Ivanov Collection of Russia; Matuzas Collection Of Lithuania; U.S. & Worldwide
September 7-8, 2011 and September 13-15, 2011
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #5469 SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues 1940 Chekhov, 10k olive green, variety imperf. at bottom, very lightly hinged, fine, * Catalog #627Pb Catalog Value €600 | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #5470 SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues 1940 Chekhov, 15k blue, variety imperf. at top, also 20k light violet with perfs shifted upwards giving the appearance of imperf. at bottom variety, l.h., fine-v.f. (catalogue value for 15k only) * Catalog #628Pb,629var Catalog Value €1,000 | Price Realized $400.00 |
 | Lot #5471 SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues 1940 Reunification of Western Ukraine/Western Belarus (three) 10k carmine, variety imperf. at right, also 30k green, variety imperf at bottom, also 30k variety imperf. at left, all used, 10k with marginal thins, otherwise fine-v.f., O Catalog #631-632 Catalog Value €1,300 | Price Realized $425.00 |
 | Lot #5472 SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues 1940 Reunification of Western Ukraine/Western Belarus, 60k dark blue, horizontal pair imperf. between, cancelled to order, fine-v.f., O Catalog #634 Catalog Value €800 | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #5473 SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues 1940 Reunification of Western Ukraine/Western Belarus, 60k dark blue, variety imperf. at top, used, v.f., O Catalog #634Pa Catalog Value €450 | Price Realized $130.00 |
 | Lot #5474 SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues 1940 Reunification of Western Ukraine/Western Belarus, 1r brown red, variety imperf. bottom, used, fine, signed Rosselevitch, O Catalog #635Pa Catalog Value €500 | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #5475 SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues 1940 Reunification of Western Ukraine/Western Belarus, 1r brown red, variety imperf. at left, n.h., few natural wrinkles, v.f., unlisted in Standart, ** Catalog #635var | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
 | Lot #5476 SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues 1940 Icebreaker "Georgy Sedov", 30k perf. 11 3/4 : 12 1/4 (horizontal raster), also perf. 12:12 1/2 (vertical raster), n.h., the latter with pencil notations on gum, v.f. ** Catalog #637var | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
 | Lot #5477 SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues 1940 Mayakovski, 80k ultramarine, left sheet margin single, variety imperf. at top, double perforations at bottom, n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #643Pb Catalog Value €1,200 | Price Realized $600.00 |
 | Lot #5478 SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues 1940 Mayakovski, 80k ultramarine, vertical pair, variety imperf. at bottom with double perforations between, n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #643Pc Catalog Value €1,200 | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #5479 SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues 1940 Timiryasev, 15k blue violet, variety imperf. at top, used, fine, O Catalog #645Pb Catalog Value €600 | Unsold |
 | Lot #5480 SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues 1940 Tchaikovsky, 30k blue, variety imperf. at bottom, used, v.f., O Catalog #655Pb Catalog Value €500 | Unsold |
 | Lot #5481 SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues 1940 Tchaikovsky, 60k red, variety imperf. at bottom, l.h., v.f., * Catalog #657Pb Catalog Value €900 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #5482 SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues 1940 All-Union Agricultural Fair, 30k Uzbekistan, variety imperf. at left, small h.r., marginal security punch, otherwise v.f. and rare (a used copy brought $1,725 in our December 2009 sale), * Catalog #664Pa Catalog Value €1,700 | Unsold |
 | Lot #5483 SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues 1940 All-Union Agricultural Fair Pavilions, horizontal gutter se-tenant pair, n.h., usual dried gum, otherwise v.f. (Liapine 721+728) ** Catalog #665,672 Catalog Value €675 | Price Realized $400.00 |
 | Lot #5484 SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues 1940 Al-Union Agricultural Fair Pavilions, se-tenant pairs, se-tenant pairs, 11 different (five horizontal and six vertical), also two different se-tenant combination blocks of four (both rejoined horizontally), n.h., v.f. (Liapine 714/730) ** Catalog #665,672 Catalog Value €1,777 | Price Realized $800.00 |
 | Lot #5485 SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues 1940 All-Union Agricultural Fair, 30k Georgia, variety imperf. at top, with sheet margin at left, used, fine, O Catalog #666Pa Catalog Value €500 | Unsold |
 | Lot #5486 SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues 1940 All-Union Agricultural Fair, 30k Turkmenistan, variety imperf. bottom, used, fine, O Catalog #671Pa Catalog Value €1,000 | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #5487 SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues 1940 Industrialization, 10k variety imperf. at top, cancelled to order, v.f., O Catalog #687Pb Catalog Value €500 | Price Realized $170.00 |
 | Lot #5488 SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues 1942 Industrialization, 20k dark blue, double paper variety, bottom corner sheet margin single, n.h., rare ** Catalog #689var | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #5489 SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues 1940 Industrialization, 20k "double paper" variety, with sheet margin at right, n.h., also left margin vertical pair with double perforations at top, used, fine-v.f. **O Catalog #689var | Price Realized $190.00 |
