U.S. and Worldwide Stamps; South America; Russia
January 13-14, 2010

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Lot #897
RUSSIA
1865 unwatermarked, 1k, 3k, 5k, 20k and 30k, five different, 1k and 5k without gum and with small faults, others part original gum, h.r., fine
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Catalog #12-14,17-18
Price Realized
$1,500.00

Lot #898
RUSSIA
1866 10k brown & blue, vertically laid paper, h.r., tiny thin, fine appearance
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Catalog #23a
Price Realized
$140.00

Lot #899
RUSSIA
1896-1900 French postal cards and stationery to commerative Tsar's visits to France, selection of 56 unused items, some duplication, occasional mounting flaws, mostly fine-v.f.
Envelope
Price Realized
$1,400.00

Lot #900
RUSSIA
1917 1r brown & red, selection of six varieties, incl. 1r perforated, center inverted, others imperf., two with dark brown background (proofs), two others with center inverted, one background virtually omitted, plus another with double background, center sifted, v.f.
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Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #901
RUSSIA
1918 1r German-Baltic Committee, two copies, with violet control handstamps, l.h., fine
*
Price Realized
$375.00

Lot #902
RUSSIA
1918 1r German-Baltic Committee, three copies, various shades, with violet control handstamps, l.h. or used, fine-v.f.
*O
Price Realized
$700.00

Lot #903
RUSSIA
1924 Definitives (Typographed), 2k green, imperf. "pair", trimmed at upper left, double impression, v.f.
P
Price Realized
$130.00

Lot #904
RUSSIA
1924 Definitives (Typographed), 20k olive green, imperf. block of six, with invalidating perforations, also 1925 1r (watermarked) imperf. pair with extra violet ink and horizontal invalidating perforations
Booklet P
Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #905
RUSSIA
1933 (6.1) unused ppc with All Soviet Philatelic Exhibition pmk, corner creases, otherwise fine, scarce
Envelope
Price Realized
$250.00

Lot #3005
RUSSIA
1857 10k brown & blue, margins all around, tied on small piece by "Efremov" 1858 postmark, v.f.
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Catalog #1
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #3006
RUSSIA
1857 10k brown & blue, margins all around, tied on small piece by "Fellin" 19 May 1858 postmark, v.f.
O
Catalog #1
Price Realized
$550.00

Lot #3007
RUSSIA
1857 10k brown & blue, cancelled on piece by a round postmark, fresh and v.f., signed Buhler
O
Catalog #1
Price Realized
$950.00

Lot #3008
RUSSIA
1857 10k brown & blue, upper right sheet margin single, pen cancelled on piece, v.f. and extraordinary positional example
O
Catalog #1
Price Realized
$2,600.00

Lot #3009
RUSSIA
1857 10k brown & blue, margins all around, cancelled by a blue "9" (Kovno) in dots, also by pen, tied on small piece, fine and scarce blue cancel
O
Catalog #1
Price Realized
$750.00

Lot #3010
RUSSIA
1857 10k brown & blue, margins all around, cancelled by diamond shape postmark of Odessa, v.f., signed Diena
O
Catalog #1
Price Realized
$850.00

Lot #3011
RUSSIA
1857 10k brown & blue, margins all around, cancelled by "183" in square dots on cover from Telschi (Gouv. Kovno), addressed in Polish to Wilno (Vilnius), with 15 September (date inverted) departure and 25 September, 1858 arrival postmarks on back, also endorsed "5kop" on backflap, with virtually intact wax seal. The stamp has been lifted for inspection (signed Brun) and correctly replaced on cover, with minor toning and filing fold well away from the stamp, fresh and fine usage on cover, with Mikulski certificate
Envelope
Catalog #1
Unsold
Lot #3012
RUSSIA
1857 10k brown and blue, margins all around, tied by pen and unclear departure datestamp on FL to Moscow, fresh and v.f., signed Ebel
Envelope
Catalog #1
Price Realized
$2,800.00

Lot #3013
RUSSIA
1858 10k brown & blue, 20k blue & orange, 30k carmine & green, three different, last two thin paper, used, each with a numeral cancel, minor flaws as often, otherwise fine-v.f.,
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Catalog #2-4
Price Realized
$1,600.00

Lot #3014
RUSSIA
1858 10k brown & blue, tied by a bilingual "Derpt - Dorpat" (Lifland gouv.) postmark (without month) on small piece, scarce usage
O
Catalog #2
Price Realized
$170.00

Lot #3015
RUSSIA
1858 10k brown & blue, tied by a blue "19" in circular dots postmark on FL from Kovno to Warszawa, showing blue 3 November 1858 departure and red 23.11 (Gregorian calendar) arrival cancels on back, also boxed "5 P" (5:00 P.M.), fine
Envelope
Catalog #2
Price Realized
$1,200.00

Lot #3016
RUSSIA
1858 10k brown & blue, tied by Polangen, April 12, 1858 datestamp on outer FL to Libau, fresh and v.f., signed Carl Lange
Envelope
Catalog #2
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #3017
RUSSIA
1858 20k blue & orange, plate proof on unwatermarked paper, with full embossing, overall ageing, otherwise fine and rare
P
Catalog #3P
Price Realized
$4,500.00

Lot #3018
RUSSIA
1858 20k blue & orange, thin paper, cancelled by blue dots (Kovno), incredibly fresh and v.f. stamp, signed Buhler, rare, especially in this condition
O
Catalog #3
Price Realized
$2,400.00

Lot #3019
RUSSIA
1858 20k blue & orange, thick paper, well centered single cancelled "5" in dots (Vilnius), fresh and v.f.
O
Catalog #3
Price Realized
$950.00

Lot #3020
RUSSIA
1858 20k dark blue & orange, thin paper, significant shift of "3" colorless watermark, fine, quite scarce
O
Catalog #3var
Price Realized
$1,300.00

Lot #3021
RUSSIA
1858 30k carmine and green, thick paper, "121" (Taganrog) cancel, well centered, bright color, v.f., with 1989 Mikulski cert. (Mi.4x)
O
Catalog #4
Catalog Value €3,000
Price Realized
$1,900.00

Lot #3022
RUSSIA
1858 30k carmine and green, thick paper, cancelled "Gusyatin 15 Dec. 1881", well centered with large margins all around, bright colors, v.f. example of this late usage (Mi.4x)
O
Catalog #4
Catalog Value €3,000
Price Realized
$2,100.00

Lot #3023
RUSSIA
1858 30k carmine & green, thick paper, perfectly centered, fresh and v.f. stamp, signed Their (M.4x)
O
Catalog #4
Catalog Value €3,000
Price Realized
$2,300.00

Lot #3024
RUSSIA
1858-64 Issues, cover from Tiflis to Germany, franked with a combination of 1864 1k and 3k and 1865 10k, red "Aus Russland", Moscow transits and 1866 Crailsheim arrival pmks, rare mixed issues combination
Envelope
Catalog #5,6,15
Unsold
Lot #3025
RUSSIA
1865-66 30k carmine & green, horizontal pair, used in combination with laid paper 1c (2) and 10k, paying 72k on registered outer FL from Odessa (18 sep 68) to Genova, with appropriate transit (Vienna) and arrival pmks, fine and scarce mixed issue three color franking, with Mikulski cert.
Envelope
Catalog #18,19,23
Unsold
Lot #3026
RUSSIA
1864-65 10k brown & black, imperf. essay on gummed paper (some paper adhesions on back), center "II.M." (Pochtowaya Marka), top and bottom "10 kop za lot" and "Pochtowaya Marka" at sides, brown background with "B.K." ("vnutrennaya korrespondencya" - internal correspondence) initials at top, v.f., ex-Kirchner and Faberge collections, extremely rare
E
Price Realized
$24,000.00

Lot #3027
RUSSIA
1866 1k-30k, set of six pairs (3k and 5k vertical, others horizontal), n.h. and post office fresh, fine-v.f.
**
Catalog #19-25
Price Realized
$1,200.00

Lot #3028
RUSSIA
1866 5k black and lilac, imperforate single, background shifted as always, margins all around, used, v.f. and rare stamp. This error is only known used (Mi.20xU)
O
Catalog #22b
Catalog Value €2,500
Price Realized
$2,500.00

