Russian Local Post (Zemstvo); U.S. & Worldwide Stamps
February 8, 2012 and February 22-23, 2012
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #3370 RUSSIA 1744 ELIZABETH, Petrovna (1709-62), Empress of Russia from 1741, younger daughter of Peter the Great & Catherine I, 1744 royal decree headed "We Elizabeth I", with full seal, countersigned by various officials, some toning, otherwise fine and rare document signed by the Empress | Price Realized $3,250.00 |
 | Lot #3371 RUSSIA 1812 (10 Aug) Vitebsk, folded letter (four pages of text) written by Capt. De Castellane to his father in Paris, re-addressed to Ardes, charged "6" to cover forwarding charges, interesting text (transliterated in both French and German) "we are leaving for Babinovich and Smolensk, horses have already left with the guard (the battle of Vitebsk was a military engagement that took place on 26 and 27 July 1812. The battle put a French force, under the command of Emperor Napoleon, in combat with Russian rearguard forces under General Petr Konovnitsyn (on 26 July) and Peter Ludwig von der Pahlen (on 27 July) and ended with the Russian forces making a strategic retreat from the battlefield)  | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #3372 RUSSIA 1812 (29 Sep) Moscow, folded letter (four pages of text) headed "Moscou ce 29 septembre" addressed by Capt. De Castellane to his father in Paris, re-addressed and forwarded to chateau d'Acosta par Meulan, sent by express post free to Paris, fascinating text (transliterated in both French and German) mentioning war efforts, the Emperor, General Grouchy and much more. An important historical letter from a French army officer during Napoleonic invasion of Moscow | Price Realized $3,500.00 |
 | Lot #3373 RUSSIA 1812 (13-16 Nov) Moscow, folded letter (four pages of text) started in Smolensk (13 Nov), continuing the next day; resuming on 15th November at Karitoe, continuing at Krasnoe on 16th November, written by Capt. De Castellane to his father in Paris, important text (transliterated in both French and German) "arriving from Smolensk, weather is cold but nice, Krasnoe was attacked by Cossacks, the 16th battalion of the Guard was engaged in battle with the Russians" (17 November, 1812 desperately trying to hold his army together on the retreat from Moscow, Napoleon Bonaparte found his way threatened by troops under Marshal Kutuzov. Acting immediately, he threw 16,000 men of his Imperial Guard into a surprise assault that scattered 35,000 Russians and opened the way west to the once Grande Armee), letter with arrival pmk 22 December, rare | Price Realized $3,500.00 |
 | Lot #3374 RUSSIA 1832 NICHOLAS II (1868-1918), last Tsar of Russia, document dated 8 November 1914, signed Nicholas", signed Nicholas | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #3375 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown and blue, margins all around, cancelled by pen cross and tied on small piece by framed St. Petersburg postmark in red, v.f., quite rare O Catalog #1 | Price Realized $3,000.00 |
 | Lot #3376 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown and blue, cancelled by pen cross, margins all around, fresh and v.f., ex-Small O Catalog #1 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #3377 RUSSIA 1858 10c brown and blue, full to clear margins all around, tied by a boxed Odessa 12 Nov. 1858 postmark on an outer FL addressed to Kokuny, with intact black seal, fine number one on cover, ex-Gibson collection, signed Bloch, with Raybaudi certificate Catalog #1 | Price Realized $2,500.00 |
 | Lot #3378 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown & blue, single and horizontal pair, used on FL from Odessa, 28 March 1858, paying triple rate to Taganrog, stamps with large margins all around, excellent embossing of center, filing folds away from the stamps, all neatly pressed out, fine and extremely rare 30k rate with single and pair, signed Herbert Bloch, ex-Mikulski collection Catalog #1 | Unsold |
