The Sante Fe Collection
December 7-8, 2011
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #732 RUSSIA 1913 Romanov Tercentenary, 1k brown orange, top sheet corner margin block of 10, top strip of five variety albino vertical perforations, some h.r., fine-v.f.  *Catalog #88var | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #733 RUSSIA 1915 Money Stamps, 10k and 15k imperf. singles, the former with horizontal invalidating perforations, v.f. * Catalog #105a,106a | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #734 RUSSIA 1915 10r carmine lake, yellow and gray, vertical lozenges of varnish, complete sheet of 50, variety imperf. at right, yellow background dramatically shifted and displaced diagonally, with inverted "V" actually printed on two stamps at bottom, also showing full watermark at right (partially ungummed), folded between stamps and some perf. separations, n.h., fine-v.f. An interesting and probably unique **Catalog #109var | Unsold |
 | Lot #735 RUSSIA 1917 1r brown and red, horizontal pair, variety imperf. at left, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #87var | Price Realized $170.00 |
 | Lot #736 RUSSIA 1922 Star Surcharges, 40r on 200r on 15k imperf. single, h.r., thin, fine appearance, signed Goznak, rare stamp * | Unsold |
 | Lot #737 RUSSIA 1923 4r brown, imperf. sheetlet of 25, n.h., v.f., **Catalog #239a Catalog Value $625 | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #738 RUSSIA 1924 Definitives (lithographed), 40k slate gray imperforate sheet corner margin single, printed on gum only (this variety is more commonly found printed on both sides), natural gum creases and abrasions, extremely rare (Standart 38var) ** Catalog #264var | Unsold |
 | Lot #739 RUSSIA 1924 Definitives (typographed), 50k brown, imperforate horizontal sheet margin pair, double impression, n.h., v.f., rare, especially in such exceptional quality (Standart 26Ta) ** Catalog #275Avar Catalog Value €6,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #740 RUSSIA 1924 Definitives (typographed), 4k deep rose, lower left sheet corner margin pane of 25, double impression, partly shifted to top, ten bottom stamps with red control stripe and part of the 2nd Moscow Factory imprint printed over, partial margin at right, n.h., v.f. and spectacular specialist item, probably unique **Catalog #279var | Unsold |
 | Lot #741 RUSSIA 1924 Definitives (typographed), 8k olive brown, imperforate bottom sheet margin single, double impression, n.h., v.f., very rare (Standart 46Pa,var) ** Catalog #283var | Price Realized $4,750.00 |
 | Lot #742 RUSSIA 1924 Definitives (typographed), 30k violet, imperforate sheet margin single, n.h., v.f., rare, catalogue value for hinged (Standart 52Pa) ** Catalog #288Avar Catalog Value €1,250 | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #743 RUSSIA 1924 Definitives (typographed), 2r, 3r and 5r imperforate sheet margin blocks of four, double impression, each with invalidating horizontal perforations, marginal imperfections, stamps n.h., v.f. **Catalog #291,292,293var | Price Realized $575.00 |
 | Lot #744 RUSSIA 1924 Definitives (typographed), 2r rose and green, imperforate horizontal pair, n.h., multiple blind impressions visible on gum, fine and rare imperf. (Standart 056Pa) ** Catalog #291var Catalog Value €2,500 | Price Realized $1,200.00 |
 | Lot #745 RUSSIA 1924 Definitives (typographed) 2r green and rose, imperforate sheetlet of 25, double impression, with horizontal invalidating perforations through the stamps, n.h., some discoloration at bottom right, v.f., rare **Catalog #291var | Price Realized $800.00 |
 | Lot #746 RUSSIA 1924 Definitives (typographed), 3r brown and green, vertical bottom sheet margin strip of three, double or invalidating horizontal perforations, n.h., interesting item ** Catalog #292var | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #747 RUSSIA 1925 Definitives (watermarked), 5k lilac, top sheet margin pane of 25, double perforations between stamps, diagonally invalidated, but missing the bottom row, n.h., fine **Catalog #308var | Price Realized $425.00 |