 | Lot #5490 SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues 1940 Industrialization, 50k variety imperf. at right, used, fine, O Catalog #691APa Catalog Value €600 | Price Realized $270.00 |
 | Lot #5491 SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues 1941 Army & Navy, 5k Troops on Skis, variety imperf. at right (catalogue value Euro 400), 10k Sailor, variety imperf. at bottom (unlisted), used, fine-v.f. O Catalog #694Pa,695var | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #5492 SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues 1941 Army & Navy, 10k Sailor, part gutter, variety imperf. at right, n.h., few small gum adhesions, fine, unlisted in Standart ** Catalog #695 | Price Realized $2,000.00 |
 | Lot #5493 SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues 1941 Army & Navy, 1r Medal, variety imperf. at left, n.h., pencil notation on reverse, fine, ** Catalog #701Pa Catalog Value €1,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #5494 SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues 1941 Zhukovski, 15k blue, variety imperf. at top, used, v.f., O Catalog #702Pa Catalog Value €550 | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #5495 SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues 1941 Arms of Karelia, 45k with ribbon variety, l.h., also 30k and 45k blocks of four, h.r., fine-v.f.  *Catalog #707-708,708I | Price Realized $650.00 |
 | Lot #5496 SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues 1941 Arms of Karelia, 30k rose carmine, comb-perf. 12 1/2:12, l.h., v.f., * Catalog #707A Catalog Value €500 | Price Realized $270.00 |
 | Lot #5497 SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues 1941 Arms of Karelia, 45k horizontal gutter pair, lightly folded, n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #708 Catalog Value €870 | Price Realized $1,600.00 |
 | Lot #5498 SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues 1941 Suvorov, 15k carmine, variety imperf. at right, n.h., natural wrinkles, v.f., ** Catalog #710Pa Catalog Value €1,000 | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #5499 SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues 1941 2r yellow brown, two different plate number singles, n.h., v.f. (Liapine 770 K31-32) ** Catalog #714 Catalog Value €200 | Unsold |
 | Lot #5500 SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues 1941 Surikov, 2r variety imperf. at top, n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #723Pa Catalog Value €900 | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #5501 SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues 1941 Be a Hero, 80k carmine red, line-perf. 12 1/2, n.h., v.f., rare (Liapine 782A) ** Catalog #726A Catalog Value €3,500 | Price Realized $2,400.00 |
 | Lot #5502 SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues 1941 Navoi, 30k and 1r, set of two horizontal gutter pairs, lightly folded between the stamps, n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #728-729 Catalog Value €1,750 | Price Realized $1,800.00 |
 | Lot #5503 SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues 1942 Heroes of the USSR, five varieties, imperf. at right or left, incl. 1r imperf. at right, used, one 30k and 1r creased, otherwise fine-v.f. O Catalog #732-735 | Price Realized $650.00 |
 | Lot #5504 SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues 1942 World War II, 20k lilac, variety imperf. at left, n.h., natural gum wrinkles, v.f., ** Catalog #738 Catalog Value €750 | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #5505 SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues 1942 World War II, 20k bottom sheet margin horizontal pair imperf. between, used, creases, otherwise fine, O Catalog #739 Catalog Value €1,000 | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #5506 SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues 1942 World War II, three varieties, with 20k blue imperf. at left, 20k blue imperf. at right, plus 1r imperf. at right, used, fine-v.f., O Catalog #739,743 Catalog Value €1,320 | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #5507 SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues 1942 World War II, 45k red, three varieties, including imperf. at left, bottom and right, the first hinged, others n.h., usual natural wrinkles, fine-v.f., */** Catalog #741 Catalog Value €2,050 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #5508 SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues 1943 World War II, three varieties, with 30k blue green, variety imperf. at bottom, and 45k deep dull blue, two varieties, incl. imperf. at left and imperf. at bottom, used, fine-v.f., O Catalog #744,747 Catalog Value €1,400 | Price Realized $600.00 |
 | Lot #5509 SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues 1943 World War II, 45k deep blue, horizontal strip of three, imperf. between two right stamps and at right, trimmed at bottom, small h.r., usual wrinkles, otherwise v.f., * Catalog #747 Catalog Value €3,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #5510 SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues 1943 25th Anniversary of the October Revolution, 5k black brown, corner margin block of four, variety imperf. at right, cancelled to order, v.f., signed Rosselevitch, Catalog #748Pb Catalog Value €600 | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #5511 SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues 1943 25th Anniversary of the October Revolution, four varieties, including 10k imperf. at bottom with most of design omitted, 15k imperf. at right, 60k imperf. at left and 2r imperf. at right, used, creases, 10k with security pinhole and minor creases, otherwise fine-v.f. O Catalog #749/755 Catalog Value €1,700 | Price Realized $425.00 |
