Ivanov Collection of Russia; Matuzas Collection Of Lithuania; U.S. & Worldwide
September 7-8, 2011 and September 13-15, 2011

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #8042
RUSSIA
1857 10k brown & blue, margins all around, tiny stain at top, otherwise v.f.,
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Catalog #1
Catalog Value $850
Price Realized
$250.00

Lot #8043
RUSSIA
1857 10k brown & blue, large margins all around, tied by unframed straight line "Briansk" handstamp on small piece, fresh and v.f.,
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Catalog #1
Catalog Value $850
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #8044
RUSSIA
1857 10k brown & blue, margins al around, tied by a boxed departure handstamp on a folded letter from Rybinsk to Riga, with framed "Polucheno" (received) 22 May, 1858 datestamp on back, intact red seal, v.f. usage of Russian number one on cover from Russia proper, ex-Liphschutz
Envelope
Catalog #1
Price Realized
$8,000.00

Lot #8045
RUSSIA
1858 30k carmine & green, thick paper, unused with full original gum, practically lightly hinged and post office fresh, well centered, brilliant colors and perfectly sharp embossing of the eagle, slightly blunted and irregular perforations at bottom as always, splendid and magnificent stamp, with Buchsbayew cert. (Standart 4)
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Catalog #4
Catalog Value €17,500
Unsold
Lot #8046
RUSSIA
1883 horizontally laid paper, posthorns without thunderbolts, 1k-70k complete set incl. 2k yellow green (issued in 1888), top sheet corner margin cross-gutter panes of 50, post office fresh, stamps never hinged (except two 70k h.r.), fine-v.f. (Standard 34-41,45, cat. value single sets, not including the substantial premium for gutters and blocks)
Box */**
Catalog #31-38
Catalog Value €29,750
Price Realized
$23,000.00

Lot #8047
RUSSIA
1917 registered cover from Grozny to Petrograd, franked with 10k/7k and pair of 20k, each with significant shift of center, small perf. defects at left, otherwise fine, with censor seal and arrival pmk, rare on cover, signed Mikulski
Envelope
Price Realized
$1,400.00

Lot #8048
RUSSIA
1917 1r imperforate sheet of 50, center double, n.h., fine-v.f. and spectacular item
Box **
Catalog #131c
Price Realized
$1,100.00

Lot #8049
RUSSIA
1919 (29 Apr) registered cover franked on back with three imperf. strips of 3x3k Imperial Arms with Kharkov Trident overprint, additionally franked with perf. 5k and 10k, used in combination with 35k Chain Breakers, from Kharkov to Moscow, with arrival (3.5), fine combination usage from Ukraine
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #8050
RUSSIA
1922 5,000r and 10,000r surcharged in black, both inverted, h.r., v.f.
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Catalog #192a,195a
Price Realized
$250.00

Lot #8051
RUSSIA
1922 7,500r on 250r, blue surcharge inverted, block of four, one stamp l.h., others n.h., v.f.
Box */**
Catalog #201var
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #8052
RUSSIA
1924 definitives (typographed), 1k orange, n.h., tiny natural inclusion, v.f., scarce stamp (Standart 39)
**
Catalog #276A
Catalog Value €190
Price Realized
$150.00

Lot #8053
RUSSIA
1924 definitives (typographed) 15k lemon, unused with full original gum, hinge remnant, perfectly centered, intense and natural color, full relief and impression, tiny natural inclusion spots, with minute ageing around the edges, visible only on reverse, v.f. and most attractive example of this popular Soviet regular issues rarity, with Buchsbayew certificate (Standart 50, cat. Euro 18,500)
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Catalog #287
Catalog Value $27,500
Unsold
Lot #8054
RUSSIA
1924 definitives (typographed) 3r green & brown, type I, imperforate single, large margins all around, n.h., tiny scissor cut at top margin only, v.f., extremely rare (Standart 057Pa)
**
Catalog #292var
Catalog Value €10,000
Price Realized
$10,000.00

