsold
Lot #2665
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) PEREYASLAV
1874-1910 3k black on yellow (2), also 1875 Issue, plus 1910 5k red, two diff., unused or with original gum, couple of small flaws, mostly fine,
(*)*
Catalog #3,4,26,26A
Catalog Value $ 175
Unsold
Lot #2666
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) PEREYASLAV
1917 3k dark blue, block of four, lower right stamp "5k" instead of "3k" variety, v.f.,
Box *
Catalog #27,27M
Catalog Value $ 91
Unsold
Lot #2667
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) PERM
1872 3k black, horizontal pair, full original gum, one with a slight crease, otherwise v.f.,
*
Catalog #1
Catalog Value $ 200
Unsold
Lot #2668
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) PERM
1872 3k black, horizontal strip of six, first stamp (type I) with stop after "cep", unused without gum, folded between stamps, small thins, mostly fine and rare multiple,
(*)
Catalog #1,1T
Catalog Value $ 640
Unsold
Lot #2669
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) PERM
1873 3k black, two different types, also 3k black gray, first two without gum, the latter with minor thin, otherwise fine-v.f.,
(*)*
Catalog #3,4
Catalog Value $ 315
Unsold
Lot #2670
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) PERM
1892 5k red lilac, two copies, small flaws, one stained, otherwise fine,
*
Catalog #6
Catalog Value $ 140
Price Realized
$220.00

Lot #2671
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) PERM
1892 5k dark blue, horizontal tete-beche pair, h.r., stained, fine appearance,
*
Catalog #9S
Catalog Value $ 600
Price Realized
$950.00

Lot #2672
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) PERM
1892 5k dark blue, used (2), also 5k ultramarine, unused (2), coupe of tiny thins, otherwise fine,
*O
Catalog #10,11
Catalog Value $ 250
Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #2673
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) PIRIATIN
1868 3k black on orange, two copies, unused without gum (as issued), v.f.,
(*)
Catalog #1
Catalog Value $ 800
Unsold
Lot #2674
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) PODOLSK
1871-75 5k green, four diff., last one without gum, couple of tiny flaws, mostly fine,
(*)*
Catalog #2-5
Catalog Value $ 325
Unsold
Lot #2675
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) PODOLSK
1874 5k green, horizontal tete-beche pair, h.r., fine, with Mandrovski cert.
*
Catalog #4S
Price Realized
$2,000.00

Lot #2676
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) PODOLSK
1874 5k green, horizontal tete-beche pair, l.h., tiny corner crease, otherwise fresh and v.f.,
*
Catalog #4S
Catalog Value $ 800
Price Realized
$1,500.00

Lot #2677
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) PODOLSK
1882 5k green, imperf. single, h.r., fine, signed Ferrary-Faberge,
*
Catalog #9I
Catalog Value $ 400
Unsold
Lot #2678
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) POLTAVA
1903 1k-10k set of four, h.r., fine-v.f., 1k (pos.9) showing white spot plate flaw at lower right value tablet, v.f.,
*
Catalog #1-4
Catalog Value $ 380
Price Realized
$550.00

Lot #2679
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) POLTAVA
1903 1k orange, 6k violet, 10k rose, imperforate horizontal or vertical pairs, first and last with sheet margin (1k stamps n.h.), tiny thin spots mostly in margin, v.f., rare (6k unlisted and possibly unique)
*
Catalog #1I,3var,4I
Unsold
Lot #2680
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) POLTAVA
1904 surcharged "3" in violet in 6k, used on small ("carte de visite") cover (catalogue value for used single off cover)
Envelope
Catalog #6
Catalog Value $ 250
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #2681
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) POLTAVA
1908-09 surcharged "3" on 6k, trial surcharges in lilac and blue green (at bottom), sheet corner margin block of four, v.f.
Box *
Catalog #15P
Unsold
Lot #2682
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) POLTAVA
1908-09 surcharged "3" on 10k and 15k, two diff. used on registered cover from Baikar, v.f.
Envelope
Catalog #16-17
Unsold
Lot #2683
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) POLTAVA
1908-09 3k on 10k horizontal pair and block of eight, surcharges applied in various positions, fine-v.f. (catalogued as normal stamps)
Box */**
Catalog #16var
Catalog Value $ 430
Unsold
Lot #2684
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) POLTAVA
1909-12 selection of 14 covers, mostly registered, commercial mail, some wear and tear, generally fine-v.f.
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #2685
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) POLTAVA
1911 1kop on 6k lilac, black surcharge, six copies ( irregular block of 5 plus a single), with central "Tachtaulowo" cancel and 10 June 1911 datestamp, on coverback, v.f., rare, ex-Faberge (who identified it as Schmidt 26 and rated RR)
Box
Catalog #26
Unsold
Lot #2686
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) POLTAVA
1911 1kop on 6k lilac, black surcharge inverted, horizontal pair used on piece, v.f., rare, ex-Faberge (who identified it as Schmidt 26 and rated RRR)
O
Catalog #26M
Catalog Value $ 800
Unsold
Lot #2687
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) POLTAVA
1918-19 surcharged "20" in carmine on 6k ultramarine, h.r., little soiling at right, otherwise fine,
*
Catalog #42
Catalog Value $ 140
Unsold
Lot #2688
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) POLTAVA
1918-19 surcharged 60k (gray green) on 1k yellow green, v.f., with handstamped markings on back, only 200 issued,
*
Catalog #46A
Catalog Value $ 200
Unsold
Lot #2689
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) POLTAVA
1910-12 violet "1 kop" surcharge inverted on 10k red brown & green, h.r., usual gum creases, rare,
*
Catalog #55M
Catalog Value $ 400
Unsold
Lot #2690
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) POLTAVA
1910-12 double surcharge in violet and in rose "1 kop" on 10k red brown & green, h.r., v.f., ex-Faberge, rare
*
Catalog #55var
Unsold
Lot #2691
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) POLTAVA
1910-12 violet "3 kop" surcharge inverted on 6k green & red brown, h.r., usual gum creases, rare, only 20 issued,
*
Catalog #61M
Catalog Value $ 400
Unsold
Lot #2692
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) POLTAVA
1911 surcharged "3 kop" in violet and rose, set of two, h.r., v.f., only 60 printed,
*
Catalog #66-67
Catalog Value $ 800
Price Realized
$1,400.00

