U.S. & Worldwide
November 9-11, 2010
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
| Lot #1513 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown & blue, margins all around, tied on small piece by framed Pernow 23 May datestamp, v.f. O Catalog #1 | Price Realized $450.00 | |
| Lot #1514 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown & blue, margins all around, neat postmark, v.f., signed Calves O Catalog #1 | Price Realized $475.00 | |
| Lot #1515 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown & blue, two line datestamp, margins all around, v.f., signed Pfenninger O Catalog #1 | Price Realized $500.00 | |
| Lot #1516 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown & blue, margins all around, tied by boxed "Vilna 16 Nov. 1858" datestamp on cover addressed to Strzala, some toning and backflap mending, otherwise fine  Catalog #1 | Price Realized $3,250.00 | |
| Lot #1517 RUSSIA 1858 20k blue & orange, thin paper, variety showing a major shift of "2" watermark, late (1871) usage, excellent color and well centered, fine, signed Buhler O Catalog #3var | Price Realized $1,400.00 | |
| Lot #1518 RUSSIA 1858 10k brown & blue, 30k carmine & green, unused with some gum, small flaws, fine appearance, (*) Catalog #8,10 Catalog Value $1,275 | Price Realized $300.00 | |
| Lot #1519 RUSSIA 1866 vertically laid paper, 30k carmine & green, unused part original gum, h.r., thinned, fresh colors, fine appearance * Catalog #25a | Price Realized $250.00 | |
| Lot #1520 RUSSIA 1904 10k dark blue, background inverted error, with further variety imperf. at bottom, which is explained by the fact that the stamp has a pre-print paper fold (plis d'accordeon), which made it shorter, escaping perforation at bottom, possibly only 5/10 can exist, with Mikulski cert. ** Catalog #60a,var | Price Realized $2,400.00 | |
| Lot #1521 RUSSIA 1915-19 1r imperf. proof on gummed paper, dark brown background displaced to bottom sheet margin, h.r., v.f. and striking item P | Price Realized $475.00 | |
| Lot #1522 RUSSIA 1915-19 1r two imperf. proofs on gummed paper, one with dark brown background displaced to left, the other with greenish background, slightly displaced center, v.f. P | Price Realized $450.00 | |
| Lot #1523 RUSSIA 1915-19 1r imperf. proof on gummed paper, yellow green background double, h.r., v.f. P | Price Realized $500.00 | |
| Lot #1524 RUSSIA 1915-19 1r two imperf. proofs on gummed paper, one with dark brown background displaced to left, the other with greenish background, slightly displaced center, v.f. P | Price Realized $475.00 | |
| Lot #1525 RUSSIA 1915-19 1r two imperf. proofs on gummed paper, yellow green background, one with red center displaced to right, v.f. P | Price Realized $475.00 | |
| Lot #1526 RUSSIA 1915-19 5r blue green and pale blue, left sheet corner margin block of four, variety imperf. between and at left, l.h. at top, bottom pair n.h., marginal creases not affecting stamps, fresh and probably the only known block of this variety (five pairs recorded included this block, Liapine 119var, cat. Euro 30,000 for two pairs)  */**Catalog #108var | Unsold | |
| Lot #1527 RUSSIA 1917 1k-5k Arms, five imperforate blocks of 10, overprinted Obrazets in large capital letters, also additional blocks of 1k and 2k each with a slightly different overprint, v.f. SCatalog #119-23S | Price Realized $2,200.00 | |
| Lot #1528 RUSSIA 1917 3k and 5k Arms, two diff. imperforate blocks of 10, overprinted Obrazets inverted (!) in large capital letters, v.f., rare SCatalog #121,23Svar | Price Realized $2,100.00 | |
| Lot #1529 RUSSIA 1917 1r imperf., two panes of 22 each, one with inverted background, other with significantly displaced background, n.h., v.f. **Catalog #131e,var | Price Realized $140.00 | |
| Lot #1530 RUSSIA 1917 1r imperf. sheet of 50 (10x5), with margins all around, brown groundwork shifted to bottom left, double on most of the stamps, also "6" control number in margin, n.h., fine-v.f. and spectacular item **Catalog #87g | Price Realized $1,200.00 | |
| Lot #1531 RUSSIA 1917 1r brown & red, bottom sheet margin imperf. block of 11, background inverted, n.h., v.f. **Catalog #87c | Unsold | |
 | Lot #1532 RUSSIA 1918 35k blue, imperf. sheet margin single, l.h. (if at all), folded at right, v.f., signed Goznak (Standart 1Pa) * Catalog #149a Catalog Value $500 | Price Realized $525.00 |