 | Lot #748 RUSSIA 1925 Definitives (watermarked), 18k violet, bottom sheet margin pane of 25, fold-over with part of design missing and printed on back, horizontal invalidating perfs, n.h., fine **Catalog #316var | Price Realized $575.00 |
 | Lot #749 RUSSIA 1925 Definitives (watermarked), 2r green and rose, full offset on gum, bottom sheet margin gutter pane of 50, with complete imprint, horizontal invalidating perforations, n.h., v.f. **Catalog #323var | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #750 RUSSIA 1926 Definitives (Lithographed), 8k olive, small head, double perforations at top (escape from invalidation), n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #Standart 119 Catalog Value €3,700 | Price Realized $650.00 |
 | Lot #751 RUSSIA 1926 Definitives (Lithographed), 8k olive, small head, double perforations at top (escape from invalidation), n.h., fine, ** Catalog #Standart 119 Catalog Value €3,700 | Price Realized $600.00 |
 | Lot #752 RUSSIA 1926 Definitives (Lithographed), 8k olive, small head, top sheet margin gutter pane of 50, invalidating perforations (see two previous lots) sometimes double, intact "4" control number at top, n.h., fine and probably unique **Catalog #Standart 119 | Price Realized $3,500.00 |
 | Lot #753 RUSSIA 1927 Esperanto, imperforate bottom sheet margin single, n.h., natural gum irregularity, v.f. (Standart 184Pa) ** Catalog #374var Catalog Value €1,250 | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #754 RUSSIA 1927 10th Anniversary of the Russian Revolution, 5k brown, bottom sheet margin block of four, imperf. between stamps, also at bottom, invalidating vertical perforations, n.h., v.f. **Catalog #376var | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #755 RUSSIA 1927 10th Anniversary of the Russian Revolution, 7k myrtle green, bottom sheet margin vertical imperf. pair, invalidating vertical perforations, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #377var | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #756 RUSSIA 1927 10th Anniversary of the Russian Revolution, 8k Worker and Sailor, imperforate lower right sheet corner margin block of nine, with full imprint, invalidating horizontal perforations, marginal tears, stamps n.h., v.f. **Catalog #378var | Price Realized $675.00 |
 | Lot #757 RUSSIA 1927 10th Anniversary of the Russian Revolution, 18k blue, vertical fold-over pair, part of design on back, vertical invalidating perforations, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #380var | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #758 RUSSIA 1927 10th Anniversary of the Russian Revolution, 18k blue, block of eight with spectacular fold-over, vertical invalidating perforations, n.h., v.f. **Catalog #380var | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #759 RUSSIA 1927 Definitives, 2k apple green, imperforate horizontal pair, double impressions, one inverted, n.h., v.f. and impressive variety, without the usual invalidating perforations, rare thus (Standart 188Pa,var) ** Catalog #383var | Price Realized $2,500.00 |
 | Lot #760 RUSSIA 1927 Definitives, 4k bright blue, upper left sheet corner margin block of eight, folded-over with part of the printing on back, invalidating horizontal perforations, v.f. **Catalog #385var | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #761 RUSSIA 1929 Definitives (watermarked), 80k yellow brown, horizontal gutter block of four, n.h., some perf. reinforcements and other minor flaws, scarce (Standart 240var) **Catalog #426 | Price Realized $5,000.00 |
 | Lot #762 RUSSIA 1930 20k bluish black, unissued value and design, photo proof mounted on presentation card with simulated perforations, v.f., signed by the artist E | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #763 RUSSIA 1930 20k black brown, unissued value and design, photo proof mounted on presentation card with simulated perforations, v.f., signed by the artist E | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #764 RUSSIA 1931 25th Anniversary of 1905 Revolution, imperf. blocks of four, bottom stamps n.h., v.f. */**Catalog #452-454 | Price Realized $650.00 |
 | Lot #765 RUSSIA 1933 15th Anniversary of the October Revolution, blocks of four, l.h. at top, bottom stamps n.h., occasional natural gum creases, v.f. */**Catalog #472-78 | Price Realized $2,600.00 |
