U.S. & Worldwide; Vladivistok Collection of Russia; A. Cronin Collection
September 16-17, 2009 and September 22-24, 2009
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #1574 SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues 1951 Lenin, 40k variety imperf. at right (l.h.), also 1r variety imperf. at left (n.h. with slight gum disturbances), fine-v.f., * Catalog #1509-1510Pa Catalog Value $1,615 | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #1575 SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues 1951 Scientists, 40k variety imperf. at right, horizontal raster, n.h., faint gum toning, otherwise v.f. and rare, ** Catalog #1552IPa Catalog Value $1,290 | Price Realized $650.00 |
 | Lot #1576 SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues 1951 Vasnetsov's "Three Heroes", 1r variety imperf. at top, cancelled to order, v.f., O Catalog #1563Pa Catalog Value $1,615 | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #1577 SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues 1951 34th Anniversary of the October Revolution, 1r variety imperf. at bottom, used, fine, O Catalog #1565Pa Catalog Value $1,775 | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #1578 SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues 1951 Great Projects of Communism, 20k top sheet margin single, variety imperf. at right, used, v.f., O Catalog #1566Pa Catalog Value $805 | Price Realized $400.00 |
 | Lot #1579 SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues 1951 Volkhov Hydro-Electric Station, 40k horizontal pair, variety imperf. at right, cancelled to order, v.f., O Catalog #1578Pa Catalog Value $1,030 | Price Realized $575.00 |
 | Lot #1580 SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues 1952 Czechoslovakian Republic, 1r variety imperf. at right, h.r., v.f. and rare unused, * Catalog #1576Pa Catalog Value $2,260 | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #1581 SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues 1952 Speed skating, 40k variety imperf. at bottom, l.h., few natural toned specks on gum, fine (a simlar but n.h. example sold for $3,737 at the Shtern sale) * Catalog #1584Pa Catalog Value $1,775 | Price Realized $1,200.00 |
 | Lot #1582 SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues 1952 Cross Country Skiing, 60k variety imperf. at top, cancelled to order, v.f. O Catalog #1585Pa | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #1583 SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues 1952 Constitution, 40k Chess, variety imperf. at top, used, v.f., rare, O Catalog #1593Pa Catalog Value $1,770 | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #1584 SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues 1952 Medals of the U.S.S.R., 2r variety imperf. at right, used, fine O Catalog #1610var | Price Realized $625.00 |
 | Lot #1585 SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues 1952 Odoyevski, 40k sheet margin single, variety imperf. at bottom, used, v.f., O Catalog #1621Pa Catalog Value $640 | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #1586 SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues 1952 Odoyevski, 40k gray black and red orange, variety imperf. at right, n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #1621Pb Catalog Value $1,775 | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #1587 SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues 1953 Stalin Peace Medal, 40k variety imperf. at right, n.h., few minor gum bends, v.f., ** Catalog #1630Pa Catalog Value $2,260 | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #1588 SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues 1953 Volga-Don Canal, two different varieties, incl. 40k imperf. at top and another, imperf. at bottom, used, fine-v.f., O Catalog #1634-1635Pa Catalog Value $1,550 | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #1589 SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues 1953 Volga-Don Canal, 40k variety imperf. at bottom, left margin single, l.h., v.f. and rare (a similar copy sold for $2,645 in our March 2008 sale) * Catalog #1638Pa Catalog Value $1,290 | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #1590 SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues 1953 Tolstoy, 1r variety imperf. at left, n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #1641Pa Catalog Value $1,290 | Price Realized $650.00 |
