U.S. & Worldwide; The Alexander Collection of Russia
September 14-16, 2010
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #1319 RUSSIA 1832 FL from St.Petersburg, sent via Memel to Bordeaux where it was disinfected, with slits, also boxed "Prusse par Forbach" and accountancy mark, address somewhat smeared, otherwise fine, with arrival pmk  | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #1320 RUSSIA 1849 small FL from St.Petersburg to France, attractive illustrated stationery sheet, with boxed two line departure datestamp, sent to Nice, taxed 20(deci), with red "T.A.3" and "12 Ago" arrival hs, v.f. | Price Realized $180.00 |
 | Lot #1321 RUSSIA 1853 10k black, stationery entire envelope cancelled by pen, with "Oboyan July 27" departure pmk, addressed to Smolensk, fine | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #1322 RUSSIA 1855 (26 June) Telegraph headed "Telegraph Station Helsinki", interesting contents, used during the Crimean War, v.f. | Price Realized $600.00 |
 | Lot #1323 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown & blue, margins all around, beautiful colors, tied by oval "Walk" departure pmk on FL to Riga, with additional "Walk.Lif. 18" (Walk, Lifland province, plus first two year numerals) plus "Polucheno 19 May, 1858" arrival pmks on back, addressee's name and address obliterated by pen, v.f., signed Diena Catalog #1 | Price Realized $7,000.00 |
 | Lot #1324 RUSSIA 1858 10k brown & blue, tied by numeral cancel in rectangular dots and used on FL from Berdichev to Warszawa, red arrival pmk struck on the stamp, stains, otherwise fine appearing and unusual application of the Polish arrival cancel Catalog #2 | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #1325 RUSSIA 1858 10k brown & blue tied by "95" numeral canc. on FL from Kotelnik to Vologda, two-line departure datestamp (3 December 1859) on reverse, v.f. Catalog #2 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #1326 RUSSIA 1858 10k black, plate proof on unwatermarked paper, frame only, central oval blank, v.f., ex-Mehrtens collection P Catalog #2P | Price Realized $2,700.00 |
 | Lot #1327 RUSSIA 1866-70 10k green and carmine, perforated proof on glazed chalky paper, irregular perfs as often, beautiful colors, fine and very rare P | Price Realized $5,250.00 |
 | Lot #1328 RUSSIA 1866-70 20k blue & orange, imperforate and gummed proof on glazed, unwatermarked chalky paper, prepared for the 1867 Paris Exhibition, v.f., ex-Breitfuss, very rare P | Price Realized $7,500.00 |
 | Lot #1329 RUSSIA 1867 FL from St.Petersburg to Livorno, franked with 5k (horizontally laid paper) and 30k unwatermarked, red "Aus Russland" German acceptance and transit pmks, minor overall toning, rare mixed franking usage, with arrival cds Catalog #18 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #1330 RUSSIA 1871 (13 Feb) outer FL franked with 10k and 20k Arms, used from Taganrog to Corfu where it was charged 45L with the additional of 5L and 40L, the latter with margins all around, former cut in as often, both tied by Kerkura cds on arrival, filing creases and some faults, fine appearance, signed Calves | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #1331 RUSSIA 1884 3.50r gray, horizontally (instead of vertically) laid paper, used, cancelled 1885, well centered but with usual faults (high value stamps were usually affixed to parcels and carelessly removed, becoming damaged in the process), fine appearance, extremely rare, with Robineau cert. (Standart 42I, cat. value $15,000) O Catalog #39a Catalog Value $15,000 | Price Realized $7,000.00 |
 | Lot #1332 RUSSIA 1889-92 1k orange, imperforate single, cut in at left and bottom, with part of the adjoining stamp at right, canc. on piece, rare used, O Catalog #46a Catalog Value $500 | Price Realized $170.00 |
 | Lot #1333 RUSSIA 1893 7k stationery entire, additionally franked on front with 7k blue and on reverse with 1k yellow and 4k red (another stamp missing), registered from Revel (now Tallinn, Estonia) to Montevideo, Uruguay, fine, with arrival pmk, scarce destination | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #1334 RUSSIA 1902 vertically laid paper, 7r black & yellow, center inverted, centered to bottom as always, l.h., beautiful colors, fine example of this popular rarity, with Robineau cert. * Catalog #70a | Price Realized $11,500.00 |
