Booklets of the World; U.S. and Worldwide; Russia
April 6-7, 2011 and April 11-12, 2011
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #3179 RSFSR 1918 15k brown, unissued value in color of 70k, imperforate and gummed proof sheetlet, v.f. and extremely rare E Catalog #149E | Price Realized $9,000.00 |
 | Lot #3180 RSFSR 1918 35k blue, 70k brown, blocks of four, the former lozenges omitted, the latter with lozenges on both sides, with small faults affecting top stamps, otherwise fine-v.f.  *Catalog #149-50var | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #3181 RSFSR 1919 (3.4) cover (slightly reduced at left) franked with block of 4x35k and pair of 70k, paying 2.80r from Kramatorovka (Kharkov province) to Taramovka, fine, with arrival pmk  Catalog #149-50 | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #3182 RSFSR 1919 Chainbreakers, 35k dark blue, imperf. sheet corner margin single, h.r, v.f. * Catalog #149a | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #3183 RSFSR 1919 Chainbreakers, 35k dark blue, imperf. single, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #149a | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #3184 RSFSR 1919 35k dark blue, imperf. single, large margins all around, n.h., v.f., with 2005 Buchsbayew cert., ** Catalog #149a | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #3185 RSFSR 1919 35k dark blue, imperf. single, three large margins, close but adequate at left, n.h., v.f. (Standart $1000) ** Catalog #149a | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #3186 RSFSR 1919 35k blue, imperf. horizontal pair, used, right stamp with small thin, otherwise v.f., rare O Catalog #149a | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #3187 RSFSR 1919 35k dark blue, imperf. vertical pair, used, cut close but just clear at top, fine-v.f., signed Mikulski O Catalog #149a | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #3188 RSFSR 1919 35k dark blue, imperf. vertical pair, used, v.f., with Hovest cert. O Catalog #149a | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #3189 RSFSR 1919 35k blue, vertical pair, lozenges virtually completely omitted from the top stamp, also two singles, one with lozenges on both sides, the other lozenges omitted, h.r., some perf. stains, otherwise fine * Catalog #149var | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #3190 RSFSR 1919 35k blue, part imperf. horizontal pair, double vertical and horizontal perfs, the latter shifted to top center of the pair, reinforced with paper on back, most unusual O Catalog #149var | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #3191 RSFSR 1919 (5.3) registered cover (opened for display) from Kaluga to Moscow, franked with single 35k on front, used in combination with two blocks of 4x5k Postal Saving stamps on back, paying 75k (the actual registration fee was 50k, in effect from Jan 1 until November 1, 1919), boxed Kaluga registration hs, with number (201) filled in by hand, faint Moscow arrival pmks, fine and rare combination cover Catalog #149 | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
 | Lot #3192 RSFSR 1919 (20.3) registered cover (opened for display) from Petrograd to Libava, properly franked on back with 35k dark blue and 15k Arms (paying the actual registration fee of 50k, in effect from Jan 1 until November 1, 1919), with arrival (10.6) and redirection endorsements, cover reduced at sides, but with all markings intact, fine and very rare Catalog #149 | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
 | Lot #3193 RSFSR 1919 (12.3) registered cover (opened for display) from a Red Army Latvian soldier, stationed somewhere in the region of Latvia occupied by the Red Army, written to his wife in Tambov Porohovoi Zavod (gun powder factory in Tambov), properly franked with 35k dark blue and 15k Arms (paying the actual registration fee of 50k, in effect from Jan 1 until November 1, 1919), both cancelled by pen, with arrival pmk and redirection endorsements including one for Riga, also Army Field Post (12.5) and Riga (14.5) pmks, bearing endorsement indicating that addressee returned to her country (Latvia), plus finally "Obratno Odpravleno" (returned to sender) in large Cyrillic letters on front, fine and remarkable letter used by a Latvian Red Army soldier (Latvia achieved independence in 1918) Catalog #149 | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
 | Lot #3194 RSFSR 1919 (26.11) registered cover from Hovrino (Simbirsk province) to Moscow, provisional registration marking by hand, also violet datestamp, again with departure be pen, properly franked on reverse with 11x35k dark blue (single, blocks of 4 and 6), used in combination with imperf. 15k (paying the proper rate of 4r, in effect from November 1, 1919 to 10 March, 1920), vertical filing fold just slightly through two center stamps, fine and rare cover, with extraordinary franking, with Moscow (10.12) arrival Catalog #149 | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
 | Lot #3195 RSFSR 1919 (26.11) registered coverfront used in Moscow (Poste Restante), franked with block of 4x35k dark blue, used in combination with imperf. pair of 70k and block of 4x35k Arms (overpaying the proper rate of 4r by 20k), all on the front (unusual), interesting item Catalog #149 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #3196 RSFSR 1919 70k red brown, imperforate single, large even margins all around, lightly hinged and post office fresh, v.f., signed Goznak, with 2003 Melnikov certificate. A rare stamp, only one sheet printed * Catalog #150a | Price Realized $4,750.00 |
 | Lot #3197 RSFSR 1919 70k red brown, vertical pair, variety imperf. at top, n.h., also perf. single with a strong offset on back, h.r., fine-v.f. */** Catalog #150var | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #3198 RSFSR 1919 70k red brown, vertical pair, variety imperf. at top, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #150var | Price Realized $270.00 |
