Lobdell German East Africa, Eppel Russia and Worldwide Rarities
December 14-16, 2010

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Lot #1
GERMAN EAST AFRICA German East Africa - Forerunners
1896 (30.7) large (refolded) linen cover to Zittau, franked with German 2M dull red carmine, used in combination with surcharged 5pesa, 10pea and 25pesa, all tied by Kilwa 30/7 pmks, Dar-es-Salaam transit and Strehla (1.9) arrival pmks on back, usual toning and wear, rare combination franking
Envelope
Price Realized
$1,900.00

Lot #2
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Private Companies - Schulke & Mayr
1892 Schulke & Mayr Lake Post, 5c, 10c, 25c, 50c and $1 set of five, perf. 11 1/2, n.h., fine-v.f. The Hamburg firm of Schulke & Mayr established a carrier system to deliver its products, especially the new disinfectant "Lysol," to the hinterland. In 1891, the firm contracted with the Governor for its carriers to transport mail from Dar-es-Salaam to outposts on Lakes Nyassa and Victoria and points-in-between. The service began in 1892, but was unsatisfactory and discontinued that year. A set of stamps was prepared, but the contract was abrogated and remaining stocks of stamps destroyed. Also included are two sets of reprints prepared in 1939, one n.h., the other adhered on a page of the "Struggle Against Pestilence" Lysol booklet,
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Catalog #Mi.Sa-Sd
Catalog Value €1,875
Price Realized
$750.00

Lot #3
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Postage Stamps of German East Africa
1893 2 Pesa - 25 Pesa surcharges, set of five essays prepared in 1893 by the State Printing Office in Berlin (main differences between the essays and the released surcharges are noted in 10 pesa value (in red) and 25 pesa value (smaller letters), each handstamped "Werthlos" (without value) in red, fine-v.f., with 1998 Steuer cert. Only one sheet of 100 of each value (this set is from position 87) is known,
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Catalog #Mi.1-5
Catalog Value €3,500
Price Realized
$950.00

Lot #4
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Postage Stamps of German East Africa
1896 (30.5) registered cover from Dar-es-Salaam to Germany, attractively but probably correctly franked, with arrival pmk, signed Bothe
Envelope
Catalog #Mi.2,3,4,5
Price Realized
$250.00

Lot #5
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Postage Stamps of German East Africa
1896 (Dec 17) registered cover from Moschi (Kilimanjaro Ostrich Breeding Company) to Germany, franked with 5x5p and 25p (first issue) and 10p (second issue) surcharges, with Tanga transit and German (21.1.97) arrival pmks, filing fold away from the stamps, fine mixed franking of first and second issue. The Ostrich Breeding Company was an unsuccessful scheme to provide plumes for the milliners in Europe
Envelope
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #6
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Postage Stamps of German East Africa
1901 2p-40p overprinted Specimen, eight different, l.h., fine-v.f., signed Steuer,
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Catalog #Mi.11-18S
Catalog Value €1,200
Unsold
Lot #7
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Postage Stamps of German East Africa
1901 (Jan 1) registered First Day Cover from Dar-es-Salaam to Munich, franked with 10p and 15p new Yacht stamps, fine, with arrival (22 Jan)
Envelope
Price Realized
$300.00

Lot #8
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Postage Stamps of German East Africa
1901 10 pesa ultramarine, variety broken frame at top (position 9) horizontal pair with normal stamp, h.r., slightly rounded corner perf, fine,
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Catalog #Mi.14I
Catalog Value €700
Unsold
Lot #9
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Postage Stamps of German East Africa
1901 3r frame type III, vignette type I, used on piece, v.f., with 1997 Steuer cert., very rare,
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Catalog #Mi.21 I
Catalog Value €1,500
Price Realized
$600.00

Lot #10
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Postage Stamps of German East Africa
1901 3r carmine red, green black, used, v.f., signed Siebentritt etc.,
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Catalog #Mi.21a
Catalog Value €850
Unsold
Lot #11
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Postage Stamps of German East Africa
1905 2 1/2h and 4h handstamped "Ultramar" (inverted) and affixed on small piece, fine-v.f. The Ultramar ("overseas") handstamp indicates that these stamps came from Portuguese colonial postal archives
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Catalog #Mi.22,23S
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Lot #12
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Postage Stamps of German East Africa
1905 3r type I (n.h.) and l.h., type II (h.r.), also type III (l.h.) selection of four different, first one n.h., signed Steuer, fine-v.f.,
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Catalog #Mi.39Aa,b,c,Iia
Catalog Value €1,770
Price Realized
$425.00

Lot #13
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Postage Stamps of German East Africa
1905-08 three registered covers to Germany franked with both watermarked and unwatermarked Yacht adhesives, clear pmks of Mohorro and Mkumbara, Dar-es-Salaam and Tanga transit, with Berlin, Mainz and Leipzig arrival pmks, fine-v.f.
Envelope
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #14
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Postage Stamps of German East Africa
1909 (18.9) picture postcard franked with 20h, registered from Tanga, sent by a photographer W. Dobbertin to a seminarian in Germany, notifying him that he was sending a new series of picture postcards costing 3 Marks (2.25 Rupees), with Nachnahme (Cash On Delivery) label requiring payment (filled in by pen). The 20 Heller stamp cover the 4h postcard and 15h registration fee, the cash to be paid on arrival. Postal regulations allowed amounts up to 600 Rupees to be transmitted to sender, but this is stated to be the only recorded Nachnahme mail from German East Africa to a foreign destination
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Price Realized
$525.00

Lot #15
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Postage Stamps of German East Africa
1909 (31.3) registered cover from Tabora to Chemnitz, franked with horizontal pair of 15h (watermarked) and 3r (unwatermarked), filing fold away from the stamps, minor toning, otherwise fine, with arrival (13.5) on back
Envelope
Catalog #Mi.33a,39Ab
Price Realized
$260.00

Lot #16
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Postage Stamps of German East Africa
1912 incomplete and exploded 1r55h booklet (B), with three different panes of 4h green (Mi.HB2,8,9), two singles 4h with labels R1, R6a, plus two partial panes of 7 1/2h with labels R9 and R10, also the covers and five interleaving panes, usual toning, mostly n.h., rare,
Booklet
Catalog #Mi.MH2
Catalog Value €5,000
Price Realized
$750.00

Lot #17
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Postage Stamps of German East Africa
1912 unexploded 1r55h booklet "B", panes removed, but with interleaves containing ads intact, usual staple rust at left, rare
Booklet
Catalog #Mi.MH2
Unsold
Lot #18
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Postage Stamps of German East Africa
1912 4h green, three different booklet panes, stamps n.h., usual staple rust toning in margin, partially on stamps, rare,
Booklet
Catalog #Mi.HB2,HB9A,B
Catalog Value €2,500
Price Realized
$750.00

Lot #19
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Postage Stamps of German East Africa
1913 unexploded 1r60h booklet "C", usual staple rust at left, fresh, v.f.,
Booklet
Catalog #Mi.MH3A
Catalog Value €380
Price Realized
$180.00

Lot #20
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Postage Stamps of German East Africa
1913 exploded 1r60h booklet "C" with complete contents including staple, some toning, otherwise fresh, fine,
Booklet
Catalog #Mi.MH3B
Price Realized
$200.00

Lot #21
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Postage Stamps of German East Africa
1914 locally addressed cover to Bungu with three handstamps (one on back) of "Bezirk Wilhelmstal Akida VI," sub-district of Wilhelmstal, filing folds, very rare, with 2001 Steuer cert. After having conquered the coastal area, the Germans started hiring Swahilis as civil servants. thus creating a cadre of literate Swahilis who accompanied the Germans into the interior. These subordinate administrators, akida, and Moslem soldiers were used by the Germans in the administration of the Protectorate. Each Akida controlled a number of villages through subordinate jumbas
Envelope
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #22
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Postage Stamps of German East Africa
1914 (16.3) Dar-es-Salaam Exhibition cover to Berlin, with "Ost-Afrika Schau" label adhering, also the set of three unused labels. The exhibition was scheduled to open on August 12, with the cruiser "S.M.S. Konigsberg" as one of the highlights. It never took place; war was declared a week later
Envelope
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Lot #23
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Incoming Mail to German East Africa
1891 (Sep) small 1/2a stationery entire from Khavdie, India to Zanzibar and (ultimately) Lindi, boxed "Postage Due One Anna", 4 Annas, 24 cents and 40 pfenning, also transit cancels applied at Bombay, Aden, with Sea Post Office and Zanzibar arrival, redirected to Bagamoyo, Dar-es-Salaam and finally Lindi (1/11), fine "inderbrief" with a myriad of postal markings
Envelope
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Lot #24
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Incoming Mail to German East Africa
1900 (27.8) incoming cover from Djibouti to Dar-as-Salaam, with arrival pmk
Envelope
Price Realized
$280.00

Lot #25
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Incoming Mail to German East Africa
1905-06 group of 19 picture postcards addressed to Friedrich Brandt, postal agent in Ujiji, sent from Germany, France, Switzerland, Russia, United States, Belgium, Denmark, Austria, Algeria and Netherlands, mostly with Dar-es-Salaam and other transit markings, generally fine or better. An interesting group
Envelope
Price Realized
$600.00

Lot #26
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Incoming Mail to German East Africa
1906 (3.5) picture postcard from Shanghai, franked with 4c Chinese Imperial Post, sent via the French Post Office in Mong Tseu and Singapore, via Pandani, Colombia, Aden to Dar-Es-Salaam, with arrival pmk
Envelope
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #27
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Incoming Mail to German East Africa
1914 (12.4) registered cover from Cochabamba, Bolivia to Tanga, franked on both sides, sent via Valparaiso, Los Andes, Buenos Aires, Genova, with transits of Valparaiso and Port Taufiq, redirected to Lindi, with arrival pmk, roughly opened, fantastic origin and destination
Envelope
Price Realized
$240.00

Lot #28
GERMAN EAST AFRICA German East Africa - Cancellations
1892-1917 collection of 73 covers and cards written-up exhibition style on pages, with Post Offices displayed in chronological order of opening, starting with Bagamoyo (30.8.92), Dar-es-Salaam, Tanga, Lindi, Kilwa, Saadani, Pangani, Mogorro, Mikindani, Kilossa, Moschi, Mpapua, Langenburg, Marangu. Tabora, Bukoba, Muanza, Kilimatinde, Ujiji, Iringa, Wilhelmsthal, Songea, usually 2-4 from each, including forerunners and War usages, all commercially used, either internally, to Germany, United States, one to Tsingtao, also to British Central Africa, Cape Colony, some registered, with a study of evolution of cancellations. An excellent opportunity to obtain a comprehensive grouping of rare markings from German East Africa, generally fine-v.f.
Envelope
Price Realized
$7,500.00

Lot #29
GERMAN EAST AFRICA German East Africa - Cancellations
1892-1917 collection of 103 covers and cards, partly written-up exhibition style on pages, with various Post Offices including Muhesa, Tanga, Muansa, Kilwa, Kilimatinde, Iringa, Daressalam (including forerunners), Bukoba, Bagamayo, Tanga, Wilhelmsthal, Ssongea, Wiedhafen, Mahenge, Bismarckburg, Korogwe, Usumbura, Amani, Morogoro, Wugiri, Mombo, Schirati, Kondoa-Iringi, Aruscha, Tschole, Mkumbara, Muaja, Neu Langenburg, Tuanda, Buiko, Mkalama, Dodoma, Leganga, Salale (feldpostkarte from an officer stationed in the Rufiji delta with troops protecting the "Konigsberg"), Soga, Handeni, Kissenji, Ngomeni, Mnyussi, Kigoma, also Northern and Central Railroad postmarks. Ship Mail with East Africa Hauptlinie, Zweigline I, II, Reserve, Bombay Lignie, Deutsche-Schutzgebiet (both double and single-line handstamps), Paquebot cancels, Feldpost Stations No. 1 and Feldpost Station No.3; often 2-4 from each, including War usages, all commercially used, either internally, to Germany, one to Greece, also to Sweden, some registered, censor markings etc. A definitive collection, mostly fine-v.f.
Envelope
Price Realized
$9,000.00

Lot #30
GERMAN EAST AFRICA German East Africa - Cancellations
1893 Dar-es-Salaam, 10pf German stationery card (lower left corner missing), cancelled with the provisional postmark (21/1), missing the "93" year-date, sent to Kiel, with arrival cds. The authorities in Berlin failed to sent "1893" canceller year-slugs to German East Africa early enough to arrived before the New Year. Consequently, for several weeks in early 1893, cancellers either lacked the year, or had it written in by postal clerks. The postmark on this card represents the latest known (Jan 21) for Dar-es-Salaam without year-slug, with 1999 Pauligk cert.
Envelope
Catalog #Friedemann 10/I
Price Realized
$375.00

Lot #31
GERMAN EAST AFRICA German East Africa - Cancellations
1895 Kisaki, 5 Pesa/10pf stationery card with a good strike of Kisaki 12/7/95, sent via Dar-es-Salaam (20/7) to Germany, where it was redirected several times to Gottingen (25/8), fine. Kisaki was a small military post on the Kingani River southwest of Dar-es-Salaam. The location was so disease-ridden (malaria, sleeping sickness) that it was closed (15 March 1896) less than a year after it opened (29 April 1895). Owing to the fact that only a few letter-writers were stationed at Kisaki during the 10+ months its post office was open, the Kisaki cancel is the most elusive from German East Africa
Envelope
Catalog #Friedemann 24
Price Realized
$10,000.00

Lot #32
GERMAN EAST AFRICA German East Africa - Cancellations
1907 Kondoa-Irangi (27.12) registered cover franked with single 20h to Germany, two well struck cancels and arrival pmk, fine. Kondoa-Irangi began as a military post. It later became the seat of government of an agricultural and cattle raising district and a location of a Catholic mission
Envelope
Catalog #Friedemann 26
Price Realized
$250.00

Lot #33
GERMAN EAST AFRICA German East Africa - Cancellations
1895 Masinde, cover franked with single 10pa/20pf with good strike of Masinde 10/10/95, sent via Tanga (13/10), Zanzibar (16/10), Aden (11/1) to Bad Kissingen (11/11), fine. Masinde was a village in the Usambara highlands, with post office closed (15 March 1896) less than a year after it opened (15 April 1895). Covers cancelled at Masinde are among the most elusive from German East Africa
Envelope
Catalog #Friedemann 35
Price Realized
$2,700.00

Lot #34
GERMAN EAST AFRICA German East Africa - Cancellations
1912 Muaja (30.4), 4h stationery card to Hamburg, sent by a government assistant Westphal from Muaja, fine
Envelope
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #35
GERMAN EAST AFRICA German East Africa - Cancellations
1906 Muanza, 7 1/2h stationery card with clear (10/5) departure pmk, sent to the German Post Office in Smyrna, via Kisumu (15 May), with Deutsche Seepost (20/5), Suez (9/6), both Turkish and German Offices arrival pmks, fine and interesting usage, with 1997 Steuer cert.
Envelope
Catalog #Friedemann 48
Price Realized
$280.00

Lot #36
GERMAN EAST AFRICA German East Africa - Cancellations
1914 Musoma (31/1) registered cover franked with 2 1/2h and 20h (Mi.30,34), single typically ill-struck blue green cancellation, addressed to Germany, with Loderburg (8/3) arrival (28/2) on back, fine, with Hans Bothe cert. ("grosse seltenheit"). Musoma was a small harbor and customs station on the south bank of Mara Bay near the eastern end of Lake Victoria. Only a few covers from Musoma are recorded
Envelope
Catalog #Friedemann 51
Price Realized
$1,800.00

Lot #37
GERMAN EAST AFRICA German East Africa - Cancellations
1916 Neu-Langenburg (9/1) fieldpost cover to Missions Handlung in Wuga, with "Mombo" arrival (9/2 without year date), filing fold, fine and scarce, signed Friedemann, Pauligk, BPP
Envelope
Catalog #Friedemann 52
Price Realized
$250.00

Lot #38
GERMAN EAST AFRICA German East Africa - Cancellations
1909 Ngeregere (2/2) registered cover franked with 2 1/2h and 20h, two clear strikes, addressed to Germany, with Charlottenburg arrival (28/2) on back, fine. Ngerege village, was a small whistle-stop on the Central Railroad, 150km from Dar-es-Salaam. Only a small volume of mail was processed through this small prose office, rare
Envelope
Catalog #Friedemann 53
Price Realized
$2,600.00

Lot #39
GERMAN EAST AFRICA German East Africa - Cancellations
1913 Nyembe-Bulungwa (24/1) 4h stationery card from Tabora to Berlin (addressed to the Kaufhaus des Westens, a department store better known today as KaDeWe), with arrival pmk. The Usumbwa Company in Nyembe-Bulungwa, on the trade route between Muansa and Tabora, used a private canceller to control local incoming and outgoing mail, v.f., signed Mansfeld
Envelope
Catalog #Friedemann NS2
Price Realized
$210.00

Lot #40
GERMAN EAST AFRICA German East Africa - Cancellations
1912-13 Ruanda (10/6) cover (from an Indian merchant) franked with 7 1/2h addressed to Flensburg, with clear departure strike, also 4h stationery card from Kigali, with a good strike of Ruanda, addressed to Germany, fine. The post office for the rich province of Ruanda was located in the town of Kigali, as indicated by the sender's endorsement
Envelope
Catalog #Friedemann 56
Price Realized
$425.00

Lot #41
GERMAN EAST AFRICA German East Africa - Cancellations
1911 Tschole (18.8) 4h stationery card (minor toning) to Berlin, clear cancel, fine. The village of Tschole had the only post office on Mafia island, off the Rufiji delta. The British took it over early in 1915, as a base of operations against the "Konigsberg"
Envelope
Catalog #Friedemann 69
Price Realized
$280.00

Lot #42
GERMAN EAST AFRICA German East Africa - Cancellations
1913 Umbulu (10/2) cover franked with 7 1/2h from Friedrich Wilhelm Siedentoph, (German Lutheran Missionary) Post Aruscha, clear strike, addressed to "Polizei-Direktion" in Brunswick (interesting destination for a priest's letter), filing folds and some toning. Umbulu (today Mbulu) was a cattle-breeding center in the northeastern protectorate. A White Fathers mission was located there. Only a small volume of mail was processed through this small post office, rare
Envelope
Catalog #Friedemann 72
Price Realized
$1,400.00

Lot #43
GERMAN EAST AFRICA German East Africa - Cancellations
1914 Urundi (21/6) cancel in part of a record book carried with registered and other special handling mail by a runner between Kitega and the lake port of Usumbura (5/7), fine, with 2001 Steuer cert. Urundi cancellations are extremely rare. This post office was located at Kitega, the administrative seal for the populous and cattle-rich province of Urundi (today Burundi, an independent country)
Envelope
Catalog #Friedemann 73
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #44
GERMAN EAST AFRICA German East Africa - Cancellations
1914 Utete (14/1) registered cover franked with 2 1/2h and 20h, reasonably struck, sent to Germany, with Loderburg arrival (8.3) on back, some toning, otherwise fine-v.f., with 1983 Bothe cert. A rare usage from Utete (a village on the south bank of the Rufiji river)
Envelope
Catalog #Friedemann 75
Price Realized
$2,100.00

Lot #45
GERMAN EAST AFRICA German East Africa - Cancellations
1914 Wilhelmsthal (25/2) district government entire with official seal, handstamped R.D.S., addressed to the Missionsdruckerei in Wuga, with "Mombo" same day arrival pmk, filing fold and minor toning, fine
Envelope
Catalog #Friedemann 77
Price Realized
$240.00

Lot #46
GERMAN EAST AFRICA German East Africa - Seapost
1906 (23/2) registered cover franked with 30h, posted at sea, with Berlin arrival pmk. Each mail steamer was assigned a canceller with an identifying letter, in this case "r", for "R.P.D. Admiral", fine, signed Mansfield
Envelope
Price Realized
$260.00

Lot #47
GERMAN EAST AFRICA German East Africa - Seapost
1909 registered picture postcard to Germany, endorsed "Daressalaam frankiert" and actually franked on both sides with German East Africa 3x2 1/2h, 20h and 30h, posted at sea on the "Windhuk", additional postage applied in Zanzibar (by treaty, Zanzibar stamps were valid for German sea mail), Lisbon and London transit, fine
Envelope
Price Realized
$650.00

Lot #48
GERMAN EAST AFRICA German East Africa - Seapost
1909 registered picture postcard to Germany, endorsed "Daressalaam frankiert" and actually franked on both sides with German East Africa four each 2 1/2h and 4h, posted at sea on the "Windhuk", additional postage applied in Zanzibar (by treaty, Zanzibar stamps were valid for German sea mail), Lisbon and London transit, fine
Envelope
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #49
GERMAN EAST AFRICA German East Africa - Seapost
1912 (18/12) picture postcard written from Port Said and mailed on the light cruiser "SMS Geier", while transiting the Suez Canal en route from Dar-es-Salaam to Haifa, with Kais.Deutsche Marine Schiffspost No.67 (Naval Sea Post) cancel, fine, signed Bothe
Envelope
Price Realized
$160.00

Lot #50
GERMAN EAST AFRICA General von Lettow-Vorbeck - autograph
1927 Paul v.Lettow-Vorbeck, signed slip, with photo (penciled 1927); also undated postal card, with facsimile signature at bottom, some creases, otherwise fine. Paul Emil von Lettow-Vorbeck (20 March 1870 û 9 March 1964) was a German general, the commander of the German East Africa campaign in World War I
Price Realized
$300.00

Lot #51
GERMAN EAST AFRICA WORLD WAR I - The Last mailboat from home
1914 (23.5) C.O.D. package card from Kreiensen, franked on both sides with German 5pf, 20pf, 1M and 2M, carried on the last scheduled ship to reach German East Africa, with Tabora 7.8. arrival pmk on back. The Deutsch Ost-Afrika Line steamer "Feldmarschall" sailed from Hamburg on 29th June and docked in Dar-es-Salaam on August 2nd, just before the British declared war
Envelope
Price Realized
$375.00

Lot #52
GERMAN EAST AFRICA The Last Pre-War Mail from Northern G.E.A.
1914 (29.7) "I Schultze Dr.Jur. Mzimba bez. Muanza D.O.A." corner card cover registered from the lake port of Musoma to London, franked on both sides with 2x15h and 3x2 1/2h, tied by the rare "Musoma Deutch-Ostafrika" cds (Friedemann Stempel 51), on back covered by a red wax seal, with Kisumu (Aug 4) and Mombasa (Aug 7) transits, reaching London on 18 September, with censor label and transferred to the "Officially sealed Returned Letter Section" (two labels) for the duration of the war. A fabulous cover, full of character and one of the most important items in the collection (purchased in 2006 at auction for $10,350 including buyer's premium) Most mail to Europe was routed through Dar-as-Salaam, but settlers in the northern reaches of the Protectorate, found it easier to send their mail by Lake Victoria steamer to Kisumu (British East Africa), which connected by railroad to the Indian Ocean port of Mombasa. The last boat carrying mail from northern German East Africa docked at Kisumu on August 9th, 1914 - the day Britain declared war on Germany.
Envelope
Price Realized
$6,250.00

Lot #53
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Cash Franking Handstamps
1915 (24.9) boxed framed handstamps "Fr. It. Einn. Nachw. In" (Postage paid on account of receipt in" (town name), collection on pages with "Morogoro" (two wrappers), "Tanga" (receipt, also a Kriegsnachrichten card No.541), "Daressalam" (cash slip to Prof. Zimmermann in Amani), fine group of five items, showing various dates and types of handstamps. By May 1915, the supply of stamps in the colony was depleted. Parcels and printed matter from the larger post offices were handstamped to indicate that postage was paid in cash. The counter clerk accepting the money initialed the left corner of the handstamp, the dispatching clerk at right. The program was so successful that it was extended to the other classes of mail at the end of 1915, discontinued in June 1916 after a shipment of stamps from Berlin arrived by a blockade-runner
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Lot #54
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Cash Franking Handstamps
1915 (14.12) boxed framed handstamp "Fr. It. Einn. Nachw. in Morogoro" in violet, wrapper to Dr.Zimmermann, head of the Biological Institute at Amani, with departure (year-date missing) on front, v.f. This wrapper was made from a page of a weapons ledger
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Lot #55
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Cash Franking Handstamps
1916 (17.4) boxed framed handstamp "Fr. It. Einn. Nachw. in Morogoro" in violet, postal card to Amani, with departure and arrival pmks on front, v.f. This card is illustrated in Friedemann (page 34)
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Lot #56
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Cash Franking Handstamps
1916 (18.5) boxed framed handstamp "Fr. It. Einn. Nachw. in Dar-es-Salaam" in violet, cover sent via the Central Railroad (oval pmk) to Tabora, with arrival (19.5) on back; also another cover from Tabora to Kidele, with bixed "Nachw. In Tabora" hs and endorsement, fine
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Lot #57
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Cash Franking Handstamps
1916 (29.4) boxed framed handstamp "Fr. It. Einn. Nachw. in Dar-es-Salaam" in violet, registered C.O.D. cover sent to Dr. Henings in Morogoro, with notation on back "nicht abgeholt" (not called for), backstamped on arrival and returned back (17.6), rare
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Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #58
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Cash Franking Handstamps
1916 (26.3) boxed framed handstamp "Fr. It. Einn. Nachw. in Tanga" in violet, registered cover to Amani, with "22 1/2 H" value handwritten (15h fee for registration and 7 1/2h letter rate), with arrival (29.5) on back, registration label partly torn, signed Bothe. Registered letters bearing cash franking handstamps are uncommon
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Lot #59
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Pre-paid envelopes
1916 (14 July) Frankiert mit 7 1/2 H prepaid envelope (corner fault), from Kigoma to Dar-es-Salaam, with arrival pmk. Kigoma, a small port on Lake Tanganyika, just north of Udhidi, was the western terminal of the Central Railroad. It was the last post office opened (Apr 18, 1914) by the Germans (closed July 21, 1916)
Envelope
Price Realized
$400.00

Lot #60
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Pre-paid envelopes
1916 two pre-paid entire envelopes, each with Post-Director seal and "Frankiert mit 7 1/2 H" in violet or red, one from a Deutsch-Ostafrikanische Bank in Dar-Es Salaam to Tanga, the other from Morogoro (prepaid "inderbrief") sent via Central Railroad (18.3) to Dar-es Salaam, filing folds, otherwise fine, with arrival pmks
Envelope
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #61
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Pre-paid envelopes
1916 Morogoro pre-paid entire envelope, with Post-Director seal and "Frankiert mit 7 1/2 H" in violet, sent via the Central Railroad (3.5) to an Indian merchant in Dar-es Salaam, additionally franked with supplemental 7 1/2 heller adhesive, to pay for the double weight of the letter, some cover faults, with part of backflap missing, otherwise fine combination franking, with arrival, scarce
Envelope
Price Realized
$675.00

Lot #62
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Pre-paid envelopes
1916 unused entire envelope with Post-Director seal in violet, "Frankiert mit 7 1/2 H" in red, pre-printed address of Dr.Ludwig Deppe, originally of Dresden, later director of the hospital in Tanga and surgeon with von Lettow-Voerbeck's forces, v.f.
Envelope
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Lot #63
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Pre-paid envelopes
1916 entire envelope (opened for display) with Post-Director seal and "Frankiert mit 7 1/2 H" in violet, invalidated by pen and used by the British to Tabora, with F.P.O. No.342 (Mombo) backstamp, officer's censor endorsement, fine. Prepaid envelopes (no longer valid for postage) continued to be used after the British occupation because of a paper shortage
Envelope
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Lot #64
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Pre-paid envelopes
1916 two pre-paid entire envelopes from Tanga, each with Post-Director seal and "Frankiert mit 7 1/2 H" in violet, one headed "Erse Deutsche Ostafrikanische Bierbrauerei (brewery), the other sent from Korogwe to Tanga, filing folds, otherwise fine
Envelope
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Lot #65
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Pre-paid envelopes
1916 two pre-paid entire envelopes, each with Post-Director seal and "Frankiert mit 7 1/2 H" in violet, one from Dar-Es Salaam ("inderbrief") to Bagamojo, the other from Tabora to a native in Kigoma, filing folds, otherwise fine, with arrival pmks
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #66
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Pre-paid envelopes
1916 Ujiji (6.2) prepaid "Frankiert mit 7 1/2 H" envelope headed "Central-Afrikanische Seeen-Geselschaft" from Udjidi to Tabora, with arrival pmk. Udjidji (previously Ujiji) was a town on the east shore of Lake Tanganyika, where Morton Stanley found Dr.Livingstone (a quarter century before its German post office opened)
Envelope
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Lot #67
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Pre-paid envelopes
1916 selection of six unused envelopes, three different from Morogoro (red, violet and violet black handstamps), two Dar-es-Salaam (blue green, red), one Tanga (franked in violet, for a plantation near Korogwe), fine-v.f.
Envelope
Catalog #Friedeman VF 1-3
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #68
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Konigsberg/Mowe Provisional Issue
1914 (11/1) picture postcard mailed on the supply ship "SMS Mowe", with mixed franking 5pf Deutsches Reich and 4h Deutsche-Ostafrika, addressed to Germany. The ship was scuttled in Dar-es-Salaam harbor later that year and her inventory of Deutsches Reich adhesives eventually was used by the postal authorities to augment the Protectorate's dwindling supply of Yacht stamps
Envelope
Price Realized
$280.00

Lot #69
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Konigsberg/Mowe Provisional Issue
1915-16 3pf Germania (used as 2 1/2h), "Mohoro Deutsch Ostafrika" cancel, v.f. and rare, signed Grobe. A small stock of Germania Deutches Reich stamps were salvaged from the light cruiser "S.M.S. Konigsberg" (scuttled in the Rufiji delta in mid-1915) and the survey ship "S.M.S. Mowe" (sunk in Dar-es-Salaam harbor early in the War). The stamps were divided amongst the eight larger post offices which were suffering from a shortage of stamps. These stamps were used until late June 1916 when a new supply of regularly issued stamps was delivered,
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Catalog #Mi.IIa
Catalog Value €4,000
Price Realized
$1,800.00

Lot #70
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Konigsberg/Mowe Provisional Issue
1915-16 5pf Germania (used as 4h), part Bukoba cancel, well centered, v.f., signed Grobe, Bothe,
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Catalog #Mi. IIb
Catalog Value €400
Price Realized
$210.00

Lot #71
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Konigsberg/Mowe Provisional Issue
1915-16 5pf Germania (used as 4h), clear "Dodoma Deutsch Ostafrika" cancel, well centered, v.f.,
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Catalog #Mi. IIb
Catalog Value €400
Price Realized
$210.00

Lot #72
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Konigsberg/Mowe Provisional Issue
1915-16 5pf Germania (used as 4h), horizontal pair, clear "Dodoma Deutsch Ostafrika" cancels, v.f., signed Kosack,
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Catalog #Mi. IIb
Catalog Value €800
Price Realized
$280.00

Lot #73
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Konigsberg/Mowe Provisional Issue
1915-16 5pf Germania (used as 4h), horizontal pair clear "Korogwe Deutsch Ostafrika" cancels, irregular perfs at left, fine-v.f.,
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Catalog #Mi. IIb
Catalog Value €800
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #74
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Konigsberg/Mowe Provisional Issue
1915-16 10pf Germania (used as 7 1/2h), part Korogwe cancel, v.f., signed Grobe, Bothe,
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Catalog #Mi. IIc
Catalog Value €600
Price Realized
$260.00

Lot #75
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Konigsberg/Mowe Provisional Issue
1915-16 10pf Germania (used as 7 1/2h), tied by "Morogoro Deutsch Ostafrika" cancel on cover (17.5.16), sent from the Catholic Mission to the Bishop in Bagamoyo, stamp with a short corner perf., otherwise fine and rare cover, with arrival pmk, signed Bothe etc., very rare
Envelope
Catalog #Mi.IIc
Price Realized
$1,600.00

Lot #76
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Konigsberg/Mowe Provisional Issue
1915-16 20pf Germania, used as 15h, "Mombo 31.5.16" cancel, well centered, v.f. and rare, signed Pfeninger, with 1985 Buhler cert.
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Catalog #Mi. IId
Catalog Value €3,500
Price Realized
$1,900.00

Lot #77
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Wuga Provisional Issue
1916 2 1/2h, bottom margin se-tenant horizontal pair, type II-I, also 2 1/2h type I single, plus 7 1/2h left margin se-tenant horizontal pair, type I-II, also 7 1/2h top margin block of four, type I, without gum as issued, some marginal toning, otherwise fine-v.f. In January 1916, the director of Posts contracted with the Evangelical Mission print shop in Wuga to produce substitutes for the dwindling number of Berlin-printed Yacht stamps. In March, 1916, the most needed values (2 1/2h, 7 1/2h and 1 rupee) were delivered to postal headquarters at Morogoro, but were never used, since the blockade runner "Marie" arrived from Germany with a fresh supply of stamps at about the same time. The Wuga issue was buried in a cement drain on a plantation near Morogoro later in 1916 (to avoid capture by the British). After the war, the stamps were exhumed in very bad condition, with a small fraction still intact auctioned at Berlin in 1922.
Box (*)
Catalog #Mi.IIIW2,IVW1
Catalog Value €720
Price Realized
$260.00

Lot #78
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Wuga Provisional Issue
1916 7 1/2h red, mostly complete pane of 100, clearly showing 60 type I examples and 40 in type II, with distinct shades, unused without gum as issued, some separations and defects, which are to be expected given the delicate nature of the paper, still a v.f. exhibition piece, one of the few surviving panes (catalogue value for singles, without any premium for horizontal or vertical se-tenant pairs)
Box (*)
Catalog #Mi.IV
Catalog Value €4,200
Price Realized
$2,600.00

Lot #79
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Wuga Provisional Issue
1916 1r rose, unused without gum as issued, large margins all around, heavy horizontal crease, otherwise v.f., with 1996 Steuer cert.,
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Catalog #Mi. V
Catalog Value €1,700
Price Realized
$625.00

Lot #80
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Dhow Mail
1914 (Nov) letter to a Gujerati merchant carried on the dhow "Taharazi", intercepted between Kilwa and Dar-es-Salaam, with the Kilwa Customs Office seal, some toning, fine. While the transport of mail by coastal dhows was an integral part of the pre-war postal system, this practice officially ceased in September 1914. However, for a period of several months, the German Customs office at Kilwa permitted non-franked mail to be carried along the coast by Arab-owned commercial dhows. The only surviving letters were carried on two captured vessels
Envelope
Price Realized
$550.00

Lot #81
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Dhow Mail
1914 (Nov) cover, from Pirbhai Pardhan & Co., with enclosed letter and accompanying Bill of Lading to a merchant carried on the dhow "Taharazi", intercepted between Kilwa and Dar-es-Salaam, with the Kilwa Customs Office seal, fine
Envelope
Price Realized
$550.00

Lot #82
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Dhow Mail
1915 (Feb) cover with enclosed letter to a merchant carried on the dhow "Fetehadi", captured between Kilwa and Lindi by H.M.S. "Kinfaus Castle" and taken to Zanzibar, with the Kilwa Customs Office seal, fine
Envelope
Price Realized
$600.00

Lot #83
GERMAN EAST AFRICA One Rupie Stamp delivered by Blockade Runner
1905-16 1r red watermarked, July 1916 "Kilossa" cancel with small "Berlin 16" year date, centered slightly to upper left, few minor perf. creases and paper faults, otherwise v.f., with 2000 Pauligk cert. Only a small number of 1r watermarked stamps reached the Colony via the blockade runner "Marie" in March 1916. The stamps reached the post offices in early June and most of the 40 or so known examples were used on parcel cards on the Central Railroad during a brief period prior to being overtaken by Allied Forces. This is one of only three known used from Kilossa. The used 1r has often been called the "Queen of German East Africa Philately,"
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Catalog #39
Catalog Value €30,000
Price Realized
$11,500.00

Lot #84
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Wartime Mail to the Outside
1914 (23.10) 4h stationery card from Morogoro, written by Heinrich Schnee, Imperial Governor of German East Africa, to the Berlin branch of New York Life Insurance company, giving instructions on the transfer of funds to pay premiums on his policies. Schnee survived the war to become an enthusiastic Nazi
Envelope
Price Realized
$625.00

Lot #85
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Wartime Mail to the Outside
1914 (22.7) registered cover franked with 3x7 1/2h, from a plantation owner in Moschi to a relative, care of the German Consulate in Baghdad, Asian Turkey. This cover was posted just before the outbreak of war, paying for registered mail within the German Empire, hence taxed "T25c(entimes), carried on a French steamer of the "La Reunion a Marseille No.2" line (postmark on back) to a Turkish port (France and Turkey were not at war until November 1914), handstamped "Stopped by Censor" (English) and also by Turkish censor (endorsements on back), cover faults, otherwise fine
Envelope
Price Realized
$1,900.00

Lot #86
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Wartime Mail to the Outside
1915 (22.2) 7 1/2h stationery card from Morogoro, cancelled Dar-es-Salaam to New York, sent via Portuguese East Africa (Nyassa transit) and London, with Lindi district handstamp, Dar-es-Salaam and English censor markings
Envelope
Price Realized
$800.00

Lot #87
GERMAN EAST AFRICA The Portuguese Connection
1914 (24.9) 4h stationery card from Dar-es-Salaam to Germany, via Portuguese East Africa, with Quelima, Nyassa transit, fine early example of wartime mail. British naval blockade disrupted postal service and beginning in October, mail shipments were transferred across the border monthly to postal officials in Portuguese East Africa, the only adjacent colony not at war with Germany. From there, mail was carried on Portuguese steamers to Lisbon, then transported via neutral channels to Germany. British pressure on Portugal eventually halted this arrangement in September 1915
Envelope
Price Realized
$270.00

Lot #88
GERMAN EAST AFRICA The Portuguese Connection
1914 (30.7) cover franked with 7 1/2h, used from Kilwa (one week before the outbreak of war), probably included in the first batch of mail to Germany, via Portuguese East Africa, with foreign mail censor "Frei gegeben" Emmerich (close to neutral Holland), the entry point for most of the mail which reached Germany from East Africa. Cover was forwarded via fieldpost to the addressee, an army officer. Interesting usage, signed Bothe
Envelope
Price Realized
$575.00

Lot #89
GERMAN EAST AFRICA The Portuguese Connection
1915 (14.4) 7 1/2h stationery card from Mombo to Berlin, also a card from the brewery in Dar-es-Salaam franked with 4h (22.5) to Frankenberg, each via Lourenco Marques, with violet "Zensur Passiert" handstamps, some toning, otherwise fine-v.f., signed Mansfield
Envelope
Price Realized
$300.00

Lot #90
GERMAN EAST AFRICA The Portuguese Connection
1915 (22.1) 7 1/2h stationery card from Dar-es-Salaam to Jerusalem, with violet "Zensur Passiert" handstamp, transit cancels indicate that it crossed the Rovuma River into Portuguese East Africa during the third mail exchange, passed though Palma (11.2) and Ibo (15.2) and reached Porto Amelia (17.2). From there it was carried by a Portuguese coastal steamer south to Lourenco Marques (12.3), then headed north towards the Holy Land, arriving at Port Said (22.4), where the British confiscated the card and directed its return (crayons) southward to Zanzibar (May 18)
Envelope
Price Realized
$850.00

Lot #91
GERMAN EAST AFRICA The Portuguese Connection
1915 five covers or cards from Dar-es-Salaam, Bukoba, Muhesa, Moschi, addressed to USA, Germany and Holland, two to the Beira office of the Philippi Company in Portuguese East Africa, various transit and censor markings, also a covering note for six letters from Germany, forwarded by the German Seamen's home in Genova to the Philippi company in Porto Amelia (from there they would be transferred into envelopes bearing Portuguese Colonial franking and sent to the besieged German Colony)
Envelope
Price Realized
$2,000.00

Lot #92
GERMAN EAST AFRICA The Konigsberg Blockade Post
1915 (15.3) 7 1/2h stationery card from Kikale (Rufiji Delta) to Frau Behrendt in Germany, mailed from "Salale", violet Zensur Passiert handstamp, transited via Portuguese East Africa, with Lourenco Marques (4.5) datestamp, arrival (14.7) docketing at left, v.f. Otto Behrnedt was paymaster of the German South Seas survey ship "SMS Planet" headed for leave at the outbreak of war aboard the liner "Zieten". He was transferred from the Zieten to the Konigsberg on August 6th, 1914 in the Gulf of Aden. The SMS Konigsberg was the lead ship of her class of light cruisers of the Imperial German Navy, most notable for her activities in and around German East Africa during World War I. After threatening British shipping, she was blockaded for months and sunk in July 1915 in the delta of the Rufiji River. Very little mail originating from the blockaded delta has survived
Envelope
Price Realized
$3,500.00

Lot #93
GERMAN EAST AFRICA The Konigsberg Blockade Post
1915 (26.4) 4h stationery card from a crew member to his daughter in Germany, mailed from Lindi, with "Zensur Passiert" handstamp, transited via Portuguese East Africa, with Lourenco Marques (24.6) datestamp, v.f. Adolph Bachmann was the obermaschinist and served on land after the Konigsberg's destruction. He was captured by the British in 1916
Envelope
Price Realized
$2,100.00

Lot #94
GERMAN EAST AFRICA The Konigsberg Blockade Post
1915 (24.2) 4h stationery card from a crew member to Germany, mailed from Lindi, with violet "Kaiserliches Gouvernment von Deutsch-Ostafrika Bezirksampt Lindi" used as censorship indicator, v.f. Blockaded Konigsberg crew members were permitted one postcard per month
Envelope
Price Realized
$1,900.00

Lot #95
GERMAN EAST AFRICA HMS Pegasus Mail
1914 (Sept 19) cover, with four separate letters written in Gujerati to Indian merchants in Bagomoyo, advising them to leave German East Africa on the next available dhow. Cover with triangular "Passed Postal Censor", handstamped "T" (postage to be collected from the addressee), with September 23 Zanzibar cancel on back. In the early morning of 20 September 1914, the "Pegasus" was anchored in Zanzibar harbor, now part of Tanzania, having left her battle group, which included Hyacinth and Astraea, to attend to boiler and engine problems. The German light cruiser "SMS Konigsberg" launched a surprise attack on the ship. Out-ranged and out-gunned, the "Pegasus" was incapacitated within eight minutes and her captain, Cmdr Ingles struck the colors to avoid further bloodshed. The ship sank later that day with the loss of 38 killed and 55 wounded. All mail awaiting the ships next voyage, was stranded on Zanzibar
Envelope
Price Realized
$850.00

Lot #96
GERMAN EAST AFRICA HMS Pegasus Mail
1914 Under a gentlemen's agreement, for a period of about four weeks beginning in mid-August, a small quantity of mail was taken out of the German colony by the light cruiser "H.M.S. Pegasus", one of the ships of the British squadron blockading the coast. This mail was carried to Zanzibar and eventually delivered in Germany and other European destinations in late September. It was limited to "open mail" (postcards, printed matter, unsealed letters) written in clear unencrypted German to facilitate censorship. The "Pegasus" was sunk in Zanzibar harbor by the "Konigsberg" the following month. A 4h stationery card (14.8) additionally franked with 4h (the sender conforming to the UPU rate) from Morogoro to Berlin, carried from Dar-es-Salaam by the "Pegasus" to Zanzibar, with triangular "Postal Censor" cachet
Envelope
Price Realized
$1,900.00

Lot #97
GERMAN EAST AFRICA HMS Pegasus Mail
1914 (22 July) picture postcard to Dar-es-Salaam, mailed in Jerusalem, with Port Said transit cancel. Due to the outbreak of war, this card was stopped in Zanzibar where it received triangular "Passed Censor" cachet, before being carried to Dar-es-Salaam by the "Pegasus" in August. On 21st December, 1916 (28 months later), a South African officer reused the card, by erasing the original penciled address and text (still barely visible), sending it from Morogoro, via F.P.O. 343 to Pretoria. A remarkable card, one of only eight (!) surviving incoming covers recorded carried by the "Pegasus" from Zanzibar
Envelope
Price Realized
$1,900.00

Lot #98
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Wartime Mail from the Outside
1915 (21.4) postcard (corner defects) from Konigheim, Germany to a Catholic missionary in Lindi, with faint boxed routing has "Via Lissabon-Mosambik-Porto Amelia-Palma", partly covered by June 8 Lourenco Marques receiving pmk. This card would have been in the final transfer of mail by the Portuguese across the Rovuma River into German East Africa
Envelope
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #99
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Wartime Mail from the Outside
1915 (9.4) cover from Germany to Prof. Dr. Zimmerman, director of the Biological Institute in Amani, with routing instruction "via Lissbon/ Kionga/ Palma", violet "Auslandstelle/Frei Gegeben/Coln-Deutz" censor, arriving first in Ibo, Portuguese East Africa (May 25), Lindi (6.6) and Amani (26.6), signed Friedemann
Envelope
Price Realized
$1,300.00

Lot #100
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Wartime Mail from the Outside
1915 collection of 11 covers or cards to German East Africa, many via still neutral Lisbon and Portuguese East Africa, with Ibo, Nyassa Company, Palma, one from French Madagascar, another written before the war from Switzerland, sent via Italy to India where it ended up in Bombay dead-letter office ("no communication between India & the country of destination" label), others from Copenhagen, Italy, United States etc., some reaching Mombasa or Zanzibar, others "Zuruck", returned due to lack of transport and other markings, all expertly written up, fine-v.f.
Envelope
Price Realized
$13,000.00

Lot #101
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Wartime Mail from the Outside
1915 three covers or cards, two to naval officers processed by the "Marine Postbureau", one to the commander of the oceanographic survey ship "SMS Mowe", returned with notation that delivery was not feasible (The "Mowe", of the "Konigsberg/Mowe" provisionals fame, was scuttled in Dar-es-Salaam harbor shortly after the war began); fieldpost card to Capt. Brocks, of the "SMS Planet" ( sister ship of the "Mowe"), returned as undeliverable (Brocks was by then in German East Africa), finally British East Africa card sent (28 July) from Mombasa to Muanza, delivered in late June 1915 on the coastal steamer "SS Duplex" in exchange for mail from British internees and POWs held by the Germans, interesting lot, last card signed Steuer
Envelope
Price Realized
$2,700.00

Lot #102
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Adversity Wrappers and Envelopes
1915-16 selection on pages, four items including wrapper made from an old land contract, sent as official mail from Moschi to Korogwe, fieldpost, made from a page of a prison ledger, sent from Morogoro (large "16" year date) to army storage depot at Mkalamo/Mombo; turned envelope from Ssongea to Liwale, with Mahenge and Kilwa markings, plus prepaid 7 1/2 Heller cash franking envelope (Friedemann BF 17), reused to Amani, great lot
Envelope
Price Realized
$625.00

Lot #103
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Adversity Wrappers and Envelopes
1916 (27.5) photo section of a newspaper used as wrapper, from Tanga, with cash franking "2 1/2 H" (Fr. It Einn. Nachw in Tanga) handstamp (Friedemann BF 15), supplemented by a handwritten 7 1/2 to pay for excess weight, addressed to Dar-es-Salaam, with Tanga cds, fine, with note attributed to Hans Bothe in which he considers this wrapper to be a unique example of double cash franking! Use of wrappers for printed matter mail was a direct result of shortage of paper as the war progressed
Envelope
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #104
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Adversity Wrappers and Envelopes
1916 (27.5) wrapper from Tanga, with cash franking "2 1/2 H" (Frei laut Ein. Nachw. in Tanga) handstamp (Friedemann BF 12), addressed to Amani, also another page from the "Usambara Post" (scene from the Mexican Revolution), with "Feldpost" hs from Tanga to an army doctor in New Moschi
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #105
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Kriegsnachrichten - War News Cards
1914-16 After the outbreak of War in 1914, the Tanga weekly newspaper "Usambara Post" distributed 608 war bulletins. The series ended in June, 1916, shortly before the British occupied the town. Printed in postcard-like format, they were mailed to subscribers at the printed matter rate of 2 1/2 heller. The news was gathered primarily from Reuters dispatches on monitored British wireless broadcasts, although when atmospheric conditions were idea, transmissions from the Nauen station near Berlin could be received as well. A selection of three cards (Bulletin No.91, No.272 and 375), all to Amani, one franked with 2 1/2h adhesive (31.10.14); the other, Bulletin 252 (30.5.15) with cash franking (Friedemann BF14) (interesting contents which mention the British HMS "Triumph" sunk by a U-boat, as well as the siege of Przemysl); finally Bulletin 373 (13.9.15), with two cards, cash franking (Friedemann BF12)
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #106
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Parlamentarpost - Flag of Truce Mail
1916 free frank cover with official "Kaiserliche Schutztruppe f. Deutsche Ostafrika" seal, overwritten by "Zensiert", addressed to Bureau Internationale de la Paix in Bern, Switzerland, showing faint "Passed Censor/C.T.Dsm" hs on front and another on back, large "Opened under Martial Law." label, fine, signed Bothe, BPP. While there was sporadic interchange of mail between the opposing sides under Flags of Truce, the surviving covers are very rare
Envelope
Price Realized
$2,300.00

Lot #107
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Parlamentarpost - Flag of Truce Mail
1916 (Nov) free frank cover "To the front", from his wife interned at the Schlesien mission station outside Morogoro, to Lieutenant A. Batzner, a company commander in the Schutztruppe, with handstamps of the German "Zensur passiert Deutch-Ostafrika" seal; and British "Passed by Censor No.3285", fine. Lt. Batzner was killed during the battle of Lukuledi in October 1917
Envelope
Price Realized
$1,800.00

Lot #108
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Parlamentarpost - Flag of Truce Mail
1917 (Jan) free frank cover from Feldwebel Paul Devers, with the Schutztruppe in the South, to his wife Ella, interned at the Schlesien mission station outside Morogoro. It was censored by government adjutant Dr.Dietrich, with violet "Zensur passiert Deutch-Ostafrika" seal, before being passed across the lines during the 1916-17 holiday season mail exchange permitted by the British, with "Passed Censor/C.T.Dsm" (Dar-es-Salaam) hs on front and another on back, large "Opened under Martial Law." Feldwebel Dietrich, a prominent businessman in Dar-es-Salaam before the War, was killed on patrol later that month
Envelope
Price Realized
$1,700.00

