U.S. & Worldwide; Vladivistok Collection of Russia; A. Cronin Collection
September 16-17, 2009 and September 22-24, 2009

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #710
RUSSIA
1744 ELIZABETH, Petrovna (1709-62), Empress of Russia from 1741, younger daughter of Peter the Great & Catherine I, 1744 royal decree headed "We Elizabeth I", with full seal, countersigned by various officials, some toning, otherwise fine, very rare
Price Realized
$1,200.00

Lot #711
RUSSIA
1832 NICHOLAS I (1796-1855), Tsar of Russia, 1825-55 despot and autocrat, absolutely opposed to all liberal reforms or independent thought. A document datelined St.Petersburg 11 February 1832 awarding order of "St.Anna Third Class", fine-v.f. and rare
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #712
RUSSIA
1858 10c brown and blue, full to clear margins all around, tied by a boxed Odessa 1858 postmark on an outer FL to Kokuny, fine number one on cover, signed Bloch,
Envelope
Catalog #1
Price Realized
$2,400.00

Lot #713
RUSSIA
1858 30k carmine & green, thick paper, watermarked "3", excellent colors, neat "Balta 20 Nov. 1865" canc., v.f. (Mi.4x)
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Catalog #4
Catalog Value €3,000
Price Realized
$1,500.00

Lot #714
RUSSIA
1859 (10 Aug) incoming FL from Paris to St.Petersburg, paying 1.10fr with French 10c, 20c and 80c Empire, red "Frankreich per Aachen Franco" transit and St.Petersburg arrival pmk, v.f.
Envelope
Price Realized
$525.00

Lot #715
RUSSIA
1864-75 1k-30k selection of 22 stamps incl. 3k block of four, 5k strip of five, 8k vertically laid paper (used), 30k vertically laid paper (used pair) etc., mixed condition, some faults or regummed,
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Catalog #Mi.9/26y
Catalog Value €1,700
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #716
RUSSIA
1918 Postal Savings Stamps, 5k brown orange, imperforate proof sheetlet of 25, printed on watermarked, gummed paper, background of rosettes, v.f., with penciled initials, probably unique (Liapine cat. Euro 50,000)
Box P
Price Realized
$18,000.00

Lot #717
RUSSIA
1918 Postal Savings Stamps, 10k red brown, imperforate proof sheetlet of 25, printed on watermarked, gummed paper, orange background of rosettes, v.f., with penciled initials, probably unique (Liapine cat. Euro 50,000)
Box P
Price Realized
$18,000.00

Lot #718
RUSSIA
1918 Chain breakers, 15k black, large die proof sheetlet on ungummed paper, marginal wrinkles, v.f., signed W.Pohl
P
Catalog #149E
Price Realized
$16,000.00

Lot #719
RUSSIA
1918 Chain breakers, proof of center only in yellow green, v.f., undoubtedly unique
P
Catalog #149E
Price Realized
$10,000.00

Lot #720
RUSSIA
1918 Chain breakers, proof of center only in orange brown, v.f., undoubtedly unique
P
Catalog #149E
Price Realized
$9,500.00

Lot #721
RUSSIA
1918 Chain breakers, proof of center only in carmine, v.f., undoubtedly unique
P
Catalog #149E
Price Realized
$9,500.00

Lot #722
RUSSIA
1918 Chain breakers, proof of center only in blue, v.f., undoubtedly unique
P
Catalog #149E
Price Realized
$11,500.00

Lot #723
RUSSIA
1918 Chain breakers, proof of center only in olive green, v.f., undoubtedly unique
P
Catalog #149E
Price Realized
$12,500.00

Lot #724
RUSSIA
1918 Chain breakers, proof of center only in red brown, v.f., undoubtedly unique
P
Catalog #149E
Price Realized
$9,500.00