Lot #3029
RUSSIA
1868 vertically laid paper, 10k brown & blue, h.r., fine
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Catalog #23a
Price Realized
$200.00

Lot #3030
RUSSIA
1866 30k carmine & green, used in 1878 on registered cover, additionally franked with 1k and paying 31k from Yaransk 1 May, 1878 to Vyatka, with 5 May arrival, full wax seal on back, fine
Envelope
Catalog #25
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #3031
RUSSIA
1866 30k carmine & green, used in 1877 on back of registered cover, additionally franked with 1k and paying 31k from Yaransk 19 Feb. 1877 to Vyatka, with 10 Feb. arrival, full wax seal on back, v.f.
Envelope
Catalog #25
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #3032
RUSSIA
1866 30k carmine & green, vertically laid paper (2), used with 7k and 10k (horizontally laid paper), paying 77k on registered cover from Onega (5 Aut 81) to Archangelsk, fine and scarce usage, with arrival pmk on back
Envelope
Catalog #25a
Price Realized
$1,300.00

Lot #3033
RUSSIA
1877 FL from "Kasjatin" to Warszawa, franked with single 8k, with arrival and Postal car markings, some toning, otherwise fine usage during the Russo-Turkish War
Envelope
Catalog #28
Price Realized
$260.00

Lot #3034
RUSSIA
1875 10k brown & blue, center inverted, light postmark and very fresh, couple of insignificant perf. creases, signed Romeko etc. One of the finest of the only five known examples of this rarity (Mi.27xK)
O
Catalog #29a
Catalog Value $65,000
Price Realized
$50,000.00

Lot #3035
RUSSIA
1878 registered cover from Balta to Kamenetz-Pod., franked with 1k, 2k, 3k (2), 10k and 20k, paying 39k rate, one stamp with little surface rubbing, otherwise fine and spectacular five-color franking
Envelope
Price Realized
$1,400.00

Lot #3036
RUSSIA
1883-88 Issue, 1k-70k, 3.50r and 7r complete set of 10, each stamp overprinted "Specimen" in blue violet, unused without gum, fine-v.f.
S
Catalog #31-40S
Price Realized
$2,400.00

Lot #3037
RUSSIA
1884 14k blue & rose, center inverted, used, tiny abrasion at top margin, otherwise fine and rare inverted center error, face free cancellation, signed Faberge, with Mikulski cert. (Mi.34aK)
O
Catalog #36b
Catalog Value €7,500
Price Realized
$6,000.00

Lot #3038
RUSSIA
1889 Horizontally Laid Paper, 4k rose, background inverted, neat partial St. Petersburg cancels, well centered, fresh and v.f. example of this scarce stamp, listed but unpriced in both Michel and Standard, with 2000 Mikulski cert. (Mi.40xK)
O
Catalog #41a
Price Realized
$25,000.00

Lot #3039
RUSSIA
1889 Horizontally Laid Paper, 1k-3.50r, ten diff. incl. 4k and 10k, handstamped "Specimen", fine-v.f., rare, ex-Maslowski
S
Catalog #46-53S
Price Realized
$1,400.00

Lot #3040
RUSSIA
1889 14k blue & red, center inverted, well centered and fresh, v.f. example of this rarity (Mi.50xK)
O
Catalog #51a
Catalog Value €5,000
Price Realized
$4,750.00

Lot #3041
RUSSIA
1899-1914 Theatre and Circus programs, selection of seven different, also two dinner menus, elaborate printings and designs, v.f. and colorful group
Price Realized
$1,000.00

Lot #3042
RUSSIA
1901 ppc from Tiflis to Madagascar, franked with 4k and bearing French "Corps D'Occupation de Madagascar" in blue, with transit and arrival pmks of Tamatave and Madagascar, unusual destination
Envelope
Price Realized
$280.00

Lot #3043
RUSSIA
1902 1k-5k five diff., each with boxed "Specimen" handstamp, fine-v.f. and extremely rare
S
Catalog #55-58S
Price Realized
$1,100.00

Lot #3044
RUSSIA
1902 1k orange, imperf. sheet margin single, l.h., v.f., with handstamped guarantee in margin, signed Roger Calves, with 1972 cert. A rare stamp,
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Catalog #55a
Price Realized
$2,300.00

Lot #3045
RUSSIA
1902 3k rose red, groundwork omitted variety, l.h., fine, signed Romeko, with 2002 Raritan guarantee. An undervalued rarity, missing in most collections
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Catalog #57a
Price Realized
$2,500.00

Lot #3046
RUSSIA
1902 3k rose red, double impression, h.r., v.f.
*
Catalog #57b
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #3047
RUSSIA
1902 Posthorns with Thunderbolts, 7k blue, imperf. single, with dramatically shifted groundwork, cancelled on small piece, with Riga 06 cds alongside, v.f., with Raybaudi cert.
O
Catalog #59b
Price Realized
$650.00

Lot #3048
RUSSIA
1902 7k dark blue, variety showing double frame at left, used on piece, rare and unrecorded error
O
Catalog #59var
Price Realized
$1,600.00

Lot #3049
RUSSIA
1907 diagonal half of 2k green, used as 1k on back of a small cover (which contained either a "carte de visite" or an invitation) used in Kiev 5.1.07, v.f. bisect usage
Envelope
Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #3050
RUSSIA
1909 7k blue, imperforate horizontal pair, right stamp with three pearls instead of four, with gum, v.f., extremely rare
*
Catalog #79E
Price Realized
$27,000.00

Lot #3051
RUSSIA
1909 10k dark blue, double impression, block of four, top pair h.r., bottom stamps n.h., v.f., with Mikulski cert.
Box */**
Catalog #79var
Unsold
Lot #3052
RUSSIA
1909 15k red brown and deep blue, block of ten, bottom stamps with double impression, n.h., creased, otherwise fine-v.f.
Box **
Catalog #81d
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #3053
RUSSIA
1910 ppc franked with 3x1k orange, used from the temporary post office in Kurtenhof to Edinburgh, v.f.
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #3054
RUSSIA
1913 Romanov Tercentenary, 3k rose red, double impression, n.h., few natural gum wrinkles, fresh and v.f. (Mi.84DD)
**
Catalog #90b
Price Realized
$750.00

Lot #3055
RUSSIA
1913 Romanov Tercentenary, 35k bistre brown, die proof of frame only, v.f., signed Mikulski
P
Catalog #98E
Price Realized
$800.00

Lot #3056
RUSSIA
1914 3k stationery card to Germany, with violet "St.Tresvyatskaya" of the South Eastern Railway line, boxed Russian and then German censor markings, v.f. and rare usage
Envelope
Price Realized
$170.00

Lot #3057
RUSSIA
1914 ppc to Paris, cancelled by French military cachet "Ambulance Automobile de S.M. L'Imperatrice de Russie/Le Delegate de la Croix Rouge Russe" (Ambulance of the Empress of Russia, from the delegate of the Russian Red Cross) in violet, v.f., scarce
Envelope
Price Realized
$280.00

Lot #3058
RUSSIA
1914-16 two diff. essays for the "help invalids", some faults, rare
E
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #3059
RUSSIA
1915 (July 14) cover to France, with Fieldpost cds and handstamped Field Army, "Pechat dla Paketow", tax handstamp and Marseille arrival pmk on back, with boxed Opened by Censor in Cyrillic caps, fine
Envelope
Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #3060
RUSSIA
1915 10r carmine, lake, yellow & gray, groundwork inverted, horizontal pair, unused (regummed), fine-v.f., rare,
(*)
Catalog #109d
Catalog Value $1,000
Unsold
Lot #3061
RUSSIA
1916 Allied Intervention Forces in Russia, six ppcs (Archangel, Ships etc.) to England, from the Royal Naval Service, endorsed "no stamps available" and handstamped "Received from H.M. Ship No Charge to Be Raised" on arrival, fine-v.f.
Envelope
Price Realized
$700.00

