Lobdell German East Africa, Eppel Russia and Worldwide Rarities
December 14-16, 2010
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | 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  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 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 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 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. | 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. | 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 | 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 | 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  */**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., **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 | 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. **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) **Catalog #2464 Catalog Value $33,000 | Unsold |