Lot #8055
RUSSIA
1932-33 Moscow and Leningrad Exhibition set of four, l.h., some natural gum wrinkles, fine-v.f.,
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Catalog #485-488
Catalog Value $442
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #8056
RUSSIA
1933 (Apr 2) Leningrad Philatelic Exhibition, registered cover from Leningrad to Helsinki, franked with 1932 Moscow Exhibition set of two, also additional 15k, exhibition postmarks, fine-v.f., with arrival pmk, signed Mikulski
Envelope
Catalog #485-86
Price Realized
$240.00

Lot #8057
RUSSIA
1933 Leningrad Philatelic Exhibition, surcharged set of two, n.h., natural gum inclusions, otherwise fine-v.f. (Standart 315-16)
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Catalog #487-488
Catalog Value €445
Price Realized
$270.00

Lot #8058
RUSSIA
1934 Mendeleev, selection of four imperforate and gummed trial color proofs on watermarked paper, 5k orange, 5k green, 15k brown and 15k lilac, v.f., very rare
P
Catalog #536,538P
Price Realized
$9,500.00

Lot #8059
RUSSIA
1934 Anti-War Issue, set of five trial color proofs in black, each perf. 10 1/2, unused without gum (these proofs were normally adhered on presentation cards), v.f., rare
P
Catalog #551-54P
Price Realized
$9,500.00

Lot #8060
RUSSIA
1938 Komsomolsk, two complete sets, n.h., fine-v.f. (Standart 553-57)
**
Catalog #693-697
Catalog Value €350
Price Realized
$140.00

Lot #8061
RUSSIA
1940 60k dark blue, variety imperf. at top, used, v.f. (Standart 634Pa)
O
Catalog #770var
Catalog Value €450
Unsold
Lot #8062
RUSSIA
1942 Heroes of WWII, 30k dark gray, also 30k gray black, both are varieties imperf. at right, used, v.f. (Standart 731Pa, 734Pb)
O
Catalog #861,864var
Catalog Value €900
Unsold
Lot #8063
RUSSIA
1942 World War II Issue, 45k red, horizontal pair, double perforations between stamps, additional variety imperf. at right, n.h., fine (Standart 741Pc)
**
Catalog #876var
Catalog Value €750
Price Realized
$375.00

Lot #8064
RUSSIA
1944 Heroes of WWII, 60k gray green (Safonov), variety imperf. At top, h.r., slight gum toning, otherwise fine, unlisted (Standart 834var)
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Catalog #950var
Unsold
Lot #8065
RUSSIA
1944 Chaplygin, 30k gray, variety imperf. at bottom, h.r., some toning on both sides, otherwise fine (Standart 839Pa)
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Catalog #945var
Catalog Value €900
Unsold
Lot #8066
RUSSIA
1944 Heroes of the Civil War, 30k gray, variety imperf. at top, used, v.f. (Standart 836Pa)
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Catalog #942var
Catalog Value €250
Unsold
Lot #8067
RUSSIA
1944 Leningrad souvenir sheet, significant shift of text, used, v.f.
Box
Catalog #959var
Price Realized
$270.00

Lot #8068
RUSSIA
1945 Medals, 2r blue, variety imperf. at left, h.r., creases, otherwise fine, unlisted (Standart 919var)
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Catalog #986Bvar
Unsold
Lot #8069
RUSSIA
1945 Kutuzov, 30k dark blue, horizontal pair imperf. between, n.h., v.f. (Standart 905var)
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Catalog #1007var
Catalog Value €1,000
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #8070
RUSSIA
1946 Elections to the Supreme Soviet, 60k green, upper left sheet corner margin vertical pair, imperf. between stamps and at top, used, v.f. (Standart 934var)
O
Catalog #1026var
Catalog Value €1,000
Unsold
Lot #8071
RUSSIA
1946 Bombers, 15k dark green, variety imperf. at left, unused without gum, fine (Standart 940Pb)
(*)
Catalog #992Dvar
Catalog Value €850
Unsold
Lot #8072
RUSSIA
1946 Bombers, 15k dark green, variety imperf. at top, used, v.f. (Standart 940Pa)
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Catalog #992Dvar
Catalog Value €600
Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #8073
RUSSIA
1946 Bombers, 1r variety imperf. at right, used, v.f. (Standart 898Pb)
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Catalog #993var
Catalog Value €1,000
Price Realized
$525.00