Lot #3062
RUSSIA
1916 2k green, money stamps, block of four, cancelled on piece by Petrograd 1918 cds, v.f., rare used
Box
Catalog #115
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #3063
RUSSIA
1917 envelope to Marseille, written from the Office of Administration, cancelled by French "Tresor et Postes 189" datestamp, with military cachet "Intendant des Troupes Imperiales Russes en France" in blue, fine
Envelope
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #3064
RUSSIA
1918 Postal Savings Stamps, 5k orange brown, perforated sheetlet of 25 with corresponding background of rosettes, part of the red "IIPOEKT" handstamp at top margin, hinged at top, gum party omitted from the bottom row as always, fine-v.f., probably unique (Liapine cat. value Euro 37,500)
Box */**
Price Realized
$15,000.00

Lot #3065
RUSSIA
1918 Postal Savings Stamps, 10k orange red, perforated sheetlet of 25 with corresponding background of rosettes, part of the red "IIPOEKT" handstamp at top margin, hinged at top, gum party omitted from the bottom row as always, fine-v.f., probably unique (Liapine cat. value Euro 37,500)
Box */**
Price Realized
$15,000.00

Lot #3066
RUSSIA
1918 Chain Breakers, 35k dark blue and 70k brown, imperforate sheet margin singles, h.r., the latter with tiny natural inclusion in margin only, v.f., signed Romeko, Diena, with Buchsbayew cert. A rare set of imperf. singles
*
Catalog #149a-50a
Price Realized
$5,250.00

Lot #3067
RUSSIA
1918 Chain breakers, 35k blue, with Lozenges partially printed on reverse variety, sheet margin single, n.h., v.f.
**
Catalog #149var
Unsold
Lot #3068
RUSSIA
1918 Chain breakers, 35k blue, lozenges omitted, corner margin block of four, n.h., few marginal creases and wrinkles, v.f. (Mi.149z)
Box **
Catalog #149var
Price Realized
$400.00

Lot #3069
RUSSIA
1922 locally addressed cover franked with 5k postal Savings stamp, used in combination with Imperial 10k Fiscal, Belgorod 12.8.22 departure and 21.8.22 arrival pmks, v.f., scarce provisional franking
Envelope
Price Realized
$750.00

Lot #3070
RUSSIA
1922 5000r on 2r light brown and 5000r on 20r blue, surcharges inverted, h.r., the latter with gum creases, fine-v.f.
*
Catalog #192a, 194var
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #3071
RUSSIA
1922 5000r on 1r orange, red surcharge inverted, horizontal pair, n.h., few natural gum wrinkles, v.f.,
**
Catalog #196a
Price Realized
$240.00

Lot #3072
RUSSIA
1922 surcharged 10,000r on 40r (smaller size 37 1/2:23 1/2mm) with periods after P.C.F.C.P., h.r., v.f., signed Richter. A rare stamp
*
Catalog #200c
Price Realized
$1,700.00

Lot #3073
RUSSIA
1922 surcharged 10,000r on 40r (type II), overprint with periods after Cyrillic letters, vertical pair, n.h., natural gum creases, otherwise v.f.,
**
Catalog #200c
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #3074
RUSSIA
1922 Star Surcharges, 200r on 15k single and two pairs, paying 1 million rubles on cover to England, with "Kazan-Uman" 7.7.23 RR pmks, some creases, fine
Envelope
Catalog #222
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #3075
RUSSIA
1922-23 20r on 15k brown and violet blue, imperf. single, margins all around, very lightly hinged, v.f., signed Stolow, with 1963 PFC (Mi.202BI)
*
Catalog #224
Price Realized
$7,000.00

Lot #3076
RUSSIA
1922-23 20r on 15k brown and violet blue, imperf. horizontal pair, positions 8 and 9, small h.r., v.f., with 1993 Mikulski certificate. Only one sheet of this surcharge was printed, multiples are virtually non-existent, especially with position 8 which shows the characteristic "comma instead of period" after the first "P" of surcharge ("P,20P."). A true rarity for a specialist of the RSFSR and Russian philately in general
*
Catalog #224
Price Realized
$28,000.00

Lot #3077
RUSSIA
1922 imperf. essays for 3r Worker (two, one blue on white, also on dark buff), and 25r Soldier (three different incl. violet, red lilac and brown), n.h., v.f.
E
Catalog #230-33E
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #3078
RUSSIA
1922-23 50r brown, imperf. double impression, h.r., v.f., signed "G.R."
*
Catalog #231var
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #3079
RUSSIA
1923 unissued 1r buff and 2r green, imperf. panes of 25, n.h., few natural gum wrinkles, v.f. (Standard 0107-108)
Box **
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #3080
RUSSIA
1923 10r dark blue, four different perforation varieties, also horizontal pair, variety imperf. at left, v.f.
*
Catalog #234var
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #3081
RUSSIA
1923 Worker, 4r brown, imperf. pane of 25, n.h., owner handstamp on reverse affecting one stamp, v.f. (Liapine cat. value Euro 1,250)
Box **
Catalog #239a
Price Realized
$750.00

Lot #3082
RUSSIA
1923 5r light blue, double impression, small h.r., v.f.
*
Catalog #240a
Price Realized
$140.00

Lot #3083
RUSSIA
1923 Soldier, 20r perforated proof in gray black, single (l.h.) and block of four (n.h.) overall gum toning, otherwise v.f.
Box */**
Catalog #241AP
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #3084
RUSSIA
1923 All Union Agricultural and Craftsmanship Exhibition, perf. and imperf. blocks of four, complete sets, also two additional 7k imperf. blocks (shades), l.h., fine-v.f. (Standard 1-8)
Box *
Catalog #242-249
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #3085
RUSSIA
1923 Definitives (lithographed), set of ten, imperf. horizontal pairs, n.h., fine-v.f. (Standard 13-22)
**
Catalog #250-259
Price Realized
$290.00

Lot #3086
RUSSIA
1924 Definitives (typographed), 3k, 7k, 8k, 20k, 30k, also 1r and 2r, horizontal strips of five, perforated Obrazets (Specimen), each with invalidating horizontal perforations, fine-v.f.
S
Catalog #277/291S
Price Realized
$525.00

Lot #3087
RUSSIA
1924 Definitives (typographed), 2k green, horizontal strip of five, perforated Obrazets (Specimen), n.h., v.f.
S
Catalog #277S
Price Realized
$160.00

Lot #3088
RUSSIA
1924 Definitives (typographed) 2k green, imperf. single, h.r., v.f.
*
Catalog #277var
Price Realized
$700.00

Lot #3089
RUSSIA
1924 Definitives (typographed), 2k green, perforated pane of 25, with dramatic perf. shift and invalidating horizontal perforations, Goznak imprint at bottom, impressive item, n.h., fine
Box **
Catalog #277var
Price Realized
$240.00

Lot #3090
RUSSIA
1924 Definitives (typographed) 6k black, perforated and gummed trial color proof, horizontal pair, v.f.
P
Catalog #281P
Price Realized
$240.00

Lot #3091
RUSSIA
1924 Definitives (typographed) 6k gray, perforated & gummed trial color proofs, two distinct shades, n.h., v.f., signed Mikulski
P
Catalog #281P
Unsold
Lot #3092
RUSSIA
1924 Definitives (typographed), 6k gray black, imperf. left margin horizontal pair, proof on gummed stamp paper, left stamp hinged, right stamp n.h., some light stains, otherwise fine (Standard 44P)
P
Catalog #281P
Price Realized
$180.00

Lot #3093
RUSSIA
1924 Definitives (typographed), 7k, 8k and 30k, three different panes of 25, each perf. Obrazets, with horizontal invalidating perforations, n.h., fine-v.f.
Box S
Catalog #282,283,288A/S
Price Realized
$750.00

