U.S. and Worldwide Stamps; Specialized Russia
September 16-18, 2008
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | 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  | 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. O 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 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) 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") 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. 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 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. 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. 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  */**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. 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 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. | 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. | 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, * 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  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) **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) **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 **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) * 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 | 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) | 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) 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. */**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 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 * 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. * 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 | Unsold |
| 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. * | 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. *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 | Unsold |
 | 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 | Unsold |
 | 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. **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 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 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) 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 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 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 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 Catalog #150 | Price Realized $5,500.00 |
 | Lot #2121 RUSSIA 1921 1000r red brown, proof on thick paper, n.h., v.f., rare PCatalog #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) **Catalog #190var | Unsold |
 | 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 | 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 | Unsold |
 | 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 | 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 | Unsold |
 | 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 | 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 | Unsold |
 | 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 | 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) SCatalog #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 | Unsold |
 | Lot #2147 RUSSIA 1923 Regular Issue (Lithographed), 6k black, imperf. and gummed trial color proof, h.r., v.f. P Catalog #255P | Unsold |
 | 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 SCatalog #263,283S | Unsold |
 | 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+) **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. **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 **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. **Catalog #281var | Unsold |
 | 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. **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 | Unsold |
 | 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 **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) | 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. | 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 | Price Realized $270.00 |
 | Lot #2170 RUSSIA 1925 Publicity Stamps, advertising "Electrobank" label, on back of 1926 cover to Kaunas, fine | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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. */**Catalog #323a | Unsold |
 | 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 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #2181 RUSSIA 1927 surcharges, five diff., used on registered cover (reduced at left) from Vladivostok to Riga, fine | 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 | Unsold |
 | 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. **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 | Unsold |
 | 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. **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 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. **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 | 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+) **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) **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. **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. **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. */**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. **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. OCatalog #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) **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) **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) **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. **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) **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) **Catalog #1325,1327a | Price Realized $800.00 |
 | Lot #2291 RUSSIA 1949 Stalin, souvenir sheet of four, n.h., v.f. **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. **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) **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, *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. *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. *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) **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) (*)Catalog #1345var | Unsold |
 | Lot #2299 RUSSIA 1949 Pushkin, complete set in blocks of four, also souvenir sheet, all n.h., v.f. **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. **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. **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. **Catalog #1458-59 | Unsold |
 | Lot #2308 RUSSIA 1950 Suvorov, complete set in blocks of four, n.h., v.f. **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. | Unsold |
 | Lot #2312 RUSSIA 1951 For Peace, complete set in blocks of four, n.h., v.f. **Catalog #1550-51 | Price Realized $575.00 |
 | Lot #2313 RUSSIA 1951 Portraits, complete set in blocks of four, n.h., v.f. **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. **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. **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 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) **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) **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. **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. 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. **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. **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. **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 |