Lot #725
RUSSIA
1922 5,000r surcharged in red on 5r gray blue, basic stamp double impression, h.r., v.f.
*
Catalog #198var
Unsold
Lot #726
RUSSIA
1924 definitives (lithographed), 30k violet, imperf. vertical sheet margin pair, double impression, one inverted (!), with invalidating horizontal perforations, n.h., v.f., rare
**
Catalog #263var
Price Realized
$250.00

Lot #727
RUSSIA
1924 definitives (typographed), 2k green, sheet margin block of 10, double impression, displaced diagonally, with shifted or invalidating horizontal perforations, n.h., v.f. and spectacular
Box **
Catalog #277var
Price Realized
$280.00

Lot #728
RUSSIA
1924 definitives (typographed), 3k horizontal strip of five, perf. Obrazets, 3r perf. 13 1/2, 5r imperf., all with invalidating horizontal perforations, also 1917 50k Arms, with displaced center, fine-v.f.
**
Catalog #278S,292,293var
Price Realized
$250.00

Lot #729
RUSSIA
1925 Popov, unissued 20k red brown, imperf. proof on thick cartridge paper, creased, fine appearance
E
Catalog #328E
Price Realized
$150.00

Lot #730
RUSSIA
1962 Hydroelectric Power Stations, 4k variety imperf. at bottom, n.h., v.f. (Standard 2712Pa; $2,250)
**
Catalog #2692var
Price Realized
$1,300.00

Lot #731
RUSSIA
1966 Luna-9, complete sheet of eight se-tenant strips of three, variety imperf. at left, n.h. and post office fresh, v.f. (listed only used in the Standard Catalogue, value $19,300+)
Box **
Catalog #3276avar
Price Realized
$8,500.00

Lot #2191
RUSSIA
1768 (18 Apr) FL with framed "St. Petersbourg" straight line handstamp, addressed to Marseilles, with various charge markings, fine
Envelope
Price Realized
$800.00

Lot #2192
RUSSIA
1769 (20 Aug) FL with unframed "St. Petersbourg" departure handstamp, part of the red wax seal on back, fine and rare
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #2193
RUSSIA
1807 (5.6) Napoleonic Army (four page) FL from Konigsberg (Kaliningrad) with red "No.3 Grande Armee" hs to Mme Barisson at Billom, Dept. Puy de Dome, France, written by a member of the Imperial Guard, fine
Envelope
Price Realized
$750.00

Lot #2194
RUSSIA
1852-1864 selection of four FLs from St.Petersburg to Aachen, New York and Paris, also incoming from Germany to Russia, correspondence of Heinrich Schliemann, the future discoverer of Troy, fine
Envelope
Price Realized
$260.00

Lot #2195
RUSSIA
1854-57 Moscow railway station, two FLs with boxed departure datestamps, one addressed to Heinrich Schliemann (famous archeologist and future discoverer of Troy), fine-v.f.
Envelope
Price Realized
$260.00

Lot #2196
RUSSIA
1857 10k brown & blue, margins all around, pen cancelled on piece, with Libau address handstamped at left, fine
O
Catalog #1
Price Realized
$280.00

Lot #2197
RUSSIA
1857 10k brown & blue, margins all around including portion of adjoining stamp at top, elaborate manuscript cancel, v.f.
O
Catalog #1
Price Realized
$400.00

Lot #2198
RUSSIA
1857 10k brown & blue, horizontal pair, margins all around, pen cancelled on piece, with partial arrival pmk showing, beautiful rich colors, v.f., signed Baete
O
Catalog #1
Price Realized
$1,400.00

Lot #2199
RUSSIA
1857 10k brown & blue, margins all around including portion of adjoining stamp at left, v.f.
O
Catalog #1
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #2200
RUSSIA
1861 (23 Mar) incoming FL from Glarus, Switzerland, franked with imperf. pair of 40r green (Sitting Helvetia), margins to just slightly in at top, Swiss Train 14 St.Gallen and Royal Wurttemberg TPO Train No.10 transits, Moscow (20 Mar) arrival pmks (note difference between Julian and Gregorian calendars), fine
Envelope
Price Realized
$425.00