Lot #2693
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) POLTAVA
1912 1k on 3k blue green, six vertical se-tenant pairs, each containing a variety "Tchastnoi" shifted to right, with "1" over "i" (only one such position per sheet possible), fine-v.f., rare
*
Catalog #112-117,var
Unsold
Lot #2694
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) POLTAVA
1912 1k on 3k green, variety bottom bar broken at right, h.r., little toning, signed Faberge, only 12 issued,
*
Catalog #113T1
Catalog Value $ 300
Unsold
Lot #2695
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) POLTAVA
1912 1k on 3k green, variety "1" without serif, h.r., fine, only 12 issued,
*
Catalog #115T4
Catalog Value $ 300
Unsold
Lot #2696
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) POLTAVA
1912 3k green, without overprint, also 3k violet with "Machech. Bogad." in violet, the latter with small thin, fine
*
Price Realized
$90.00

Lot #2697
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) POLTAVA
1912 1k on 3k green, variety short Cyrillic "i", fine, signed Faberge, only 10 issued,
*
Catalog #117T3
Catalog Value $ 300
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #2698
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) POLTAVA
1912 1k on 3k green, without "Tchastoi", variety short "k", h.r., natural inclusion, v.f. The entire printing of this stamp was 25, short "k" is probably unique
*
Catalog #117Avar
Unsold
Lot #2699
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) POLTAVA
1912 1k on 3k green, without "Tchastoi", l.h., v.f. The entire printing of this stamp was 25, this is probably the finest known
*
Catalog #117A
Unsold
Lot #2700
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) POLTAVA
1912 3k lilac, two copies, one without accent over the final "i" of "Tchastnoi", used on coverback, fine
Catalog #118
Price Realized
$525.00

Lot #2701
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) POLTAVA
1912 1k on 3k blue, complete set of 10, fine-v.f., rare, only 50 issued,
*
Catalog #119-128
Catalog Value $ 1,250
Unsold
Lot #2702
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) POLTAVA
1912 1k on 3k blue, variety with surcharge offset on back, v.f., signed Faberge
*
Catalog #119var
Price Realized
$200.00

Lot #2703
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) POLTAVA
1912 1k on 3k blue, variety short Cyrillic "i", fine, only 9 issued,
*
Catalog #120T1
Catalog Value $ 250
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #2704
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) POLTAVA
1912 1k on 3k blue, variety short Cyrillic "i", l.h., v.f., only 5 issued,
*
Catalog #127T1
Catalog Value $ 300
Unsold
Lot #2705
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) POLTAVA
1912 1k on 3k lilac, single and two blocks of four, different plate positions, h.r., some small faults, fine-v.f.
Box *
Catalog #129
Price Realized
$200.00

Lot #2706
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) POLTAVA
1912 5k on 3k orange, variety large "5", h.r., v.f., only 16 issued,
*
Catalog #130T2
Catalog Value $ 700
Price Realized
$1,500.00

Lot #2707
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) POLTAVA
1912 5k on 3k orange, variety large "5", h.r., disturbed gum, v.f., only 32 issued,
*
Catalog #131T2
Catalog Value $ 500
Price Realized
$1,000.00

Lot #2708
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) POLTAVA
1912 5k on 3k orange, small "5", h.r., v.f., only 32 issued,
*
Catalog #132
Catalog Value $ 600
Unsold
Lot #2709
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) POLTAVA
1912 5k on 3k orange, small "5", h.r., v.f., only 48 issued,
*
Catalog #133
Catalog Value $ 500
Price Realized
$1,000.00

Lot #2710
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) POLTAVA
1912 5k on 3k orange, variety large "5", h.r., small thin, otherwise fine, only 8 issued,
*
Catalog #134T2
Catalog Value $ 1,200
Price Realized
$1,600.00

Lot #2711
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) POLTAVA
1912 5k on 3k orange, variety large "5", h.r., fine, only 8 issued,
*
Catalog #135T2I
Catalog Value $ 1,200
Unsold
Lot #2712
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) POLTAVA
1912 5k on 3k orange, variety small "5", h.r., fine, only 32 issued,
*
Catalog #136I
Catalog Value $ 600
Price Realized
$1,300.00

Lot #2713
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) POLTAVA
1912 5k on 3k orange, variety large "5", v.f., only 32 issued,
*
Catalog #137T2
Catalog Value $ 500
Price Realized
$1,000.00