Lot #109
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Internment Camp Mail
1916 (3.7) postal card from the Portuguese camp in the Azores ("Angra de Heroismo") with "Franc de Port" and Red Cross markings, also 1917 cover from Catholic Mission in Bagamoyo to interned Frau Hennemann at Camp Wilhemstal v. Tanga, franked with I.E.F. 1a, with FPO 23 pmks, plus late usage of "Opened under Martial Law." label on cover to the Biological Institute at Amani (21 Dec.18)
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #110
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Internment Camp Mail
1915 (Dec 27) cover (backflap missing) from the internment camp in Kilimatinde, franked with 7 1/2h, tied by cds, addressed Miss Scott, English missionary sister at the camp at Kiboriani (near Mpapua), with violet seal of the Native Tribunal "Eingeborenengericht Kilimatinde" used as a makeshift camp hs, partly overwritten "Gesehen", indicating contents were examined, some toning, rare item. Immediately after the outbreak of War in August 1914, allied civilians (most of the missionaries) were interned by the Germans in six camps: Tabora, Wilhelmsthal, Mahenge, Kilimatinde, Kiboriani and Buigiri. No covers are known from the first two camps, less than 20 total from all the others combined
Envelope
Price Realized
$2,000.00

Lot #111
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Internment Camp Mail
1915 (Nov) cover to Liwale from an internee at the Kiboriani camp, franked with 7 1/2h adhesive cancelled at nearby "Mpapua." The reverse bears the typically indistinct "Wachkommando Kiboriani" censor's seal, with his handwritten comments, a single-line "Der Kaiserliche Bezirksamtmann" hs, plus a Kilwa (14.11) arrival. The addressee, missionary nurse Miss E.L. Kemsley was not interned, but (as was the case with other nurses) was allowed to continue her hospital work
Envelope
Price Realized
$2,300.00

Lot #112
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Internment Camp Mail
1916 (22.2) cover sent to an internee (A.E. Deverell) at Tabora, from The East Africa Trading Company, a local firm with which Deverell was associated, with boxed cash franking (Friedemann BF11) and cds, filing folds and cover wear, signed Pauligk, BPP. Although no mail sent by civilians interned at the Tabora camp is known to have survived, there are rare examples of letters sent to the internees from friends and former associates elsewhere in the colony
Envelope
Price Realized
$1,700.00

Lot #113
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Internment Camp Mail
1916 (29 July) front only of a Morogoro pre-paid envelope, evidently used as an address label by an internee in a camp at Mahenge to an internee at a Tabora camp. The German censor used the seal of the commanding officer of the Schutztruppe in Mahenge and Songe, partly overwritten "Gesehen", indicating contents were examined. Stated to be the only recorded example of mail from the Mahenge camp
Price Realized
$1,400.00

Lot #114
GERMAN EAST AFRICA The Arab Corps
1914 (30 Nov) feldpostcard to Amani, from "Pauly, Araberkorps, Makinjumbe" (a village on the Pangani River, south of Muhesa), with violet "Kaiserl.Gouvernement in Deutsch-Ostafrika Bez. Tanga" seal of the Tanga district used as a censorship cachet, light toning, otherwise fine, only known mail from the Arab Corps with the German Army. The All Arab Volunteer Corps ("Arabische Korps") was formed in 1914, under the command of Oberleutnant Hengstenberg. It is reported to have been about 350 strong and fought on the Northern frontier of German East Africa at the Battle of Jassin in early 1915. In action the unit proved unreliable and it was soon disbanded
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Price Realized
$850.00

Lot #115
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Fieldpost - Taveta
1914-15 two cards and two registered covers, each with "Taveta Deutsche Feldpost" markings, used to Amani, Bombara, Moschi, last two with provisional registration labels, with transit and arrival pmks, one of the cards addressed to Stettin and censored, but without transit and arrival pmks, also a block of 4x4h Yacht, cancelled on piece with Taveta 28.7.15 pmks, fine and rare group. Taveta, a town in British East Africa (present-day Kenya) was the only British territory occupied by the Germans anywhere during the war
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Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #116
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Fieldpost - Taveta
1914 (Oct 26) fieldpost cover from an askari (native soldier) with the 8th Feldkompagnie in occupied Taveta to an Ombasha (Sergeant) in the police detachment at Tabora. Very few askari wartime covers have survived
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Lot #117
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Fieldpost - Taveta
1915 (25.3) fieldpost cover to Lwandai Post Wilhelmstal, with arrival (27.3) and Schutzenkompagnie IV in Taveta address on back, signed Friedemann, also four additional fieldpost covers or cards from Dodoma, Moschi, Mombo, some signed Mansfeld BPP, fine-v.f.
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Lot #118
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Fieldpost - Postal Agency Cancels
1915 (Aug 1) fieldpost from Mombo to Sakkarani, with Wilhelmsthal (11/8) pmk on back (some faults), faint pmk at bottom right. The cover is addressed to Frau von Prince, widow of Captain Tom von Prince (a German officer, son of a British police governor of Mauritius and a German mother. He was known as "Bwana Sakkarani") who captured Taveta and later fell at Tanga. It was firmly believed by the British soldiers that "Bibi Sakkarani" (Frau Magdalene von Prince) commanded a German askari patrol and avenged her husband by taking no prisoners
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Lot #119
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Fieldpost - Postal Agency Cancels
1915 (21.6) "Feldpostbrief" sent by a Sgt. Wilhelm Stuhr, a rubber planter in civilian life, from Kilwa (large "15" year-date), to his plantation manager in Liwale. Fieldpost letters and cards were frequently sent from the already existing postal agencies, in which case the regular town cancel was used. During the war, four fieldpost stations (Taveta, plus Stations Nos. 1,2, and 3) were established, each with its own canceller. In addition, several travelling auxiliary or provisional Fieldpost stations operated behind the constantly moving and changing front lines. These used cancellers from the abandoned postal agencies
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Lot #120
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Fieldpost - Postal Agency Cancels
1915 (7.4) "Feldpostbrief" from an askari with the police department in Aruscha to "Joji boy" servant of Dr.Braun in Amani. The letter is addressed in Swahili, with Moschi (9.4) transit pmk, unusual
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Price Realized
$240.00

Lot #121
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Fieldpost - Postal Agency Cancels
1916 (17.4) neatly typed Feldpostbrief from a vicefeldwebel in the reserve at Handeni to Kilossa, fine. The German army constructed a light railway from Mombo on the Northern Railroad to Handeni, some 60 km to the south. As the British advanced down the Northern Railroad in the Spring of 1916, Handeni became a major supply center for the north
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Lot #122
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Fieldpost - Railroad Cancels
1915 (Sep) two Fieldpost covers with Usambara Railroad cancels, each with large "5" ("1" missing of year-date), "Zug 2" and Zug 6" markings, fine. The Northern (Usambara) railroad, which ran from Moschi in the shadow of Kilimanjaro to Tanga on the Indian Ocean, served as an important line of communication of the main body of con Lettow-Vorbeck's troops protecting the Colony from invasion by forces building up in the British East Africa. The Germans withdrew in late Spring, 1916
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Lot #123
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Fieldpost - Station No.1
1916-17 two covers with clear Feldpoststation 1 pmks (large "16", second Berlin "17"), one addressed in Swahili to a native in Dar-es-Salaam, the other from Paul Devers (probably the wealthiest person in German East Africa before the war, now a sergeant in the Schutztruppe) to a plantation manager in Liwale, some toning and wear, otherwise fine
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Price Realized
$1,000.00

Lot #124
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Fieldpost - Station No. 2
1916-17 three covers, each with clear Feldpoststation 2 pmks (large "16" and Berlin "17"), one to the Tabora District Office (overall toning), another franked with pair of 4h stamps, accepted by Fieldpost No.2 (by this time the regular postal system in unoccupied South was restricted only to the Mahenge and Mohoro post offices, with the Schutztruppe responsible for properly franked civilian mail), last one addressed in Swahili to a native in Liwale, also a single 2 1/2h adhesive on piece, cancelled Feldpost Station No.2, on October 15, 1917 (two days before it shut down), with Lukuledi area firm
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Price Realized
$1,600.00

Lot #125
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Fieldpost - Station No. 3
1917 (13.4) cover with Feldpoststation 3 datestamp to Feldkompanie in Mpotora, sent by the I-company detachment of Major v.Steumer's, south of Mchamba and Tunduru on Mkama/Mfunga border area (penetrating into the Portuguese territory in search of food), rare late usage
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Price Realized
$650.00

Lot #126
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Fieldpost - Station No. 3
1917 (5.9) folded typewritten letter circulated among six German camps, all within 50 km of Liwale, providing war news from the British press. The last lap, from the Officers' Prison Camp near Kindamba to Manjinja was courtesy of Fieldpost Station No.3 (scarce "17" year date)
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Price Realized
$850.00

Lot #127
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Fieldpost - Station No. 3
1917 (12.3) cover to an officer in a village (Makotschera) near Lukuledi, with circular date stamp of, by then, discontinued Lindi agency (no year date), used for much the 1917 as a provisional fieldpost cancel in the hinterland of the district, signed Siebentritt, BPP
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Price Realized
$525.00

Lot #128
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Fieldpost - Station No. 3
1917 (4.8) turned envelope (opened for display to reveal that it was originally from Mahenge, the only remaining civilian post office, to the Imperial Governor in Liwale), with official Government seal, addressed to "Das Kommando der Schutztruppe" on Lake Utungi (headquarters of von Lettow-Vorbeck), with Fieldpost Station No.3 pmk, rare. This adversity usage illustrates that late in the war even government offices were affected by paper shortages
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Price Realized
$550.00

Lot #129
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Fieldpost - Station No. 3
1917 (21.3) double strike of Feldpost Station No.3 on pre-paid 7 1/2 Heller envelope to a Lady in Liwale, fine and scarce civilian use, stated to be one of only two prefranked envelopes known to have been transmitted via any fieldpost station, signed Mansfield. Feldpost Station No.3 was in operation from early July 1916 until the beginning of November 1917 and discontinued shortly before the reduced German forces crossed the Rovuma River into the Portuguese East Africa
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Price Realized
$1,700.00

Lot #130
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Fieldpost - Auxiliary Fieldpost Stations
1916 (27.7) prepaid "Frankiert mit 7 1/2 H" Dar-es-Salaam envelope addressed to "Haji Gulamani" at Dodoma, where it arrived on 29th July (possibly earliest known usage), with clear strike of this auxiliary fieldpost, established after the evacuation of that town (Friedemann FP4), returned to sender at Dar-es-Salaam (2.8), some cover wear
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Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #131
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Fieldpost - Auxiliary Fieldpost Stations
1916 (Nov) cover with letter from Oberstleutnant von Bock at Kisangire to field surgeon Dr. Deppe in nearby Ngarambi. The canceller (struck on both front and back) from the discontinued "Utete Deutsch Ostafrika 7.11.16" (Friedemann FP5) agency was used by a provisional fieldpost station. In the enclosed letter, von Bock comments on his poor health (malaria, a chest wound) and the rigors of tropical warfare
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Price Realized
$2,400.00

Lot #132
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Fieldpost - Auxiliary Fieldpost Stations
1916 (9.4) prepaid "Frankiert mit 7 1.2 H" envelope, with the Morogoro Post-Director seal, addressed to Bishop Leonard at the Catholic Mission in Tabora, with "Aruscha Deutsh Ostafrika" cancel and arrival (18.4) pmk on back. The Aruscha canceller was used by an auxiliary fieldpost station from March 16 to June 3. This cover is a rare example of civilian mail processed by the military
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Price Realized
$5,500.00

Lot #133
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Fieldpost - Auxiliary Fieldpost Stations
1916-17 three fieldpost covers, one from Moschi (1.4) to Amani, others from Lindi (26.7.17) to Liwale, each with a clear strike (Friedemann FP2, FP6), one stated to be from the Nangano station (one of only five known) fine
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Price Realized
$2,800.00

Lot #134
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Fieldpost - Relais Post
1914,1917 two items, one early in the war transported by Schutztruppe runner to Korogwe, the other in Feb. 1917 to Dr.Deppe in Tunduru, processed by the Fieldpost Station at Lukuledi village, which used the old Lindi canceller, endorsed "Relais deom Tunduru 22.2.17 6:00 p.m." Ludwig Deppe, a Schutztruppe doctor, established a relay post using native runners for messages between detachments of his field hospital
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Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #135
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Fieldpost - "The Bush Telegraphs"
1916 (Nov) "Bush Telegram" from Schutztruppe headquarters in Makima to Dr.Deppe at Utete. The Nachrichtentruppe (Signal Corps) strung field telegraph lines, with messages taken by native runners from the receiving operator to the various base camps in the areas
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Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #136
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Wartime Use of International Reply Coupons
1915,1917 two coupons, one cancelled in Tabora April 1915 for inclusion in a mailing to the Deutsche Hilfsverein; the other cancelled with the Fieldpost No. 3 handstamp on September 24, 1917, to validate it as currency for the Liwale region. Most of the IRCs were enclosed in mail passed through neutral Portuguese East Africa to the Deutsche Hilsverein in neutral Sweden. This organization required three IRCs to re-route an enclosed letter to Germany and send its response to German East Africa. Also a censored cover showing the outline of the enclosed letter, fine and rare group, only a few known to exist
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Price Realized
$1,400.00

Lot #137
GERMAN EAST AFRICA The Biological Institute at Amani
1916 (Jan 21) address label from registered "Liebesgaben" package sent from Tabora to the wife of the head of the Biological Institute. The "Liebesgaben" mail was transmitted free of charge, this is one of only five examples still in existence, signed Friedemann; also a folded "Rechnung", with official government handstamp, sent from the institute to the army supply depot at Mombo (a bill for coca and chocolate)
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Price Realized
$1,700.00

Lot #138
GERMAN EAST AFRICA BRITISH INVASION AND OCCUPATION
1914 seven propaganda labels, same design as the German East Africa Yacht (but much larger), five overprinted and surcharged "G.E. A. British Occupation", apparently printed early to celebrate the anticipated British victory, probably bogus, but interesting
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Price Realized
$400.00

Lot #139
GERMAN EAST AFRICA BRITISH INVASION AND OCCUPATION
1916 (12 Dec) stampless cover, with letter from a Goan merchant in British-occupied Lindi to his brother-in-law in Portuguese East Africa. Sent via Mombasa, Quelimane and Zanzibar, it arrived at Ibo (10.2), having been passed by British and Portuguese censors (Beira). The letter mentions "here there is no post office and not be had stamps, so I have to post my letters as bearing letters. Mail comes this side every month twice with Man-of-War, by which we get post." The letter does not mention that at that time, Lindi was bombarded daily by a naval detachment of the Schutztruppe, using a 4.1 inch gum salvaged from SMS Konigsberg
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Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #140
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Mafia Island Issues
1915 4h green, manuscript "G R Mafia JDM" overprint in black, well centered, h.r., fresh and v.f., only 10-15 were issued by the Governor Lt. Colonel J.D. Macklay when the handstamp was not readily available, with 2004 Robert Gibbs cert. The British occupied Mafia, a small island off the delta of the Rufiji River, in January 1915, as a base of operations against the cruiser "Konigsberg", which had holed up in the delta to repair her boilers. Only a small numbers of German East African and Indian Expeditionary Force stamps were handstamped for civilian use (Gibbs 12)
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Catalog #NL2
Catalog Value $3,750
Price Realized
$1,500.00

Lot #141
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Mafia Island Issues
1916 15 h (watermarked), validated "G.R. Mafia" and "J.D.M" by the military governor Lt. Colonel J.D. Mackay, unused, fine,
(*)
Catalog #NL4
Catalog Value $3,750
Price Realized
$950.00

Lot #142
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Mafia Island Issues
1915 15h ultramarine, violet overprint, well centered, barest trace of a hinge, v.f., signed Buhler, Hoffman-Giesecke,
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Catalog #SG M4B
Catalog Value £600
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Lot #143
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Mafia Island Issues
1915 30h lake and black, deep purple overprint, fresh color, small h.r., fine, approximately 20-30 issued, with 1995 BPA cert.,
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Catalog #SG M6B
Catalog Value £1,100
Price Realized
$1,100.00

Lot #144
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Mafia Island Issues
1915 45h purple and black, black overprint, well centered, l.h., v.f., fine, approximately 20-30 issued, with 1995 BPA cert.,
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Catalog #SG M7A
Catalog Value £800
Price Realized
$550.00

Lot #145
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Mafia Island Issues
1915 German Fiscal Stamps overprinted "O.H.B.M.S. Mafia", 24p-1r, set of five, l.h., usual tropical staining, fine-v.f., with 1998 BPA cert. These stamps were found in July 1915 in the Mafia Customs House and were overprinted for civilian use,
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Catalog #SG M21-25
Catalog Value £4,200
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Lot #146
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Mafia Island Issues
1916 handstamped in three lines "G R Post Mafia," prepared by the postal authorities in Zanzibar, used on Indian stamps overprinted for the Indian Expeditionary Force, complete set of 10, usual minor toning, 1r with small fault, mostly fine-v.f.,
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Catalog #SG M33-42
Catalog Value £1,600
Price Realized
$1,200.00

Lot #147
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Mafia Island Issues
1916 handstamped in three lines "G R Post Mafia," prepared by the postal authorities in Zanzibar, struck on 1a I.E.F. adhesive (uncancelled, because the canceller did not arrive until early July) adhesive on OHMS cover (opened for display) addressed to London, endorsed "Major N.King", with Zanzibar June 20, 16 cds on back, roughly opened at sides, minor toning, fine, with penciled notation "this stamp paid R. Indian Postal Charge to the British P.P. at Zanzibar" and "guaranteed original E.F.Hurt", also with 1998 Eichele cert. A very rare cover
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Catalog #SG M35
Price Realized
$1,500.00

Lot #148
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Mafia Island Issues
1916 handstamped in three lines "G R Post Mafia," prepared by the postal authorities in Zanzibar, struck on 1a I.E.F. adhesive, tied by Mafia July 16 postmark on cover (embossed "Zanzibar Government") to an official (audit office) in Zanzibar, with arrival pmk the next day, staple holes and little rust at top, fine and very rare cover (SG M35)
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Catalog #SG M35
Price Realized
$2,600.00

Lot #149
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Mafia Island Issues
1916 Italic Surcharge on I.E.F. overprinted stamps of India, 3p-1r complete set of ten, mostly h.r., usual slight overall toning, fine-v.f., signed, with 1966 BPA cert. for the top value,
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Catalog #SG M43-52
Catalog Value £2,250
Price Realized
$2,300.00

Lot #150
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Mafia Island Issues
1915 "G.R. Post 6 Cents Mafia" four line handstamp applied on stampless cover to Zanzibar, with Zanzibar "JY 9 15" arrival alongside, filing folds and light stains away from the cancel, still v.f., with 2007 Robert Gibbs cert. Confirming that this is one of only three known commercial covers with this handstamp, which was applied directly on the cover due to the shortage of 6c postage stamps. A major Mafia Island rarity
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Price Realized
$3,750.00

Lot #151
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Lake Tanganyika Flotilla Mail
1915 letter (Aug 14) from Engineering Lt. W. W. Cross to London, headed "Naval Africa Expedition" at Belgium Congo (actually at Fungurume), endorsed "On Active Service No Stamps Available", boxed "Passed by Censor No.25" via South Africa, where it was cancelled at Simonstown (28 Aug)
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Price Realized
$1,800.00

Lot #152
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Lake Tanganyika Flotilla Mail
1915 (Sep) cover and picture postcard (Basoko Belgian Congo) from sub-Lt. C.T.Tyler, addressed to England, routed via Simonstown, each censored by medical officer H.M. Hanschell, penciled "On Active Service No Stamps Available" and boxed "Passed by Censor No.25" hs, the card with framed "Paquebot", fine
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Price Realized
$2,000.00

Lot #153
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Nyasaland-Rhodesia Field Force Issue
1916 (18 Sep) registered cover (captured "Deutsch Ost-Afrika" stationery) franked with four different "N.F." overprinted stamps, tied by F.P.O. 1 cds and sent by General Northey in Neu Langenburg to a lady with the Red Cross in Nyasaland, with Zomba (25 Sep) transit and Blantyre (26.9) arrival pmks, backflap missing, apparently the earliest known use of the 1sh value and the double circle FPO 1 canceller. The Nyasaland-Rhodesia Field Force (2600 men in all) moved across the border into Southwestern area of German East Africa in late May 1916. Appalling terrain and insecure supply lines often thwarted the Force's effectiveness. Nevertheless, its commander, Major-General Sir Edward Northey, took command of a colonial force in Nyasaland in the East African Campaign, later becoming Governor of Kenya), is now considered the ablest of the Allied generals operating in GEA
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Price Realized
$1,900.00

Lot #154
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Nyasaland-Rhodesia Field Force Issue
1916 "N.F." overprints, set of five blocks of four, 1sh n.h., others used on piece, fine-v.f. (SG N1-5)
Box *O
Catalog #N101-105
Catalog Value £400
Price Realized
$170.00

Lot #155
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Nyasaland-Rhodesia Field Force Issue
1916 two OHMS covers to Rhodesia and England, franked with 1/2d and 1d overprints, cancelled by F.P.O. pmks, with arrival markings, fine-v.f.
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Price Realized
$375.00

Lot #156
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Nyasaland-Rhodesia Field Force Issue
1916 (Oct 15) registered OHMS cover franked with 1d and 4d overprints, tied by two strikes of "F.P.O. 3" cds, addressed to Johannesburg, written by staff Sgt Mereoso (2nd South African Rifles) with Col. Rogers' column at Malangali, southwest of Iringa. At that time, the Field Force was attempting (unsuccessfully) to block Genl. Wahle's withdrawal from Tabora to the south. This is the only recorded registered cover from the F.P.O. 3., some faults, with Zomba Nyasaland and British Concession Chindale (15.11) transit markings
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Lot #157
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Nyasaland-Rhodesia Field Force Issue
1917 (Oct 3) cover franked with 3x1/2d and 1sh, cancelled F.P.O. 3, addressed via Bulawayo Rhodesia, filing folds away from the stamps
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Price Realized
$375.00

Lot #158
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Nyasaland-Rhodesia Field Force Issue
1918 (6 Aug) registered cover (4p Nyasaland Protectorate registration entire) sent by Brig. Genl Northey from headquarters in Songea to his son in London. Additional franking on this overweight cover ("contents only are a watch-guard") is mixed franking of Rhodesia (1 1/2d and 3x1/2d) and "N.F." (2x1/2d), faulty but very rare, earliest known "F.P.O.1" from Songea
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Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #159
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Indian Expeditionary Force Issue
1916 The field post offices of the I.E.F. were established for both the troops and to provide postal service to civilians in the occupied areas of German East Africa. Soldiers on active service had free frank privileges but civilian mail required Indian stamps overprinted "I.E.F." A Prepaid "Frankiert mit 7 1/2 H" Tanga entire envelope, cancelled 22.6.16 (two weeks before the British captured the town) addressed locally and additionally franked with 1/2a I.E.F. adhesive, cancelled "F.P.O. No.304" in 1917(!). It is possible that the cover was mislaid by the Germans in the Tanga post office and eventually placed in the mail by the I.E.F. authorities, some minor flaws, signed GPSY
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Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #160
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Indian Expeditionary Force Issue
1916 cover franked on back with pairs of 1a and 3p I.E.F. overprinted Indian stamps, tied by "C" Passed Censore E.A." civil censor handstamps, sent by a civilian internee at Morogoro to the Red Cross Peace Bureau in Berne, Switzerland
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Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #161
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Indian Expeditionary Force Issue
1916 (10.11) picture postcard from Mwanza, addressed to England, franked with 10 different I.E.F. overprints, tied by F.P.O. No. 305 pmks, fine
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Price Realized
$270.00

Lot #162
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Indian Expeditionary Force Issue
1916-17 three items incl. cover sent in October 1916 to a Dr. Braun in Amani, with 1a I.E.F. overprinted stamp tied by Field Post Office 304 in Tanga and sent via the Northern Railroad to FPO 337 in Korogwe, the office closest to Amani; label franked with 1/2a green of a commercial parcel which travelled from Tanga to Amani, posted at FPO and transported by rail, with "Mail Agency No. 1" (Amani) arrival; plus a parcel label with 3pi franking from Tanga to Amani (the address of a Goan merchant changed from "L.X.Dias & Sohne" to "L.X.Dias & Sons")
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Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #163
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Indian Expeditionary Force Issue
1917 (Aug) cover franked with 2a6p I.E.F. overprinted Indian adhesive, tied by "C" Passed Censor E.A." civil censor handstamps, sent by a German Lutheran missionary (Frau Zoberbier) interned at the Schliesen Mission at Morogoro to an ecclesiastic in Stockholm, boxed "Censorship "C" Section" datestamp, partial Swedish arrival pmks on both sides, cover creases, uncommon usage
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Lot #164
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Fieldposts to and from General Smuts
1916-17 cover addressed to Admiral Charlton (commander of British naval forces in East Africa), with enclosure (photocopy) in which Gen. Smuts informs the admiral that he had begun his advance on the Usambara Mountains and would meet with him as soon as they were reached "to discuss matters." The cover was forwarded by "I.E.F. B - F.P.O. No.306", with red censor handstamp (contents obviously not examined), with additional FPO 306 hs on back, Mombasa transit and Zanzibar May 28 arrival pmk, some cover defects and toning, rare
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Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #165
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Fieldposts to and from General Smuts
1916 (9 Dec) O.H.M.S. cover from Genl. Louis Botha, Prime Minister of South Africa, to Genl. Jan Smuts, Commander in Chief (Imperial Forces in East Africa) in Morogoro, Army Field endorsement Dar-es-Salaam, bearing "Assistant Secretary Department of Defense" datestamp, without postal markings, suggesting that it was carried by messenger from Capetown to occupied German East Africa, some cover wear, scarce
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Price Realized
$260.00

Lot #166
GERMAN EAST AFRICA G.E.A. Overprint Issue
1917 George V, 1c-50r, complete set, with additional 75c shade, mostly l.h., 50r with toned spot, otherwise fine-v.f. (SG 45-62)
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Catalog #N106-122
Catalog Value £875
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #167
GERMAN EAST AFRICA G.E.A. Overprint Issue
1917-22 selection of 18 covers or cards, variety of frankings and usages, including adversity envelope franked with 3c, used locally in Wlhelmstal, censored mail to Germany ("opened under martial law"), registered 31c envelope from Tanga to Zurich, post-war cards to Germany, Rupee values (1r, 3r, 4r, 5r and 10r on registered covers, with Tanga or Base Office pmks), mixed franking I.E.F.+ G.E.A. stamps used in 1919 from Moschi to Berne,also unused 20r (SG 61), fine lot
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Price Realized
$1,700.00

Lot #168
GERMAN EAST AFRICA G.E.A. Overprint Issue
1917 (21.6) cover franked with the unoverprinted East Africa & Uganda 6c carmine, used from Wilhelmstal to a native in Amani, violet "Passed by Political Officer" censor hs, also a 1919 picture postcard from Tanga to Switzerland, overall toning, fine
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Price Realized
$160.00

Lot #169
GERMAN EAST AFRICA G.E.A. Overprint Issue Postal Stationery
1918 3c postal card handstamped G.E.A., with additional franking, addressed to "Very Truly Mr. Abdulla Esmail", Bagamoyo pmks, overall toning, fine
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Price Realized
$190.00

Lot #170
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Wartime Mail from Occupied G.E.A. to Germany
1916 (Nov) wrapper to Germany from Frau Schafer, interned at the Schliesen Mission station near Morogoro, franked for the international letter mail rate by I.E.F. overprinted Indian stamps totaling 2 1/2 annas, cancelled at FPO 343 (Dar-es-Salaam), passed by censor and again by the Germans in Emmerich, filing folds and some toning
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Price Realized
$150.00

Lot #171
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Wartime Mail from Occupied G.E.A. to Germany
1916 (22.8) 4h stationery card to Germany, from Konezai, recently occupied by the British, probably sent in a dispatch bag to British East Africa, censored in Nairobi, with German censor office in Emmerich hs indicating that the card reached its destination, interesting item
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Price Realized
$800.00

Lot #172
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Wartime Mail from Occupied G.E.A. to Germany
1917 (1.1) New Year's Day card from a Pastor Gleiss, interned at the Mission Station in Wuga, to his superior in Germany. The card, written in English for the benefit of the censor, was forwarded by the International Peace Bureau in Bern, where it received Swiss franking and large "P.C." censor hs
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Lot #173
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Wartime Mail from Occupied G.E.A. to Germany
1917 cover to Germany from a prisoner of war von Arnim, with Dar-es Salaam censor hs on both sides, also "opened under Martial Law" label. The British allowed a limited amount of censored mail to Germany from the occupied area of the colony. After reaching England, this mail was forwarded to Germany via neutral Holland
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Lot #174
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Wartime Mail from Germany to Occupied G.E.A.
1914 (10 Nov) cover (with letter) from Altona to a Lieutenant in the Naval Reserve, with Deutsch Ost-Afrika Lignie based in Zanzibar, sent via Red Cross Agency for Prisoners of War in Geneva, forwarded via London (in 1916) to Zanzibar, with "Post Free P.C. Prisoners of War" hs. The addressee was in fact not in Zanzibar, having crossed over to German East Africa, serving with a Naval unit of the Schutztruppe against the Portuguese on the Rovuma River front. By November 1917, Lt. Sprockhoff did finally become a prisoner of war of the British, but it was three years after the letter was mail and most likely he never saw it. An interesting POW mail to someone who was not a POW
Envelope
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #175
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Wartime Mail from Germany to Occupied G.E.A.
1917 (30.4) cover from Marburg, via Emmerich ("Frei Gegeben" censor hs) to a Prisoner of War in the camp at Kilindini, "Opened by Censor Under Martial Law" and another label on back, also a violet "Passed Censor E.A. "C" hs, with Mombasa Aug.18 arrival pmk, rare cover, with 1999 Steuer cert.
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Lot #176
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Wartime Mail from Germany to Occupied G.E.A.
1917 (17.7) cover (censored three times!) from Heidelberg, via Emmerich ("Abt. Auslandstelle Emmerich Frei Gegeben" foreign mail control office hs) to a Prisoner of War in the camp at Kilindini, "Passed by Censor E.E.F." and another "Passed Censor E.A. "C", both in violet, crayon markings indicating the cover was forwarded to the Sidi Bish camp outside of Alexandria, Egypt
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Lot #177
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Wartime Mail from Germany to Occupied G.E.A.
1917 (29.4) cover (censored three times!) from Bornhausen, via Emmerich ("Abt. Auslandstelle Emmerich Frei Gegeben" foreign mail control office hs) to Prof. Dr. Zimmermann, who was interned at his Biological Institute at Amani, sent via Holland and England, with oval "Braunschweig-Seesen" railroad datestamp, "Opened by Censor label" and British Civil "Passed Censor E.A. "C" in violet, Nairobi (19 Aug) arrival, redirected to Tanga, signed Friedemann
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Lot #178
GERMAN EAST AFRICA BELGIAN INVASION AND OCCUPATION
1916-22 collection on pages, with overprinted "German East Africa Belgian Occupation (in French and Flemish) stamps (used and unused sets), plus 16 covers or cards used from Belgian occupied Kigoma, Kigali, Tabora, Rukira, Usumbura, sent to various places including Holland, Costa Rica (!), England, France, British East Africa, USA and Switzerland, all brilliantly written up, enumerating routes, censor markings, postal rates and historical issues, fine group
Envelope
Catalog #N17/NB9
Price Realized
$2,800.00

Lot #179
GERMAN EAST AFRICA BELGIAN INVASION AND OCCUPATION
1916 handstamped "Kigoma" on stamps of Belgian Congo, six different (applied as transit marks at Kigoma, for several months after its capture in July 1916), also "Taxes" handstamps (8) on the Waterlow issue, used as postage dues
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Price Realized
$425.00

Lot #180
GERMAN EAST AFRICA BELGIAN INVASION AND OCCUPATION
1916 cover and card from Muanza to France, with transit Mombasa, Kisumu, endorsed "Service Militaire", fine. For less than two months, in the fall on 1916, the Belgian postal station in British-held Muanza, used an old, defaced German town canceller without date, to apply on mail which was headed via the Kenya Railroad for the Indian Ocean ports, and ultimately Europe
Envelope
Price Realized
$750.00

Lot #181
GERMAN EAST AFRICA BELGIAN INVASION AND OCCUPATION
1917 (July 4) registered cover from Kigoma, franked with three diff. overprinted stamps, bearing Congo Belge registry label, addressed to Baarle-Duc (Enclave Belge en Hollande), with "Est Africain Allemand Occupation Belge District d'Udjidji" Censure Militaire hs and Baarle Hertog arrival pmk pm on back. Baarle-Hertog is a municipality belonging to the Belgian province of Antwerp, but for the biggest part located in the Netherlands province of North Brabant. As it is completely surrounded by Holland, the enclave was not occupied by Germany
Envelope
Price Realized
$525.00

Lot #182
GERMAN EAST AFRICA BELGIAN INVASION AND OCCUPATION Postal Stationery
1916-17 Belgian Congo picture postcards from Belgian occupied German East Africa, a set numbered from 1 to 50, each 5c value overprinted "Occupation Belge" (bilingual), cancelled "B.P.C.V.P.K." and addressed to London, also additional No.37 unused, mostly fine-v.f.
Envelope
Price Realized
$260.00

Lot #183
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Ruanda/Urundi Handstamped Issue
1916 issues complete except for the two high values, mostly unused, handstamps signed, fine-v.f.,
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Catalog #N1-7,9-15,17/NB9
Catalog Value $866
Price Realized
$375.00

Lot #184
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Ruanda/Urundi Handstamped Issue
1916 "Ruanda" overprints, 5c-5fr, set of eight, 5fr used, balance l.h., fine-v.f., various handstamp guarantees, with 1990 Behr cert. for the 5fr (YT 9-15)
*O
Catalog #N1-8
Catalog Value €2,900
Price Realized
$2,500.00

Lot #185
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Ruanda/Urundi Handstamped Issue
1916 "Urundi" overprints, 5c-5fr, set of eight, 5fr used on piece, balance l.h., fine-v.f., various handstamp guarantees, with 1990 Behr cert. for the 5fr (YT 16-23)
*O
Catalog #N9-16
Catalog Value €2,900
Price Realized
$2,500.00

Lot #186
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Red Cross Semi-Postal Issue
1918 complete set of sheet margin imperf. singles, unused without gum, v.f.
(*)
Catalog #NB1-9var
Price Realized
$260.00

Lot #187
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Belgian Fieldpost to General Smuts
1916 (Oct) fieldpost from Muansa to General Jan Smuts, the allied commander in Morogoro. For a brief period of time, the Belgian base in British held Muansa used the obsolete German town canceller without date, also official seal of Imperial Government of German East Africa on back, violet "Congo Belge Ct. Department de L'Est" seals of General Tombeur (Charles Henri Marie Ernest Tombeur, the head of Belgian military operations in East Africa), cover toning and wear, with transit cancellations from Mombasa and Belgian fieldpost station in Kisumu, with 2001 Steuer cert.
Envelope
Price Realized
$1,900.00

Lot #188
GERMAN EAST AFRICA PORTUGUESE INVASION AND OCCUPATION (Kionga)
1916 surcharges, set of four, also cover franked with 2 1/2c on 100c, from Kionga to Nyassa, fine-v.f. The Kionga Triangle was a tiny territory on the border between German East Africa (largely overlapping the present-day United Republic of Tanzania) and the Portuguese colony of Portuguese East Africa (present day Republic of Mozambique). Originally, the Germans established this as their outpost south of the Rovuma River, and there was a settlement called Kionga (now Quionga). After the war, the Treaty of Versailles defined the border as running along the Rovuma, thus allotting the triangle to Mozambique
Envelope
Catalog #1-4
Price Realized
$2,000.00

Lot #189
GERMAN EAST AFRICA PORTUGUESE INVASION AND OCCUPATION (Kionga)
1917 (June) registered cover to France franked with 3x5c/100c surcharges and 1c Mozambique tax stamp, with "Passou Pela Cenzura" (Beira) and French censor handstamps, French "Controle Postal Militaire" censor tape, registry "No.130" Kionga by hand, arrival 24 September, partial wax seals, fine and rare commercial letter from Kionga
Envelope
Price Realized
$5,500.00

Lot #190
GERMAN EAST AFRICA P.O.W. Mail to and within Occupied G.E.A.
1914 cover from a German prisoner in the camp at Ahmednagar, India to his wife in Neu Moschi, German East Africa. Since New Moschi was still in German hands, the cover was sent to the POW Administration Bureau in London (Jan.18,1915), returned to sender (rather than to pass it across the lines from British East Africa under flag of truce), with five different censor markings including "Passed by Censor Bombay", fine
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Lot #191
GERMAN EAST AFRICA P.O.W. Mail to and within Occupied G.E.A.
1917-18 collection of 12 covers and cards, including India to Amani (German prisoners were held in external POW camps in India, Egypt and Portuguese East Africa), Camp Maadi, Egypt to Wugiri (from Baron Oeynhausen), Sidi Bishr to Dar-es-Salaam, Boma to Morogoro, Tanga to Wilhemstal, also political officer's mail (one from the Evangelical Mission at Hofenfriedeberg in the occupied Usambara district to Mission Supply Depot in Wuga), letter from Switzerland, mailed just after the Armistice under the auspices of the International Red Cross, to a women's camp in Amani, etc., all neatly written up on pages
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Lot #192
GERMAN EAST AFRICA P.O.W. Mail and Internee Mail to Germany
1917 (Mar 14) Mozambique Company stationery card used by a prisoner in the camp at "Macequece" to a repatriated comrade in Hamburg, with hexagonal Macequece pmk partly covered by Geneva transit (28.7), also Lourenco Marques Provincial Red Cross, Portuguese censor at Beira and the International Committee of the Red Cross Service des Prisonniers de Guerre handstamps, with "Exempte" (from postage) etiquette. The message is written in English, undoubtedly for the benefit of censor ("I'm sending a card only as it probably will have a speedier expedition as a letter")
Envelope
Price Realized
$290.00

Lot #193
GERMAN EAST AFRICA P.O.W. Mail and Internee Mail to Germany
1917 two pre-printed postal cards for use by POWs in the Lourenco Marques Camp, one with an oval camp handstamp, Provincial Red Cross and "Porte Franco" cachet, also the International Committee of the Red Cross Service des Prisonniers de Guerre handstamped in Geneva, plus a German censor hs, the other to Amsterdam, with arrival pmk, showing that prisoners were allowed only a bare minimum of information about themselves
Envelope
Price Realized
$240.00

Lot #194
GERMAN EAST AFRICA P.O.W. Mail and Internee Mail to Germany
1917-18 collection of 9 covers from POWs to Germany, including one from Sidi Bishr, another from Lourenco Marques, others from Maadi and Belgaum, India, appropriate censor markings, interesting lot
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Lot #195
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Paper Currency and Coins
1915-17 group of seven "Eine Rupee" noted, different dates, also two 20 heller coins, plus African Elephant "Gold 15 Rupien" gold (Copy), fine lot
Price Realized
$425.00

Lot #196
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Large Lots and Balances
1896-1918 balance of the consignment in carton, with remainders of collection on pages, cards and small stock book, used and unused stamps, multiples, booklet panes, cancellations including forerunners, varieties, covers and cards including incoming mail (from Germany, Argentina, Transvaal, Brazil, Portugal, Aden, USA), reference material, Seapost, Gruss-Aus cards, Schulke & Mayer Jubilee book (1939) with a set of five reprints, censored mail and much more
Envelope *O
Price Realized
$4,500.00

Lot #197
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Large Lots and Balances
1899-1914 covers, cards and postal stationery, a working group of 55+ arranged alphabetically by cancellations, with better items, some which have been upgraded/exchanged into the main exhibit, registration markings, small towns, interesting items, also used stamps
Envelope
Price Realized
$3,250.00

Lot #198
GERMAN EAST AFRICA Large Lots and Balances
1914-18 The War Years, covers, cards and postal stationery, a working group of 30+ in binder, with pre-paid cash envelopes, cash franking slips, Belgian and British Occupations, some stamps, cancels, postal cards etc., with better items, some which have been upgraded, or not yet written up, also research notes, useful lot
Envelope
Price Realized
$3,500.00

Lot #199
GERMAN EAST AFRICA The Final Chapter
1919 (31.3) picture postcard (Governor Schnee and General von Lettow-Voerbeck leading the parade of the returning Schutztruppe through the streets of Berlin) from Ada Schnee, New Zealand born wife of the governor, to a district officer interned at Sidi Bishr, Egypt, oval "Passed by Censor No.15" and "Prisoner of War" endorsement, fine. Lettow-Vorbeck's invading force laid down arms at Abercorn, Northern Rhodesia on November 25, 1918, two weeks after the Armistice. Early in March, the Schutztruppe's surviving Germans marched through the streets of Berlin to the Brandenburg Gate, wildly acclaimed by the crowds as Germany's undefeated army
Envelope
Price Realized
$425.00

Lot #1001
RUSSIA 1857 Russia Number One
1857 10k brown and blue, cancelled "143" in dots (Mamadyzh), margins all around, v.f.
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Catalog #1
Price Realized
$425.00

Lot #1002
RUSSIA 1857 Russia Number One
1857 10k brown and blue, cleaned (cancel removed), margins all around, looks unused
O
Catalog #1
Price Realized
$525.00

Lot #1003
RUSSIA 1858 Third Issue - perf. 12 1/2
1858 20k blue and orange, l.h., fresh and v.f.,
*
Catalog #6
Catalog Value $1,166
Price Realized
$750.00

Lot #1004
RUSSIA 1864 Fourth Issue
1864 1k-5k, set of three, h.r., fine-v.f.,
*
Catalog #8-10
Catalog Value $3,000
Price Realized
$1,400.00

Lot #1005
RUSSIA 1884-88 Issue
1884 3.50r black and gray, 7r black and orange, unused with full original gum, never hinged and post office fresh, fine-v.f., rare unhinged (Scott's 39-40)
**
Catalog #42-43
Catalog Value $6,666
Price Realized
$3,000.00

Lot #1006
RUSSIA 1889-92 Issues
1889 1r light brown, brown & orange, variety imperf. at top, h.r., v.f.
*
Catalog #56
Price Realized
$575.00

Lot #1007
RUSSIA 1889-92 Issues
1889 1r light brown, brown & orange, horizontal pair imperf. between, h.r., v.f.
*
Catalog #56
Price Realized
$1,000.00

Lot #1008
RUSSIA 1889-92 Issues
1889 1r light brown, brown & orange, vertical pair imperf. between, h.r., disturbed gum and small thin at top, otherwise v.f., rare
*
Catalog #56
Price Realized
$1,100.00

Lot #1009
RUSSIA 1889-92 Issues
1889 2k green, imperf. h.r., v.f., with handstamped guarantee,
*
Catalog #58
Catalog Value $1,000
Price Realized
$525.00

Lot #1010
RUSSIA 1889-92 Issues
1889 7k dark blue, background omitted, small h.r., v.f., signed Sam Ray, Mikulski, rare (Mi.49xF)
*
Catalog #61
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #1011
RUSSIA 1902-6 Issues
1902 vertically laid paper, 3k rose red, double impression, h.r., fine
*
Catalog #68
Price Realized
$260.00

Lot #1012
RUSSIA 1902-6 Issues
1902 7r black and yellow, horizontal pair imperf. between, h.r., v.f. and rare
*
Catalog #74
Price Realized
$1,900.00

Lot #1013
RUSSIA 1902-6 Issues
1902 7r black and yellow, right margin horizontal pair imperf. between and at right, h.r., fresh and v.f. example of this rare variety
*
Catalog #74
Price Realized
$2,100.00

Lot #1014
RUSSIA 1902-6 Issues
1904 1r brown & orange red, vertical pair imperf. between, h.r., light creasing between stamps, v.f., signed Diena
*
Catalog #80
Price Realized
$600.00

Lot #1015
RUSSIA 1902-6 Issues
1902 1r brown & orange red, vertical pair imperf. between and at bottom, h.r., v.f.
*
Catalog #80
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #1016
RUSSIA 1902-6 Issues
1904 1r brown & orange red, variety imperf. at bottom, h.r., marginal creases and perf. faults, otherwise v.f.
*
Catalog #80
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #1017
RUSSIA 1902-6 Issues
1904 Russo-Japanese War, 3k-10k, set of four horizontal strips of eight, each stamp overprinted with letters forming "Obrazets" in black, also additional 28 overprinted (smaller size) singles, 3k, 5k and 7k complete eight letters of each, mostly hinged with some reinforcing, fine-v.f. (Scott's B1-4S)
S
Catalog #83-86S
Price Realized
$1,600.00

Lot #1018
RUSSIA 1902-6 Issues
1906 vertically laid paper, 5r and 10r set of two, plus 5r perf. 11 1/2, h.r., fine-v.f.,
*
Catalog #92,92A-93
Catalog Value $1,333
Price Realized
$600.00

Lot #1019
RUSSIA 1902-6 Issues
1906 5r and 10r sheet corner margin blocks of four, hinged in outer margins, stamps n.h., some marginal creases and perf. separations, v.f. and scarce in blocks (catalogue value for singles)
Box **
Catalog #92-93
Catalog Value $5,200
Price Realized
$5,000.00

Lot #1020
RUSSIA 1902-6 Issues
1906 5r, two sheet margin blocks of four, one corner margin (h.r.), the other n.h., fine-v.f. (catalogue value for singles)
Box */**
Catalog #92
Catalog Value $1,200
Price Realized
$425.00

Lot #1021
RUSSIA 1909-12 Coat of Arms
1909 15k red brown and blue, block of four with shifted center, with further fold-over variety at lower left, hinged at top, fine and spectacular variety
Box *
Catalog #102var
Price Realized
$375.00

Lot #1022
RUSSIA 1909-12 Coat of Arms
1909 50k violet and green, lower right corner margin block of nine, middle stamp with center and value omitted, variety n.h. (others hinged), faint creases, otherwise v.f.
*/**
Catalog #106var
Price Realized
$525.00

Lot #1023
RUSSIA 1913 Romanov Tercentenary Issue
1913 3k rose red, double impression, n.h., few natural gum wrinkles, fresh and v.f.,
**
Catalog #111Ta
Catalog Value $833
Price Realized
$425.00

Lot #1024
RUSSIA 1914-17 Issues
1914 1k perf. 11 1/2, variety imperf. at bottom, l.h., irregular perfs, otherwise v.f.,
*
Catalog #126
Price Realized
$180.00

Lot #1025
RUSSIA 1914-17 Issues
1914 1k perf. 12 1/2, three singles, two imperf. at bottom, n.h., the other, variety imperf. at left, l.h., some gum toning, fine-v.f.
*/**
Catalog #126A
Price Realized
$525.00

Lot #1026
RUSSIA 1914-17 Issues
1914 1k perf. 12 1/2, horizontal pair variety imperf. at bottom, with plate "2", n.h., v.f.
**
Catalog #126A
Price Realized
$625.00

Lot #1027
RUSSIA 1914-17 Issues
1914 1k perf. 13 1/4, variety imperf. at top, n.h., v.f.
**
Catalog #126B
Price Realized
$375.00

Lot #1028
RUSSIA 1914-17 Issues
1914 3k perf. 12 1/2, variety imperf. at bottom, n.h., v.f.
**
Catalog #127A
Price Realized
$400.00

Lot #1029
RUSSIA 1914-17 Issues
1914 7k perf. 12 1/2, variety imperf. at top, n.h., v.f.
**
Catalog #128A
Price Realized
$425.00

Lot #1030
RUSSIA 1914-17 Issues
1914 7k perf. 13 1/4, horizontal pair imperf. between, h.r., v.f.
*
Catalog #128B
Price Realized
$800.00

Lot #1031
RUSSIA 1914-17 Issues
1914 white paper, 1k-10k, top margin imperf. set of four, 1k and 7k n.h. (hinged in margin), others l.h., v.f.,
*/**
Catalog #130-33Pa
Catalog Value $2,400
Price Realized
$2,100.00

Lot #1032
RUSSIA 1914-17 Issues
1915 3k perf. 11 1/2, variety imperf. at left, l.h. (if at all), v.f.
*
Catalog #130
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #1033
RUSSIA 1914-17 Issues
1915 3k perf. 12 1/2, varieties imperf. at bottom and at left, n.h., the latter with faint toned spot on gum
**
Catalog #130A
Price Realized
$425.00

Lot #1034
RUSSIA 1914-17 Issues
1915 3k perf. 13 1/4, varieties imperf. at right (n.h.) and at top (margin trimmed), small h.r., v.f.
*/**
Catalog #130B
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #1035
RUSSIA 1914-17 Issues
1915 3k perf. 13 1/4, right sheet margin horizontal pair imperf. between, n.h., v.f.
**
Catalog #130B
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #1036
RUSSIA 1914-17 Issues
1915 3k perf. 13 1/4, horizontal pair imperf. between and at left, n.h., some natural wrinkles, v.f.
**
Catalog #130B
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #1037
RUSSIA 1914-17 Issues
1915 3k perf. 13 1/4, horizontal strip of four, imperf. between and at right, n.h., minor gum toning and gum wrinkles, irregular perfs at top, otherwise v.f.
**
Catalog #130B
Price Realized
$2,400.00

Lot #1038
RUSSIA 1914-17 Issues
1915 10k perf. 13 1/4, variety imperf. at bottom, n.h., v.f.
**
Catalog #133B
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #1039
RUSSIA 1914-17 Issues
1915 Currency stamps, 15k brown, horizontal pair, variety imperf. at top, v.f., rare
**
Catalog #MD2
Price Realized
$575.00

Lot #1040
RUSSIA 1914-17 Issues
1917 Abdication of Tsar Nicholas, collection of 34 blocks of four, eight or twelve, with crossed swords and "Izvestia" Proclamation overprints, used and unused, some duplication and varieties, plus additional cover and two unused postal stationery cards
Box *O
Price Realized
$2,200.00

Lot #1041
RUSSIA 1914-17 Issues
1917 1k orange, imperf. vertical gutter block of ten, overprinted "Obrazets" in black, two upper right stamps hinged, balance n.h., handstamp guarantee on reverse, v.f.,
Box S
Catalog #140S
Price Realized
$240.00

