U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
January 7-8, 2009
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #1437 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown & blue, two line datestamp, margins all around, v.f., signed Pfenninger O Catalog #1 | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #1438 RUSSIA 1858 10k brown & blue, margins all around, tied by boxed "Vilno 16 Nov. 1858" datestamp on cover addressed to Strzala, some toning and backflap mending, otherwise fine  Catalog #1 | Price Realized $3,250.00 |
 | Lot #1439 RUSSIA 1917 1k-5k Arms, five imperforate blocks of 10, overprinted Obrazets in large capital letters, also additional blocks of 1k and 2k each with a slightly different overprint, v.f.  SCatalog #119-23S | Price Realized $1,600.00 |
 | Lot #1440 RUSSIA 1917 3k and 5k Arms, two diff. imperforate blocks of 10, overprinted Obrazets inverted in large capital letters, v.f., rare SCatalog #121,23S | Price Realized $1,600.00 |
 | Lot #1441 RUSSIA 1917 1r imperf. Sheet of 50 (10x5), with margins all around, brown groundwork shifted to bottom left, double on most of the stamps, also "6" control number in margin, n.h., fine-v.f. and spectacular item **Catalog #87g | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #1442 RUSSIA 1918 35k blue, imperf. sheet margin single, l.h. (if at all), folded at right, v.f., signed Goznak * Catalog #149a | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #1443 RUSSIA 1922 5,000r on 1r, red surcharge inverted, 5,000r on 2r, black surcharge inverted, also 5,000r on 1r black surcharge double, three different varieties, h.r., v.f., signed Goznak * | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1444 RUSSIA 1922 Star surcharges, seven different perf. cross-gutter panes of 100, five with full margins all around, some wrinkles and marginal flaws, otherwise fine-v.f., **Catalog #216/22 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1445 RUSSIA 1922 Star surcharges, selection of nine different inverted or double surcharges, l.h. or h.r., most signed Goznak * | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #1446 RUSSIA 1923 definitives, 1r-20r imperf., complete set of seven, n.h., v.f. (Standard 0107-113) ** Catalog Value $ 740 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1447 RUSSIA 1924 definitives (typographed), 2k green, imperf. single with large margins all around, n.h., v.f., rare (Standard 040) ** Catalog Value $ 1,300 | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #1448 RUSSIA 1924 definitives (typographed), 6k light blue, imperf. single with large margins all around, n.h., also 6k black (lithographed), imperf. and gummed trial color proof, v.f. *** | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1449 RUSSIA 1924 5r perf. 10 1/2, single and two blocks of four, different shades, three stamps l.h., rest n.h., single with light bend, otherwise v.f. (Standard $680+) ***Catalog #293a | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #1450 RUSSIA 1924 5r imperf. horizontal strip of three, used (1925 cds), v.f. and scarce (Standard 058, cat. value $6,500+ for unused; unpriced used) O Catalog #293var | Price Realized $2,400.00 |
 | Lot #1451 RUSSIA 1925-39 Lenin, 1r-10r selection of 16 stamps, incl. 5r and 10r perf. 13 1/2, also imperf., plus others incl. 3r-10r (unwatermarked), two diff. paper varieties, mostly l.h., fine-v.f. *** | Price Realized $200.00 |
 | Lot #1452 RUSSIA 1926 definitives (watermarked), two imperf. sets of 20 (without 18k), n.h., v.f. (Standard 0131-150) ** Catalog #304/25var Catalog Value $ 740 | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #1453 RUSSIA 1925 Prof. Alexander Popov, 7k imperforate trial color proofs in light blue, carmine and dark blue, each used in 1949 with additional franking on three registered "J.Barry" covers from Moscow to England, fine-v.f., rare Catalog #328P | Price Realized $800.00 |
 | Lot #1454 RUSSIA 1927 8kop on postage dues, four different inverted surcharges type II on 2k, 3k and 10k (unwatermarked) and 7k (watermarked), first three h.r., last one n.h., fine-v.f., signed Goznak *** | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #1455 RUSSIA 1927 8kop on 7k perf. 12 (watermarked), surcharge inverted, h.r., v.f., signed Goznak *** | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #1456 RUSSIA 1931 definitives, complete set of nine, mostly n.h., v.f. *** Catalog #456-67 | Price Realized $220.00 |
