U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
November 18-19, 2009
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #4474 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown & blue, deep colors, margins all around, cancelled by "58" (Koden) in circles, v.f. usage in Poland, possibly unique from Koden O Catalog #1 | Price Realized $3,250.00 |
 | Lot #4475 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown & blue, deep colors, margins all around, tied on piece by "70" (Sokolow) in circles, v.f. usage in Poland, signed Bloch O Catalog #1 | Price Realized $2,600.00 |
 | Lot #4476 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown & blue, deep colors, margins all around, tied on piece by "124" (Pinczow) in circles, v.f. usage in Poland O Catalog #1 | Price Realized $2,800.00 |
 | Lot #4477 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown & blue, deep colors, margins all around, cancelled by "167" (Zarki) in circles, v.f. usage in Poland O Catalog #1 | Price Realized $3,250.00 |
 | Lot #4478 RUSSIA 1858 10k brown & blue, used, five copies, various pmks, fine-v.f. (Mi.2x) O Catalog #2 Catalog Value €1,250 | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #4479 RUSSIA 1858 30k carmine & blue, thick paper, well centered, fine, signed Lissiuk (Mi.4x) O Catalog #4 Catalog Value €3,000 | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #4480 RUSSIA 1864 30k carmine & green, neat Taganrog canc., well centered and fresh, v.f., signed Stolow, seldom encountered in such wonderful condition Catalog #10 | Price Realized $200.00 |
 | Lot #4481 RUSSIA 1866 vertically laid paper, 1k black & yellow, imperf. variety, used, creases, fine appearance. This variety exists only used (Mi.18yU) Catalog #19f Catalog Value €10,000 | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
 | Lot #4482 RUSSIA 1867 5k black and gray blue, perforated trial color proof on thick glazed paper, prepared for the 1967 Paris Exhibition, slightly oxidized, otherwise fine and very rare, only a few known to exist P Catalog #22P | Unsold |
 | Lot #4483 RUSSIA 1869 registered, unfranked cover from Odessa to London, with 22 July, 1869 departure pmk, boxed "rekomendowano" (registered) and "Aus Russland Franco" hs, additional "Recomandirt" at bottom, red "Registered" and "Registered-London" July 12, 1869 (note differences between Julian and Georgian calendars) on arrival, Prussian due markings indicated in crayon, with intact wax seals and "Berlin-Breslau" transits on back, fine  | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #4484 RUSSIA 1877 registered cover to Kamenetz-Podolsk, franked on both sides with 9x1k, 2k, 8k and 20k, canc. "Winnitsa", fine-v.f. example of 39k rate, with arrival pmk | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #4485 RUSSIA 1877-79 balance of an archive, incoming mail to Kamenetz-Podolsk, 12 covers franked with 1k, 2k, 3k, 5k, 7k, 8k and 20k, different rates and combinations, with three 3-color franking covers, also one franked with block of 4x7k, two blocks of 6x8k, single 3k franking etc., some cover defects noted, generally fine-v.f. and interesting lot | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
 | Lot #4486 RUSSIA 1878 registered cover from Yampol to Kamenetz-Podolsk, franked with 1k, 2x5k, 8k and 20k, fine-v.f. example of 39k rate, attractive and scarce four color franking, with arrival pmk | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #4487 RUSSIA 1879 10k postal stationery entire additionally franked with pairs of 1k and 2k, also single 8k, paying 24k from St. Petersburg to Saratow, fine and scarce usage | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #4488 RUSSIA 1884 3.50r black and gray, 7r orange & black, each cancelled on piece, v.f., signed Calves, the latter with Mikulski cert. These high values were normally used on parcel cards are difficult to find in sound condition Catalog #39-40 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #4489 RUSSIA 1889 cover franked with 3k and 4k carmine, cancelled by the dotted circle of "Stockholm" 21.6.97 postmarks, also boxed "Fran.Ryssland" origin hs alongside, addressed to Stettin, Germany where it arrived on 22.6.1897, v.f. Russian Sea Post cover via Sweden, with Holcombe cert., ex-Liphschutz collection | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #4490 RUSSIA 1889-92 beautifully illustrated charity envelope addressed to Berlin, v.f., rare | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #4491 RUSSIA 1902 10k dark blue, variety imperf. at bottom, also 1r variety imperf. at top, creases, small inclusions and perf. flaws, the latter signed Mikulski, also 1909 issue, 1r variety imperf. at top, used, fine-v.f. lot *O Catalog #60,68,97var | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #4492 RUSSIA 1904 5k stationery entire envelope additionally franked with 5k lilac, cancelled by the dotted circle of "Stockholm" 10.6.04 postmark, also boxed "Fran. Finland" origin hs alongside, addressed to Stockholm, Sweden, with additional arrival pmks on back, v.f. Sea Post cover from Finland, franked with Russian adhesives and sent via Sweden, signed Holcombe, ex-Liphschutz collection | Price Realized $1,600.00 |
