U.S. & Worldwide; Vladivistok Collection of Russia; A. Cronin Collection
September 16-17, 2009 and September 22-24, 2009
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
| Lot #877 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS RUSSIAN AREA 1919-23 Transcaucasian Republics, accumulation on stock pages, with Armenia (115 stamps), Azerbaijan (88 stamps), Batum (35 stamps) and Georgia (84 stamps), used or unused, some duplication, minor faults noted, owner's (Scott's) catalogue $1,200+ *O | Price Realized $260.00 | |
| Lot #1862 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS RUSSIAN AREA 1918-44 balance of the collection with Far Eastern Republic, Siberia, with blocks, small varieties, gutter pairs, also Tanna Touva incl. color changes set of five, 1943-44 issue (seven diff.), many n.h., fine-v.f. */** | Price Realized $550.00 | |
| Lot #2411 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS RUSSIAN AREA 1800-1950 postal history, seven cartons with 7,500+, ranging from stampless covers, cards, picture postcards, postal stationery, with usages from every corner of the Russian and Soviet empires, Erevan to Sakhalin, Russian Europe and Asia, with occasional Offices in China and Turkish Empire, Poland, Moldavia, Transcaucasian Republics, Baltic countries, WWI and WWII censor markings, RSFSR including inflation issues, early and later air post, better pre-WWII Soviet frankings, both commemorative and regular issues, some incoming mail from various foreign countries, unusual destinations and combination frankings, virtually every single item acquired individually, many years ago, usually for a specific reason, some with a cost of up to $100, various explanatory notes, plus occasional foreign items, Latvia, Lithuania, Czechoslovakia, Hungary and many others. Truly a remarkable lot, deserving of a specialist  | Price Realized $35,000.00 | |
 | Lot #2412 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS RUSSIAN AREA 1875-1950 postal history, balance of various exhibits, with hundreds of covers and cards, generally well written up on pages, with early postal rates, two Zemstvo wrappers used 1884-85 from Vesegonsk, also four covers to Carl Schmidt, the great collector of Zemstvo; 1891 French Exhibition in Moscow, cover and card with the specially prepared postmarks, unusual delivery markings ("handed for delivery in the morning : Bialystok", "Lublin evening"), censored markings on incoming printed matter, Train mail of the Tsarskoye Selo and Baltic Railways, Travelling Post markings of the St.Petersburg Area, acceptance of registered mail in Moscow by automat ("special "accepted by automat" cachet), 1913 cover from the Russian organization in aid of the Eastern Orthodox allies in the First Balkan War (1912-13), World War I military post offices incl. Main Field Post Offices in Warszawa, Kiev, Kremenchug, Minsk, Smolensk, Radzivilov, 1922 ARA (American Relief Administration) cards with mixed RSFSR and US franking, early Sov | Price Realized $13,500.00 |
| Lot #2413 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS RUSSIAN AREA 1950-2000 modern Soviet Union and new republics, thousands of covers and cards in three cartons, occasional older material, with commercial mail, postal receipts, stationery, meter markings from Ukraine, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova etc. | Price Realized $2,800.00 |