Lot #1042
RUSSIA 1914-17 Issues
1917 2k gray green, imperf. vertical gutter block of ten, overprinted "Obrazets" in black, one stamp hinged, balance n.h., handstamp guarantee on reverse, v.f.,
Box S
Catalog #141S
Price Realized
$260.00

Lot #1043
RUSSIA 1914-17 Issues
1917 3k red, imperf. vertical gutter block of ten, overprinted "Obrazets" in black, two stamps hinged, balance n.h., handstamp guarantee on reverse, v.f.,
Box S
Catalog #142S
Price Realized
$240.00

Lot #1044
RUSSIA 1914-17 Issues
1917 5k claret, imperf. vertical gutter block of ten, overprinted "Obrazets" in black, n.h., handstamp guarantee on reverse, v.f.,
Box S
Catalog #144S
Price Realized
$240.00

Lot #1045
RSFSR 1918 Chainbreakers Issue
1918 35k dark blue, marginal single imperf. at top, n.h., usual natural wrinkles, v.f.,
**
Catalog #1
Price Realized
$1,100.00

Lot #1046
RSFSR 1918 Chainbreakers Issue
1918 70k red brown, marginal block of four, imperf. at top, n.h., some slight gum disturbances, otherwise v.f.,
Box **
Catalog #2
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #1047
RSFSR 1921 Second Definitives
1921 100r orange, regular and pelure paper, also 1000r carmine, each with double impression, n.h. or h.r., v.f.
*/**
Catalog #8,8Pb,13
Price Realized
$525.00

Lot #1048
RSFSR 1921 Second Definitives
1921 200r brown, 250r violet, horizontal pairs, each double impression, n.h., v.f., the latter signed Romeko
**
Catalog #9,10
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #1049
RSFSR 1921 Second Definitives
1921 1000r carmine, double impression with multiple displacement, rare
*
Catalog #17
Price Realized
$280.00

Lot #1050
RSFSR 1921 Volga Famine Relief
1921 2,250r blue, pane of 10, with full watermark at bottom margin, folded between stamps, n.h., v.f., accompanied by a 1969 letter from Rosselevitch which states that this item, being on watermarked paper is very rare, possibly unique
Box **
Catalog #21
Price Realized
$400.00

Lot #1051
RSFSR 1922 Volga Famine Relief
1922 five varieties incl. three diff. surcharges inverted, one double, plus 100p+p100 on 70k, signed Rosselevitch etc., fine-v.f.,
*
Catalog #22,23Ka,25Ta,Tb,26
Catalog Value $1,250
Price Realized
$575.00

Lot #1052
RSFSR 1922 Surcharges
1922 5000r on 1r red surcharge inverted, horizontal pair, also 5000r on 20r (pelure paper), surcharge inverted, v.f.
*
Catalog #28,37
Price Realized
$300.00

Lot #1053
RSFSR 1922 Surcharges
1922 six varieties, including 7500r black overprint inverted (four diff. including pelure), overprint double, also triple surcharge, one inverted, mostly n.h., v.f., scarce lot
*/**
Catalog #45
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #1054
RSFSR 1922 Surcharges
1922 7500r (chalky paper) black surcharge inverted, also double, horizontal pair of each, v.f.
*
Catalog #45
Unsold
Lot #1055
RSFSR 1922 100,000r on 250r
1922 100,000r black surcharge inverted, also double, both v.f.
*
Catalog #54
Price Realized
$250.00

Lot #1056
RSFSR 1922 Famine Relief
1922 complete set of four horizontal gutter pairs, also additional vertical gutter pairs of last two, n.h., some folded between stamps, v.f.
**
Catalog #55-58
Catalog Value $650
Price Realized
$425.00

Lot #1057
RSFSR 1922 Fifth Anniversary of the Revolution
1922 10r double impression of black, n.h., v.f., signed Mikulski
**
Catalog #60
Price Realized
$190.00

Lot #1058
RSFSR 1922 Star Surcharges
1922 selection of 10 different errors, with inverted (7) and double (3), mostly n.h., signed Dr.Ceresa, Goznak etc.,
*/**
Catalog #65/74
Catalog Value $1,000
Unsold
Lot #1059
RSFSR 1922 Star Surcharges
1922 30r on 50k, basic stamp double and shifted background, v.f. and rare variety, with Dr.Ceresa cert.
*
Catalog #67
Unsold
Lot #1060
RSFSR 1922 Star Surcharges
1922 40r on 15k, imperf. sheet corner margin horizontal pair, fold-over variety, most of the surcharge on gum, signed Rosselevitch
**
Catalog #72
Price Realized
$150.00

Lot #1061
RSFSR 1922 Star Surcharges
1922 (lithographed), 5r on 20k cross-gutter imperf. block of four, n.h., v.f., signed Rosselevitch. A rarity (catalogue value for two gutter pairs)
Box **
Catalog #081A
Catalog Value $16,600
Price Realized
$1,600.00

Lot #1062
RSFSR Rostov-on-Don Hunger Relief - Special Issue
1922 2000r green, double impression, vertical pair, unused without gum as issued, n.h., paper wrinkles, otherwise v.f.,
(*)
Catalog #CB1
Catalog Value $800
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #1063
RSFSR Rostov-on-Don Hunger Relief - Special Issue
1922 6000r green, double impression, horizontal pair, unused without gum as issued, v.f.,
(*)
Catalog #CB4
Catalog Value $800
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #1064
RSFSR 1923 Philately for Labor
1923 surcharges, bronze and gold complete, five different incl. pelure paper, also an additional "1 923" spaced year date of last, l.h., v.f.,
*
Catalog #95-98,98Ka
Catalog Value $1,160
Price Realized
$375.00

Lot #1065
RSFSR 1923 Philately for Labor
1923 2+2r on 250r chalky and pelure paper, each with surcharge inverted, h.r., v.f., signed, with BPA cert.,
*
Catalog #97,97Bp
Catalog Value $700
Price Realized
$425.00

Lot #1066
RSFSR 1923 Philately for Labor
1923 4r+4r on 5000r, silver surcharge, full margins all around, barest trace of a hinge, v.f., signed Dr.P.Jem, Rosselevitch, etc.,
*
Catalog #99
Catalog Value $1,500
Price Realized
$600.00

Lot #1067
RSFSR 1923 Definitives
1923 3r, 5r and 10r (perf. and imperf.), four varieties, each double impression, n.h., fine-v.f.
**
Catalog #100,102,103,112
Catalog Value $450
Price Realized
$525.00

Lot #1068
RSFSR 1923 Definitives
1923 3r red, imperforate horizontal pair, double impression, one inverted, n.h., v.f.
**
Catalog #109
Price Realized
$525.00

Lot #1069
RSFSR 1923 Definitives
1923 20r lilac, imperf. single (signed Romeko), also unissued, perf. 20r black and gray violet, fine-v.f.
*
Catalog #113
Unsold
Lot #1070
SOVIET UNION 1923 Issues
1923 5r gray blue, background omitted, imperf. single, l.h., v.f. (Liapine 111P1)
*
Catalog #3
Catalog Value €1,000
Price Realized
$375.00

Lot #1071
SOVIET UNION 1923 Issues
1923 5r gray blue, background omitted, imperf. single, h.r., v.f. (Liapine 111P1)
*
Catalog #3
Catalog Value €1,000
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #1072
SOVIET UNION 1923-24 Definitives
1923 (lithographed), 6k dark blue, imperf. strip of five, fold-over pre-print variety, design diagonally omitted, n.h., v.f. and spectacular item
**
Catalog #18
Price Realized
$625.00

Lot #1073
SOVIET UNION 1924 Definitives
1924 group of five varieties including 6k black, perf. and gummed trial color, 7k part of design missing at upper left, forgery of 24k yellow brown, 1r and 2r significant color shifts, interesting lot for a specialist
*O
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #1074
SOVIET UNION 1924 Definitives
1924 (lithographed), 30k violet, sheet margin block of ten, perforated "Obrazets", with invalidating perforations, mostly n.h., some marginal flaws, fine-v.f.
Box S
Catalog #37S
Price Realized
$150.00

Lot #1075
SOVIET UNION 1924 Definitives
1924 (typographed), 2k, 7k, 8k, 20k, 30k and 40k, horizontal strips of five, perforated "Obrazets", 7k, 8k and 20k with invalidating horizontal perforations, the scarce values 30k and 40k with sheet margins, mostly n.h., fine-v.f.
S
Catalog #40S,45-46S, 51-53S
Price Realized
$675.00

Lot #1076
SOVIET UNION 1924 Definitives
1924 (typographed), 1r sheet margin horizontal strip of five, also 5r horizontal strip of four, all perforated "Obrazets", the latter with invalidating perforations, n.h., v.f.
S
Catalog #55S,58S
Price Realized
$160.00

Lot #1077
SOVIET UNION 1924 Definitives
1924 (typographed), 1r red, red brown perf. 12:12 1/2, l.h., v.f., signed Mikulski. A rare stamp,
*
Catalog #55A
Catalog Value $1,165
Price Realized
$1,600.00

Lot #1078
SOVIET UNION 1924 Definitives
1924 (typographed) 1r brown omitted, imperf. corner margin block of four with invalidating perforations, n.h., v.f.
Box **
Catalog #55var
Price Realized
$190.00

Lot #1079
SOVIET UNION 1924 Definitives
1924 3r variety imperf. at left, 5r variety imperf. at right, used, small faults, otherwise fine-v.f.
O
Catalog #57,58
Price Realized
$850.00

Lot #1080
SOVIET UNION 1924 Definitives
1924 3r and 5r perf. 13 1/4, also 5r perf. 10 1/2, bottom sheet margin singles, l.h. or n.h., fine-v.f.,
*/**
Catalog #57,58,58A
Catalog Value $290
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #1081
SOVIET UNION 1924 Definitives
1924 3r red brown, green, perf. 13 1/2 : 10, never hinged and post office fresh, natural gum wrinkles, v.f. and rare stamp, especially in this quality,
**
Catalog #57A
Catalog Value $6,500
Price Realized
$5,750.00

Lot #1082
SOVIET UNION 1924 Definitives
1924 3r red brown, green, type I, imperf. single with large margins, l.h., v.f., extremely rare,
*
Catalog #057A
Catalog Value $8,300
Price Realized
$6,500.00

Lot #1083
SOVIET UNION 1925-27 Issues
1925 definitives (watermarked), perf. 14 1/4 : 14 3/4, 8k (l.h.) and 1r (n.h.), v.f.,
*/**
Catalog #83,94A
Catalog Value $950
Price Realized
$375.00

Lot #1084
SOVIET UNION 1925-27 Issues
1925 Lomonosov, set of two on unwatermarked, gummed stamp paper, l.h., v.f.
*/**
Catalog #102-103
Price Realized
$250.00

Lot #1085
SOVIET UNION 1925-27 Issues
1925 Lomonosov, 3k red brown, imperf. single, large margins all around, h.r., v.f., rare (Liapine 205i)
*/**
Catalog #102
Catalog Value €1,500
Price Realized
$4,750.00

Lot #1086
SOVIET UNION 1925-27 Issues
1926 Definitives (watermarked), 8k olive (lithographed), "small head" variety, imperforate single with invalidating perforations, n.h., v.f.
*
Catalog #119
Unsold
Lot #1087
SOVIET UNION 1925-27 Issues
1926 Lenin, 1r brown, 2r dark violet, 3r green, three imperforate horizontal pairs, n.h., v.f. and rare,
**
Catalog #128-129,221
Catalog Value $29,333
Price Realized
$17,500.00

Lot #1088
SOVIET UNION 1925-27 Issues
1926 Lenin, 2r violet, perf. 12 1/2, top sheet margin single, n.h., fine, signed Romeko, Rosselevitch, rare,
**
Catalog #129A
Catalog Value $400
Price Realized
$240.00

Lot #1089
SOVIET UNION 1925-27 Issues
1927 (lithographed and unwatermarked), type II, 3k and 14k, two different, each surcharge inverted, n.h., v.f., signed Goznak
**
Catalog #162II,167II
Price Realized
$550.00

Lot #1090
SOVIET UNION 1925-27 Issues
1927 (typographed and watermarked), type II, 7k surcharge inverted, h.r., v.f., signed
*
Catalog #172II
Price Realized
$190.00

Lot #1091
SOVIET UNION 1925-27 Issues
1927 (typographed and unwatermarked), type II, 8k surcharge inverted, n.h., v.f., signed
**
Catalog #172II
Price Realized
$260.00

Lot #1092
SOVIET UNION 1925-27 Issues
1927 8k on 7k brown, bottom margin block of six, top middle stamp without period after "Kop", n.h., v.f.
Box **
Catalog #181
Price Realized
$210.00

Lot #1093
SOVIET UNION 1925-27 Issues
1927 Esperanto, 14k yellow green & brown, unwatermarked, perf. 10 3/4x10 1/2, vertical pair variety imperf. between, h.r., v.f. A rare variety, on regular stamp paper (not to be compared to the privately perforated imperf. pairs)
*
Catalog #184
Catalog Value $10,000
Price Realized
$4,750.00

Lot #1094
SOVIET UNION 1925-27 Issues
1927 Esperanto, 14k variety imperf. at top, with three other sides trimmed to resemble an imperf. stamp, used, v.f.
O
Catalog #184
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #1095
SOVIET UNION 1925-27 Issues
1927 Esperanto, 14k imperf. single on thick paper, unused without gum, v.f.
(*)
Catalog #184
Catalog Value $1,166
Price Realized
$700.00

Lot #1096
SOVIET UNION 1925-27 Issues
1927 3k red, sheet margin single, variety imperf. at top, n.h., fine,
**
Catalog #202
Catalog Value $7,166
Price Realized
$3,250.00

Lot #1097
SOVIET UNION 1925-27 Issues
1927 5k brown, imperf. single, h.r., slight marginal toning, otherwise v.f.,
*
Catalog #203
Catalog Value $2,000
Price Realized
$850.00

Lot #1098
SOVIET UNION 1925-27 Issues
1927 5k brown, bottom sheet margin vertical pair, variety imperf. between stamps and at bottom, vertical annulling (or shifted) perforations, part of adjoining stamp at top, n.h., v.f.
**
Catalog #203
Price Realized
$300.00

Lot #1099
SOVIET UNION 1925-27 Issues
1927 7k myrtle green, watermarked variety, imperf. left sheet margin single, l.h., v.f., signed Stolow (Liapine 274P1)
*
Catalog #204
Catalog Value €1,500
Price Realized
$700.00

Lot #1100
SOVIET UNION 1925-27 Issues
1927 7k olive green, imperf. single, small h.r., v.f.,
*
Catalog #204
Catalog Value €915
Price Realized
$850.00

Lot #1101
SOVIET UNION 1925-27 Issues
1927 7k green, unwatermarked, imperf. vertical pair, used, v.f., rare
O
Catalog #204
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #1102
SOVIET UNION 1925-27 Issues
1927 7k green, lower left sheet corner margin vertical pair, imperf. between and at bottom, with annulling perforations, n.h., fine,
**
Catalog #204
Price Realized
$425.00

Lot #1103
SOVIET UNION 1925-27 Issues
1927 8k Worker & Sailor, imperf. bottom margin horizontal pair, also perf. single with center shifted upwards, all with horizontal invalidating perforations, n.h., v.f.
**
Catalog #205
Price Realized
$220.00

Lot #1104
SOVIET UNION 1925-27 Issues
1927 14k Map of the U.S.S.R., red color shifted upwards, block of four, with annulling perforations, n.h., v.f.
Box **
Catalog #206
Price Realized
$375.00

Lot #1105
SOVIET UNION 1925-27 Issues
1927 14k Map of the U.S.S.R., red color shifted and inverted, block of four, with annulling perforations, n.h., v.f.
Box **
Catalog #206
Price Realized
$575.00

Lot #1106
SOVIET UNION 1925-27 Issues
1927 October Revolution, 18k blue, full offset on reverse, with annulling perforations, n.h., v.f.
**
Catalog #207
Price Realized
$375.00

Lot #1107
SOVIET UNION 1925-27 Issues
1927 18k blue, imperf. bottom sheet corner margin block of four, with vertical annulling perforations, n.h., v.f.
Box **
Catalog #207
Price Realized
$700.00

Lot #1108
SOVIET UNION 1925-27 Issues
1927 October Revolution, 18k blue, sheet margin single, variety imperf. at top, used, faint creases, v.f.,
O
Catalog #207
Catalog Value $1,000
Price Realized
$425.00

Lot #1109
SOVIET UNION 1925-27 Issues
1927 8k on 7k brown, upper right sheet corner margin block of eight, second vertical pair from left with a pre-print fold-over, n.h., v.f.
Box **
Catalog #210
Price Realized
$600.00

Lot #1110
SOVIET UNION 1928-30 Issues
1928 Soviet Army, 8k light brown, imperforate horizontal pair, left stamp l.h. at top, right stamp n.h., v.f.,
*/**
Catalog #217
Catalog Value $3,166
Price Realized
$2,400.00

Lot #1111
SOVIET UNION 1928-30 Issues
1928 Soviet Army, 8k light brown, imperf. single with annulling perforations, used, fine
O
Catalog #217
Unsold
Lot #1112
SOVIET UNION 1928-30 Issues
1928-29 Lenin, 10r dark blue, perf. 10 1/2, horizontal pair, right stamp variety imperf. at right, n.h., light marginal imperfection, otherwise v.f. (a hinged example sold for $3,105 in our September 2009 sale)
**
Catalog #223
Catalog Value $2,666
Unsold
Lot #1113
SOVIET UNION 1928-30 Issues
1928-29 Lenin, 10r dark blue, perf. 10 1/2, vertical pair imperf. between, used (as always), v.f. and rare,
O
Catalog #223
Catalog Value $5,000
Price Realized
$2,100.00

Lot #1114
SOVIET UNION 1928-30 Issues
1929 Pioneers, 10k bottom right sheet margin single, perf. 12:12:10 1/2:12, n.h., fine (Liapine 291C)
**
Catalog #226var
Catalog Value €800
Price Realized
$1,400.00

Lot #1115
SOVIET UNION 1933-34 Issues
1932 Mopr, 50k red, horizontal pair, left stamp variety missing part of design, l.h., v.f. and unusual
*
Catalog #309
Price Realized
$400.00

Lot #1116
SOVIET UNION 1933-34 Issues
1933 Ethnic People of the Soviet Union, 6k Buryat, variety imperf. at top (trimmed), l.h., v.f.,
*
Catalog #322
Catalog Value $3,333
Unsold
Lot #1117
SOVIET UNION 1933-34 Issues
1933 Ethnic People of the Soviet Union, 15k Turkmen, variety imperf. at left, small h.r., v.f.,
*
Catalog #333
Catalog Value $2,500
Price Realized
$1,100.00

Lot #1118
SOVIET UNION 1933-34 Issues
1933 Order of the Red Banner, variety shifted yellow color, v.f.
*
Catalog #344
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #1119
SOVIET UNION 1933-34 Issues
1933 5k gray black, variety imperf. at left, disturbed gum, fine
*
Catalog #346
Catalog Value $4,666
Price Realized
$2,100.00

Lot #1120
SOVIET UNION 1933-34 Issues
1933 5k gray black, vertical pair imperf. between and at top, l.h. in top margin with usual slight gum disturbances, fine, signed Mikulski,
*
Catalog #346
Catalog Value $3,333
Price Realized
$1,500.00

Lot #1121
SOVIET UNION 1933-34 Issues
1933 5k gray black, left margin horizontal strip of three, imperf. vertically between the stamps and at left, cancelled to order (slight gum disturbances), v.f. and rare, with handstamp guarantees,
O
Catalog #346
Catalog Value $13,333
Price Realized
$5,500.00

Lot #1122
SOVIET UNION 1933-34 Issues
1933 20k violet, horizontal pair imperf. between, heavy h.r., fine, signed Mikulski,
*
Catalog #347
Catalog Value $6,000
Price Realized
$2,700.00

Lot #1123
SOVIET UNION 1933-34 Issues
1933 20k violet, variety imperf. at bottom, slightly toned and natural disturbed gum, fine,
*
Catalog #347
Catalog Value $2,666
Price Realized
$800.00

Lot #1124
SOVIET UNION 1933-34 Issues
1933 35k ultramarine, left sheet margin single, variety imperf. at top, n.h., with slight gum disturbances and rounded lower right corner perf, minor ink and cancellation offset on reverse (the stamp was in a glassine envelope with the cancelled copy (see following lot), its pmk left an impression on gum), extremely rare
**
Catalog #348
Catalog Value $10,000
Price Realized
$3,750.00

Lot #1125
SOVIET UNION 1933-34 Issues
1933 35k ultramarine, variety imperf. at top, cancelled to order, v.f. and rare
O
Catalog #348
Unsold
Lot #1126
SOVIET UNION 1933-34 Issues
1933 40k red, variety imperf. at left, cancelled to order, natural pinhole in margin, fine,
O
Catalog #349
Catalog Value $2,666
Unsold
Lot #1127
SOVIET UNION 1933-34 Issues
1934 Lenin Mausoleum, imperf. set of two, h.r., slight gum disturbances, 5k with some mount glazing on face, otherwise fine-v.f.,
*
Catalog #360-361
Catalog Value $1,666
Price Realized
$950.00

Lot #1128
SOVIET UNION 1933-34 Issues
1934 Lenin Mausoleum, 35k dark brown, variety imperf. at bottom, h.r., marginal flaws, otherwise v.f. and rare,
*
Catalog #364
Catalog Value $5,000
Price Realized
$2,000.00

Lot #1129
SOVIET UNION 1933-34 Issues
1934 Fedorov, imperforate sheet margin set of two, h.r., 20k with some disturbed gum, few handstamp guarantees, v.f.,
*
Catalog #365-366
Catalog Value $1,666
Price Realized
$1,500.00

Lot #1130
SOVIET UNION 1933-34 Issues
1934 Ten Years without Lenin, 3k horizontal pair, imperf. between, lightly cancelled to order, fine and rare,
O
Catalog #382
Catalog Value $7,000
Price Realized
$3,500.00

Lot #1131
SOVIET UNION 1935 Issues
1935 Spartacist Games, 10k "streak before CCCP" variety, cancelled to order, fine, v.f. (Liapine 471Pa)
O
Catalog #411var
Catalog Value €1,000
Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #1132
SOVIET UNION 1935 Issues
1935 Kalinin, 3k rose lilac, horizontal pair imperf. between, used, v.f. and rare,
O
Catalog #425
Catalog Value $6,666
Price Realized
$2,900.00

Lot #1133
SOVIET UNION 1935 Issues
1935 Kalinin, 5k green, variety imperf. at left, used, v.f. and rare,
O
Catalog #426
Catalog Value $3,333
Price Realized
$1,300.00

Lot #1134
SOVIET UNION 1935 Issues
1935 Kalinin, 10k blue slate, variety imperf. at left, used, v.f.,
O
Catalog #427
Catalog Value $2,166
Price Realized
$750.00

Lot #1135
SOVIET UNION 1935 Issues
1935 Kalinin, 20k black, imperf. single, n.h., few slight offsets on reverse, v.f., signed Stolow,
**
Catalog #428Pa
Catalog Value $2,500
Price Realized
$750.00

Lot #1136
SOVIET UNION 1935 Issues
1935 Tolstoy, 3k imperf., disturbed gum, v.f.,
*
Catalog #429
Catalog Value $1,330
Price Realized
$700.00

Lot #1137
SOVIET UNION 1935 Issues
1935 Tolstoy, 3k perf. 13 3/4, vertical pair imperf. between, cancelled to order, v.f.,
O
Catalog #429
Catalog Value $1,250
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #1138
SOVIET UNION 1935 Issues
1935 Tolstoy, 3k perf. 13 3/4, horizontal pair imperf. between, used, usual rough perforations, fine,
O
Catalog #429
Catalog Value $3,333
Price Realized
$1,400.00

Lot #1139
SOVIET UNION 1935 Issues
1935 Tolstoy, 3k perf. 11, horizontal pair imperf. between, n.h., natural slight gum disturbances, v.f.,
**
Catalog #429A
Catalog Value $3,666
Price Realized
$1,700.00

Lot #1140
SOVIET UNION 1935 Issues
1935 Tolstoy, 3k perf. 11, variety imperf. at right, used, light marginal faults, otherwise fine,
O
Catalog #429A
Catalog Value $1,000
Price Realized
$260.00

Lot #1141
SOVIET UNION 1935 Issues
1935 Tolstoy, 10k perf. 13 3/4, variety imperf. at top, used, fine,
O
Catalog #430
Catalog Value $1,250
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #1142
SOVIET UNION 1935 Issues
1935 Tolstoy, 10k perf. 11, variety imperf. at left, cancelled to order, fine,
O
Catalog #430A
Catalog Value $1,250
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #1143
SOVIET UNION 1935 Issues
1935 Tolstoy, 20k group of five varieties, incl. perf. 11 (4) with imperf. at right and left (hinged), imperf. at top and right (used), plus 20k perf. 13 3/4 imperf. at right (used), few minor marginal faults, still fine-v.f.
*O
Catalog #431A
Price Realized
$750.00

Lot #1144
SOVIET UNION 1935 Issues
1935 Tolstoy, 20k perf. 11, three vertical pairs imperf. between, used, slightly different shades, fine-v.f.
O
Catalog #431A
Unsold
Lot #1145
SOVIET UNION 1935 Issues
1935 Revolutionary Heroes, 2k-40k imperforate horizontal pairs, complete set of three, h.r., with penciled position numbers and handstamped guarantee marks, v.f. and rare
*
Catalog #432-434
Price Realized
$4,750.00

Lot #1146
SOVIET UNION 1935 Issues
1935 Revolutionary Heroes, 4k Bauman, perf. 13 3/4, variety imperf. at left, used, v.f.,
O
Catalog #433A
Catalog Value $833
Price Realized
$425.00

Lot #1147
SOVIET UNION 1935 Issues
1935 Revolutionary Heroes, 40k Kirov, perf. 13 3/4, variety imperf. at bottom, used, v.f.,
O
Catalog #434A
Price Realized
$290.00

Lot #1148
SOVIET UNION 1935 Issues
1935 Revolutionary Heroes, 40k Kirov, perf. 13 3/4, variety imperf. at right, used, v.f.,
O
Catalog #434A
Catalog Value $666
Price Realized
$400.00

Lot #1149
SOVIET UNION 1936 Pioneers Issue
1936 1k perf. 11, variety imperf. at right, used, rough perforations, also 1k perf. 14, variety imperf. at bottom, used, fine-v.f.
O
Catalog #435,435A
Catalog Value $1,666
Price Realized
$600.00

Lot #1150
SOVIET UNION 1936 Pioneers Issue
1936 1k perf. 14, vertical pair imperf. between, used, v.f.,
O
Catalog #435A
Catalog Value $2,000
Price Realized
$700.00

Lot #1151
SOVIET UNION 1936 Pioneers Issue
1936 1k perf. 14, horizontal pair imperf. between, used, v.f.,
O
Catalog #435A
Price Realized
$1,100.00

Lot #1152
SOVIET UNION 1936 Pioneers Issue
1936 2k perf. 11, three varieties including imperf. at top, bottom and right, used, one defective (cleaned), otherwise fine-v.f.
O
Catalog #436
Catalog Value $2,200
Price Realized
$750.00

Lot #1153
SOVIET UNION 1936 Pioneers Issue
1936 2k perf. 14, vertical pair imperf. between, h.r., v.f.
*
Catalog #436A
Catalog Value $3,333
Price Realized
$1,400.00

Lot #1154
SOVIET UNION 1936 Pioneers Issue
1936 2k perf. 14, variety imperf. at right, used, fine,
O
Catalog #436A
Catalog Value $733
Price Realized
$260.00

Lot #1155
SOVIET UNION 1936 Pioneers Issue
1936 3k perf. 11, variety imperf. at top, l.h. in ungummed portion of the selvage at top, v.f., signed Romeko
*
Catalog #437
Catalog Value $1,666
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #1156
SOVIET UNION 1936 Pioneers Issue
1936 3k perf. 11, vertical pair imperf. between, used, v.f.,
O
Catalog #437
Catalog Value $2,000
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #1157
SOVIET UNION 1936 Pioneers Issue
1936 3k perf. 11, three varieties, including imperf. at top, bottom and right, used, one with perf. Faults, others fine-v.f.,
O
Catalog #437
Catalog Value $2,133
Price Realized
$600.00

Lot #1158
SOVIET UNION 1936 Pioneers Issue
1936 5k rose lake, perf. 11:13 3/4, left sheet margin single, n.h., tiny gum skip, v.f., rare (Liapine 498B)
**
Catalog #438
Catalog Value €3,500
Price Realized
$2,700.00

Lot #1159
SOVIET UNION 1936 Pioneers Issue
1936 5k perf. 14, variety imperf. at top, also variety imperf. at bottom, used, fine-v.f.,
O
Catalog #438A
Catalog Value $1,466
Price Realized
$575.00

Lot #1160
SOVIET UNION 1936 Pioneers Issue
1936 10k perf. 11, horizontal pair imperf. between, used, v.f.,
O
Catalog #439
Catalog Value $2,000
Price Realized
$1,700.00

Lot #1161
SOVIET UNION 1936 Pioneers Issue
1936 10k perf. 11, vertical pair imperf. between, used, v.f.,
O
Catalog #439
Catalog Value $3,333
Price Realized
$3,250.00

Lot #1162
SOVIET UNION 1936 Pioneers Issue
1936 10k perf. 11, variety imperf. at left, sheet margin at top, used, v.f.,
O
Catalog #439
Catalog Value $1,333
Price Realized
$525.00

Lot #1163
SOVIET UNION 1936 Pioneers Issue
1936 10k perf. 11, variety imperf. at bottom, used, fine,
O
Catalog #439
Catalog Value $1,233
Price Realized
$425.00

Lot #1164
SOVIET UNION 1936 Pioneers Issue
1936 10k perf. 14, variety imperf. at right, also variety imperf. at left, used, the latter with some perf. toning, otherwise fine-v.f.,
O
Catalog #439A
Catalog Value $2,466
Price Realized
$525.00

Lot #1165
SOVIET UNION 1936-37 Issues
1936 definitives, 10k gray blue, two distinct shades, varieties imperf. at left, n.h. and used, also another "pair", with part of imperf. stamp at left, interesting lot, fine-v.f.,
*O
Catalog #441
Price Realized
$625.00

Lot #1166
SOVIET UNION 1936-37 Issues
1936 10k gray blue, horizontal pair, variety imperf. at right, n.h., fine,
**
Catalog #441
Catalog Value $1,233
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #1167
SOVIET UNION 1936-37 Issues
1937 Definitives, 10k gray blue, variety imperf. at right, h.r., v.f.,
O
Catalog #441
Catalog Value $1,233
Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #1168
SOVIET UNION 1936-37 Issues
1936 Definitives, 10k gray blue, imperf. single, small h.r., v.f.,
*
Catalog #441Pa
Catalog Value $1,000
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #1169
SOVIET UNION 1936-37 Issues
1936 Definitives, 20k green, variety imperf. at right, used, fine, rare
O
Catalog #442
Catalog Value $1,166
Price Realized
$300.00

Lot #1170
SOVIET UNION 1936-37 Issues
1936 Definitives, 40k Lenin, imperf. sheet margin single, h.r., v.f.,
*
Catalog #443BMPa
Catalog Value $500
Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #1171
SOVIET UNION 1936-37 Issues
1936 Definitives, 40k Lenin, imperf. horizontal pair, small h.r., v.f.,
*
Catalog #443BMPa
Catalog Value $1,000
Unsold
Lot #1172
SOVIET UNION 1936-37 Issues
1936 Dobrolyubow, 10k rose lake, perf. 11, vertical pair imperf. between, l.h., v.f. and rare,
*
Catalog #444
Catalog Value $6,000
Price Realized
$4,000.00

Lot #1173
SOVIET UNION 1936-37 Issues
1936 Dobrolyubow, 10k rose lake, perf. 14, variety imperf. at bottom, h.r., fine,
*
Catalog #444A
Catalog Value $4,000
Price Realized
$850.00

Lot #1174
SOVIET UNION 1936-37 Issues
1936 Dobrolyubow, 10k rose lake, perf. 14, variety imperf. at bottom, l.h., fine,
*
Catalog #444A
Catalog Value $4,000
Unsold
Lot #1175
SOVIET UNION 1936-37 Issues
1936 Dobrolyubow, 10k rose lake, perf. 14, variety part gutter imperf. at bottom, h.r., fine, rare,
*
Catalog #444A
Catalog Value $4,000
Price Realized
$750.00

Lot #1176
SOVIET UNION 1936-37 Issues
1937 Pushkin, 10k brown, perf. 11x12 1/4, vertical pair imperf. between, used, fine,
O
Catalog #445
Catalog Value $1,666
Price Realized
$650.00

Lot #1177
SOVIET UNION 1936-37 Issues
1937 Pushkin, 10k brown, perf. 14x12 1/4, vertical pair imperf. between, used, fine,
O
Catalog #445
Catalog Value $1,666
Price Realized
$675.00

Lot #1178
SOVIET UNION 1936-37 Issues
1937 Pushkin, 10k "monocle" in the left eye variety, also 10k perf. 12 1/4x13 3/4, both used, fine-v.f.
O
Catalog #445var
Price Realized
$400.00

Lot #1179
SOVIET UNION 1936-37 Issues
1937 Pushkin, 10k perf. 11, 12 1/2, 14, four different varieties, imperf. at top (2) and at right (2), used, fine-v.f.
O
Catalog #445var
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #1180
SOVIET UNION 1936-37 Issues
1937 Pushkin, 10k perf. 13 3/4, variety imperf. at bottom, h.r., v.f., rare
*
Catalog #445var
Unsold
Lot #1181
SOVIET UNION 1936-37 Issues
1937 Pushkin, 50k blue, perf. 12 1/2, variety imperf. at top, sheet margin at right, used, v.f.,
O
Catalog #448
Catalog Value $3,333
Unsold
Lot #1182
SOVIET UNION 1936-37 Issues
1937 Definitives (unwatermarked), 4k lilac, imperf. single, n.h., v.f., signed Rosselevitch,
**
Catalog #455Pa
Catalog Value $2,000
Price Realized
$1,400.00

Lot #1183
SOVIET UNION 1936-37 Issues
1937 Definitives (unwatermarked), 5k orange brown and 10k olive, n.h., 20k green l.h., 5k with a natural inclusion, fine-v.f.
*/**
Catalog #456-458
Price Realized
$375.00

Lot #1184
SOVIET UNION 1936-37 Issues
1937 Definitives (unwatermarked), 10k olive, imperf. corner margin single, l.h., v.f.,
*
Catalog #457Pa
Catalog Value $2,666
Price Realized
$2,300.00

Lot #1185
SOVIET UNION 1936-37 Issues
1937 Definitives (unwatermarked), 20k green, imperf. bottom sheet margin single, small h.r., marginal creases well away from the stamp, v.f.,
*
Catalog #458Pa
Catalog Value $833
Price Realized
$800.00

Lot #1186
SOVIET UNION 1937 Moscow Architecture
1937 3k carmine brown, horizontal pair imperf. between, cancelled to order, faint toned spot at upper left, still v.f., rare, signed Mikulski,
O
Catalog #460
Catalog Value $1,833
Price Realized
$1,000.00

Lot #1187
SOVIET UNION 1937 Moscow Architecture
1937 3k carmine brown, variety imperf. at top, used, natural marginal wrinkle, fine,
O
Catalog #460
Catalog Value $1,166
Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #1188
SOVIET UNION 1937 Moscow Architecture
1937 3k carmine brown, upper left sheet corner margin block of four, fold-over variety at left, central pmk, v.f. and striking item
Box
Catalog #460
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #1189
SOVIET UNION 1937 Moscow Architecture
1937 5k henna brown, variety imperf. at top, cancelled to order, v.f.,
O
Catalog #461
Catalog Value $1,166
Price Realized
$400.00

Lot #1190
SOVIET UNION 1937 Moscow Architecture
1937 20k olive green, variety imperf. at right, used, v.f.,
O
Catalog #464
Catalog Value $2,666
Price Realized
$1,300.00

Lot #1191
SOVIET UNION 1937 Moscow Architecture
1937 50k dark brown, imperf. horizontal pair, n.h., few natural wrinkles, v.f. and rare,
**
Catalog #467
Catalog Value $8,333
Price Realized
$5,000.00

Lot #1192
SOVIET UNION 1937 Issues
1937 Dzerzhinsky, 10k yellow brown, three vertical pairs, each imperf. between, used, different shades, one with faint marginal stain, fine-v.f.,
O
Catalog #469
Catalog Value $2,000
Price Realized
$300.00

Lot #1193
SOVIET UNION 1937 Issues
1937 Dzerzhinsky, 10k yellow brown, horizontal pair imperf. between and at left, used, fine,
O
Catalog #469
Catalog Value $1,333
Price Realized
$625.00

Lot #1194
SOVIET UNION 1937 Issues
1937 Dzerzhinsky, 10k yellow brown, four varieties, including imperf. at top, bottom and at right (2), used, fine-v.f.,
O
Catalog #469
Catalog Value $2,000
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #1195
SOVIET UNION 1937 Issues
1937 Dzerzhinsky, 10k lilac (instead of brown) horizontal pair imperf. between, also 20k blue (instead of green), variety imperf. at top, color changelings, fine and interesting
O
Catalog #469,470
Price Realized
$300.00

Lot #1196
SOVIET UNION 1937 Issues
1937 Dzerzhinsky, 20k Prussian green, variety imperf. at right, used, v.f.,
O
Catalog #470
Catalog Value $666
Price Realized
$220.00

Lot #1197
SOVIET UNION 1937 Issues
1937 Dzerzhinsky, 40k rose lake, variety imperf. at right, used, rough perforations, fine
O
Catalog #471
Price Realized
$1,000.00

Lot #1198
SOVIET UNION 1937 Issues
1937 20th Anniversary of the October Revolution, 40k brown red, variety imperf. at bottom, h.r., fine
*
Catalog #481
Price Realized
$2,300.00

Lot #1199
SOVIET UNION 1937 Issues
1937 20th Anniversary of the October Revolution, 40k brown red, variety imperf. at left, used, some marginal wrinkles, otherwise v.f.,
O
Catalog #481
Catalog Value $2,500
Price Realized
$1,700.00

Lot #1200
SOVIET UNION 1938 Issues
1938 North Pole, 40k and 80k, imperf. horizontal pairs, h.r., v.f.,
*
Catalog #485-486
Catalog Value $4,400
Price Realized
$2,800.00

Lot #1201
SOVIET UNION 1938 Issues
1938 North Pole, 80k carmine, variety imperf. at top, toned original gum, marginal scuffs, otherwise fine and rare
*
Catalog #486
Catalog Value $3,333
Price Realized
$3,750.00

Lot #1202
SOVIET UNION 1938 Issues
1938 Shota Rustaveli, 20k dark green, perf. 12 1/2, variety imperf. at left, small h.r., v.f. and rare, ex-Vasiliev (signed "KV")
*
Catalog #487
Catalog Value $3,333
Price Realized
$1,500.00

Lot #1203
SOVIET UNION 1938 Issues
1938 Shota Rustaveli, 20k dark green, perf. 12 1/2, horizontal pair, variety imperf. at left, used, some light staining, margin clipped at left, otherwise fine and rare,
O
Catalog #487
Catalog Value $2,166
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #1204
SOVIET UNION 1938 Issues
1938 50k Pavilion at Paris, horizontal pair, variety imperf. (trimmed ?) at bottom, used, v.f.
O
Catalog #489
Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #1205
SOVIET UNION 1938 Issues
1938 Red Army, 30k Sailor, variety imperf. at right, h.r., v.f.,
*
Catalog #492
Catalog Value $2,666
Price Realized
$1,100.00

Lot #1206
SOVIET UNION 1938 Issues
1938 Red Army, 30k Sailor, vertical pair imperf. between, used, horizontal creases, otherwise v.f.,
O
Catalog #492
Catalog Value $2,000
Price Realized
$750.00

Lot #1207
SOVIET UNION 1938 Issues
1938 Red Army, 50k Soldier, vertical pair imperf. between, used, fine,
O
Catalog #494
Catalog Value $1,233
Price Realized
$375.00

Lot #1208
SOVIET UNION 1938 Issues
1938 Red Army, 50k Soldier, vertical pair imperf. between, used, fine,
O
Catalog #494
Catalog Value $1,233
Price Realized
$425.00

Lot #1209
SOVIET UNION 1938 Issues
1938 Red Army, 50k Soldier, variety imperf. at right, used, v.f.,
O
Catalog #494
Catalog Value $766
Price Realized
$200.00

Lot #1210
SOVIET UNION 1938 Issues
1938 Red Army, 80k Stalin Reviewing Cavalry, variety imperf. at bottom, h.r., natural gum wrinkles, fine,
*
Catalog #495
Catalog Value $2,666
Price Realized
$1,400.00

Lot #1211
SOVIET UNION 1938 Issues
1938 Red Army, 80k Stalin Reviewing Cavalry, variety imperf. at bottom, cancelled to order, heavy wrinkles, fine,
O
Catalog #495
Catalog Value $1,333
Unsold
Lot #1212
SOVIET UNION 1938 Issues
1938 Chapayev, 1r imperf. single, h.r., v.f.,
*
Catalog #496
Catalog Value $1,830
Price Realized
$1,500.00

Lot #1213
SOVIET UNION 1938 Issues
1938 Trans-Polar Flight, 10k-50k imperforate horizontal pairs, set of four never hinged, 10k with natural gum wrinkles and small scissors cut between stamps at bottom margin, penciled positions on back, v.f. and rare set of imperf. pairs,
**
Catalog #497-500
Catalog Value $18,000
Price Realized
$24,000.00

Lot #1214
SOVIET UNION 1938 Issues
1938 Trans-Polar Flight, 20k vertical pair imperf. between, cancelled to order, v.f. and exceedingly rare, signed Mikulski,
O
Catalog #498
Catalog Value $8,333
Price Realized
$9,500.00

Lot #1215
SOVIET UNION 1938 Issues
1938 Papanin, 50k imperforate horizontal pair, small h.r., v.f., signed Romeko,
*
Catalog #518
Catalog Value $4,000
Price Realized
$3,500.00

Lot #1216
SOVIET UNION 1938 Issues
1938 Tourism (Crimea and Caucasus), 5k Yalta, variety imperf. at bottom, l.h., natural gum wrinkles, v.f. and rare,
*
Catalog #527
Catalog Value $5,000
Price Realized
$2,300.00

Lot #1217
SOVIET UNION 1938 Issues
1938 Tourism (Crimea and Caucasus), 5k Yalta, variety imperf. at bottom, left margin single, cancelled to order, v.f.,
O
Catalog #527
Catalog Value $1,666
Price Realized
$650.00

Lot #1218
SOVIET UNION 1938 Issues
1938 Tourism (Crimea and Caucasus), 50k Gursuf, horizontal pair imperf. between, used, fine, unpriced (unused cat. $5,000)
O
Catalog #535
Price Realized
$2,000.00

Lot #1219
SOVIET UNION 1938 Issues
1938 Air Sport, 5k gray violet, variety imperf. at left, used, v.f.,
O
Catalog #538
Catalog Value $1,833
Unsold
Lot #1220
SOVIET UNION 1938 Issues
1938 Moscow Metro, 10k lilac, variety imperf. at top, used, v.f.,
O
Catalog #547
Catalog Value $833
Price Realized
$150.00

Lot #1221
SOVIET UNION 1938 Issues
1938 Moscow Metro, 10k lilac, vertical pair imperf. between, used, creased between the stamps, otherwise v.f.
O
Catalog #547
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #1222
SOVIET UNION 1938 Issues
1938 Sports, 20k Motorcyclists, variety imperf. at left, cancelled to order, light gum crease at bottom, otherwise v.f.,
O
Catalog #561
Catalog Value $1,333
Price Realized
$525.00

Lot #1223
SOVIET UNION 1938 Issues
1938 Sport, 30k Skier, variety imperf. at top, cancelled to order, natural paper creases, fine,
O
Catalog #562
Catalog Value $1,233
Price Realized
$525.00

Lot #1224
SOVIET UNION 1939 Issues
1939 Women Aviators, imperforate set of three, nice margins, h.r., v.f., signed Kessler, only 100 sets printed,
*
Catalog #573-575
Catalog Value $9,000
Price Realized
$8,000.00

Lot #1225
SOVIET UNION 1939 Issues
1939 Steel Worker, 15k imperf. single, h.r., v.f.,
*
Catalog #576Pa
Catalog Value $2,833
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #1226
SOVIET UNION 1939 Issues
1939 Steel Worker, 15k imperf. left margin horizontal strip of three, n.h., v.f and extremely rare multiple (catalogue value for singles)
**
Catalog #576Pa
Catalog Value $13,000
Price Realized
$6,500.00

Lot #1227
SOVIET UNION 1939 Issues
1939 Definitives, 30k claret, imperf. single, n.h., heavy gum crease, otherwise fine,
*
Catalog #577Pa
Catalog Value $1,333
Unsold
Lot #1228
SOVIET UNION 1939 Issues
1939 Lenin, 3r dark green, top margin horizontal pair imperf. between, disturbed and toned gum, otherwise v.f. and rare
*
Catalog #583
Price Realized
$1,700.00

Lot #1229
SOVIET UNION 1939 Issues
1939 Lenin, 3r dark green, variety imperf. at top, l.h. at top margin, some toning and rough perforations, otherwise fine and rare,
*
Catalog #583
Catalog Value $3,333
Price Realized
$850.00

Lot #1230
SOVIET UNION 1939 Issues
1939 Lenin, 3r dark green, variety imperf. at bottom, n.h., some inconsequential marginal flaws, otherwise v.f., signed Prof. Winterstein,
**
Catalog #583
Catalog Value $2,333
Price Realized
$1,200.00

Lot #1231
SOVIET UNION 1939 Issues
1939 Lenin, 3r dark green, variety imperf. at right, heavy cancel, minor wrinkles, fine
O
Catalog #583
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #1232
SOVIET UNION 1939 Issues
1939 Lenin, 10r indigo, variety imperf. at left, used, few rough perforations, otherwise fine
O
Catalog #585
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #1233
SOVIET UNION 1939 Issues
1939 Shevchenko, 15k variety imperf. at top, n.h., heavy natural gum wrinkles, fine and rare,
**
Catalog #586
Catalog Value $3,333
Price Realized
$2,600.00

Lot #1234
SOVIET UNION 1939 Issues
1939 All Union Agricultural Fair, 10k rose carmine, variety imperf. at top, cancelled to order, v.f.,
O
Catalog #591
Catalog Value $1,000
Price Realized
$270.00

Lot #1235
SOVIET UNION 1939 Issues
1939 All Union Agricultural Fair, 15k red brown, variety imperf. at left, small h.r., v.f.,
*
Catalog #592
Catalog Value $2,000
Price Realized
$1,600.00

Lot #1236
SOVIET UNION 1939 Issues
1939 All Union Agricultural Fair, 30k blue lilac, variety imperf. gutter at bottom, small h.r., horizontal crease at bottom, otherwise v.f.,
*
Catalog #594
Catalog Value $2,000
Price Realized
$850.00

Lot #1237
SOVIET UNION 1939 Issues
1939 All Union Agricultural Fair, 30k blue lilac, variety imperf. at right, cancelled to order, few toned spots on gum, otherwise v.f.,
O
Catalog #594
Catalog Value $1,333
Price Realized
$425.00

Lot #1238
SOVIET UNION 1939 Issues
1939 All Union Agricultural Fair, 45k dark green, vertical pair imperf. between, h.r. at top, v.f. and rare, unlisted in Standart (Liapine 649)
*
Catalog #596
Catalog Value €3,500
Price Realized
$2,200.00

Lot #1239
SOVIET UNION 1939 Issues
1939 All Union Agricultural Fair, 50k red brown (Horse), variety imperf. at bottom, h.r., v.f.,
*
Catalog #597
Catalog Value $1,500
Price Realized
$400.00

Lot #1240
SOVIET UNION 1939 Issues
1939 All Union Agricultural Fair, 60k violet, variety imperf. at left, used, small faults, fine appearance, rare
O
Catalog #598
Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #1241
SOVIET UNION 1939 Issues
1939 All Union Agricultural Fair, 80k violet, two different shades, varieties imperf. at bottom, used and unused (slightly clipped perfs at left), used stamp with faint marginal stain at top, otherwise fine-v.f.,
*O
Catalog #599
Catalog Value $2,666
Price Realized
$550.00

Lot #1242
SOVIET UNION 1939 Issues
1939 All Union Agricultural Fair, 1r blue, vertical pair imperf. between, used, lightly creased between the stamps, otherwise fine,
O
Catalog #600
Catalog Value $2,000
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #1243
SOVIET UNION 1939 Issues
1939 All Union Agricultural Fair, 1r blue, vertical pair imperf. between and at bottom, used, light marginal wrinkles, v.f. and rare,
O
Catalog #600
Catalog Value $3,333
Price Realized
$3,500.00

Lot #1244
SOVIET UNION 1939 Issues
1939 All Union Agricultural Fair, 1r blue, horizontal pair imperf. between, used, creased between the stamps, otherwise fine,
O
Catalog #600
Catalog Value $2,000
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #1245
SOVIET UNION 1939 Issues
1939 All Union Agricultural Fair, 1r blue, variety imperf. at bottom, used, v.f.,
O
Catalog #600
Catalog Value $833
Price Realized
$1,000.00

Lot #1246
SOVIET UNION 1939 Issues
1939 All Union Agricultural Fair, 1r blue, variety imperf. at top, used, v.f.,
O
Catalog #600
Price Realized
$600.00

Lot #1247
SOVIET UNION 1939 Issues
1939 Definitives, 5k, 15k and 30k perf. 11 1/2, each variety imperf. at left, first one n.h., others l.h., fine-v.f., rare,
*
Catalog #606,607,608
Catalog Value $5,600
Price Realized
$2,400.00

Lot #1248
SOVIET UNION 1939 Issues
1939 Definitives, 15k and 30k perf. 11 1/2, each variety imperf. at left, used, fine-v.f., rare
O
Catalog #606,607,608
Price Realized
$290.00

Lot #1249
SOVIET UNION 1939 Issues
1939 Definitives, 30k Aviator, four line and comb perforations, varieties imperf. at top, bottom, left and right, l.h. or n.h., one with natural inclusion, fine-v.f.
*/**
Catalog #608,608A
Price Realized
$1,400.00