 | Lot #5512 SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues 1943 World War II, 30k yellow brown, variety imperf. at left, cancelled to order, v.f., signed Rosselevitch, O Catalog #756Pa Catalog Value €370 | Unsold |
 | Lot #5513 SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues 1943 World War II, 60k ultramarine, vertical raster, n.h., natural gum bends, v.f., ** Catalog #759 Catalog Value €500 | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #5514 SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues 1943 Gorky, 60k horizontal pair imperf. between, n.h., few natural gum skips and wrinkles, fine, ** Catalog #767 Catalog Value €1,500 | Unsold |
 | Lot #5515 SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues 1943 Gorky, two 60k varieties, imperf. at left and at bottom, used, few wrinkles, otherwise fine-v.f., O Catalog #767 Catalog Value €850 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #5516 SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues 1943 Marshal Star, 3r green, pronounced shift of background, appears double, n.h., also three plate flaws incl. lines at left, dot under star and "M" etc., l.h., v.f. */** Catalog #772var | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #5517 SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues 1943 Army & Navy, 3r Medal, variety imperf. at top, used, v.f., O Catalog #772Pa Catalog Value €600 | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #5518 SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues 1943 Red Army and Navy, 60k variety imperf. at right, used, v.f., signed Rosselevitch, O Catalog #775Pa Catalog Value €250 | Price Realized $110.00 |
 | Lot #5519 SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues 1943 Red Army and Navy, 3r vertical pair imperf. between, small h.r. at top, light gum adhesion and natural gum bend, with handstamp guarantees on reverse, fine, * Catalog #776 Catalog Value €1,500 | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #5520 SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues 1943 Komsomol, 20k red orange, variety imperf. at bottom, cancelled to order, v.f., this variety is unlisted in both Standart and Liapine O Catalog #780 | Price Realized $1,900.00 |
 | Lot #5521 SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues 1943 Teheran Conference, two 30k varieties, one imperf. at bottom (n.h., with tiny gum skips), the other imperf. at left (used), v.f., **O Catalog #784 Catalog Value €1,500 | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #5522 SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues 1943 Teheran Conference, 30k horizontal pair imperf. between, used, faint red handstamp on reverse, fine, signed Rosselevitch, O Catalog #784 Catalog Value €1,500 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #5523 SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues 1943 Teheran Conference, two 3r varieties, one blue color clearly double (!), other is a smaller frame size (31 1/2 : 21 1/2), both used, the former signed Rosselevitch O Catalog #785var | Unsold |
 | Lot #5524 SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues 1943 Teheran Conference, 3r with red color (flags) double, cancelled to order as always, v.f., only 100 printed, signed Rossica (Liapine 842) O Catalog #785var Catalog Value €1,000 | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #5525 SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues 1944 Stratosphere Disaster, 1r gray blue, variety with slight off-registered impression at bottom, l.h., also raster KB, n.h., v.f., rare */** Catalog #790var | Unsold |
 | Lot #5526 SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues 1944 United Nations, 60k blue color omitted, cancelled to order, fine, signed Rosselevitch, O Catalog #810Ta Catalog Value €370 | Price Realized $180.00 |
 | Lot #5527 SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues 1944 Medals of the U.S.S.R., 1r variety imperf. at right, n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #812var | Price Realized $290.00 |
 | Lot #5528 SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues 1944 Lenin, three varieties, 30k carmine and red, imperf. at bottom, also 30k and 45k black and gray blue, each imperf. at right, first two h.r., last one n.h., natural gum bends, fine-v.f., */** Catalog #816-818 Catalog Value €2,700 | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #5529 SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues 1944 Lenin, 50k horizontal pair imperf. between, heavy h.r., fine, * Catalog #819 Catalog Value €1,900 | Unsold |
 | Lot #5530 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 €850 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #5531 SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues 1944 Heroes of the Civil War, 30k green, vertical pair imperf. between, l.h. at top, v.f., * Catalog #838 Catalog Value €1,500 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #5532 SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues 1944 Chaplygin, 30k gray, variety imperf. at bottom, used, v.f., O Catalog #839Pa Catalog Value €350 | Unsold |
 | Lot #5533 SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues 1944 Krylov, 30k red brown, variety imperf. at left, cancelled to order, v.f., signed Rosselevitch, O Catalog #851Pa Catalog Value €250 | Price Realized $100.00 |