Lot #2714
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) POLTAVA
1912 5k on 3k orange, variety small "5", h.r., rounded upper left corner, otherwise v.f., only 64 issued,
*
Catalog #137T2
Catalog Value $ 400
Unsold
Lot #2715
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) POLTAVA
1912 Issue, 1k, 3k, 3k (type 10), 10k, 20k, 30k, 40k, 50k, selection of eight different imperf. singles, h.r., mostly with sheet margins, fine-v.f., only 20-30 printed of last four, 25 of the large "3" variety,
*
Catalog #141I,143,143, 145I-149I
Catalog Value $ 5,100
Unsold
Lot #2716
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) POLTAVA
1912 10k violet & black, "10" omitted from value tablet at lower right, h.r., v.f., rare, if not unique variety, unlisted
*
Catalog #145var
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Lot #2717
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) PSKOV
1871-75 5k dark violet (4) and violet blue (2), unused or part original gum, small flaws, otherwise fine,
*(*)
Catalog #2,3
Catalog Value $ 420
Unsold
Lot #2718
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) PSKOV
1880 5k lilac, tete-beche pair, h.r., creases in outer margin only, v.f.,
*
Catalog #6S
Catalog Value $ 200
Unsold
Lot #2719
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) PSKOV
1902 surcharged 3k on 10k, unused without gum, v.f., only 40 issued,
(*)
Catalog #28
Catalog Value $ 250
Unsold
Lot #2720
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) PUDOZH
1903 5k and 10k, two of each, h.r., fine-v.f.,
*
Catalog #4,5
Catalog Value $ 320
Price Realized
$400.00

Lot #2721
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) RYAZAN
1872 2k gold, two distinct shades, unused with part original gum, h.r., one thinned, otherwise fine,
*
Catalog #7
Catalog Value $ 1,400
Unsold
Lot #2722
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) RYAZAN
1876 2k, two diff., one black silver variety, unused or with part original gum, thin, otherwise fine,
*(*)
Catalog #17,25
Catalog Value $ 120
Unsold
Lot #2723
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) SHADRINSK
1900 3k green, cross-gutter block of four, n.h., some toning at right, otherwise fine
Box **
Catalog #20
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Lot #2724
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) SHCHIGRY
1886 3k imperf. single, large part original gum, thin, v.f. appearance, with Mandrovski cert.
*
Catalog #2
Price Realized
$1,700.00

Lot #2725
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) STARAYA RUSSA
1881-82 5k gray blue, three diff., unused with original gum, h.r., fine-v.f.
*
Catalog #1-3
Catalog Value $ 460
Price Realized
$800.00

Lot #2726
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) STARAYA RUSSA
1881-82 5k gray blue, vertical pair, folded between stamps, top stamp with slightly doubled impression,
*/**
Catalog #2,2var
Catalog Value $ 260
Unsold
Lot #2727
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) SUDZHA
1882,1886 5k dark blue, also imperf. 5k red, fine-v.f.
*
Catalog #1.3I
Catalog Value $ 110
Price Realized
$140.00

Lot #2728
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) TAMBOV
1872 5k gray violet, unused with original gum, h.r., v.f., signed Ferrary-Faberge,
*
Catalog #3
Catalog Value $ 850
Unsold
Lot #2729
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) TAMBOV
1872 5k lilac, unused with full original gum, h.r., v.f., ex-Herrick (Schmidt "R")
*
Catalog #3
Catalog Value $ 850
Unsold
Lot #2730
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) TIRASPOL
1873-75 5k blue (2), undenominated stamp (4), the latter without gum and small faults, otherwise fine,
*(*)
Catalog #1,2
Catalog Value $ 210
Unsold
Lot #2731
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) TOTMA
1894-95 3k Arms, two diff. used, fine-v.f.,
O
Catalog #1,3
Catalog Value $ 128
Price Realized
$150.00

Lot #2732
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) TWER
1871 2k rose & blue, three copies, various types, shades and paper varieties, some creases, mostly fine-v.f.
*
Catalog #3
Catalog Value $ 240
Unsold
Lot #2733
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) TWER
1871 2k rose & blue, four copies, various types, shades and paper varieties, one without gum, others h.r., mostly fine,
*(*)
Catalog #4
Catalog Value $ 320
Unsold
Lot #2734
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) TWER
1871 2k rose & black, three different varieties, h.r., some thin spots, mostly fine,
*
Catalog #5
Catalog Value $ 240
Unsold
Lot #2735
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) TWER
1872 2k rose & blue, three copies, various types, shades and paper varieties, two without gum, thin, otherwise fine-v.f.,
*(*)
Catalog #7-9
Catalog Value $ 350
Unsold
Lot #2736
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) URZHUM
1899,1901 2k rose (faulty), also 2k carmine, two different shades, used, some irregular perfs, mostly fine-v.f. (Schmidt rated "R")
O
Catalog #6
Catalog Value $ 640
Unsold
Lot #2737
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) USTIUZHNA
1891-92 3k black on orange, two diff., also 3k black on green, two different vertical tete-beche pairs, h.r., fine,
*
Catalog #5,6,21
Catalog Value $ 274
Unsold
Lot #2738
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) USTSYSOLSK
1872 3k black on yellow, unused without gum, small faults, fine appearance, signed twice (Schmidt rated "R")
(*)
Catalog #1
Catalog Value $ 900
Price Realized
$1,000.00

Lot #2739
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) USTSYSOLSK
1873 3k black on dark red, two diff., the latter with inverted "3" at top and at left, unused without gum, small faults, very rare,
*(*)
Catalog #2, 3M
Catalog Value $ 480
Unsold
Lot #2740
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) USTSYSOLSK
1883 2k black on dark green, type VIII showing variety at right, h.r., fine,
*
Catalog #11M
Catalog Value $ 120
Price Realized
$250.00