Lot #8074
RUSSIA
1947 Lenin, 30k green, variety imperf. at left, also 30k gray blue, variety imperf. at bottom, n.h., fine-v.f. (Standart 1015-16var)
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Catalog #1091,1092var
Catalog Value €1,200
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #8075
RUSSIA
1947 Lenin, 50k brown, vertical pair imperf. between, used, v.f. (Standart 1017var)
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Catalog #1093var
Catalog Value €2,000
Price Realized
$950.00

Lot #8076
RUSSIA
1948 definitive's, 40k red, fold-over variety, spectacular block of six, with fully perforated albino impressions at left
Box *
Catalog #1260var
Unsold
Lot #8077
RUSSIA
1950 People's Manifesto, 40k top sheet margin strip of three, bottom pair imperf. between, n.h., v.f. (Standart 1469var)
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Catalog #1488var
Catalog Value €3,200
Price Realized
$2,500.00

Lot #8078
RUSSIA
1951 Kalinin, 20k sheet margin vertical pair imperf. between stamps and at bottom, Riga cds, v.f. (Standart 1537var)
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Catalog #1563var
Catalog Value €2,500
Price Realized
$2,400.00

Lot #8079
RUSSIA
1951 Butlerov, 40k variety imperf. at bottom, used, some creases and carelessly torn at bottom (Standart 1542variety, unlisted)
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Catalog #1568var
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #8080
RUSSIA
1955 All-Union Agricultural Fair, 40k Ukraine Pavilion, souvenir sheet of four, inscriptions completely omitted at top and bottom, n.h. and post office fresh, few natural gum skips, v.f. A great rarity
Box **
Catalog #1778avar
Price Realized
$14,500.00

Lot #8081
RUSSIA
1956 Suvorov, 3r block of four, left stamps variety imperf. at left, n.h., v.f. and rare (Standart 1773Pa)
Box **
Catalog #1890var
Catalog Value €3,600
Price Realized
$1,500.00

Lot #8082
RUSSIA
1961 Sukhumi, 4k brick red, variety imperf. at top, n.h., v.f. (Standart 2491Pa)
**
Catalog #2338var
Catalog Value €1,700
Price Realized
$1,200.00

Lot #8083
RUSSIA
1962 Fifth Anniversary of Sputnik, 10k multicolor, double impression of black, clearly struck, used on cacheted FDC (Tallinn), v.f., undoubtedly rare
Envelope
Catalog #2653var
Unsold
Lot #8084
RUSSIA
1962 Skating Championships, 4k horizontal pair, right stamp "362" instead of "1962", n.h., v.f.
**
Catalog #2562var
Price Realized
$270.00

Lot #8085
RUSSIA
1964 Tokyo Olympics souvenir sheet in green, n.h., v.f. (Standart BL 36)
**
Catalog #2921-26var
Catalog Value €300
Price Realized
$260.00

Lot #8086
RUSSIA
1964 Winter Olympics (Innsbruck), 6k imperforate single, black color (denomination and torch stem) omitted, n.h., v.f., rare (Standart 2890Ta)
**
Catalog #2845var
Catalog Value €2,200
Price Realized
$1,800.00

Lot #8087
RUSSIA
1972 Sobinov, 10k red brown with inscription at bottom "Nrodnyj Artist CCCP", unaccepted in this form (the stamp was released with the revised "Narodnyj Artist Respubliki") n.h., v.f. (Standart 4049var)
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Catalog #3966var
Catalog Value €3,000
Price Realized
$2,400.00

Lot #8088
RUSSIA
1983 Lighthouse, 1k imperf. block of four, n.h., v.f. (Standart 5361Pa)
Box **
Catalog #5179var
Catalog Value €4,800
Price Realized
$1,500.00

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