| Lot #1533 RUSSIA 1919 (1.10) registered cover from Odessa to Novorossiysk, postage "1 rub 40 kop" paid in cash, with appropriate handstamp (oplacheno dengami) handstamp, postmaster's initials, with arrival pmk. An interesting and scarce provisional usage during a brief period of time when no postage stamps were available in Odessa | Unsold | |
| Lot #1534 RUSSIA 1920 (May 24) parcel card to Sergievskii Posad (Mosk.), paying 161r (correct parcel delivery fee as noted in the fee box at lower left for a parcel of 23 funt (pounds) based on a distance from Astrakhan to Moscow Province of between 1000 and 2000 versts (kilometers) at a charge of 5r per funt for the first 1000 (115r) plus 2r per funt for the next 1000 versts or part thereof (46r) with Imperial Arms imperf. 1k, perf. 10k and block of 10x15k (as per decree of March 10th, all low value (kopeck) stamps were to be figured at face value in rubles), all tied by oval "Sluzhba Svyazi V-K.V.F1 Pochta Astrakhan (Communication Service of the Volga-Caspian Military Fleet) cachets, scarce Naval Post Office, of provisional nature, ex-Paul Krynine Catalog #79,81,119 | Price Realized $1,100.00 | |
| Lot #1535 RUSSIA 1920 (March 26) money order (500r) from Vsevolzhskoye S.P.B. (St.Petersburg) to Tsarevok okshaisk (Kazan), franked with Imperial Arms imperf. strip of 3x3k, used in combination with 1k Romanov, paying the correct 10r rate (2% of the funds transferred), with boxed "Oplacheno" (paid), official departure and arrival datestamps and pmk (19.4), faults at left, otherwise fine. According to the decree of March 10th, all low value (kopeck) stamps were to be figured at face value in rubles. Of course the Romanov Issue was long ago officially demonetized, hence this usage from a small town in Petrograd district to another in Kazan, should be considered provisional and quite scarce, ex-Paul Krynine Catalog #88,121 | Unsold | |
| Lot #1536 RUSSIA 1921 (Aug 12) large registered, value declared (7,500r) cover used locally in Moscow, paying 180r with 20r (pelure paper) and lower left sheet corner margin block of 4x40r (marginal creases), with Moscow Ekspeditsya (three solid triangles) in oval and arrival pmks (Aug 13), five virtually intact Moscow post office wax seals with Imperial eagles on back. These definitive stamps were issued only two days earlier on August 10th and on August 15th, new postal rates were established with 250r for a letter and 1000r for registration. This cover is accompanied by two brief notes referring to the franking, which is actually extremely scarce on commercial mail, only a few known used before August 15th Catalog #180a,187 | Price Realized $8,000.00 | |
| Lot #1537 RUSSIA 1922 Star surcharges, seven different perf. cross-gutter panes of 100, five with full margins all around, some wrinkles and marginal flaws, otherwise fine-v.f., **Catalog #216/22 | Unsold | |
| Lot #1538 RUSSIA 1924 definitives (typographed), 2k green, imperf. single with large margins all around, n.h., v.f., rare (Standart 040) ** Catalog #Standart 040 Catalog Value $1,150 | Price Realized $700.00 | |
| Lot #1539 RUSSIA 1924 definitives (typographed), 6k light blue, imperf. single with large margins all around, n.h., also 6k black (lithographed), imperf. and gummed trial color proof, v.f. */** Catalog #Standart O44Pa | Price Realized $240.00 | |
| Lot #1540 RUSSIA 1924 5r imperf. horizontal strip of three, used (1925 cds), v.f. and scarce (Liapine 158/I, cat. Euro 7,500 for singles) O Catalog #293var | Price Realized $2,500.00 | |
| Lot #1541 RUSSIA 1925 Lomonosov, 3k red brown, imperf. proof on cartridge paper, used with additional franking on 1948 J.Barry cover addressed to England, fine and rare Catalog #326P | Unsold | |
| Lot #1542 RUSSIA 1925 Popov, 7k imperforate trial color proofs in light blue, carmine and dark blue, three different, each used in 1949 with additional franking on three registered "J.Barry" covers from Moscow to England, fine-v.f., rare (Liapine cat. Euro 2,100 for unused) Catalog #328P | Price Realized $1,500.00 | |
| Lot #1543 RUSSIA 1925 Popov, unissued 20k red brown imperf. proof, used with additional franking on 1949 J.Barry cover addressed to England, v.f. | Price Realized $475.00 | |
| Lot #1544 RUSSIA 1927 8kop on postage dues, four different inverted surcharges type II on 2k, 3k and 10k (unwatermarked) and 7k (watermarked), first three h.r., last one n.h., fine-v.f., signed Goznak */** | Price Realized $1,200.00 | |