 | Lot #766 RUSSIA 1932 Moscow Philatelic Exhibition souvenir sheet of four, unused without gum as issued (full original size 169:119), some adhesive and overall toning, mostly on back, shark corner and without any usual creases, fine (Standart Block 01) (*)Catalog #485-86 Catalog Value €20,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #767 RUSSIA 1932 First All-Union Philatelic Exhibition - Moscow, special presentation souvenir sheet of four (169:118), with central red 5.12.1932 "All Soviet Philatelic Exhibition, Moscow", first day of exhibition postmark, remarkably fresh and free of the usual toning, minor corner crease at upper right, v.f. Only 500 souv. sheets were issued on carton paper, most were handed out to important dignitaries and subsequently discarded or destroyed (being used as tickets to the exhibition and ripped on entrance). This is the only known used souvenir sheet with red First Day of Issue postmark applied to the stamps (there are others known cancelled by favor in margin), with Mikulski cert. ("dieser sonderblock, ohne frankaturwert, gestempelt, kommt sehr selten vor. Mit dieser Ersttag-Abstermplung ist er wahrscheinlich ein UNIKAT"). Since this souvenir sheet was printed for presentation and not postal purposes, the application of the central postmark indicates that it could have been valid for postage. This unique sheet is pric Catalog #485-86 | Unsold |
 | Lot #768 RUSSIA 1932 All Soviet Philatelic Exhibition in Moscow, souvenir sheet of four on thick card (size 166:116), with the two line overprint "Lutchemu Udarniku" (To the best shock worker - All Russian Philatelic Society), unused without gum as issued, expertly repaired (mostly around three of the four corners). Nevertheless a very fine appearing example of this Soviet Philatelic rarity, only 25 (!) printed; most of the existing souvenir sheets are in poor condition (Standart Block 01var) (*)Catalog #485-86var Catalog Value €100,000 | Price Realized $130,000.00 |
 | Lot #769 RUSSIA 1933 Baku Commissars, selection of perforated trial color proofs on watermarked stamp paper, with or without gum, 4k gray, 5k red brown, 20k green, 20k red, 20k gray, 35k red brown, 35k red, 40k green, total of eight, occasional abrasions or gum disturbances, mostly v.f., rare P Catalog #519-523P | Price Realized $8,500.00 |
 | Lot #770 RUSSIA 1934 Lenin Mausoleum, imperforate singles, 5k brown (small h.r.) and 10k blue (n.h.), each with the Museum handstamp, v.f. (Standart 360Pa-361Pa) */** Catalog #524a,525a Catalog Value €1,620 | Price Realized $1,300.00 |
 | Lot #771 RUSSIA 1934 Fedorov, imperforate singles set of two, h.r., one with the Museum handstamp, v.f. (Standart 365Pa-366Pa) * Catalog #529a-530a Catalog Value €1,240 | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #772 RUSSIA 1934 Mendeleev, selection of five different imperforate and gummed trial color proofs on watermarked stamp paper, with 5k green, 5k lilac, 5k olive green, 15k carmine red, 15k olive, h.r., fresh and v.f., scarce P Catalog #536,538P | Price Realized $14,000.00 |
 | Lot #773 RUSSIA 1935 Moscow Subway, 15k carmine, variety imperf. at right, n.h., fresh and v.f., rare (Standart 404Pb) ** Catalog #553var Catalog Value €2,500 | Price Realized $2,500.00 |
 | Lot #774 RUSSIA 1935 Spartacist Games, complete set n.h., fine-v.f. (Standart 406-15) ** Catalog #559-68 Catalog Value €750 | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #775 RUSSIA 1935 Kalinin, 3k, 5k, 10k and 20k complete set of four trial color proofs in gray, line perf. 11 (scissor separated in cases) unused without gum, v.f., rare P Catalog #573-576P | Price Realized $4,750.00 |
 | Lot #776 RUSSIA 1935 Kirov, 40k gray brown, perf. 14, variety imperf. at right, used, v.f. (Standart 434A Pa) O Catalog #582a,var | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #777 RUSSIA 1936 Pioneers (perf. 11), 2k variety imperf. at top, also 10k horizontal pair imperf. between, used, fine-v.f. (Standart 436.439var) O Catalog #584a,587a,var Catalog Value €1,280 | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #778 RUSSIA 1937 Pushkin, 40k and 50k green, imperforate and gummed vertical se-tenant pair, n.h., v.f., extremely rare se-tenant trial color ** Catalog #592-593P | Unsold |