Lot #2201
RUSSIA
1863 5k black & blue, two singles tied on piece by 18 Dec. 1868 pmk on piece, v.f., also a single cancelled "10" (Tsarskoye Selo), small faults, rare usage
O
Catalog #11
Price Realized
$400.00

Lot #2202
RUSSIA
1863 5k black & blue, cancelled by pen, also with "24" and affixed on locally used cover with Moscow 26 October 1864 arrival pmk on back, fine
Envelope
Catalog #11
Unsold
Lot #2203
RUSSIA
1866 3k green & black, "V" (instead of "3") background error, used in 1870 with additional 5k and 20k franking on FL from St.Petersburg to France, appropriate transit and arrival pmks, fine
Envelope
Catalog #20d
Unsold
Lot #2204
RUSSIA
1866 3k green & black, "V" (instead of "3") background error, used in 1870 with additional 5k and 10k franking on FL from Moscow to Amsterdam, appropriate transit and arrival pmks, minor flaws, otherwise fine
Envelope
Catalog #20d
Unsold
Lot #2205
RUSSIA
1870 (10.9) 10k stationery entire envelope, cancelled by "896" hexagon of dots pmk, with corresponding "Sta. Bryn" (Kaluga province) departure datestamp on back, sent to Zaraisk (Ryazan province), with arrival pmk, wax seal showing through on front, rare numeral dot cancel
Envelope
Price Realized
$240.00

Lot #2206
RUSSIA
1871 (5.11) 10 stationery entire envelope additionally franked with 1k and 3k, all cancelled by "1031" hexagon of dots pmk, with corresponding "Klodawa: Kalisz gub" departure datestamp, also "Franco" hs, sent via Kalisz and Breslau to Aurich, overall toning, fine and rare numeral dot cancel
Envelope
Price Realized
$675.00

Lot #2207
RUSSIA
1876 registered cover from Tishinsk to St.Petersburg, franked with 1k (horizontally laid) and 30k (vertically laid paper), tried by 30 May departure cds, paying correct double weight 31k rate (2x8k per lot +10k (registration fee) +5k receipt), with additional departure and arrival pmks on back, filing folds away from the stamps, fine
Envelope
Price Realized
$250.00

Lot #2208
RUSSIA
1877 registered cover from Setroretsk to St.Petersburg, franked with 1k, 8k, 10k and 20k (horizontally laid paper), all tried by departure datestamps, paying correct triple weight 39k rate (3x8k per lot +10k (registration fee) +5k receipt), with additional departure and arrival pmks on back, filing folds away from the stamps, back cover tears, fine four-color franking
Envelope
Price Realized
$525.00

Lot #2209
RUSSIA
1878 (13 Nov) stampless cover from Algiers, Algeria, sent via Marseilles to "Sa Majeste Imperiale L'Empereur de toutes les Russies" (his majesty the emperor of Russia - Tsar Alexander II at that time) arriving in Russia, with St.Petersburg Chancellery 9 Nov. 1878 (note differences between Julian and Gregorian calendars), triangular "T" (postage due) and red "P.P." handstamps, fine example of the Imperial Chancellery pmk
Envelope
Price Realized
$240.00

Lot #2210
RUSSIA
1884 7r black & orange, unused without gum, small defects, fine appearance,
(*)
Catalog #40
Catalog Value 1,000
Price Realized
$180.00

Lot #2211
RUSSIA
1889 5k red violet, imperf. horizontal pair, proof on pelure "government" (inscriptions) paper, fine
P
Catalog #49P
Price Realized
$525.00

