Lobdell German East Africa, Eppel Russia and Worldwide Rarities
December 14-16, 2010
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
| 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  ** | Price Realized $1,500.00 | |
| 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, *O | 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 * | Price Realized $6,250.00 |