Lot #3094
RUSSIA
1924 Definitives (typographed), 7k red brown, horizontal strip of five, perforated "Obrazets", n.h., v.f.
S
Catalog #282S
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #3095
RUSSIA
1924 Definitives (typographed) 15k yellow, well centered, beautiful vivid color, very lightly hinged, tiny toned spot at top, excellent color and a v.f. example of this rare mint stamp, signed Roger Calves (Paris) etc.
*
Catalog #287
Unsold
Lot #3096
RUSSIA
1924 Definitives (typographed), 1r horizontal sheet margin strip of five, perforated "Obrazets", with horizontal annulling perforations, n.h., v.f.
S
Catalog #290S
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #3097
RUSSIA
1924 Definitives (typographed), 3r red & black, type II, imperforate trial color proof, with red "brakowano" handstamp and invalidating perforations, v.f.
P
Catalog #292P
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #3098
RUSSIA
1924 Definitives (typographed), 3r red brown, imperf. upper right sheet corner margin single, horizontal invalidating perforations, n.h., v.f.
P
Catalog #292var
Unsold
Lot #3099
RUSSIA
1924 Definitives (typographed), 3r block of four, one stamp l.h., others n.h., v.f.
Box */**
Catalog #292
Price Realized
$240.00

Lot #3100
RUSSIA
1924 Definitives (typographed), 3r green & brown, imperf. block of four, type II, double impression, boxed "Brakovano" in red, also invalidating perforations, v.f., rare
Box **
Catalog #292var
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #3101
RUSSIA
1924 Definitives (typographed), 5r, two horizontal sheet margin strips of three, perforated "Obrazets", also with horizontal annulling perforations, n.h., v.f.
S
Catalog #293S
Price Realized
$200.00

Lot #3102
RUSSIA
1924 Definitives (typographed), 5r dark blue & gray brown, perf. 10 1/2, lower right sheet corner margin block of four, n.h., v.f.
Box **
Catalog #293a
Unsold
Lot #3103
RUSSIA
1924 Definitives (typographed), 5r type I, imperf. horizontal bottom sheet margin pair, with invalidating perforations, n.h., v.f.
**
Catalog #293var
Price Realized
$240.00

Lot #3104
RUSSIA
1925 Lenin Mausoleum, imperf. blocks of four, n.h., few gum skips or natural wrinkles, fine-v.f. (Standard 68-71)
Box **
Catalog #294-297
Price Realized
$950.00

Lot #3105
RUSSIA
1926 Definitives (watermarked), 1k-5r blocks of four, complete plus 2r perf. 14 1/2, mostly n.h., fine-v.f.
Box */**
Catalog #304-325
Price Realized
$1,100.00

Lot #3106
RUSSIA
1926 Definitives (watermarked), imperf. singles, 20 different (complete as issued, without 18k), all cancelled on pieces, fine-v.f., scarce used
O
Catalog #304/25var
Price Realized
$130.00

Lot #3107
RUSSIA
1925 Definitives (watermarked), 4k,7k, 9k, 15k,30k, five different (7k pair, 9k block of three), imperforate varieties used in combination with additional franking on three registered covers from Rostov (8.4.28) to Germany, fine-v.f.
Envelope
Catalog #307/318var
Price Realized
$1,300.00

Lot #3108
RUSSIA
1925 Definitives (watermarked), 8k olive, perf. 14:14 1/2, barest trace of a hinge, v.f. (Standard 83IB)
*
Catalog #311a
Price Realized
$140.00

Lot #3109
RUSSIA
1926 Definitives (Lithographed) 8k olive, "small head", double impression, n.h., v.f., signed Mikulski
**
Catalog #311var
Price Realized
$4,500.00

Lot #3110
RUSSIA
1926 Definitives (watermarked), 18k violet, imperforate block of four, margins all around, n.h., fresh and v.f. A rarity (Standard 89Pa)
Box **
Catalog #316var
Unsold
Lot #3111
RUSSIA
1925 Definitives (watermarked), 1r perf. 14:14 1/2, top margin single, n.h., v.f. (Standard 94A cat. value $720)
**
Catalog #321a
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #3112
RUSSIA
1925 Lomonosov, 3k and 15k (2) perforated and gummed proofs on unwatermarked paper, different shades, l.h., owner's handstamps on reverse, fine-v.f.
*
Catalog #326-327P
Price Realized
$280.00

Lot #3113
RUSSIA
1925 Lomonosov, 3k red brown, imperf. sheet corner margin single, plate proof on "factory" paper, v.f.
P
Catalog #326P
Price Realized
$250.00

Lot #3114
RUSSIA
1925 Lomonosov, 3k orange brown, perf. 13 1/2, unwatermarked and gummed, variety imperf. at bottom, n.h., marginal creases and pencil mark, still fine and very rare (a similar copy sold for $3,450 in our January 2008 sale), unlisted in Standard and Liapine catalogues
**
Catalog #326var
Price Realized
$3,250.00

Lot #3115
RUSSIA
1925 Popov, 7k gray blue, imperf. plate proof on cartridge paper, creased, otherwise v.f.
P
Catalog #328P
Price Realized
$150.00

Lot #3116
RUSSIA
1925-35 Issues (some earlier), selection of 43 different unaccepted designs, many incomplete, interesting original works by various artists. some completed by hand, fine-v.f. and fascinating group, many unique
E
Price Realized
$24,000.00

Lot #3117
RUSSIA
1925 20th Anniversary of the Revolution, 7kop brown, imperforate single, variety missing brown color in the "C.C.C.P" background of the top tablet, n.h., natural gum wrinkles, v.f., rare (Liapine cat. value Euro 7,500)
**
Catalog #338var
Price Realized
$10,000.00

Lot #3118
RUSSIA
1927 8k on 7k chocolate with and without watermark, three of each representing different perforations and spacings of surcharge, one hinged, one used, balance n.h., fine-v.f.
*/**(*)
Catalog #357/358
Price Realized
$3,000.00

Lot #3119
RUSSIA
1927 surcharges on postage dues (typographed and unwatermarked) 8k on 2k, surcharge type II inverted, n.h., v.f.
**
Catalog #360var
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #3120
RUSSIA
1927 surcharges on postage dues (lithographed) 8k on 3k, surcharge type II inverted, n.h., v.f., signed Goznak
**
Catalog #361var
Price Realized
$525.00

Lot #3121
RUSSIA
1927 surcharges on postage dues (typographed and unwatermarked) 8k on 8k, surcharge type II inverted, n.h., v.f., signed Goznak
**
Catalog #363var
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #3122
RUSSIA
1927 surcharges on postage dues (lithographed and unwatermarked) 8k on 10k, surcharge type II inverted, n.h., v.f.
**
Catalog #364var
Price Realized
$525.00

Lot #3123
RUSSIA
1927 surcharges on postage dues (lithographed) 8k on 14k, surcharge type II inverted, h.r., signed Romeko etc., part of handstamp just showing though on front, fine and rare stamp
*
Catalog #365var
Price Realized
$1,600.00

Lot #3124
RUSSIA
1927 surcharges on postage dues (typographed and watermarked) 8k on 7k, surcharge type II inverted, l.h., v.f., signed Romeko
*
Catalog #369var
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #3125
RUSSIA
1927 Esperanto, 14k imperf. bottom sheet margin single, unwatermarked, n.h., with owner's handstamps on reverse, v.f. (Standard 184var)
**
Catalog #374var
Price Realized
$1,200.00

Lot #3126
RUSSIA
1927 Tenth Anniversary of the October Revolution, 5r Red Army soldier, red and white on black die essay (72:90mm) card mounted and corrected by hand, v.f., design by I.F. Smirnov (Moscow)
E
Catalog #376E
Price Realized
$1,400.00

Lot #3127
RUSSIA
1927 Tenth Anniversary of the October Revolution, 7k myrtle green, imperf. left margin single, n.h. but with some gum loss at top, owner's handstamp in margin, v.f. (Standard 204Pa)
*
Catalog #377b
Catalog Value $1,650
Price Realized
$1,300.00

Lot #3128
RUSSIA
1927 October Revolution, 7k myrtle green, imperf. right margin horizontal pair on thick paper, left stamp hinged, right stamp n.h., v.f., signed Stolow
*/**
Catalog #377b
Unsold
Lot #3129
RUSSIA
2927 October Revolution, 7k myrtle green (watermarked) imperf. lower left corner margin single, h.r., v.f.
*
Catalog #377b,var
Price Realized
$1,300.00