Lot #1250
SOVIET UNION 1939 Issues
1939 Definitives, 30k Aviator, three distinct shades, each imperf. at left, some creases, otherwise fine-v.f.
*
Catalog #608,608A
Price Realized
$400.00

Lot #1251
SOVIET UNION 1939 Issues
1939 Sanatoria, 5k Kislovodsk, variety imperf. at bottom, h.r., gum creases and natural inclusion, otherwise fine,
*
Catalog #613
Catalog Value $1,500
Price Realized
$625.00

Lot #1252
SOVIET UNION 1939 Issues
1939 Sanatoria, 5k Kislovodsk, two varieties, incl. imperf. at top and at left, used, the former with marginal creases, otherwise fine-v.f.
*
Catalog #613
Price Realized
$220.00

Lot #1253
SOVIET UNION 1939 Issues
1939 Sanatoria, 10k Sochi, variety imperf. at top, cancelled to order, usual rough perforations, fine,
O
Catalog #614
Catalog Value $666
Price Realized
$220.00

Lot #1254
SOVIET UNION 1939 Issues
1939 Sanatoria, 15k Sochi, two varieties, incl. imperf. at left and right, used, fine-v.f.,
O
Catalog #615
Catalog Value $1,333
Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #1255
SOVIET UNION 1939 Issues
1939 Sanatoria, 20k Afon, variety imperf. at bottom, h.r., also variety imperf. at left, used, fine-v.f.
*O
Catalog #616
Catalog Value $1,833
Price Realized
$300.00

Lot #1256
SOVIET UNION 1939 Issues
1939 Sanatoria, 50k Sochi, variety imperf. at top, cancelled to order, fine,
O
Catalog #618
Catalog Value $466
Unsold
Lot #1257
SOVIET UNION 1939 Issues
1939 Lermontov, 15k blue and brown, variety imperf. at top, slightly disturbed gum, also variety imperf. at right, cancelled to order, fine-v.f.,
*O
Catalog #621
Price Realized
$800.00

Lot #1258
SOVIET UNION 1939 Issues
1939 Lermontov, 30k black and green, variety imperf. at right, small h.r., handstamp guarantee on reverse, fine,
*
Catalog #622
Catalog Value $1,333
Price Realized
$600.00

Lot #1259
SOVIET UNION 1939 Issues
1939 Lermontov, 30k black and green, vertical pair imperf. between, used, faint horizontal crease between the stamps, otherwise v.f.,
O
Catalog #622
Catalog Value $2,333
Price Realized
$800.00

Lot #1260
SOVIET UNION 1939 Issues
1939 Lermontov, 30k black and green, left sheet margin vertical pair, variety imperf. at bottom, double horizontal perforations between stamps, cancelled to order, faint gum stains in left margin, fine,
O
Catalog #622
Catalog Value $833
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #1261
SOVIET UNION 1939 Issues
1939 Lermontov, 30k black and green, three varieties, incl. imperf. at top, bottom and left, used, one with minor marginal flaws, fine-v.f.,
O
Catalog #622
Catalog Value $2,433
Price Realized
$625.00

Lot #1262
SOVIET UNION 1939 Issues
1939 Lermontov, 45k brick red and indigo, variety imperf. at top, used, few short perf. at upper right, otherwise v.f.,
O
Catalog #623
Catalog Value $933
Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #1263
SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues
1940 Chekhov, 10k olive green, used and unused (h.r.) varieties imperf. at bottom, some wrinkles, fine-v.f.,
*O
Catalog #627
Catalog Value $1,333
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #1264
SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues
1940 Reunification of Western Ukraine/Western Belarus, 10k carmine, vertical pair variety imperf. at top, also single with variety imperf. at top, used, some creases, otherwise fine,
O
Catalog #631
Catalog Value $800
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #1265
SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues
1940 Reunification of Western Ukraine/Western Belarus, 10k carmine, upper right corner margin block of four, variety imperf. at left, used, v.f.
Box
Catalog #631
Price Realized
$800.00

Lot #1266
SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues
1940 Reunification of Western Ukraine/Western Belarus, 30k green, two varieties, incl. imperf. at bottom (marginal creases) and at left, used, fine-v.f.
O
Catalog #632
Catalog Value $1,333
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #1267
SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues
1940 Reunification of Western Ukraine/Western Belarus, 60k dark blue, two varieties, incl. imperf. at top and at right, used, fine-v.f.
O
Catalog #634
Catalog Value $1,200
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #1268
SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues
1940 Sedov, 1r dark ultramarine, vertical pair imperf. between, l.h. at top, v.f. and rare,
*
Catalog #639
Catalog Value $6,666
Price Realized
$3,750.00

Lot #1269
SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues
1940 Mayakovski, 80k ultramarine, vertical pair, variety imperf. at bottom with double perforations between, top stamp l.h., bottom stamp n.h., v.f.
*/**
Catalog #643
Catalog Value $1,666
Price Realized
$1,100.00

Lot #1270
SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues
1940 Timiryasev, 10k and 15k, varieties imperf. at right and at top, used, fine-v.f.,
O
Catalog #644-645
Catalog Value $1,500
Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #1271
SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues
1940 Timiryasev, 15k blue violet, horizontal pair imperf. between and at left, used, some wrinkles and very faint creases, otherwise v.f. and rare,
O
Catalog #645
Catalog Value $5,000
Price Realized
$2,800.00

Lot #1272
SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues
1940 2nd All-Union Physical Culture Day, perf. 12 1/2x12, set of five, h.r., fine-v.f.,
*
Catalog #648A-652A
Catalog Value $500
Price Realized
$425.00

Lot #1273
SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues
1940 Skier, 60k dark violet blue, variety imperf. at right, hinged in margin, few natural gum creases, otherwise v.f.,
*
Catalog #651
Catalog Value $2,666
Price Realized
$1,200.00

Lot #1274
SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues
1940 Tchaikovsky, 30k blue, variety imperf. at bottom, two copies, one l.h. (marginal stain at bottom), the other used (corner sheet margin) fine-v.f
*O
Catalog #655
Catalog Value $1,900
Price Realized
$600.00

Lot #1275
SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues
1940 Tchaikovsky, 60k variety imperf. at bottom, used in 1948 n registered cover addressed to England, additionally franked with 2x15k and 50k, some cover faults, stamp v.f. (catalogue value for used off cover)
Envelope
Catalog #657
Catalog Value $666
Price Realized
$575.00

Lot #1276
SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues
1940 All-Union Agricultural Fair, 30k Uzbekistan, horizontal pair imperf. between and at left, Odessa cancels, marginal creases, otherwise fine and rare, unpriced used (cat. $5,000 for unused)
O
Catalog #664
Price Realized
$1,500.00

Lot #1277
SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues
1940 Pavilions, 30+30k horizontal gutter pair (Kazan+Karelia), n.h., v.f. (Liapine 721+728)
**
Catalog #665,672
Catalog Value €675
Price Realized
$290.00

Lot #1278
SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues
1940 All-Union Agricultural Fair, 30k Georgia, variety imperf. at top, cancelled to order, v.f.,
O
Catalog #666
Catalog Value $666
Price Realized
$220.00

Lot #1279
SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues
1940 All-Union Agricultural Fair, 30k Tadzhikistan, variety imperf. at bottom, n.h., faint natural gum bends, v.f. and rare,
*
Catalog #669
Catalog Value $2,333
Price Realized
$1,100.00

Lot #1280
SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues
1940 All-Union Agricultural Fair, 30k Turkmen, variety imperf. at left, used, v.f., unpriced used (cat. $2,333 for unused)
O
Catalog #671
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #1281
SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues
1941 Industrialization, 10k Coal Miners, variety imperf. at top and 30k Locomotives, variety imperf. at right, used, minor wrinkles, 10k with rounded corner perf., otherwise fine-v.f.,
O
Catalog #687,690
Catalog Value $1,333
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #1282
SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues
1941 Industry, 20k blue, top sheet margin vertical pair, variety double paper, n.h., v.f., rare
**
Catalog #689
Price Realized
$950.00

Lot #1283
SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues
1941 Army & Navy, complete set of gutter pairs, cancelled to order, v.f.
O
Catalog #694-701
Unsold
Lot #1284
SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues
1941 Army & Navy, 5k Troops on Skis, variety imperf. at right, used, and 10k Sailor, variety imperf. gutter at right, h.r., fine-v.f.
*O
Catalog #694-695
Price Realized
$950.00

Lot #1285
SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues
1941 Army & Navy, 15k yellow green, vertical pair imperf. between and at top (gutter), n.h., creases, still a v.f. and rare unlisted variety
**
Catalog #696
Price Realized
$4,500.00

Lot #1286
SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues
1941 Army & Navy, 1r Medal, variety imperf. gutter at left, l.h., v.f.,
*
Catalog #701
Catalog Value $1,333
Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #1287
SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues
1941 Zhukovski, 15k blue, variety imperf. at top, used, natural marginal inclusion, otherwise v.f.,
O
Catalog #702
Catalog Value $733
Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #1288
SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues
1941 Arms of Karelia, ribbon variety, n.h., v.f., signed L.Glass,
**
Catalog #708I
Catalog Value $350
Price Realized
$150.00

Lot #1289
SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues
1941 Suvorov, 15k carmine, variety imperf. at top, hinged in margin, few rough perforations, fine, unlisted in Standart,
*
Catalog #710
Price Realized
$375.00

Lot #1290
SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues
1941 Suvorov, 15k carmine, variety imperf. at right, n.h., natural wrinkles, v.f.,
*
Catalog #710
Catalog Value $1,333
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #1291
SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues
1941 Surikov, 2k variety imperf. at top, n.h., v.f.,
**
Catalog #723
Catalog Value $1,233
Price Realized
$575.00

Lot #1292
SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues
1941 Surikov, 2k variety imperf. at right, used, fine,
O
Catalog #723
Catalog Value $1,233
Price Realized
$850.00

Lot #1293
SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues
1942 Heroes of the USSR, six varieties, imperf. at right or left, incl. 1r imperf. at right, used, one with faint stain, other small flaws, otherwise fine-v.f.
O
Catalog #732-735
Unsold
Lot #1294
SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues
1942 World War II, four varieties, incl. 20k black imperf. at right, 20k dark blue imperf. at right, 60k imperf. at bottom and 1r imperf. at right, used, 1r with light stain, otherwise fine-v.f.
O
Catalog #737/743
Price Realized
$625.00

Lot #1295
SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues
1942 World War II, 20k horizontal pair imperf. between, used, v.f.,
O
Catalog #739
Catalog Value $1,333
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #1296
SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues
1942 World War II, 45k horizontal pair, variety imperf. at right, with double perforations between the stamps, n.h., fine, ex-Maslowsky,
**
Catalog #741
Catalog Value $1,000
Price Realized
$550.00

Lot #1297
SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues
1942 World War II, 60k vertical pair imperf. between and at bottom, used, few natural wrinkles, still v.f.,
O
Catalog #742
Catalog Value $2,000
Price Realized
$1,500.00

Lot #1298
SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues
1943 World War II, 45k deep dull blue, variety imperf. at bottom, l.h., some light gum staining and short perf. at top, otherwise fine,
*
Catalog #747
Catalog Value $1,333
Price Realized
$270.00

Lot #1299
SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues
1943 World War II, 45k deep dull blue, bottom right sheet corner margin block of four, perforated only at left, thus leaving the right stamps completely imperf (!), n.h., natural heavy wrinkles and gum creases, still a v.f. and spectacular unlisted variety
Box **
Catalog #747
Price Realized
$22,000.00

Lot #1300
SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues
1943 World War II, 45k deep dull blue, vertical pair imperf. between, used, v.f.,
O
Catalog #747
Catalog Value $2,666
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #1301
SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues
1943 World War II, 45k deep dull blue, two varieties, incl. imperf. at left and imperf. at top, used, some light marginal creases, otherwise fine-v.f.,
O
Catalog #747
Catalog Value $1,400
Price Realized
$425.00

Lot #1302
SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues
1943 25th Anniversary of the October Revolution, five varieties, including 5k bottom margin horizontal pair imperf. at right, 15k imperf. at right, 20k imperf. at bottom (trimmed), 30k imperf. at left, and 2r imperf. at right, used, few minor wrinkles, otherwise fine-v.f.
O
Catalog #748/756
Price Realized
$675.00

Lot #1303
SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues
1943 Bering, 30k blue, right margin horizontal pair, imperf. between, n.h., usual natural gum wrinkles and marginal offsets, v.f.,
**
Catalog #762
Catalog Value $2,333
Price Realized
$1,100.00

Lot #1304
SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues
1943 Gorky, 60k horizontal pair imperf. between, l.h., v.f.,
*
Catalog #767
Catalog Value $2,000
Unsold
Lot #1305
SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues
1943 Gorky, two 60k varieties, imperf. at left and at bottom, used, fine-v.f.,
O
Catalog #767
Catalog Value $1,166
Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #1306
SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues
1943 Medals of the USSR, 1r variety imperf. at right, h.r., natural gum creases, rare
*
Catalog #768
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #1307
SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues
1943 Medals of the USSR, 1r variety imperf. at right, used, fine,
O
Catalog #768
Price Realized
$260.00

Lot #1308
SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues
1943 Medals of the USSR, 1r two different varieties imperf. at right and at left, used, first creased in margin, the second stained, otherwise fine-v.f.
O
Catalog #768,868
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #1309
SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues
1943 Army & Navy, 3r Medal, variety imperf. at top, used, v.f.,
O
Catalog #772
Catalog Value $833
Price Realized
$550.00

Lot #1310
SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues
1943 Teheran Conference, three 30k varieties incl. imperf. at bottom, used and unused (l.h., with perf. toning), also imperf. at left, used, fine-v.f.,
*O
Catalog #784
Catalog Value $2,833
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #1311
SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues
1943 Teheran Conference, 30k sheet corner margin block of four yielding two horizontal pairs imperf. between, cancelled to order, v.f. and rare,
Box
Catalog #784
Catalog Value $4,000
Price Realized
$2,000.00

Lot #1312
SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues
1943 Flags, 3r variety red color and flags shifted, also an error, flags double, (only 100 recorded), used, v.f. (Liapine 842)
O
Catalog #785
Catalog Value €1,000
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #1313
SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues
1944 Heroes of the USSR, 30k variety imperf. at bottom, cancelled to order, faint marginal creases, otherwise v.f.,
O
Catalog #792I
Catalog Value $1,166
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #1314
SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues
1944 United Nations, 60k variety imperf. at bottom, used, fine,
O
Catalog #810
Catalog Value $666
Price Realized
$650.00

Lot #1315
SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues
1944 United Nations, 60k blue color omitted, used as always, v.f.,
O
Catalog #810Ta
Catalog Value $500
Price Realized
$210.00

Lot #1316
SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues
1944 Lenin, 30k orange and carmine, variety imperf. at bottom. n.h., some ink stains on reverse, otherwise v.f.,
**
Catalog #816
Catalog Value $1,233
Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #1317
SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues
1944 Lenin, 30k variety imperf. at right, n.h., fine,
**
Catalog #817
Catalog Value $1,233
Unsold
Lot #1318
SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues
1944 Lenin, 45k two varieties imperf. at right, used and unused (bottom sheet margin copy, n.h.), fine-v.f.
**O
Catalog #818
Price Realized
$400.00

Lot #1319
SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues
1944 Lenin, 50k horizontal pair imperf. between, n.h., natural gum wrinkles, v.f. and rare,
**
Catalog #819
Catalog Value $2,500
Unsold
Lot #1320
SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues
1944 Lenin, 50k two varieties imperf. at right, used and unused (slightly disturbed gum), fine-v.f.
*O
Catalog #819
Price Realized
$525.00

Lot #1321
SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues
1944 War Heroes, 60k dark green, vertical pair, double paper (splice), n.h., v.f., rare
**
Catalog #834
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #1322
SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues
1944 Heroes of the Civil War, 30k black, variety imperf. at top, and 30k green, variety imperf. at left, used, fine-v.f.,
O
Catalog #836,838
Catalog Value $1,166
Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #1323
SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues
1944 Heroes of the Civil War, 30k green, vertical pair imperf. between, small h.r., fine,
*
Catalog #838
Catalog Value $2,000
Unsold
Lot #1324
SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues
1944 Chaplygin, 30k gray, variety imperf. at bottom, used, v.f.,
O
Catalog #839
Catalog Value $500
Price Realized
$210.00

Lot #1325
SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues
1944 Krylov, 30k red brown, variety imperf. at left, also Red Army (1943 issue), 60k green, variety imperf. at right, both cancelled to order, v.f.,
O
Catalog #775, 851
Catalog Value $700
Price Realized
$210.00

Lot #1326
SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues
1944 Leningrad souvenir sheet of four (size 137x103mm), text double and shifted to top, n.h., minor wrinkles, v.f., rare (Liapine Bl.4)
Box **
Catalog #Bl.4
Catalog Value €7,000
Price Realized
$4,750.00

Lot #1327
SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues
1945 Griboyedov, 60k gray, horizontal pair imperf. between, l.h., v.f.,
*
Catalog #867
Catalog Value $2,000
Unsold
Lot #1328
SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues
1945 Stalingrad, 3r variety imperf. at bottom, used, v.f.,
O
Catalog #872
Catalog Value $830
Unsold
Lot #1329
SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues
1945 Stalingrad souvenir sheet, two varieties, one with red color shifted, the other with stamps and inscriptions shifted to the right, l.h., few natural wrinkles or toned gum spots, fine-v.f. (Liapine Bl.5)
Box **
Catalog #Bl.5
Catalog Value €2,000
Price Realized
$1,000.00

Lot #1330
SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues
1945 War Issue, three varieties, including 20k imperf. at top, used, 30k imperf. at left, h.r., and 1r imperf. at right, used (marginal tear), fine-v.f.,
*O
Catalog #874,876,878
Catalog Value $1,666
Price Realized
$600.00

Lot #1331
SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues
1945 War Issue, 20k vertical pair, variety imperf. at bottom, n.h., overall toning, otherwise fine,
**
Catalog #874
Catalog Value $833
Price Realized
$220.00

Lot #1332
SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues
1945 War Issue, 30k variety imperf. at right, h.r., usual rough perforations, fine,
*
Catalog #875
Catalog Value $1,333
Unsold
Lot #1333
SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues
1945 War Issue, 1r variety imperf. at bottom, n.h., very faint staining at upper right, otherwise v.f.,
**
Catalog #879
Catalog Value $1,233
Price Realized
$280.00

Lot #1334
SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues
1945 3rd Anniversary of Victory before Moscow, 60k variety imperf. at top (trimmed), small h.r., fine,
*
Catalog #882
Catalog Value $600
Unsold
Lot #1335
SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues
1945 Moscow Academy, 30k horizontal pair imperf. between, h.r., fine,
*
Catalog #884
Catalog Value $1,666
Unsold
Lot #1336
SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues
1945 Moscow Academy, 30k variety imperf. at right, n.h., v.f.,
**
Catalog #884
Catalog Value $833
Price Realized
$270.00

Lot #1337
SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues
1945 Popov, 30k blue violet, three known varieties incl. imperf. at top (h.r. in margin) and at left (n.h., marginal creases), also imperf. at right (used, margin trimmed), fine-v.f.,
*/**O
Catalog #886
Catalog Value $2,666
Price Realized
$750.00

Lot #1338
SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues
1945 Bombers, 1r varieties, imperf. at right and at bottom, used, fine-v.f.,
O
Catalog #898
Catalog Value $2,666
Price Realized
$1,100.00

Lot #1339
SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues
1945 Bombers, 1r vertical pair imperf. between, used, light overall toning, otherwise fine,
O
Catalog #898
Catalog Value $1,833
Price Realized
$750.00

Lot #1340
SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues
1945 Bombers, two varieties, 1r brown imperf. at right (trimmed) and 1r black imperf. at top, used, usual rough perforations and wrinkles, fine-v.f.,
O
Catalog #899,901
Price Realized
$625.00

Lot #1341
SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues
1945 Field Marshal Kutuzov, 30k right sheet margin horizontal pair imperf. between, n.h., few natural gum skips, v.f.,
**
Catalog #905
Catalog Value $1,333
Unsold
Lot #1342
SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues
1945 Field Marshal Kutuzov, 60k bottom sheet margin single, variety imperf. at right, n.h., few natural gum bends, v.f.,
**
Catalog #906
Catalog Value $1,000
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #1343
SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues
1945 Lenin, three 50k varieties incl. imperf. at right (used and unused, l.h.), also imperf. at bottom, n.h. with sheet margin at left, fine-v.f.
*/**O
Catalog #908
Price Realized
$600.00

Lot #1344
SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues
1945 Lenin, 3r variety imperf. at bottom, small h.r., fine,
*
Catalog #911
Catalog Value $1,000
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #1345
SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues
1945 Engels, 60k variety imperf. at bottom, very lightly hinged at bottom, fine,
*
Catalog #917
Catalog Value $600
Price Realized
$220.00

Lot #1346
SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues
1945 Artillery, 30k brown, two varieties imperf. at right, used and unused ( n.h.), fine-v.f.
**O
Catalog #921
Price Realized
$300.00

Lot #1347
SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues
1945 War Industry, three varieties, including 20k imperf. at left, 60k imperf. at bottom and 1r imperf. at left, used, fine-v.f.
O
Catalog #923/926
Price Realized
$625.00

Lot #1348
SOVIET UNION 1946-47 Issues
1946 Victory over Germany, four varieties, used incl. 30k lilac vertical pair imperf. at bottom, 60k red brown imperf. at bottom, 60k green imperf. at right (creases) and unused 60k black and dull red, l.h., fine-v.f.,
*O
Catalog #928/931
Catalog Value $2,066
Price Realized
$525.00

Lot #1349
SOVIET UNION 1946-47 Issues
1946 Victory over Germany, 60k olive green, vertical pair imperf. between, small h.r. at top, fine and rare,
*
Catalog #930
Catalog Value $2,833
Price Realized
$1,800.00

Lot #1350
SOVIET UNION 1946-47 Issues
1946 Elections, 45k red brown, two varieties imperf. at right, used and unused (n.h.), plus 60k green, imperf. at left, n.h., all with minor creases in margin, last one with a positional pinhole, fine-v.f.,
**O
Catalog #933-934
Catalog Value $3,666
Price Realized
$800.00

Lot #1351
SOVIET UNION 1946-47 Issues
1946 Elections, 60k green, vertical pair, imperf. between and at top, used, v.f.,
O
Catalog #934
Catalog Value $1,500
Unsold
Lot #1352
SOVIET UNION 1946-47 Issues
1946 Moscow Victory Parade, 60k brown, vertical pair imperf. between, small h.r., v.f. and rare,
*
Catalog #935
Catalog Value $3,000
Price Realized
$1,600.00

Lot #1353
SOVIET UNION 1946-47 Issues
1946 Moscow Victory Parade, 60k brown and 3r black and red, varieties imperf. at bottom, used, some marginal creases, fine-v.f.
O
Catalog #935,937
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #1354
SOVIET UNION 1946-47 Issues
1946 Moscow Victory Parade, 2r dull violet, variety imperf. at top, small gum adhesion which shows through the front, otherwise fine and rare,
*
Catalog #936
Catalog Value $2,000
Price Realized
$2,100.00

Lot #1355
SOVIET UNION 1946-47 Issues
1946 Bombers, 15k green, variety imperf. at left, l.h. in margin, fine,
*
Catalog #940
Catalog Value $1,166
Price Realized
$200.00

Lot #1356
SOVIET UNION 1946-47 Issues
1946 Bombers, 30k violet, left margin horizontal pair imperf. between and at left, n.h., usual rough perforations, still v.f. and rare,
**
Catalog #943
Catalog Value $4,333
Price Realized
$4,750.00

Lot #1357
SOVIET UNION 1946-47 Issues
1946 Kalinin, two 20k varieties imperf. at bottom, used and unused (h.r.), fine-v.f.
*O
Catalog #956
Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #1358
SOVIET UNION 1946-47 Issues
1946 Sanatoria, 30k Sochi, three varieties, incl. imperf. at bottom, used and unused (h.r.), plus imperf. at left, used, few marginal flaws, otherwise fine-v.f.,
*O
Catalog #958
Catalog Value $2,400
Price Realized
$400.00

Lot #1359
SOVIET UNION 1946-47 Issues
1946 Sanatoria, 45k New Afon, bottom margin vertical pair imperf. between, h.r., also two varieties imperf. at right, used and unused (l.h.), fine-v.f.
*O
Catalog #960
Unsold
Lot #1360
SOVIET UNION 1946-47 Issues
1946 Gorky, 30 red brown, type I (size 32x22) h.r., also 60k dark green, variety imperf. at right, used, fine,
*O
Catalog #961,962
Catalog Value $666
Price Realized
$170.00

Lot #1361
SOVIET UNION 1946-47 Issues
1946 Moscow Scenes, three varieties, 5k imperf. at top, 10k imperf. at bottom and 15k imperf. at right, h.r., fine-v.f.,
*
Catalog #980-982
Catalog Value $2,400
Price Realized
$550.00

Lot #1362
SOVIET UNION 1946-47 Issues
1946 Moscow Scenes, three varieties, including 15k imperf. at left, 20k imperf. at left and 45k imperf. at right, used, fine-v.f.
O
Catalog #982-984
Catalog Value $1,666
Price Realized
$400.00

Lot #1363
SOVIET UNION 1946-47 Issues
1946 Moscow Scenes, 20k light brown, horizontal strip of three, imperf. vertically between the stamps and at left, heavy hinge remnants, creases, otherwise fine,
*
Catalog #983
Catalog Value $3,000
Unsold
Lot #1364
SOVIET UNION 1946-47 Issues
1946 Moscow, 45k green, variety imperf. at left, traces of "blind" perforations, h.r., v.f.,
*
Catalog #984
Catalog Value $1,000
Price Realized
$260.00

Lot #1365
SOVIET UNION 1946-47 Issues
1946 Moscow Scenes, 60k gray blue, variety imperf. at right, n.h., natural marginal inclusion, fine,
**
Catalog #986
Catalog Value $1,500
Unsold
Lot #1366
SOVIET UNION 1946-47 Issues
1946 Moscow Scenes, 1r brown, variety imperf. at top, right margin single, small h.r. in upper margin, v.f.,
*
Catalog #987
Catalog Value $1,000
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #1367
SOVIET UNION 1946-47 Issues
1946 Moscow Scenes, 1r brown, variety imperf. at left, l.h., fine,
*
Catalog #987
Catalog Value $1,000
Unsold
Lot #1368
SOVIET UNION 1946-47 Issues
1946 Moscow Scenes, 1r brown, two varieties, imperf. at top (small stain and short perf.) and at left, used, fine-v.f.
O
Catalog #987
Price Realized
$260.00

Lot #1369
SOVIET UNION 1946-47 Issues
1946 Tankmen, 60k brown, variety imperf. at top, used, v.f.,
O
Catalog #990
Catalog Value $1,333
Price Realized
$1,300.00

Lot #1370
SOVIET UNION 1946-47 Issues
1946 Reconstruction, 5k brown, vertical pair imperf. between, n.h., usual rough perforations, fine,
**
Catalog #991
Catalog Value $1,233
Price Realized
$250.00

Lot #1371
SOVIET UNION 1946-47 Issues
1946 Reconstruction, four varieties, including unused 5k imperf. at bottom, h.r., others used with 10k imperf. at bottom, 20k vertical pair imperf. between, plus 30k imperf. at top, fine-v.f.
*O
Catalog #991/995
Price Realized
$850.00

Lot #1372
SOVIET UNION 1946-47 Issues
1946 Reconstruction, 20k violet blue, vertical pair imperf. between, n.h., perf. crease at bottom, otherwise fine,
**
Catalog #994
Catalog Value $1,000
Price Realized
$300.00

Lot #1373
SOVIET UNION 1946-47 Issues
1946 Reconstruction, 30k brown, vertical pair imperf. between, small h.r., fine,
*
Catalog #995
Catalog Value $1,000
Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #1374
SOVIET UNION 1946-47 Issues
1946 25th Anniversary of the first Soviet stamps, 15k variety imperf. at right, cancelled to order, small inclusion, otherwise v.f., rare (this variety is not to be confused with the smaller size of the souvenir sheet),
O
Catalog #996
Catalog Value $1,666
Unsold
Lot #1375
SOVIET UNION 1946-47 Issues
1946 25th Anniversary of the first Soviet stamps, 60k variety imperf. at bottom, l.h., v.f., rare
*
Catalog #998
Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #1376
SOVIET UNION 1946-47 Issues
1946 25th Anniversary of the first Soviet stamps, 60k block of four, variety imperf. at bottom, cancelled to order, v.f., rare
Box
Catalog #998
Price Realized
$400.00

Lot #1377
SOVIET UNION 1946-47 Issues
1946 Nekrasov, 30k sepia, vertical pair imperf. between and at top, small h.r. at top, v.f. and rare,
*
Catalog #1006
Catalog Value $3,333
Price Realized
$3,500.00

Lot #1378
SOVIET UNION 1946-47 Issues
1946 Dnieprogaz, 30k vertical pair, imperf. between, sheet margin at right, small h.r. at top, natural inclusion, v.f.,
*
Catalog #1009
Catalog Value $1,666
Unsold
Lot #1379
SOVIET UNION 1946-47 Issues
1946 Dnieprogaz, 30k variety imperf. at top, used, minor creases, otherwise v.f.,
O
Catalog #1009
Catalog Value $500
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #1380
SOVIET UNION 1946-47 Issues
1946 Dnieprogaz, 60k variety imperf. at top, unused (regummed), v.f. and rare,
(*)
Catalog #1010
Catalog Value $2,000
Price Realized
$950.00

Lot #1381
SOVIET UNION 1946-47 Issues
1947 Karpinsky, 30k variety imperf. at bottom, n.h., fine,
**
Catalog #1011
Catalog Value $666
Price Realized
$300.00

Lot #1382
SOVIET UNION 1946-47 Issues
1947 Zhukovski, three imperf. varieties, including 30k imperf. at right, 60k imperf. at right and imperf. at left, used, fine-v.f.,
O
Catalog #1013-1014
Catalog Value $1,066
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #1383
SOVIET UNION 1946-47 Issues
1947 Zhukovski, 60k blue violet, variety imperf. at right, l.h., v.f.,
*
Catalog #1014
Catalog Value $666
Price Realized
$210.00

Lot #1384
SOVIET UNION 1946-47 Issues
1947 Lenin Mausoleum, 30k green, variety imperf. at left, n.h., fine,
**
Catalog #1015
Catalog Value $833
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #1385
SOVIET UNION 1946-47 Issues
1947 Lenin Mausoleum, 30k blue, variety imperf. at bottom, n.h., few natural wrinkles, v.f.,
**
Catalog #1016
Catalog Value $833
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #1386
SOVIET UNION 1946-47 Issues
1947 Lenin, 50k brown, vertical pair imperf. between, used, v.f. and rare,
O
Catalog #1017
Catalog Value $2,833
Price Realized
$2,400.00

Lot #1387
SOVIET UNION 1946-47 Issues
1947 Geographical Society, 60k olive brown, variety imperf. at right, lightly cancelled, v.f.,
O
Catalog #1020
Catalog Value $600
Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #1388
SOVIET UNION 1946-47 Issues
1947 Arms of the Soviet Union, 30k R.S.F.S.R., vertical pair imperf. between and at bottom, n.h., v.f.,
**
Catalog #1022
Catalog Value $1,333
Unsold
Lot #1389
SOVIET UNION 1946-47 Issues
1947 Arms of the Soviet Union, 30k Ukraine, variety imperf. at left, l.h., v.f.,
*
Catalog #1023
Catalog Value $666
Price Realized
$210.00

Lot #1390
SOVIET UNION 1946-47 Issues
1947 Arms of the Soviet Union, 30k Belarus, top margin vertical pair imperf. between, used, v.f.,
O
Catalog #1024
Catalog Value $2,333
Unsold
Lot #1391
SOVIET UNION 1946-47 Issues
1947 Arms of the Soviet Union, 30k Estonia, variety imperf. at left, cancelled to order, v.f.,
O
Catalog #1029
Catalog Value $666
Price Realized
$220.00

Lot #1392
SOVIET UNION 1946-47 Issues
1947 Arms of the Soviet Union, 30k Lithuania, variety imperf. at bottom, used, fine,
O
Catalog #1029
Catalog Value $666
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #1393
SOVIET UNION 1946-47 Issues
1947 Arms of the Soviet Union, 30k Moldova, horizontal pair imperf. between, cancelled to order, fine,
O
Catalog #1030
Catalog Value $1,000
Price Realized
$425.00

Lot #1394
SOVIET UNION 1946-47 Issues
1947 Arms of the Soviet Union, 30k Latvia, variety imperf. at left, small h.r., v.f.,
*
Catalog #1031
Catalog Value $833
Price Realized
$260.00

Lot #1395
SOVIET UNION 1946-47 Issues
1947 Arms of the Soviet Union, 30k Turkmenistan, variety imperf. at top, cancelled to order, v.f.,
O
Catalog #1035
Catalog Value $333
Price Realized
$180.00

Lot #1396
SOVIET UNION 1946-47 Issues
1947 Pushkin, 30k variety imperf. at bottom, cancelled to order, v.f.,
O
Catalog #1039
Price Realized
$160.00

Lot #1397
SOVIET UNION 1946-47 Issues
1947 Moscow Council Building, 30k variety, red color shifted to left, also imperf. sheet corner margin single, blue omitted, slightly disturbed gum, v.f.,
*
Catalog #1049,1049Ta
Catalog Value $350
Price Realized
$375.00

Lot #1398
SOVIET UNION 1946-47 Issues
1947 Labor Day, 1r variety imperf. at bottom, cancelled to order, few rough perforations, still v.f.,
O
Catalog #1052
Catalog Value $2,000
Price Realized
$1,500.00

Lot #1399
SOVIET UNION 1946-47 Issues
1947 Air Fleet, 30k violet, variety imperf. at left, small h.r., usual rough perforations, v.f.,
*
Catalog #1053
Catalog Value $1,233
Unsold
Lot #1400
SOVIET UNION 1946-47 Issues
1947 Definitives, Aviator, 30k imperf. horizontal pair, l.h., tiny marginal thin (actually an inclusion) between the stamps, otherwise v.f.,
*
Catalog #1056
Catalog Value $2,000
Unsold
Lot #1401
SOVIET UNION 1946-47 Issues
1947 800th Anniversary of the Founding of Moscow, Red Overprint, 50k horizontal pair imperf. between, l.h., v.f. and rare (a similar copy brought $2,990 in our September 2009 sale)
*
Catalog #1058
Catalog Value $3,333
Price Realized
$3,250.00

Lot #1402
SOVIET UNION 1946-47 Issues
1947 Moscow Metro, 45k yellow brown, variety imperf. at top, h.r., v.f.,
*
Catalog #1063
Catalog Value $1,333
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #1403
SOVIET UNION 1946-47 Issues
1947 Moscow Metro, 45k violet, horizontal pair imperf. between, n.h., slight gum toning, otherwise v.f.,
**
Catalog #1064
Catalog Value $2,000
Unsold
Lot #1404
SOVIET UNION 1946-47 Issues
1947 Moscow Metro, 60k green, two different shades, each variety imperf. at top, used and unused (h.r.), fine-v.f.,
*O
Catalog #1065
Catalog Value $666
Unsold
Lot #1405
SOVIET UNION 1946-47 Issues
1947 Moscow Metro, 60k henna brown, vertical pair imperf. between, barest trace of a hinge, fine,
*
Catalog #1066
Catalog Value $2,000
Unsold
Lot #1406
SOVIET UNION 1946-47 Issues
1947 Moscow-Volga Canal, 50k horizontal pair imperf. between, small h.r., fine,
*
Catalog #1070
Catalog Value $2,000
Price Realized
$950.00

Lot #1407
SOVIET UNION 1946-47 Issues
1947 Moscow-Volga Canal, 60k variety imperf. at bottom, h.r. and small gum adhesion, v.f.,
*
Catalog #1071
Catalog Value $1,333
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #1408
SOVIET UNION 1946-47 Issues
1947 800th Anniversary of the Founding of Moscow, 5k top margin vertical pair, imperf. between and at right, n.h. (hinged in upper selvage, not affecting the variety), some natural gum wrinkles, v.f. and rare (a hinged pair realized $7,762 in our September 2009 sale)
**
Catalog #1073
Catalog Value $5,333
Price Realized
$16,000.00

Lot #1409
SOVIET UNION 1946-47 Issues
1947 800th Anniversary of the Founding of Moscow, 5k top margin vertical pair imperf. between, n.h., few natural gum wrinkles and faint ink offset on reverse, still v.f.,
**
Catalog #1073
Catalog Value $2,166
Price Realized
$1,200.00

Lot #1410
SOVIET UNION 1946-47 Issues
1947 800th Anniversary of the Founding of Moscow, 5k variety imperf. at bottom, with sheet margin at left, cancelled to order, some natural gum creases and faint marginal stain at right (not affecting the variety), fine,
O
Catalog #1073
Catalog Value $833
Price Realized
$260.00

Lot #1411
SOVIET UNION 1946-47 Issues
1947 800th Anniversary of Founding of Moscow, 10k horizontal pair, imperf. between, small h.r., fine,
*
Catalog #1074
Catalog Value $2,166
Unsold
Lot #1412
SOVIET UNION 1946-47 Issues
1947 800th Anniversary of Founding of Moscow, 30k variety imperf. at left, cancelled to order, v.f.,
O
Catalog #1078
Catalog Value $1,666
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #1413
SOVIET UNION 1946-47 Issues
1947 800th Anniversary of Founding of Moscow, 60k variety imperf. at bottom, small h.r., fine,
*
Catalog #1082
Catalog Value $733
Price Realized
$260.00

Lot #1414
SOVIET UNION 1946-47 Issues
1947 800th Anniversary of Founding of Moscow, 1r top margin vertical pair imperf. between, l.h., rough perforations and extraneous minute pen mark at upper right, otherwise fine and rare,
*
Catalog #1083
Catalog Value $3,000
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #1415
SOVIET UNION 1946-47 Issues
1947 800th Anniversary of Founding of Moscow, 1r variety imperf. gutter at top, used, heavy wrinkles, otherwise fine,
O
Catalog #1084
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #1416
SOVIET UNION 1946-47 Issues
1947 800th Anniversary of Founding of Moscow, 2r variety imperf. at bottom, l.h., some slight gum glazing, v.f.
*
Catalog #1085
Catalog Value $2,000
Price Realized
$750.00

Lot #1417
SOVIET UNION 1946-47 Issues
1947 30th Anniversary of the October Revolution, 30k green (instead of black) center (used), also 1r with significant shift of design (n.h.), v.f.
**(*)
Catalog #1095,1099
Unsold
Lot #1418
SOVIET UNION 1946-47 Issues
1947 Sanatoria, 30k Afon, horizontal pair imperf. vertically, n.h., v.f.
**
Catalog #1102
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #1419
SOVIET UNION 1946-47 Issues
1947 Sanatoria, 30k Afon, bottom sheet margin vertical strip of three, imperf. horizontally and between stamps, n.h., v.f.
**
Catalog #1102
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #1420
SOVIET UNION 1946-47 Issues
1947 Sanatoria, 30k Afon, imperf. single (l.h.) and block of four (n.h.), some natural gum wrinkles, v.f.,
Box **
Catalog #1102
Catalog Value $1,665
Price Realized
$1,000.00

Lot #1421
SOVIET UNION 1946-47 Issues
1947 Sanatoria, 30k Sochi, block of four, imperf. horizontally, yielding two vertical pairs imperf. between, hinged at top, v.f. and rare, signed Mikulski,
Box *
Catalog #1103
Catalog Value $3,333
Price Realized
$1,000.00

Lot #1422
SOVIET UNION 1946-47 Issues
1947 Sanatoria, two varieties, including 30k Sochi (violet) bottom sheet margin single imperf. at left, n.h., faint marginal toned spots, also 30k Riga, variety imperf. at bottom, h.r., fine-v.f.,
*/**
Catalog #1103,1110
Catalog Value $1,666
Price Realized
$425.00

Lot #1423
SOVIET UNION 1946-47 Issues
1947 Sanatoria, three varieties, including 30k violet and 30k brown, each imperf. at bottom, also 30k black, imperf. at top, used, fine-v.f.,
O
Catalog #1103-1105
Catalog Value $1,666
Unsold
Lot #1424
SOVIET UNION 1946-47 Issues
1947 Sanatoria, 30k Kirov, horizontal pair imperf. between, n.h., v.f.,
**
Catalog #1108
Catalog Value $1,666
Price Realized
$750.00

Lot #1425
SOVIET UNION 1946-47 Issues
1947 Sanatoria, 30k Kirov, horizontal pair imperf. between and at right, n.h., v.f.,
**
Catalog #1108
Catalog Value $2,166
Price Realized
$1,000.00

Lot #1426
SOVIET UNION 1946-47 Issues
1947 Definitives, 60k Spassky Tower, top sheet margin single, variety imperf. at left, n.h., v.f.
**
Catalog #1133
Price Realized
$800.00

Lot #1427
SOVIET UNION 1946-47 Issues
1947 Definitives, 60k Spassky Tower, horizontal sheet margin strip of three, imperf. vertically between stamps and at left, n.h., some natural wrinkles, v.f.,
**
Catalog #1133
Catalog Value $1,666
Price Realized
$675.00

Lot #1428
SOVIET UNION 1948-50 Issues
1948 Leningrad views, three varieties, with 50k imperf. at bottom, used and unused (h.r., trimmed), also 1r imperf. right, barest trace of a hinge in margin, fine-v.f.
*O
Catalog #1135,1137
Unsold
Lot #1429
SOVIET UNION 1948-50 Issues
1948 Ukrainian SSR, 30k variety imperf. at top, sheet margin at left, used, v.f.,
O
Catalog #1141
Catalog Value $300
Price Realized
$130.00

Lot #1430
SOVIET UNION 1948-50 Issues
1948 Surikov, 30k variety imperf. at top, h.r., also "1943" instead of "1948" variety used, fine-v.f.
*O
Catalog #1145
Catalog Value $450
Price Realized
$260.00

Lot #1431
SOVIET UNION 1948-50 Issues
1948 three varieties, including Surikov imperf. at top, 30k Artillery imperf. at bottom (creased) and 60k Military Class, imperf. at top, used, fine-v.f.
O
Catalog #1145,1150,1153
Unsold
Lot #1432
SOVIET UNION 1948-50 Issues
1948 Chapayev, 60k variety imperf. at bottom, n.h., v.f.,
**
Catalog #1148
Catalog Value $400
Price Realized
$170.00

Lot #1433
SOVIET UNION 1948-50 Issues
1948 Definitives, 20k variety imperf. at bottom, h.r., v.f.,
*
Catalog #1161
Catalog Value $600
Price Realized
$250.00

Lot #1434
SOVIET UNION 1948-50 Issues
1948 Definitives, 50k variety imperf. at right, n.h., v.f.,
**
Catalog #1164
Catalog Value $1,333
Price Realized
$800.00

Lot #1435
SOVIET UNION 1948-50 Issues
1948 Ostrovsky, imperf. set of three, n.h., v.f.,
**
Catalog #1168-1170
Catalog Value $2,133
Price Realized
$850.00

Lot #1436
SOVIET UNION 1948-50 Issues
1948 Ostrovsky, 30k green, variety imperf. at left, cancelled to order, v.f. (cat. $1,650 for unused)
O
Catalog #1168
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #1437
SOVIET UNION 1948-50 Issues
1948 Five Years in Four, 30k variety imperf. at left, sheet margin at bottom, cancelled to order, v.f.,
O
Catalog #1179
Price Realized
$300.00

Lot #1438
SOVIET UNION 1948-50 Issues
1948 25th Anniversary, 30k variety imperf. at right and 60k variety imperf. at left, used, fine-v.f.,
O
Catalog #1181-1182
Catalog Value $1,466
Price Realized
$525.00

Lot #1439
SOVIET UNION 1948-50 Issues
1948 25th Anniversary, 60k variety imperf. at left, marginal adhesion (stamp n.h.), heavy gum wrinkles, otherwise fine,
*
Catalog #1182
Catalog Value $1,166
Price Realized
$400.00

Lot #1440
SOVIET UNION 1948-50 Issues
1948 Livestock, 30k variety imperf. at top, h.r. and pencil notation in upper margin, few marginal wrinkles, otherwise v.f.,
*
Catalog #1194
Catalog Value $2,666
Price Realized
$1,700.00

Lot #1441
SOVIET UNION 1948-50 Issues
1948 Heavy Machinery, 30k violet, three varieties, incl. imperf. at bottom, used and unused (trimmed), plus imperf. at top, used, light stain on reverse, fine-v.f.,
*O
Catalog #1201
Catalog Value $2,400
Unsold
Lot #1442
SOVIET UNION 1948-50 Issues
1948 Sports, four varieties, including 15k imperf. at top, used and unused (h.r.), also 15k imperf. at left (l.h.) and 45k imperf. at top, cancelled to order, fine-v.f.,
*O
Catalog #1220,1222
Catalog Value $2,633
Price Realized
$400.00

Lot #1443
SOVIET UNION 1948-50 Issues
1948 Sports, 30k Football horizontal pair imperf. between, n.h., v.f.,
**
Catalog #1221
Catalog Value $3,000
Price Realized
$1,100.00

Lot #1444
SOVIET UNION 1948-50 Issues
1948 Tankmen, 1r horizontal pair imperf. between, cancelled to order, heavy natural gum creases, otherwise v.f. and rare,
O
Catalog #1225
Catalog Value $3,333
Price Realized
$2,400.00

Lot #1445
SOVIET UNION 1948-50 Issues
1949 Lenin Mausoleum, imperforate souvenir sheet, n.h. and post office fresh, natural wrinkles and inclusions, v.f.,
Box **

Catalog Value $2,500
Price Realized
$2,000.00

Lot #1446
SOVIET UNION 1948-50 Issues
1949 Lenin Mausoleum, imperforate souvenir sheet, natural yellowish paper, l.h. and post office fresh, natural wrinkles and inclusions, v.f.,
Box *

Catalog Value $1,000
Price Realized
$1,100.00

Lot #1447
SOVIET UNION 1948-50 Issues
1949 Crimea and Caucasus, three varieties, incl. 40k Sochi and 40k Gagri, each imperf. at right (used), also 40k Crimea variety imperf. at top, h.r., fine-v.f.,
*O
Catalog #1263,1265,1269
Catalog Value $2,016
Price Realized
$625.00

Lot #1448
SOVIET UNION 1948-50 Issues
1949 Lomonosov, two varieties, 40k imperf. at top, another imperf. at bottom, used, fine-v.f.,
O
Catalog #1270
Catalog Value $666
Unsold
Lot #1449
SOVIET UNION 1948-50 Issues
1949 Sport, 1r carmine, variety imperf. at top, used, v.f.,
O
Catalog #1324
Catalog Value $733
Price Realized
$260.00

Lot #1450
SOVIET UNION 1948-50 Issues
1949 Chapayev, 40k variety imperf. at top, h.r., also Maly Theater, 50k variety imperf. at left, used, fine-v.f.,
*O
Catalog #1342,1358
Catalog Value $1,033
Price Realized
$300.00

Lot #1451
SOVIET UNION 1948-50 Issues
1949 Pavlov, 40k variety imperf. at bottom, l.h., v.f.,
*
Catalog #1343
Catalog Value $2,333
Price Realized
$2,200.00

Lot #1452
SOVIET UNION 1948-50 Issues
1949 UPU, 40k globe, imperforate single, double impression of the dark blue color, slightly disturbed gum, few toned spots, otherwise v.f. (Liapine 1390)
*
Catalog #1345
Catalog Value €1,500
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #1453
SOVIET UNION 1948-50 Issues
1949 Sports, 1r Weightlifter variety imperf. at right, n.h., few natural wrinkles, v.f.,
**
Catalog #1375
Catalog Value $666
Price Realized
$250.00

Lot #1454
SOVIET UNION 1948-50 Issues
1949 definitives, 40k variety imperf. at left, l.h., v.f., rare,
*
Catalog #1382
Catalog Value $4,150
Price Realized
$1,800.00

Lot #1455
SOVIET UNION 1948-50 Issues
1949 Return of Western Territories, 40k variety imperf. at bottom, used, usual rough perforations, fine and rare, unpriced used (cat. $3,000 for unused)
O
Catalog #1390
Price Realized
$1,000.00

Lot #1456
SOVIET UNION 1948-50 Issues
1949 World Peace, 40k variety imperf. at top, n.h., fine,
**
Catalog #1391
Catalog Value $2,000
Unsold
Lot #1457
SOVIET UNION 1948-50 Issues
1949 25th Anniversary of the Uzbek Republic, 20k blue, bottom sheet margin single, variety imperf. at right, used, creases, otherwise fine,
O
Catalog #1397
Catalog Value $1,066
Price Realized
$240.00

Lot #1458
SOVIET UNION 1948-50 Issues
1949 25th Anniversary of the Uzbek Republic, 40k vertical pair, variety imperf. at bottom, cancelled to order, marginal creases, otherwise fine, with owner's handstamp on reverse,
O
Catalog #1399
Catalog Value $2,500
Price Realized
$525.00

Lot #1459
SOVIET UNION 1948-50 Issues
1950 Lenin at Razliv, 40k dark green and brown, variety imperf. at left, used, v.f.,
O
Catalog #1403
Catalog Value $1,000
Unsold
Lot #1460
SOVIET UNION 1948-50 Issues
1950 Lenin Museum, 1r left corner sheet margin horizontal pair imperf. between, l.h., v.f.,
*
Catalog #1405
Catalog Value $2,000
Unsold
Lot #1461
SOVIET UNION 1948-50 Issues
1950 Turkmen, variety imperf. at right, n.h., very light natural gum creases, v.f.,
**
Catalog #1408
Catalog Value $600
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #1462
SOVIET UNION 1948-50 Issues
1950 Morozov, 40k variety imperf. at top, used, fine,
O
Catalog #1413
Catalog Value $600
Price Realized
$190.00