 | Lot #1545 RUSSIA 1932 15k Gorky, imperf. sheet corner margin single, used, v.f. positional piece Catalog #470a | Price Realized $140.00 |
| Lot #1546 RUSSIA 1932 15k Gorky, imperf. single with large margins all around, used with block of 4x5k Revolution, on registered cover from Leningrad to USA, some discoloration around the registration label, otherwise fine, with arrival pmk Catalog #470a | Price Realized $240.00 | |
| Lot #1547 RUSSIA 1933 Baku Commissars, 40k "Remember the Commissars", perforated trial color proofs in red brown, ultramarine and dark brown, three different, each used in 1958 with additional franking on three registered covers from Riga to Switzerland, v.f., signed Mikulski, very rare (Liapine cat. Euro 6,750 for unused) Catalog #523P | Price Realized $1,400.00 | |
| Lot #1548 RUSSIA 1935 Spartacist Games, 1k-40k blocks of four, complete set of 10, n.h. and post office fresh, some natural gum wrinkles, well centered, unfolded, v.f. (Liapine cat. Euro 15,000) **Catalog #559-68 | Price Realized $12,500.00 | |
| Lot #1549 RUSSIA 1936 Pioneers 1k green perf 14, vertical strip of three, top pair imperf. between, used, v.f. (Standart 435PB) O Catalog #583var Catalog Value $2,000 | Price Realized $850.00 | |
| Lot #1550 RUSSIA 1937 Definitives, 20k green, upper right sheet corner margin vertical strip of five, showing large part of the control number 14-4013 (this printing is known only with "Latvija" of German Occupation of Latvia period), variety imperf. at right, n.h., natural gum creases, v.f., undoubtedly rare (Standart 442Pb, catalogue value for singles) ** Catalog #617var Catalog Value $12,500 | Price Realized $5,500.00 | |
| Lot #1551 RUSSIA 1937 North Pole, 80k carmine, imperf. bottom sheet margin single, n.h., v.f., with handstamped guarantee mark (Standart 486Pa) ** Catalog #628a Catalog Value $330 | Price Realized $210.00 | |
| Lot #1552 RUSSIA 1939 surcharged 30k on 4k red lilac, block of 15, n.h., fine-v.f. (Standart 589, catalogued as singles) **Catalog #743 Catalog Value $900 | Price Realized $250.00 | |
 | Lot #1553 RUSSIA 1944 20 years without Lenin, blocks of four, complete set, n.h., v.f. **Catalog #931-37 | Price Realized $230.00 |
| Lot #1554 RUSSIA 1947 Moscow, 30k imperf block of four, blue color omitted, n.h., fine-v.f., signed Stolow (catalogued as singles) **Catalog #Standart 1049Ta Catalog Value $1,400 | Price Realized $1,400.00 | |
| Lot #1555 RUSSIA 1947 Moscow-Volga Canal, blocks of four, complete set, n.h., v.f. **Catalog #1147-52 | Price Realized $230.00 | |
| Lot #1556 RUSSIA 1948 definitives, 10k green, 15k lilac, 20k gray black, 30k red brown, 45k red brown, 50k green, 60k brown, seven different imperforate proofs without gum as issued, raster horizontal diamonds (stamps issued vertical diamonds), denominations and colors differ from the issued stamps, v.f., no more than two of each exist P Catalog #1214-20P | Unsold | |
 | Lot #1557 RUSSIA 1949 Lenin Mausoleum, imperforate souvenir sheet of four, natural diagonal cut at left (177mm at top, 170mm at bottom left, height is 130mm), n.h. and post office fresh, v.f. (Standart Bl. 11) **Catalog #1327a,var Catalog Value $2,600 | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
| Lot #1558 RUSSIA 1949 Lenin Mausoleum, imperforate souvenir sheet of four (174x130mm), n.h. and post office fresh, natural gum wrinkles, v.f. (Standart Bl.11) **Catalog #1327a,var Catalog Value $2,600 | Price Realized $1,100.00 | |
| Lot #1559 RUSSIA 1949 Lenin Mausoleum, imperforate souvenir sheet of four (174x130mm), n.h. and post office fresh, natural gum wrinkles, v.f. (Standart Bl.11) **Catalog #1327a,var Catalog Value $2,600 | Price Realized $1,000.00 | |
| Lot #1560 RUSSIA 1955 Pavilions, 15 complete sets of 16, all in large multiples incl. seven se-tenant sheets, n.h., v.f. **Catalog #1770-85 | Price Realized $475.00 | |
| Lot #1561 RUSSIA 1956 Pavilions, 15 complete sets of 13, most in large se-tenant panes of 25, n.h., v.f. **Catalog #1808-20 | Price Realized $575.00 | |
| Lot #1562 RUSSIA 1957 Sputnik overprint, sheet of 100, n.h., folded between stamps, v.f., rare (Standart 2011) **Catalog #2021 Catalog Value $6,000 | Unsold | |
| Lot #1563 RUSSIA 1969 definitives, 4k red brown, horizontal block of six (3x2), without the serial numbers on back, cancelled to order Moscow 1970, v.f., rare multiple from a trial sheet (these stamps were printed in coil strips) (Liapine 3784, cat. Euro 2,500 for block of four and vertical pair) Catalog #3670 | Unsold |