Lot #2741
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) USTSYSOLSK
1894-1902 5k perf. and mperf. singles (unused without gum), also used perf., one with small thin, others fine-v.f.,
(*)O
Catalog #33I,35
Catalog Value $ 310
Unsold
Lot #2742
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) USTSYSOLSK
1902 2k green, perf. 12 1/2, used, irregular perfs at bottom,
O
Catalog #46
Catalog Value $ 200
Unsold
Lot #2743
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) VASIL
1871-78 5k, selection of 17 stamps incl. No. 1 (3), 2 (6), 3 (3), 4 (2) and 5 (3), unused or original gum, various types and shades, occasional flaws, mostly fine, ex-Faberge,
*(*)
Catalog #1-5
Catalog Value $ 2,020
Unsold
Lot #2744
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) VASIL
1871 5k embossed, two copies, unused, one without gum, v.f., ex-Faberge,
*(*)
Catalog #1
Catalog Value $ 280
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #2745
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) VASIL
1871 5k embossed, two copies, unused, one without gum, v.f., ex-Faberge,
*(*)
Catalog #2
Catalog Value $ 320
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #2746
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) VASIL
1878 5k blue, black, two of each, unused without gum, small flaws, otherwise fine,
(*)
Catalog #3,5
Catalog Value $ 320
Unsold
Lot #2747
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) VASIL
1878 5k green blue, horizontal pair, unused without gum, v.f.,
(*)
Catalog #4
Catalog Value $ 160
Price Realized
$375.00

Lot #2748
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) VELSK
1886 3k green, unused with large part original gum, heavy hinge remnant, fine,
*
Catalog #1
Catalog Value $ 100
Unsold
Lot #2749
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) VERKHNEDNIEPROVSK
1866 4k black, two copies, one without gum, the other with h.r., small thin and creased,
*(*)
Catalog #1
Catalog Value $ 400
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #2750
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) VERKHNEDNIEPROVSK
1870 4k black on ordinary white paper, unused without gum, v.f. (Schmidt "R" - only 17 known), undervalued rarity,
(*)
Catalog #4
Catalog Value $ 1,700
Price Realized
$6,000.00

Lot #2751
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) VERKHNEDNIEPROVSK
1870 4k black on vertically watermarked paper, unused without gum, small thin and minor toning, otherwise v.f. (Schmidt "R" - only 17 known), undervalued rarity,
(*)
Catalog #6
Catalog Value $ 1,700
Price Realized
$6,000.00

Lot #2752
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) VERKHNEDNIEPROVSK
1870 4k black on vertically laid paper, unused with original gum, h.r., with little gum toning, fine (Schmidt "RR" - only 14 known), undervalued rarity,
*
Catalog #7
Catalog Value $ 1,700
Unsold
Lot #2753
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) VERKHNEDNIEPROVSK
1872 4k blue, two copies, one without gum, small faults, fine appearance,
*(*)
Catalog #8
Catalog Value $ 150
Unsold
Lot #2754
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) YARENSK
1915 2k black on dark green, perf. and imperf. horizontal pairs, the latter without gum, v.f.,
*(*)
Catalog #1,1I
Catalog Value $ 540
Price Realized
$750.00

Lot #2755
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) YASSY
1879-81 2k red, dark red, three singles, h.r., one thinned, others fine,
*
Catalog #1,2
Catalog Value $ 210
Price Realized
$300.00

Lot #2756
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) YEGORYEVSK
1872 3k black, two distinct shades, unused with partial gum, fine (Schmidt rated "R")
*
Catalog #4
Catalog Value $ 1,400
Unsold
Lot #2757
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) YEGORYEVSK
1872 3k black, unused without gum, fine (Schmidt rated "R")
(*)
Catalog #4
Catalog Value $ 700
Unsold
Lot #2758
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) YELETS
1873 3k dark blue, cancelled 10 July 1874, margins all around, thin, fine appearance, Chuchin rated "R",
O
Catalog #1
Catalog Value $ 700
Price Realized
$2,200.00

Lot #2759
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) ZADONSK
1893 5k red, unused with partial gum, thin & little soiled at top, fine appearance (Schmidt rated "RR")
*
Catalog #37
Catalog Value $ 600
Unsold
Lot #2760
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) ZEMLIANSK
1874-80 5k, 8k Arms, set of four, unused with original gum, h.r., fine-v.f.,
*
Catalog #1-4
Catalog Value $ 720
Unsold
Lot #2761
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) ZEMLIANSK
1874 5k Arms, unused with original gum, h.r., small thin, otherwise fine,
*
Catalog #1
Catalog Value $ 300
Unsold
Lot #2762
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) ZENKOV
1878 3k dark olive brown on white paper (Chuchin 3), h.r., light crease, otherwise v.f., ex-Zyk, Faberge collection (Schmidt rated "R")
*
Catalog #3
Catalog Value $ 700
Price Realized
$1,000.00

Lot #2763
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) ZENKOV
1879-88 3k red, 3k green, two different shades of each, unused with original gum, h.r., small thins, otherwise fine-v.f.,
*
Catalog #5,12
Catalog Value $ 205
Unsold
Lot #2764
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) ZENKOV
1878 3k dark chocolate brown, h.r., with little toning on back, mostly in the sheet margin, v.f.
*
Catalog #8
Catalog Value $ 300
Unsold
Lot #2765
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) ZENKOV
1895 1k bronze, two vertical tete-beche pairs, diff. types, one with small thin, otherwise fine-v.f.,
*
Catalog #31S
Catalog Value $ 600
Unsold
Lot #2766
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) ZENKOV
1895 2k bronze, two vertical tete-beche pairs, diff. types, one with small thin, otherwise fine-v.f.,
*
Catalog #32S
Catalog Value $ 600
Unsold
Lot #2767
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) ZENKOV
1909 2k dark bronze, imperf. pane of 21, crackly original gum, creases, wrinkles and stains, scarce multiple,
Box *
Catalog #59I
Catalog Value $ 315
Unsold
Lot #2768
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) ZOLOTONOSHA
1885 2k black & green, vertical imperf. tete-beche pair, unused with little gum, v.f.,
*
Catalog #3VS1
Catalog Value $ 300
Price Realized
$600.00

