U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
March 11-12, 2009
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #1472 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown & blue, margins all around, close to touching at bottom, with part of adjoining stamp at left, tied on piece by large double circle departure, O Catalog #1 Catalog Value $ 850 | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #1473 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown & blue, margins all around, "Vladimir" postmark in large Cyrillic letters, corner crease, fine appearance, O Catalog #1 Catalog Value $ 850 | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #1474 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown & blue, margins all around, canc. by "523" numeral dot pmk on large part of FL to St.Petersburg, with "Yefremov" 5 August 1858 departure and "Polucheno" (received) 8 August arrival pmks on reverse, fine and extremely rare, possibly unique usage from the small town of Yefremov in the Tula district  Catalog #1 | Price Realized $7,000.00 |
 | Lot #1475 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown & blue, margins all around, fresh and v.f. stamp, tied by bilingual "Goldingen" pmk on outer FL to Libau, large "W.Koningsfest" (sender's address) hs partly covered up, fine cover, ex-Small collection Catalog #1 | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
 | Lot #1476 RUSSIA 1857-58 10k brown & blue, imperf. single with margins all around, tied on piece by Riga datestamp, also 10k perf., v.f., O Catalog #1,2 Catalog Value $ 1,000 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1477 RUSSIA 1858 10k brown & blue, thick paper, cancelled "44" (Dinaburg) in rectangular dots, also 1863 5k local, red Moscow cancel, both v.f., with Eisold certificates O Catalog #2,11 | Price Realized $170.00 |
 | Lot #1478 RUSSIA 1858 20k blue & orange, thick paper variety, canc. "5" (Vilnius) in oval dots, well centered, fine, O Catalog #3 Catalog Value $ 1,500 | Price Realized $575.00 |
 | Lot #1479 RUSSIA 1866-70 10k brown and blue, used on reverse of small Valentine cover, with "July 25, 1869" cds, fine Catalog #23 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1480 RUSSIA 1870 10k brown, entire envelope with imprint at left, additionally franked with 1k and 2k and sent from Warszawa to Berlin, fine and attractive cover, with appropriate transit & arrival pmks, scarce usage of Russian stationery in Poland | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1481 RUSSIA 1876 8k stationery entire (backflap missing) additionally franked with 8k gray & rose, canc. "Postal Car 7-8" and sent to Paris, French entry postmark, fine | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #1482 RUSSIA 1882 small cover from Moscow to Dublin, Ireland, franked on back with 2x1k and 5k, paying 7k rate, with Moscow departure and Blackrook, Dublin arrival pmks, cover roughly opened at top, fine and rare cover to Ireland | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #1483 RUSSIA 1883 registered cover franked on reverse with an interesting arrangement of stamps incl. 10x1k and 2x2k, tied by Dzurino cds, with Kerch-Enikol arrival pmks | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1484 RUSSIA 1884 7k blue perf. 14 1/2x15, groundwork inverted, unused, well centered, tiny thin, otherwise v.f., rare (7k blue was issued in 1884 and again in 1888; there are differences in perforation and size of the stamp), with Mikulski cert (Mi.49xK) (*) Catalog #35b Catalog Value € 5,000 | Price Realized $2,400.00 |
 | Lot #1485 RUSSIA 1886 official decree signed by the governor of Lifland province outlining grave consequences of converting from Greek Orthodoxy to Protestantism, including possible loss of parental rights, jail terms for converting Orthodox children to Protestantism, annulment of marriages performed by Lutheran pastors, inability to hold administrative positions, etc., unusual and rather frightening document of the religious intolerance in Tsarist Russia during the reign of Alexander III | Price Realized $210.00 |
 | Lot #1486 RUSSIA 1902 7k blue, imperforate horizontal pair, Riga cds, v.f. (Mi. 49xU) O Catalog #59b Catalog Value £ 5,000 | Price Realized $2,400.00 |
 | Lot #1487 RUSSIA 1902-5 1r light brown & orange, top sheet margin horizontal strip of five, variety imperf. at top, "control A 04 A" letters, stamps n.h., v.f. A spectacular multiple, probably unique, ex-Small collection * Catalog #68var | Price Realized $4,250.00 |
 | Lot #1488 RUSSIA 1906 5r Vertically Laid Paper, variety imperf. at bottom, l.h., irregular perfs at left, otherwise v.f. and rare, ex-Small * Catalog #71var | Price Realized $1,900.00 |