Lot #3130
RUSSIA
1927 10th Anniversary of the October Revolution, 7k dark green (watermarked) imperf. horizontal pair, n.h., v.f., with handstamped guarantee mark, rare
**
Catalog #377b,var
Price Realized
$2,900.00

Lot #3131
RUSSIA
1927 Tenth Anniversary of the October Revolution, 8k Worker and Sailor, variety imperf. at top, with part of adjoining stamp showing at bottom, n.h., with annulling perforations, v.f.
**
Catalog #378var
Price Realized
$140.00

Lot #3132
RUSSIA
1927 10th Anniversary of the October Revolution, 8k Worker & Sailor, imperf. sheet margin block of six, with horizontal invalidating perforations, n.h., v.f.
Box **
Catalog #378var
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #3133
RUSSIA
1927 Tenth Anniversary of the October Revolution, 14k vertical pair, red color and perfs shifted to top, vertical invalidating perfs, n.h., fine
**
Catalog #379var
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #3134
RUSSIA
1927 Tenth Anniversary of the October Revolution, 28k olive brown, perf. 10, h.r., fine
*
Catalog #381a
Price Realized
$150.00

Lot #3135
RUSSIA
1928 Navy, horizontal pair and a single, variety imperf. at bottom, with annulling perforations, n.h., one with pencil notation on gum, fine-v.f.
**
Catalog #403var
Price Realized
$375.00

Lot #3136
RUSSIA
1928 Lenin, 10k perf. 10 1/2, variety imperf. at right, small h.r., owner's handstamp on reverse, fine (Standard 223var)
*
Catalog #408var
Catalog Value $2,725
Price Realized
$1,500.00

Lot #3137
RUSSIA
1929 Pioneers, 14k perf. 12 1/2:12:10:12, h.r., v.f. (Standard 227B)
*
Catalog #412a
Price Realized
$190.00

Lot #3138
RUSSIA
1929-31 Definitives, 1k orange, 5k orange brown and 14k indigo, perf. 10 1/2, l.h., 1k with owner's handstamp on reverse, fine-v.f.
*
Catalog #413a,417a,420a
Price Realized
$150.00

Lot #3139
RUSSIA
1929 10k green, block of four, variety imperf. at right, cancelled to order, fine
Box
Catalog #419var
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #3140
RUSSIA
1931 Definitives (imperf., watermarked), 1k-30k blocks of four, n.h., some owner's handstamps, v.f.
Box **
Catalog #456-466
Price Realized
$1,500.00

Lot #3141
RUSSIA
1932 Maxim Gorky, set of two blocks of four, n.h., v.f. (Mi.412-13)
Box **
Catalog #470-471
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #3142
RUSSIA
1932 Gorky, 15k imperf. top margin horizontal pair, small h.r., owner's handstamp in margin, v.f. (Standard 299)
*
Catalog #470a
Price Realized
$290.00

Lot #3143
RUSSIA
1932 Gorky, 15k imperf. top margin horizontal pair, used on registered cover sent locally from Moscow, additionally franked with 15k, fine
Envelope
Catalog #470a
Price Realized
$210.00

Lot #3144
RUSSIA
1932 October Revolution, 3k-30k six different blocks of four, mostly l.h., creases, otherwise fine-v.f.
Box *
Catalog #472-477
Price Realized
$625.00

Lot #3145
RUSSIA
1932-33 October Revolution, 15k violet and 15k brown, also 35k ultramarine and 35k violet brown, four different perforated trial color proofs, each with small part of red "P" or "Proekt" showing, v.f. and rare
P
Catalog #475,478P
Unsold
Lot #3146
RUSSIA
1932 Moscow Philatelic Exhibition, imperforate souvenir sheet of four, unused with gum (only 500 sheets were printed, of which 25 received a special overprint. Gum was applied to a small number of souvenir sheets for export outside to the United States), fresh and sharp corners, v.f. (Liapine cat. value Euro 27,000) (Standard CB 01)
Box *
Catalog #485-86var
Catalog Value $26,600
Price Realized
$25,000.00

Lot #3147
RUSSIA
1933 Peoples of the Soviet Union, 6k (Buryats), variety imperf. at top, n.h., v.f. (Standard 322Pa)
**
Catalog #494var
Catalog Value $3,250
Unsold
Lot #3148
RUSSIA
1933 Baku Commissars, 4k-40k, complete set of five perforated trial color proofs on stamp paper, unused without gum, 40k with corner crease, otherwise v.f. and rare set
P
Catalog #519-523P
Price Realized
$10,000.00

Lot #3149
RUSSIA
1933 5k Baku Commissars, variety imperf. vertically, sheet margin single, cancelled to order, v.f.
O
Catalog #520var
Price Realized
$700.00

Lot #3150
RUSSIA
1934 Lenin Mausoleum, 5k and 10k imperf. singles with large margins, h.r., 10k with disturbed gum, owner's handstamp on reverse, v.f. (Standard 360-361Pa)
**
Catalog #524a-525a
Catalog Value $1,700
Price Realized
$1,300.00

Lot #3151
RUSSIA
1934 Lenin Mausoleum, 10k imperf. vertical pair, used, bottom stamp light creases, otherwise fine, signed Mikulski
O
Catalog #525a
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #3152
RUSSIA
1934 Fedorov, imperforate set of two, 20k with gum glazing, 40k l.h., owner's handstamp on reverse, fine-v.f. (Standard 365-366Pa)
*
Catalog #529a-530a
Catalog Value $17,000
Price Realized
$1,300.00

Lot #3153
RUSSIA
1934 Fedorov, 20k imperf. right margin single, disturbed gum, faint thin, otherwise fine (Standard 365Pa)
*
Catalog #529a
Catalog Value $850
Price Realized
$375.00

Lot #3154
RUSSIA
1934 Ten Years without Lenin, 1k, 5k, 10k, 20k and 30k perforated trial color proofs, unused without gum as issued, v.f.
P
Catalog #540/545P
Unsold
Lot #3155
RUSSIA
1935 Moscow Subway, set of four, h.r., fine-v.f.,
*
Catalog #551-554
Catalog Value $460
Price Realized
$240.00

Lot #3156
RUSSIA
1935 Kalinin, 20k black, imperf. horizontal pair, small h.r., owner's handstamps on reverse, v.f. and rare (Standard 428Pa)
*
Catalog #576var
Catalog Value $3,750
Price Realized
$2,100.00

Lot #3157
RUSSIA
1935 Tolstoy, 3k variety imperf. at right, used single, pre-print crease, perfs probably trimmed off at top to resemble an imperf., interesting variety
O
Catalog #577var
Price Realized
$140.00

Lot #3158
RUSSIA
1935 Tolstoy, 20k dark green and black brown, perf. 11, vertical pair imperf. between, used, v.f. (Standard 431Avar)
O
Catalog #579var
Catalog Value $1,650
Unsold
Lot #3159
RUSSIA
1935 2k Frunze and 4k Bauman, perf. 14, blocks of four, l.h., one 2k with disturbed gum, owner's handstamps on reverse, fine-v.f.
Box *
Catalog #580a-81a
Price Realized
$140.00

Lot #3160
RUSSIA
1935 4k Bauman and 40k Kirov, imperf. singles, l.h., tiny owner's handstamps on reverse, v.f. (Standard 433-34Pa)
*
Catalog #581-582var
Catalog Value $1,100
Price Realized
$800.00

Lot #3161
RUSSIA
1935 4k (Bauman), imperf. single, n.h., v.f.
**
Catalog #581var
Price Realized
$130.00

Lot #3162
RUSSIA
1935 4k (Bauman), imperf. right margin single, n.h., owner's handstamp in margin, v.f. (Standard 433var)
**
Catalog #581var
Price Realized
$130.00

Lot #3163
RUSSIA
1935 Pioneers, 3k perf. 11, variety imperf. at top, cancelled to order, v.f.
O
Catalog #585avar
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #3164
RUSSIA
1938 1936 Dobrolyubow, 10k rose lake, perf. 14, variety imperf. at bottom, n.h., marginal creases, otherwise v.f. (Standard 444aPb)
**
Catalog #589avar
Catalog Value $2,675
Price Realized
$1,300.00