Lot #2769
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) ZOLOTONOSHA
1890 2k black & green, vertical imperf. couche block of five, v.f.,
Box *
Catalog #4S
Catalog Value $ 147
Unsold
Lot #2770
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) ZOLOTONOSHA
1890 2k black & green, two diff. shades, imperf. couche pair and strip of four, also 10k vertical couche pair, v.f.,
*
Catalog #4S, 4VS, 5S
Catalog Value $ 254
Unsold
Lot #2771
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) ZOLOTONOSHA
1891 surcharged "3" in violet on 2k black & green, h.r., v.f. (Schmidt rated "R", only 16 known)
*
Catalog #8A
Catalog Value $ 300
Unsold
Lot #2772
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) ZOLOTONOSHA
1896 3k black, green & gold, white numerals, imperf. horizontal pair, unused with part original gum, h.r., v.f.,
*
Catalog #13I
Catalog Value $ 400
Unsold
Lot #2773
ARMENIA
1920 1000r blue, horizontal gutter block of four, also 25,000r block of four with pre-print creases resulting in an interesting variety, n.h., v.f.
Box **
Unsold
Lot #2774
ARMENIA
1922 Issues, selection incl. 15 imperf. plate proofs on chalky paper, also surcharges, 14 diff., n.h., v.f., the latter group with photocopies of Rossica certificates, fine-v.f., rare
*P
Catalog #278/94, 354/390
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Lot #2775
ARMENIA
1923 (18.4) registered cover from Yerevan to USA, franked in back with imperf. block of 4x10k on 100k orange, additional franking missing along with part of backflap, stained, otherwise fine, with New York arrival pmk, scarce stamp, especially on cover
Envelope
Catalog #352
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Lot #2776
BATUM
1870 (14.11) outer FL (missing side flaps) franked with pair of Russian Levant 3k green (Mi.3), tied by a blue "Batum 14 Nov. 1870" cds (Tchil. Fig. 731), with additional strike on back, addressed to Constantinople, fine. Reported to be one of only two known examples of this cancellation on cover, ex-Liphschutz collection
Envelope
Price Realized
$5,000.00

Lot #2777
BATUM
1871 (13.1) FL franked with pair of Russian Levant 3k green (Mi.3), tied by "Batumsk. Agenstvo" cds, addressed to Trebizonde, with oval "Josepf & Gregoire Mgedeloff Freres" merchant hs, fine Levant/Batum postal history item, ex-Liphschutz collection
Envelope
Price Realized
$5,000.00

Lot #2778
BATUM
1874 cover franked with strip of 3x1k and single 3k Russian Levant (Scott's No.8,9), tied by large blue strike of "Batum" cds (Tchil. Fig. 89), addressed to Constantinople, fine. Reported to be one of only three known examples of this cancellation on cover, ex-Liphschutz collection
Envelope
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Lot #2779
BATUM
1919 stampless cover with negative "Batumskaya Kontora No.1" Imperial Arms cachet, bearing a six-line handstamp indicating stamps not available and "15k" inserted in pen, fine and scarce provisional usage
Envelope
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #2780
BATUM
1919 locally addressed, registered cover franked with the complete set of six, plus two surcharges, little toning, otherwise fine philatelic cover
Envelope
Catalog #1-8
Price Realized
$650.00

Lot #2781
BATUM
1919 (9.12) covered franked with 2x50k orange, addressed to a bank branch in Baku, cover folded and reduced at top, with backflap missing and partially mended, still fine and rare commercial usage, with arrival (13.12) cds, signed Holcombe
Envelope
Catalog #3
Price Realized
$1,300.00

Lot #2782
BATUM
1919 (20.11) commercial cover franked on back with 50k and 3x1r Aloe Tree, sent to France, fine
Envelope
Catalog #3,4
Price Realized
$1,500.00

Lot #2783
BATUM
1919 35k on 4k Arms, unused without gum as always, slight pulled perf. and tiny thin, otherwise v.f., signed "Rossica". Only 46 (!) stamps received this surcharge and were affixed on stationery cards. The few known unused examples were in fact removed from cards. A significantly undercatalogued rarity (SG P1)
(*)
Catalog #11
Catalog Value £ 4,500
Unsold
Lot #2784
BATUM
1919 35k on 4k Romanov, well centered, unused with part original gum, h.r., small stain at top, still v.f., with 1989 Holcombe certificate. Only 78 stamps received this surcharge and were affixed on stationery cards. All known unused stamps are either without gum, have disturbed gum or are defective. A rarity in any condition (SG P2)
*
Catalog #12
Catalog Value £ 10,000
Price Realized
$10,000.00

