U.S. & Worldwide; Vladivistok Collection of Russia; A. Cronin Collection
September 16-17, 2009 and September 22-24, 2009
| Images | Description | Current 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,  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) O 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. | 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, (*)*O 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)  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) 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 **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+) **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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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. | 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 | 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 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 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 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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. | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 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. | 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 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 | 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 | 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) | 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. 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) | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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.  **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. */**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 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 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 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 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. **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 *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 |