Lot #1463
SOVIET UNION 1948-50 Issues
1950 Museums of Moscow, 40k variety imperf. at right, cancelled to order, v.f.,
O
Catalog #1417
Catalog Value $1,333
Price Realized
$525.00

Lot #1464
SOVIET UNION 1948-50 Issues
1950 Museums of Moscow, 40k variety imperf. at left, disturbed gum, v.f.,
*
Catalog #1419
Catalog Value $2,333
Price Realized
$750.00

Lot #1465
SOVIET UNION 1948-50 Issues
1950 Latvian Republic, 2r variety imperf. at top, n.h., v.f.,
*
Catalog #1454
Catalog Value $1,000
Unsold
Lot #1466
SOVIET UNION 1948-50 Issues
1950 Moscow Metro, 40k green, variety imperf. at right, used, v.f.
O
Catalog #1463
Price Realized
$400.00

Lot #1467
SOVIET UNION 1948-50 Issues
1950 Socialist Peoples and Flags, 40k top margin vertical strip of three, middle and bottom stamps imperf. between, disturbed gum, short perf. at lower left, otherwise v.f. and rare variety,
*
Catalog #1469
Catalog Value $4,333
Price Realized
$4,500.00

Lot #1468
SOVIET UNION 1948-50 Issues
1950 All Union Peace Conference, 40k variety imperf. at right, also 1r variety imperf. at top, both cancelled to order, fine-v.f.,
O
Catalog #1472-1473
Catalog Value $1,200
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #1469
SOVIET UNION 1948-50 Issues
1950 Levitan, 50k variety imperf. at top, n.h., v.f.,
**
Catalog #1481
Catalog Value $1,233
Price Realized
$600.00

Lot #1470
SOVIET UNION 1948-50 Issues
1950 Aivazovsky, 50k variety imperf. at right, small h.r., natural heavy gum wrinkles and short perfs at bottom right, otherwise fine and rare,
*
Catalog #1498
Catalog Value $3,000
Price Realized
$1,800.00

Lot #1471
SOVIET UNION 1948-50 Issues
1950 Aivazovsky, 1r variety imperf. at right, cancelled to order, v.f. and rare,
O
Catalog #1499
Catalog Value $2,000
Price Realized
$2,200.00

Lot #1472
SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues
1951 Bolshoi Theater, 1r variety imperf. at right (trimmed), used, fine,
O
Catalog #1526
Catalog Value $2,500
Unsold
Lot #1473
SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues
1951 Kalinin, 20k vertical pair imperf. between and at bottom, used (as always), fine and rare,
O
Catalog #1537
Catalog Value $3,333
Price Realized
$4,000.00

Lot #1474
SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues
1951 Scientists, smaller frame, 12 different, l.h., v.f.
*
Catalog #1540/55
Unsold
Lot #1475
SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues
1951 Kovalevsky, 40k variety imperf. at top, n.h., v.f.,
**
Catalog #1544
Catalog Value $2,000
Price Realized
$950.00

Lot #1476
SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues
1951 Lebedev, 40k variety imperf. at top, n.h., v.f.,
**
Catalog #1551
Catalog Value $2,000
Price Realized
$1,500.00

Lot #1477
SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues
1951 Kurnakov, 40k variety imperf. at top, n.h., v.f.,
**
Catalog #1554
Catalog Value $2,000
Price Realized
$1,300.00

Lot #1478
SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues
1951 Aviation as a Sport, 60k variety imperf. at left, used, v.f.,
O
Catalog #1559
Catalog Value $1,666
Price Realized
$1,200.00

Lot #1479
SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues
1951 Vasnetsov, 40k left sheet margin single, variety imperf. at bottom, also 1r variety imperf. at top, both cancelled to order, 1r with some light gum staining, otherwise fine-v.f.
O
Catalog #1562-1563
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #1480
SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues
1951 Vasnetsov, 40k bottom margin vertical pair imperf. between, cancelled to order, corner perf. crease, otherwise v.f. and rare unlisted variety
O
Catalog #1562
Price Realized
$2,800.00

Lot #1481
SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues
1951 34th Anniversary of the October Revolution, 40k Lenin & Stalin, two singles, each with varying degree of red color shift, l.h. or n.h., v.f. (Liapine 1605P1)
*/**
Catalog #1564
Catalog Value €2,000
Price Realized
$525.00

Lot #1482
SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues
1951 34th Anniversary of the October Revolution, 40k Lenin & Stalin, red color shifted, block of four, n.h., v.f. (Liapine 1605P1)
Box **
Catalog #1564
Catalog Value €4,000
Price Realized
$2,800.00

Lot #1483
SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues
1951 Great Projects of Communism, 20k bottom sheet margin single, variety imperf. at right, used, some marginal wrinkles, v.f.,
O
Catalog #1566
Catalog Value $833
Price Realized
$300.00

Lot #1484
SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues
1951 Soviet-Czech Friendship, 60k variety imperf. at top, n.h., v.f.,
**
Catalog #1575
Catalog Value $1,800
Price Realized
$1,300.00

Lot #1485
SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues
1951 Soviet-Czech Friendship, 1r variety imperf. at right, lightly cancelled, fine,
O
Catalog #1576
Catalog Value $1,333
Price Realized
$700.00

Lot #1486
SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues
1951 Volkhov Hydro-Electric Station, 40k horizontal pair, variety imperf. at right, cancelled to order, v.f.,
O
Catalog #1578
Catalog Value $1,066
Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #1487
SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues
1951 Volkhov Hydro-Electric Station, 40k variety with part of design omitted at left, cancelled to order, v.f.
O
Catalog #1578
Price Realized
$260.00

Lot #1488
SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues
1952 Cross Country Skiing, 60k variety imperf. at top, n.h., natural gum wrinkles, otherwise v.f.,
**
Catalog #1585
Catalog Value $2,166
Price Realized
$1,000.00

Lot #1489
SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues
1952 Gogol, 1r variety imperf. at bottom, used, light marginal wrinkle, v.f. and rare,
O
Catalog #1589
Catalog Value $2,333
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #1490
SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues
1952 Victor Hugo, 40k variety imperf. at left, used, light marginal crease, otherwise v.f. and rare,
O
Catalog #1596
Catalog Value $1,666
Price Realized
$550.00

Lot #1491
SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues
1952 Novikov-Priboy, 40k variety imperf. at bottom, h.r. with light gum disturbances, v.f. and rare,
*
Catalog #1597
Catalog Value $1,666
Price Realized
$1,000.00

Lot #1492
SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues
1952 Julaev, 40k variety imperf. at left, n.h., few natural wrinkles, still v.f. and rare, unpriced in unused condition (cat. value $1,666 for used)
**
Catalog #1598
Price Realized
$1,200.00

Lot #1493
SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues
1952 Medals of the U.S.S.R., 2r variety imperf. at right, n.h., some marginal gum loss, v.f. and rare,
**
Catalog #1610
Catalog Value $3,000
Price Realized
$1,300.00

Lot #1494
SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues
1952 Radishchev, 40k variety imperf. at right, used, fine and rare,
O
Catalog #1614
Catalog Value $1,666
Unsold
Lot #1495
SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues
1952 Odoyevski, 40k variety imperf. at bottom, used, v.f.,
O
Catalog #1621
Catalog Value $666
Price Realized
$220.00

Lot #1496
SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues
1953 Stalin Peace Medal, 40k variety imperf. at right, n.h., few minor gum bends, v.f.,
**
Catalog #1630
Catalog Value $2,333
Price Realized
$950.00

Lot #1497
SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues
1953 Volga-Don Canal, two different varieties, incl. 40k imperf. at top, plus another 40k left margin single, variety imperf. at bottom, used, fine-v.f.,
O
Catalog #1634-1635
Catalog Value $1,600
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #1498
SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues
1953 Tolstoy, 1r variety imperf. at left, n.h., natural gum wrinkles, v.f.,
**
Catalog #1641
Catalog Value $2,000
Price Realized
$650.00

Lot #1499
SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues
1954 Elections to the Supreme Soviet, 40k variety imperf. at top, n.h., natural gum loss at upper margin, few natural paper inclusions, still v.f. and rare,
**
Catalog #1660
Catalog Value $3,333
Price Realized
$4,000.00

Lot #1500
SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues
1954 Chkalov (Aviator), 50k variety imperf. at bottom, n.h., few natural gum wrinkles, v.f. and rare,
**
Catalog #1661
Catalog Value $3,000
Price Realized
$1,800.00

Lot #1501
SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues
1954 Stalin, 40k variety imperf. at left, used, v.f.,
O
Catalog #1667
Catalog Value $2,333
Price Realized
$1,800.00

Lot #1502
SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues
1954 300th Anniversary of the Russia-Ukraine Union, 2r variety imperf. at right, unused (trimmed, gum soak at bottom) and used, fine
**O
Catalog #1668
Unsold
Lot #1503
SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues
1954 300th Anniversary of the Russia-Ukraine Union, 40k variety imperf. at left, n.h., v.f.,
**
Catalog #1671
Catalog Value $1,333
Unsold
Lot #1504
SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues
1954 300th Anniversary of the Russia-Ukraine Union, 1r variety imperf. at top, n.h., v.f. and rare,
**
Catalog #1675
Catalog Value $2,500
Price Realized
$1,200.00

Lot #1505
SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues
1954 Sport, 40k Sailing, horizontal pair imperf. between, h.r., v.f.,
*O
Catalog #1678
Catalog Value $2,000
Price Realized
$950.00

Lot #1506
SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues
1954 Sport, 1r Basketball, variety imperf. at left, n.h., few natural wrinkles, fine and rare,
**
Catalog #1685
Catalog Value $3,000
Price Realized
$2,000.00

Lot #1507
SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues
1954 Glinka, 40k variety imperf. at left (slightly disturbed gum), also another variety imperf. at top, cancelled to order, fine-v.f.,
*O
Catalog #1689
Catalog Value $2,800
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #1508
SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues
1954 Kazan University, 60k variety imperf. at bottom, small h.r., natural heavy paper wrinkles (affecting the design), also same trimmed at sides and top to resemble an imperf., n.h., fine
*/**
Catalog #1705
Price Realized
$250.00

Lot #1509
SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues
1955 Birth of Lenin, 1r double impression, with sheet margin at left, small h.r., v.f., unlisted in Standart (Liapine 1768)
*
Catalog #1723var
Catalog Value €2,000
Price Realized
$550.00

Lot #1510
SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues
1955 Venezianov, 1r sheet margin variety imperf. at top, l.h., owner's handstamp on reverse, fine,
*
Catalog #1748
Catalog Value $2,333
Price Realized
$1,000.00

Lot #1511
SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues
1955 Venezianov, 1r vertical pair imperf. between, hinged at top, few natural wrinkles and inclusions, v.f. and rare,
*
Catalog #1748
Catalog Value $3,333
Price Realized
$1,500.00

Lot #1512
SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues
1955 Magnitogorsk, 40k vertical pair imperf. between, small h.r. at top, natural spotty gum, v.f. and rare,
*
Catalog #1760
Catalog Value $4,000
Price Realized
$1,800.00

Lot #1513
SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues
1955 Krylov, 40k left sheet corner margin vertical pair, fold-over variety, n.h., v.f. and striking variety
**
Catalog #1763
Price Realized
$150.00

Lot #1514
SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues
1956 Suvorov, 40k variety imperf. at right, used, v.f.,
O
Catalog #1773
Catalog Value $2,500
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #1515
SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues
1956 Abovian (Armenian writer), 40k variety imperf. at right (large margin but possibly result of a wide perf.), n.h., corner perf. crease, otherwise v.f., sold as is
**
Catalog #1776
Price Realized
$2,100.00

Lot #1516
SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues
1956 Revolution of 1905, 40k variety imperf. at top, cancelled to order, v.f.,
O
Catalog #1777
Catalog Value $1,333
Price Realized
$550.00

Lot #1517
SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues
1956 Pavilions, 1r bottom sheet margin variety imperf. at right, n.h., v.f.,
**
Catalog #1787
Catalog Value $2,333
Price Realized
$1,000.00

Lot #1518
SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues
1956 Perov's "Hunters at Rest", 1r block of four, variety imperf. at bottom, used, v.f. and rare,
Box
Catalog #1796
Catalog Value $3,666
Unsold
Lot #1519
SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues
1957 A.N. Bach (Soviet Biochemist), 40k variety, imperf. at right, used, v.f.,
O
Catalog #1919
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #1520
SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues
1957 International Youth Games, three varieties, including 25k imperf. at right, used and unused (n.h., slight black offsets on reverse), also 40k variety imperf. at right, used, fine-v.f.
**O
Catalog #1941-1942
Price Realized
$625.00

Lot #1521
SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues
1957 International Youth Games, 60k horizontal pair imperf. between, l.h. if at all, v.f.,
*
Catalog #1944
Catalog Value $2,000
Price Realized
$850.00

Lot #1522
SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues
1957 1957 Moscow Festival, 1r variety imperf. at top, n.h., few natural gum wrinkles, v.f.,
**
Catalog #1955
Catalog Value $1,666
Price Realized
$750.00

Lot #1523
SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues
1957 Sputnik Circling Globe, 40k variety imperf. at bottom, l.h. at far bottom, v.f.,
*
Catalog #2000
Catalog Value $1,666
Price Realized
$600.00

Lot #1524
SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues
1957 Sputnik Circling Globe, 40k variety imperf. right, trimmed (possibly wide margin), cancelled to order, fine, sold as is
O
Catalog #2000
Unsold
Lot #1525
SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues
1957 Ermolova, two different varieties incl. 40k imperf. at right (n.h.), plus imperf. at top (used), v.f.,
**O
Catalog #2012
Catalog Value $2,833
Price Realized
$1,400.00

Lot #1526
SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues
1957 Bashindchagin (Painter), 40k variety imperf. at top, trimmed (possibly wide margin), n.h., v.f., sold as is
**
Catalog #2015
Price Realized
$160.00

Lot #1527
SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues
1957 Union Industrial Exhibition, 60k imperf. corner margin single, n.h., v.f.,
**
Catalog #2021
Catalog Value $1,500
Price Realized
$950.00

Lot #1528
SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues
1958 Sharents (Poet), 40k vertical pair imperf. between, n.h., some slight ink offsets and natural wrinkles, fine and rare,
**
Catalog #2034
Catalog Value $1,833
Unsold
Lot #1529
SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues
1958 Rudnev, 40k top sheet margin horizontal strip of three, imperf. between middle and right stamps, tiny gum adhesion, heavy wrinkles, v.f. and rare,
*
Catalog #2043
Catalog Value $4,000
Price Realized
$2,100.00

Lot #1530
SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues
1958 Karl Marx, 60k variety imperf. at right, cancelled to order, v.f.,
O
Catalog #2059
Catalog Value $1,833
Price Realized
$1,900.00

Lot #1531
SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues
1958 Karl Marx, 1r variety imperf. at left, n.h., with marginal security punch, v.f.,
**
Catalog #2060
Catalog Value $1,666
Price Realized
$1,300.00

Lot #1532
SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues
1958 Karl Marx, 1r variety imperf. at right, cancelled to order, v.f.,
O
Catalog #2060
Price Realized
$850.00

Lot #1533
SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues
1958 Crimea Observatory, 40k variety imperf. at top, used, v.f.,
O
Catalog #2105
Catalog Value $2,333
Price Realized
$1,100.00

Lot #1534
SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues
1958 International Astronomical Union, 60k vertical pair, bottom stamp "UAU" instead of "UAJ" variety, n.h., v.f.,
**
Catalog #2106Ka
Catalog Value $1,500
Price Realized
$800.00

Lot #1535
SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues
1958 Definitives, 60k Steel Worker, variety imperf. at top, n.h., v.f.,
**
Catalog #2134
Catalog Value $1,000
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #1536
SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues
1958 Capitals, 40k Riga, variety imperf. at top, with sheet margin at right, n.h., some marginal gum skips, v.f.,
**
Catalog #2151
Catalog Value $733
Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #1537
SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues
1958 Capitals, 40k Riga, variety imperf. at left, n.h., v.f.,
**
Catalog #2151
Catalog Value $1,233
Price Realized
$425.00

Lot #1538
SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues
1958 Mendeleyev Congress, overprinted in red and in blue, set of two, n.h., v.f., one signed Romeko. The Congress was called off, stamps never issued, rare,
**
Catalog #XX
Catalog Value $5,000
Price Realized
$2,200.00

Lot #1539
SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues
1959 Basketball (Chile overprint) 1r variety imperf. at top, cancelled to order, fine and rare, unpriced used
O
Catalog #2193
Price Realized
$850.00

Lot #1540
SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues
1959 Chile, block of four, lower left stamp "C" (of Chile) directly under "K", cancelled to order, v.f.
Box
Catalog #2193/I
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #1541
SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues
1959 Robert Burns, 40k overprinted "1759-1959" in red, variety imperf. at left, trimmed (possibly wide margin), l.h., minor water stain, otherwise v.f., with handstamped guarantee, sold as is
*
Catalog #2194
Price Realized
$200.00

Lot #1542
SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues
1959 Animals, 25k Tiger, variety imperf. at top, n.h., v.f.,
**
Catalog #2241
Catalog Value $1,666
Price Realized
$950.00

Lot #1543
SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues
1959 Animals, 40k Pine Marten, variety imperf. at left, n.h., v.f.,
**
Catalog #2243
Catalog Value $1,333
Price Realized
$675.00

Lot #1544
SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues
1959 Khrushchev's Visit to the U.S., 60k variety imperf. at bottom, n.h., v.f.,
**
Catalog #2285
Catalog Value $1,333
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #1545
SOVIET UNION 1951-59 Issues
1959 Lena River (Siberia), 25k variety imperf. at top, n.h., v.f. and rare,
**
Catalog #2298
Catalog Value $2,000
Price Realized
$2,000.00

Lot #1546
SOVIET UNION 1960-64 Issues
1960 Capitals, 40k Grozny, variety imperf. at top, n.h., v.f.,
**
Catalog #2345
Catalog Value $2,000
Price Realized
$1,300.00

Lot #1547
SOVIET UNION 1960-64 Issues
1960 Capitals, 40k Kara-Kalpak, variety imperf. at right, usual spotty gum, n.h., v.f.,
**
Catalog #2349
Catalog Value $2,333
Price Realized
$1,200.00

Lot #1548
SOVIET UNION 1960-64 Issues
1960 Karelian Autonomous Republic, 40k variety imperf. at top, n.h., v.f., unlisted in Standart (Liapine 2389)
**
Catalog #2354
Catalog Value €700
Price Realized
$2,100.00

Lot #1549
SOVIET UNION 1960-64 Issues
1960 Costumes (Lithuanian), 10k horizontal pair imperf. between, used, v.f.,
O
Catalog #2422
Catalog Value $2,333
Price Realized
$750.00

Lot #1550
SOVIET UNION 1960-64 Issues
1961 Capitals, 4k Buryat, variety imperf. at top, n.h., v.f.,
**
Catalog #2488
Catalog Value $2,333
Price Realized
$1,300.00

Lot #1551
SOVIET UNION 1960-64 Issues
1962 Lenin, 10k horizontal pair, imperf. between, cancelled to order, v.f.,
O
Catalog #2590
Catalog Value $1,333
Unsold
Lot #1552
SOVIET UNION 1960-64 Issues
1962 Sabir, inscribed "Azerbajanyn" in error, sheet margin at left, n.h., v.f. and rare, as most copies were withdrawn before being released to the public,
**
Catalog #2626I
Catalog Value $4,000
Price Realized
$2,200.00

Lot #1553
SOVIET UNION 1960-64 Issues
1964 Tokyo souvenir sheet (green), n.h., v.f.
**
Price Realized
$220.00

Lot #1554
SOVIET UNION 1964-65 Issues
1965 Lenin, 10k variety imperf. at left, cancelled to order, v.f.,
O
Catalog #3100
Catalog Value $2,000
Unsold
Lot #1555
SOVIET UNION 1964-65 Issues
1965 20th Anniversary of the End of World War II, 20k variety imperf. at bottom, n.h., v.f.,
**
Catalog #3116
Catalog Value $2,333
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #1556
SOVIET UNION 1964-65 Issues
1965 Serov, 6k variety imperf. at left, n.h., some marginal gum loss, v.f.,
**
Catalog #3131
Catalog Value $1,000
Price Realized
$300.00

Lot #1557
SOVIET UNION 1964-65 Issues
1965 Fedotov's "Major's Courtship", bottom margin vertical pair imperf. between, cancelled to order, horizontal crease between the stamps, otherwise v.f. and rare,
O
Catalog #3220
Catalog Value $1,666
Unsold
Lot #1558
SOVIET UNION 1966-70 Issues
1966 Ordzhonikidze, 4k variety imperf. at right, n.h., v.f. and rare,
**
Catalog #3284
Catalog Value $2,666
Price Realized
$2,400.00

Lot #1559
SOVIET UNION 1966-70 Issues
1966 Treasures of the Hermitage, 6k variety imperf. at top, n.h., v.f.,
**
Catalog #3363
Catalog Value $2,333
Price Realized
$1,100.00

Lot #1560
SOVIET UNION 1966-70 Issues
1966 Treasures of the Hermitage, 6k sheet margin variety imperf. at top, cancelled to order, some natural wrinkles, v.f.,
O
Catalog #3363
Catalog Value $1,000
Price Realized
$300.00

Lot #1561
SOVIET UNION 1966-70 Issues
1967 Ukrainian SSR, 4k variety imperf. at bottom, trimmed, slight gum disturbance, otherwise v.f.
*
Catalog #3480
Unsold
Lot #1562
SOVIET UNION 1966-70 Issues
1967 Paintings, 4k variety imperf. at bottom, cancelled to order, v.f.,
O
Catalog #3496
Catalog Value $833
Price Realized
$260.00

Lot #1563
SOVIET UNION 1966-70 Issues
1967 Paintings, 6k variety imperf. at left, n.h., slight ink offset on gum, otherwise v.f.,
*
Catalog #3498
Catalog Value $1,233
Price Realized
$425.00

Lot #1564
SOVIET UNION 1966-70 Issues
1967 Paintings, 6k variety imperf. at right, cancelled to order, v.f.,
O
Catalog #3498
Price Realized
$270.00

Lot #1565
SOVIET UNION 1966-70 Issues
1968 Definitives, 50k variety imperf. at bottom, cancelled to order, fine
O
Catalog #3554
Price Realized
$280.00

Lot #1566
SOVIET UNION 1966-70 Issues
1969 Filchenkov, 4k variety imperf. at left, top left corner margin single, used, v.f.,
O
Catalog #3651
Catalog Value $2,000
Price Realized
$1,300.00

Lot #1567
SOVIET UNION 1966-70 Issues
1969 Ice Hockey World Champions, overprinted "1969r" instead of issued "Stockholm 1969", n.h., v.f.
**
Catalog #3689var
Price Realized
$375.00

Lot #1568
SOVIET UNION 1966-70 Issues
1969 Fairy Tales, 4k-50k, set of five vertical or horizontal pairs imperf. between, n.h., some minor facial scuffs, still v.f. and rare
**
Catalog #3738-3742
Price Realized
$1,300.00

Lot #1569
SOVIET UNION 1966-70 Issues
1969 Fairy Tales, 4k-50k, se-tenant horizontal strip of five, variety, all stamps imperf. at top, n.h., few natural inclusions, faint facial scuffs and minor wrinkles, v.f.,
**
Catalog #3738-3742
Catalog Value $5,000
Price Realized
$1,800.00

Lot #1570
SOVIET UNION 1966-70 Issues
1969 Fairy Tales, 4k-50k, two se-tenant horizontal strips of five, each imperf. between 4k and 10k, one with double perforations between 10k and 16k, n.h., few natural wrinkles, otherwise v.f.,
**
Catalog #3738-3742
Catalog Value $2,666
Unsold
Lot #1571
SOVIET UNION 1966-70 Issues
1969 Fairy Tales, 4k-50k, two se-tenant horizontal strips of five, one imperf. at right, the other imperf. between 20k and 50k, n.h., fine-v.f.
**
Catalog #3738-3742
Catalog Value $1,666
Unsold
Lot #1572
SOVIET UNION 1966-70 Issues
1969 Fairy Tales, 4k-50k, se-tenant sheet margin horizontal strip of five, imperf. between 20k and 50k and at right, n.h., v.f.,
**
Catalog #3738-3742
Catalog Value $2,333
Price Realized
$1,600.00

Lot #1573
SOVIET UNION 1966-70 Issues
1969 Fairy Tales, 4k variety imperf. at left, n.h., v.f.
**
Catalog #3738
Price Realized
$160.00

Lot #1574
SOVIET UNION 1966-70 Issues
1969 Lenin, variety imperf. at right, l.h., small marginal tear, otherwise fine,
*
Catalog #3751
Catalog Value $2,000
Price Realized
$650.00

Lot #1575
SOVIET UNION 1970-91 Issues
1971 Feodosia, variety imperf. at right, cancelled to order, v.f., unlisted in Standart
O
Catalog #3896
Price Realized
$270.00

Lot #1576
SOVIET UNION 1970-91 Issues
1975 Michelangelo, horizontal se-tenant strip of three, each stamp without background (regular strip included for comparison), n.h., v.f.
**
Catalog #4379-81
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #1577
SOVIET UNION 1970-91 Issues
1975 Art, 4k-20k, two se-tenant sheet margin horizontal strip of five, one imperf. at right, the other at left, n.h., fine-v.f.,
**
Catalog #4484-4488
Catalog Value $2,000
Unsold
Lot #1578
SOVIET UNION 1970-91 Issues
1975 Fairy Tales, 20k variety imperf. at right, n.h., v.f.
**
Catalog #4488
Price Realized
$250.00

Lot #1579
SOVIET UNION 1970-91 Issues
1976 Definitives, 4k Coat of Arms, variety imperf. at left, n.h., v.f.
**
Catalog #4547
Price Realized
$575.00

Lot #1580
SOVIET UNION 1970-91 Issues
1975 definitives, 4k horizontal pair, fold-over variety, n.h., v.f.
**
Catalog #4547var
Price Realized
$300.00

Lot #1581
SOVIET UNION 1970-91 Issues
1976 Definitives, 4k Coat of Arms, top sheet margin single, variety imperf. at left, n.h., v.f.
**
Catalog #4682
Price Realized
$575.00

Lot #1582
SOVIET UNION 1970-91 Issues
1977-80 Moscow Olympics, issues complete in sheetlets of 16-20, n.h., housed in two special albums, also an additional album with FDCs, v.f. (catalogue value for unused sheetlets only)
Box **

Catalog Value $1,400
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #1583
RUSSIA - AIR POST
1930 40k and 80k Zeppelin, imperforate horizontal pairs, full margins all around, small h.r., fresh and v.f., signed Goznak, etc.,
*
Catalog #256-257
Catalog Value $8,000
Price Realized
$5,000.00

Lot #1584
RUSSIA - AIR POST
1931 Airships, 50k blue black, error of color, l.h., v.f.,
*
Catalog #276
Catalog Value $666
Price Realized
$375.00

Lot #1585
RUSSIA - AIR POST
1931 North Pole, top sheet corner margin blocks of four, privately perforated 11 1/2, stamps n.h., v.f.
Box **
Catalog #286-289
Price Realized
$5,500.00

Lot #1586
RUSSIA - AIR POST
1934 Civil Aviation, 10k green, left margin horizontal pair imperf. between, small h.r., few natural wrinkles, v.f. and rare unused,
*
Catalog #351
Catalog Value $6,666
Price Realized
$1,900.00

Lot #1587
RUSSIA - AIR POST
1934 Civil Aviation, 10k green, corner margin horizontal pair imperf. between, used, few natural wrinkles, v.f.,
O
Catalog #351
Catalog Value $3,000
Unsold
Lot #1588
RUSSIA - AIR POST
1934 20k red, right sheet margin single, perf. 14:10:14:14, cancelled to order, fresh and v.f., rare (Liapine 417A)
O
Catalog #357var
Catalog Value €9,000
Price Realized
$7,500.00

Lot #1589
RUSSIA - AIR POST
1934 5k Usyskin, left sheet margin single, variety imperf. at bottom, cancelled to order, v.f. and extremely rare variety, which is only known used (a similar copy brought $24,150 including the buyer's premium in our September 2008),
O
Catalog #373
Catalog Value $11,666
Price Realized
$16,500.00

Lot #1590
RUSSIA - AIR POST
1934 10k Vasenko, variety imperf. at bottom, cancelled to order, v.f. and rare,
O
Catalog #374
Catalog Value $10,000
Unsold
Lot #1591
RUSSIA - AIR POST
1935 Chelyuskin, set of ten photo proofs in black (used for publicity release purposes), 50k enlarged size, fine-v.f. and scarce
P
Catalog #392-401P
Price Realized
$550.00

Lot #1592
RUSSIA - AIR POST
1935 Chelyuskin, complete set, l.h. or h.r., fine-v.f.,
*
Catalog #392-401
Catalog Value $1,160
Price Realized
$750.00

Lot #1593
RUSSIA - AIR POST
1935 Moscow-San Francisco, 1r surcharge, small h.r., v.f., signed Goznak,
*
Catalog #420
Catalog Value $833
Unsold
Lot #1594
RUSSIA - AIR POST
1935 Moscow-San Francisco, 1r surcharge, small "f" variety, h.r., v.f., signed Goznak,
*
Catalog #420Ka
Catalog Value $1,833
Unsold
Lot #1595
RUSSIA - AIR POST
1937 Jubilee Aviation Exhibition, 10k vertical pair imperf. between, used, v.f.,
O
Catalog #473
Catalog Value $8,333
Price Realized
$3,000.00

Lot #1596
RUSSIA - AIR POST
1937 Jubilee Aviation Exhibition, 20k variety imperf. at left, used, v.f.,
O
Catalog #474
Catalog Value $2,333
Unsold
Lot #1597
RUSSIA - AIR POST
1937 Jubilee Aviation Exhibition, 30k vertical pair imperf. between, cancelled to order, v.f.,
O
Catalog #475
Catalog Value $6,000
Price Realized
$1,800.00

Lot #1598
RUSSIA - AIR POST
1937 Jubilee Aviation Exhibition, 40k vertical pair variety imperf. between, h.r. at top, v.f. and rare unused,
*
Catalog #476
Catalog Value $6,666
Price Realized
$3,000.00

Lot #1599
RUSSIA - AIR POST
1937 Jubilee Aviation Exhibition, 40k vertical pair variety imperf. between, used, fine,
O
Catalog #476
Catalog Value $4,166
Price Realized
$950.00

Lot #1600
RUSSIA - AIR POST
1937 Jubilee Aviation Exhibition, 50k vertical pair variety imperf. between, cancelled to order, v.f.,
O
Catalog #477
Catalog Value $6,166
Price Realized
$2,400.00

Lot #1601
RUSSIA - AIR POST
1949 60k red brown, bottom sheet margin single, variety imperf. at left, h.r., some wrinkles, otherwise fine,
*
Catalog #1365
Catalog Value $666
Price Realized
$300.00

Lot #1602
RUSSIA - AIR POST
1949 1r bottom margin vertical pair imperf. between, heavy h.r. at top, few marginal faults, v.f. and rare unlisted variety
*
Catalog #1367
Price Realized
$4,750.00

Lot #1603
RUSSIA - AIR POST
1949 1r blue, top margin variety imperf. at left, n.h. (l.h. in selvage at top), heavy natural gum wrinkle, still v.f.,
**
Catalog #1368
Catalog Value $2,500
Price Realized
$1,300.00

Lot #1604
RUSSIA - AIR POST
1949 3r green, variety imperf. at bottom, trimmed (possibly wide margin), n.h., v.f., sold as is
**
Catalog #1371
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #1605
RUSSIA - AIR POST
1955 North Pole overprints, 1r and 2r blocks of four, each missing dash before "Moscow" at upper left, n.h., v.f.,
Box **
Catalog #1755-56Ka
Catalog Value $1,833
Price Realized
$1,100.00

Lot #1606
RUSSIA - AIR POST
1961 Helicopter, surcharged 6k on 60k horizontal pair, right stamp without "6", n.h., v.f.,
**
Catalog #2564Ta
Catalog Value $3,300
Price Realized
$2,600.00

Lot #1607
RUSSIA - AIR POST Air Post Semi-Postals
1920s-40s Air Fleet labels, collection of 170+ used and unused, mostly different, also 31 Lottery tickets, two stationery propaganda cards , plus a selection of 60+ matchbox labels, interesting lot
Envelope *O
Price Realized
$2,000.00

Lot #1608
RUSSIA - AIR POST Air Post Semi-Officials
1922 12m on 2.25r, two singles, types III and IV, n.h., v.f., signed Goznak, Mikulski, Stolow, etc.
**
Catalog #CB5
Unsold
Lot #1609
RUSSIA - POSTAGE DUES
1924 1r on 35k blue, variety imperf. at top, h.r., fine
*
Catalog #D1
Price Realized
$250.00

Lot #1610
RUSSIA - POSTAGE DUES Postage Dues
1923 10k on 35k blue, block of six, one stamp without surcharge, n.h., upper left stamp defective, error n.h., v.f.
**
Catalog #D5a
Price Realized
$1,200.00

Lot #1611
RUSSIA - POSTAGE DUES Postage Dues
1924 1k, 2k, 8k and 10k, four different imperforate singles (lithographed), l.h., v.f., rare
*
Catalog #D10,11,14,15Pa
Price Realized
$11,000.00

Lot #1612
RUSSIA - OFFICIAL STAMPS
1923-33 Foreign Exchange, specialized collection on stock sheets, all five issues represented, hundreds of used and unused including blocks and larger, different perforations and types clearly identified, many varieties, few inverted overprints, also three covers
Envelope *O
Catalog #CB1/29
Price Realized
$3,500.00

Lot #1613
RUSSIA - OFFICIAL STAMPS
1925 Foreign Exchange surcharges, 5k-75k six different inverted, l.h. or h.r., last one small thin, otherwise fine-v.f., scarce group,
*
Catalog #CB6-11
Catalog Value $1,100
Price Realized
$625.00

Lot #1614
RUSSIA - OFFICIAL STAMPS
1931 Foreign Exchange 10k/25k/300r green, "10k" handstamp inverted, horizontal pair, n.h., v.f.
**
Catalog #CB19
Price Realized
$1,300.00

Lot #1615
RUSSIA - OFFICIAL STAMPS
1931 Foreign Exchange 10k/25k/300r green, two copies, one with "10k" handstamp inverted, n.h., some wrinkles, otherwise fine-v.f.
**
Catalog #CB19
Price Realized
$800.00

Lot #1616
RUSSIA - OFFICIAL STAMPS
1932 Foreign Exchange, 35k and 70k horizontal pairs, with se-tenant surcharges 10+5k and 3+5r, n.h., v.f., signed,
**
Catalog #CB20-21,26-27
Catalog Value $1,200
Price Realized
$600.00

Lot #1617
RUSSIA - OFFICIAL STAMPS
1932 Foreign Exchange, 3r-10r on 35k and 70k, four different inverted surcharges, l.h. or h.r., also 10r on 35k double surcharge n.h., fine-v.f., signed "K.B."
*
Catalog #CB26-29
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #1618
RUSSIA - POSTAL STATIONERY Postal Stationery
1890 3k stationery card, double impression, unused, v.f.
Envelope
Price Realized
$240.00

Lot #1619
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO)
1866-1919 Akhtyrka-Zolotonosha, a four-volume collection on pages, 6,000+ mostly different, arranged in order (Schmidt), with numbers penciled in, shades, errors and varieties, types clearly identified, some proofs and essays, tete-beche and couche (35+), se-tenant strips, occasional pairs, blocks of four and larger multiples, stationery entire envelopes (85) and cut-squares (not counted), one cover, dozens of additional revenues, officially sealed labels. There are "R" and possible "RR" stamps included, with reprints and other reference material noted. An extraordinary collection formed many years ago, with a number of pages from the Baughman collection. This is an excellent nucleus to build upon, with room for expansion, yet much of interest even to an advanced collector or dealer of Zemstvo, with many $100+ items, also some Literature, etc.
*O
Price Realized
$260,000.00

Lot #1620
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) ARDATOV
1880 5k red, horizontal tete-beche pair, heavy h.r., small thin spots, v.f., ex-Ferrary (3a)
Envelope *O
Catalog #4S
Price Realized
$1,300.00

Lot #1621
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) ARDATOV
1883 3k indigo blue, imperf. tete-beche block of four, folded between stamps, marginal creases and thins, some toning, rare (7a)
Box *
Catalog #7S
Price Realized
$950.00

Lot #1622
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) ARDATOV
1887 3k olive green, period after "three", smaller corner numerals, perf. 13, full original gum, h.r., minute thin spot, irregular perforations at left, fine (Schmidt 10, rated RRRR - only 2 (?) exist)
*
Catalog #10
Catalog Value $1,500
Price Realized
$1,400.00

Lot #1623
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) ARDATOV
1891 3k blue green, perf. 11 1/2, full original gum, h.r. and minor black adhesions, fine,
*
Catalog #11
Catalog Value $700
Price Realized
$1,200.00

Lot #1624
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) BIELOZERSK
1876 2k black on blue toned paper, unused with part original gum, h.r., fine (Schmidt 9, rated RRR - 5 (?) exist)
*
Catalog #9
Catalog Value $7,000
Price Realized
$2,600.00

Lot #1625
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) BIELOZERSK
1878 2k black on green, unused without gum, thin, fine (Schmidt 22, rated RR - 8 (?) exist)
(*)
Catalog #22
Catalog Value $2,000
Price Realized
$3,500.00

Lot #1626
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) BIELOZERSK
1887 2k lilac, orange, two vertical tete-beche pairs, unused with original gum, h.r., creases and minor toning,
*
Catalog #32S,33S
Catalog Value $400
Price Realized
$280.00

Lot #1627
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) BUGULMA
1899-1907 2k blue on rose carmine, vertical pair imperf. between, also 2k horizontal pair imperf. between, h.r., fine
*
Catalog #13,17var
Unsold
Lot #1628
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) BYEZHETSK
1872 3k black on green, sheet of 20, position 1 with large "II" of "IIochta", usual creases, fine multiple
Box *
Catalog #1
Price Realized
$1,200.00

Lot #1629
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) CHERKASSY
1879 5k black on blue, unused with original gum, h.r., fine,
*/**
Catalog #1
Catalog Value $250
Price Realized
$280.00

Lot #1630
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) CHISTOPOL
1906-07 2k black on green, two different, the latter with thin frame around (rated R), fine used,
O
Catalog #1,2
Catalog Value $800
Price Realized
$800.00

Lot #1631
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) DMITRIEV
1871 3k black, unused with original gum, h.r., fine,
*
Catalog #1
Catalog Value $150
Price Realized
$150.00

Lot #1632
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) KHERSON
1867 10k orange yellow, unused with original gum, light creases, otherwise fine, rare,
*
Catalog #1
Catalog Value $1,400
Price Realized
$1,100.00

Lot #1633
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) KRASNY
1890 3k carmine, unused with full original gum, fine,
*
Catalog #1
Catalog Value $200
Price Realized
$270.00

Lot #1634
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) LEBEDIAN
1884 5k black on lilac, sheet of 10, showing various types, n.h., v.f.,
Box **
Catalog #8
Catalog Value $350
Price Realized
$525.00

Lot #1635
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) LGOV
1884 5k multicolor, imperf. pane of 12, mostly n.h., v.f.,
Box */**
Catalog #1
Catalog Value $300
Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #1636
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) LOKHVITZA
1910 3k on 15k horizontal pair, left stamp with inverted surcharge, h.r., tiny toned spots, otherwise fine and rare tete-beche (catalogued as singles)
*
Catalog #43,43M
Catalog Value $700
Price Realized
$1,400.00

Lot #1637
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) OKHANSK
1872-76 3k dark blue, greenish blue, unused with original gum, h.r., first one with little toning, tiny thin, fine-v.f. (Schmidt 4,5)
*
Catalog #3,4
Catalog Value $755
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #1638
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) PERESLAV
1874 3k black on green, types 1 and 2, minor creases, h.r., v.f.,
*
Catalog #1
Catalog Value $170
Price Realized
$160.00

Lot #1639
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) PERESLAV
1874 3k black on green, types 2 and 3, h.r., one thinned, otherwise v.f.,
*
Catalog #3
Catalog Value $280
Price Realized
$150.00

Lot #1640
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) PERESLAV
1879 3k dark blue & rose, vertical tete-beche block of four, folded horizontally between stamps, h.r., some toning and thins, otherwise fine, scarce (catalogued as two tete-beche pairs)
Box *
Catalog #6S
Catalog Value $2,400
Price Realized
$2,300.00

Lot #1641
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) POLTAVA
1910-12 1k-3k surcharges, seven different imperforate singles with large margins all around, h.r., last one with control handstamp, couple of small thins, few signed, mostly v.f., only 20/140 of each printed (Schmidt 43a,45a-47a,52a,54a)
*
Catalog #54/I/65/I
Catalog Value $1,790
Price Realized
$1,800.00

Lot #1642
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) POLTAVA
1910-12 1k on 10k, surcharge inverted, h.r., little toning at top, v.f., with handstamped guarantee on back,
*
Catalog #55M
Catalog Value $400
Price Realized
$240.00

Lot #1643
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) POLTAVA
1912 20-50k three line surcharges on 5k, 6k, 10k and 15k, set of four, h.r., fine-v.f., each with handstamped guarantee on back, scarce (Schmidt 67-70)
*
Catalog #78-81
Catalog Value $1,350
Price Realized
$1,000.00

Lot #1644
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) POLTAVA
1912 20k on 6k surcharge double (!), imperforate single, h.r., v.f., with handstamped guarantee on back, very rare (Schmidt 67a)
*
Catalog #78I
Catalog Value $1,800
Price Realized
$1,800.00

Lot #1645
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) POLTAVA
1912 20k on 6k imperforate sheet margin single, h.r., v.f., with handstamped guarantee on back, rare (Schmidt 67a)
*
Catalog #78I
Catalog Value $1,200
Price Realized
$1,300.00

Lot #1646
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) POLTAVA
1912 1k and 3k, three different, first one with gum, others unused without gum, last one thin, also 3k rose imperforate single with gum, large margins, very rare, only 30 printed (Schmidt 71,72,73,73a)
*(*)
Catalog #138-140,139I
Catalog Value $1,700
Price Realized
$1,000.00

Lot #1647
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) RYAZHSK
1887 3k black on lilac, horizontal tete-beche pair, h.r., v.f.
*
Catalog #2S
Catalog Value $20
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #1648
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) SARAPUL
1893 2k orange, l.h., fresh and v.f.,
*
Catalog #1
Catalog Value $600
Price Realized
$600.00

Lot #1649
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) SARAPUL
1913 2k dark blue, horizontal pair imperf. between and at left, n.h., v.f.
**
Catalog #7var
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #1650
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) SARATOV
1874 5k dark blue, pelure paper, block of four, imperceptible toning, fine (catalogued as singles)
Box *
Catalog #3
Catalog Value $600
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #1651
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) SHATSK
1884-1887 3k black, vertical and horizontal tete-beche pairs, also couche "block of three", first one h.r., others without gum, some creases, mostly fine-v.f.
*(*)
Catalog #5S,8S,9S2
Catalog Value $850
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #1652
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) SHCHIGRY
1882-86 3k black, carmine & blue, unused without gum, also changed colors, brown instead of black, h.r., v.f., rare,
(*)*
Catalog #1,2
Catalog Value $1,040
Price Realized
$1,000.00

Lot #1653
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) SHLISSELBURG
1865 5k black on dark green, h.r., v.f.,
*
Catalog #1
Catalog Value $250
Price Realized
$160.00

Lot #1654
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) SPASSK
1921 3k black on rose, imperf. pane of ten, creases, otherwise fine (catalogued as singles)
Box *
Catalog #21
Catalog Value $300
Price Realized
$280.00

Lot #1655
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) USTSYSOLSK
1872 3k black on yellow, unused with original gum, creases and thin, otherwise fine, rare,
*
Catalog #1
Catalog Value $900
Price Realized
$700.00

Lot #1656
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) VELSK
1886 3k green, imperf. sheet margin horizontal strip of three, unused without gum, middle stamp thin, minor creases, otherwise v.f.
(*)
Catalog #1
Catalog Value $300
Price Realized
$200.00

Lot #1657
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) VELSK
1888 3k red, horizontal strip of three, imperf. vertically between stamps, h.r., fine-v.f.
*
Catalog #3
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #1658
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) ZEMLIANSK
1874-80 5k and 8k large and small size, complete set of four, unused or original gum, minor faults, mostly fine-v.f.,
*(*)
Catalog #1-4
Catalog Value $720
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #1659
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) ZENKOV
1891 3k red and 3k green, vertical imperf. strips of three, unused without gum, v.f.
(*)
Catalog #19,20
Catalog Value $600
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #1660
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) ZENKOV
1898 3k bronze, imperf. horizontal gutter tete-beche pair, also vertical tete-beche pair, unused without gum, some creases,
(*)
Catalog #35IS,36IS
Catalog Value $1,000
Price Realized
$1,000.00

Lot #1661
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) ZENKOV
1898 3k bronze, vertical imperf. proof strip of three different designs, unused without gum, minor wrinkles, signed
(*)
Catalog #36P
Price Realized
$375.00

Lot #1662
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) ZENKOV
1910 2k bronze, imperf. sheet of 14 showing various types, creases, otherwise fine-v.f.
Box *
Catalog #63
Price Realized
$375.00

Lot #1663
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) ZOLOTONOSHA
1885 2k green & yellow, imperf. pane of 55+8 stamps printed couche/tete-beche at side, one horizontal crease and marginal flaws, mostly v.f.
Box *
Catalog #3
Price Realized
$800.00

Lot #1664
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS RUSSIAN AREA
1900-1960 collection in two volumes, including Civil War, with private/bogus issues, Levant General Miller, Czechoslovak Legion, Turkestan, Georgian Post Offices in Constantinople (complete perf. and imperf.), some Provisional local surcharges incl. Kiev, Kharkov; also Armenia with part perf., specimen overprints, inverted centers; some Ukraine, labels, postcards (especially Imperial picture cards from Russia, France and England, with portraits of Nicholas II, various scenes including "stamp on stamp" cards produced by "Bon Marche" department store), Soviet Propaganda cards, Ukrainian DP labels etc. An esoteric group
*O
Price Realized
$3,750.00

Lot #1665
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS RUSSIA
1858-1923 Empire and RSFSR, specialized collection which evolved into a dealer's stock, arranged in Scott's Catalogue order on black Hagner sheets, housed in 14 binders, used and unused, variety of shades, hundreds of cancellations (some better including used in Mongolia, China, etc.), many sets. Highlights include 1858 10k (7 used copies), 1863 5k St. Petersburg horizontal gutter pair, 1865 1k-10k and 30k unused, Horizontally and Vertically Laid paper, 1889 3.50r unused block of four, 1906 5r perf. 11 1/2 (used), etc., other perforation varieties, shifted centers, offsets, triple impressions, gutter blocks and occasional sheets, plate flaws, fold-overs, groundwork shifted or omitted, background inverted (incl. 1909 and 1917 1r), centers inverted (1909 and 1917 1r blocks of four), etc., fine and useful lot, worth careful inspection
*O
Price Realized
$9,000.00

Lot #1666
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS RUSSIA
1915-1970s errors and varieties, balance of the collection in glassine envelopes and stock book, hundreds including part perf. singles and pairs, double paper varieties, small plate flaws, occasional imperf. varieties (including 15k Gorky), better perforations (1934 Usyskin 5k perf. 14), paper folds, color shifts and more, some dubious and reference material, used and unused. A useful lot
*O
Price Realized
$8,000.00

Lot #1667
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS RUSSIA
1923-91 balance of the specialized collection in two Scott's albums (without semi-postals or air post), better items include early definitives both Lithographed and Typographed, 8k surcharges including Popov with inverted "8" (se-tenant pair with regular), 1931-32 imperf. definitives, Moscow and Leningrad Philatelic (2 sets), Ethnicities, Baku Commissars, Mendeleev, Anti-War, 1935 Metro, Spartacist Games, Persian Art, etc., apparently complete from 1945 onwards, with 1948 Pioneers, Youth league, 1950 Skyscrapers, Scientists, etc., many listed varieties including imperfs, line-perf., also color shifts, "fly specks", several multiples, etc., mostly l.h., some n.h., occasional used, fine-v.f.
*
Price Realized
$8,500.00

Lot #1668
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS RUSSIA
1923-91 four cartons with thousands of mostly used singles and sets, neatly arranged and numbered in glassine envelopes, strength in issues from 1960s, also hundreds of sheets, plus some souvenir sheets, high catalogue value
O
Catalog #244/5984
Price Realized
$1,700.00

Lot #1669
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS RUSSIA
1937-1980 souvenir sheets, mostly unused, stock of hundreds in two stock books, usually 1-20 of each, with better items incl. Pushkin (17 unused, l.h. or n.h., plus 6 used), Architecture (20+ unused), Air Mail souv. sheet (l.h.), 1947 Moscow (Standart Block 10) types I and II, also used, 1949 Stalin (3), Lenin Mausoleum (four perforated incl. two used, also one imperf. size 164x130) and much more, mostly fine-v.f.
*/**O
Price Realized
$4,250.00

Lot #1670
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS RUSSIA
1959-91 selection of 150+ miniature sheets or sheetlets, including Art (incl. 1986 set of two), New Years, Polar Bears, etc., some duplication, plus occasional older items (1947 Moscow sheet used), generally n.h., fine-v.f., high catalogue value
Box **
Price Realized
$1,500.00

Lot #1671
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS RUSSIA Semi-Postals
1905-80 (also postage dues) dealers stock of hundreds used and unused, arranged on Hagner stock sheets (in Scott's order), starting with 1905 Russo-Japanese War, with perf. varieties noted, few specimen overprints, 10k pane of 20, quantities of 1914-15 Issues including 200+ unused 1k, 60+ 3k (incl. 2 perf. 13 1/2), 100+ 7k, 30+ 10k; RSFSR with Rostov and Volga Famine, few Philately for Children and Labor, Soviet overprints, many varieties, reference material, plus much more, mixed condition
*O
Price Realized
$3,000.00