Lot #2785
BATUM
1919 (1.6.20) registered ppc (Batum Korsakovskaya street) franked with 2r (2), 4r (2) and 5r, paying the proper 15r rate to Italy, fine and rare usage, with Genova (24.6) arrival
Envelope
Catalog #17-19
Unsold
Lot #2786
BATUM
1919 (11.5.20) registered cover franked on back with 3r and block of 6x5r, with registration handstamp and dispatch cds to Portland, Oregon, London and New York transits, with July 12 arrival, cover wear and tear, nevertheless an exceptional commercial franking, very rare
Envelope
Catalog #18,19
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Lot #2787
BATUM
1920 50r on 4k carmine, used on registered cover (21.4.20) to Tiflis, v.f., with arrival cds (23.4), registration receipt attached. A rare stamp, especially as single franking, actually used in the mails, with BPA cert. (SG 33)
Envelope
Catalog #29
Price Realized
$2,600.00

Lot #2788
BATUM
1920 (17.8) registered cover to Switzerland, franked with two diff. 25r surcharges (both in black), v.f., with Bern (24.8) arrival pmk
Envelope
Catalog #51,53
Price Realized
$1,100.00

Lot #2789
BATUM
1919-20 balance of the collection on pages, hundreds of used and unused singles, sets, varieties with many inverted surcharges (including Scott's No. 21,22,23,24, also 10 different vertical tete-beche pairs, one each inverted, with Mikulski and BPA certificates), most of the better surcharges incl. 50r on 2k, 3k, 4k, 5k and 15k (Scott's No. 27/32), also Scott's No. 47-50, as well as 11 covers or cards, studies of the Aloe Issues with well researched group of reference material, cancellations, multiples incl. sheets and large blocks, plus much more. All forgeries clearly identified, with genuine stamps with appropriate handstamped expert guarantee marks, mostly fine-v.f. An important collection of Batum, seldom offered intact, high catalogue value
Envelope *O
Price Realized
$37,500.00

Lot #2790
BERG REPUBLIC
1922 handstamps, 2k, 5k and 10k, horizontal pairs of first and last, single of 5k, fine-v.f., with Dr.Ceresa cert.
*/**
Catalog #Mi.1,2,3
Price Realized
$250.00

Lot #2791
BERG REPUBLIC
1922 2k green, horizontal imperf. pair, Vladikavkaz cds, v.f., with Dr.Ceresa cert., rare,
O
Catalog #Mi.A1
Catalog Value € 260
Price Realized
$625.00

Lot #2792
CRETE Russian Administration
1900 three small covers, franked with 2m black, pair of 1m green and single 3m red, each with Rethymnon handstamps, used to Heraklion (arrival pmk), Amari and Anometeos, fine-v.f., two with W.R.Liberman handstamps, rare
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #2793
FAR EASTERN REPUBLIC
1923 unissued surcharge 2k on 70k imperf., n.h., v.f., signed Rosselevitch
**
Catalog #67E
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #2794
MONGOLIA
1900 red-band cover franked with pair of 10k dark blue, registered from "Troitskosavsk" to Germany, re-addressed to Chemnitz, with transit and arrival pmks, fine. Troitskosavsk is situated on the border between Siberia and Mongolia and was built by Russian merchants as an alternative to Kyakhta. This letter is addressed in Chinese on the band side, suggesting that it originated in Mongolia, fine and scarce usage
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #2795
POLAND
1858 10k brown & blue, tied by "1" four squares cancel on cover from Warsaw (red Warszawa 16/11 departure pmk at right) to Okalew, endorsed "Franco", also "uprasza sie Expedycje poczty o odeslanie spiesznie tego listu do Okalewa" (the forwarding Post Service is requesting to send urgently/express this letter to Okaloewo), some toning, wax seal removed from back, interesting
Envelope
Price Realized
$650.00

Lot #2796
POLAND
1879 FL franked with 1k, 3k and 10k (1866 issue), all tied by "1" four squares cancel on cover from Warsaw (Warszawa 4/10 departure pmk at right), sent via Lemberg and Czernowitz to Odessa, with Graniza and Czernowitz transit pmks, Odessa 28.11.79 arrival pmk, also handstamped "Pologne", fine. An interesting usage from Russian occupied Poland via Austrian Occupied Poland
Envelope
Price Realized
$600.00

Lot #2797
SIBERIA
1920-22 Also Far Eastern Republic, selection of used and unused singles, pairs, few blocks, with variety of better overprints and surcharges incl. "1917 7-XI 1922" overprints with varieties, inverted, curved "2", double and displaced, also Priamur and Japanese Occupation Issues, with better items, few unused stamps without gum, some climactic toning as often encountered, mostly fine and better, high interest and catalogue value
*O
Price Realized
$3,250.00

Lot #2798
SIBERIA
1921 20k on 3k maroon, gray green, pink, l.h., v.f., signed Champion, rare,
*
Catalog #64
Catalog Value $ 775
Price Realized
$750.00

Lot #2799
TANNU TOUVA
1932 3k on 70k, surcharge inverted, unused with small part original gum, h.r., v.f.,
*
Catalog #31a
Catalog Value $ 300
Price Realized
$180.00

Lot #2800
TANNU TOUVA
1932-33 35k surcharges on triangles, two sets of two, h.r., some minor toning, signed Romeko etc., one set with Andrew Cronin cert.,
*
Catalog #37-38
Catalog Value $ 560
Price Realized
$260.00

Lot #2801
TANNU TOUVA
1933 15k on 6k orange, type 1, h.r., fine,
*
Catalog #39
Catalog Value $ 300
Price Realized
$260.00

Lot #2802
TANNU TOUVA
1943 Color changes, complete set of five, n.h., v.f.,
**
Catalog #99-103
Catalog Value $ 500
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #2803
TANNU TOUVA
1943 Color changes, complete set of five, n.h., v.f.
**
Catalog #99-103
Catalog Value $ 500
Price Realized
$300.00