 | Lot #4493 RUSSIA 1905 3.50r black, center inverted, exceptionally well centered, magnificent color, fresh and v.f. example of this rare inverted center, signed Kosack etc. (Mi.56yK) O Catalog #69a Catalog Value €15,000 | Price Realized $14,000.00 |
 | Lot #4494 RUSSIA 1906 (9.2) cover franked with 10k dark blue, cancelled by Copenhagen pmk, with boxed "Paquebot" hs alongside, addressed to Lubeck, Germany where it arrived on 10th February, v.f. Russian Sea Post cover via Denmark, with Holcombe cert., ex-Liphschutz collection | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #4495 RUSSIA 1912 (23.10) cover franked on back with 10k Arms, cancelled by double oval "Baku-Enzeli Steamship" pmk, sent via Teheran (14.11) to Isfahan, with arrival cds, fine and scarce ship cover to Persia, with Holcombe cert., ex-Liphschutz collection | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #4496 RUSSIA 1913 Romanov Issue, unexploded test booklet (78k) with three panes of 6x1k, single panes of 6x3k and 6x7k, rose covers without any inscriptions, some usual staple rust, otherwise fine and very rare booklet (a handstamped surcharge was usually applied to covers to indicate contents and sale price) (Mi.MH3d, var)  | Price Realized $9,000.00 |
 | Lot #4497 RUSSIA 1913 Romanov Centenary, 7k brown, used in 1915 on ppc from a Russian naval officer to Italy, discussing War events, various military cachets incl. "Battleship Poltava", endorsed "Flotte Active", censor markings etc., v.f. and rare Catalog #92 | Price Realized $170.00 |
 | Lot #4498 RUSSIA 1915 cover franked on back with 10k Arms, addressed to the infamous prison fortress in Schlisselburg, with 27.5.15 arrival pmk and oval prison censor hs in violet, fine | Price Realized $130.00 |
 | Lot #4499 RUSSIA 1915 cover franked on back with 3k Arms and 7k Romanov, cancelled by pen, used from Enzeli, with 8.12.15 departure pmk and sent to Teheran, where it arrived 13.12.15, franking apparently not recognized, with large "T" handstamped on front, fine and rare maritime usage on Baku-Enzeli-Teheran line ("Caucase et Mercure Steamship Co") on the Caspian Sea and Russian stamps in Persia | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
 | Lot #4500 RUSSIA 1915 registered cover from Baku to Teheran, franked on reverse with pair of 10k dark blue, cancelled 23.10.15, censored "D.C. G.A.L", with 16.11.15 arrival pmk, cover little reduced at right, otherwise fine example of the maritime post on the Caspian Sea | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #4501 RUSSIA 1915 large cover with Red Cross label on reverse, addressed to Vyborg, with 8.X.1915 arrival pmk, very rare | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #4502 RUSSIA 1916-17 1k and 2k Romanov "Money Stamps", 100 sets in full sheets, unused without gum as issued, folded between stamps, fine-v.f. (Mi.110-11)  **Catalog #114-15 Catalog Value €4,900 | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #4503 RUSSIA 1917 cover from Russia franked with 10/7k, used in combination with Great Britain 1/2p and 1p (2), cancelled London 9 July, 1917 and sent to Switzerland, opened by censor, with Glion 15.7.17 arrival on back, fine mixed franking, rare | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #4504 RUSSIA 1917 1r imperf. pane of 50, plus labels, dramatic shift of red center, n.h., v.f. and spectacular multiple **Catalog #131e,var | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #4505 RUSSIA 1924 Definitives (typographed) 15k lemon yellow, perf. 14 1/4x14 3/4, n.h., well centered, v.f., with 1991 Mikulski certificate stating the stamp is with full original gum, never hinged and in very nice condition, as unused a great Soviet Union rarity (Standard catalogue value $25,000 for hinged) ** Catalog #287 | Price Realized $21,000.00 |
 | Lot #4506 RUSSIA 1924-25 15k lemon, used, v.f. O Catalog #287 | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #4507 RUSSIA 1924-25 15k lemon, used, v.f. O Catalog #287 | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #4508 RUSSIA 1924-25 15k lemon, ten copies, used, fine-v.f. (Mi.253 IA) O Catalog #287 Catalog Value €2,500 | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #4509 RUSSIA 1924 5r imperf. bottom sheet margin block of four, double impression, with invalidating perforations, also some residual red markings, v.f. ** | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #4510 RUSSIA 1926 15k and 5r, two diff. unissued designs, large die essays in black, v.f. and extremely rare E | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #4511 RUSSIA 1929 Industry, 20k green, perf. 10 1/2, fine used (Standard 247A) O Catalog #429var Catalog Value $500 | Price Realized $290.00 |