Lot #3165
RUSSIA
1938 1936 Dobrolyubow, 10k rose lake, perf. 14, variety imperf. at bottom, n.h., marginal crease, otherwise v.f. (Standard 444aPb)
**
Catalog #589avar
Catalog Value $2,675
Price Realized
$1,300.00

Lot #3166
RUSSIA
1937 Architecture of Moscow, 5k carmine brown, imperf. bottom sheet margin single, n.h., minor marginal gum disturbances and wrinkles, v.f. (Standard 461var)
**
Catalog #598var
Catalog Value $715
Price Realized
$400.00

Lot #3167
RUSSIA
1937 Architecture of Moscow, 40k violet, imperf. souvenir sheet of four, marginal inscriptions omitted, never hinged and post office fresh, natural gum paper inclusion, v.f., signed Mikulski etc. A rarity from the Soviet Union, especially in this exceptional quality (Standard Block 2Ka)
Box **
Catalog #603a,var
Catalog Value $23,300
Unsold
Lot #3168
RUSSIA
1937 Architecture of Moscow, 40k violet, imperforate horizontal strip of three, diagonal crease, dried gum, n.h., fine appearance (Standard 466Pa)
*
Catalog #603var
Catalog Value $16,600
Price Realized
$4,500.00

Lot #3169
RUSSIA
1937 Architecture of Moscow, 50k imperforate right sheet margin horizontal pair, stamps n.h. (very lightly hinged in margin), owner's handstamp on reverse, few minor wrinkles, v.f. (Standard 467Pa)
*/**
Catalog #604var
Catalog Value $8,300
Price Realized
$3,250.00

Lot #3170
RUSSIA
1935 Persian Art, set of blocks of four, cancelled to order, with full original gum, fine-v.f. Blocks of four of this issue are scarce
Box
Catalog #606-09
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #3171
RUSSIA
1937 Definitives (unwatermarked), 20k Peasant, imperf. left sheet margin single, stamp n.h. (hinged in margin), v.f. (Standard 458Pa)
**
Catalog #617Avar
Catalog Value $1,325
Price Realized
$750.00

Lot #3172
RUSSIA
1937 Definitives (unwatermarked), 30k Factory Worker, imperf. bottom sheet margin single, n.h., natural wrinkles, v.f. (Standard 577Pa)
**
Catalog #618var
Catalog Value $1,325
Price Realized
$800.00

Lot #3173
RUSSIA
1937 Definitives (unwatermarked), 30k Factory Worker, imperf. horizontal pair, small h.r. and pencil notation on reverse, v.f. (Standard 577Pa)
*
Catalog #618var
Catalog Value $1,650
Price Realized
$950.00

Lot #3174
RUSSIA
1937 Definitives (unwatermarked), 40k Lenin, imperf. single, disturbed gum, v.f. (Standard 443va)
*
Catalog #619var
Catalog Value $500
Price Realized
$160.00

Lot #3175
RUSSIA
1938 North Pole, 40k green & red, 80k red, imperforate singles, n.h., owner's handstamps on reverse, fine-v.f. (Standard 485-486Pa)
**
Catalog #627a-628a
Catalog Value $4,425
Price Realized
$2,000.00

Lot #3176
RUSSIA
1937 North Pole, 80k red, imperf. horizontal pair, n.h., owner's handstamps on reverse, v.f., signed Stolow (Standard 486var)
**
Catalog #628a
Price Realized
$625.00

Lot #3177
RUSSIA
1938 North Pole, 80k horizontal strip of three, variety showing a shift of the red color (flag), n.h., v.f.
**
Catalog #628var
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #3178
RUSSIA
1938 Red Army, 30k variety imperf. at right, n.h., owner's handstamp on reverse, v.f. (Standard 492var)
**
Catalog #631var
Catalog Value $2,385
Price Realized
$2,300.00

Lot #3179
RUSSIA
1938 Red Army, 50k variety imperf. at right, cancelled to order, v.f. (Standard 494var)
O
Catalog #633var
Catalog Value $780
Price Realized
$280.00

Lot #3180
RUSSIA
1938 Red Army, 1r Chapayev, three sheet margin blocks of four, different paper types, mostly hinged or slightly disturbed gum, fine
Box *
Catalog #635
Price Realized
$150.00

Lot #3181
RUSSIA
1938 Red Army, 1r Chapayev, pane of 50, n.h., some minor gum adhesion affecting a few stamps, fine-v.f.
Box **
Catalog #635
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #3182
RUSSIA
1938 Red Army, 1r Chapayev, imperf. single, n.h., v.f. (Standard 496Pa)
**
Catalog #635var
Catalog Value $2,650
Price Realized
$1,800.00

Lot #3183
RUSSIA
1938 Trans-polar Flight, 10k lilac brown, imperf. vertical pair, n.h., natural gum wrinkles, with positions penciled in, with handstamped guarantee, v.f. (Standard 501Pa)
**
Catalog #640var
Catalog Value $3,450
Price Realized
$2,900.00

Lot #3184
RUSSIA
1938 Trans-Polar flight, 20k brown black, imperf. single, h.r., owner's handstamp on reverse, marginal corner crease at lower right, otherwise v.f. (Standard 502va)
*
Catalog #641var
Catalog Value $1,020
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #3185
RUSSIA
1938 Papanin, 30k and 50k, blocks of four, l.h., fine-v.f.
Box *
Catalog #645-646
Price Realized
$200.00

Lot #3186
RUSSIA
1939 definitives, 15k dark blue, imperf. sheet margin single, n.h., v.f. (Standard 576Pa)
**
Catalog #713a
Catalog Value $4,325
Price Realized
$2,800.00

Lot #3187
RUSSIA
1946 Definitives, 15k Steel Worker, imperforate block of four, l.h./n.h., with handstamped guarantee, v.f. A rarity, possibly the only known block
Box */**
Catalog #713a
Price Realized
$23,000.00

Lot #3188
RUSSIA
1939 Women Aviators, blocks of four, l.h./n.h., fine-v.f.
Box */**
Catalog #718-720
Price Realized
$850.00

Lot #3189
RUSSIA
1939 All Union Agricultural Fair, blocks of four, n.h., 1r blue with gum adhesion at left pair, one stamp thin, others fine-v.f.
Box **
Catalog #724-33
Price Realized
$700.00

Lot #3190
RUSSIA
1939 All Union Agricultural Fair, 50k Horses, variety imperf. at bottom, very lightly hinged, v.f. (Standard 597var)
*
Catalog #730var
Catalog Value $1,500
Unsold
Lot #3191
RUSSIA
1939 30k on 4k claret, block of four, n.h., v.f.
Box **
Catalog #743
Price Realized
$250.00

Lot #3192
RUSSIA
1939 Sanatoria "Abkhazia", 20k variety imperf. at bottom, l.h., v.f. (Standard 616Pb)
*
Catalog #752var
Catalog Value $1,030
Price Realized
$300.00

Lot #3193
RUSSIA
1940 Chekhov, complete set, blocks of four, n.h., fine-v.f. (Standard 627-630)
Box **
Catalog #763-66
Price Realized
$260.00

Lot #3194
RUSSIA
1940 Mayakovski, set of four blocks of four, also an additional shade of 60k, n.h., fine-v.f.
Box **
Catalog #776-79
Price Realized
$525.00

Lot #3195
RUSSIA
1940 Tchaikovsky, 30k blue, variety imperf. at bottom, n.h., owner's handstamp on reverse, v.f. (Standard 655var)
**
Catalog #791var
Catalog Value $1,260
Price Realized
$650.00

Lot #3196
RUSSIA
1940 Pavilions, 30k Tajikistan, variety imperf. at bottom, selvage creases, also 50k imperf. at top, unfortunately with other sides trimmed to resemble an imperf. both used (Standard 669Pb)
*
Catalog #805var
Catalog Value $1,380
Price Realized
$650.00

Lot #3197
RUSSIA
1941 Suvorov, blocks of four, n.h., v.f.
Box **
Catalog #832-35
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #3198
RUSSIA
1941 Suvorov, 15k carmine, variety imperf. at top, n.h., minor wrinkles, fine
**
Catalog #833var
Price Realized
$1,200.00