 | Lot #3379 RUSSIA 1858 10k brown and blue, thick paper, unused with full original gum, lightly hinged, remarkably rich color, literally post office fresh, well centered, with fully intact perforations, signed Brun, with Eichele cert., * Catalog #2 Catalog Value $18,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #3380 RUSSIA 1858 10k blue and brown, thick paper, unused with full original gum, small h.r., fresh with full embossing of the eagle, usual perforations, fine example of this unused rarity, signed, with Mikulski and Diena certificates, * Catalog #2 Catalog Value $18,000 | Price Realized $10,000.00 |
 | Lot #3381 RUSSIA 1858 10k brown & blue, used, five copies, various pmks, fine-v.f., O Catalog #2 Catalog Value $750 | Price Realized $290.00 |
 | Lot #3382 RUSSIA 1858 20k orange and deep blue, thick paper, unused large part original gum, well centered and post office fresh, fine example of this rare unused stamp, pencil signed, with 1986 Diena certificate, * Catalog #3 Catalog Value $10,000 | Price Realized $7,500.00 |
 | Lot #3383 RUSSIA 1858 20k orange and deep blue, well centered (minor repair at upper left corner), tied by "1" in dots cancel on cover (front professionally cleaned) from St. Petersburg to Kharkov, with framed departure (19 Feb) datestamp in red, faint arrival handstamp (Dobin 59.1.09), on back with a virtually complete seal of the Austrian Consulate in Russia, postmaster's notation indicating addressee is not in town, hence cover re-addressed back to St. Petersburg, fine appearing of this rare stamp on cover, with Mikulski certificate, Catalog #3 Catalog Value $15,000 | Price Realized $7,500.00 |
 | Lot #3384 RUSSIA 1858 30k carmine & green, thick paper, watermarked "3", excellent colors, neat "Balta 20 Nov. 1865" canc., v.f., O Catalog #4 Catalog Value $3,000 | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #3385 RUSSIA 1859 (10 Aug) incoming FL from Paris to St. Petersburg, paying 1.10fr with French 10c, 20c and 80c Empire, red "Frankreich per Aachen Franco" transit and St. Petersburg arrival pmk, v.f. | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #3386 RUSSIA 1862 (19 Nov) small stampless registered cover to France, with intact large seal and departure markings on back, "Charge" and postage handstamps in arrival, fine and scarce money letter | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #3387 RUSSIA 1866-75 horizontally laid paper, 1k-30k set of six, mostly with sheet margin at bottom, n.h., fine-v.f. ** Catalog #19-25 | Price Realized $650.00 |
 | Lot #3388 RUSSIA 1867 5k black and gray blue, perforated trial color proof on thick glazed paper, prepared for the 1967 Paris Exhibition, slightly oxidized, otherwise fine and very rare, only a few known to exist P Catalog #22P | Price Realized $2,400.00 |
 | Lot #3389 RUSSIA 1866-70 20k blue & orange, imperforate and gummed single, horizontally laid paper, part of the special issue prepared by the State Printing Office for the 1867 Paris Exhibition, h.r., small thin at top, still v.f., ex-Kirchner and Breitfuss, with Mikulski cert. A very rare special printing (only a few examples exist on laid paper) * | Unsold |
 | Lot #3390 RUSSIA 1875-83 2k, 3k, 7k, 8k blocks of four, all signed Mikulski, also single set 1k-70k, n.h., fine-v.f.  ***Catalog #20,26-28,31-38 | Price Realized $850.00 |
 | Lot #3391 RUSSIA 1879 8k gray & rose, imperforate single, indistinguishable cancellation, large margins all around, good colors, some creases and thinned, otherwise fine, signed Georg Buhler, with 1940 Royal cert. One of only five known imperforate examples, O Catalog #28b Catalog Value $25,000 | Price Realized $7,500.00 |
 | Lot #3392 RUSSIA 1868 vertically laid paper, 1k black & yellow, imperforate single, adequate margins, with shifted background as always, used, some creases, fine appearance. This variety exists only used, Catalog #19f Catalog Value $8,000 | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