 | Lot #4512 RUSSIA 1933 Baku Commissars, cplt set of sheet margin blocks of four, n.h., fine-v.f., rare in blocks **Catalog #519-23 | Price Realized $13,500.00 |
 | Lot #4513 RUSSIA 1935 Revolutionary Heroes, 2k-40k, imperf. set of three, 4k with sheet margin at top, l.h, fine-v.f. (Standard 432-435Pa) * Catalog #580-582var | Price Realized $1,300.00 |
 | Lot #4514 RUSSIA 1937 Pushkin, 20k and 50k, used together with imperf. 50k carmine (proof) on registered cover from Riga to Switzerland, late usage, with 26.I.57 arrival pmk, v.f. and rare Catalog #591,93P | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #4515 RUSSIA 1937 Pushkin, souvenir sheet of four, tied by exhibition cancel to unaddressed cover, fine Catalog #596 | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #4516 RUSSIA 1937 Definitives, 4k lilac, imperf. horizontal pair, very lightly hinged, faint offsets on reverse, v.f. (Standard 455Pa; $2,650 for singles) * Catalog #615var | Price Realized $1,800.00 |
 | Lot #4517 RUSSIA 1937 Definitives, 10k olive, imperf. single, h.r., v.f., signed P.Jem (Standard 457Pa; $2,650 for singles) * Catalog #616Avar | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #4518 RUSSIA 1937 Definitives, 20k green, imperf. left sheet margin horizontal pair, n.h., usual heavy gum creases affecting left stamp, otherwise v.f. (Standard 458Pa; $2,650 for singles) ** Catalog #617Avar | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #4519 RUSSIA 1939 Saltykov, set of four blocks of eight, n.h., fine-v.f. **Catalog #745-748 | Price Realized $625.00 |
 | Lot #4520 RUSSIA 1939 Saltykov, 11 sets in multiples including blocks of seven, n.h., fine-v.f. **Catalog #745-748 | Price Realized $575.00 |
 | Lot #4521 RUSSIA 1944 Lenin, 30k variety imperf. at bottom, used, v.f. (catalogue value for unused) O Catalog #Standard 816Pa Catalog Value $870 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4522 RUSSIA 1946 Definitives (Lithographed), 30k Aviator, n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #Standard 988) Catalog Value $1,900 | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #4523 RUSSIA 1946 Definitives (Lithographed), 30k Aviator variety "OCCP" (instead of "CCCP"), l.h., fine * Catalog #Standard 988Ka Catalog Value $1,300 | Price Realized $1,700.00 |
 | Lot #4524 RUSSIA 1946 Bombers, 15k green, variety imperf. at top, h.r., v.f., * Catalog #Standard 940Pa) Catalog Value $1,130 | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #4525 RUSSIA 1947 60k variety, imperf. at right, used, natural inclusion in margin, v.f., O Catalog #Standard 1020Pa Catalog Value $600 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #4526 RUSSIA 1947 800 Years of Moscow, 2r+3r gutter pair, n.h. with minor fingerprints, folded between stamps, v.f., extremely rare (listed but unpriced as a gutter strip of four) ** Catalog #Standard 1085-1086 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4527 RUSSIA 1949 Nikitin, 1r variety imperf. at bottom used in 1951 on registered cover from Liepaja to USA, v.f. (catalogue value $1,600 for unused) Catalog #Standard 1350Pa | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #4528 RUSSIA 1950 North Pole, 40 used sets, fine-v.f. O Catalog #1508-09 | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #4529 RUSSIA 1950 Skyscrapers, three sets, used, fine-v.f. Catalog #1518-25 | Price Realized $200.00 |
 | Lot #4530 RUSSIA 1951 Hydroelectric Station, 20k variety imperf. at right, used, v.f., O Catalog #Standard 1566Pa Catalog Value $800 | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #4531 RUSSIA 1952 Metro stations, horizontal se-tenant strip of four, 40k variety imperf. at left, used, v.f., O Catalog #Standard 1627Pa Catalog Value $1,600 | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #4532 RUSSIA 1954 Stalin, 40k lilac, sheet of 50, two horizontal pairs at right imperf. between, showing just traces of "blind perforations". n.h., v.f., possibly unique, **Catalog #Standard 1711var Catalog Value $6,450 | Price Realized $2,400.00 |
 | Lot #4533 RUSSIA 1965 Lenin, 10k horizontal pair, imperf. between, used on cover, v.f., rare (catalogue value $2,400 for unused) Catalog #Standard 3100var | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #4534 RUSSIA 1966 Space, 10k horizontal triptych, variety imperf. at left, n.h., v.f. (catalogue value for used) ** Catalog #Standard 3345Pa Catalog Value $2,600 | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