Lot #3199
RUSSIA
1941 Kirgizstan, blocks of four, n.h., v.f.
Box **
Catalog #836-37
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #3200
RUSSIA
1941 Navoi, 1r lilac, variety imperf. at left, n.h., faint natural gum creases, otherwise v.f. and rare (Standard 729var)
**
Catalog #858var
Catalog Value $5,100
Price Realized
$2,500.00

Lot #3201
RUSSIA
1942 World War II, 60k variety imperf. at bottom, h.r., v.f. (Standard 742var)
*
Catalog #871var
Catalog Value $16,500
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #3202
RUSSIA
1942 World War II, 60k variety imperf. at bottom, also same with perforations trimmed on other three sides to resemble an imperf., n.h., minor natural gum creases, v.f. (Standard 742var)
**
Catalog #871var
Price Realized
$1,000.00

Lot #3203
RUSSIA
1942 World War II, 20k block of four imperf. between horizontally, used, v.f. (Standard 739var)
Box
Catalog #873var
Catalog Value $2,740
Price Realized
$1,300.00

Lot #3204
RUSSIA
1943 Red Army and Navy, 3r vertical pair imperf. between, l.h. at top, faint natural gum creases, v.f. (Standard 776var)
*
Catalog #894var
Catalog Value $1,325
Price Realized
$800.00

Lot #3205
RUSSIA
1943 Red Army and Navy, 3r vertical pair imperf. between, l.h. at top, handstamp guarantees on reverse, v.f.
*
Catalog #894var
Price Realized
$800.00

Lot #3206
RUSSIA
1943 Gorky, 60k horizontal pair, imperf. between, n.h., v.f., with owner's handstamp guarantee on reverse (Standard 767var)
**
Catalog #896var
Catalog Value $1,370
Price Realized
$1,300.00

Lot #3207
RUSSIA
1943 Medals of the USSR, 1r variety imperf. at right, used, fine (Standard 812var)
O
Catalog #897var
Price Realized
$850.00

Lot #3208
RUSSIA
1943 Mayakovski, 60k vertical pair imperf. between, n.h., owner's handstamp on reverse, fine (Standard 778var)
**
Catalog #906var
Catalog Value $2,050
Price Realized
$1,800.00

Lot #3209
RUSSIA
1944 United Nations, 60k error, missing blue from flags, cancelled to order, v.f., signed Stolow etc. (Standard 810Ta)
O
Catalog #921var
Catalog Value $517
Price Realized
$300.00

Lot #3210
RUSSIA
1944 Lenin, 30k orange and carmine, variety imperf. at bottom, n.h., v.f.
**
Catalog #931var
Unsold
Lot #3211
RUSSIA
1944 Lenin, 30k slate and black, variety imperf. at right, n.h., v.f.
**
Catalog #932var
Unsold
Lot #3212
RUSSIA
1944 Lenin, 45k slate and black, variety imperf. at right, n.h., v.f.
**
Catalog #933var
Unsold
Lot #3213
RUSSIA
1944 Heroes of the 1918 Civil War, 30k green, vertical pair, imperf. between, n.h., v.f. (Standard 838var)
**
Catalog #944var
Catalog Value $1,700
Unsold
Lot #3214
RUSSIA
1944 Heroes of the Civil War, 30k green, vertical pair, imperf. between, n.h., owner's handstamp on reverse, v.f (Standard 838var)
**
Catalog #944var
Catalog Value $1,700
Price Realized
$1,000.00

Lot #3215
RUSSIA
1945 Griboyedov, 60k gray, horizontal pair imperf. between, l.h., with owner's handstamp on reverse, v.f. (Standard 867)
*
Catalog #967var
Price Realized
$1,300.00

Lot #3216
RUSSIA
1945 Red Square Parade, 30k ultramarine, block of four, right pair with double paper, n.h., v.f., rare
Box **
Catalog #980var
Price Realized
$950.00

Lot #3217
RUSSIA
1946 15k Bombers, two varieties, one imperf. at top, the other imperf. at left, n.h., v.f., rare (Standard 940var)
**
Catalog #992Dvar
Unsold
Lot #3218
RUSSIA
1945 Lenin, 50k gray brown and 3r sepia, each imperf. at bottom, n.h., 50k with tiny gum skips, fine-v.f. (Standard 908,911var)
**
Catalog #1003var,1006var
Catalog Value $1,650
Unsold
Lot #3219
RUSSIA
1945 30k Field Marshal Kutuzov, horizontal pair imperf. between, n.h., v.f. (Standard 905var)
**
Catalog #1007var
Price Realized
$950.00

Lot #3220
RUSSIA
1945 30k Artillery, variety imperf. at right, n.h., v.f. (Standard 921Pa)
**
Catalog #1019var
Catalog Value $400
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #3221
RUSSIA
1946 60k Victory Flag, variety imperf. at right, n.h., rough perforations, fine (Standard 931Pa)
**
Catalog #1025var
Catalog Value $600
Unsold
Lot #3222
RUSSIA
1946 Moscow, cplt set of eight blocks of four, 15k with disturbed gum, 1r single short perf., others n.h., fine-v.f.
Box **
Catalog #1059-66
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #3223
RUSSIA
1946 5k Belfry of Ivan the Great, variety imperf. at top, n.h., v.f. (Standard 980Pa)
**
Catalog #1059var
Catalog Value $730
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #3224
RUSSIA
1946 10k Bolshoi Theater, variety imperf. at bottom, n.h., v.f. (Standard 981Pa)
**
Catalog #1060var
Catalog Value $730
Unsold
Lot #3225
RUSSIA
1946 1r Spasski Tower, variety imperf. at left, n.h., v.f. (Standard 987Pb)
**
Catalog #1066var
Catalog Value $1,000
Price Realized
$525.00

Lot #3226
RUSSIA
1946 1r Spasski Tower, variety imperf. at top, n.h., v.f. (Standard 987Pa)
**
Catalog #1066var
Catalog Value $100
Price Realized
$525.00

Lot #3227
RUSSIA
1946 25th Anniversary of the Soviet Postage Stamps, 15k souvenir sheet of four, red color double (!), n.h., insignificant gum and corner creases, natural inclusion, still v.f. and extremely rare (Liapine cat. Euro 25,000)
Box **
Catalog #1080var
Price Realized
$14,500.00

Lot #3228
RUSSIA
1946 October Revolution, 150 souvenir sheets, each cancelled to order, fine-v.f.
Box
Catalog #1083a
Catalog Value €11,250
Price Realized
$1,500.00

Lot #3229
RUSSIA
1947 Lenin Mausoleum, 30k slate blue, variety imperf. at bottom, n.h., v.f.
**
Catalog #1091var
Price Realized
$750.00

Lot #3230
RUSSIA
1947 30k R.S.F.S.R, vertical pair imperf. between, also horizontally at bottom, n.h., v.f. and rare
**
Catalog #1104var
Price Realized
$850.00

Lot #3231
RUSSIA
1947 Arms of the Soviet Union, 30k Uzbekistan, variety imperf. at bottom, n.h., owner's handstamp on reverse and marginal crease at far bottom, otherwise v.f. (Standard 1025var)
**
Catalog #1119var
Catalog Value $850
Price Realized
$375.00

Lot #3232
RUSSIA
1947 Moscow Council Building, 30k variety, blue omitted, imperf. single, n.h., v.f., signed Stolow (Standard 1049Ta)
**
Catalog #1125var
Price Realized
$190.00

Lot #3233
RUSSIA
1947 View of Kremlin, 60k variety imperf. at bottom, n.h., owner's handstamp on reverse, v.f. (Standard 1082var)
**
Catalog #1140var
Catalog Value $680
Price Realized
$300.00

Lot #3234
RUSSIA
1947 Moscow Metro Stations, 60k "Mayakovskaya", block of four, imperf. horizontally, yielding two vertical pairs imperf. between, n.h., v.f. (Standard 1066var, catalogue value for two horizontal pairs imperf. between)
**
Catalog #1157var
Catalog Value $3,570
Price Realized
$2,000.00