 | Lot #1489 RUSSIA 1913 Romanov Tercentenary, unexploded booklet issued in St.Petersburg, with denomination of 2rub, gray covers with black inscriptions, panes of 6x1k, 3k and 7k separated by interleaves, some usual minute toned specks and staple rust, v.f. and rare Romanov booklet  Catalog #Mi.MH4a | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
 | Lot #1490 RUSSIA 1914 cover from Skernevice to Harbin, franked with 7k blue, showing a mute canc. at left, censored and charged "6k" on arrival, with oval "Harbin Doplatit", plus "6" in ms, additionally backstamped on arrival, fine and unusual war-time usage to Harbin, rare postage due marking | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #1491 RUSSIA 1914 Army Fieldpost Red Cross entire envelope, unused, v.f. | Price Realized $180.00 |
 | Lot #1492 RUSSIA 1915-18 five cards or covers franked with mostly Romanov stamps & canc. by German & Austrian fieldpost cancellations, used generally to Germany or Austria, also two 1k Romanov adhesives canc. "K.D.Feldpoststation" in red or black, v.f. | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1493 RUSSIA 1917 (3.11) registered cover from Kiev to Vladivostok (23.11), franked with 2k (imperf.), 5k and left half on 70k (handstamped Kharkov), also 7k Semi-Postals (block of four), fine-v.f., ex-Small collection, unusual early RSFSR franking | Unsold |
 | Lot #1494 RUSSIA 1917 1r brown & red, center double, one inverted, complete sheet of 50, n.h., v.f. and spectacular multiple  **Catalog #131a | Unsold |
 | Lot #1495 RUSSIA 1923 definitives (typographed), 4k carmine, imperforate horizontal pair, double impression, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #253var | Price Realized $190.00 |
 | Lot #1496 RUSSIA 1923 definitives (typographed), 2r imperf. single with double impression, also 5r horizontal strip of four, perf. Obrazets, all stamps with invalidating perfs, n.h., v.f. **S Catalog #291,293S | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #1497 RUSSIA 1927 8k surcharges on Postage Dues, six different with surcharges in inverted, 8k on 7k watermarked, balance unwatermarked, n.h., fine-v.f., signed Goznak ** Catalog #359/369var | Price Realized $2,900.00 |
 | Lot #1498 RUSSIA 1927 October Revolution, 5k deep brown, imperf., h.r., v.f. * Catalog #376a | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #1499 RUSSIA 1934 Lenin Mausoleum, 5k brown, imperf. single, n.h., v.f., with Museum handstamp on back ** Catalog #524a | Price Realized $400.00 |
 | Lot #1500 RUSSIA 1937 Pushkin, 10k yellow brown, imperforate upper right sheet corner margin single, n.h. and post office fresh, v.f., signed Ebnet. A rare imperforate variety (not to be confused with the color proof) ** Catalog #590var | Price Realized $14,000.00 |
 | Lot #1501 RUSSIA 1937 Pushkin, 50k blue, imperforate upper left sheet corner margin single, n.h. and post office fresh, v.f., signed Ebnet. A rare imperforate variety (not to be confused with the color proof) ** Catalog #593var | Price Realized $13,500.00 |
 | Lot #1502 RUSSIA 1941 Militia, left sheet margin horizontal pair, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #859 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1503 RUSSIA 1941 Militia, right sheet margin block of four, n.h. and post office fresh, one stamp with natural gum wrinkles, v.f. **Catalog #859 | Price Realized $2,500.00 |
 | Lot #1504 RUSSIA 1948 Ostrovsky, imperforate singles, set of three, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #1227-29var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1505 RUSSIA 1949 Lenin Mausoleum souvenir sheet, n.h., usual gum wrinkles, fresh, v.f. **Catalog #1327a | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #1506 RUSSIA 1950 Skyscrapers, complete set in blocks of four, n.h., v.f. **Catalog #1518-25 | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
 | Lot #1507 RUSSIA 1965 unissued design (hand colored) for the Heroic Cities 1941-45, with appropriate signatures and official handstamps on back, probably unique E | Unsold |
 | Lot #1508 RUSSIA 1967 International Woman's Day, 4k unadapted design, large multicolor die essay (28x28) mounted in a presentation folder, showing three different women representing Africa, Asia and Europe, also with a 4k black photo proof, this one with women from Africa, Vietnam and Europe, artist signed, with 1966 official handstamps on back, v.f. and interesting illustration of changing politics in the Soviet Union (the original Asian Woman was replaced with a Vietnamese woman because of shifting sentiments between USSR and China. The issued design is neutral) E Catalog #3301E | Unsold |
