U.S. & Worldwide; Vladivistok Collection of Russia; A. Cronin Collection
September 16-17, 2009 and September 22-24, 2009
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #1716 SOVIET UNION 1970-91 Issues 1970 Lenin, variety imperf. at right, n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #3751Pa Catalog Value $1,300 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #1717 SOVIET UNION 1970-91 Issues 1970 6k Pine Marten, error missing black and brown colors, horizontal pair, cancelled to order (with full original gum, n.h.), v.f., only one sheet (all cancelled to order) of this error was discovered, with 2001 Hovest and 2008 Buchsbayew certs (this pair last sold for $2,990 in our September 2008 auction) ** Catalog #3837var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1718 SOVIET UNION 1970-91 Issues 1971 Feodosia, variety imperf. at right, used, v.f. O Catalog #3896var | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #1719 SOVIET UNION 1970-91 Issues 1972 Sobinov, 10k unissued version, stamp with inscription at bottom "Narodnyj Artist CCCP", sheet margin single, n.h., v.f., with 1991 Diena cert., ** Catalog #4049var Catalog Value $3,900 | Price Realized $3,500.00 |
 | Lot #1720 SOVIET UNION 1970-91 Issues 1974 Paintings, 16k imperf. top sheet margin vertical pair, n.h., v.f. and rare (catalogue value for singles) ** Catalog #4360var Catalog Value $6,480 | Price Realized $3,250.00 |
 | Lot #1721 SOVIET UNION 1970-91 Issues 1975 Fairy Tales, 20k variety imperf. at bottom, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #4488var | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #1722 SOVIET UNION 1970-91 Issues 1975 Fairy Tales ((Palekh), 4k-20k se-tenant horizontal block of ten (two strips), variety imperf. between 4th and 5th stamps in both rows, also right margin, n.h., v.f.,  **Catalog #4484-4488var Catalog Value $2,400 | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #1723 SOVIET UNION 1970-91 Issues 1975 Art, 4k-20k se-tenant horizontal strip of five, variety imperf. at left, n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #4484-4488var Catalog Value $710 | Price Realized $400.00 |
 | Lot #1724 SOVIET UNION 1970-91 Issues 1976 Nametkin, 4k imperf. top left corner margin single, n.h., v.f., ex-Shtern (where it sold for $1,955) ** Catalog #4543var Catalog Value $2,590 | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #1725 SOVIET UNION 1970-91 Issues 1976 Resistance Movement, 6k blue omitted, n.h., v.f., ex-Shtern ** Catalog #4562var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1726 SOVIET UNION 1970-91 Issues 1976 25th Congress of the Communist Party, 4k "Industry", imperf. right sheet margin single, n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #4567var Catalog Value $1,945 | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #1727 SOVIET UNION 1970-91 Issues 1976 Airplanes, 16k variety, orange color omitted, sheet margin at bottom, n.h., v.f., with Pritula cert. ** Catalog #4594var | Price Realized $425.00 |
 | Lot #1728 SOVIET UNION 1970-91 Issues 1976 Flowers, 2k and 3k imperf. sheet margin singles, n.h., few slight offsets on gum, v.f., ** Catalog #4596-4597var Catalog Value $1,625 | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #1729 SOVIET UNION 1970-91 Issues 1976 4k Flowers, three imperf. singles, two with sheet margins, one with few colors omitted and another with colors shifted, n.h., few fingerprints on gum, fine-v.f., with 2007 Buchsbayew certs, ** Catalog #4598var Catalog Value $4,880 | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #1730 SOVIET UNION 1970-91 Issues 1978 New Constitution, 30k souvenir sheet, variety "blunt hammer" at upper left, n.h., v.f, with 2007 Raritan guarantee, ** Catalog #Bl.135Ka Catalog Value $485 | Price Realized $425.00 |