 | Lot #1335 RUSSIA 1909 10k dark blue, printed on gummed side only, rounded lower right corner, otherwise fine * Catalog #79var | Price Realized $120.00 |
 | Lot #1336 RUSSIA 1909 10k dark blue, vertical pair, printed on both sides, v.f. and extremely rare variety * Catalog #79var | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #1337 RUSSIA 1915 10r Arms, sheet margin single, variety imperf. at top, natural gum wrinkles, also another variety with shift of yellow background, stamps n.h., v.f. * Catalog #109var | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #1338 RUSSIA 1916 cover franked with three uncancelled Romanov stamps sent to Amsterdam, opened by censor and backstamped, with return address showing that this cover was sent by a member of Belgian Armored squadron serving with the Russian army, v.f. and rare | Price Realized $180.00 |
| Lot #1339 RUSSIA 1916 Romanov "Money Stamps", 2k unoverprinted with coat of arms on reverse, two sheets of 100, n.h. and post office fresh, v.f.  **Catalog #115 Catalog Value $7,000 | Price Realized $1,800.00 | |
 | Lot #1340 RUSSIA 1917 two 7k stationery entires, each additionally franked with unofficial perf. 12, 1k strip of three and single, both used from Zolotonosha to Petropavlovsk, v.f., with arrival pmk, rare usage of privately perforated adhesives | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #1341 RUSSIA 1917 5r dark blue, green & pale blue, imperf. single with yellow groundwork inverted, v.f., rare and undercatalogued error, with Robineau cert. (Standard 154a variety) * Catalog #133b | Price Realized $4,750.00 |
 | Lot #1342 RUSSIA 1918 Chain Breakers, 35k dark blue, 70k brown, imperforate left and top sheet margin singles, never hinged, the latter with natural paper inclusions, signed Goznak, very fine, only 100 printed, with 1998 Mikulski certificate ("einwandfrei und sehr schon, mit vollen postfrischen originalgummi") (Standart 1Pa,2Pa) ** Catalog #149a-150a Catalog Value $17,500 | Price Realized $10,500.00 |
 | Lot #1343 RUSSIA 1918 35k blue, vertical pair, horizontal perfs shifted, imperf. vertically, n.h., v.f., scarce ** Catalog #149var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1344 RUSSIA 1918 70k brown, horizontal pair, variety imperf. at top (trimmed), n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #150var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1345 RUSSIA 1921 Science and Arts, 250r black, trial color proof on thick chalky surfaced paper, v.f. P Catalog #183P | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #1346 RUSSIA 1921 Science and Arts, 250r black, trial color proof on thick chalky surfaced paper, v.f. P Catalog #183P | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1347 RUSSIA 1921 5000r on 2r, black surcharge inverted, two diff. shades, h.r., v.f. * Catalog #192a | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #1348 RUSSIA 1921 surcharged 5000r on 2r, black surcharge inverted, l.h., v.f. * Catalog #192a | Price Realized $120.00 |
 | Lot #1349 RUSSIA 1922 (11.4.) registered cover from Moscow to Riga, franked with 10 diff. adhesives, incl. 2250r Semi-Postal stamp, paying 60,000r (correct postal rate), roughly opened at top, with 16.4.22 Riga arrival pmk, fine Catalog #182/206,B14 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #1350 RUSSIA 1922 surcharged 10,000r on 40r (type II), overprint with periods after Cyrillic letters, v.f. * Catalog #200f | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #1351 RUSSIA 1922 surcharged 10,000r on 40r (type II), periods after Cyrillic letters, used, v.f. O Catalog #200f | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #1352 RUSSIA 1922 surcharged 10,000r on 40r (Type I - size 37,5x23,5mm), overprint with periods after Cyrillic letters, n.h., v.f. (Standart 33I) ** Catalog #200c Catalog Value $2,000 | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #1353 RUSSIA 1923 (17.9) USSR imperf. set of four used on cover, special Exhibition pmks, some overall toning, otherwise fine-v.f., scarce Catalog #242-45 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1354 RUSSIA 1924 definitives (lithographed), 4k, 30k and 40k, fine-v.f. * Catalog #261,63-64 | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #1355 RUSSIA 1924 definitives (lithographed), 30k and 40k horizontal strips of five perforated Obrazets, without the customary annulling perforations, n.h., v.f. S Catalog #263-64S | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #1356 RUSSIA 1923 definitives (typographed) 3k, 4k, 10k and 50k imperforate singles, set of four, last one l.h., large margins, natural inclusion, v.f. (Standart 23-26) *** Catalog #273-275A Catalog Value $6,100 | Price Realized $4,250.00 |