Lot #2212
RUSSIA
1894 (7.6) St.Petersburg "XXXII" and 1897 (10.9) St.Petersburg "XXXIV" registered covers to USA and Austria, with rare St.Petersburg Telegraph markings, fine-v.f.
Envelope
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #2213
RUSSIA
1895 (19.7) double weight registered mourning envelope, franked on back with 10k and 20k, with complete intact Royal seal and St.Petersburg director of Chancellery postmark, addressed to the Grand Duke Michel Mikhailovitch of Russia in Langenschwalbach, Germany, fine example of the Imperial Chancellery pmk, with arrival cds
Envelope
Price Realized
$425.00

Lot #2214
RUSSIA
1898 (17.8) cover from Finland, with 7k franking, posted aboard ship, with Turku Abo cds, addressed to a military camp in Russia, with oval "Polewaya Pochta na Manevrach" (Fieldpost on maneuvers) datestamp on arrival, fine
Envelope
Price Realized
$425.00

Lot #2215
RUSSIA
1906 5r dark blue & green, perf. 11 1/2, sheet margin single, l.h. in selvage only, stamp n.h., v.f.,
**
Catalog #71a
Catalog Value $500
Price Realized
$425.00

Lot #2216
RUSSIA
1910-32 Esperanto, three items incl. card written by its inventor, Dr. L.L. Zamenhof (Warszawa, 1910), plus two covers bearing the special stamp issued in his honor, and a cachet used in 1932, fine
Envelope
Price Realized
$240.00

Lot #2217
RUSSIA
1913 Romanov Issue, large registered letter franked with 13x5r, also single 1k and 50k, plus 20k Arms (a total of 65.71r), actually an insured letter transmitting the astounding sum of 41,493 rubles (equivalent of US $20,746.50 at that time) from Warszawa (30.6.14), the Main Administration of the Zemstvo Credit Society to its branch in Plock, weight indicated on back (55 2/3 lot = 712,24gr, postage 3.46r, commission: 15k per 100r = 62.25r for a total of 65.71r), with red wax seals (one intact) on back, creases and some toning, an incredible cover
Envelope
Catalog #104
Price Realized
$8,000.00

Lot #2218
RUSSIA
1914 World War I "mute" postmarks, collection of nine different covers or cards used from Estonia, Latvia, Kingdom of Poland and Ukraine, two from the Nobel (of Nobel Peace Prize fame) company, mounted and written up on pages, with registration markings of Revel, Libava, frankings include Romanov and Arms issues, fine-v.f.
Envelope
Price Realized
$575.00

Lot #2219
RUSSIA
1918 issue, 5x70k red brown, paying 3.50r on registered parcel card, used 14.3.19 from Leysk to Riga, with "Daugawgrihwa Bolderaja" (18.3) transit and arrival (10.4) pmks on back, fine and scarce
Envelope
Catalog #150
Price Realized
$1,500.00

Lot #2220
RUSSIA
1918-21 suspended mail, four covers, two registered from London to Moscow, each with "Service Suspended" and boxed "undeliverable for reasons stated" and "to be returned to sender" handstamps, another from Los Angeles to Petrograd, with special postal label ("mail for Roumania and Russia, except Finland.. Return to sender", plus 1921 registered cover from Starodoube to Chicago, with erroneous application of "returned to sender for the reason that the registry service is suspended" (actually returned because addressee could not be found), fine
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #2221
RUSSIA
1918-21 Postal Savings stamps used as regular postage, three parcel cards, two franked with 4x10k each, used from Tashkent and Moscow, another from Tashkent to Samara, franked with 100r, also a cover with 3x5k and 2x10k to Simbirsk
Envelope
Price Realized
$400.00