Lot #1672
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS RUSSIA Air Post
1922-70 (also Special Delivery), stock of hundreds of singles and sets, with many better unused pre-WWII sets, perf. and imperf. North Pole, Stratosphere Balloon, Civil Aviation, same used, some reference material, few proofs and varieties (few better), mixed condition, interesting and worthwhile group
*O
Price Realized
$2,900.00

Lot #1673
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS RUSSIA Postal Stationery
1930s postal cards, 3k-15k collection of 210 mostly unused advertising and propaganda cards, apparently all different, neatly arranged in two volumes, with many better items, occasional ageing or small flaws, fine-v.f.
Envelope
Price Realized
$4,250.00

Lot #1674
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS RUSSIA Revenue Stamps
1890s-1920s two volume collection of (ca) 2,000 used and unused arranged on Hagner pages (minor duplication), with mostly Imperial Issues for fiscal purposes, Tobacco, Farm Products, Railroad, Zemstvo Issues, many from St.Petersburg, Odessa, Bukhara, Batum, Azerbaijan, Finland, Georgia, South Russia, some early Soviet items, also occasional cut squares and stationery entires, Obrazets overprints, Consular stamps to 50r, early Soviet Radio Fund and many others
*O
Price Realized
$27,000.00

Lot #1675
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS RUSSIA Cinderella
1880s-1930s collection of 1,500+ used and unused arranged on Hagner stock pages in three volumes, with excellent representation of Exhibition (include Art and Graphic Design shows in Leipzig, Barcelona, Paris) and Charity labels for various causes and organizations, Red Cross and War Relief funds, issues from Finland (including 10 perf. and imperf. sheetlets printed in 1916 for victims of War), Consular labels, Poland, South Russia, Olympics, fantasies, early Soviet labels, picture postcards of the Imperial family, poster stamps, few matchbox and hotel labels and much more, with many rare and elusive items
*O
Price Realized
$14,000.00

Lot #1676
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS RUSSIA Cinderella
1960s-1970s Non-Postal Souvenir Sheets (Philatelic Exhibition souvenir sheets), collection in 11 volumes, probably 2,000+ different, used and unused, plus a back-up stock of hundreds more in carton, printed for many little known shows and philatelic events held in various cities throughout the Soviet Union, different subjects, some in Ukrainian, Lithuanian and other languages, most borrowing well known stamp designs, some quite scarce, accompanied by an article written by Pat Eppel describing these items
*O
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #1677
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS RUSSIA Balance
1900-60 balance of the consignment in carton, with a nice group of Imperial picture postcards including 24 unused cards issued for WWI bond drive (plus 79 perf. and imperf. vignettes), early Soviet Exhibition pmks on cover including 1925 First All Union Philatelic Exhibition (four different covers or cards), also a collection of 78 used and unused advertising collars (minor duplication), 1932-33 Moscow Exhibition (three different), plus some later items, Imperial and Soviet postal stationery entires and cards, other covers, collection of "Lenin on Stamps" with perf. and imperf. stamps from Hungary, Romania, Poland, Cuba, China etc., also Space Issues, few covers signed by Soviet Cosmonauts etc.
Envelope *O
Price Realized
$4,500.00

Lot #1678
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS UKRAINE Cinderella
1920s-1970s large collection in six volumes, hundreds neatly arranged on Hagner stock pages, with early private overprints, Displaced Camps issues (with two handbooks included), Boy Scout labels, charities and anti-Soviet propaganda items, some covers, souvenir sheets, also labels for Baltic States and much more. An extensive study of Ukrainian National movement and political aspirations, interesting holding
*O
Price Realized
$9,000.00

Lot #1679
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS RUSSIA - PHILATELIC LITERATURE
Pat Eppels' Russian Philatelic library, collection housed in 16 cartons, with "Cumulative Subject Index" listing contents of the British and Rossica Journals; "Spravochnik", Imperial and Soviet Varieties etc, 1991 (5 different); "Rossica Society of Russian Philately", volumes (probably a complete run); Rossica, 18 original issues of the Journal of the original Rossica Society edited by E.M. Archangelski and printed in Yugoslavia (in Russian); plus Philatelia CCCP (1966-1990), 275+ journals; "Sovietski Collectionnier" (100); "The Russian Post in the Empire, Turkey, China and the Post of the Kingdom of Poland", by S.V. Prigara (196 pp) D.M. Skipton translation, in purple cloth binding; "Russian Empire Used Abroad" by S.D.Tchilinghirian and W.S.E. Stephens 1957, Parts 1-6; "Postal Censorship in Imperial Russian" vols. I & II (First Edition) by David Skipton and Peter Michalove, 1989; both volumes and slip covers in red cloth, mint condition; "Russian American Philatelist", vol.1-24 (1942) and more
Price Realized
$2,800.00

Lot #1680
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS UKRAINE - PHILATELIC LITERATURE
Two cartons incl. "Ukrainian Philatelist" (probably the complete run), Seichter's original handbook (also reprints); Roberts' original monograms; Bulat's "Western Ukraine"; numerous handbooks dealing with Carpatho-Ukraine, non-philatelic labels and revenues; various British publications and much mire
Price Realized
$650.00

Lot #1681
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE
Balance of Pat Eppel's philatelic library, three cartons with the complete set of German Philatelic Society Forgeries manuals, German Handstamped overprints manual complete, "Fundamentals of Philately" and various other Linn's publications, "Albums Weeds" vol I-VIII; "Postage Stamps of Lithuania", "Postage stamps of Estonia", "Private Ship Letter Stamps of the World", vol. I-II; "Color in Philately",; "The Yucatan Affair"; "Postal History of the A.E.F." (editions I+II); various handbooks and old catalogues dealing with Finland, Norway, also Latvia and much more
Price Realized
$750.00

Lot #2001
United States 1847 Issue
1847 5c brown, margins all around, cancelled by pen on FL (full contents) used in 1848 from Hartford to Burlington, VT, faint red Hartford (Nov.22) datestamp, filing fold away from the stamp, v.f., with 2002 PFC
Envelope
Catalog #1
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #2002
United States 1861-66 Issue
1861 3c rose, tied by Glen Falls, NY town cancel on "Eagle & Shield" blue patriotic cover to Perry, Ohio, minor toning and flaws, mostly fine
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #2003
United States 1861-66 Issue
1861-66 2c black, fine single tied by Meredith Village, N.H. Jan. 22 and "Paid" pmk on "New Hampshire 12th Volunteer Infantry" illustrated cover addressed to Col. Thomas L. Livermore in Milford, fresh and v.f. Civil War Patriotic cover, with 1999 PFC,
Envelope
Catalog #73
Catalog Value $2,000
Unsold
Lot #2004
United States 1870-73 Banknote Issues
1870 3c green, tied by "Sun Face" cancellation on cover from St Louis to Ft. Madison, Iowa, fine, with 1992 PFC
Envelope
Catalog #147
Price Realized
$260.00

Lot #2005
United States 1904-10 Issues
1904-10 $1 violet brown, block of four, fresh color, l.h., fine,
Box *
Catalog #342
Catalog Value $2,400
Unsold
Lot #2006
United States Modern Issues
1939-42 73c unexploded booklet, pink covers, n.h., fine-v.f.,
Booklet
Catalog #BK101
Catalog Value $750
Price Realized
$190.00

Lot #2007
United States Modern Issues
1981 Space Achievement Issue, block of eight, bottom stamps imperf. (top stamps imperforate at bottom), n.h., v.f. and scarce variety, only 2 known (a completely imperf. block catalogues $7,500)
Box **
Catalog #1919bvar
Price Realized
$1,500.00

Lot #2008
United States Modern Issues
1992 Greetings, imperf. booklet pane of four, n.h., v.f.
Booklet
Catalog #2718var
Unsold
Lot #2009
UNITED STATES Air Post
1918 24c carmine rose and blue, center inverted, position 22, attractively centered, deep rich colors, full original gum, relatively l.h., small natural paper spot visible only on reverse, fine-very fine. The Inverted Jenny is one of the most recognized and desired rarities in all of philately. Its legendary status began the moment the stamp was issued in May, 1918, when William T. Robey purchased an entire error sheet of 100 at the New York Avenue Post Office window in Washington D.C., one day after the stamp was issued on May 14th. Within one week Robey sold the sheet for $15,000.00 to the well-known Philadelphia stamp dealer Eugene Klein (an impressive return on his initial $24.00 investment). Shortly thereafter Mr. Klein sold the sheet to the renowned, yet eccentric collector, Col. Edward H.R. Green for $20,000.00. Col. Green asked Klein to break up the sheet for him into singles and blocks, then instructed him to sell all but the few key position blocks. ex-Keith Wagner collection, with 2008 PFC,
*
Catalog #C3a
Catalog Value $500,000
Price Realized
$300,000.00

Lot #2010
UNITED STATES Air Post
1923 8c-24c, set of three Worden, Washington, D.C. First Day Covers, last one with small toned spot, otherwise fresh and v.f. set,
Envelope
Catalog #C4-6
Catalog Value $1,950
Unsold
Lot #2011
UNITED STATES Officials
1873 $10 green and black, unused without gum, fresh color, fine, with 2008 PSE cert.,
(*)
Catalog #O70
Catalog Value $2,750
Price Realized
$1,000.00

Lot #2012
UNITED STATES Newspaper Stamps
1895 $5 ultramarine, well centered with wide margins, unused without gum, v.f., with 2008 PSE cert.,
(*)
Catalog #PR109
Catalog Value $800
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #2013
UNITED STATES Postal Stationery
1897 1c black on buff postal card, double impression one inverted, unused with faint and rather inconsequential soiling, usual corner bends, otherwise v.f. A rare card, one of only four known,
Envelope
Catalog #UX14a
Catalog Value $11,500
Price Realized
$6,500.00

Lot #2014
ALBANIA
1914 "7 Mars" overprints, complete set of six, tied by 10.3.1914 Vlone pmks on unaddressed cover, fine-v.f. (catalogue value for used stamps)
Envelope
Catalog #41-46
Catalog Value $330
Price Realized
$150.00

Lot #2015
ALLENSTEIN
1920 unissued 40pf carmine red, top right corner margin block of four, n.h. and post office fresh, v.f., with 1989 Mikulski cert. (see footnote in Scott's)
Box **
Catalog #Mi.I
Catalog Value €1,040
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #2016
ARMENIA
1920 prepared but unissued, 1f-15f Arms, five diff., also singles and blocks of four overprinted "Specimen", also a group of 15 perf. and imperf. pairs and blocks, cancelled Erivan, fine-v.f.
SO
Price Realized
$425.00

Lot #2017
AUSTRIA
1866 (23 June) FL from Vienna to Corfu, franked with single and pair (small faults) of 5k rose (perf. 9 1/2), charged 65 Lepta on arrival with 40+20+5 Lepta added in Kerkura, tied by 18 June cds, stamps mostly with margins all around and slightly overlapped as often, with Trieste transit and additional arrival pmk on back, slight overall toning, otherwise fine mixed franking, signed Schultze etc.
Envelope
Price Realized
$1,800.00

Lot #2018
AUSTRIA
1867 (15.11) cover from Vienna to Greece, franked with single Franz Josef 5kr (type I), tied by blue cds, handstamped "Affrancatura Insufficienta" and charged 70 Lepta on arrival in Zante, with 20+40+10 Lepta all with margins, last one folded through the backflap, all tied by arrival cds, stained, fine appearing four color combination cover, with Dr.Ferchenbauer cert.
Envelope
Price Realized
$750.00

Lot #2019
AUSTRIA
1869 (12 Dec) cover from Vienna to Greece, franked with 5kr Franz Josef (coarse beard), initially deemed as insufficiently franked (hs) and taxed 25kr (annulled), but charged 70 Lepta on arrival with 3x20 and 10 Lepta added in Zakyntos, all stamps with margins all around, three slightly overlapped and cancelled 4 December (Julian calendar), some toning and cover tears, fine high value combination franking, signed Diena
Envelope
Price Realized
$1,300.00

Lot #2020
AUSTRIA
1870 (12 Nov) FL from Trieste to Scutari d'Albanie, franked with 10kr Franz Josef (coarse beard), tied by "Trieste col Vapore" two-line hs, with Zara (15.11) transit, additionally franked with Turkish 1 kurus (tied by double circle Iskoder 81) to pay appropriate rate across the border via Bar to Scutari, territory administered by the Ottoman Empire, filing folds through the stamps, otherwise fine, signed Roger Calves, with Guy de Vachat cert.
Envelope
Price Realized
$750.00

Lot #2021
AUSTRIA
1871 (26 Dec) outer FL from Trieste to Greece, franked with Austrian 5kr and 10kr Franz Josef (coarse beard), deemed insufficiently franked (hs) and taxed "10", charged 45 Lepta in Syra with the addition of 40+5 Lepta, each with margins all around, little toning and paper erosion, otherwise a fine four-color combination
Envelope
Price Realized
$1,000.00

Lot #2022
AUSTRIA
1872 (4 May) outer FL from Trieste to Greece, franked with 15kr Franz Josef (coarse beard), charged 30 Lepta on arrival with 20+10 Lepta added in Syra, both stamps cut in at top and slightly overlapped, some cover mending, otherwise fine combination franking
Envelope
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #2023
AUSTRIA
1876 (4 Sep) cover from Innsbruck to the United States, franked with 3x10kr Franz Josef (coarse beard), tied by cds, with New York transit, redirected on arrival in Exeter, with addition of 4x3c green, some minor faults and cover folds, signed Diena
Envelope
Price Realized
$1,200.00

Lot #2024
AUSTRIA
1877 (26 Feb) cover from Vienna to France, franked with 4x10kr Franz Josef (fine impression), forwarded on arrival, with the addition of strip of 3x25c blue Type Sage (YT 79), tied by Angers (2 Mar) departure pmks, with variety of transit and arrival markings, cover cleaned with some faults, otherwise fine
Envelope
Catalog #5
Price Realized
$1,500.00

Lot #2025
AUSTRIA
1882 (24 June) stationery card, additionally franked with pair of 2kr (fine impression), sent from Graz to Constantinople (29 June), where it was franked with Ottoman 20 paras (block of 4x5pa) and returned back to Austria, with Graz (4.7) arrival, some card abrasions, otherwise fine, with Guy de Vachat cert.
Envelope
Price Realized
$1,600.00

Lot #2026
AUSTRIA
1936 10s Dollfuss, small h.r., fine,
*
Catalog #380
Catalog Value $800
Price Realized
$280.00

Lot #2027
AUSTRIA Semi-Postals
1946 unissued set "Niemals Vergessen" (Never Forget), 5g+3g h.r., 12g+12g n.h., fine-v.f.,
*/**
Catalog #Mi.VI-VII
Catalog Value €2,600
Unsold
Lot #2028
AUSTRIA Military Stamps
1918 unissued 1h-1kr imperforate trial color proofs on stamp paper, complete set, n.h., few minor gum skips of creases, fresh and v.f. scarce (catalogue as regular imperfs)
**
Catalog #M69-82P
Catalog Value $1,400
Price Realized
$750.00

Lot #2029
AUSTRIA AUSTRIAN LEVANT
1873 (17.3) outer FL franked with horizontal pair of 5 soldi red (coarse print), tied by a perfect "Rettimo 17/3" postmark in blue, to Pireus, charged 20L with the addition of 20L large Hermes head, large margins all around and cancelled by "2" in dots, also 8 March arrival (difference between Julian and Gregorian calendars) cds on back, light filing fold through the Greek stamp, little toning at upper left, fresh and attractive combination, ex- Dr.Jerger collection, signed Colla, with 2004 Ferchenbauer cert.
Envelope
Price Realized
$2,700.00

Lot #2030
BELGIUM
1870 (6 Nov) FL from Bruges to Reims, under-franked with horizontal pair of 10c green (required franking was 30c), tied by "58" numerals in square of dots, with corresponding departure pmks at right including "Belgique a Quievrain" (near Vallenciennes in the North), charged "3" (decimes) due, with Paris a Givet (7 Nov) transit. Since Reims was at that time occupied by the Prussians, the letter was held and forwarded to Metz where 10c Alsace franking was applied and finally delivered in Reims on 20 March 1871 (!), fine and rare forwarded combination cover used during the Siege of Paris, signed Mehlmann, with 1985 Spalink cert.
Envelope
Price Realized
$8,500.00

Lot #2031
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA Ottoman Forerunners
1873 (Sep) small FL from Trieste to Mostar, franked with 5kr Franz Josef (coarse beard), tied by oval Trieste departure pmk, endorsed "Vapore", with Zara (30.9) transit, additionally franked with Turkish 1k yellow and 20pa brown (1 kurus 20 paras) (tied by double circle Mostar 81) to pay the appropriate charges across the Ottoman Empire, fine Austria+Ottoman Bosnia Herzegovina combination, with Guy de Vachat cert. ("les mixtes avec Mostar sont extremement rares")
Envelope
Price Realized
$3,500.00

Lot #2032
BRAZIL Air Post
1923 Scadta, handstamped "Br." in black, complete set of 12, mostly n.h., usual dried gum and slight toning, fine-v.f., rare,
*
Catalog #CLBR12-22,CLFBR3
Catalog Value $1,177
Price Realized
$650.00

Lot #2033
CHINA
1897 Shanghai printing, 1c-24c complete set of nine, mostly n.h., fine-v.f., rare,
*/**
Catalog #16n-24n
Catalog Value $15,650
Price Realized
$5,750.00

Lot #2034
CHINA
1896 unsurcharged Red Revenue stamp, 3c red, perf. 14, never hinged, few gum skips, post office fresh, v.f. and beautiful copy, with 2007 Experts and Consultants Ltd cert. Originally ordered for internal use by the Customs Department, the 3c stamp inscribed "China" and "Revenue" was ordered from the London printing company Waterlow & Sons, following a request from Sit Robert Hart, the Inspector General of the Imperial Maritime Customs to James Campbell, the Customs Commissioner in London. The stamps were perforated 12-16 on three different machines and were shipped to China on 18th September, 1896. Although the stamps never served their intended purpose, they were pressed into use for surcharging in order to fulfill demand for stamps in the silver currency adapted by the newly inaugurated national postal system. Practically all of the 650,000 stamps ordered from London were used for this purpose
**
Catalog #Chan R1
Price Realized
$120,000.00

Lot #2035
CHINA
1915 Hall of Classics First Peking Printing $2 black and blue, variety center inverted, bright colors, well centered for this, with vertical guideline at right, previously hinged, lightly hinged, very fine and fresh unused, with certificate (Chan 245a) (YT 163A, cat. Euro 150,000). Only one sheet of 50 of this variety was sold at the Hankow post office. One of the "Four Treasures of the Repiblic" (latest auction realization HK$850,000 plus buyer's premium)
*
Catalog #237a
Price Realized
$100,000.00

Lot #2036
CHINA
1923 surcharged in red on first Peking printing 2 Cts on 3c blue-green, surcharge inverted error, deep bright color, characteristic centering to lower right, nevertheless v.f and fresh with original customary streaky gum, h.r., signed Holcombe, Champion, with certificate (Chan 280a) (YT 179a, cat. Euro 175,000), (SG 361a). It is believed that there are less than twenty examples known of this error. According to contemporary reports (Theodore Sidall), on thirteen of these stamps exist and were acquired at Wanhsien, a small port about half way between Chungking and Ichang, in July, 1924, by Dr. A. Germain, the medical officer on the French gunboat "Balny." He applied two of the stamps to separate covers which he mailed to himself locally and sold ten mint examples to the French dealer Theodore Champion. Champion than sold a block of four and a single to M.D. Chow, two singles to Bush and one each to Hinds and Hawkins. One of the "Four Treasures of the Republic" (latest auction realization HK$1,200,000)
*
Catalog #247a
Price Realized
$150,000.00

Lot #2037
CHINA
1925 surcharged in red on second Peking printing 3 Cts on 4c slate-gray, surcharge inverted error, used, well centered for this, fine, with cert. (Chan 281a) (YT 208a, cat. Euro 160,000). One of the greatest rarities of 20th Century Chinese philately, certainly the top of the "Four Treasures of the Republic". Only ten examples of this error were originally reported discovered in 1925, seven unused and three used (two in Shanghai, one in Peking); it appears that no further examples have survived. A unique opportunity to acquire what might be the only available used error on the market (latest auction realization for a defective unused copy HK$1,800,000, plus buyer's premium)
O
Catalog #274a
Price Realized
$240,000.00

Lot #2038
CHINA
1941 Dr. Sun Yat-sen New York Print $2 black and blue, variety center inverted, deep rich colors and post office fresh, characteristic centering frame to foot, l.h, v.f., signed Holcombe and Roger Calves, with cert. (Chan 508) Only one sheet of fifty is believed to have been printed with this error (last auction realization HK$900,000)
*
Price Realized
$105,000.00

Lot #2039
CHINA - PRC
1950 500f surcharge, perf. 14, sheet of 200, unused without gum as issued, folded between stamps, some usual wrinkles, fine-v.f. (Yang No.SC4a $12,000)
Box (*)
Catalog #27a
Catalog Value $13,500
Price Realized
$2,500.00

Lot #2040
CHINA - PRC
1953 Gymnastics, se-tenant blocks of four, unused without gum as issued, nine different (plus one reprint), fine-v.f.
Box **
Price Realized
$800.00

Lot #2041
CHINA - PRC
1960 Goldfish, four used sets including pairs, cancelled to order, fine-v.f.
O
Catalog #506-517
Catalog Value $234
Price Realized
$160.00

Lot #2042
CHINA - PRC
1963 Butterflies, six complete sets, including blocks of four, used, few values with light stains, fine-v.f.
Box
Catalog #661-680
Catalog Value $321
Price Realized
$190.00

Lot #2043
CHINA - PRC
1963 Mountains, two sets, lightly cancelled to order, one 4f defective, otherwise fine-v.f.
O
Catalog #716-731
Catalog Value $358
Price Realized
$250.00

Lot #2044
CHINA - PRC
1964 Yenan, 38 used sets, mostly in large multiples, sensibly folded between the stamps, few stamps with faint toning, still fine-v.f.,
Box
Catalog #760-765
Catalog Value $532
Price Realized
$400.00

Lot #2045
CHINA - PRC
1964 Flowers, six used sets (one missing a low value), few blocks of four, fine-v.f.
O
Catalog #767-781
Catalog Value $463
Price Realized
$260.00

Lot #2046
CHINA - PRC
1964 Peonies souvenir sheet, n.h., light marginal stains, otherwise v.f.,
**
Catalog #782
Catalog Value $3,000
Price Realized
$3,000.00

Lot #2047
CHINA - PRC
1964 Bronze Vessels, 31 used sets, mostly in large multiples, sensibly folded between the stamps, few natural inclusions, fine-v.f.
Box
Catalog #783-790
Catalog Value $480
Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #2048
CHINA - PRC
1964 15th Anniversary of the People's Republic, 34 se-tenant strips of three, mostly in marginal pairs or blocks, cancelled to order, sensibly folded between the strips, v.f.,
Box
Catalog #798b
Catalog Value $1,020
Price Realized
$1,100.00

Lot #2049
CHINA - PRC
1964 Oil Industry, four used sets, two values in blocks of four, fine-v.f.
Box
Catalog #799-803
Catalog Value $224
Price Realized
$150.00

Lot #2050
CHINA - PRC
1965 Chingkang Mountains, 36 sets, large multiples including panes of 25, all cancelled to order, fine-v.f.
Box
Catalog #834-841
Catalog Value $972
Price Realized
$800.00

Lot #2051
COLOMBIA
1862 50c red, error (cliche of 50c inserted in plate of 20c), Bogota cancel, margins all around, v.f., handstamped guarantee, also signed Roger Calves, with Eichele cert. (YT 22a)
O
Catalog #26b
Catalog Value €10,000
Price Realized
$2,300.00

Lot #2052
CZECHOSLOVAKIA
1918 Scout Mail, 10h dark blue, 20h red, each tied by "Posta Skautu Praha 1918" postmarks on cover, date filled in by hand, countersigned by the individual scouts at bottom, fine-v.f.
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #2053
CZECHOSLOVAKIA Semi-Postals
1919 10k violet, Type Ia, n.h., v.f., signed Gilbert, Mikulski, with his 1977 (non-photo) certificate (Mi.54Ia)
**
Catalog #B21
Catalog Value €500
Unsold
Lot #2054
CZECHOSLOVAKIA Czechoslovak Legion Post in Siberia
1920 Legion picture postcard franked with the three adhesives, tied by Fieldpost handstamps and addressed to Prostejow, also two large covers, one with 1r, another with 25k, each tied by fieldpost hs, sent to Prag, where it was registered and forwarded to appropriate destinations, with postal seals, some usual faults, mostly fine, card signed Majer, one of the covers signed by Franek
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #2055
ECUADOR
1866-73 1r yellow, vertical pair, top stamp diagonal half, paying 1 1/2 real, tied by "Guaranda" 26 Feb pmk on large part of judicial document to Quito, lower stamp with scissor cut at bottom, otherwise fine
Catalog #4,4c
Unsold
Lot #2056
ECUADOR
1866-73 4r carmine, horizontal strip of five, clear to large margins, to just touched in places, used together with horizontal pair of 1r yellow, tied by "3514" large numeral cancels in dots, with corresponding 2 June Franca cds alongside, on large part of judicial from Quito to Ibarra, usual filing folds, impressive piece
Catalog #4,6
Price Realized
$1,700.00

Lot #2057
ECUADOR
1866-73 4r carmine, diagonal half used in 1869 as 2r on FL from Guayaquil to Lima (Sep 4), filing fold away from the stamp, which is placed upside-down, margin slightly in at bottom, fine, with partial arrival pmk on back,
Envelope
Catalog #6d
Catalog Value $1,600
Price Realized
$625.00

Lot #2058
ECUADOR
1866-73 4r carmine, diagonal half used in 1869 as 2r on FL from Guayaquil to Lima (Sep 4), margin slightly in at left, fine, with Sep 8 arrival pmk on back,
Envelope
Catalog #6d
Catalog Value $1,600
Price Realized
$625.00

Lot #2059
EGYPT
1926 Port Fouad, 50p violet, used, surface defect, fine appearance
O
Catalog #124
Price Realized
$140.00

Lot #2060
ETHIOPIA
1931 Issue, 1/8g-8g seven different imperforate singles, n.h., v.f., signed Bileski (YT 199/205, only two values listed imperf., Euro 500). According to Bileski, only one sheet of each value was printed and presented by the Emperor Haile Selassie to an Englishman, as a gift for services rendered to the crown
**
Catalog #232-38var
Unsold
Lot #2061
ETHIOPIA
1959 Red Cross set of three, overprinted "Red Cross Centenary 1859-1959" in two lines, unissued in this form (the stamps were released with the cross, "Red Cross Centenary", date in two languages and surcharge applied locally), sheet margin blocks of four with Bradbury Wilkinson imprints at bottom, n.h., v.f. Only one sheet of 50 came out of the archives
Box **
Catalog #B33-35var
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #2062
FINLAND
1891-92 1r (1), 3.50r (2), 10m perf. 13 1/2 (2) and 10m perf. 14 (2), mostly l.h., fine-v.f.,
*
Catalog #56,57,75,82
Catalog Value $1,290
Price Realized
$260.00

Lot #2063
FINLAND
1891-92 1r (5), 3.50r (2) and 7r (2), used, various pmks, couple of tiny flaws, mostly fine-v.f.,
O
Catalog #56,57,58
Catalog Value $2,000
Unsold
Lot #2064
FINLAND
1893 reprints, selection of 13 (8 diff.), fine-v.f.
*/**
Price Realized
$180.00

Lot #2065
FINLAND
1901-14 10m black & gray, three different, two of each, used, fine-v.f.,
O
Catalog #69,75,82
Catalog Value $1,055
Price Realized
$170.00

Lot #2066
FRANCE
1850 coverfront from Aix-en-Provence to England, franked with a combination of 25c Ceres and Great Britain 1p red, each cancelled by French departure grills, endorsed "timbre insufficant", with corresponding "Affranchisement insufficant" framed handstamp in red, taxed on arrival, fine appearance, signed Roger Calves
Price Realized
$1,000.00

Lot #2067
FRANCE
1858 (29 Apr) FL from Paris (firm of De Rothschild Freres) to Guernsey, franked with imperf. 40c Napoleon, cancelled by grill of dots, sent via London (Apr 30) arriving on May 1st, re-directed to Bloomington, with Great Britain 1p red added, departing on 3rd May, again via London (May 4), with St.Martin's undated arrival alongside, some toning and usual filing folds
Envelope
Catalog #YT 16b
Price Realized
$625.00

Lot #2068
FRANCE
1861 (10 May) cover from Nice to India, franked with 80c imperf. (cut close, small faults), tied by "4226" small numerals, supported by departure cds alongside, with Marseilles transit and Calcutta arrival pmks, redirected, with 1 Anna added and tied by "1" in bars and circle, final destination arrival (15 June) pmk on back, signed Calves. A scarce forwarded cover
Envelope
Price Realized
$2,300.00

Lot #2069
FRANCE
1864 (23 Dec) small cover to Greece, franked with perforated 40+80c Empire, sent via Trieste to Corfu, with 2+10+40+80 Lepta added on arrival to make up the 132 Lepta charge, all stamps with margins all around, tied by "106" numeral in dots arrival pmks, cover with disinfection slits, one through the 40c, roughly opened at top, rare five-color combination, signed Calves, Roumet
Envelope
Price Realized
$2,300.00

Lot #2070
FRANCE
1866 (Apr 15) small Charge cover from St.Gengoux le Royal to Prague, franked with 20c+40c Empire (YT 22,23) cancelled "3612" large numerals, with departure cds alongside, arriving in Prag (18.4) and re-expedited back to Paris, with the addition of Austrian 10kr, 15kr (on front) and 2x3kr and 15kr (on back) for a total of 46kr rate from Prag (21.4), with red "Recomandirt" and blue French border entry pmk, Poste Restante Paris (23.4) arrival, red wax seals removed from back, with stamps damaged on opening, otherwise fine round-trip forwarded cover, with Ferchenbauer cert.
Envelope
Price Realized
$2,100.00

Lot #2071
FRANCE
1870 (Jan 5) FL from Paris to Greece, franked with horizontal strip of 3x20c Laureated, tied by "24" large Paris stars, Marseilles transit on back, red "PD", charged 20 Lepta on arrival in Athens, with the addition of Large Hermes head 20L, margins all around, just clear at upper right, fresh and attractive due cover to Greece, signed Roumet
Envelope
Price Realized
$950.00

Lot #2072
FRANCE
1871 cover to Paris franked with Bordeaux 20c blue, report I (YT 44Aa), margins all around, small faults, tied by blue Paris star, used in combination with Alsace-Lorraine 10c horizontal pair, cancelled by framed "Feld-Post Relais No.93 15/2" (Le Mans), with indistinct pmk on back, some toning and cover flaws, signed Diena (22.6.58), Roger Calves, with 2009 cert. Convention of 14.2.1871 between the German and French postal administration, required 40c franking for mail from occupied areas to Paris
Envelope
Price Realized
$2,800.00

Lot #2073
FRANCE
1871 (15 Jan) FL to Athens, franked with vertical pair of 20c Bordeaux, margins all around, tied by "2145" large numeral cancel, supported by Lyon departure cds alongside, boxed "Affranchisement Insuffisant" hs in red, with Marseilles transit and Athens (17.1) arrival pmks on back, charged 50 Lepta, with the addition of 40+10 Lepta, margins all around except 10L just in at left, fine and pleasant France plus Greece combination, signed, with 2007 Roger Calves cert.
Envelope
Catalog #YT 45
Price Realized
$2,300.00

Lot #2074
FRANCE
1870-71 Bordeaux Issue, 30c black brown, full margins all around, small h.r., minute thin, still v.f., signed Calves etc.(YT 47b)
*
Catalog #46
Catalog Value €2,400
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #2075
FRANCE
1916 encased postage, with 5c Semeuse, "Lisez La Lanterne Eclaire Tout", fine, scarce WWI usage of postage/coins
(*)
Catalog #YT 147
Unsold
Lot #2076
FRANCE
1951 United Nations, 30fr printer's trial color die proof in ultramarine, also artist (Decaris) signed die proof in black, plus 1959 Europa, 25fr printer's inspection die proof in sepia (only four prepared), v.f.
P
Catalog #672,929P
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #2077
FRANCE
1975 Marianne de Durrens, 80c dull red unissued, n.h., v.f., with Calves cert. Only one sheet printed in red (80c was issued in green color, slightly altered design)
**
Catalog #YT 1862A
Unsold
Lot #2078
FRANCE
1980 Art Series, 4fr Agam, all inscriptions omitted, n.h., v.f., signed Calves (Maury 2112a)
**
Catalog #1713var
Catalog Value €3,000
Unsold
Lot #2079
FRANCE
1981-82 Philex France, se-tenant imperf. sheet corner margin blocks of four, also four imperf. deluxe and two collective deluxe sheets, v.f.,
Box **P
Catalog #1741-42a,1819-20a
Catalog Value €2,400
Unsold
Lot #2080
FRANCE Air Post
1936 50fr Burelage, top sheet margin single, stamp n.h., v.f.,
**
Catalog #C15
Catalog Value $1,150
Price Realized
$675.00

Lot #2081
FRENCH COLONIES French Offices in China
1901 Pack Hoi, 75c violet on yellow, lower left sheet corner margin block of eight, position two error - red country tablet "Indo-Chine" inverted, unused with original, colonial disturbed gum, small h.r., fresh and fine example of this rarity, signed Calves, with 2005 Behr Cert. One of only 3 (!) recorded,
Box *
Catalog #YT 14a
Catalog Value €50,000
Price Realized
$42,500.00

Lot #2082
FRENCH COLONIES French Offices in China
1901 Hoi Hao, 75c violet on yellow, red country tablet "Indo-Chine" inverted, unused with full original gum, small h.r., fresh and fine example of this substantial rarity, signed Calves, with 2004 Behr certificate. One of only 6 (!) recorded,
*
Catalog #YT 29a
Catalog Value €50,000
Price Realized
$42,500.00

Lot #2083
FRENCH COLONIES French Offices in China
1908 Yunnanfou, overprinted in red "Yunannfou" (error) in pair with "Yunnanfou", 2fr, 5fr and 10fr horizontal se-tenant pairs, each with error overprint, fresh, usual slightly dried Colonial gum, signed Calves etc., with 1981 Roumet cert. Only 30 stamps of each printed in error, few se-tenant pairs exist,
*
Catalog #47,47a,48,48a,49,49a
Catalog Value €9,600
Price Realized
$7,500.00

Lot #2084
FRENCH COLONIES Reunion
1852 15c black, unused without gum as issued, ample and clear margins all around, faint toning on no importance, fine classic stamp, with 2004 Roger Calves certificate (YT 1)
(*)
Catalog #1
Catalog Value €42,000
Price Realized
$26,000.00

Lot #2085
GERMAN STATES Bavaria
1849 1kr black, two used singles, one with cogwheel cancel, margins just clear all around, slight overall toning, the other with black cds and faded pen cancel (cleaned), margins in at upper right, fine appearance,
O
Catalog #1
Catalog Value €4,400
Unsold
Lot #2086
GERMANY
1874 9kr on 9kr brown, block of four, h.r., lower left stamp with faint thin, otherwise v.f. (Mi.30)
Box *
Catalog #28
Catalog Value €550
Unsold
Lot #2087
GERMANY
1900 5m slate and carmine, "Zwischentype" (mixed) variety, Frame ("Rahmen") type I and Middle ("Mittlestuck") type II, used, defective corner at upper right and other minor faults, both of which are common for this scarce variety, with 2009 Jaschke-Lantelm cert. (Mi.66Z)
O
Catalog #65var
Catalog Value €30,000
Unsold
Lot #2088
GERMANY
1901 surcharged "3pf" on left half of 5pf green, the so-called Vineta provisional, tied by "Kais. Deutsche Marine Schiffspost No.1 2/5/01" pmk on newspaper wrapper, v.f., signed Herbert Bloch, with 1954 Friedl Certificate. Also signed by Alberto Diena and Dr.Enzo Diena, with certificate from each. This famous provisional was created on April 13, 1901 on board the cruiser SMS Vineta. As the postal officer had not been supplied with 3 Pfennig Germania stamps, he bisected his stock of the 5 Pfennig stamps and stamped them by hand with a "3 PF" mark. Mail with the Vineta provisional stamp was sent from Pernambuco to Germany on April 17, 1901. Only 600 were surcharged, with majority destroyed or disappeared over the years, making this provisional one of the rarities of German philately (Mi.AI)
Envelope
Catalog #65B
Catalog Value €22,000
Price Realized
$12,000.00

Lot #2089
GERMANY
1937 25pf rose red, essay on thin card, printed on both sides, v.f., with 1997 Schlegel cert.
E
Catalog #646E
Price Realized
$180.00

Lot #2090
GERMANY
1991 World Gas Congress, imperf. se-tenant horizontal strip of three, n.h., v.f., with 1994 Schlegel cert.
**
Catalog #Mi.WZd10U
Catalog Value €400
Price Realized
$140.00

Lot #2091
GERMANY Semi-Postals
1948 "Helft Berlin", specialized collection on pages, with 10+5pf green two imperf. pairs (one without gum, signed Solomon, BPP). Double impression (2), four different perf. varieties, used or unused, also one on cover (rare); 20+10pf vertical strip of three, imperf. horizontally at top and between stamps, also horiz. and vertical pairs imperf. between, also three additional covers, fine-v.f.,
Envelope */**
Catalog #Mi.101-102var
Catalog Value €3,000
Unsold
Lot #2092
GERMANY Berlin Semi-Postals
1949 Currency Reform souvenir sheet, hinged in margin (stamps n.h.), v.f. (Mi. Block 1)
*
Catalog #9NB3a
Catalog Value $650
Unsold
Lot #2093
GERMANY Berlin Semi-Postals
1949 Currency Reform souvenir sheet, hinged in margin (stamps n.h.), v.f. (Mi. Block 1)
*
Catalog #9NB3a
Catalog Value $650
Unsold
Lot #2094
GERMAN COLONIES German Offices in China
1900 Tientsin Issue, 3pf brown, h.r., well centered, v.f., signed Arkel (Mi.8)
*
Catalog #17
Catalog Value €750
Price Realized
$290.00

Lot #2095
GERMAN COLONIES German Offices in China
1900 Tientsin Issue, 30pf orange and black, used, v.f., signed Pfenninger, Richter and Brun,
O
Catalog #21
Catalog Value €3,500
Price Realized
$2,700.00

Lot #2096
GERMAN COLONIES German Offices in China
1900 Tientsin Issue, 40pf carmine & black, sheet margin copy, handstamped "China", cancelled on piece by a perfect strike of "K.D.Feldpoststation No.2 - 28/2" (operated during the Boxer rebellion in Peking 11.0.1900-31.8.1901), fresh and v.f. example of this world-class rarity, less than 50 issued, this certainly being the finest possible known, signed Zobisch, Philip Kosack etc., with 2004 Jakubek cert. ("eine zuverlassige bestimmbarkeit bei einem Handstempel moglich ist"), ex-Salzmann collection
O
Catalog #Mi.II
Catalog Value €40,000
Price Realized
$25,000.00

Lot #2097
GERMAN COLONIES German Offices in China
1901 Reichspost, complete set, 5M type I, white retouched, used, few on piece, fine-v.f., 5M with handstamp guarantee on reverse (Mi. 15-27IV)
O
Catalog #24-36b
Catalog Value €1,000
Price Realized
$290.00

Lot #2098
GERMAN COLONIES German Offices in China
1901 Reichspost, complete set, 5M type I, red and white retouched, used, few on piece, fine-v.f., signed Bothe, Buhler, etc. (Mi. 15-27III)
O
Catalog #24-36b
Catalog Value €600
Price Realized
$260.00

Lot #2099
GERMAN COLONIES German Offices in Morocco
1900 Reichspost, complete set, 5M type II, used (60c on 50pf unused), fine-v.f., signed Bothe (Mi.7-19II)
O
Catalog #7/19A
Catalog Value €590
Price Realized
$220.00

Lot #2100
GERMAN COLONIES German Offices in Morocco
1900 Reichspost, complete set, 5M type I, red and white retouched, used, fine-v.f., signed Kosack (Mi.7-19III)
O
Catalog #7-19b
Catalog Value €650
Price Realized
$220.00

Lot #2101
GERMAN COLONIES German Offices in Morocco
1900 6p25c on 5m, type I, white retouched, neat Casablanca cancels, fine (Mi.19IV)
O
Catalog #19b
Catalog Value €700
Price Realized
$190.00

Lot #2102
GERMAN COLONIES German Offices in Morocco
1900 6p25c on 5m, type I, red and white retouched, used, v.f., signed Bothe, etc. (Mi.19III)
O
Catalog #19b
Catalog Value €400
Price Realized
$170.00

Lot #2103
GERMAN COLONIES German Offices in Morocco
1905 Deutches Reich, complete set, used, fine-v.f., signed Buhler, etc. (Mi.21-33A)
O
Catalog #20-32
Catalog Value €600
Price Realized
$220.00

Lot #2104
GERMAN COLONIES German Offices in Morocco
1906 6p25c on 5m slate and carmine, n.h., v.f. (Mi.45)
**
Catalog #44
Catalog Value €420
Unsold
Lot #2105
GERMAN COLONIES German Offices in Morocco
1906-11 6p25c on 5m, used, v.f., signed Bothe, etc. (Mi.45)
O
Catalog #44
Catalog Value €400
Price Realized
$170.00

Lot #2106
GERMAN COLONIES German Offices in Morocco
1911 Morokko Surcharges, 3p75c on 3m and 6p25c on 5m, two high values, used, the former with faint marginal stain, otherwise v.f., signed Kosack, Bothe (Mi.57-58)
O
Catalog #56-57
Catalog Value €680
Price Realized
$220.00

Lot #2107
GERMAN COLONIES German Offices in Turkish Empire
1884-1905 2 1/2p on 50pf gray green (used and unused), plus 15pi on 3m unwatermarked, n.h., fine-v.f.
*/**O
Catalog #6,41
Catalog Value €450
Unsold
Lot #2108
GERMAN COLONIES German Offices in Turkish Empire
1903-5 Reichspost, type II surcharges, set of six, h.r., fine-v.f. (Mi.12II-23II)
*
Catalog #25-30
Catalog Value £650
Price Realized
$160.00

Lot #2109
GERMAN COLONIES German Offices in Turkish Empire
1902 Reichspost, 5m slate and carmine, overprint type II, used, v.f., signed Bothe, Richter, Kroger (Mi.23II)
O
Catalog #30
Catalog Value €700
Price Realized
$260.00

Lot #2110
GERMAN COLONIES German Offices in Turkish Empire
1905 25pi on 5m slate and carmine, upper left corner margin single, n.h., some perf. separations and marginal creases, violet handstamp on reverse, v.f. (Mi.35a)
**
Catalog #42
Catalog Value €650
Price Realized
$200.00

Lot #2111
GERMAN COLONIES German Offices in Turkish Empire
1906-12 15pi on 3m black violet, upper left corner margin block of four, n.h., fine-v.f. (Mi.46b)
Box **
Catalog #53
Catalog Value €640
Price Realized
$150.00

Lot #2112
GERMAN COLONIES German New Guinea
1901 Yacht, 3pf-5m, complete set, used, fine-v.f., 5m signed Bothe, Richter (Mi.7-19)
O
Catalog #7-19
Catalog Value €1,000
Price Realized
$400.00

Lot #2113
GERMAN COLONIES German New Guinea
1901 Yacht, 5m slate and carmine, used, v.f., signed Bothe (Mi.19)
O
Catalog #19
Catalog Value €600
Price Realized
$300.00

Lot #2114
GERMAN COLONIES Cameroun
1900 Yacht, 3pf-5m, complete set, used, fine-v.f., 5m signed Bothe, (Mi.7-19)
O
Catalog #7-19
Catalog Value €950
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #2115
GERMAN COLONIES Cameroun
1900 Yacht, 5m slate and carmine, Duala cancel, v.f. (Mi.19)
O
Catalog #19
Catalog Value €600
Price Realized
$280.00

Lot #2116
GERMAN COLONIES Caroline Islands
1900 Yacht, 3pf-5m, complete set, 5m corner margin single, n.h., few natural gum wrinkles, 1m and 2m also n.h., balance l.h., fine-v.f. (Mi.7-19)
*/**
Catalog #7-19
Catalog Value €636
Price Realized
$300.00

Lot #2117
GERMAN COLONIES Caroline Islands
1900 Yacht, 3pf-5m, complete set, used, few on piece, fine-v.f., signed Pfenninger, Steuer, etc. (Mi.7-19)
O
Catalog #7-19
Catalog Value €1,000
Price Realized
$400.00

Lot #2118
GERMAN COLONIES Caroline Islands
1910 Ponape Provisional Issue, right half of 20pf ultramarine, tied on cover by "Ponape 12.7.10" (First Day) pmk, with official negative postal seal alongside, stamp with tiny abrasion, minute cover toning, otherwise v.f., with 1995 Dr.Lantelme cert. ("tadelossem zustand"). Due to shortage of 10pf stamps, the postmaster resorted to bisecting the existing stock of 20pf stamps to be used by sailors during the visit of the Imperial Fleet in Ponape (Mi.II)
Envelope
Catalog #10a
Catalog Value €12,000
Price Realized
$1,900.00

Lot #2119
GERMAN COLONIES Kiauchau
1901 5m slate and carmine, used on small piece, v.f., signed Grobe (Mi.17)
O
Catalog #22
Catalog Value €800
Price Realized
$300.00

Lot #2120
GERMAN COLONIES Kiauchau
1905 $1 1/2 black violet, left sheet margin single, used on piece, central "Tsingtau" cancel, faint perf. staining not mentioned on accompanying certificate, otherwise v.f., with 1999 Steuer cert. (Mi.26)
O
Catalog #31
Catalog Value €2,000
Price Realized
$750.00

Lot #2121
GERMAN COLONIES Kiauchau
1905 $1 1/2 black violet, neat "Tsingtau" cancel, well centered, v.f., signed Ebel, Richter, with 1964 Friedl cert. (Mi.26)
O
Catalog #31
Catalog Value €2,000
Price Realized
$750.00

Lot #2122
GERMAN COLONIES Kiauchau
1905 $2 1/2 slate and carmine, small h.r., bright color, fine, signed Brun, Roumet (Mi.27A)
*
Catalog #32
Catalog Value €1,800
Price Realized
$800.00

Lot #2123
GERMAN COLONIES Mariana Islands
1901 Yacht, 3pf-5m, complete set, last two n.h. (5m with sheet margin at top), balance hinged, fine-v.f. (Mi.7-29)
*/**
Catalog #17-29
Catalog Value €560
Price Realized
$260.00

Lot #2124
GERMAN COLONIES Mariana Islands
1901 Yacht, 3m black violet and 5m slate and carmine, Saipan cancels, 5m with slight paper irregularity, otherwise v.f., signed Bothe, etc. (Mi.18-19)
O
Catalog #28-29
Catalog Value €760
Price Realized
$250.00

Lot #2125
GERMAN COLONIES Marshall Islands
1898 10pf carmine, Berlin Issue, used on small piece of one of the 100 (ca) covers sent from Jaluit by Mr. Kosack, with "Jaluit 31/300 Marschall-Inseln" cancel, v.f., with 1988 Dr.Lantelme cert. (Mi.3II)
O
Catalog #3
Catalog Value €300
Price Realized
$130.00

Lot #2126
GERMAN COLONIES Marshall Islands
1901 Yacht, complete set, all used except 80pf (h.r.), fine-v.f., signed Dr. Lantelme, etc. (Mi.13-25)
O
Catalog #13-25
Catalog Value €1,170
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #2127
GERMAN COLONIES Samoa
1901 Yacht, complete set, used, fine-v.f., signed Bothe, Steuer, etc. (Mi.7-19)
O
Catalog #57-69
Catalog Value €1,000
Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #2128
GERMAN COLONIES Samoa
1901 Yacht, 5m slate and carmine, upper left sheet corner margin single, n.h., v.f. (Mi.19)
**
Catalog #69
Catalog Value €600
Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #2129
GERMAN COLONIES Togo
1901 Yacht, complete set, used, 5m cancelled "Sokode", 30pf thin, balance fine-v.f., signed Eibenstein (Mi.7-19)
O
Catalog #7-19
Catalog Value €1,000
Price Realized
$525.00

Lot #2130
GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Belgium - Flemish Legion
1943 Flemish Kings, sheetlets of four, n.h., fine-v.f.,
**
Catalog #Mi.IX-XIV
Catalog Value €650
Price Realized
$425.00

Lot #2131
GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Belgium - Flemish Legion
1943 Flemish Kings, sheetlets of four, n.h., some faint marginal toning, stamps fine-v.f.,
**
Catalog #Mi.IX-XIV
Catalog Value €650
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #2132
GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Estonia
1941 Elwa, 1r Red Army, block of four, n.h., v.f., signed Vaher, Pruus, with Lobbering cert. A rare multiple, only 200 printed,
Box **
Catalog #Mi.20
Price Realized
$1,400.00

Lot #2133
GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Estonia - Elwa
1941 1r gray brown, h.r., fine, signed Stolow, only 100 printed,
*
Catalog #Mi.23
Catalog Value €1,100
Price Realized
$425.00

Lot #2134
GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Estonia - Elwa
1941 30k Pavilions, double handstamp variety, n.h., few fingerprints on gum, v.f. and rare as only 200 were overprinted (this total includes both single and double overprints), signed Keiler, Stuempel, with 2010 Lobbering cert.,
**
Catalog #Mi.32DD
Catalog Value €1,200
Price Realized
$800.00

Lot #2135
GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation Of Estonia - Pernau
1941 3k light blue, type II, perforated bottom margin single, "7941" instead of "1941" variety, n.h., usual perforations, v.f. and rare, with 1984 Krischke cert.,
**
Catalog #Mi.3AII/V
Catalog Value €1,500
Unsold
Lot #2136
GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of France - Festung Lorient
1945 4fr dark ultramarine, used on small piece, tied by violet censor handstamp, v.f., only 200 printed, with 2008 Krischke cert.,
O
Catalog #Mi.12
Catalog Value €1,200
Unsold
Lot #2137
GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Lithuania
1941 80k carmine, n.h., v.f.,
**
Catalog #Mi.17
Catalog Value €500
Price Realized
$140.00