 | Lot #1457 RUSSIA 1932 15k Gorky, imperf. horizontal pair, n.h., imperceptible gum toning, v.f. ** Catalog #470a | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #1458 RUSSIA 1932 15k Gorky, imperf. sheet corner margin single, used, v.f. positional piece Catalog #470a | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #1459 RUSSIA 1932 15k Gorky, imperf. single with large margins all around, used with block of 4x5k Revolution, on registered cover from Leningrad to USA, some discoloration around the registration label, otherwise fine, with arrival pmk Catalog #470a | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1460 RUSSIA 1933 Baku Commissars, 40k "Remember the Commissars", perforated trial color proofs in red brown, ultramarine and dark brown, each used in 1958 with additional franking on three registered covers from Riga to Switzerland, v.f., signed Mikulski, very rare Catalog #523P | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #1461 RUSSIA 1935 Spartacist Games, blocks of four, complete set, n.h. and post office fresh, v.f. **Catalog #559-68 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1462 RUSSIA 1939 Soviet Agricultural Fair, blocks of four, complete set of 10, n.h., fine-v.f. **Catalog #724-33 | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #1463 RUSSIA 1941 People's Militia, block of four, n.h., post office fresh, fine-v.f., rare, **Catalog #859 | Price Realized $3,250.00 |
 | Lot #1464 RUSSIA 1944 20 years without Lenin, blocks of four, complete set, n.h., v.f. **Catalog #931-37 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1465 RUSSIA 1945-46 Fighter Bombers, blocks of four, complete set of 18, n.h., fine-v.f. **Catalog #992A-1001 | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #1466 RUSSIA 1947 800th Anniversary of Moscow, 5k-1r mono-color (11) blocks of four, also 1r-5r multicolor complete gutter sheet of 20, n.h., fine-v.f. **Catalog #1132-46 | Price Realized $1,700.00 |
 | Lot #1467 RUSSIA 1947 Moscow-Volga Canal, blocks of four, complete set, n.h., v.f. **Catalog #1147-52 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1468 RUSSIA 1948 Transportation five-year plan, blocks of four, complete set, n.h., v.f. **Catalog #1261-64 | Price Realized $3,250.00 |
 | Lot #1469 RUSSIA 1948 Livestock five-year plan, blocks of four, complete set, n.h., v.f. **Catalog #1265-67 | Price Realized $625.00 |
 | Lot #1470 RUSSIA 1949 Stalin's Birthday, souvenir sheet of four, n.h., v.f. **Catalog #1325 | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #1471 RUSSIA 1949 Lenin Mausoleum, perforated souvenir sheet of four, n.h. and post office fresh, v.f. **Catalog #1327a | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #1472 RUSSIA 1949 Lenin Mausoleum, five perforated souvenir sheets of four, n.h. and post office fresh, occasional natural gum skips or inclusions, otherwise v.f. **Catalog #1327a | Price Realized $2,500.00 |
| Lot #1473 RUSSIA 1949 Lenin Mausoleum, imperforate souvenir sheet of four, natural diagonal cut at left (175x130mm at top, 171x130mm at bottom), n.h. and post office fresh, v.f. **Catalog #1327a,var | Unsold | |
 | Lot #1474 RUSSIA 1949 Lenin Mausoleum, imperforate souvenir sheet of four, natural diagonal cut at left (175x130mm at top, 171x130mm at bottom), n.h. and post office fresh, v.f. **Catalog #1327a,var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1475 RUSSIA 1949 Lenin Mausoleum, imperforate souvenir sheet of four, natural diagonal cut at left (175x130mm at top, 171x130mm at bottom), n.h. and post office fresh, v.f. **Catalog #1327a,var | Price Realized $1,800.00 |
 | Lot #1476 RUSSIA 1949 Lenin Mausoleum, five imperforate souvenir sheets of four, each natural diagonal cut at left (175x130mm at top, 171x130mm at bottom), n.h. and post office fresh, some natural gum skips or wrinkles, otherwise v.f. **Catalog #1327a,var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1477 RUSSIA 1950 Aivazovsky, 40 complete sets including four uncut gutter, se-tenant panes of 20, n.h., some marginal separations, v.f. **Catalog #1529-31 | Price Realized $1,200.00 |
 | Lot #1478 RUSSIA 1952 Moscow Metro, 11 sheetlets of 20, printed in se-tenant form, three in consecutive order (Standard 1624-1627), others in reverse order (Standard 1627+25+24+26) **Catalog #1656-59 Catalog Value $ 3,400 | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #1479 RUSSIA 1954 Moscow Exhibition, 40 complete sets of six, mostly in sheets or large multiples, n.h., v.f. **Catalog #1729-34 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1480 RUSSIA 1955 Pavilions, 15 complete sets of 16, all in large multiples incl. 7 se-tenant sheets, n.h., v.f. (Standard 1730-45) **Catalog #1770-85 Catalog Value $ 1,200 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1481 RUSSIA 1956 Pavilions, 15 complete sets of 13, most in large se-tenant panes of 25 (Standard 1778-90) **Catalog #1808-20 Catalog Value $ 1,500 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1482 RUSSIA 1957 Sputnik overprint, sheet of 100, n.h., folded between stamps, v.f., rare (Standard 2011) **Catalog #2021 Catalog Value $ 6,200 | Price Realized $4,000.00 |
 | Lot #1483 RUSSIA 1964 Tokyo Olympics, green souvenir sheet with serial number at bottom, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #2921-26var | Price Realized $210.00 |