 | Lot #1357 RUSSIA 1924 definitives (typographed), 50k brown, imperforate bottom sheet margin horizontal pair, proof on glazed card, v.f., rare: only one sheet printed P Catalog #275A/P | Unsold |
 | Lot #1358 RUSSIA 1923 definitives (typographed) 50k brown, imperf. sheet margin horizontal pair, double impression, n.h., v.f., striking and rare (Liapine Catalogue 130DD, Euro 4,000) *** Catalog #275Avar | Unsold |
 | Lot #1359 RUSSIA 1924 definitives (typographed), imperforate singles 2k green, 7k brown, also horizontal sheet margin pair of 6k light blue, n.h., v.f. (Standart 40,44,45Pa) ** Catalog #277,281,282var Catalog Value $1,600 | Price Realized $800.00 |
 | Lot #1360 RUSSIA 1924 definitives (typographed), 10k dark blue, perf. 12 1/2, printed on thin chalk surface paper, which was actually used for the second definitive set, bottom sheet margin single, n.h., short perforations at left and top, defective (paper punch in the middle of the stamp), fine appearance, with 2003 Mandrovski cert. One of only a few known copies (Liapine Catalogue "less than 5 copies known", Euro 15,000; a sound example realized $17,250 including buyer's premium in our June 2009 sale) ** Catalog #285a,var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1361 RUSSIA 1924 definitives (typographed), 15k lemon ("lemonka"), used with additional 4k franking on back of registered cover from Kozlov (27.8.25) to Uspenskoye (Tamb), with arrival (28.8) pmk alongside, minor cover defects, well away from the stamps, very rare usage, fine (Liapine cat. Euro 10,000) Catalog #287 | Price Realized $6,500.00 |
 | Lot #1362 RUSSIA 1924 definitives (typographed), 30k and 40k horizontal strips of five perforated Obrazets, without the customary annulling perforations, n.h., v.f. (Liapine Catalogue value Euro 1,000) S Catalog #288A-B/S | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #1363 RUSSIA 1924 definitives (typographed), 1r brown red, imperforate sheet margin single, double impression, n.h., v.f., spectacular variety, with Soluphil cert. (Standart 055Pa,variety, Liapine Catalogue H24, Euro 7,500) ** Catalog #290var | Price Realized $6,750.00 |
 | Lot #1364 RUSSIA 1925 2r variety shifted red color, used in combination with additional franking on 1944 "J.Berry" philatelic cover, 15k small tear; also another cover with six different adhesives, registered and flown from Moscow to Basel Catalog #291var | Price Realized $290.00 |
 | Lot #1365 RUSSIA 1924 definitives (typographed), 3r black brown and green, type I, printed on thin paper, imperforated single, ample margins at top and bottom, significant shift of green background creating a proof-like impression, strong offset on back, hinged with small gum thins, little toning at top and in margin, horizontal crease, still a v.f. example of this regular issue rarity, most of the imperfs of this high value were invalidated either with annulling perforations or handstamps (Standart O57Pa) * Catalog #292var Catalog Value $8,300 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1366 RUSSIA 1925 definitives (watermarked) 1k-5r imperforate, complete (as issued) set of 20, n.h., v.f. (Standart 0131-50) ** Catalog #304/25var Catalog Value $330 | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #1367 RUSSIA 1925 definitives (watermarked) 1k-5r imperforate, complete (as issued) set of 20, n.h., v.f. (Standart 0131-50) ** Catalog #304/25var Catalog Value $330 | Price Realized $170.00 |
 | Lot #1368 RUSSIA 1925 definitives (watermarked) 18k violet, imperf. lower left sheet corner margin single with lozenges, n.h., v.f. and rare (Standart 89Pa) ** Catalog Value $3,300 | Price Realized $3,500.00 |