 | Lot #1731 SOVIET UNION 1970-91 Issues 1979 International Children's Year, 2k imperforate sheet margin horizontal gutter pair, n.h., natural offsets on back, v.f. (this pair was last sold for $2,185 in our May 2007 auction) ** Catalog #4928var | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #1732 SOVIET UNION 1970-91 Issues 1979 International Children's Year, 3k imperforate top sheet margin single, natural paper wrinkles, n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #4929var Catalog Value $2,600 | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #1733 SOVIET UNION 1970-91 Issues 1979 International Children's Year, 4k imperforate sheet margin single, n.h., v.f. and extremely rare, with 2007 Buchsbayew cert. This is one of the rarest of the modern Soviet imperfs, only a few known (last sold in our Sept. 2097 auction for $17,250) ** Catalog #4930var Catalog Value $8,785 | Price Realized $11,000.00 |
 | Lot #1734 SOVIET UNION 1970-91 Issues 1979 International Children's Year, 15k imperforate top sheet margin single, n.h., minor gum skips and wrinkles, otherwise v.f., ** Catalog #4931var Catalog Value $1,200 | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #1735 SOVIET UNION 1970-91 Issues 1979 Peace Program, 4k imperf. top sheet margin horizontal pair, used on cacheted First Day Cover (Dec 5), v.f.  Catalog #4951var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1736 SOVIET UNION 1970-91 Issues 1980 Moscow Olympics, horizontal pair, 16k+6k horizontal pair, value and "IIochta CCCP" omitted, n.h., slight gum disturbances, v.f. and rare unlisted variety, ex-Shtern (where it sold for $2,300), with 2008 Buchsbayew cert. ** Catalog #4993var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1737 SOVIET UNION 1970-91 Issues 1980 Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (French painter), 32k imperforate sheet corner margin horizontal pair, n.h., one stamp with paper creases, otherwise v.f., ** Catalog #5037var Catalog Value $7,125 | Price Realized $1,800.00 |
 | Lot #1738 SOVIET UNION 1970-91 Issues 1981 60th Anniversary of Abkhazian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, 4k imperforate sheet margin single, n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #5096var Catalog Value $1,790 | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #1739 SOVIET UNION 1970-91 Issues 1981 Adzar Republic, 4k imperf. vertical pair, n.h., v.f., with 2007 Buchsbayew cert. (catalogue value for singles) ** Catalog #5114var Catalog Value $4,230 | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #1740 SOVIET UNION 1970-91 Issues 1981 Sailing ships, 4k "Towarishch", imperf. corner sheet margin block of four, n.h., v.f. (catalogue value for singles) **Catalog #5162var Catalog Value $2,860 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #1741 SOVIET UNION 1970-91 Issues 1982 Nazym Khimet, 6k imperforate right sheet margin horizontal pair, n.h., v.f. (catalogue value for singles) ** Catalog #5193var Catalog Value $4,535 | Price Realized $1,200.00 |
 | Lot #1742 SOVIET UNION 1970-91 Issues 1982 Equestrian hurdles, 4k imperforate vertical pair, cancelled to order as always, n.h., natural gum wrinkles, v.f., with 2007 Buchsbayew cert. (catalogue value for singles) O Catalog #5198var Catalog Value $3,900 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1743 SOVIET UNION 1970-91 Issues 1982 6k Art (Lopuchina), imperforate horizontal pair, n.h., v.f., with 2007 Buchsbayew cert. (catalogue value for singles) ** Catalog #5211var Catalog Value $7,480 | Price Realized $2,100.00 |
 | Lot #1744 SOVIET UNION 1970-91 Issues 1982 Telephone, 4k, two different varieties, one with gold text omitted, the other with gold text shifted upwards (50%), n.h., v.f., unlisted and very rare, ex-Shtern, with 2008 Buchsbayew cert. ** Catalog #5249var | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #1745 SOVIET UNION 1970-91 Issues 1982 Garibaldi, 6k imperf. block of four with sheet margin at top, n.h., v.f. (catalogue value for singles) **Catalog #5257var Catalog Value $5,850 | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #1746 SOVIET UNION 1970-91 Issues 1982 Chess, 6k variety with white (instead of brown) border all around, n.h., v.f., ex-Shtern, with 2008 Buchsbayew cert., ** Catalog #5265Ta Catalog Value $315 | Price Realized $210.00 |