 | Lot #3199 RSFSR 1919 (9.12) registered cover from Shigony (Simbirsk gouv.) to a Red Army soldier, addressed to the "Army in the Field" (with arrival postmark Polewaja Pochtowaya Kontora Vostfront" (15.12), properly franked on back with 50k Imperial Arms, used in combination with 5x70k (single and two vertical pairs), fine and exceptional usage, probably unique to a Field Post Office of the Red Army, with this franking, ex-Liphschutz collection, with 2007 Buchsbayew cert. Catalog #150 | Price Realized $2,500.00 |
 | Lot #3200 RSFSR 1919 (7.12) small registered cover from Urensko-Karlinskoye to a soldier stationed in the Petrograd region, properly franked with 5x70k red brown (vertical pair and strip of three), used in combination with imperf. pair of 15k and single 20k/14k, (paying the proper rate of 4r (in effect from November 1, 1919 to 10 March, 1920), fine and probably unique usage Catalog #150 | Price Realized $2,400.00 |
 | Lot #3201 RSFSR 1919 (24.12) registered cover from Bogorodsk, with endorsement "field post office of the Red Army", addressed to a red army solder and franked on reverse with strip of 5x70k red brown, used together with 50k Imperial Arms and paying 4r registration rate (in effect from Nov.1, 1919 until March 10, 1920), with 28.12 arrival pmk, fine and rare usage Catalog #150 | Price Realized $2,400.00 |
 | Lot #3202 RSFSR 1918-21 suspended mail, four covers, two registered from London to Moscow, each with "Service Suspended" and boxed "undeliverable for reasons stated" and "to be returned to sender" handstamps, another from Los Angeles to Petrograd, with special postal label ("mail for Roumania and Russia, except Finland. Return to sender, plus 1921 registered cover from Starodoube to Chicago, with erroneous application of "returned to sender for the reason that the registry service is suspended" (actually returned because addressee could not be found), fine | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #3203 RSFSR 1921 1,000r carmine, double impression, block of four, natural gum crease at top, l.h. at top, bottom stamps n.h., v.f., with 2007 Buchsbayew cert. */**Catalog #186d | Unsold |
 | Lot #3204 RSFSR 1921 40r red violet, type II, trial color proof on stamp paper, single without gum, plus horizontal pair, the latter n.h., v.f. P Catalog #187P | Unsold |
 | Lot #3205 RSFSR 1921 200r red brown, unissued value, sheet of 25, never hinged, one stamp with disturbed gum, also couple of natural inclusions and gum wrinkles, v.f. and post office fresh, rare sheet (Standart O15) **Catalog #190var | Price Realized $1,900.00 |
 | Lot #3206 RSFSR 1922 (16.2) registered cover from Golyj Karamysch (in the province of the Volga Germans), franked on back with gutter pane of 40x250r (paying 10,000r: 5,000r foreign letter, plus 5,000r registry fee), used via New York to Akron Ohio, with 28.3.22 arrival pmk, usual weak, otherwise fine and impressive letter (see article in "The Postrider", No.8, pages 50-61) | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #3207 RSFSR 1922 (13.5) registered cover (opened for display) from Solombala-Archangel to Lithuania, franked on both sides with combination Imperial and R.S.F.S.R. adhesives, fine and colorful cover, with Kaunas 22.5.22 arrival pmk | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #3208 RSFSR 1922 (3.4) registered cover (opened for display) from Solombala-Archangel to Lithuania, franked on both sides with combination Imperial and R.S.F.S.R. adhesives, fine and colorful cover, with Kaunas 18.4.22 arrival pmk | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #3209 RSFSR 1922 (16.5) registered cover (opened for display) from Solombala-Archangel to Lithuania, franked on both sides with combination Imperial and R.S.F.S.R. adhesives, fine and colorful cover, with Petrograd transit and Kaunas 23.5.22 arrival pmk | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #3210 RSFSR 1922 (16.3) registered cover from Okna-Pod (Ukraine) to Berlin, franked on back with block of 10x1000r red and block of 4x5000r on 2r, cover roughly opened at bottom, otherwise fine item from Dr.Brender correspondence | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #3211 RSFSR 1922 (10.5) registered mourning cover from Uman to Austria, franked on back with top or bottom portions of stamps adding to a total of 300,000r, hence short paid 100,000r for a registered surface letter, with Moscow (7.6) transit pmk, Uman registration filled in by hand, fine and interesting item | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #3212 RSFSR 1922 (23.10) registered cover from Petrograd to USA, franked on both sides with a combination of Imperial (10x14k, plus a single 10r) and RSFSR stamps (4x5,000r, 2x7,500r, 8x22,500r, plus pairs of 100+100r and 250+250r surcharges), usual faults and cover wear, otherwise fine, with arrival pmk | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #3213 RSFSR 1922 inflation, study of the manuscript cash payment provisional markings, selection of 10 covers, used in different Ukrainian towns paying 40r-30,000r, official notations by the local postmasters including "no stamps available, 10,000r paid in cash" (used from Ladyshin), others from Kamenka, Priluki, Rybnica, Dubossary, Ternowka etc., mostly sent via Moscow to Germany, with appropriate markings, fine and interesting lot | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
 | Lot #3214 RSFSR 1922 5,000r (red) on 1r, 5,000r (black) on 2r, both surcharges inverted, h.r., v.f., signed * Catalog #192,196var | Price Realized $180.00 |
 | Lot #3215 RSFSR 1922 surcharges, 5000r on 2r, 10,000r on 40r black surcharges inverted, l.h., v.f. * Catalog #192a,195a | Price Realized $190.00 |
 | Lot #3216 RSFSR 1922-23 Star Overprints, 100r on 15k, surcharge double, also pair of 200r on 15k, surcharge double, l.h., fine-v.f. * Catalog #221b,222b | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #3217 RSFSR 1923 1r-20r, set of seven, imperf. horizontal pairs (3r block of four), n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #238a/241a | Price Realized $850.00 |
 | Lot #3218 RSFSR 1923 Red Army Soldier, unissued 20r gray black and 20r violet (perf. and imperf. of last), first two n.h., last one h.r., v.f. */** Catalog #241E/P | Price Realized $170.00 |