 | Lot #779 RUSSIA 1937 Pushkin, 80k and 1r lake, imperforate and gummed vertical se-tenant pair, n.h., natural gum creases, v.f., extremely rare se-tenant trial color ** Catalog #594-595P | Unsold |
 | Lot #780 RUSSIA 1937 Architecture of Moscow, 5k brown red, imperf. single, h.r., v.f., signed Goznak, * Catalog #598var Catalog Value $500 | Unsold |
 | Lot #781 RUSSIA 1938 Second Trans-Polar Flight Moscow to San Jacinto, set of three upper right sheet corner margin blocks of 15, n.h., fine-v.f. **Catalog #640-642 | Price Realized $2,100.00 |
 | Lot #782 RUSSIA 1938 Second Trans-Polar Flight Moscow to San Jacinto, original photograph of the three fliers, autographed by each (Andrei Yumashev, Mikhail Gromov and Sergei Danilin), with Shirley Temple (held by Gromov), v.f., rare (The journey, via the North Pole, covered 11,500 kilometers (7,100 mi) and ended in a dairy pasture outside of San Jacinto, California after the fliers encountered fog conditions in San Diego and as far inland as March Air Force base in Riverside. The landing site is marked by California State Historical Landmark Number 989. The crew, flew for 62 hours and 17 minutes between 12 and 14 July 1937. Upon their arrival in California, the Soviet aviators became instant darlings of the American press and at one point traded autographs with Shirley Temple during their tour of Hollywood) | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #783 RUSSIA 1939 surcharged 30 kop on 4k lilac, block of 12, n.h., v.f. (Standart 589) **Catalog #743 Catalog Value €540 | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #784 RUSSIA 1940 Tchaikovsky, 30k dark blue, variety imperf. at bottom, used, v.f. (Standart 655Pb) O Catalog #791var Catalog Value €500 | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #785 RUSSIA 1941 5k violet, variety imperf. at right, used, fine (Standart 694Pa) O Catalog #824var Catalog Value €400 | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #786 RUSSIA 1943 Gorky, 60k black blue, variety imperf. at left, used, v.f. (Standart 767Pb) O Catalog #896var Catalog Value €350 | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #787 RUSSIA 1945 60k dark green, variety imperf. at top, n.h., fine (Standart 882Pa) ** Catalog #981var Catalog Value €450 | Price Realized $210.00 |
 | Lot #788 RUSSIA 1945 Bombers, complete set (as issued) of nine, mostly sheet corner margin blocks of four, n.h., fine-v.f. **Catalog #993/1001 | Price Realized $625.00 |
 | Lot #789 RUSSIA 1945 Engels, 60k dark green, variety imperf. at bottom, h.r., small toned spot at right, otherwise v.f. (Standart 917Pb) * Catalog #1014var Catalog Value €500 | Price Realized $200.00 |
 | Lot #790 RUSSIA 1946 Medals, 60k varieties imperf. at bottom and another at right, used, fine (Standart 929,30var) O Catalog #1023,1024var Catalog Value €600 | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #791 RUSSIA 1946 Gorky, 60k green, variety imperf. at right, used, v.f. (Standart 962Pc) O Catalog #1048var Catalog Value €450 | Price Realized $200.00 |
 | Lot #792 RUSSIA 1946 Sverdlov Theater Square, 20k red brown, horizontal strip of three, imperf. between and at left, h.r., small thin spots, scarce (Standart 983Pa) * Catalog #1062var Catalog Value €2,200 | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #793 RUSSIA 1946 45k and 1r, varieties imperf. at right or at top, used, fine-v.f. (Standart 984Pa,987Pa) O Catalog #1063,1066var Catalog Value €1,250 | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #794 RUSSIA 1947 Moscow, 5k variety imperf. at bottom, cancelled to order (n.h.), v.f. (Standart 1073Pa) O Catalog #1132var Catalog Value €600 | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #795 RUSSIA 1947 Moscow, 5k vertical pair imperf. between, h.r., v.f. (Standart 1073var) * Catalog #1132var Catalog Value €1,600 | Price Realized $850.00 |
 | Lot #796 RUSSIA 1947 Moscow, 60k variety imperf. at bottom, h.r., v.f. (Standart 1082Pa) * Catalog #1140var Catalog Value €550 | Unsold |
 | Lot #797 RUSSIA 1948 Surikov, 30k variety imperf. at top, n.h., v.f. (Standart 1145Pa) ** Catalog #1201var Catalog Value €300 | Price Realized $180.00 |