 | Lot #1747 SOVIET UNION 1970-91 Issues 1983 Lighthouse, 6k imperf. corner sheet margin single, n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #5294var Catalog Value $2,925 | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #1748 SOVIET UNION 1970-91 Issues 1983 Fyodor Tolstoy, 4k imperforate sheet margin single, n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #5296var Catalog Value $2,925 | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #1749 SOVIET UNION 1970-91 Issues 1983 65th Anniversary of the Armed Forces, 4k imperforate sheet margin single, n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #5297var Catalog Value $2,925 | Price Realized $1,600.00 |
 | Lot #1750 SOVIET UNION 1970-91 Issues 1983 Glider, 2k imperf. bottom sheet margin single, slightly disturbed gum at bottom, stamp n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #5299var Catalog Value $2,930 | Price Realized $1,700.00 |
 | Lot #1751 SOVIET UNION 1970-91 Issues 1983 Alexandrov, 4k imperf. sheet margin single, n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #5309var Catalog Value $2,600 | Price Realized $1,300.00 |
 | Lot #1752 SOVIET UNION 1970-91 Issues 1983 Rostov on Don, 4k imperforate sheet margin single, n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #5321var Catalog Value $1,780 | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #1753 SOVIET UNION 1970-91 Issues 1983 60th Anniversary of Buriat Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, 4k imperforate sheet margin single, n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #5322var Catalog Value $1,625 | Price Realized $1,200.00 |
 | Lot #1754 SOVIET UNION 1970-91 Issues 1983 Radio, 6k imperforate sheet margin single, n.h., faint fingerprints on gum, v.f., ** Catalog #5356var Catalog Value $4,880 | Price Realized $2,400.00 |
 | Lot #1755 SOVIET UNION 1970-91 Issues 1983 Lighthouses, 1k imperf. corner sheet margin pair, n.h., few fingerprints on gum, v.f. (catalogue value for singles) ** Catalog #5361var Catalog Value $3,250 | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #1756 SOVIET UNION 1970-91 Issues 1983 National Food Program, 5k imperforate vertical pair, n.h., v.f. (catalogue value for singles) ** Catalog #5374var Catalog Value $7,800 | Price Realized $2,000.00 |
 | Lot #1757 SOVIET UNION 1970-91 Issues 1983 A.W. Sidorenko (Geologist), 4k imperforate horizontal pair, n.h., v.f. (catalogue value for singles) ** Catalog #5378var Catalog Value $3,900 | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #1758 SOVIET UNION 1970-91 Issues 1983 Campaign Against Nuclear Weapons, 5k imperforate top sheet margin single, n.h., some fingerprints and tiny marginal stain, v.f., ** Catalog #5379var Catalog Value $3,250 | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #1759 SOVIET UNION 1970-91 Issues 1983 Campaign Against Nuclear Weapons, 5k imperforate, n.h., some fingerprints, v.f., ** Catalog #5379var Catalog Value $3,250 | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #1760 SOVIET UNION 1970-91 Issues 1983 Happy New Year, 5k imperforate sheet margin single, n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #5389var Catalog Value $1,950 | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #1761 SOVIET UNION 1970-91 Issues 1984 25th Anniversary of the Cuban Revolution, 5k imperforate vertical pair, n.h., minor fingerprints on gum, v.f. (catalogue value for singles) ** Catalog #5397var Catalog Value $2,405 | Price Realized $575.00 |