 | Lot #1369 RUSSIA 1925-28 Lenin four sets, incl. all perf. varieties & imperfs., used, fine-v.f. (Standart 98-99A,B,O100-101) O Catalog #302-303b Catalog Value $270 | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #1370 RUSSIA 1925 Lenin, 5r and 10r imperforate pairs, n.h., v.f. (Standart 0100-101) ** Catalog #302-303var Catalog Value $325 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1371 RUSSIA 1926 definitives (watermarked) 8k olive (Lithographed), variety "small head", unused (regummed), well centered, v.f., (*) Catalog #Standart 119 Catalog Value $1,500 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1372 RUSSIA 1926 definitives (watermarked), 8k olive, lithographed "small head" variety, double impression, bottom sheet margin single, n.h., trivial corner perf. crease at upper left, v.f., rare stamp ** Catalog #Standart 119var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1373 RUSSIA 1926 definitives (typographed), 3r and 5r imperforate sheet margin pairs, perf. Obrazets, n.h., natural inclusions, v.f., scarce S Catalog #Standart 0126-27S | Price Realized $1,600.00 |
 | Lot #1374 RUSSIA 1928-29 Lenin, 1r red brown, 2r violet, 3r green, imperforate sheet margin singles, never hinged and post office fresh, v.f., each with 2002 Mandrovski cert. (Standard 128-130Pa) ** Catalog #342-44var Catalog Value $14,000 | Price Realized $13,500.00 |
 | Lot #1375 RUSSIA 1927 Esperanto, 14k green & brown, imperf. single, large margins all around, very lightly hinged (if at all), slight creasing in the outer margin, v.f., with "D" handstamp on back (Standart 184Pa) * Catalog #374var Catalog Value $1,650 | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #1376 RUSSIA 1927-28 definitives, 5k brown, 10k light brown, 20k dark olive green, imperforate singles, first and last on white chalky paper, large margins all around, 10k thin paper, ample margins, all never hinged, first and last with 1999 Mandrovski certificates, 10k signed Dr.P.Jemchouhin, very fine and extremely imperfs (Standart 190Pa,193Pa, 197var, first two catalogue $6,650, the latter unlisted) ** Catalog #386,391,395var | Price Realized $14,500.00 |
 | Lot #1377 RUSSIA 1928-29 Lenin, 3r green, 5r red brown, 10r indigo, watermarked "diamonds", imperforate sheet margin singles, never hinged and post office fresh, last one natural gum irregularities and skips, very fine, each with 2002 Mandrovski cert. (Standard 221Pa-223Pa, catalogued as hinged for 5r and 10r, unpriced never hinged) ** Catalog #406-408var Catalog Value $56,000 | Price Realized $42,500.00 |
 | Lot #1378 RUSSIA 1932 Maxim Gorky, 15k imperf. horizontal pair, n.h., natural gum wrinkles and skips, otherwise v.f. (Standart 299Pa) ** Catalog #470a Catalog Value $530 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1379 RUSSIA 1932 First All-Union Philatelic Exhibition - Moscow, special presentation souvenir sheet of four (169:118), with central red 5.12.1932 "All Soviet Philatelic Exhibition, Moscow", first day of exhibition postmark, remarkably fresh and free of the usual toning, minor corner crease at upper right, v.f. Only 500 souv. sheets were issued on carton paper, most were handed out to important dignitaries and subsequently discarded or destroyed (being used as tickets to the exhibition and ripped on entrance). This is the only known used souvenir sheet with red First Day of Issue postmark applied to the stamps (another is known cancelled in margin), with Mikulski cert. ("dieser sonderblock, ohne frankaturwert, gestempelt, kommt sehr selten vor. Mit dieser Ersttag-Abstermplung ist er wahrscheinlich ein UNIKAT"). Since this souvenir sheet was printed for presentation and not postal purposes, the application of the central postmark indicates that it could have been valid for postage. This unique sheet is priced in Liapi Catalog #485-86var | Price Realized $100,000.00 |
 | Lot #1380 RUSSIA 1933 Ethnic People of the Soviet Union, 5k carmine (Tungus), 14k blue (Yakuts) and 15k gray green (Belarus), three different trial color proofs on watermarked stamp paper, perf. 11 1/2, unused without gum as issued, two with partial red impressions of letters (Obrazets), fine-v.f., rare P Catalog #493,499,506S | Price Realized $4,750.00 |
 | Lot #1381 RUSSIA 1933 Baku Commissars, 20k violet, variety imperf. at bottom, used on registered cover Moscow to Prague, v.f. and rare Catalog #521var | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #1382 RUSSIA 1934 Fedorov, 40k brown, imperf. proof on thin card, v.f., rare P Catalog #530P | Price Realized $2,500.00 |