Lot #2222
RUSSIA
1921 (27.10) registered cover from Bukhara to Zurich, sent without stamps but endorsed on backflap "Pocht. zbor 2,000p pocht. Ivanov" ("postal rate levied 2,000r in cash - Postmaster Ivanov"), with Staraya Bukhara label, Moscow (12.11) transit, also censor datestamp and Zurich (20.11) arrival pmks, rare provisional usage, taking a total of 24 days, excellent timing considering the distance and means of communications available in the Bukharan People's Soviet Republic (this cover is mentioned in "The Rossica Journal" No.78, page 56)
Envelope
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #2223
RUSSIA
1921 two registered covers, one franked with 3x250r and 1,000r, sent from Moscow to Romania, the other franked on back with 10x1,000r, used from Kazan, via Moscow to Austria, minor faults, mostly fine-v.f.
Envelope
Catalog #189,190
Price Realized
$525.00

Lot #2224
RUSSIA
1922 (16.2) registered cover from Golyj Karamysch (in the province of the Volga Germans), franked on back with gutter pane of 40x250r (paying 10,000r: 5,000r foreign letter, plus 5,000r registry fee), used via New York to Akron Ohio, with 28.3.22 arrival pmk, usual weak, otherwise fine and impressive letter (see article in "The Postrider", No.8, pages 50-61)
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #2225
RUSSIA
1922 (23.10) registered cover from Petrograd to USA, franked on both sides with a combination of Imperial (10x14k, plus a single 10r) and RSFSR stamps (4x5,000r, 2x7,500r, 8x22,500r, plus pairs of 100+100r and 250+250r surcharges), usual faults and cover wear, otherwise fine, with arrival pmk
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #2226
RUSSIA
1922 (11.7) registered cover from Murmansk to a naval offices in England, franked on both sides with a combination of Imperial 7x2k imperf. (=140,000r), RSFSR franking, 7x5,000r and 10x22,500r (total of 400,000r, correct rate for foreign registered mail), with Portsmouth (24.7) arrival and redirected to Ascension Island and from there back to England. A well travelled cover to a most unusual destination, minor faults notwithstanding
Envelope
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #2227
RUSSIA
1922 (10.5) registered mourning cover from Uman to Austria, franked on back with top or bottom portions of stamps adding to a total of 300,000r, hence short paid 100,000r for a registered surface letter, with Moscow (7.6) transit pmk, Uman registration filled in by hand, fine and interesting item
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #2228
RUSSIA
1922 inflation, study of the manuscript cash payment provisional markings, selection of 10 covers, used in different Ukrainian towns paying 40r-30,000r, official notations by the local postmasters incl. "no stamps available, 10,000r paid in cash" (used from Ladyshin), others from Kamenka, Priluki, Rybnica, Dubossary, Ternowka etc., mostly sent via Moscow to Germany, with appropriate markings, fine and interesting lot
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #2229
RUSSIA
1922 (11.6) registered cover from Elendorf (German colony of Helendorf, Transcaucasia), levied 400,000r cash payment in manuscript on backflap, Moscow transit and Friedrichstadt arrival pmk on back, fine provisional marking
Envelope
Price Realized
$750.00

Lot #2230
RUSSIA
1922-23 5r on 20k, bottom sheet margin horizontal pair, basic stamp with dramatically shifted background, n.h., v.f.
**
Catalog #216var
Price Realized
$525.00

Lot #2231
RUSSIA
1923 (6.7) registered cover from Kharkov to Germany, franked with a combination of RSFSR and Ukrainian adhesives paying the correct rate for registered letter going abroad (300krb = 3r+17r), filing fold away from the stamps, fine-v.f., with Chemnitz arrival pmk
Envelope
Price Realized
$950.00

Lot #2232
RUSSIA
1923 100r orange red, cross gutter sheet of 100, showing corrected cliché, folded between stamps, also 70r in plate of 100r, five sheetlets of 25 (various shades), plus a block of nine, middle stamp being the error, n.h., fine-v.f.
Booklet **
Catalog #237,237a,b
Price Realized
$300.00