Lot #2804
TANNU TOUVA
1943 Color changes, complete set of five, n.h., v.f.,
**
Catalog #99-103
Catalog Value $ 500
Price Realized
$290.00

Lot #2805
TANNU TOUVA
1943 Color changes, 5k (3), 10k (4), 15k (4), 20k (2), 30k (4), unused or with gum, some defects, others fine
(*)*
Catalog #99-103
Catalog Value $ 1,070
Price Realized
$375.00

Lot #2806
TANNU TOUVA
1942 registered cover from Kizil to Moscow, franked with two diff. 25k dark blue commemoratives (Touvan Woman and Exhibition Hall), cancelled by illegible violet pmk, repeated on back, this time with clear "Kizil-Tuva" cds, with "14/M" censor" and Moscow 13.2.44 arrival pmks, fine and probably only known commercially used cover from Tuva franked with these two rare adhesives (Mi.130,131)
Envelope
Catalog #118,119
Unsold
Lot #2807
TANNU TOUVA
1943 buff paper, 25k slate blue, single and two vertical pairs, unused without gum as issued, fine-v.f.
(*)
Catalog #120
Unsold
Lot #2808
TANNU TOUVA
1943 white paper, 25k slate blue, vertical strip of five (sheet), unused without gum as issued, fine-v.f.
(*)
Catalog #120a
Catalog Value $ 500
Unsold
Lot #2809
TANNU TOUVA
1943 white paper, 25k gray black, three diff. shades, also 50k greeh, fine-v.f.,
*
Catalog #121a,123a
Catalog Value $ 550
Price Realized
$400.00

Lot #2810
TANNU TOUVA
1943 buff paper, 25k and 50k green, four of each, including two vertical pairs, unused without gum as issued, fine-v.f.,
(*)
Catalog #122-23
Catalog Value $ 720
Unsold
Lot #2811
TANNU TOUVA
1943 white paper, 25k and 50k green, four of each, including two vertical pairs, unused without gum as issued, fine-v.f.,
(*)
Catalog #122a-23a
Catalog Value $ 760
Unsold
Lot #2812
TANNU TOUVA Air Post
1934 Issue, sheet margin blocks of eight, n.h., fine-v.f.
Box **
Catalog #C1-9
Unsold
Lot #2813
TANNU TOUVA Air Post
1936 Issue, five diff., including two Zeppelin adhesives, used on registered cover from Kizil to USA, some tape stains across two values, otherwise fine-v.f., with New York arrival pmk
Envelope
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #2814
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS UKRAINE
1919-20 selection of 12 parcel cards, franked with trident or shahiv issues, mostly from Bylkovka to Berdychev, including huge frankings (one with 120x50sh), and others, some usual faults, mostly fine-v.f., scarce group
Envelope
Price Realized
$1,600.00

Lot #2815
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS POLAND
1858-1869 Russia used in Poland, collection of stamps (100+) and covers (27) mounted and written-up on pages, with Russia No.2 and No. 3 cancelled "1" in concentric circles (Warsaw), also No. 8-10 and others, mostly on pieces, all with different types of Warsaw town cancels, covers with three-color frankings to France, Germany, England, Austria (franked with "v" in background error), others used internally to St.Petersburg, Sokolow, Elzbietow etc., occasional flaws, mostly fine-v.f., interesting collection, ex-Bojanowicz
Envelope
Price Realized
$8,000.00

Lot #2816
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS RUSSIA
1807-1868 pre-philatelic, selection of 96 FLs, mostly St.Petersburg, Riga, Dorpat, Narva, Odessa, Moscow, Pernow, Revel, many interesting items, mostly fine-v.f.
Envelope
Price Realized
$7,000.00

Lot #2817
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS RUSSIA
1860-1949 Covers and Postal History, balance of a consignment in four volumes, 500+ items, eaqually divided with both Imperial and Soviet, interesting R.S.F.S.R., inflation usage, WWI incl. mute cancels, censor markings, early Soviet advertsing labels, foreign mail, especially strong with Air Post with Zeppelin and Catapult Flights (many items worth individual lotting and valued $500 upwards), also Russian area covers including Azerbaijan, Georgia, Offices in China, Russo-Japanese War (some used stamps with Manchuria and Jerusalem pmks), plus Imperial Postal Stationery with better entire envelopes and cards (mostly unused), Soviet propaganda stationery cards others. A wonderful collection, with excellent break-up potential, mostly fine-v.f.
Envelope
Price Realized
$19,000.00

Lot #2818
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS RUSSIA
1865-1948 balance of a consignment, selection of mostly cplt sets on stock cards, with No. 18 and 39 (both unused), 24 (n.h.), Romanov set (l.h. or n.h.), later issues with Commissars (regummed), Pioneers perf. 11 (n.h.) plus others, also semi-postals, few air post sets, Offices in the Turkish Empire, Wrangel Army surcharges, Scott's No. 232-35, 261A (n.h.), fine-v.f.
*/**
Catalog #18/1288,B24-29,C15/35a
Price Realized
$2,400.00

Lot #2819
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS RUSSIA
1866-1918 Telegraph and Railroad Stations, also St.Petersburg, collection of 220+ covers or cards, plus hundreds of cancellations on loose stamps, mounted and expertly written-up on pages, with many interesting items,
Envelope
Price Realized
$2,700.00