 | Lot #3393 RUSSIA 1875 vertically laid paper, 5k lilac and black, horizontal pair, unused part original gum, h.r., well centered and fresh, fine, ex-Maslowski. This pair is the largest known multiple of this value and one of only two recorded pairs (the other, ex-Mikulski collection, is defective), a rarity (Liapine 19x, cat. Value Euro 100,000) * Catalog #27b | Unsold |
 | Lot #3394 RUSSIA 1877 (16 Aug) registered cover from Winnitsa to Kamenetz-Podolsk, paying 39kopeck with 2k, 8k and 20k on front and nine examples of 1k (some defective) on back, fine-v.f., with arrival pmk | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #3395 RUSSIA 1878-82 selection of 12, mostly registered covers addressed to Kamenetz-Podolsk, different origins in the Podolsk region incl. Mogilev, Bratlav, Rakhnoveck, Winnitsa, Berdyansk, Odessa, Shargorod, different rates made up with 1k, 2k, 3k, 5k, 7k, 8k and 20k adhesives, various rates and combinations, some three color franking, one with a block of 4x7k, two blocks of 6x8k, single 3k franking etc., some cover defects noted, generally fine-v.f. and interesting lot | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
 | Lot #3396 RUSSIA 1878 (17 Aug) registered cover from Yampol to Kamenetz-Podolsk, franked with 1k, 2x5k, 8k and 20k, fine-v.f. example of 39k rate, attractive and scarce four color franking, with arrival pmk | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #3397 RUSSIA 1879 (27 Feb) 10k postal stationery entire envelope, additionally franked with pairs of 1k and 2k, also single 8k, paying 24k from St. Petersburg to Saratov, fine and scarce usage | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #3398 RUSSIA 1884 3.50r black and gray, 7r orange & black, each cancelled on piece, v.f., signed Calves, the latter with Mikulski cert. These high values were normally used on parcel cards are difficult to find in sound condition, Catalog #39-40 Catalog Value $1,450 | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #3399 RUSSIA 1889-1909 selection of eight cards, mostly from Riga to uncommon destinations including one to San Francisco, redirected to South Africa; another to Vathy, Samos; others to Canton, China; Tetuan, Spanish Morocco; Wellington, New Zealand; Buenos Aires and Constantinople; one ppc to France, with framed "Trouve a la boite" handstamp, all with appropriate transit and arrival pmks; in addition, there is a postal stationery card from Cape of Good Hope, with additional franking from Griqualand to Moscow, with 1902 censor and arrival pmks | Unsold |
 | Lot #3400 RUSSIA 1889-92 beautifully illustrated charity envelope addressed to Berlin, v.f., rare | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #3401 RUSSIA 1889 7r orange and black, horizontal strip of five, overprinted Obrazets in red, v.f. and beautiful item S Catalog #54S | Unsold |
 | Lot #3402 RUSSIA 1895-98 two incoming letters from Denmark, each from Prince Valdemar, either Gjentofie or Copenhagen to (his sister) Empress Maria Feodorovna in St. Petersburg, each with a different "kancelarya Directora" (Chancellery) arrival postmark, fine-v.f. | Unsold |
 | Lot #3403 RUSSIA 1897 (21.6) cover franked with 3k and 4k carmine, cancelled by the dotted circle of "Stockholm" postmarks, also boxed "Fran.Ryssland" origin hs alongside, addressed to Stettin, Germany, with arrival pmk on back, v.f., with Holcombe certificate, ex-Liphschutz collection | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #3404 RUSSIA 1898 (11.11) 10k stationery entire envelope to Sweden, additionally franked with 4x5k lilac, sent from St. Petersburg, with framed "XXXIV" registration hs alongside, Stockholm transit and Malmo arrival pmks, fine | Unsold |
 | Lot #3405 RUSSIA 1899 (20.11) small cover from St. Petersburg to Helsinki, with 5p green added on arrival for further transmission (redirected) to Goteborg, Sweden, arriving on 6 December, fine "mixed franking" | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #3406 RUSSIA 1904 (10.6) 5k stationery entire envelope additionally franked with 5k lilac, cancelled by the dotted circle of "Stockholm" postmark, also boxed "Fran. Finland" origin hs alongside, addressed to Stockholm, Sweden, with additional arrival pmks on back, v.f., signed Holcombe, ex-Liphschutz collection | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #3407 RUSSIA 1905 3.50r black, center inverted, exceptionally well centered, magnificent color, fresh and v.f., signed Kosack etc., possibly the finest known example of this rare inverted center (normally encountered in poor condition) O Catalog #69a Catalog Value $14,000 | Price Realized $14,000.00 |