 | Lot #1591 SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues 1953 50th Anniversary of the Communist Party, 40k Lenin, red inscriptions (top and bottom) double, bottom margin single, n.h., v.f., unlisted variety, only one sheet of 72 is believed to exist, with 2005 Raritan guarantee ** Catalog #1646var | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #1592 SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues 1953 definitives, 10k gray black, bottom left sheet margin block of eight (2x4), dramatically displaced and partially doubled perforations, also a single with perfs omitted at right, probably as a result of a shift, n.h., fine  **Catalog #1655var | Price Realized $425.00 |
 | Lot #1593 SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues 1954 Elections to the Supreme Soviet, 40k "dot on building" variety, n.h., v.f. (Liapine cat. Euro 250) ** Catalog #1660var | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #1594 SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues 1954 Chkalov (Aviator), 50k perf. 12 1/2x12, two top sheet margin blocks of four, n.h., v.f. **Catalog #1661A | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #1595 SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues 1954 Chkalov (Aviator), 50k variety imperf. at bottom, small h.r., v.f. and rare, * Catalog #1661Pa Catalog Value $2,580 | Price Realized $1,700.00 |
 | Lot #1596 SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues 1954 Stalin, 40k variety imperf. at left, cancelled to order, v.f., O Catalog #1667Pa Catalog Value $2,260 | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #1597 SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues 1954 300th Anniversary of the Russia-Ukraine Union, 2r variety imperf. at right, n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #1668Pb Catalog Value $1,290 | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #1598 SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues 1954 300th Anniversary of the Russia-Ukraine Union, 40k variety imperf. at left, n.h., minor ink offsets on reverse, v.f., ** Catalog #1671Pa Catalog Value $1,290 | Price Realized $800.00 |
 | Lot #1599 SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues 1954 Sport, 40k Sailing, right margin horizontal pair imperf. between, h.r., v.f., * Catalog #1678var Catalog Value $1,935 | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #1600 SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues 1954 Sport, 40k Running, double impression of the black color, block of four, n.h., v.f. and rare multiple, with 2005 Raritan guarantee (catalogue value for singles) **Catalog #1682Ta Catalog Value $580 | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #1601 SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues 1954 Agriculture, 40k variety imperf. at bottom, cancelled to order, fine O Catalog #1688Pa | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #1602 SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues 1954 Glinka, 40k variety imperf. at left (l.h.), also anoher variety imperf. at top, cancelled to order, fine *O Catalog #1689Pa | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #1603 SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues 1954 37th Anniversary of the October Revolution, 1r horizontal strip of four, variety imperf. at left, n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #1703Pa Catalog Value $1,290 | Price Realized $575.00 |
 | Lot #1604 SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues 1954 Kazan University, 60k variety imperf. at bottom, n.h., marginal security punch, v.f., ** Catalog #1705Pa Catalog Value $805 | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #1605 SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues 1955 Venezianov (Painter), 1r vertical pair imperf. between, hinged at top, v.f. and rare, * Catalog #1748var Catalog Value $2,895 | Price Realized $1,300.00 |
 | Lot #1606 SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues 1955 Savitsky souv. sheets, four sets Type I, various paper and gum varieties, also Type II (text in black variety "A" under "T" of "let") two red and one black inscriptions, n.h., tiny corner creases, otherwise v.f., **Catalog #Block 15-16,15Ta, 16Ta Catalog Value $1,950 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #1607 SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues 1956 Krylov, 40k line perf. 12 1/2, top margin single, n.h., v.f., rare, especially in this condition, with 2008 Buchsbayew cert. (a similar stamp realized $4,600 in the Shtern sale), ** Catalog #1763A Catalog Value $4,020 | Price Realized $3,750.00 |