Lot #2138
GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Lithuania - Raseiniai
1941 80k carmine, used, v.f.,
O
Catalog #Mi.8
Catalog Value €800
Unsold
Lot #2139
GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Lithuania - Raseiniai
1941 80k carmine, overprint inverted, used, v.f.,
O
Catalog #Mi.8K
Catalog Value €2,000
Unsold
Lot #2140
GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Lithuania - Rokiskis
1941 50k brown yellow, red overprint, very lightly hinged, fine,
*
Catalog #Mi.6b
Catalog Value €300
Unsold
Lot #2141
GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Russia - Pleskau Postal Stationery
1942 20k/10k unused, unsevered and unfolded stationery reply card, one without surcharge, v.f., rare
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #2142
GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Ukraine - Alexanderstadt
1942 four values, including 1.50r on 10k type II (some toning) and 1.50r on 15k, 20k and 30k, type III, n.h., fine-v.f., signed Keiler, Pickenpack, etc.,
**
Catalog #Mi.4II,5-7III
Catalog Value €395
Price Realized
$140.00

Lot #2143
GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES German Occupation of Ukraine - Alexanderstadt
1942 1.50r on 20k green, type III, n.h., fresh and v.f. example of this rare stamp, only a few known, without the usual faults that plague this issue, well centered, with 1984 Zirath and 2009 Krischke certificates,
**
Catalog #Mi.9III
Catalog Value €15,000
Unsold
Lot #2144
GERMAN WORLD WAR II OCCUPATION ISSUES British Propaganda Issues for Germany
1944 3+12pf booklet pane of 10 (five vertical se-tenant pairs), plus staple and covers, v.f., rare, signed Ludin, with cert.
Booklet
Catalog #Mi.30-31
Price Realized
$4,750.00

Lot #2145
GREAT BRITAIN
1840 1p black, lettered T-F, unused with original gum, small h.r., margins all around, deep intense color and impression, handstamped guarantees, with 2008 Jean-Francois Brun cert. A very fine example of the world's first postage stamp, in excellent condition (SG 2)
*
Catalog #1
Catalog Value £10,000
Unsold
Lot #2146
GREAT BRITAIN
1840 2p blue, lettered S-G, unused without gum, margins all around, little toning, good color and otherwise fine and presentable stamp, with 2008 Jean-Francois Brun cert. (SG 5)
(*)
Catalog #2
Catalog Value £30,000
Unsold
Lot #2147
GREAT BRITAIN
1847 1sh pale green, "7" diamond cancel, margins all around, natural marginal inclusion, fine (SG 54)
O
Catalog #5
Catalog Value £850
Price Realized
$270.00

Lot #2148
GREAT BRITAIN
1847 1sh pale green, horizontal strip of four, "131" cancels, margins in or touching on all sides, defective, still a rare multiple (SG 54; catalogue value for singles)
O
Catalog #5
Catalog Value £3,400
Unsold
Lot #2149
GREAT BRITAIN
1848 10p red brown, used, full margins all around including part of adjoining stamp at top, beautiful color, faint marginal thin at top, otherwise v.f. (SG 57)
O
Catalog #6
Catalog Value £1,200
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #2150
GREAT BRITAIN
1854 6p red violet, two used singles, distinct shades, each with margins to touching on two sides, fine (SG 58)
O
Catalog #7
Catalog Value £1,800
Unsold
Lot #2151
GREAT BRITAIN
1867 Victoria, 5sh rose, plate 1, watermarked Maltese Cross, unused (regummed), nicely centered, v.f. (SG 127)
(*)
Catalog #57
Catalog Value £8,250
Unsold
Lot #2152
GREAT BRITAIN
1872 (July 4) large part of outer FL from London, franked with 2x3p Victoria, sent to Corfu, with 5+40L Large Hermes Heads added in Kerkura, fine cover to Greece
Envelope
Price Realized
$1,300.00

Lot #2153
GREAT BRITAIN
1883-84 Victoria, 2sh6p lilac, 5sh carmine rose and 10sh ultramarine, h.r., v.f. (SG 178,181,183a)
*
Catalog #96,108-109
Catalog Value £3,350
Unsold
Lot #2154
GREAT BRITAIN
1929 PUC, ú1 black, l.h., well centered, v.f. (SG 438)
*
Catalog #209
Catalog Value £750
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #2155
GREAT BRITAIN
1929 PUC, ú1 black, right sheet margin single, n.h., slight natural gum crease, v.f. (SG 438)
**
Catalog #209
Catalog Value £1,100
Unsold
Lot #2156
GREAT BRITAIN
1939-48 George VI, 2sh6p-ú1, set of six, n.h., v.f. (SG 476-487b)
**
Catalog #249-251A,275
Catalog Value £400
Price Realized
$400.00

Lot #2157
GREAT BRITAIN Officials
1902 I.R.Official, 10sh ultramarine, watermarked Anchor, perf. 14, overprinted type O2, variety raised stop after the letter "R", unused without gum, with 1990 Heinz Georg Richter certificate which states "unused in perfect condition," also with a brand new 2010 BPA certificate, this one stating "pressed crease at upper left and color a little faded," quite harsh in our opinion as the color is perfectly evene and crease totally marginal, hence very fine, pencil signed Hebert Bloch. A note from the BPA identifies this copy as position 1 of the block sold in 1947 by Harmer Rooke. A rarity from Great Britain, missing in most major collections as only 7 (!) examples have been recorded, apparently all without gum (SG O26a)
(*)
Catalog #O25a
Catalog Value £120,000
Price Realized
$55,000.00

Lot #2158
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH ASCENSION
1922-90 collection on Scott's or blank pages, apparently complete with all better sets, hinged, fine and clean collection
*
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #2159
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BERMUDA
1938-53 George VI, 1p-ú1, set of 14 (complete according to Scott's), l.h. or h.r., fine-v.f. (SG 110/121)
*
Catalog #118-128
Catalog Value £250
Unsold
Lot #2160
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CANADA
1851 12p black, plate proof on india with "Specimen" overprint removed, paper thinned to resemble the stamp, fine appearing space filler, with 2010 Sismondo cert.
P
Catalog #3P
Price Realized
$950.00

Lot #2161
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CANADA
1852 3p red, unused without gum, margins all around, fine and scarce unused classic stamp, with 2010 Sismondo cert.,
(*)
Catalog #4
Catalog Value $1,150
Price Realized
$1,250.00

Lot #2162
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CANADA
1855 10p blue, unused without gum, paper of average thickness, margins all around, beautiful color, horizontal crease, otherwise fresh and v.f. example of this Classic rarity, with 2010 Sismondo cert. (stating that unused ten pence Jacques Cartier stamps on medion thickness paper are about 10-20 times scarcer that examples on thin paper),
(*)
Catalog #7a
Catalog Value $8,000
Price Realized
$1,800.00

Lot #2163
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CANADA
1857 7 1/2p green, clear margins all around, several stains and black dots, otherwise fine, with 2010 Sismondo cert. stating "It is not possible to state unequivocally whether the stamp is used or unused, because of the presence of these extraneous stains", hence sold as is
Catalog #9
Price Realized
$550.00

Lot #2164
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CANADA
1858 1/2p rose, unused, disturbed part original gum, nice color, but with two pinholes, fine appearance, with 2010 Sismondo cert.,
*
Catalog #11
Catalog Value $3,250
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #2165
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CANADA
1858 3p red, unused without gum, bright color, centered slightly to bottom, good color and fresh, fine example of this scarce stamp, with 1957 Royal and 2010 Sismondo certificates,
(*)
Catalog #12
Catalog Value $10,000
Price Realized
$3,000.00

Lot #2166
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CANADA
1859 6p brown violet, unused with traces of original gum, nice impression, thin, perforations recut at bottom, otherwise fine and presentable copy of this rare stamp, with 2010 Sismondo cert.,
*
Catalog #13
Catalog Value $17,500
Price Realized
$2,000.00

Lot #2167
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CANADA Officially Sealed
1907 Issue, top margin inscription block of four, bottom stamps hinge reinforced, top stamps n.h., fine-v.f.,
Box */**
Catalog #OX3
Catalog Value $720
Price Realized
$270.00

Lot #2168
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CANADA Officially Sealed
1913 Issue, top margin plate block of six, well centered, n.h. with natural gum skips and slight gum adhesions, fine-v.f. (catalogue value for singles)
Box **
Catalog #OX4
Catalog Value $780
Price Realized
$550.00

Lot #2169
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CAPE OF GOOD HOPE
1858 6p pale lilac, top sheet margin "block" of four, l.h. or n.h., post office fresh, v.f. and beautiful multiple
*/**
Catalog #5
Price Realized
$2,000.00

Lot #2170
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CAPE OF GOOD HOPE
1858-61 1sh white paper, also woodblocks 4p milky blue, each used, small faults
O
Catalog #6,9
Catalog Value $3,210
Unsold
Lot #2171
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CAPE OF GOOD HOPE
1863-64 6p purple, square pair, used, margins just clear, some mount staining, otherwise fine (SG 20; catalogue value for singles)
O
Catalog #14
Catalog Value £900
Unsold
Lot #2172
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CAPE OF GOOD HOPE
1863-64 6p purple, two used singles, heavy cancels, margins all around, fine (SG 20)
O
Catalog #14
Catalog Value £900
Price Realized
$280.00

Lot #2173
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CAPE OF GOOD HOPE
1863-64 1sh emerald, square pair, l.h., margins all around, fresh color, v.f. (SG 21; catalogue value for singles)
*
Catalog #15
Catalog Value £900
Price Realized
$600.00

Lot #2174
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH Mafeking Siege Issues
1900 Sgt. Major Goodyear, 1p blue, sheet margin single used on small piece, v.f. (SG 17)
O
Catalog #178
Catalog Value £275
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #2175
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH Mafeking Siege Issues
1900 Baden-Powell, 3p blue, corner margin single, used, v.f. (SG 19)
O
Catalog #179
Catalog Value £350
Price Realized
$550.00

Lot #2176
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CYPRUS
1924-28 ú5 black on yellow, top margin plate number "1" single, lightly hinged in the selvage, stamp n.h. and post office fresh, well centered, v.f., signed Herbert Bloch, with 1982 Friedl cert. (SG 117a; catalogue value for hinged)
**
Catalog #109
Catalog Value £3,000
Price Realized
$3,250.00

Lot #2177
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH FALKLAND ISLANDS
1938-50 George VI, 1/2p-ú1, complete set, l.h. or h.r., fine-v.f. (SG 146-163)
*
Catalog #84-96,101-102
Catalog Value £450
Unsold
Lot #2178
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH FALKLAND ISLANDS
1982 "The Beagle", 34p variety, red brown omitted from side tablets, n.h., v.f. (SG 425var)
**
Catalog #347var
Price Realized
$575.00

Lot #2179
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH INDIA
1975 Flying Crane, 50p violet blue, horizontal pair, variety design shifted, n.h., v.f.
**
Catalog #679var
Unsold
Lot #2180
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH LABUAN Postage Dues
1901 8c red and black, center inverted, cancelled to order as always, unusually fresh and fine example of this classic postage due/inverted center error, less than 40 are known to exist, with Calves cert. (SG D6ba)
O
Catalog #J6a
Catalog Value £9,500
Price Realized
$6,500.00

Lot #2181
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH MAURITIUS
1895 cover to Germany, originating from French Madagascar, franked with uncancelled 25c with red overprint (YT 17), sent via Mauritius where 15c Victoria was added, tied by Mauritius 6 September departure pmk, with French Packet No.2 (18 Sep) and Altona (3.10) arrival pmk, some cover creases at toning at top, unusual
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #2182
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH NEWFOUNDLAND Air Post
1919 Hawker, 3c red brown, bottom sheet margin vertical pair, signed "JAR" on reverse, top stamp l.h., bottom stamp never hinged, fine-v.f. Only 76 unused singles are believed to exist, with this being the finer of the two known pairs, with 2002 BPA cert. A wonderful showpiece item and a great airpost rarity (catalogue value for singles)
*/**
Catalog #C1
Catalog Value $62,500
Price Realized
$50,000.00

Lot #2183
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH NEW ZEALAND Postage Dues
1899 1/2p-2sh, set of 11, heavy h.r., 2sh with defective perforations, otherwise fine-v.f.
*
Catalog #J1-11
Catalog Value $855
Unsold
Lot #2184
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH RHODESIA
1910 ú1 bluish sale & carmine, perf. 15, five singles, each with perfin and fiscal cancellation, different shades, occasional perf. flaws, mostly fine-v.f.
O
Catalog #118c
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #2185
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SEYCHELLES
1938-49 George VI, 2c-5r, complete set of 25, l.h. or h.r., fine-v.f. (SG 135-149)
*
Catalog #125-148
Catalog Value $475
Unsold
Lot #2186
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SIERRA LEONE
1933 Wilberforce, complete set, mostly l.h., fine-v.f. (SG 168-180)
*
Catalog #153-165
Catalog Value £850
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #2187
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SINGAPORE
1888 small cover franked with Straits Settlements 8c Victoria, cancelled in Singapore, additional cds of origin on back, addressed to Malabar Coast, India, sent via Sarawak where 3c brown on yellow was added, tied by Sarawak pmk, with "First Delay Cannanore" 9 Sept 88 arrival on back, little cover toning, fine and rare mixed franking Straits Settlements and Sarawak
Envelope
Price Realized
$3,500.00

Lot #2188
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH SOUTH GEORGIA
1963-72 two complete sets, n.h., fine-v.f.
**
Catalog #1-30
Catalog Value $353
Price Realized
$160.00

Lot #2189
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH STRAITS SETTLEMENTS
1898 $5 orange and carmine, overprinted Specimen in black, h.r., v.f. (SG 105s)
S
Catalog #88S
Price Realized
$140.00

Lot #2190
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH STRAITS SETTLEMENTS
1902-3 Edward, 50c-$5, four high values, overprinted Specimen in black, unused, overall toning, otherwise fine-v.f. (SG 118-121s)
S
Catalog #101-104S
Price Realized
$160.00

Lot #2191
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH STRAITS SETTLEMENTS
1921-33 George V, 1c-$5, 17 different, overprinted Specimen, plus additional $2, unused or h.r., some toning, otherwise fine (SG 218/240s)
S
Catalog #179/201S
Catalog Value £650
Price Realized
$300.00

Lot #2192
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH VIRGIN ISLANDS
1887 4p St. Ursula, die proof in grayish color (faded ?), fine
P
Unsold
Lot #2193
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BRITISH OMNIBUS SETS
1935 Silver Jubilee, complete set, mostly l.h., fine-v.f., SG
*

Catalog Value £1,200
Unsold
Lot #2194
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BRITISH OMNIBUS SETS
1935 Silver Jubilee, complete set, n.h., fine-v.f., SG
**

Catalog Value £1,200
Unsold
Lot #2195
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BRITISH OMNIBUS SETS
1937 Coronation, complete set in blocks of four, top stamps hinged, bottom stamps n.h., fine-v.f., SG
Box */**

Catalog Value £720
Unsold
Lot #2196
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BRITISH OMNIBUS SETS
1937-53 Coronation, plus QEII Coronation, complete sets, n.h., fine-v.f., SG
**

Catalog Value £310
Unsold
Lot #2197
BRITISH COMMONWEALTH BRITISH OMNIBUS SETS
1948 Silver Wedding, Aden-Zanzibar, 106 different (53 complete sets), missing Bermuda, Ceylon, India, St.Vincent and Malayan States, but with all other key items included (Hong Hong, Falkland Islands etc.), used, mostly fine-v.f.
O
Price Realized
$550.00

Lot #2198
GREECE
1867 (Oct 15) FL from Manchester to Patras, franked with 1p red, "Insufficiently Stamped" hs applied twice, endorsed via Italy and Corfu, with Bridinisi and Kerkura transits, charged 90L on arrival in Greece, with the addition of 10L and 80L (1862-67 issue) in Patras (11 Oct), some toning and paper erosion, still fine GB+Greece combination, with Tseriotis cert.
Envelope
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #2199
GREECE
1868 cover from Chunsurah to Corfu, franked with pair of 4 Annas green, cancelled "85", with cds of origin on back, also "Travelling P.O. Bengal" and Bombay transit cds, endorsed "Via Bombay & Alexandria by Austrian Steamer", charged 50 Lepta on arrival, with 10+40 Lepta Greek franking added in Kerkura (11 March), both with margins all around, tied by cds, with additional arrival pmk on back, small piece of address portion excised, signed Tseriotis. Only a small number of covers have been recorded with Large Hermes Heads used in combination with British Colony issue, this one with India is extremely rare
Envelope
Price Realized
$27,000.00

Lot #2200
GREECE
1870 (12 May) outer FL from Russia, franked with 10k (horizontally laid paper), cancelled by pen, sent from Taganrog to Syros, with 40L large Hermes Head added on arrival, with Constantinople transit pmk alongside, filing fold away from the stamps, fine combination franking, handstamped Theodor Gunther, Chemnitz
Envelope
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #2201
GREECE Air Post
1933 Aeroespresso Co. Issue, imperf. set of seven in horizontal or vertical pairs, l.h. or h.r., v.f., signed Kessler, Sanabria. Only one sheet of each value printed (Karamitsos A8-14a)
*
Catalog #C8-14var
Catalog Value €7,000
Price Realized
$3,250.00

Lot #2202
GREECE Postage Dues
1875 (29 June) FL from Trieste to Corfu, franked with Austrian 10kr Franz Josef (coarse beard), initially deemed insufficiently franked (hs) and taxed 15kr (annulled), but charged 40 Lepta postage due on arrival with 40 Lepta green & black cancelled by dots added on Kerkura, with 24 June arrival pmk on back, fine, with Guy de Vachat cert.
Envelope
Price Realized
$575.00

Lot #2203
GUINEA
1965 New York Exposition, four imperf. souvenir sheets, 100fr and 200fr each with inverted center and inscriptions, others without center or frame, n.h., v.f., with the set of regular sheets enclosed for comparison, rare
**
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #2204
HONDURAS Air Post
1930 10c on 20c yellow brown, with violet surcharge, h.r., v.f., with Friedl cert.,
*
Catalog #C24
Catalog Value $750
Unsold
Lot #2205
HUNGARY
1921 5000k dark green and pale blue, Madonna and Child, center inverted, very well centered and fresh, full clean original gum, lightly hinged, very fine. One of the premier Inverted Centers of 20th century Europe; less than 100 examples reported (used and unused), with at least 38 of these are tied up in museums, others with quality problems, leaving very few opportunities for a collector to obtain one of these beautiful rarities (Mi. 379I)
*
Catalog #386a
Price Realized
$26,000.00

Lot #2206
HUNGARY
1926-1933 three different special picture postcards, first with "Nagiuis ostai Ugyn" (Girl Scout Jamboree), others with oval Boy Scout Jamboree markings; also additional 1933 Boy Scout Jamboree, set of 15 proof sheetlets consisting of drawings by Lajos Marton, with the original envelope (tape reinforced), also six covers or cards from additional French and US Scout Meets, fine-v.f., scarce lot
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #2207
ICELAND
1939 New York World's Fair, complete set in blocks of four, n.h., v.f.
Box **
Catalog #213-215
Catalog Value $440
Unsold
Lot #2208
IRAN
1882 25c deep green on cover (opened for display) from Maragheh to Tiflis, tied by bi-lingual Maragheh cancel, usual cover wear, otherwise fine early usage to Russia
Envelope
Catalog #52
Unsold
Lot #2209
IRAN
1885-86 1c-5k, set of six, mostly l.h., fine-v.f.,
*
Catalog #60-65
Catalog Value $870
Price Realized
$600.00

Lot #2210
IRAN
1889 1c-50k, violet handstamps, set of 16, mostly l.h., fine-v.f., with 2010 Persiphila cert.,
*
Catalog #120-135
Catalog Value $556
Price Realized
$425.00

Lot #2211
IRAN
1902 Meshed, 3c black, postally used, full margins all around, v.f., only 300 printed, signed Sadri,
O
Catalog #224
Catalog Value $1,750
Price Realized
$1,200.00

Lot #2212
IRAN
1902 "Provisoire 1319" handstamps, 1c-12c, set of five, used, full margins, fine-v.f., with 2002 Persiphila cert.,
O
Catalog #235-239
Catalog Value $700
Price Realized
$850.00

Lot #2213
IRAN
1902 1c-50k, rose overprints, complete set, h.r., fine-v.f., signed Sadri,
*
Catalog #247-257
Catalog Value $2,035
Price Realized
$1,200.00

Lot #2214
IRAN
1902 5c red and yellow, bottom plate number gutter block of twelve, type II, with variety "+" omitted on two stamps, n.h. (hinged in margin), few marginal creases and tears, stamps v.f., signed Sadri (catalogue value for hinged singles)
Box **
Catalog #283
Catalog Value $600
Price Realized
$300.00

Lot #2215
IRAN
1903 12c on 10c rose red, horizontal block of eight, n.h., fine-v.f., signed Sadri (catalogue value for hinged singles)
Box **
Catalog #366
Catalog Value $600
Unsold
Lot #2216
IRAN
1907-9 Mohammed-Ali Shah, 1c-30k, 16 values complete except for 4k yellow, blocks of four, 1c-10c each with two stamps hinged, balance n.h., fine-v.f. (catalogue value for hinged singles)
Box */**
Catalog #428-438,440-444
Catalog Value $820
Unsold
Lot #2217
IRAN
1915 Coronation of Shah Ahmed, 5k and 1t, sheets of fifty, n.h., fine-v.f., with 2007 Persiphila cert. for the 5k, rare
Box **
Catalog #573-574
Unsold
Lot #2218
IRAN
1919 Provisoire Issue, 1c and 13c imperf. proofs, four horizontal pairs, 1c with and without value and 13c with and without value, few minor flaws, otherwise fine-v.f.
P
Catalog #617P
Price Realized
$675.00

Lot #2219
IRAN
1921 Coup d'Etat overprints inverted, 3c-5t, complete set in blocks of four, each with two stamps hinged and two n.h., fine-v.f., signed Kurdestani
Box */**
Catalog #635-645
Unsold
Lot #2220
IRAN
1924-25 Ahmed Shah Qajar, 20k and 30k sheets of 100, n.h., folded between stamps and in margin, post office fresh, fine-v.f.,
Box **
Catalog #679,680
Catalog Value $7,000
Unsold
Lot #2221
IRAN
1966-1982 mostly complete sets in sheets of 50 or larger, occasional duplication, n.h., few high values (16681A,1661B), mostly fine-v.f.,
Box **
Catalog #1316/2082,C86/9,RA10,11
Catalog Value $9,847
Unsold
Lot #2222
IRAN
1967 Coronation of Shah and Empress Farah, set of three sheets of 50, five rows imperforate vertically, two rows imperforate horizontally, actually yielding ten blocks of four imperf. vertically and horizontally, plus five horizontal pairs imperf. between, unused without gum as issued, v.f.
Box (*)
Catalog #1453-55var
Unsold
Lot #2223
IRAN Postal Tax Stamps
1965 50d green and red, center (lion) inverted, corner margin block of four, n.h., v.f. and rare
Box **
Unsold
Lot #2224
ISRAEL
1948 Doar Ivri, 250m-1000m with tabs, set of sheet margin singles, never hinged and post office fresh, usual fingerprint impressions on gum, v.f.
**
Catalog #7-9
Price Realized
$3,250.00

Lot #2225
ISRAEL
1948 Doar Ivri, 250m-1000m with tabs, set of three, last two with sheet margin, faint toned specks or gum imperfections, never hinged, fine-v.f., each signed "Burger BPP"
**
Catalog #7-9
Price Realized
$2,300.00

Lot #2226
ITALY
1961 205L rose, l.h., v.f. (Sass.921)
*
Catalog #834a
Catalog Value €850
Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #2227
ITALY
1961 205L rose (error) on cacheted FDC, covered by 205L gray violet, tied by 6.4. 61 Maferova cds addressed to Lima, Peru, with violet "Volo Specialie del 6.4.1961" datestamps and 7 April "Visite El Peru y sus Milen" slogan arrival pmk, fine. (Sass.921)
Envelope
Catalog #834a
Catalog Value €1,250
Unsold
Lot #2228
ITALY
1961 205L rose (error) on registered and flown cover from Genova to Lima, covered by 205L gray violet, also with 170L and 185L (uncancelled), with red "Volo Specialie del 6.4.1961" datestamp, 7 April Peru arrival pmk, fine. (Sass.921)
Envelope
Catalog #834a
Catalog Value €1,250
Unsold
Lot #2229
JAPAN
1949 Beauty Looking Back, sheetlet of five, n.h., one stamp with a tiny gum soak, otherwise v.f.
**
Catalog #422a
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #2230
LAOS Air Post
1957 Buddha etc., two perforated and gummed sheetlets of one and three, n.h., v.f., rare
**
Catalog #C27-30
Price Realized
$525.00

Lot #2231
LIBERIA
1892 $2 green, perforated sheetlet of 10, each stamp with security punch and overprinted Waterlow & Sons Ltd Specimen, fine-v.f.
Box P
Catalog #48P
Unsold
Lot #2232
LITHUANIA Air Post
1926 60c blue & black, center inverted, h.r., well centered, v.f.,
*
Catalog #C39c
Catalog Value $250
Price Realized
$150.00

Lot #2233
MARIENWERDER
1920 5m blue and rose, bottom right corner margin single, variety imperf. at right, n.h., v.f., with 1994 Klein cert. (Mi.14aUR)
**
Catalog #14var
Price Realized
$250.00

Lot #2234
MEXICO
1874 (28 Dec) outer FL from Tampico to Vera Cruz, franked with British 4d and used in combination with 10c Hidalgo (paying port to port rate), both tied by the duplex "C63", with departure cds below, late example of Tampico Agency mail, fine mixed franking combination, ex-Backal and Rosenthal collections
Envelope

Catalog Value $2,500
Unsold
Lot #2235
MEXICO
1874 (28.4) FL from Mexico City to Guadalajara, attractively franked with 12c blue, 25c red and 50c rouletted (1872 issue) minor flaws, otherwise fine three color franking
Envelope
Price Realized
$375.00

Lot #2236
MEXICO Air Post Officials
1932 50c dark blue & claret, with "Servizio Official" overprint, l.h., v.f., signed Sanabria, only 100 issued,
*
Catalog #CO18
Catalog Value $1,000
Price Realized
$650.00

Lot #2237
MEXICO Postage Dues
1874 (17 April) cover with letter from Mexico City to St.Thomas (addressed to the Italian Consul), franked with 10c Porte de Mar, cancelled "Mexique", with additional strike alongside, also boxed "PD" and French 60c postage (two 30c perforated Ceres) added, both cancelled by Anchor, French Packet No.2 and St.Thomas arrival pmks on back, minor backflap hinge reinforcement, fine and rare combination franking, with 2008 Roger Calves cert.
Envelope
Catalog #JX10
Price Realized
$7,500.00

Lot #2238
MEXICO Postage Dues
1876 FL from Vera Cruz to Havana, franked with 10c black, tied by March 4th departure cds, sent to Versailles per "Eider", with "3" (decimes) due. On reverse, there is imperf. pair of 25 centavos Porte De Mar, tied by indistinct cancel, with Havana March 8th arrival, filing folds and overall toning, fine and rare combination cover
Envelope
Catalog #JX21
Unsold
Lot #2239
MEXICO Postage Dues
1877 (23 July) cover (opened for display) from San Juan Bautista, franked with 25c blue, endorsed "Por paquete Ingles." The 10c Porte De Mar adhesive was added on back, with the assumption that it would be carried by a British ship. The letter was sent instead a French steamer, with London transit and Paris arrival pmks, charged "12" (decimes) due, with "T 1-10" accountancy handstamp, fine combination cover. With the end of the Consular Agencies in Mexico, the post office had to deal directly with shipping lines. Each company negotiated different rates for the various routes they served. The Porte de Mar adhesives were used because the public wanted proof of payment of these fees. Since the French Porte de Mar fees were much higher than the British, their service was seldom used
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #2240
NEPAL
1887 1a dark ultramarine, imperforate pane of 64, including two tete-beche pairs, unused without gum as issued, folded between stamps, fine-v.f., rare
Box (*)
Catalog #7,7a
Price Realized
$1,800.00

Lot #2241
NEPAL
1898 1a pale blue, 4a dull green, sheets of 64, unused without gum as issued, folded and creases, mostly between stamps and in margin, some hinge reinforcements and tears, rare
Box (*)
Catalog #13,17
Price Realized
$35,000.00

Lot #2242
NICARAGUA Province of Zealaya - Cabo Gracias a Dios
1912 (Aug) cover headed "Companie Minera La Lus Y Los Angeles, La Luz, Ni., C.A." to USA, franked with Locomotive 15c, horizontal strip of three, tied by indistinct cds, with New Orleans transit and Jackson, Miss arrival pmks, minor perf. stains and creasing, otherwise fine, rare correct usage (in effect for six months)
Envelope
Price Realized
$355.00

Lot #2243
POLAND
1860 10k carmine rose & blue, unused with part original gum, some paper stuck to about two thirds on back, well centered and very fresh colors, signed Mikulski,
*
Catalog #1
Catalog Value $1,000
Price Realized
$750.00

Lot #2244
POLAND
1860 10k blue and rose, tied by "DP" cancel on small piece, fine
O
Catalog #1
Price Realized
$140.00

Lot #2245
POLAND
1860 10k blue and rose, with added blue inner oval frame, "211" cancel, faint perf. toning, otherwise fine
O
Catalog #1c
Price Realized
$400.00

Lot #2246
POLAND Semi-Postals
1945 unissued 1.20+15zl red brown, imperf. essay, thin, fine appearance
E
Price Realized
$210.00

Lot #2247
POLAND Polish Boy Scout Mail
1919 (31.1) picture postcard franked with the special 5gr label, tied by "Zagon Harcerski Kompanja 2" two line violet hs, sent from Warszawa, with archival control punches at right, fine. During the 1919-20 Polish-Russo War, Polish scouts were formed into military units for mail delivery and combat services, rare card
Envelope
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #2248
POLAND Polish Boy Scout Mail
1929-42 three different items, incl. 1929 Jamboree in Poznan, with "Narodowy Zlot Harcerzy" cachet and markings; 1935 card with "Spala Zlot Jubileuszowy Harcerstwa Polskiego" cachet; plus 1942 postcard from POW Woldenberg, with special Boy Scout ("Czuwaj") datestamp, fine-v.f.
Envelope
Price Realized
$180.00

Lot #2249
POLAND Warsaw Uprising
1944 (20 Aug) small folded lettersheet, with fair "Poczta Polowa Warszawa" violet datestamp (type 18) and framed "Cenzurowane No.6" in violet on front and inside (midtown north), addressed to Mokotowska 51, usual contents ("we are OK, no news about the others"), some toning, signed Dr.Kronenberg
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #2250
POLAND Warsaw Uprising
1944 envelope with a good strike of "Poczta Polowa Warszawa Pld" (Warsaw South) type 7) with 24 August 1944 datestamp, addressed to a Catholic Priest, marked in green crayon "niedoreczony/zwrot" (undelivered, return), some overall toning and filing fold (these letters were carried by Boy Scouts, normally in pants' or shirt pockets)
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #2251
POLAND Warsaw Uprising
1944 (12 Aug) small folded letter with a good strike of "Poczta Polowa Warszawa Pld" (Warsaw South) (type 7) with 15 August 1944 datestamp, also framed "Cenzura Harcerska" (type1), marked in green crayon "niedoreczony/zwrot" (undelivered, return), with additional 20 August datestamp, fine, signed "Tadeusz Andrzej Sliwiak"
Envelope
Price Realized
$625.00

Lot #2252
POLAND Warsaw Uprising
1944 30gr unaddressed Generalgouvernment stationery card (Cp 8) overprinted "Rzeczpospolita Polska Poczta Polowa Warszawa Sierpien 1944", with a perfect strike of "Harcerska Poczta Polowa Warszawa Pld 4/4" (Midtown South) (type 6), v.f., signed Schmutz, very rare
Envelope
Price Realized
$1,800.00

Lot #2253
POLAND Warsaw Uprising
1944 (14 Aug) card franked with 12gr Hitler stamp, tied by a perfect strike of "Poczta Harcerska" (lilijka) type 3, addressed to Zurawa 22, with framed "Cenzura Harcerska" (type 1) and "Oplata-Uiszczona" (type 32), usual contents ("we are OK, apartment is destroyed, house still standing"), filing fold (these cards were carried by Scouts, usually in shirt or pants pockets), v.f., signed Schmutz
Envelope
Price Realized
$700.00

Lot #2254
POLAND Warsaw Uprising
1944 12gr Generalgouvernment stationery card, cancelled "Poczta Polowa Warszawa" 27 Aug (25mm) type 19, with violet "Harcerska Poczta Czerniakow" (type 5), also framed "Cenzura Harcerska" (type 1) and "Cenzurowane No.28" (midtown south), additional 29 and 30 August handstamps, usual wear and card faults at left, rare
Envelope
Price Realized
$1,550.00

Lot #2255
POLAND Warsaw Uprising
1944 (10 Aug) small card with a fair "Poczta Harcerska" (type 4), also 11 and 12 August datestamps, used in City Center North, numbered "568", some water stains (often, the mail was carried through the city sewers), with Dr.Kronenberg cert. ("card is of philatelic and historical significance")
Envelope
Price Realized
$550.00

Lot #2256
POLAND Warsaw Uprising
1944 (11 Aug) home-made letter, good strike of "Poczta Harcerska" (lilijka) type 4, addressed to Bednarska 11, with departure and arrival datestamps, censored by crayon, some soiling otherwise fine, signed
Envelope
Price Realized
$550.00

Lot #2257
POLAND Warsaw Uprising
1944 small undated FL with a good strike of "Poczta Harcerska" (lilijka) type 3, addressed to Chmielna 130, with framed "Cenzura Harcerska" (type 1), usual contents ("we are OK, we still have enough food"), signed Krawczyk, Fialkowski
Envelope
Price Realized
$550.00

Lot #2258
POLAND Warsaw Uprising
1944 (18 Aug) small undated FL with faint "Poczta Polowa" and framed "Cenzurowane No.5" in red on front (midtown north), addressed to Widok 20, usual contents ("house damaged, we are in a shelter"), fine
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #2259
POLAND Warsaw Uprising
1944 (22 Aug) folded letter, with "Poczta Polowa Warszawa" 23 August departure hs (type 18), also boxed "Cenzura Harcerska" (type 1), fine, signed Krawczyk
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #2260
PORTUGUESE COLONIES MACAO
1948 Scenes, 1a-5p, complete set, n.h., fine-v.f. (catalogue value for hinged)
**
Catalog #324-335
Catalog Value $659
Price Realized
$650.00

Lot #2261
PORTUGUESE COLONIES MACAO
1952 St. Francis Xavier, set of three in bottom margin blocks of 18, n.h., fine-v.f.
Box **
Catalog #365-367
Catalog Value $756
Price Realized
$290.00

Lot #2262
PORTUGUESE COLONIES MACAO
1953 Sacred Missionary Art Exhibition, set of three in sheet margin blocks of 25, n.h., fine-v.f.
Box **
Catalog #368-370
Catalog Value $1,118
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #2263
PORTUGUESE COLONIES MACAO
1976 unissued 400th Anniversary of the Macao Diocese, left margin horizontal pair, n.h., v.f., while the stamp was prepared but unissued, a few copies were sold in the Lisbon Post Office,
**
Catalog #Mi.I
Catalog Value €700
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #2264
ROMANIA
1949 Romanian Railways, imperforate sheet margin singles, complete set, n.h., v.f.,
**
Catalog #493-98var
Catalog Value $200
Price Realized
$260.00

Lot #2265
RUSSIA
1857 10k brown & blue, bottom sheet margin single, tied by pen cross on outer FL to Warsaw, with boxed Riga 9 Feb 1858 departure and red Warszawa 27.2 arrival pmks on back, fresh and very fine positional piece on cover
Envelope
Catalog #1
Price Realized
$1,900.00

Lot #2266
RUSSIA
1857 10k brown & blue, margins all around, tied by pen cross on FL to Riga, with boxed "Iifzhin" 6 Feb 1858 departure and framed "Polucheno 13 Feb" arrival pmks on back, stamp with ironed out crease, letter sheet mended and repaired, fresh and fine appearance
Envelope
Catalog #1
Price Realized
$950.00

Lot #2267
RUSSIA
1866 (16 July) FL from Taganrog to Greece, franked with 30k carmine & green, perf. 12 1/2, with Odessa transit, arriving in Syros, where it was charged 50 Lepta with pair of 5L and 40L, filing folds away from the stamp, fine
Envelope
Catalog #10
Price Realized
$1,100.00

Lot #2268
RUSSIA
1866 (Nov 1) FL from Taganrog to Greece, franked with two 30k carmine & green, perf. 12 1/2 (1858 issue), tied by cds, with circular Franco and Odessa foreign mail diamond transit pmk, franking not recognized and charged 115Lepta on arrival , with the addition of large Hermes Heads 5L green, 10L orange brown, 20L blue and 80L carmine, incredibly all with margins (last one just touching at upper left), tied by 16 Nov Syros cds, fresh and remarkable five color franking combination, all stamps sound and v.f., signed Mikulski and Tseriotis
Envelope
Catalog #10
Price Realized
$9,500.00

Lot #2269
RUSSIA
1866-70 1k black and yellow, groundwork inverted, unused with original gum, h.r., light crease, otherwise fresh and v.f., one of only a few known mint examples of this rarity, ex-Faberge, bearing his distinct red handstamp on back (Liapine 17var)
*
Catalog #19d
Catalog Value €10,000
Price Realized
$12,000.00

Lot #2270
RUSSIA
1869 cover from Moscow to Konigsberg, franked with 10k brown & blue (horizontally laid paper), with postage due Prussia prepared with 1gr North German Federation, both tied by a Moscow 5 March foreign mail departure postmark, with additional strike on back, supplemented by the large local Moscow Central March 4 postmark, with "Aus Russland Franco - Tout" and "Frankirovane" in oval, boxed "Eydtkuhnen 20 3" and additional markings, some minor toning, otherwise fine, only known mixed combination franking Russia plus North German Confederation, signed Kruschel, Drahn, Fleming, BPP etc., with his 2001 cert., also with Eichele cert.
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #2271
RUSSIA
1871 (Mar 2) outer FL from Taganrog to Corfu, franked with 2x10k brown & blue horizontally laid paper (the one on left fraudulently re-used, with some faults), sent via Odessa (9 March and 13 March) to Constantinople (17 Mar) arriving at Kerkura (23 Mar) where it was assessed 45L, with the addition of 5L and 40L Athens print, filing folds, otherwise fine and interesting example of postal fraud from Russia to Greece, with Vlastos cert.
Envelope
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #2272
RUSSIA
1872 (23 Aug) FL with contents from Taganrog, franked with pair of 10k brown & blue (horizontally laid paper), tied by Postal Car No.19-20, erroneous date ("23" struck twice), via the Kharkov-Odessa Railway (25 Aug) to Odessa, placed on ship (26 Aug) to Constantinople (30 Aug) and from there to Tripoli, Greece, charged 45L with the addition of 5L and 40L large Hermes Heads, each with margins all around, cancelled 6 September on arrival, fresh and exceptional combination cover from Russia to a small town in Greece
Envelope
Price Realized
$1,500.00

Lot #2273
RUSSIA
1872 (30 Nov) FL from Rostov-on-Don, franked with single 3k and pair of 10k (horizontally laid paper), sent via Odessa (4 Dec) and Vienna (13 Dec) to Greece, with 110 Lepta (80+10+20L Large Hermes Heads) added on arrival in Syra (13 Dec), 80L slightly at bottom, others with margins all around, tied by "67" in dots, filing fold away from the stamps, cover defects at top, signed Calves
Envelope
Price Realized
$1,500.00

Lot #2274
RUSSIA
1883-88 1k orange, groundwork inverted, two singles (originally a horizontal pair), re-joined, cancelled "Izum, prov.Kharkov" (as always), clear 10 Feb 1886 pmk, bright color, well centered, right stamp with light diagonal crease at top right ending in a small tear, left stamp v.f. These are two of only the six (!) examples known (a single was offered in the Mikulski collection), ex-Faberge, with his distinct red handstamp on back of each of the stamps, also ex-Goss collection. One of the most important groundwork inverted rarities (Liapine 28var)
O
Catalog #31b
Catalog Value €200,000
Price Realized
$85,000.00

Lot #2275
RUSSIA
1883-88 2k blue green, groundwork inverted, unobtrusive cancel, faint perf. creases, otherwise v.f., undoubtedly the finest of the three known in the blue green shade (there was a 2k yellow green with groundwork inverted in the Mikulski collection), as the other two are repaired and with heavy cancels (Liapine 29var)
O
Catalog #32d
Catalog Value €150,000
Price Realized
$55,000.00

Lot #2276
RUSSIA
1883-88 3k carmine, groundwork inverted, cancelled "Riga, 7 May, 1890", well centered, fresh and v.f. One of only three (!) known (neither Faberge, nor H.C.Goss possessed one), ex-Mikulski, with his 2003 certificate. A fabulous and considerably undervalued rarity (Liapine A30var)
O
Catalog #33b
Catalog Value €200,000
Price Realized
$57,500.00

Lot #2277
RUSSIA
1883-88 5k lilac, groundwork inverted, lightly cancelled, nice color, well centered for this difficult stamp, v.f., one of only three (!) known, ex-Faberge, with his distinct red handstamp on back, signed Mikulski (Liapine 31var)
O
Catalog #34a
Catalog Value €150,000
Price Realized
$55,000.00

Lot #2278
RUSSIA
1883-88 7k blue, groundwork inverted, lightly hinged, well centered, fresh color, v.f. , scarce and undercatalogued variety (Liapine 32var)
*
Catalog #35b
Catalog Value €2,500
Price Realized
$2,000.00

Lot #2279
RUSSIA
1883-88 7k blue, groundwork inverted, used, well centered, light natural wrinkle, v.f., signed Diena, ex-Goss, scarce and undervalued item
O
Catalog #35b
Unsold
Lot #2280
RUSSIA
1889 4k rose, horizontally laid paper, groundwork inverted, neat 1894 cancel, well centered, beautiful color, fresh and v.f., with 1995 Mikulski cert. One of only two (!) known examples (none were in the Mikulski collection). The catalogue value is not commensurate with the rarity of this item (Liapine 41var)
O
Catalog #41a
Catalog Value €25,000
Price Realized
$45,000.00

Lot #2281
RUSSIA
1889-92 2k green, horizontally laid paper, groundwork inverted, used, well centered, bright color, fresh and v.f., one of only two (!) known examples, signed H. Bloch, ex-Epstein collection. An undervalued rarity (Liapine 39var)
O
Catalog #47b
Catalog Value €25,000
Price Realized
$40,000.00

Lot #2282
RUSSIA
1889-92 7k dark blue, horizontally laid paper, groundwork inverted, lightly hinged, well centered, beautiful color, fresh and v.f., one of only two (!) known unused examples (the other was in the Mikulski Collection) (Liapine 43var)
O
Catalog #50b
Catalog Value €20,000
Price Realized
$25,000.00

Lot #2283
RUSSIA
1889-92 14k blue and rose, horizontally laid paper, center inverted, 1893 cancel, well centered, fresh color, v.f. (Liapine 45var)
O
Catalog #51a
Catalog Value €3,000
Price Realized
$4,250.00

Lot #2284
RUSSIA
1902-5 4k rose red, vertically laid paper, groundwork inverted, neat 1906 postmark, well centered, fresh color, short perf. at right, otherwise v.f., with 1995 Mikulski cert. ("sehr seltener Fehldruck, bekannt nur in ein paar Stucken") A very rare and seriously undercatalogued item (Liapine 55var)
O
Catalog #57Cg
Catalog Value €4,000
Price Realized
$15,000.00

Lot #2285
RUSSIA
1902-5 5k red violet, vertically laid paper, groundwork inverted, lightly cancelled, well centered with nice margins, fresh color, one slightly shorter perf. at top, still very fine. This is the first example of this rarity we have ever offered at auction, ex-Ferrary, Rothschild and Goss collections, possibly the only, or one of only two existing (Liapine unlisted)
O
Catalog #58b
Price Realized
$67,500.00

Lot #2286
RUSSIA
1902-5 7k dark blue, groundwork inverted, single contained within a pane of 25, pos. 65 (from the sheet of 100), well centered, few stamps hinged, balance including the error n.h., v.f. and scarce exhibition piece
Box */**
Catalog #59c
Unsold
Lot #2287
RUSSIA
1902-5 7k dark blue, groundwork inverted, used, nice color, v.f.
O
Catalog #59c
Price Realized
$1,500.00

Lot #2288
RUSSIA
1902-5 15k brown violet & blue, center inverted, used on small piece, neat 1907 Kolomna cds, well centered, v.f. (Liapine 60var)
O
Catalog #62b
Catalog Value €10,000
Unsold
Lot #2289
RUSSIA
1902-5 7r black & yellow, center inverted, unused with full original gum, only lightly hingef, centered to bottom as always, fresh and fine. This error originated from the only discovered sheet of 25 which originally belonged to Philip Kosack in Berlin (Liapine 68var)
*
Catalog #79a
Catalog Value €8,000
Price Realized
$9,500.00

Lot #2290
RUSSIA
1916 1k brown orange, without surcharge, sheet of 100, folded between stamps, hinged in margin, stamps n.h., v.f.,
Box **
Catalog #114
Catalog Value $2,500
Price Realized
$800.00

Lot #2291
RUSSIA
1917 pair of 3k stationery cards used from a small village in Kherson province, by a Boy Scout Troop leader, sent to Petrograd. Each card bears a four-line handstamp ("Tretya Polevaya Druzhina Skautow") "Third Field Troop Boy Scouts South Petrograd District", interesting contents relating to Scout activities, some ageing and soiling, fine and very rare
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #2292
RUSSIA
1922 Star surcharges, 200r on 15k, upper right sheet corner margin block of nine, upper left stamp without overprint, struck instead on back of the upper left margin, tear at top, stamps n.h., v.f.
Box **
Catalog #229var
Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #2293
RUSSIA
1924 definitives, 50k brown, imperforate upper left sheet corner margin horizontal pair, proof on chalky paper, v.f., rare, only one sheet of 100 printed
P
Catalog #275P
Price Realized
$1,400.00

Lot #2294
RUSSIA
1933 Baku Commissars, 5k variety imperf. at left, small h.r., v.f. and rare; we most recently sold a used copy for $3,450 (including buyer's premium) in our September 2009 sale (Standart 346, cat. value $4,666)
*
Catalog #520var
Unsold
Lot #2295
RUSSIA
1936 Dobrolyubov, 10k lilac perf. 13 3/4 and perf. 10, vertical gutter pair of each, l.h. or disturbed gum, v.f. (Standart 444,444a)
*
Catalog #589,589a
Catalog Value $333
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #2296
RUSSIA
1937 definitives (unwatermarked), 20k green, imperf. sheet margin single, n.h., v.f. (Standart 458Pa)
**
Catalog #617Avar
Catalog Value $1,330
Price Realized
$1,100.00

Lot #2297
RUSSIA
1938 Rustaveli, 20k green, imperforate single, l.h. (if at all), natural gum wrinkles, v.f., with agency handstamp on back (Standart 487Pa)
*
Catalog #610var
Catalog Value $6,000
Price Realized
$3,000.00

Lot #2298
RUSSIA
1942 Alisher Navoi, 30k perf. 12 1/2:12 and 1r perf. 12 1/2, horizontal gutter pairs, n.h., the former folded in gutter, with open perf. at bottom, v.f. (Standart 728A,729)
**
Catalog #857-58
Catalog Value $4,000
Price Realized
$950.00

Lot #2299
RUSSIA
1947 30k red brown, imperf. horizontal pair, l.h., v.f., signed Stolow (Standart 1102Pa)
*
Catalog #1166var
Catalog Value $666
Price Realized
$200.00

Lot #2300
RUSSIA
1949 definitives, 40k red brown, variety imperf. at left, h.r., fine (Standart 1382Pa)
*

Catalog Value $4,166
Price Realized
$1,800.00

Lot #2301
RUSSIA
1958 Industrial Exhibition, 60k sheet corner margin imperf. single, unused without gum as issued, n.h., v.f. (Standart 2021Pa)
**
Catalog #2030var
Catalog Value $1,500
Price Realized
$850.00

Lot #2302
RUSSIA
1961 Gagarin, 6k blue, violet & red, mini-sheetlet of 15 with labels, n.h., v.f. Considered to be among the rarest of the small sheetlets (stamps were regularly printed in sheets of 25, small sheetlets of 10 also exist) (Standart 2469, ML II)
Box **
Catalog #2464
Catalog Value $33,000
Unsold
Lot #2303
RUSSIA Semi-Postals
1923 Philately for Labor, 1+1r surcharged in gold, upper left sheet corner margin block of four, significant shift of surcharge and overprint, with " May 1923" printed on margin, l.h. at top, bottom stamps n.h., v.f., with Mikulski cert. A rarity, probably only one sheet of 25 printed
Box */**
Price Realized
$10,000.00

Lot #2304
RUSSIA Semi-Postals
1924 Leningrad Flood Issue, four gutter panes of 50 (each pane yielding five horizontal gutter pairs), two each of 7k+20k on 200r (slightly different shades) and 14k+30k on 300r, n.h., some ink offsets and marginal flaws, still fine-v.f.
Box **
Catalog #B44-45
Unsold
Lot #2305
RUSSIA Air Post
1924 10k on 5r deep green, yellow green, two distinct basic stamps, each wide "5", l.h., v.f., signed Goznak, Sanabria etc.,
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Catalog #C7a
Catalog Value $2,800
Price Realized
$2,000.00

Lot #2306
RUSSIA Air Post
1936 5k postal card additionally franked with 5k Levanevsky, sent from Moscow to Lautoka, Fiji, with transit and arrival pmks, returned back to Russia, with Souva 21 March departure and received back in Moscow (25.5), creases, well travelled card to an unusual destination
Envelope
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #2307
RUSSIA Air Post Semi-Postals
1922 12m on 2.25r horizontal se-tenant pair types I+II, 24m on 3r, left sheet margin horizontal se-tenant pair, type II+I, n.h., signed Goznak etc.
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Catalog #CO1,CO2
Price Realized
$300.00