 | Lot #3408 RUSSIA 1906 (9.2) cover franked with 10k dark blue, cancelled by Copenhagen pmk, with boxed "Paquebot" hs alongside, addressed to Lubeck, Germany where it arrived on 10th February, v.f., with Holcombe cert., ex-Liphschutz collection | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #3409 RUSSIA 1912 (23.10) cover franked on back with 10k Arms, cancelled by double oval "Baku-Enzeli Steamship" pmk, sent via Teheran (14.11) to Isfahan, with arrival cds, fine and scarce ship cover to Persia, with Holcombe cert., ex-Liphschutz collection | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #3410 RUSSIA 1913 Romanov Issue, unexploded St. Petersburg 80k booklet (78k) with three panes of 6x1k, single panes of 6x3k and 6x7k, rose covers without inscriptions, some usual staple rust at left, otherwise fine and rare booklet (a handstamped surcharge was usually applied to covers to indicate contents and sale price)  | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
 | Lot #3411 RUSSIA 1915 (26.5) cover from St. Petersburg to the infamous prison fortress in Schlisselburg, franked on back with 10k dark blue, arrival pmk and oval prison censor hs in violet, fine | Price Realized $130.00 |
 | Lot #3412 RUSSIA 1915 (8 Dec) cover franked on back with 3k Arms and 7k Romanov, cancelled by pen, used from Enzeli to Teheran, where it arrived on 13th December, franking apparently not recognized, with large "T" handstamped on front, fine and rare maritime usage on Baku-Enzeli-Teheran line ("Caucase et Mercure Steamship Co") on the Caspian Sea and Russian stamps in Persia | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #3413 RUSSIA 1915 (23 Oct) registered cover (slightly reduced at right) from Baku to Teheran, franked on reverse with pair of 10k dark blue, violet censor "D.C. G.A.L" handstamp, with arrival pmk, fine example of the maritime post on the Caspian Sea | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #3414 RUSSIA 1915 large cover with Red Cross label on reverse, addressed to Vyborg, with 8.X.1915 arrival pmk, very rare | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #3415 RUSSIA 1917 cover from Russia franked with 10/7k, used in combination with Great Britain 1/2p and 1p (2), cancelled London 9 July, 1917 and sent to Switzerland, opened by censor, with Glion 15.7.17 arrival on back, fine mixed franking, rare | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #3416 RUSSIA 1917 1r imperf. pane of 50, plus labels, dramatic shift of red center, n.h., v.f. and spectacular multiple **Catalog #131e,var | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #3417 RUSSIA 1918 First Issue of RSFSR, 70k red brown, imperforate single with large margins all around, plate flaw broken "O" of "KOP" at bottom, v.f., with Mandrovski cert. Only one sheet of 100 printed, this being the unique positional plate flaw. A great item for a specialist * Catalog #150a | Unsold |
 | Lot #3418 RUSSIA 1921 (13 Aug) parcel receipt card from Moscow to Mikhailovskii Khutor (15.8), paying 20r with single definitive stamp, card folded once away from the stamp, with arrival docketing on back, fine usage of the first RSFSR definitives (these were issued on August 10 and for practical purposes became useless on August 15, with a new, much higher rate put into effect) Catalog #180 | Price Realized $1,200.00 |