 | Lot #1608 SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues 1956 All-Union Agricultural Fair, 1r variety imperf. at right, l.h. and pencil notation in margin, v.f. * Catalog #1787var | Price Realized $675.00 |
 | Lot #1609 SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues 1956 Arkhipov (Painter), 40k variety imperf. at bottom, unused without gum, minor stains, otherwise fine and rare, (*) Catalog #1792Pa Catalog Value $3,230 | Price Realized $2,100.00 |
 | Lot #1610 SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues 1956 Ibsen, 40k variety imperf. at top, used, v.f., O Catalog #1857Pa Catalog Value $1,265 | Price Realized $800.00 |
 | Lot #1611 SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues 1956 30th Anniversary of Shatura Power Station, 40k double impression of the red brown color at bottom, top margin single, n.h., v.f., only one sheet of 72 was printed (Liapine Cat. No.1916(P1), Euro 1,200) ** Catalog #1868var | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #1612 SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues 1957 Ice Hockey World Championship, line perf. 12 1/2, cplt set in blocks of four, n.h., v.f. **Catalog #1890-1892var | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #1613 SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues 1957 World Youth Festival, imperf., complete set in marginal blocks of four, n.h., v.f. **Catalog #1900-1904 | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #1614 SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues 1957 Fauna, 10k green omitted, n.h., fine, with 2008 Buchsbayew cert., ** Catalog #1906Ta Catalog Value $570 | Price Realized $675.00 |
 | Lot #1615 SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues 1957 A.N. Bach (Soviet Biochemist), 40k variety, imperf. at right, h.r., marginal crease, otherwise v.f. and rare, with 2007 Buchsbayew cert., * Catalog #1919Pa Catalog Value $2,420 | Price Realized $1,800.00 |
 | Lot #1616 SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues 1957 250th Anniversary of Leningrad, 1r variety imperf. at left, n.h., few natural gum wrinkles, v.f. ** Catalog #1932var | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #1617 SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues 1957 International Youth Games, three different varieties incl. 10k Wrestling, horizontal pair variety imperf. at right (n.h.), 10k imperf. at right (l.h.) and 60k Javelin, variety imperf. at left, n.h., fine-v.f. */** Catalog #1941,1944var | Price Realized $650.00 |
 | Lot #1618 SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues 1957 International Youth Games, 60k Javelin, two vertical pairs imperf. between, one also imperf. at bottom (unused without gum), other n.h., v.f.. **(*) Catalog #1944var Catalog Value $3,528 | Price Realized $1,600.00 |
 | Lot #1619 SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues 1957 Bolshoi Theatre, 1r imperf. sheet margin single, used with additional franking on 40k stationery entire, registered from the Antarctic (11.12.58) to Moscow, v.f., with arrival 26.6.59 cds. A rarity  Catalog #1954Pa | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #1620 SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues 1957 Moscow Festival, 1r variety imperf. at top, l.h., v.f., * Catalog #1955Pa Catalog Value $1,280 | Price Realized $675.00 |
 | Lot #1621 SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues 1957 Sputnik Circling Globe, 40k horizontal pair, variety imperf. at bottom, n.h., v.f. and rare multiple (catalogue value for singles) ** Catalog #2000Pb Catalog Value $2,565 | Price Realized $1,600.00 |
 | Lot #1622 SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues 1957 Meteor, 40k vertical block of six, variety top stamps imperf. at bottom, cancelled to order, v.f. Catalog #2002Pa | Price Realized $425.00 |
 | Lot #1623 SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues 1957 Meteor, 40k vertical cross gutter block of six, single instead of double vertical perforations between stamps, used, v.f., ex-Shtern (where it sold for $2,645) Catalog #2002var | Price Realized $1,600.00 |
 | Lot #1624 SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues 1957 200th Anniversary of the Academy of Arts, 40k variety imperf. at bottom, l.h., faint red ink marks on left perforations, otherwise fine and rare, * Catalog #2004Pa Catalog Value $2,245 | Price Realized $1,300.00 |