 | Lot #1383 RUSSIA 1935 Kalinin, 20k black, imperf. single, n.h., small surface flaw at upper left, otherwise v.f. (Standart 428Pa) ** Catalog #576var Catalog Value $2,500 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1384 RUSSIA 1935 Anti-War Issue, complete set of five, n.h. and post office fresh, v.f. (Standart 387-91) ** Catalog #551-54 Catalog Value $1,160 | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #1385 RUSSIA 1935 Tolstoy, perf. 11, lower right sheet corner margin block of four, with watermark at bottom margin, n.h., v.f. **Catalog #577a,var | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #1386 RUSSIA 1935 S.Kirov, 40k gray brown, imperf. single, n.h. but slightly dried gum, corner wrinkles, otherwise v.f. (Standart 434Pa) * Catalog #582var Catalog Value $2,000 | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #1387 RUSSIA 1937 Pushkin, five souvenir sheets, cancelled to order "Pushkin Exhibition 16.2.37 Moscow", each with full original gum, n.h., occasional wrinkles and faint gum spots, otherwise v.f. O Catalog #596 Catalog Value $750 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1388 RUSSIA 1937 Dzerzhinsky, 10k variety imperf. at bottom, used, v.f. O Catalog #606var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1389 RUSSIA 1938 Shota Rustaveli, 20k yellow paper, sheet margin block of four, n.h., slightly disturbed gum and couple of natural inclusions, v.f. **Catalog #610var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1390 RUSSIA 1937 Lenin (unwatermarked) 3r, 5r and 10r horizontal strips of four, perforated Obrazets, n.h., v.f. S Catalog #620-22S | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #1391 RUSSIA 1941 Zhukovsky, also Karelia CCP, sets in three blocks of four, n.h., v.f. **Catalog #838-42 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1392 RUSSIA 1941 (June 22) stationery entire envelope posted on the day of German invasion; also a card (with text in Yiddish) posted June 23, and three registered 30k-60k entires posted between June 23-25; all originating in or near the town of Stolbtsy (a shtetl on Neman River, some 50 miles southwest of Minsk). Initial German advance was so rapid that mail had never left the Stolbtsy Post Office. A remarkable group | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #1393 RUSSIA 1947 Soviet Republics, complete in blocks of four, n.h., fine-v.f. **Catalog #1104-20 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1394 RUSSIA 1947 Soviet Republics, complete in blocks of four, n.h., fine-v.f. **Catalog #1104-20 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1395 RUSSIA 1948 Definitives, 5k-60k cplt, 55 sets, mostly in large multiples, n.h., fine-v.f. (Standart 1158-65) **Catalog #1214-21 Catalog Value $900 | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #1396 RUSSIA 1951 Bulgarian People's Republic, 11 sets in blocks of four (8 sets), pairs and singles, n.h., fine-v.f. **Catalog #1542-1544 | Price Realized $130.00 |
 | Lot #1397 RUSSIA 1951 Kalinin, 30 sets in blocks of four (6) and a block of six, n.h., few minor gum skips, fine-v.f. **Catalog #1563-1565 | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #1398 RUSSIA 1952 Ordzhonikidze, 12 sets in blocks of four, n.h., handstamp guarantees on reverse, fine-v.f. **Catalog #1622-1623 | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #1399 RUSSIA 1952 Ordzhonikidze, marginal blocks of ten, n.h., folded between stamps, fine-v.f. **Catalog #1622-1623 | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #1400 RUSSIA 1953 Lenin, three blocks of four, n.h., fine-v.f. **Catalog #1661 | Price Realized $120.00 |
 | Lot #1401 RUSSIA 1961 Lenin, 4k line perf. 12 1/2, bottom sheet margin single, n.h., v.f. (Standart 2477A) ** Catalog #2446var Catalog Value $2,000 | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #1402 RUSSIA 1968 Railroad, unissued 6k dark red, rose and yellow, unused without gum (having been removed from the obligatory presentation card), v.f., undoubtedly very rare, if not unique. This is the first example ever offered by Cherrystone (*) | Price Realized $25,000.00 |