Lot #2820
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS RUSSIA
1914-18 Postal Censorship in Russia, collection of 86 covers or cards, expertly written up on pages, with some mute cancellations (including 80 stamps), Prisoner of War mail, WWI censor markings, also applied on post-war mail from Japan and much more
Envelope
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #2821
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS RUSSIA
1918-60 balance of a collection, with specialized Chainbreakers (1918-23) and R.S.F.S.R. including used and unused singles, blocks, sheets, also a few covers, plus semi-postals and postage due overprints and surcharges, many varieties, inverted, double and missing, also, various plates, perf. shifts and plate flaws; later issues, some back of the book and other varieties, specialized collection of "Lenin on stamps" and covers, plus much more
Envelope *O
Price Realized
$11,000.00

Lot #2822
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS RUSSIA
1920s-40s balance of a consignment, 10+ different sets incl. 1933 Ethnography, 1934 Anti-War, Sverdlov, Engels, Sirius, 1935 Chelyuskin etc., also 1949 Lenin Mausoleum souv. sheet, plus Touva 50k rejoined vertical pair (50k green), plus a few miscellaneous items, mixed condition, mostly with hinges expertly removed, some regummed, fine-v.f.
*/**(*)
Price Realized
$2,500.00

Lot #2823
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS RUSSIA
1932-33 three different sets incl. 1933 Leningrad Exhibition set of two, Air Post with 1933 Civil Aviation (unwatermarked) and Airships set of five, unused, with disturbed original gum, fine-v.f.
*
Price Realized
$1,000.00

Lot #2824
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS RUSSIA
1941-1960 collection, virtually complete (without the Skyscrapers set), some duplication, also souvenir sheets incl. Stalin (Scott's No. 1325), some hinged, mostly n.h., fine-v.f.,
*/**
Catalog #831A/2400
Catalog Value $ 6,500
Price Realized
$3,250.00

Lot #2825
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS RUSSIA
1941-1960 blocks of four, balance of the consignment with hundreds of better sets including earlier items, few se-tenant strips, plus better souv. sheets incl. Stamp Centenary set of three, North Pole and others, mostly n.h. ("Be a Hero block is l.h.), fine-v.f., seldom offered,
Box **
Catalog #831A/2400
Catalog Value $ 6,500
Price Realized
$5,250.00

Lot #2826
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS RUSSIA
1966-81 "North of the Arctic Circle", collection of 270+ covers and cards, written-up on pages, with a remarkable assembly of postmarks from small towns and villages in the Murmansk and Archangels oblast, incl. Hydrometric stations, River Lena ship cancellations, Service mail, registered mail, usages from small settlements, Northern Shipping company and others
Envelope
Price Realized
$2,600.00

Lot #2827
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS RUSSIA Air Post
1927-34 selection of seven covers incl. the 1927 Issue, set of two blocks of four, used with additional franking on two separate covers from Leningrad (15.10.31) to USA, also singles, one 10k with a printing flaw (white dot in "II" of "IIochtowa"), plus three other covers or cards incl. one from Germany (1933) to Irkutsk, also 1931 Leningrad-Berlin to Brisbane, Australia, interesting lot
Envelope
Catalog #C10-11
Unsold
Lot #2828
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS RUSSIA Air Post
1938-48 selection of seven covers, mostly complete sets on single covers with North Pole set of four (625-28), Trans-Polar disaster set of four (636-39), Women Aviators set of three (718-20), Aviation Day 18 August set of five (C76-76D), 1946 Fighter Airplanes, nine diff. (992A/1007), July 1948 overprints set of two (1246-47) etc., fine-v.f.
Envelope
Catalog #625/C76D
Unsold
Lot #2829
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS RUSSIA Postal Stationery
1848-1925 collection of 178 entires and postal cards, expertly written-up (in French) on album pages, with first and second St.Petersburg entires, various sizes, strong in other early issues including Poland, local and Red Cross items from Odessa, lettercards, used and unused, mainly fine-v.f. An excellent nucleus collection for further expansion and study
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #2830
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS RUSSIA - ZEMSTVO LOCAL ISSUES
1861-1917 Akhtyrka-Zolotonasha, collection in eight albums, 4,300+ mostly different stamps, some pairs & blocks of four, majority singles, also tete-beche, couche, errors and varieties, few large multiples, usually showing various types, se-tenants, some used, generally unused, also 33+ covers or cards including mixed franking with Ottoman or Russian Levant adhesives, occasional flaws, some reference material, with many rare and desirable items, fine-v.f. An excellent opportunity to obtain a soilid Zemstvo collection, with room for expansion
*O
Unsold
Lot #2831
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS RUSSIA - ZEMSTVO LOCAL ISSUES
1861-1917 Akhtyrka-Zolotonasha, balance of the consignment in a stock book, 1,150+ mostly different stamps, few pairs & blocks of four, majority singles, generally unused, occasional flaws, otherwise fresh, fine-v.f.
*O
Price Realized
$16,000.00

Lot #2832
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS RUSSIA - WENDEN
1873-1903 balance of the collection on pages and loose, with couche pairs and blocks of 1863 issue, 1863-71 used (3) and unused (4), also reprints, later issues on piece, some in combination with Russian adhesives, some varieties, imperf. multiples, four covers or cards (signed Mikulski), some reference material, proofs, large multiples, mostly fine
*O
Price Realized
$5,500.00

Lot #2833
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS RUSSIAN AREA
1920-23 balance of a consignment, small stock book with Armenia, Ukraine, Georgia etc., used and unused, some multiples and few better surcharges, mostly fine-v.f.
*O
Price Realized
$270.00

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