Lot #2308
RUSSIA Air Post Semi-Postals
1922 1200m on 10k, overprint type II, h.r., light creases, v.f., signed Stolow etc. (Standart CB 9)
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Catalog #CO5
Catalog Value $830
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #2309
RUSSIA Air Post Semi-Postals
1922 1200m on 2.25r, overprint type I, h.r., v.f., signed Goznak (Standart CB 11)
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Catalog #CO7
Catalog Value $1,650
Unsold
Lot #2310
RUSSIA Air Post Semi-Postals
1922 1200m on 2.25r, overprint type III, l.h., v.f., with handstamped guarantee marks (Standart CB 11)
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Catalog #CO7
Catalog Value $1,650
Price Realized
$950.00

Lot #2311
RUSSIA Air Post Semi-Postals
1922 1200m on 3r, overprint type I, l.h., v.f., with handstamped guarantee marks (Standart CB 12)
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Catalog #CO8
Catalog Value $3,000
Price Realized
$2,500.00

Lot #2312
RUSSIA Russian Provisional Locals - Kiev
1920 cover to Yalta, franked with 7,500/5k handstamp reading down, tied by oval "Odessa-Batum" ship (25.4.22) datestamp, with additional strike at bottom, also "Batum-Odessa" postage due handstamp, re-directed to Kiev, with arrival pmks on back, directional label removed, fine and interesting usage
Envelope
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #2313
RUSSIA Wenden
1863 4k blue green and black, block of six, positions 3-5/9-11, with positions 3 and 5 having their backgrounds inverted, h.r., folded between the stamps, marginal thin spot, still fine-v.f. and rare combination multiple
Box *
Catalog #L3c
Price Realized
$7,000.00

Lot #2314
RUSSIA Wenden
1863 4k yellow green and black, background inverted, h.r., full to large margins all around, v.f., with 1954 Royal cert. (Liapine P1(3)
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Catalog #L3d
Catalog Value €1,500
Price Realized
$1,100.00

Lot #2315
RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire
1863 6k blue, two forgeries, one on card, fine and useful collateral items
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Catalog #1
Price Realized
$180.00

Lot #2316
RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire
1890 10k pale red & green, horizontally laid paper, imperf. sheet margin block of 10, perforated "Obrazets", mostly n.h., folded between stamps, with marginal creases, v.f., rare, signed Kosack
Box S
Catalog #15S
Price Realized
$575.00

Lot #2317
RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire
1900 4pa/1k, 10pa/2k horizontally laid paper, imperf. upper left sheet corner margin panes of 25, each perforated "Obrazets", with month (January) imprint at bottom, n.h., v.f.
Box S
Catalog #27S,29S
Price Realized
$1,500.00

Lot #2318
RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire
1903 20pa/4k and 2pi/20k, vertically laid paper, two imperf. sheet margin blocks of 10, each perforated "Obrazets", n.h., v.f.
Box S
Catalog #32,34S
Price Realized
$850.00

Lot #2319
RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire
1903 2pi/20k, 5pi/50k and 7pi/70k vertically laid paper, imperf. upper left sheet corner margin panes of 25, each perforated "Obrazets", with "1903" year and month (July) imprint at top, n.h., few minor separations at bottom, mostly v.f., rare
Box S
Catalog #34-36S
Price Realized
$2,500.00

Lot #2320
RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire
1909-10 Dardanelles, 35pi on 3.50r, vertical block of six, middle right with frame inverted, small hinge remnants at top and bottom, middle stamps including the error n.h., well centered, folded horizontally between the stamps, v.f. and incredibly rare inverted variety, first one we ever had the privilege to offer (Liapine P1/C39)
Box */**
Catalog #178a
Catalog Value €50,000
Unsold
Lot #2321
RUSSIA Russian Offices in the Turkish Empire
1909-10 Dardanelles, 35pi on 3.50r, frame inverted, lightly cancelled, fairly well centered, v.f. A fabulous rarity, unpriced used, signed Dr. P.Jemchouhin, Lissiuk etc.
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Catalog #178a
Unsold
Lot #2322
RUSSIAN LOCALS (ZEMSTVO) USTSYSOLSK
1883 (9 Dec) cover franked with imperf. 2k black on green (12), cancelled by pen and used in combination with 7k (horizontally laid paper) to Moscow, fine, with arrival (16 Dec) on back
Envelope
Catalog #5
Price Realized
$1,000.00

Lot #2323
SIBERIA Japanese Occupation - Priamur - Nikolaevsk Issue
1921 10k on 10k dark blue, l.h., v.f., with handstamped guarantee markings, ex-Frederick Small collection, only 9 (!) stated to have been surcharged,
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Catalog #52
Catalog Value $2,000
Unsold
Lot #2324
SIBERIA Japanese Occupation - Priamur - Nikolaevsk Issue
1921 20k on 5r, l.h., v.f., signed Romeko,
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Catalog #62
Catalog Value $950
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #2325
SIBERIA Japanese Occupation - Priamur - Nikolaevsk Issue
1921 20k on 5r, cancelled on piece, fine and rare stamp, signed Romeko,
O
Catalog #62
Catalog Value $950
Unsold
Lot #2326
SIBERIA Japanese Occupation - Priamur - Nikolaevsk Issue
1921 20k on Russian semi-postal issue of 1914, also 10k on 1k orange imperf. pair, the latter signed W.Pohl, fine-v.f.,
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Catalog #64,65
Catalog Value $975
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #2327
SIBERIA
1922 (11.11) registered cover from Vladivostok to Belgium, attractively franked with four overprinted adhesives (another stamp missing at upper right), with London (18 Dec) arrival
Envelope
Price Realized
$280.00

Lot #2328
SWITZERLAND - CANTONAL ADMINISTRATION Zurich
1843 4r black, type III, well defined red vertical lines, large margins all around, showing dividing lines on three sides, red rosette cancels, fresh and beautiful stamp, without the usual defects that afflict this issue, with 1987 Rellstab cert. (Zumstein 1S) (Mi.1/I)
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Catalog #1L1
Catalog Value €15,000
Price Realized
$7,500.00

Lot #2329
SWITZERLAND - CANTONAL ADMINISTRATION Zurich
1843 4r black, type I, well defined red vertical lines, large margins all around, showing dividing lines on three sides, neat red rosette cancel struck at lower right corner, away from the numeral, fresh cherry red natural color, exceptional stamp, signed Moser and Hunziker, with 1967 Hunziker cert. ("einwanfrei erhalten") (Zumstein 1S) (Mi.1/I)
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Catalog #1L1
Catalog Value €15,000
Unsold
Lot #2330
SWITZERLAND - CANTONAL ADMINISTRATION Zurich
1843 4r black, type II, well defined red vertical lines, margins all around, horizontal pressed out crease, tied by black rosette and red "Zurich 11 1 45" double circle, on back of a small envelope (front defective with tears and abrasions) addressed to Fraulein L. Ott, with "Neumunster 1 Jan 1845" departure pmk in black, charged "4" by the mail carrier who did not see the franking on back. A v.f. example of this rarity on a small cover, with 1999 von der Weid certificate stating that this is practically unique franking (another known on letter from Geneva), (Zumstein 1S) (Mi.1/I)
Envelope
Catalog #1L1
Catalog Value €33,000
Price Realized
$9,500.00

Lot #2331
SWITZERLAND - CANTONAL ADMINISTRATION Double Geneva
1843 10c (5c+5c) black on yellow green, large margins all around, showing dividing lines on all four sides, tiny scissor cut at the extreme bottom margin, just between the stamps (can be easily trimmed away), cancelled by neat red rosette on outer FL from Mr. De la Rive to Dr. Bouquet at Carouge, with red "Geneve 28 Nov 44" cds at bottom, filing folds away from the stamp, which was lifted for inspection and subsequently replaced, signed Fulpius. A very fine "Double Geneva" cover, signed Hunziker, von der Weid, with 1996 Walter Abt cert. ("sehr sauberes, farbfrisches stuck in guter and einwandfreier erhaltung, allseits sehr breit geschnitten") (SBK 3, cat. value 85,000 SFr) (Mi.1)
Envelope
Catalog #2L1
Catalog Value €70,000
Price Realized
$25,000.00

Lot #2332
SWITZERLAND - CANTONAL ADMINISTRATION Geneva
1849 Waadt, 4c black and red, large margins all around, showing black dividing lines on three sides, fresh and very fine, tied by a red Rosette cancel (AW no.5) on locally addressed folded letter to a law firm located on rue du Rhone, with GenFve 1 Dec 49 departure cds alongside, internal docketing, filing folds away from the stamp, signed W.Cueni, Zumstein, with 2000 Rellstab cert. ("Das schone Exemplar wie auch der saubere brief sind in sehr guter Erhaltung"). A wonderful classic cover. In 1850 the Cantonal rate was raised to 5 cents, however the 4c Waadt still remained valid for local use (Mi.1)
Envelope
Catalog #2L5
Catalog Value €38,000
Price Realized
$14,000.00

Lot #2333
SWITZERLAND - CANTONAL ADMINISTRATION Geneva
1849 Waadt, 4c black and red, large margins all around, showing black dividing line at left, red Rosette cancel (AW no.5) fresh and very fine example of this classic rarity, signed Reuterskjold, Moser and Hunziker, with 2001 Jean-Claude Marchand and von der Weid cert. ("Die marke ist farbfrisch, leicht und sauber gestempelt, vierseitig gut bis sehr gut gerandert und in guter Erhaltung") (Mi.1)
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Catalog #2L5
Catalog Value €19,000
Price Realized
$7,000.00

Lot #2334
SWITZERLAND - CANTONAL ADMINISTRATION Geneva
1850 Waadt, 5c black and red, used, margins all around, v.f., with 1977 S. Kaiser cert. (Mi.2)
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Catalog #2L6
Catalog Value €1,600
Price Realized
$675.00

Lot #2335
SWITZERLAND - CANTONAL ADMINISTRATION The Basel Dove
1845 2 1/2r black, crimson and blue, unused with large part original gum, full white margins on all four sides, blue color slightly oxidized as often found on stamps with original gum, signed Stanley Gibbons, with 2005 Eichele cert. ("a fresh stamp with exceptional margins and good embossing"). Unused Basel Dove with original gum is without a doubt, a rarity (Mi.1a, catalogue value for unused without gum)
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Catalog #3L1
Catalog Value €13,000
Unsold
Lot #2336
SWITZERLAND - CANTONAL ADMINISTRATION The Basel Dove
1845 2 1/2r black, crimson and blue, unused without gum, full white margins on all four sides except at upper left where it just shaves into the red, fresh colors and beautiful relief, fine and rare unused stamp, signed von der Weid, Georg Buhler (Mi.1a)
(*)
Catalog #3L1
Catalog Value €13,000
Price Realized
$4,000.00

Lot #2337
SWITZERLAND - CANTONAL ADMINISTRATION The Basel Dove
1845 2 1/2r black, crimson and blue, large full white margins on all four sides, tied to small piece by light red "2 Kr" postmark of Basel (rare), excellent color and sharp embossing, fresh and v.f. example of this popular stamp, with 2007 von der Weid cert. ("eine seltene marke dieser Ausgabe in dieser schoner und schoner und einwandfreier erhaltung" (Mi.1a)
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Catalog #3L1
Catalog Value €13,000
Price Realized
$4,750.00

Lot #2338
SWITZERLAND - CANTONAL ADMINISTRATION The Basel Dove
1845 2 1/2r black, crimson and blue, full white margins on all four sides, ample at top, cancelled by a face free Basel double ring cancel, exceptional colors and beautiful stamp, with partial gum, v.f., with 2003 von der Weid cert. (Mi.1a)
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Catalog #3L1
Catalog Value €13,000
Unsold
Lot #2339
SWITZERLAND - CANTONAL ADMINISTRATION The Basel Dove
1845 2 1/2r black, carmine and blue, white margins all around, though between the two black frame lines at left, excellent color and full embossing, tied by red Basel 7 May 1846 double circle on outer, locally addressed FL, with some aging spots away from the stamp, signed Alberto Diena, with 2008 Eichele cert. ("a very fine stamp with good embossing and fresh colours, 2 1/2 Rp rate to a town letter valid from the introduction of the stamp) (Mi.1a)
Envelope
Catalog #3L1
Catalog Value €25,000
Price Realized
$10,000.00

Lot #2340
SWITZERLAND - CANTONAL ADMINISTRATION The Basel Dove
1845 2 1/2r black, crimson and bright blue, large margins all around, white on four sides, just clear at bottom, beautiful color and embossing, variety showing shift of red color to top, tied on large part of a folded letter by red double circle postmark of Basel 14 Nov 1856 (year date year, should have been 1846), also Pfister Sommer Schaffhausen in oval, v.f. example of forwarded commercial mail from Schaffhausen, with 2007 Eichele cert. (SBK 8a) (Mi.1b, catalogued as used off cover)
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Catalog #3L1a
Catalog Value €14,000
Price Realized
$7,000.00

Lot #2341
SWITZERLAND
1934 Naba Exposition, souvenir sheet of four, cancelled 29.9.34 on piece, v.f.
Box
Catalog #226
Price Realized
$150.00

Lot #2342
TANNU TOUVA
1933 15k on 6k orange yellow, surcharge type II (figures of value 6.7mm in height, letter "P" lengthened at bottom), three copies, one used, others h.r., fine-v.f.,
*O
Catalog #40
Catalog Value $750
Price Realized
$160.00

Lot #2343
TANNU TOUVA
1933 15k on 6k orange yellow, surcharge type III (figures of value 5.1mm in height), top sheet margin horizontal strip of three, middle stamp letter "P" even with "O", n.h. and post office fresh, v.f.,
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Catalog #41
Catalog Value $1,500
Unsold
Lot #2344
TANNU TOUVA
1933 35k on 15k red brown, surcharge type III (figures of value 5.1mm in height), horizontal sheet margin strip of four, n.h. and post office fresh, minor ink offsets on back, v.f., rare multiple,
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Catalog #44
Catalog Value $6,000
Price Realized
$1,900.00

Lot #2345
THAILAND
1883 1 salung orange, lower right sheet corner margin block of 14, never hinged and post office fresh, perf. separations, fine-v.f.
Box **
Catalog #5
Unsold
Lot #2346
TRANSCAUCASIAN FEDERATED REPUBLICS
1923 150,000r red, imperforate sheet of 144 (8x18), unused without gum as issued, folded across the middle eight stamps, otherwise fine-v.f., rare,
Box (*)
Catalog #17var
Catalog Value $2,016
Unsold
Lot #2347
TUNISIA Zeppelin Flights
1933 3rd SAF to Brazil, with "Via Condor-Zeppelin" cachet on back, v.f., with Sieger cert.
Envelope
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #2348
TURKEY
1923-25 500pi deep green, h.r., v.f.,
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Catalog #624
Catalog Value $500
Price Realized
$210.00

Lot #2349
TURKEY Semi-Postals
1935 Suffragists, complete set, h.r., fine-v.f.,
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Catalog #B54-58
Catalog Value $432
Price Realized
$160.00

Lot #2350
UKRAINE
1918 (21.11) registered cover from Krivoye Ozero, franked on back with 35k and 50k (Pod.) tridents, the latter double (!), fine and rare on cover, with Vinnitsa arrival, signed Ukr.Phil. Verb.
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #2351
UKRAINE
1919 4k Romanov stationery unsevered reply card (one unused) additionally franked with 20/14k and 15k and 35k Arms, all with different trident overprints, one red, registered from Kiev to Moscow, with arrival pmk, rare
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #2352
URUGUAY
1876 cover from Montevideo, franked with 10c green (YT 31), cancelled by "12" in oval bars, sent via French packet with 1fr made up with a combination of pair of 40c Laureated (YT 23), 10c bistre (YT 28) and 10c Ceres large numerals (YT 54), all cancelled by Anchor in dots, with octagonal Montevideo Paq Fr. No.3 (11 Feb) departure at bottom, arriving in Cognac (6 Mar), cover toning and filing faults, fine combination representing three different French issues from Uruguay
Envelope
Price Realized
$950.00

Lot #2353
VIETNAM
1955 Mythological Turtle, printer's inspection die proof in sepia, v.f. only four printed
P
Catalog #29P
Price Realized
$280.00

Lot #2354
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS UNITED STATES
1860s-2006 carton with albums containing commemoratives and regular issues, covers incl. Confederate States, colorful advertising covers (few in the $100+ range), also Internal Revenue issues, Hunting Permit Duck stamps (50 different incl. sheetlets), State Revenues, early Flight covers, Philatelic Exhibition Labels and much more. An interesting and appealing lot
Envelope */**
Price Realized
$2,100.00

Lot #2355
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS UNITED STATES
1941 test (dummy) stamps, unexploded booklet with one pane (another removed), also one cover, plus Great Britain vertical strip of five, also four on covers, interesting lot
Booklet Envelope
Unsold
Lot #2356
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS ARGENTINA
1908-2005 collection in two Scott's albums, printed and blank pages, also another volume, with hundreds if singles and sets, some earlier items (including 19th Century) mixed used and unused, notable sets include 1916 St.Martin to 20p (Scott's 215-30), occasional higher values of later sets (1930 Revolution 20p), souvenir sheets (1935 Buenos Aires unused and on registered cover), definitive sets, commemoratives, many covers (some meriting individual listings), postal stationery and flights, imperf. pairs and blocks of four, proofs, varieties, officials and more, fine-v.f.
Envelope *O
Price Realized
$1,000.00

Lot #2357
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS AUSTRIA
1850-1995 collection in Scott's specialty album, printed or blank pages, with singles and sets, mostly hinged, also covers (including few FDCs), few used classics, with 1908 Franz Josef, Birthday Jubilee, Views, etc., Semi-Postals including 1931 Rotary Convention, 50g WIPA (ordinary paper), Airpost with C1-3 on cover, Birds, Postage Dues, Military Stamps (few covers), Newspaper Stamps, Occupation Issues, Bosnia & Herzegovina with 1912 issue imperf., Serbia, etc., mostly fine and clean collection
Envelope *O
Price Realized
$1,200.00

Lot #2358
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS BALTIC COUNTRIES
1918-2002 Collection on Scott's album pages, not complete but hundreds of stamps, with good Estonia, Central Lithuania, Latvia incl. better sets (CB21-24 perf. and imperf.), souvenir sheets, Russian Occupation, plus Lithuania, with some better items, few unlisted, dozen or so covers with interesting franking and usages, also some more recent sets and souv. sheets
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Price Realized
$1,100.00

Lot #2359
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS BELGIUM AND COLONIES
1919-1990 collection in two Minkus albums, hundreds of singles and sets, regular issues and semi-postals (incl. Cardinal Mercier set), many souvenir sheets, strong Parcel Post, plus Belgian Congo, Zaire, Katanga, Ruanda-Urundi, many interesting exhibition labels, complimented by dozens of better covers incl. flight covers, Rocket flights, interesting frankings and more, fine-v.f.
*O
Price Realized
$2,100.00

Lot #2360
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS BELGIUM
1849-2003 huge accumulation in five cartons, collections and remainders in 18+ mostly Scott's and Minkus albums, also on stock cards, album pages and loose, singles and sets, regular issues, semi-postals, parcel post, souvenir sheets, some new issues, revenues, Belgian Congo and East Africa, mixed condition. Collections purchased at auction, mostly unpicked, with better items, huge catalogue value
*O
Price Realized
$3,750.00

Lot #2361
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS BRAZIL
1878-1993 collection in Scott's specialty album, printed and blank pages, hundreds of singles and sets, some earlier classics in mixed condition (No.2 faulty etc.), souvenir sheets (1940 World's Fair set of three), air post, flight covers incl. Zeppelin (Graf Zeppelin USA adhesive on cover from Pernambuco to Lakehurst), 1944 reversed surcharged colors on covers (C55-59var), unlisted varieties incl. a die proof, Varig semi-officials, few revenues, fine-v.f.
Envelope *O
Price Realized
$1,500.00

Lot #2362
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS BRITISH AFRICA
1889-2004 collection in eight well-filled Scott's specialty albums, with Basutoland (George V and George VI sets), Bechuanaland, Gold Coast, Sierra Leone, Northern Rhodesia (George V and VI sets), Seychelles, Nigeria, St.Helena (Centenary set), Somali Coast, Rhodesia, Kenya (sets to ú1), Malawi, Mauritius, Ghana, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zanzibar, many complete sets and souvenir sheets, strength in George V-QEII definitives, some covers including better frankings, flights, also included B.I.O.T. and Tristan da Cunha (1952-96), mostly fine-v.f., clean
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Price Realized
$9,000.00

Lot #2363
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS BRITISH AMERICA
1870-1993 Grenada-Virgin Islands, collection in five Scott's albums, printed and blank pages, singles, sets and covers, mostly hinged, Grenada with Victoria to 1sh, George V to 5sh, Guyana, Jamaica, Montserrat including Edward and George V 5sh, Nevis, St. Lucia with 1936 George V, St.Kitts-Nevis with George V to 10sh, St. Vincent with Victoria to 5sh, 1913 ú1, South Georgia incl. 1963 set with both ú1 values (n.h.), Trinidad and Tobago incl. 1921 ú1, Turks & Caicos and Virgin Islands with George V to 5sh, nice selection of modern material including booklet panes, specimens, etc., fine-v.f. and mostly clean collection
Envelope *O
Price Realized
$6,750.00

Lot #2364
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS BRITISH AMERICA
1882-1987 Anguilla, Antigua, Bahamas & Barbados, collection in a two Scott's albums, printed and blank pages, singles, sets and covers, mostly hinged, highlights include Antigua Edward and George V 5sh, Tercentenary, Bahamas #1 and George V ú1, etc., nice selection of modern issues, fine-v.f. and clean collection,
Envelope *O
Price Realized
$2,000.00

Lot #2365
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS BRITISH AMERICA
1891-1985 Belize, British Antarctic Territories, Dominica and Falkland Islands, collection in a two Scott's albums, printed and blank pages, singles, sets and covers, mostly hinged, highlights include British Antarctica QEII ú1 red and black (n.h.) Dominica George V to 5sh, Falkland Islands Victoria 2sh and 5sh, Edward to 5sh, George V to 5sh, Centenary to 5sh, George VI 1938 to ú1, QEII, Dependencies, etc., nice selection of modern issues, fine-v.f. and mostly clean collection
Envelope *O
Price Realized
$2,500.00

Lot #2366
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS BRITISH NORTH AMERICA
1880-1986 collection on pages, with Bermuda with George V and George VI to ú1, British Guyana with better singles and sets to1966, British Honduras from 1921, with $5 George V; Cayman Islands from 1900, with George V to 10sh, Centenary set and others sets to 1995, many covers, postal stationery, first flights and much more, cleanly hinged, mostly fine-v.f.
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Price Realized
$3,500.00

Lot #2367
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS BRITISH ASIA
1885-1995 collection on pages in album, with extensive Ceylon, Bangladesh, Brunei, Malaya and Malayan States (Kelantan 1937 Sultan), Straits Settlements, Singapore, with hundreds of mostly complete sets, souvenir sheets, covers etc., many better items, generally fine-v.f.
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Price Realized
$2,900.00

Lot #2368
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS BRITISH EUROPE
1880-1984 collection in Scott's album (printed or blank pages), mostly hinged (few covers) with Cyprus, including Victoria to 45pi, Edward to 45pi, George V to ú1 (1924), 50th Year, QEII, Boy Scouts souvenir sheets, etc., covers including 1937 Coronation FDC; Gibraltar with Spanish and Sterling Currencies, Edward to 8sh, George V to ú1, George VI and QEII; Ionian Islands; Ireland with 1922 Seahorse; Malta with 5sh Victoria, Edward to 5sh, George V to 5sh, Postage & Revenue, George VI, QEII, etc., generally fine-v.f. and clean collection
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Price Realized
$5,000.00

Lot #2369
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS BRITISH AUSTRALASIA AND OCEANIA
1878-1997 collection in six Scott's albums, printed and blank pages, singles, sets and covers, mostly hinged, with Aitutaki, Australia including 10sh-ú2 Kangaroos overprinted "Specimen", George VI to ú1, Arms, Navigators, with 1947-57 Postage Dues, Australian Antarctic Territory, British Solomon Islands with George VI and QEII complete sets, Christmas Island, Cook Island with 1931 values to ú1, Fiji with Edward and George V 5sh values, George VI to ú1, Gilbert & Ellice with George V to 5sh, Kiribati, Nauru with 2sh6p and 5sh Seahorses, Freighter, etc., New Hebrides (British and French), New Zealand, Niue, Norfolk Island, North Borneo incl. 1931 to $5, 1939 to $5, BMA Overprints, Japanese Occupation, Papua New Guinea, Penrhyn Island, Pitcairn Islands, Sabah, Samoa, Sarawak, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, etc., nice selection of modern issues, mostly fine and clean collection
Envelope *O
Price Realized
$8,000.00

Lot #2370
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS CANADA
1852-1999 collection in a Scott's album, printed and blank pages, singles, sets and a few covers, early issued mixed with both used and unused, including Jubilees to 50c, 20th Century unused (mostly hinged), with Quebec Tercentenary, George V sets to $1, few varieties incl. imperf. pairs, imperf. between, etc., also few plate blocks, booklet panes, etc., nice back of the book with Air Post including Flight Covers, Semi-Officials including several covers, Special Delivery, Registration, Postage Dues, Officials, Officially Sealed, Law Stamps, Revenues including Tobacco, etc., also Possessions, with New Brunswick, Newfoundland including Air Post with D-OX and Balbo Surcharges, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, few faults noted on early material, generally clean and useful lot with many back of the book items not counted
Envelope *O
Price Realized
$4,000.00

Lot #2371
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS CANADA
1927- Confederation (30 sets), 1935 cplt to $1 (27 sets), 1938 issue to $1 (18 sets), 1942-43 set to $1 Destroyer (17 sets), 1946 set to $1 Ferry (15), plus miscellaneous singles and plate blocks, all n.h. and post office fresh, generally selected centering, v.f.,
Box **
Catalog #141/273,C5-9
Catalog Value $22,000
Unsold
Lot #2372
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS CHINA - PRC
1949-2008 balance of a collection in eight Lindner albums, occasional early items with some reprints, few betters, more or less complete from 1985, with booklets (including New Years), souvenir folders, varieties, some duplication, also some Northeast China, mostly n.h., fine-v.f.
Box **
Price Realized
$2,600.00

Lot #2373
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS CUBA
1959-1988 collection in two Schaubek albums, 99% complete with hundreds of sets, souvenir sheets, large sheetlets, few covers, fine-v.f., seldom offered
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Unsold
Lot #2374
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS CZECHOSLOVAKIA
1918-1945 balance of a consignment, hundreds of stamps and covers to 1945, with better overprints (some signed Gilbert, Mahr, Karasek), Czechoslovak Legion Post in Siberia, errors and varieties, better covers, some modern material, high catalogue value
Envelope *
Price Realized
$2,600.00

Lot #2375
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS CZECHOSLOVAKIA
1918-2002 collection in two Scott's specialty albums, printed or blank album pages, virtually complete from 1945, with souvenir sheets, miniature sheetlets, semi-postals without key values but including 10kr (B21, with PFC), also air post and postage dues, back-of-the book with complete Czechoslovak Legion Post in Siberia; Bohemia & Moravia, Slovakia (with 1-23) and more, with some unlisted items, dozens of interesting covers, with first flights, postage dues etc., occasional flaws, generally fine-v.f.
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Price Realized
$950.00

Lot #2376
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS CZECHOSLOVAKIA
1920-1945 balance of a consignment, stamps and covers to 1945, some overprints, Air Post, Czechoslovak Legion Post in Siberia, Fieldpost and WWII period covers, few varieties, modern booklets and more
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Price Realized
$1,300.00

Lot #2377
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS CZECHOSLOVAKIA
1945-46 Provisional overprints, stock book with 2,000+ overprints, mostly on Hitler stamps from Bohemia and Moravia, variety of towns and districts, some multiples, generally n.h., fine-v.f. A valuable lot
Box */**
Price Realized
$2,500.00

Lot #2378
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS ECUADOR
1872-1998 collection in a Scott's album, printed and blank pages, with hundreds of singles and sets, few earlier items mixed used and unused, others unused, with extensive air post incl. C2 (with PFC), specialized selection of unissued FDR stamps incl. Officials and on cover, other covers and postal stationery, flights, imperforate and unlisted varieties, two die proofs from the American Bank Note Co. and much more
Envelope *
Price Realized
$950.00

Lot #2379
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS FRANCE
1849-2003 collection in two Scott's specialty albums, on either printed or blank pages, values to 5fr mixed used and unused to 1900, with some faults noted, 20th century generally unused, some better items (1923 Bordeaux, 10fr Pont du Gard, Pexip souv. sheet); semi-postals apparently complete from 1931, air post with C15 (gum toning); 50+ covers, flights, FDCs, also semi-official and exhibition labels, German Occupation incl. Legion souv. sheet, generally fine-v.f. and clean collection
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Price Realized
$3,500.00

Lot #2380
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS FRENCH COLONIES
1932-1990 collection in two large Minkus albums, printed or blank pages, with Andorra, St.Pierre & Miquelon, Wallis & Futuna, New Caledonia, French Polynesia and Southern Antarctic Territories (TAAF), also Martinique and Guadeloupe, hundreds of mostly complete sets and souvenir sheets, many better items, some covers, fine-v.f.
Envelope *
Price Realized
$3,750.00

Lot #2381
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS FRENCH COLONIES - INDEPENDENT AFRICA
1890-1980 Afars-Upper Volta, collection in eleven, mostly Scott's specialty albums, printed or blank pages, thousands of mostly complete sets, many pre-Independence singles and inexpensive sets, strength in later issues with many imperfs, souvenir sheets and deluxe sheetlets, souvenir sheets, proofs, better items and occasional covers, all countries well represented, mostly l.h., fine-v.f., colorful collection, substantial acquisition cost
Envelope *
Price Realized
$6,750.00

Lot #2382
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS GERMAN AREA
1920-1994 comprehensive collection in two Minkus albums, plus another value, with Bavaria, Third Reich including postal stationery, Air Post (Mi.I-III), flight and Catapult covers, Zeppelin covers (few better items), exhibition and propaganda labels (many $20+), Federal Republic mostly complete with all better items incl. Posthorn and Heuss sets, plus semi-postals; Berlin with 1949 UPU set (9N35-41), Bell sets, definitives, coils, booklets, French Zone, Saar with semi-postals, post 1948 complete with Flood Relief souvenir sheets (B64a,CB1a), Danzig, some German Colonies; German Democratic Republic (DDR) fairly complete incl. better sets and souvenir sheets, fine-v.f.
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Price Realized
$2,600.00

Lot #2383
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS GREAT BRITAIN
1840-1999 collection in two Scott's specialty albums, printed or blank pages, with a few used stamps including 1840 1p black (four margins), Victoria 2sh6p (two used copies), Edward 5sh; the balance unused (mostly hinged, some n.h. noted) with Victoria to 1sh, 1934 Seahorses, George VI 10sh indigo (l.h.), QEII including Castles, modern issues with souvenir sheets, Postage Dues, few Officials, also a nice selection of covers and postal stationery, with Channel Islands, including Guernsey, Jersey and Isle of Man, generally fine-v.f. and clean collection
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Price Realized
$2,000.00

Lot #2384
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS GREAT BRITAIN - OFFICES IN MOROCCO AND LEVANT
1885-1945 collection in Scott's album, with printed and blank pages, singles, sets and covers, mostly hinged (some used or n.h. noted) with Middle East Forces including Eritrea, Somalia and Tripolitania with Postage Dues, Morocco with Spanish, British and French Currency , incl. Edward to 12pe on 10sh, Tangier overprints; Levant with Edward to 24pi on 5sh, George V to 2sh6p; also small selection of G.B. labels and private issues, fine-v.f.
Envelope *O
Price Realized
$1,000.00

Lot #2385
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS GREECE
1861-1950s accumulation in carton, stock books and albums, with good showing of large Hermes Heads used and unused, 1896 Olympics 10dr (used), later issues, unused sets and sheets, unfortunately poorly stored and toned, still a useful lot
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Price Realized
$1,300.00

Lot #2386
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS GREECE
1923-1996 collection in three albums (two Davo album, one on blank pages), with some earlier issues incl. Hermes Heads, good showing of 1923 overprints, better sets incl. Youth of Marathon (Scott's 378-80), 1940 Youth Organization, air post, all the better sets from 1950s to date, some back of the book, few unissued varieties as well as 20+ covers incl. flights (C1-4), Aegean Islands and others. A worthwhile collection of Greece, mostly fine-v.f.
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Price Realized
$1,800.00

Lot #2387
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS HUNGARY
1919-1988 collection in three albums, one on blank pages, the other two well-filled Schaubek albums, some earlier issues, better pre-WWII sets, air post and souvenir sheets incl. 1948-49 Budapest Chain Bridge (three diff.), semi-postals incl. perf. and imperf. Red Cross souv. sheets, also additional imperf. sets and souv. sheets, air post mostly complete, postage dues, many interesting covers, exhibition labels and more, mostly fine-v.f.
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Price Realized
$1,400.00

Lot #2388
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS ICELAND
1900-1986 collection in a hingeless Davo album, many complete sets, with 1907-08 King Christian (Scott's 71-85), some surcharges, 1925 Landing of the Mail (144-48), Parliament (missing three values), complete from 1938, also air post, officials, souvenir sheets etc., l.h., some later issues n.h., fine-v.f.
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Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #2389
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS INDIA
1882-2000 collection in Scott's specialty album with either printed or blank pages, many complete sets, commemoratives, regular issues, few souvenir sheets, better items include George V cplt to 25r, few older items incl. Victoria and Edward VII, few used plus 15+ covers and stationery items, fine-v.f.
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Price Realized
$950.00

Lot #2390
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS ITALY AND ITALIAN COLONIES
1890-2000 collection in two Davo albums, also blank pages, generally complete from 1928 with commemorative sets from 1930s including air post (Scott's C27-49 etc.), Republic, some parcel post and postage dues, also Italian Colonies, General Issues, Aegean Islands, San Marino to 1998 with many better sets (C1-10), Somalia with Colonial and independent issues to 1982, Trieste Zone A (virtually cplt with Q1-12 etc), Vatican City collection in White Ace albums and additional pages, each area is beautifully embellished with occasional varieties and covers, some quite scarce, generally fine-v.f.
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Price Realized
$4,500.00

Lot #2391
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS JAPAN
1876-1988 collection in Scott's album, printed and blank pages, with singles, sets and covers, used pre-1920s, hinged thereafter, with souvenir and lottery sheets (mostly with catalogue values of $45 or less), Semi-Postals, Air Post including 1929-34 and Pheasant, etc., generally fine or better
Envelope *O
Price Realized
$1,700.00

Lot #2392
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS LATIN AMERICA
1900-1985 Cuba (to 1960) and Dominican Republic (to 1985), also Haiti (to 1983), collection in Minkus two albums, printed or blank pages, hundreds of singles and sets, souvenir sheets, covers especially flights (Cuba C31 and others), some in $100+ price range, postal stationery, occasional imperf. proofs and varieties, fine-v.f.
Envelope *
Price Realized
$1,500.00

Lot #2393
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS LIBERIA
1892-1997 collection on pages, hundreds of generally complete sets and souvenir sheets, with some better early items incl. errors and varieties, good selection of the 1952 Jehudi Ashmun items incl. inverted and transposed centers, missing colors, also semi-postals and air post (C27-36), 1947 perf. and imperf. centenary souv. sheets, also same overprinted Specimen, back of the book items, plus much topical material, imperfs and deluxe sheets, few better covers, proofs etc.,
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Price Realized
$800.00

Lot #2394
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS LIECHTENSTEIN
1917-1969 collection in a Davo album, mostly complete sets, l.h. (few n.h.), with 1928 Prince Johann (Scott's 82-89), various others to 10fr, commemorative sets,1951-52 2fr & 3fr, 5fr Vaduz Castle, 1960 Europa etc., air post complete, postage dues, souvenir sheetlets, fine-v.f.
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Price Realized
$525.00

Lot #2395
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS LUXEMBOURG
1880-1985 collection in Scott's album, with printed and blank pages, singles, sets and covers (few FDCs), few early issues used, balance mostly hinged, with 1951 United Europe, 1956 Europa, Semi-Postals, Air Post, souvenir sheets incl. 1939 Charlotte, Postage Dues, Officials, Occupation Issues, etc., fine-v.f. and mostly clean
Envelope *O
Price Realized
$400.00

Lot #2396
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS MALAYAN STATES
1930s-50s small box with 180 covers or stationery entires and cards, various periods, also some Indian states, duplication, mixed condition
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #2397
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS MEXICO
1872-1983 collection on pages, singles and sets, some better, also errors and varieties, many covers, some with interesting franking, few purchased at $150, also FDCs and stationery, fine-v.f.
Envelope *
Price Realized
$1,000.00

Lot #2398
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS MIDDLE EAST
1923-2002 Iraq, Jordan and Kuwait, collection in Scott's specialty album with either printed or blank pages, thousands of mostly complete sets, commemoratives, regular issues, souvenir sheets, postage dues and officials. Iraq is mostly complete from 1934, with few better earlier sets incl. 1932 surcharges to 1d (on 25r), Jordan complete from 1925-1950, with sets to ú1, including Tourism set (Scott's 185-98); Kuwait apparently complete from 1945-92, with some unlisted imperfs, varieties, special issues etc., mostly l.h., few used and a number of attractive covers, fine-v.f.
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Price Realized
$2,700.00

Lot #2399
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS MIDDLE EAST
1933-1994 comprehensive collection in six Scott's specialty albums, plus additional pages, with Aden (incl. Dhow to 5r), extensive Bahrain including George V to 2r, George VI cplt (SG ú800), later sets and souvenir sheets mostly complete; Dubai from 1963-1972 with perf. and imperf. sets and souvenir sheets, extensive Yemen covering all reigns; Trucial States with Fujera, Ras al Khaim, Sharjah, Umm al Qiwain, United Arab Emirates, with many imperf. and deluxe sheets, l.h., fine-v.f., high acquisition cost and substantial catalogue value
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Price Realized
$3,750.00

Lot #2400
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS MONACO
1885-1999 collection in two Davo albums, also additional pages, mixed used and unused to 1935, with first issue 25c green, few covers incl. second issue 1fr single franking, virtually complete from 1939 incl. semi postals and air post (lacking only 1967 Birds perf. 14), also postage dues, occasional varieties, souvenir sheetlets (Europa etc.) mostly fine-v.f.
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Price Realized
$1,100.00

Lot #2401
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS MONGOLIA
195-1980 collection in four albums, early items include Scott's No. 2/7a, 62-74 (two sets), complete (99%) from 1958 with hundreds of sets, souvenir sheets, some imperfs etc. Also collection of Tannu Touva in two albums, with few earlier sets (1-10,29-34,C10-18), also one cover, plus hundreds of stamps and souvenir sheets printed in 1980s-90s (unofficial), fine-v.f.
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Price Realized
$2,400.00

Lot #2402
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS NETHERLANDS AND COLONIES
1852-1989 collection in a well-filled Minkus album, also additional pages, with hundreds of singles and sets, mixed used and unused until 1940s, rest hinged (mostly l.h.), semi-postals and air post complete (C13-14), souvenir sheets (B144a-45a), plus Netherlands Antilles (Curacao), Netherlands Indies, Surinam, Aruba, with dozens of better covers incl. flight covers, exhibition labels, FDCs, Rocket flights, interesting frankings and more, fine-v.f.
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Price Realized
$1,500.00

Lot #2403
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS POLAND
1921-1991 collection in a bulging Scott's specialty album, printed or blank pages, mostly complete sets and souvenir sheets (412a), semi-postals (B.I.E. souv. sheet), air post, Generalgouvernment complete, with some imperf. varieties, few P.O.W. and other issues, covers including locals and first flights, mostly l.h., fine-v.f.
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Price Realized
$1,700.00

Lot #2404
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS PORTUGAL AND PORTUGUESE COLONIES
1853-1992 collection in two Scott's specialty albums, printed or blank pages, with singles and sets, mostly hinged, some early used classics including 1853 50r used (cleaned, with APS cert), Independence sets, souvenir sheets including 1940 International Exhibition, Stamp Centenary, Fragoso Carmona, back of the book includes Parcel Post, Franchise Stamps; Portuguese Colonies including Angola including Birds, Azores, Cape Verde, Guinea, , Guinea-Bissau, Macao including 1951 Junk, Madeira, Mozambique, Nyassa, Portuguese India, St. Thomas & Prince Islands and Timor, nice selection of modern issues, plus interesting covers, flights and postal history, generally fine-v.f. and clean collection
Envelope *O
Price Realized
$4,250.00

Lot #2405
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS PORTUGUESE COLONIES - MOZAMBIQUE
1877-1976 collection on pages, hundreds of singles and sets, incl. air post and back of the book issues, used or unused, with many better items, mostly fine-v.f.
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Price Realized
$750.00

Lot #2406
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS RUSSIA
1858-1960 collection of 2,500+ on album pages, used and unused singles, sets, souvenir sheets, with occasional better Air Post, plus Armenia, Ukraine and Civil War Issues,
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Price Realized
$1,000.00

Lot #2407
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS RUSSIA
1889-1991 collection in two well-filled Minkus albums, with spotty Imperial and early Soviet issues, fairly complete from 1926, including imperf. definitives (wmkd), Air Post sets complete incl. North Pole (perf. and imperf.), Polar Year (C34-35) Stratosphere Balloon (C37-39), Dirigibles (C53-57), Chelyuskin (C58-67), Levanevsky (C68), Spartacist Games, Lenin and more or less complete from there, with most of the souvenir sheet (incl. 1964 Tokyo green), dozens of interesting covers, postal stationery, plus occasional items from Russian Levant, Ukraine and Armenia; we note some varieties, mostly l.h., few used and incomplete sets, clean and fine-v.f. collection
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Price Realized
$6,250.00

Lot #2408
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS RUSSIA - POSTAL HISTORY
1920-60s hundreds in box, commercial and philatelic mail from the Soviet Union, also better items incl. Inflation period, Postal Savings stamps on covers or cards, unusual frankings, flights, also Offices in China, Russian Levant, Far Eastern Republic etc., mixed condition, useful lot with good break-up value
Envelope
Price Realized
$2,500.00

Lot #2409
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS SCANDINAVIA
1860-1994 collection in two albums, with singles and sets, mostly unused from 1900 on, Finland including 1930 Zeppelin, North Ingermanland, Aland, Faroe Islands (from 1975), Norway incl. 1910-29 10s and 15s booklet panes of six (n.h.), 1926-34 set to 60o, also semi-postals, Officials, private labels, covers and other specialty items of considerable interest, mostly fine-v.f.
Envelope *O
Price Realized
$1,000.00

Lot #2410
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS SOUTH AMERICA
1866-1992 Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, El Salvador and Uruguay, comprehensive collection in eight Minkus albums, with hundreds of singles and sets, souvenir sheets and special issues, with air post, excellent selection of (Honduras) imperf. trial color proofs, pairs and blocks of four to 10p, also (Costa Rica, Honduras) Specimen overprints from the American Bank Note Co. archives, modern imperfs etc., fine-v.f. The collection is nicely complimented by dozens of better covers from each country, with Flights, Scadta, plus postal stationery, flight covers, as well as other specialty items
Envelope *
Price Realized
$5,000.00

Lot #2411
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS SPAIN AND COLONIES
1850-1998 collection in two Minkus albums, printed or blank pages, with singles, sets and covers (incl. FDCs), mostly hinged, some early used classics including 1850 6p black, General Franco to 10p, 1950 Stamp Centenary (regular issues) on two separate FDCs, souvenir sheets including Historical Monuments, 50c Battle of Lepanto (imperf), with Semi-Postals including Coronation Silver Jubilee, Air Post including 1938 Defense of Madrid, Officials, Barcelona, etc. with Canary Islands, Andorra including 1928 issue, Cape Juby, Ifni, Spanish Morocco, Fernando Po, Rio Muni, Spanish Guinea, Sahara, etc., mostly fine-v.f.
Envelope *O
Price Realized
$3,500.00

Lot #2412
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS SWITZERLAND
1862- collection on pages, some earlier issues including Scott's No. 10 (used, v.f., with PFC), perf. Helvetias, 1900 UPU, 1945 Pax set, semi-postals, souvenir sheets, air post, officials, labels and covers, Military stamps and much more, fine-v.f.
Envelope *
Price Realized
$950.00

Lot #2413
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS TRIESTE
1681-1975 postal history of Trieste, six-volume collection written up on pages, hundreds of covers and folded letters, with 60+ stampless letters to and from Trieste, variety of transit markings, TPOs, later picture postcards, maritime mail ("Puglia" ship cachet and more), Lloyd ship markings (col Lloyd da Trieste, Trieste col Vapore etc), FL from Malta 1858 to Trieste (franked with GB 3x2p), some Greece-related items, foreign letter rates, Austrian adhesives incl. 1850 first issue frankings used from Trieste, later issues included, with registered and censored mail (WWI), some modern items of collateral interest, many signed and with Raybaudi certificates, mixed condition, many better items of considerable merit
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #2414
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS TURKEY
1876-1991 collection in Scott's album, printed and blank pages, hundreds of singles and sets, souvenir sheets, occasional varieties, dozens of covers, earlier items, better frankings etc., fine-v.f.
Envelope *
Price Realized
$950.00

Lot #2415
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS TURKEY
1865-1950 carton, actually a large accumulation of used and unused singles and sets in stock books, pages and loose, good representation of Duloz to modern, including varieties (Scott's No.705/726, 815a), cancellations, perf. varieties, 65 odd covers and cards, unidentified Duloz cancellations and more, please examine
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Unsold
Lot #2416
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS VENEZUELA
1904-1987 collection in a Minkus album, with hundreds of singles and sets, with exceptional air post, 1937 varieties imperf. and part perf. (C47/63var), plus others, many of the Arms sets, souvenir sheets, covers, FDCs, flights etc.
Envelope *
Price Realized
$1,200.00

Lot #2417
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS YUGOSLAVIA
1920-1996 collection on pages, mostly complete sets and souvenir sheets, with early surcharges, regular issues and commemoratives, also semi-postals, air post and postage dues, German Occupation of Ljubljana, Serbia and Croatia, plus Trieste Zone B, many covers and attractive FDCs with pre-WWII sets, mostly l.h., fine-v.f.
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Price Realized
$650.00

Lot #2418
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE
1838-1958 collection in album, mainly "number ones of the world", starting with a pre-philatelic Lombard to Lewes FL, payable on delivery, with appropriate charge marking, Great Britain "Penny Black," single and two on FLs, Mulready one penny FL with black MC, letters franked with British stamps used from Smyrna (1974) and Malta (1875), first stamps of (arranged in order of issue) France, Spain, Canada, Nova Scotia, Luxembourg, German and Italian States, Portugal, Cape of Good Hope, Western Australia, Tasmania, Norway, St.Helena, Ceylon, Newfoundland, Greece, Grenada, Gambia, Japan, Germany and many more stamp issuing entities, few covers, notably Niger Coast franked with six different to Dublin; stamps from various Indian Princely States, Malayan States, French and British Colonies, Italian Colonies, local issues (Victoria Land, King Edward VII Land), plus many others. Condition varies, with occasional flaws, mostly fine or better, beautifully presented and valuable collection
Envelope O
Price Realized
$4,250.00

Lot #2419
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE
1852-1960 carton with hundreds of used and unused stamps, mostly on Scott's album pages, collections and balances purchased at auction many years ago, with France classics incl. 5fr Napoleon, 1fr Empire (faulty), Bordeaux singles, Great Britain (SG 914b cat. ú140), Italy with "Lupa di Roma" varieties, Hong Kong with couple of better items (incl. missing hyphen in 10c 1965 International Cooperation Year), Ecuador, Luxembourg, with multiple examples of No.1,2 and others, San Marino, Switzerland, New Zealand, Italy (Manzoni set unused), Fiume, Turks and Caicos Islands, some better singles and more, mixed condition, with faults noted, huge catalogue value
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Price Realized
$3,250.00

Lot #2420
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE
1880-1980 carton with thousands of used and unused singles and sets in glassine envelopes, with better items including Switzerland (better items such as a Pax set, semi-postals), various topicals and more
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Price Realized
$1,900.00

Lot #2421
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE
1880-1980 United States and foreign, two cartons with thousands used and unused in albums, stock books and loose, incl. several USA Washington-Franklin better booklet panes, also Canada, Turkey, British, some covers and more
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Price Realized
$1,700.00

Lot #2422
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE
1880-1980 three cartons with thousands of mostly used stamps, mounted in albums, on pages and stock books, cards and loose, sorted by countries, some on paper, worth inspection
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Price Realized
$2,800.00

Lot #2423
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE
1920-1990 Egypt, Ethiopia, Egypt, Syria, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia, collections in six Scott's and Minkus albums, printed or blank pages, singles, sets and covers, mostly hinged, also Maldives Islands including Edward overprints, Muscat, Oman, Pakistan including George VI with officials, Bahawalpur, Qatar; plus Independent Philippines and Indonesia, nice selection of modern issues, with hundreds of complete sets and souvenir sheets, covers (incl. FDCs), also flights and interesting frankings, varieties and Scott's unlisted material (especially Syria with imperf. singles and souv. sheets), fine-v.f.
Envelope *O
Price Realized
$4,250.00

Lot #2424
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE TOPICALS
1949 U.P.U., collection in a special album prepared by the UPU in Berne, with British Omnibus set complete, French Colonies, Vatican City (Scott's C18-19), Berlin (Scott's 9N35-41) etc., n.h., occasional toning, generally fine-v.f.
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Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #2425
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE TOPICALS - LIGHT/ELECTRICITY
1891-1965 collection of various items incl. five artist signed die proofs from France (2), Monaco (2), Laos, trial color imperf. block of four from Monaco (1964 Philatec Rocket design), imperf. trial color strip of five from Somali Coast; Belgian Congo imperf. block of 10x25c (security punch); Switzerland, proof of central vignette only, Salvador, two imperf. blocks of four; Russian Zemstvo Bogorodsk, 3k block of 10, three interesting covers, mostly fine-v.f.
Envelope P
Price Realized
$650.00

Lot #2426
LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE COVERS
1940s-60s carton with commercial mail, mostly Middle East, large frankings etc., also Israel early flights, occasional stamps, generally fine
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Price Realized
$290.00

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