S. Shtern Collection of Soviet Union
October 29-30, 2008
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #462 SOVIET UNION 1946-50 Issues 1946 Bombers, 15k variety imperf. at top, l.h., v.f. * Catalog #940var | Price Realized $800.00 |
 | Lot #463 SOVIET UNION 1946-50 Issues 1946 Bombers, 15k variety imperf. at left, l.h., v.f. * Catalog #940var | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #464 SOVIET UNION 1946-50 Issues 1946 Bombers, 20k variety imperf. at right, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #942var | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #465 SOVIET UNION 1946-50 Issues 1946 Definitives (Lithographed) 30k Aviator, pre-print paper fold ("plis d'accordeon"), top margin single, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #988var | Price Realized $3,000.00 |
 | Lot #466 SOVIET UNION 1946-50 Issues 1946 Definitives (Lithographed), 30k Aviator, variety on cream paper (apparently printed in Tashkent), upper right sheet corner margin single, n.h., irregular perforations at bottom, otherwise v.f., ** Catalog #988var Catalog Value $ 2,125 | Price Realized $2,000.00 |
 | Lot #467 SOVIET UNION 1946-50 Issues 1946 Definitives (Lithographed), 30k Aviator, top sheet margin block of four, variety full offset on back, also part imperf. at top, n.h., fine-v.f., very rare  **Catalog #988var | Price Realized $10,000.00 |
 | Lot #468 SOVIET UNION 1946-50 Issues 1946 Coal, 15k variety imperf. at left, n.h. but with tiny gum adhesions, fine ** Catalog #993var | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #469 SOVIET UNION 1946-50 Issues 1947 Karpinsky, 30k variety imperf. at bottom, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #1011var | Price Realized $210.00 |
 | Lot #470 SOVIET UNION 1946-50 Issues 1947 Latvian Arms, 30k variety imperf. at left, disturbed gum and small marginal faults, otherwise fine * Catalog #1031var | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #471 SOVIET UNION 1946-50 Issues 1947 Moscow Council Building, 30k variety, blue omitted, imperf. single, n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #1049var Catalog Value $ 255 | Price Realized $210.00 |
 | Lot #472 SOVIET UNION 1946-50 Issues 1947 Air Fleet, 30k top margin vertical pair imperf. between, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #1053var | Price Realized $1,600.00 |
 | Lot #473 SOVIET UNION 1946-50 Issues 1947 Definitives, Aviator, 30k imperf. single, l.h., v.f., * Catalog #1056var Catalog Value $ 1,050 | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #474 SOVIET UNION 1946-50 Issues 1947 Definitives, Aviator, 30k imperf. horizontal pair, h.r., fine, * Catalog #1056var Catalog Value $ 2,100 | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
 | Lot #475 SOVIET UNION 1946-50 Issues 1947 Definitives, Aviator, 30k imperf. horizontal strip of three, with sheet margin at left, n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #1056var Catalog Value $ 7,500 | Price Realized $3,750.00 |
 | Lot #476 SOVIET UNION 1946-50 Issues 1947 Definitives, Aviator, 30k left margin vertical pair, imperf. at sides, top stamp also imperf. at top, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #1056var | Price Realized $1,600.00 |
 | Lot #477 SOVIET UNION 1946-50 Issues 1947 Definitives, Aviator, 30k misperforated block of four, one stamp l.h., balance n.h., creases, fine **Catalog #1056var | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #478 SOVIET UNION 1946-50 Issues 1947 Moscow Subway, 60k variety imperf. at top, cancelled to order, v.f. O Catalog #1065var | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #479 SOVIET UNION 1946-50 Issues 1947 View of Kremlin, 60k variety imperf. at bottom, l.h., v.f. * Catalog #1082var | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #480 SOVIET UNION 1946-50 Issues 1947 Moscow, two vertical se-tenant gutter strips of four, folded between stamps, minor flaws, fine-v.f., * Catalog Value $ 1,190 | Price Realized $600.00 |
 | Lot #481 SOVIET UNION 1946-50 Issues 1947 Moscow, 1r and 2r, vertical se-tenant pair, 1r imperf. at top, unused without gum, discolored, fine appearance (*) Catalog #1084,1086var | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #482 SOVIET UNION 1946-50 Issues 1947 New Afon, 30k right margin imperf. vertical pair, n.h., faint gum toning, otherwise v.f., ** Catalog #1102var Catalog Value $ 750 | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #483 SOVIET UNION 1946-50 Issues 1947 New Afon, 30k vertical pair imperf. horizontally, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #1102var | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #484 SOVIET UNION 1946-50 Issues 1947 Sochi, 30k variety imperf. at top, used, v.f. O Catalog #1105var | Price Realized $200.00 |