Lot #2233
RUSSIA
1923 70r instead of 100r, cliché in pane of 25, also showing the corrected cliché of 100r, fine-v.f.
Box */**
Catalog #237a
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #2234
RUSSIA
1924 definitives (lithographed), perforated 12, 1r brown, red & gray, horizontal pair with sheet margin at left, n.h., v.f., rare, signed Sam Ray
**
Catalog #259var
Price Realized
$550.00

Lot #2235
RUSSIA
1924 Lenin Mourning Issue, selection of 40+ covers or cards, franked with perf. and imperf. singles, sets, combinations with definitives and other stamps, used from Chita, Erevan, Poltava, Moscow, Annino, Minsk etc., sent to Germany, Switzerland, Persia, USA etc., mixed condition, some fascinating items, mostly fine
Envelope
Catalog #265/72
Price Realized
$950.00

Lot #2236
RUSSIA
1924 definitives (typographed), 3k, 7k, 8k, 20k, 30k, 1r, 2r, seven different horizontal strips of five, also 5r, two strips of three, all perforated "Obrazets", with additional invalidation perforations, fine-v.f.
S
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #2237
RUSSIA
1924 definitives (typographed), 15k lemon, two distinct shades, used, fine-v.f.
O
Catalog #287
Unsold
Lot #2238
RUSSIA
1925 Lomonosov, 3k (3) and 15k (4) perforated and gummed essays on thick, unwatermarked and gummed paper, fine-v.f.
*/**
Catalog #326-27E
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #2239
RUSSIA
1925 Lomonosov, 3k orange brown, imperf. proof on thick cartridge paper (with factory inscriptions on back), v.f.
P
Catalog #326P
Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #2240
RUSSIA
1925 Popov, unissued 20k imperf. proof in orange brown color, on thick cartridge paper (with factory inscriptions on back), v.f.
P
Catalog #329P
Price Realized
$250.00

Lot #2241
RUSSIA
1927 Esperanto (unwatermarked), imperf. sheet margin single, l.h., v.f.
*
Catalog #327var
Price Realized
$1,200.00

Lot #2242
RUSSIA
1928 presentation booklet with 81 different stamps including definitives, semi-postals, commemoratives, airpost and postage dues issued between 1925 and 1927, all adhered on pages with decorative borders (red brown), some front cover toning, otherwise fine-v.f., limited edition of 1,000, not many still intact
(*)
Unsold
Lot #2243
RUSSIA
1928 presentation booklet with 80 different stamps including definitives, semi-postals, commemoratives and postage dues issued between 1925 and 1927, all adhered on pages with decorative borders (dark blue), some front cover toning, otherwise fine-v.f., limited edition of 1,000, not many still intact
(*)
Unsold
Lot #2244
RUSSIA
1928 8k Red Army soldier, imperf. sheet margin single, cut close at upper left, otherwise fine, rare
O
Catalog #402a
Price Realized
$400.00

Lot #2245
RUSSIA
1928 registered cover franked with 28k green, variety showing deformed "C" of "CCCP", used in 1930 on registered cover from Sevastopol to Switzerland, fine, with Bern (27.6) arrival pmk
Envelope
Catalog #405var
Price Realized
$270.00

Lot #2246
RUSSIA
1928 (27.2) registered cover franked on back with 28k green, variety showing deformed "C" of "CCCP", used via Kiev to New York, filing fold away from the stamp, fine, with arrival pmk
Envelope
Catalog #405var
Price Realized
$300.00

Lot #2247
RUSSIA
1928-29 Lenin, 10r indigo, bottom sheet margin horizontal strip of eight, variety imperf. at right, n.h., fine
**
Catalog #408var
Price Realized
$1,100.00

Lot #2248
RUSSIA
1929 Pioneers, 10k brown, perf. 10 1/2 at bottom, h.r., v.f.
*
Catalog #411b
Unsold
Lot #2249
RUSSIA
1929-30 Industrial Production, 20k green, perf. 10 1/2, used, v.f.
O
Catalog #429var
Price Realized
$200.00