 | Lot #5534 SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues 1944 Leningrad souvenir sheet of four (size 142x105mm), text shifted into picture, n.h., v.f. (Liapine P5) **Catalog #Bl.4var Catalog Value €300 | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #5535 SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues 1945 Griboyedov, 60k gray, horizontal pair imperf. between, n.h. but with some gum skips, v.f., ** Catalog #867 Catalog Value €1,500 | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #5536 SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues 1945 Medals of the U.S.S.R., 1r gray blue, variety imperf. at left, used, fine, O Catalog #868Pa Catalog Value €350 | Price Realized $200.00 |
 | Lot #5537 SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues 1945 Stalingrad, 3r variety imperf. at bottom, used, v.f., O Catalog #872Pa Catalog Value €600 | Price Realized $210.00 |
 | Lot #5538 SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues 1945 Stalingrad souvenir sheet of four, three examples, each with significant shift of red (flags and value at bottom), one used, others h.r., creases and other small faults, otherwise fine, *O Catalog #Bl.5Ta Catalog Value €2,600 | Price Realized $675.00 |
 | Lot #5539 SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues 1945 Patriotic War Issue, three varieties, 20k imperf. at bottom (unused without gum), 20k imperf. at top (used), and 30k imperf. at left (n.h.), few natural wrinkles, fine-v.f., *O Catalog #874,876 Catalog Value €1,300 | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #5540 SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues 1945 Patriotic War Issue, 30k variety imperf. at right, h.r., usual rough perforations, fine, * Catalog #875Pa Catalog Value €1,000 | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #5541 SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues 1945 3rd Anniversary of Victory before Moscow, 60k variety imperf. at top, n.h., creased in upper margin, still v.f., ** Catalog #882Pa Catalog Value €450 | Price Realized $180.00 |
 | Lot #5542 SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues 1945 Moscow Academy, 30k horizontal pair imperf. between, n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #884 Catalog Value €1,200 | Unsold |
 | Lot #5543 SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues 1945 Moscow Academy, 30k variety imperf. at right, n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #884Pa Catalog Value €600 | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #5544 SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues 1945 Moscow Academy, 2r imperforate horizontal pair, full margins all around, n.h., natural gum wrinkles, v.f., signed Rosselevitch. An unlisted imperforate variety ** Catalog #885var | Price Realized $7,500.00 |
 | Lot #5545 SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues 1945 Moscow Academy, 2r variety imperf. at top, with perforations unfortunately trimmed on other sides to resemble an imperf. stamp, cancelled to order, fine O Catalog #885Pa | Unsold |
 | Lot #5546 SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues 1945 Moscow Academy, 2r variety imperf. at top, cancelled to order, lightly creased in upper margin, otherwise v.f., O Catalog #885Pa Catalog Value €750 | Price Realized $210.00 |
 | Lot #5547 SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues 1945 Popov, 30k blue violet, variety imperf. at right, cancelled to order, v.f., O Catalog #886Pc Catalog Value €500 | Price Realized $200.00 |
 | Lot #5548 SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues 1945 Bombers, 1r light brown, variety imperf. at top, with sheet margin at left, small h.r. in margin, v.f., * Catalog #896Pa Catalog Value €1,700 | Price Realized $675.00 |
 | Lot #5549 SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues 1945 Bombers, 1r dark gray, variety imperf. at bottom, l.h., fine, unpriced in Standart * Catalog #898Pa | Unsold |
 | Lot #5550 SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues 1945 Bombers, 1r dark gray, variety imperf. at bottom, cancelled to order, few rough perforations, otherwise fine, O Catalog #898Pa | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #5551 SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues 1945 Field Marshal Kutuzov, 30k variety imperf. at top, n.h., natural wrinkle, v.f., ** Catalog #905Pa Catalog Value €1,200 | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #5552 SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues 1945 Field Marshal Kutuzov, 60k top sheet margin single, variety imperf. at right, n.h., few natural gum bends, v.f., ** Catalog #906Pb Catalog Value €750 | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #5553 SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues 1945 Lenin, 50k variety imperf. at bottom, n.h., also 50k imperf. at right, used, the latter creased, fine-v.f., **O Catalog #908Pa-b Catalog Value €1,050 | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #5554 SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues 1945 Lenin, 3r variety imperf. at bottom, n.h., natural gum bends, v.f., ** Catalog #911Pa Catalog Value €750 | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #5555 SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues 1945 Engels, 60k variety imperf. at bottom, h.r., also Artillery Day, 30k variety imperf. at right, n.h., v.f. */** Catalog #917Pb,921Pa Catalog Value €750 | Price Realized $270.00 |
 | Lot #5556 SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues 1945 War Industry, two varieties, 20k imperf. at left and 20k imperf. at top, h.r., fine-v.f. * Catalog #923Pa-b | Price Realized $400.00 |
 | Lot #5557 SOVIET UNION 1940-45 Issues 1945 War Industry, two varieties, 1r imperf. at left (with sheet margin at bottom), and 1r imperf. at bottom, used, fine-v.f., O Catalog #926Pa-b Catalog Value €750 | Price Realized $375.00 |
