U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
April 29-30, 2009
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
| Lot #1208 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS RUSSIA 1857-79 balance of a specialized collection, neatly displayed and written-up in three beautiful albums, including No. 1(2), No.2 (two FLs), followed by Third, Fourth and Fifth issues, with 66 unused and 130+ used singles to 30k, with multiples, interesting postmarks and occasional plate flaws and varieties, also 41 covers or FLs including three-color frankings, destinations, single better rates to 30k, some faults noted, but generally fine-v.f. and a good opportunity to obtain a fine nucleus collection suitable for further study and expansion  *O | Price Realized $9,500.00 | |
| Lot #1209 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS RUSSIA 1858-1941 balance of consignment including used 1858 10k brown and blue (No.2), 1858-64 5k, 20k and 30k, 1866-79 selection of nine vertically laid paper, incl. 2x5k (one with PFC), also Soviet singles and sets, including 1924 15k yellow used (small crease, with PFC), 1925 Lenin, perf., with an additional 10r perf. variety, also imperf. pairs (used), 1932-33 Moscow and Leningrad Exhibition, l.h. (one 15k unused), 1937 Aviation Exhibition n.h. (one with disturbed gum) and 1941 Lenin Museum set of four, few minor faults noted, mostly fine and useful lot *O | Unsold | |
| Lot #1210 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS RUSSIA 1845-1893 stampless covers, group of 36 mostly from the Baltics and Ukraine, with different markings Odessa, Riga, Taganrog, Pernow, Libawa, also Czernowitz-Krakow to Odessa, Berdiansk, Mariupol, Kronshtadt, Kurland, Sevastopol, St.Petersburg, plus two additional items, one FL used in 1861 from Riga to Libau, with 10k franking, as well as 1884 5k stationery card used from Weisenstein (Estonia) to Germany, some official mail, different usages, mostly fine | Price Realized $550.00 | |
 | Lot #1211 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS RUSSIA 1897-1914 unused picture postcards, mostly turn of the Century issued for the benefit of St.Eugenia Red Cross Committee, depicting famous paintings, mostly from the Hermitage collection, also Russian poetry, art, great historical figures etc., many with museum handstamps, occasion toning, some in color, fine and rare group of 138 different | Unsold |
| Lot #1212 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS RUSSIA 1920-1992 collection of hundreds of covers, mostly registered with strength in RSFSR, some spectacular inflation and combination frankings, also 1920s-30s commemoratives and air post issues on commercial mail, some flight covers (example Scott's No.C34-35 on cover & card), Airfleet label on cover, Foreign Exchange, Dr.Brender correspondence (24 items), plus 1970-92 stationery, Space covers, special events covers, also a stock book with Imperial used stamps on pieces, good for study | Price Realized $1,700.00 | |
| Lot #1213 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS RUSSIA 1922-23 surcharges, specialized collection of close to 800 stamps (280 used), mounted on pages, with multiples, covers, errors incl. inverted and shifted surcharges, offsets, gutter and tete-beche, paper varieties, unissued items and much more, with many better and unusual items, scarce and interesting lot  *OCatalog #191-201var | Price Realized $2,500.00 | |
| Lot #1214 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS RUSSIA 1960-2003 complete sheets, accumulation of 1,673+ in carton, many cplt sets, few part sheets, n.h., v.f. **Catalog #2557/6738 | Unsold | |
| Lot #1215 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS RUSSIA 1960-79 issues in glassine envelopes, 10 of each incl. souv. sheets, many in blocks of four or pairs, n.h., v.f., **Catalog Value $ 2,743 | Price Realized $350.00 | |
| Lot #1216 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS RUSSIA 1960s-90s Russian Cosmonauts' autographs, duplicated collection of 1,150+ original signatures, mostly on 730+ Space-related covers, cards, FDCs, picture postcards, photographs and leaflets, with autographs of Yuri Gagarin (8), Komarov (5), Volkov (4), also Levchenko, Titov, Tereshkova, Bykovsky, Beregovoi, Popovich and many others, fine-v.f. and valuable assembly | Price Realized $9,500.00 | |
 | Lot #1217 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS RUSSIA 1961-1991 Plate varieties, collection of 277 complete sheets, with small to significant plate flaws clearly identified, with tremendous effort and study devoted to this task, covering regular issues and commemoratives, interesting lot ** | Unsold |