Lot #2250
RUSSIA
1929-30 Industrial Production, 20k green, perf. 10 1/2, used, v.f.
O
Catalog #429var
Price Realized
$200.00

Lot #2251
RUSSIA
1932 5k stationery card, additionally franked with diagonal bisect of 10k, paying 10k from Zaporozhye to Kiev, fine usage of this rare Soviet bisect, with arrival pmk
Envelope
Catalog #440var
Price Realized
$550.00

Lot #2252
RUSSIA
1932-33 Moscow & Leningrad Exhibition two sets of four, also an additional 15k of first, l.h., fine-v.f.,
*
Catalog #485-88
Catalog Value $495
Price Realized
$260.00

Lot #2253
RUSSIA
1933 Baku Commissars, 4k gray brown, perforated and gummed trial color proof, fine
P
Catalog #519P
Price Realized
$550.00

Lot #2254
RUSSIA
1933 Baku Commissars, 5k gray, horizontal bottom sheet margin pair imperf. vertically, n.h., v.f., rare (a hinged pair $6,250 plus commission in our May 2008 auction)
**
Catalog #520var
Unsold
Lot #2255
RUSSIA
1933 Baku Commissars, 5k gray, elongated size with additional "5k" at top, unfortunately with trimmed perforations all around, fine appearance
O
Catalog #520var
Price Realized
$200.00

Lot #2256
RUSSIA
1933 Baku Commissars, 20k violet, vertical sheet margin pair, variety imperf. at bottom, cancelled to order, v.f.
O
Catalog #521var
Price Realized
$750.00

Lot #2257
RUSSIA
1933-44 selection of eight different "imperf." varieties, all fantails, unfortunately with clipped perforations, fine-v.f.
*O
Price Realized
$550.00

Lot #2258
RUSSIA
1937-41 5k red brown, block of four, n.h., fine-v.f.
Box **
Catalog #615A
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #2259
RUSSIA
1937-41 40k Lenin, two sheet margin imperf. singles, from the opposite sides of the sheet, h.r., v.f.
*
Catalog #619var
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #2260
RUSSIA
1938 North Pole, 10k brown & black, two varieties, each with shifted background, cancelled to order, fine-v.f.
O
Catalog #625var
Price Realized
$1,900.00

Lot #2261
RUSSIA
1938 presentation booklet with 35 different stamps including definitives and commemoratives, all adhered on pages, hard cover binding without indication of number issued, fine-v.f., rare
(*)
Catalog #629/705
Unsold
Lot #2262
RUSSIA
1939 30k on 4k unwatermarked, l.h., v.f.
*
Catalog #743a
Price Realized
$160.00

Lot #2263
RUSSIA
1939-43 30k Flier, two distinct issues, one sheet margin block of four, vertical perforations shifted to left, other lower left sheet corner margin block of six, spectacular fold-over variety with errant perforations, fine and unusual lot
Box *
Catalog #736var
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #2264
RUSSIA
1941 National Militia, 30k dark blue, two copies, one h.r., other n.h., v.f.
*/**
Catalog #859
Price Realized
$220.00

Lot #2265
RUSSIA
1944-45 various issues, three different fantails, imperf. at top, right or left, all cancelled to order, fine-v.f.
O
Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #2266
RUSSIA
1946 Industry, 10k green, vertical pair imperf. between, used, v.f.
O
Catalog #1076var
Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #2267
RUSSIA
1949 Sanatoria, 30k brown, variety imperf. horizontally, l.h. at top, v.f.
*
Catalog #1166var
Unsold
Lot #2268
RUSSIA
1957 25k Wrestlers, variety imperf. at right, l.h., little offsets on margin, v.f.
*
Catalog #1964var
Unsold
Lot #2269
RUSSIA
1975-76 Flowers, 2k and 4k imperforate singles, the latter with shifted background, n.h., fine-v.f.
**
Catalog #4394,4506var
Price Realized
$475.00

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