 | Lot #485 SOVIET UNION 1946-50 Issues 1948 Surikov, 30k horizontal pair, one showing "1943" instead of "1948" in upper right corner, n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #1145var Catalog Value $ 425 | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #486 SOVIET UNION 1946-50 Issues 1948 Surikov, 30k variety imperf. at top, used, v.f. O Catalog #1145var | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #487 SOVIET UNION 1946-50 Issues 1948 Chapayev, 60k variety imperf. at bottom, l.h., v.f. * Catalog #1148var | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #488 SOVIET UNION 1946-50 Issues 1948 Artillery, 30k variety imperf. at bottom, used, fine O Catalog #1150var | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #489 SOVIET UNION 1946-50 Issues 1948 Ostrovsky, imperf. singles, complete set of three, n.h., v.f., signed Mikulski, ** Catalog #1168-1170 Catalog Value $ 1,915 | Price Realized $1,700.00 |
 | Lot #490 SOVIET UNION 1946-50 Issues 1948 Sport, 15k variety imperf. at top, used, fine O Catalog #1220var | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #491 SOVIET UNION 1946-50 Issues 1948 Motorboat, 45k variety imperf. at top, cancelled to order, v.f. O Catalog #1222var | Price Realized $270.00 |
 | Lot #492 SOVIET UNION 1946-50 Issues 1949 Piatigorsk, 40k with raster horizontal diamonds, n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #1267gr Catalog Value $ 340 | Price Realized $270.00 |
 | Lot #493 SOVIET UNION 1946-50 Issues 1949 Lomonosov, 40k variety imperf. at bottom, used, v.f. O Catalog #1270var | Price Realized $120.00 |
 | Lot #494 SOVIET UNION 1946-50 Issues 1949 Lenin Mausoleum, perf. (l.h.) and imperf. souvenir sheets ( with disturbed gum), fine-v.f., *Catalog #Bl. 11-12 Catalog Value $ 1,700 | Price Realized $1,200.00 |
 | Lot #495 SOVIET UNION 1946-50 Issues 1949 Lenin Mausoleum, perf. and imperf. souvenir sheets, unused (regummed), both fine-v.f. (*)Catalog #Bl. 11-12 | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #496 SOVIET UNION 1946-50 Issues 1949 Lenin Mausoleum, perf. souvenir sheet, n.h., v.f., **Catalog #Bl. 12 Catalog Value $ 850 | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #497 SOVIET UNION 1946-50 Issues 1949 Lenin Mausoleum, imperf. single from souvenir sheet, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #1274A | Price Realized $170.00 |
 | Lot #498 SOVIET UNION 1946-50 Issues 1949 Pushkin, set and souvenir sheet cancelled in a special commemorative folder, also three additional souvenir sheets, two l.h., one cancelled to order, fine-v.f., *OCatalog #Bl. 13 Catalog Value $ 425 | Price Realized $190.00 |
 | Lot #499 SOVIET UNION 1946-50 Issues 1949 Chapayev, 40k variety, imperf. at top, left sheet margin single, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #1342var | Price Realized $290.00 |
 | Lot #500 SOVIET UNION 1946-50 Issues 1949 UPU, set of two, imperf. singles and vertical pairs, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #1345-1346 Catalog Value $ 306 | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #501 SOVIET UNION 1946-50 Issues 1949 Map of European Russia, 40k error text omitted, n.h., picked out natural inclusion resulting in a faint thin spot, otherwise v.f., extremely rare major error. Most of the known examples are defective ** Catalog #1353var | Price Realized $9,000.00 |
 | Lot #502 SOVIET UNION 1946-50 Issues 1949 Definitives (Typographed) 25k Aviator and 40k Arms, n.h., natural gum creases, v.f., ** Catalog #1381-1382 Catalog Value $ 3,300 | Price Realized $3,000.00 |
 | Lot #503 SOVIET UNION 1946-50 Issues 1950 Stalin souvenir sheet of four, two different, one on white paper, the other on cream paper, h.r., fine-v.f. *Catalog #Bl. 14 Catalog Value $ 465 | Price Realized $350.00 |
| Lot #504 SOVIET UNION 1946-50 Issues 1950 Stalin souvenir sheet of four, two different, one on white paper, the other on cream paper, n.h., minor corner creases, otherwise v.f. **Catalog #Bl. 14 Catalog Value $ 1,190 | Price Realized $425.00 | |
 | Lot #505 SOVIET UNION 1946-50 Issues 1950 Stalin souvenir sheet of four, n.h., v.f. **Catalog #Bl. 14 Catalog Value $ 750 | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #506 SOVIET UNION 1946-50 Issues 1950 Stalin souvenir sheet of four (2), one on white paper, with some toning in margin, otherwise n.h., fine-v.f., **Catalog #Bl. 14 Catalog Value $ 1,160 | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #507 SOVIET UNION 1946-50 Issues 1950 Turkmen, 50k variety imperf. at right, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #1408var | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #508 SOVIET UNION 1946-50 Issues 1950 Skyscrapers, complete set of sheet margin singles, n.h., fine-v.f., ** Catalog #1489-1496 Catalog Value $ 535 | Price Realized $400.00 |
 | Lot #509 SOVIET UNION 1946-50 Issues 1950 Decembrists Uprising, 40k brown red, unissued value and color, unused without gum (probably removed from a presentation card), v.f. and possibly unique (while the 1r stamp of this design was released as a single, many of the 1950s issues were issued in sets of two or more. We can assume that the 40r was prepared as a companion to the 1r, but never issued) (*) Catalog #1504P | Price Realized $10,000.00 |