 | Lot #798 RUSSIA 1948 Red Army, 30k variety imperf. at bottom, horizontal pair, used, v.f. (Standart 1150Pa) O Catalog #1205var Catalog Value €400 | Price Realized $210.00 |
 | Lot #799 RUSSIA 1948 Definitives, 10k Sailor, imperf. trial color proof in green (instead of violet), horizontal raster, v.f., rare (Standart 1159P) P Catalog #1215P | Unsold |
 | Lot #800 RUSSIA 1948 Definitives, unissued 20k Miner, imperforate plate proof in gray black (issued design was 5k), horizontal raster, v.f., rare (Standart 1162P) P Catalog #1217P | Unsold |
 | Lot #801 RUSSIA 1948 Definitives, unissued 30k Scientist, imperforate plate proof in red brown (issued design was 45k), horizontal raster, v.f., rare (Standart 1162P) P Catalog #1218P | Unsold |
 | Lot #802 RUSSIA 1948 Definitives, unissued 45k Collective Farmer, imperforate plate proof in red brown (issued design was 20k), horizontal raster, v.f., rare (Standart 1163P) P Catalog #1219P | Unsold |
 | Lot #803 RUSSIA 1948 Definitives, 50k Kremlin, imperf. trial color proof in green (instead of blue), horizontal raster, v.f., rare (Standart 1164P) P Catalog #1220P | Unsold |
 | Lot #804 RUSSIA 1948 Definitives, unissued 60k Arms and Flag of the Soviet Union, imperforate plate proof in gray brown (issued design was 30k), horizontal raster, v.f., rare (Standart 1165P) P Catalog #1221P | Unsold |
 | Lot #805 RUSSIA 1948 Definitives, 20k variety imperf. at bottom (n.h.), 50k variety imperf. at left (used), fine-v.f. (Standart 1161Pa,1164Pa) **O Catalog #1217,1220var Catalog Value €1,450 | Unsold |
 | Lot #806 RUSSIA 1948 25th Anniversary of the USSR, 60k variety imperf. at left, n.h. but with a natural gum skip, v.f. (Standart 1182Pa) *O Catalog #1244ar Catalog Value €850 | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #807 RUSSIA 1948 Sport, 30k red brown, horizontal pair imperf. between, n.h., v.f. (Standart 1221var) **O Catalog #1255var Catalog Value €2,200 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #808 RUSSIA 1948 Sport, 30k red brown, also 45k black brown, each imperf. at top, used, fine-v.f. (Standart 1221Pa,1222Pa) OO Catalog #1255,1256var Catalog Value €2,000 | Price Realized $675.00 |
 | Lot #809 RUSSIA 1949 2r violet, horizontal raster, block of four, n.h., v.f. (Standart 1376var) **Catalog #1416var Catalog Value €1,200 | Unsold |
 | Lot #810 RUSSIA 1952 Novikov-Priboy, 40k variety imperf. at top, disturbed gum, h.r., v.f. (Standart 1597Pa) * Catalog #1628var Catalog Value €1,200 | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #811 RUSSIA 1953 Tolstoy, 1r brown, variety imperf. at left, n.h., fine. (Standart 1641Pa) ** Catalog #1673var Catalog Value €1,500 | Price Realized $625.00 |
 | Lot #812 RUSSIA 1958 Space Observatory, 40k vertical pair imperf. between, n.h., v.f. (Standart 2105var) ** Catalog #2092var Catalog Value €1,500 | Price Realized $625.00 |
 | Lot #813 RUSSIA 1964 Tokyo Olympics souvenir sheet in green, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #2921-26 | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #814 RUSSIA 1965 Lenin, variety imperf. at left, used, v.f. (Standart 3100var) O Catalog #3024var Catalog Value €1,500 | Price Realized $600.00 |
 | Lot #815 RUSSIA 1968 Definitives, 50k variety imperf. at bottom, n.h., v.f. (Standart 3554Pa) ** Catalog #3480var Catalog Value €1,500 | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #816 RUSSIA 1976 Aviation, 12k variety with yellow color partly showing at bottom (n.h.) also 16k orange omitted (used), v.f. **O Catalog #4502,4504var | Price Realized $210.00 |
 | Lot #817 RUSSIA 1976 Definitives, 1k, 2k, 3k, 4k, 12k, five blocks of four with double horizontal and vertical perforations, fine-v.f. **Catalog #4596/4602var | Price Realized $210.00 |
 | Lot #818 RUSSIA 1976 Definitives, 4k variety imperf. at left, n.h., v.f ** Catalog #4599var | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #819 RUSSIA 1990 Capitals, imperforate blocks of four, 12 different (missing Frunze; Riga and Erevan do not exist imperf.), n.h., v.f. (Standart 6102-10,6112/16Pa) **Catalog #5854/5868var Catalog Value €1,640 | Price Realized $750.00 |