Lot #3235
RUSSIA
1947 30k New Afion, variety imperf. horizontally, right sheet margin single, n.h., v.f.
**
Catalog #1166var
Unsold
Lot #3236
RUSSIA
1947 30k New Afon, vertical strip of three, imperf. horizontally and between stamps, n.h., middle stamp with natural inclusion, v.f.
**
Catalog #1166var
Unsold
Lot #3237
RUSSIA
1947 30k New Afon, imperf. single, n.h., owner's handstamp on reverse, v.f. (Standard 1102var)
**
Catalog #1166var
Catalog Value $340
Price Realized
$150.00

Lot #3238
RUSSIA
1947 30k New Afon, imperf. block of four, n.h., v.f. (Standard 1102Pa, catalogue value for singles)
Box **
Catalog #1166var
Catalog Value $1,370
Price Realized
$800.00

Lot #3239
RUSSIA
1947 30k Kislovodsk, horizontal pair imperf. between, l.h., owner's handstamp on reverse, fine (Standard 1108var)
*
Catalog #1168var
Catalog Value $1,370
Price Realized
$575.00

Lot #3240
RUSSIA
1947 30k Sochi, vertical pair imperf. between, n.h., owner's handstamp on reverse, v.f. (Standard 1103var)
**
Catalog #1169var
Catalog Value $1,360
Price Realized
$575.00

Lot #3241
RUSSIA
1947 30k Zapadugol Sanatorium, variety imperf. at bottom, n.h., natural inclusion, v.f.
**
Catalog #1171var
Price Realized
$550.00

Lot #3242
RUSSIA
1947 800 Years of Moscow, 2r+3r gutter pair, used, folded between stamps, v.f., extremely rare, with handstamped guarantee marks (listed but unpriced as a gutter strip of four)
O
Catalog #Standard 1085-1086
Price Realized
$4,750.00

Lot #3243
RUSSIA
1948 Regular Issue, complete set, blocks of 20, n.h., folded between the stamps, fine-v.f.
Box **
Catalog #1214-21
Price Realized
$130.00

Lot #3244
RUSSIA
1948 Ostrovski, imperforate horizontal pairs, set of three, n.h. with usual dried gum, fine-v.f. (Standard 1168-70)
**
Catalog #1227-1229var
Catalog Value $3,840
Price Realized
$1,700.00

Lot #3245
RUSSIA
1948 Five Years in Four, 60k variety imperf. at left, used, v.f. (Standard 1180var)
O
Catalog #1236var
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #3246
RUSSIA
1948 Slalom (Skier), 15k variety imperf. at left, small h.r., v.f. (Standard 1154Pa)
*
Catalog #1253Avar
Catalog Value $2,740
Price Realized
$1,500.00

Lot #3247
RUSSIA
1948 15k Foot Race, variety imperf. at left, n.h., tiny natural gum crease, otherwise v.f.
**
Catalog #1254var
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #3248
RUSSIA
1948 Sports (Football), 30k horizontal pair imperf. between, l.h., fine (Standard 1221var)
*
Catalog #1255var
Catalog Value $2,570
Price Realized
$1,600.00

Lot #3249
RUSSIA
1948 Five Year Plan (Electrification and Coal and Oil Production), set of seven blocks of four, n.h., with handstamped owner's marks on gum, v.f.
Box **
Catalog #1277-1283
Price Realized
$240.00

Lot #3250
RUSSIA
1948 Sverdlovsk, imperf. blocks of four, n.h., v.f.
Box **
Catalog #1307-1309
Price Realized
$140.00

Lot #3251
RUSSIA
1949 View of Crimea and Caucasus, set of eight blocks of four, n.h., with handstamped owner's marks on gum, v.f.
Box **
Catalog #1310-17
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #3252
RUSSIA
1949 Belarus, Lomonosov, Cape Dezhev, cplt sets in blocks of four, n.h., with handstamped owner's marks on gum, v.f.
Box **
Catalog #1318-1324
Price Realized
$425.00

Lot #3253
RUSSIA
1949 Lenin Mausoleum, blocks of four, n.h., with handstamped owner's marks on gum, v.f.
Box **
Catalog #1327-28
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #3254
RUSSIA
1949 International Women's Day, blocks of four, n.h., with handstamped owner's marks on gum, v.f.
Box **
Catalog #1334-40
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #3255
RUSSIA
1949 Map of European Russia, 40k error text omitted, n.h., minor fingerprint impression, v.f. and post office fresh, with Mandrovsky certificate. An extremely rare major error, especially in this exceptional quality, as most of the known examples are defective (Liapine cat. value Euro 7,500)
**
Catalog #1396var
Price Realized
$4,750.00

Lot #3256
RUSSIA
1950 50k Turkmen, variety imperf. at right, l.h., natural wrinkles, otherwise v.f.
*
Catalog #1440var
Unsold
Lot #3257
RUSSIA
1957 250th Anniversary of Leningrad, 1r, two-line red overprint inverted, l.h., diagonal crease, v.f. appearance, rare (Standard 1932Ka)
*
Catalog #1944var
Catalog Value $2,800
Price Realized
$1,800.00

Lot #3258
RUSSIA
1958 Issue, three diff. imperforate values, 100 of each, all in large multiples, n.h., v.f. (Mi.2113B,2118B,2119B)
Box **
Catalog #2096/2101var
Catalog Value €8,500
Unsold
Lot #3259
RUSSIA
1958 Airliner and Globe, 40k without inscriptions ( black and red omitted), n.h., v.f., with Mandrovsky certificate. Only one sheet of 100 was discovered in the Orenburg Post Office (Standard 2099var)
**
Catalog #2148var
Catalog Value $5,000
Unsold
Lot #3260
RUSSIA
1958 40k Voroshilovgrad, unissued value, block of four, n.h., fine-v.f.
Box **
Price Realized
$3,000.00

Lot #3261
RUSSIA
1962 Novosibirsk Courier Post labels, irregular block of five with diff. designs, issued without gum, fine-v.f.
Box (*)
Price Realized
$130.00

Lot #3262
RUSSIA
1964 Tokyo Olympics, two green souvenir sheets with red serial number at bottom, one deformed star variety, both n.h., v.f.
**
Catalog #2921-26var
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #3263
RUSSIA
1964 Tokyo Olympics, two green souvenir sheets with red serial number at bottom, one deformed star variety, both n.h., v.f.
**
Catalog #2921-26var
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #3264
RUSSIA
1964 Tokyo Olympics, two green souvenir sheets with red serial number at bottom, one deformed star variety, both n.h., v.f.
**
Catalog #2921-26var
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #3265
RUSSIA
1964 Conquest of Space, approximately 600 souvenir sheets on glossy paper, n.h., few minor bends, mostly v.f. (Mi.Block 34y)
Box **
Catalog #2930Ab
Catalog Value €12,000
Price Realized
$1,000.00

Lot #3266
RUSSIA
1972 Sobinov, 10k red brown with inscription at bottom "Narodnyj Artist CCCP", unaccepted in this form (the stamp was released with the revised "Narodnyj Artist Respubliki") n.h., v.f., with Mandrovsky cert. (Standard 4049var)
**
Catalog #3966var
Catalog Value $4,000
Price Realized
$3,000.00

Lot #3267
RUSSIA
1980 Coat of Arms (Morodavian Autonomous Republic), 4k carmine, imperf. upper left corner sheet margin horizontal pair, n.h., v.f. (Standard 4964Pa)
**
Catalog #4806var
Catalog Value $5,600
Price Realized
$4,000.00

Lot #3268
RUSSIA
1988 Zoo Animals, imperf. se-tenant block of five plus label, n.h., v.f. (Standard 5929-33Pa)
Box **

Catalog Value $10,000
Price Realized
$3,250.00

Lot #3269
RUSSIA
1990 Zoo Animals, imperf. se-tenant block of three plus label, n.h., v.f. (Standard 6135-37var)
Box **

Catalog Value $860
Unsold
Lot #3270
RUSSIA
1991 Marine Life, 20k Dolphin, imperforate block of four, n.h., v.f. (Standard 6218 Pa)
Box **

Catalog Value $6,200
Price Realized
$1,600.00

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