 | Lot #1625 SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues 1957 Ermolova, two different varieties incl. 40k variety imperf. at right (n.h.), plus imperf. at top (used), v.f., **O Catalog #2012Pa-b Catalog Value $2,420 | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #1626 SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues 1957 Ermolova, 40k variety, missing "M.H. Ermolova" at right (color omitted), bottom sheet margin single, n.h., v.f. and rare, ex-Shtern (where it sold for $4,025), with 2008 Buchsbayew cert. ** Catalog #2012var | Price Realized $2,700.00 |
 | Lot #1627 SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues 1958 Union Industrial Exhibition, 60k imperf. horizontal pair, unused without gum as issued, v.f. (catalogue value for singles) (*) Catalog #2021Pa Catalog Value $2,905 | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #1628 SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues 1958 Chi Pai-shih (Chinese Painter), 40k line perf. 12 1/2, top margin block of four, n.h., "12 1/2" pencil notations on gum, v.f. and rare multiple, ex-Shtern (where it realized $920) **Catalog #2024A | Price Realized $850.00 |
 | Lot #1629 SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues 1958 Gorky, 40k line perf. 12 1/2, top margin horizontal pair, n.h., v.f. (catalogue value for singles) ** Catalog #2044A Catalog Value $775 | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #1630 SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues 1958 Komsomol Congress, 40k vertical pair, imperf. between and at bottom, n.h., few natural gum wrinkles, n.h. and rare, ** Catalog #2045var Catalog Value $2,885 | Price Realized $1,700.00 |
 | Lot #1631 SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues 1958 Komsomol Congress, 40k varieties, two different including imperf. at bottom and at right, n.h., the former hinged with slight adhesions, the latter n.h. with natural gum wrinkles, fine-v.f., */** Catalog #2045Pa-b Catalog Value $2,085 | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #1632 SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues 1958 Spasski Tower, 60k comb perf. 12 1/2:12, n.h., v.f., with 2008 Buchsbayew cert., ** Catalog #2046A Catalog Value $635 | Price Realized $600.00 |
 | Lot #1633 SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues 1958 Komensky, 40k varieties, imperf. at bottom and another imperf. at right, n.h., the former with marginal security punch, v.f. and rare ** Catalog #2051Pa-b Catalog Value $2,240 | Price Realized $1,200.00 |
 | Lot #1634 SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues 1958 Lenin, 60k variety imperf. at top, n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #2053Pa Catalog Value $960 | Price Realized $575.00 |
 | Lot #1635 SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues 1958 Karl Marx, 1r variety imperf. at bottom, l.h., v.f., * Catalog #2060Pa Catalog Value $960 | Price Realized $650.00 |
 | Lot #1636 SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues 1958 Radio Day (May 7), 40k line perf. 12 1/2, right margin vertical, n.h., fine and extremely rare (catalogue value for singles) ** Catalog #2063A Catalog Value $9,675 | Price Realized $8,500.00 |
 | Lot #1637 SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues 1958 Congress of Communist Countries, 40k Flags, green omitted, n.h., v.f., with 2008 Buchsbayew cert. ** Catalog #2065var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1638 SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues 1958 Airliner and Globe, 40k without inscriptions ( black and red omitted), n.h., v.f. and rare. Only one sheet of 100 was discovered in the Orenburg Post Office, ex-Shtern (where it sold for $5,750), with 2008 Buchsbayew cert., **O Catalog #2099var Catalog Value $4,840 | Price Realized $3,750.00 |
 | Lot #1639 SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues 1958 Crimea Observatory, 40k line perf. 12 1/2, block of four, n.h., v.f., scarce in blocks, ex-Shtern **Catalog #2105A | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1640 SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues 1958 Crimea Observatory, 40k vertical pair imperf. between, perf. 12 1/2, minor abrasions, otherwise v.f., * Catalog #2105APa Catalog Value $1,615 | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #1641 SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues 1958 International Astronomical Union, 60k left sheet margin block of four, bottom right stamp with "UAU" instead of "UAJ" variety, n.h., v.f., **Catalog #2106Ka Catalog Value $1,120 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #1642 SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues 1958 Definitives, 60k Steel Worker, variety imperf. at top, l.h. in margin (stamp n.h.), v.f., * Catalog #2134Pa Catalog Value $965 | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #1643 SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues 1958 Capitals, 40k Baku, variety imperf. at top, sheet margin at left, n.h. but with gum loss at top, v.f., * Catalog #2148Pa Catalog Value $965 | Price Realized $625.00 |