 | Lot #1762 SOVIET UNION 1970-91 Issues 1984 European Women's Skating Championships, 5k imperforate left sheet margin single, n.h., minor gum skips, v.f., ** Catalog #5398var Catalog Value $4,230 | Price Realized $1,800.00 |
 | Lot #1763 SOVIET UNION 1970-91 Issues 1984 World War II Tanks, 10k imperforate bottom right corner sheet margin horizontal pair, n.h., tiny gum marginal gum skips and wrinkles, v.f. (catalogue value for singles) ** Catalog #5403var Catalog Value $4,880 | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #1764 SOVIET UNION 1970-91 Issues 1984 Winter Olympics (Sarajevo), 10k and 20k imperforate, vertical sheet margin pairs, n.h., v.f., with 2007 Buchsbayew cert., ** Catalog #5405-5406var Catalog Value $9,760 | Price Realized $3,000.00 |
 | Lot #1765 SOVIET UNION 1970-91 Issues 1984 Moscow Zoo, Snow Leopard, 4k imperforate left sheet margin horizontal pair, n.h., v.f. (catalogue value for singles) ** Catalog #5410var Catalog Value $7,130 | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
 | Lot #1766 SOVIET UNION 1970-91 Issues 1988 Zoo Animals, imperf. se-tenant block of five plus label, n.h., v.f., **Catalog #5929-5933var Catalog Value $9,760 | Price Realized $2,500.00 |
 | Lot #1767 SOVIET UNION 1970-91 Issues 1988 Arctic Exploration, 20k imperf. top sheet margin single, n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #5934var Catalog Value $970 | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #1768 SOVIET UNION 1970-91 Issues 1989 Shevchenko, 5k imperf. corner sheet margin horizontal pair, n.h., v.f. (catalogue value for singles) ** Catalog #5982var Catalog Value $1,300 | Price Realized $425.00 |
 | Lot #1769 SOVIET UNION 1970-91 Issues 1989 Bee, 5k imperf. vertical pair, cancelled on unaddressed FDC, v.f. Catalog #6002var | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #1770 SOVIET UNION 1970-91 Issues 1989 5k International Stamp Week and 5k October Revolution, imperf. pairs, n.h., fine-v.f., ** Catalog #6030,6043var Catalog Value $780 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1771 SOVIET UNION 1970-91 Issues 1989 Circus, 1k, 4k and 10k imperforate sheet margin vertical pairs, n.h., v.f. (catalogue value for singles) ** Catalog #6036,6038,6040var Catalog Value $810 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1772 SOVIET UNION 1970-91 Issues 1989 Khetagurov, 5k imperforate sheet margin single, n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #6045var Catalog Value $2,765 | Price Realized $1,600.00 |
 | Lot #1773 SOVIET UNION 1970-91 Issues 1990 Capitals of the Republics, imperforate sheet margin horizontal pairs, 13 different, complete as printed (Riga and Yerevan do not exist imperf.), n.h., v.f. (catalogue value for singles) ** Catalog #6102-6116var Catalog Value $2,200 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1774 SOVIET UNION 1970-91 Issues 1990 Zoo Animals, se-tenant, imperforate block of three plus label, with sheet margin at bottom, n.h., v.f., **Catalog #6135-6137var Catalog Value $815 | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #1775 SOVIET UNION 1970-91 Issues 1990 Poultry (Ducks and Geese), set of six imperf. corner sheet margin horizontal pairs, n.h., v.f. (catalogue value for singles) ** Catalog #6155-6160var Catalog Value $1,750 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1776 SOVIET UNION 1970-91 Issues 1991 Marine Life (Dolphin and Jelly Fish) 4k and 20k imperforate corner sheet margin blocks of four, n.h., v.f. (catalogue value for singles) **Catalog #6214,6128var Catalog Value $10,400 | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
 | Lot #1777 SOVIET UNION 1970-91 Issues 1991 Cultural Icons, imperf. horizontal strip of five, n.h. and post office fresh, v.f. A rarity of one of the last issues of the Soviet Union, only a few known to exist (last sold in our May 2007 auction for $9,200), with 2007 Buchsbayew cert. (Scott's Cat. 6004-6008a,var) ** Catalog #6260-6264var Catalog Value $12,200 | Price Realized $7,000.00 |