 | Lot #1644 SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues 1958 Capitals, 40k Riga, variety imperf. at top, with sheet margin at right, n.h. but with some marginal gum loss, v.f., ** Catalog #2151Pa Catalog Value $705 | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #1645 SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues 1958 Capitals, 40k Riga, variety imperf. at left, n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #2151Pb Catalog Value $1,185 | Price Realized $575.00 |
 | Lot #1646 SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues 1958 Capitals, 40k Tallinn, sheet margin single, variety imperf. at bottom, cancelled to order, v.f., O Catalog #2156Pb Catalog Value $960 | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #1647 SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues 1958 41st Anniversary of the October Revolution, 1r vertical pair variety imperf. at top, n.h., bottom stamp with some black offsets on gum (not affecting variety), v.f., ** Catalog #2169Pa Catalog Value $2,245 | Price Realized $1,200.00 |
 | Lot #1648 SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues 1958 Ordzhonikidze, 40k brown. variety yellow omitted, n.h., v.f., ex-Shtern, with 2008 Buchsbayew cert., ** Catalog #2173Ta Catalog Value $385 | Price Realized $425.00 |
 | Lot #1649 SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues 1958 Animals, 25k Tiger, block of four, variety imperf. at top, n.h., v.f., **Catalog #2241Pa Catalog Value $3,170 | Price Realized $2,100.00 |
 | Lot #1650 SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues 1958 E. Sharents (Armenian Poet) 40k sepia, vertical pair imperf. between, l.h., v.f., * Catalog #2934var Catalog Value $1,765 | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #1651 SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues 1958 North Pole souvenir sheet of four, red color omitted from the top two stamps, n.h. with natural partially omitted gum at top, v.f. and previously unrecorded variety **Catalog #Bl. 29var | Price Realized $3,250.00 |
 | Lot #1652 SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues 1958 Russian Industry, 40k Voroshilovgrad, n.h., fine. This stamp was never issued because on March 5, 1958, the city's name reverted to its original name of Lugansk, ** Catalog #XX Catalog Value $1,450 | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #1653 SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues 1959 Darwin, 40k line perf. 12 1/2, horizontal pair, n.h., v.f. and extremely rare (catalogue value for singles) (this pair last sold in our March 2008 for $4,312) ** Catalog #2189A Catalog Value $4,515 | Price Realized $3,000.00 |
 | Lot #1654 SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues 1959 Shalom Aleichem, 40k line perf. 12 1/2, n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #2192A Catalog Value $258 | Price Realized $170.00 |
 | Lot #1655 SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues 1959 Basketball (Chile overprint) 1r variety imperf. at top, n.h., v.f. and rare, signed Mikulski (catalogue value for hinged) ** Catalog #2193Pa Catalog Value $4,035 | Price Realized $2,600.00 |
 | Lot #1656 SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues 1959 Forest Animals, 25k Siberian Horse, vertical pair imperf. between, cancelled to order, few minor faults, otherwise v.f., signed Buchsbayew, O Catalog #2240var Catalog Value $2,580 | Price Realized $2,000.00 |
 | Lot #1657 SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues 1959 Forest Animals, 40k Pine Marten, variety imperf. at left, n.h., v.f. and scarce (a similar copy sold for $1,265 in the Shtern sale) ** Catalog #2243Pa Catalog Value $1,290 | Price Realized $850.00 |
 | Lot #1658 SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues 1959 Khrushchev's Visit to the U.S., 60k variety imperf. at bottom, n.h., v.f., signed Buchsbayew, ** Catalog #2285Pa Catalog Value $1,290 | Price Realized $325.00 |