 | Lot #3419 RUSSIA 1922 (27 Mar) cover from Samarkand to Boguslav, Kiev district. The rate of 7,500r is made up with stamps revalued in Turkestan (authorized by NaKomPocht Circular 35/335 of March 24, 1922) as follows: 2x100r Control Stamps (used as 250r each); 2x4k Arms (used as 1,000r each) and 5r Arms (used as 5,000r) for a required total, all tied on back minor cover tear, fine and incredible inflation period rarity | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #3420 RUSSIA 1922 American Relief Administration (ARA) cards, collection of 30 items, with interesting frankings and combination, including 11 with various Savings Bank/Control Stamps, charity, commemorative etc., earliest usages from February18th on, majority sent to USA, also to Varna (Bulgaria), Berlin, Geneva, usual faults, many fine or better, fascinating lot | Unsold |
 | Lot #3421 RUSSIA 1922 (16 Feb) registered postal money order (transfer of 565,600r at a fee of 2% of the funds equaling 11,312r, rounded to 11,400r) from Tashkent to Kazalinsk (Kazakhstan), franked with 3,50r imperf. (used as 1,000r), 10r perf. (used as 10,000r) on front, used in combination with current RSFSR definitives, strip of 4x100r pelure paper, with arrival (26.2) on back, some adhesions and filing folds away from the stamps. At the time, postage stamps were in short supply in Russian Turkestan and the postal district authorized the use of Imperial arms stamps (often referred to as Turkestan Provisionals) at inflated values. An interesting example of obscure Turkestan district revaluations, great RSFSR specialist item Catalog #181a | Unsold |
 | Lot #3422 RUSSIA 1922 (Aug 28) registered cover from Novaya Bukhara to Samara, franked on back with Imperial arms 3k (30,000r), 20k (this stamp was revalued to 20r in March 1921, also provisionally revalued to 200,000r, or in this case 150,000r) and 2x3.50r (these were officially withdrawn from sale in December 1921, but were part of the March 1922 special revaluation only for Turkestan at 1,000r each), all tied by cds, with arrival (8.9) pmk alongside. A most unusual private correspondence cover from the Khanate of Bukhara in Central Turkestan, ex-Maslowski Catalog #181a | Unsold |
 | Lot #3423 RUSSIA 1922 5,000r surcharged in red on 5r gray blue, basic stamp double impression, h.r., v.f. * Catalog #198var | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #3424 RUSSIA 1924 (7.12) large parcel card from Moscow to Kutaisi, franked on both sides with definitives including imperforate 1r (9) added on arrival, also perforated 5r (21), also 2k,10k,40k (3), used in combination with Charity stamps 20+50k (6), plus Airfleet 2k (10), with arrival markings, stamp cancelled by control punches, with numerous other faults, interesting and rare combination | Price Realized $1,700.00 |
 | Lot #3425 RUSSIA 1924 Definitives (typographed) 15k lemon yellow, perf. 14 1/4x14 3/4, n.h., well centered, v.f., with1991 Mikulski and 2009 Buchsbayew certificates. A superior example of this popular Soviet rarity (catalogue value for hinged; a never hinged example brought $32,500 in our July 2010 sale) ** Catalog #287 Catalog Value $27,500 | Price Realized $23,000.00 |
 | Lot #3426 RUSSIA 1924-25 15k lemon, ten copies, used, fine-v.f. (Mi.253 IA) O Catalog #287 Catalog Value €2,500 | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #3427 RUSSIA 1925 (7.1) large parcel card franked on both sides with definitives (watermarked) incl. 1r (75) and 3r (20), 20k (3), also commemorative 3k (imperf. pair), paying total of 135.66r, registered from Kazan-Zabulachnoye, with Baku arrival pmks, filing folds and some wear and tear affecting the stamps, nevertheless remarkably intact with nothing missing, truly a spectacular exhibition piece | Price Realized $1,800.00 |
 | Lot #3428 RUSSIA 1925 (19.3) large parcel card franked on both sides with definitives (imperforate, unwatermarked) incl. 1r (17) and 50k (50 including blocks of 10, 15 and 25), and 20k, total of 42.20r, less than the required 70r, but handstamped "Prinyata v dolg" (admitted in debt), Sukhumi arrival pmks, creases and faults not detracting from the rarity of this impressive item | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #3429 RUSSIA 1925 (26.2) large parcel card from Moscow to Sukhumi, franked with definitives (imperforate, unwatermarked) 200x20k (all large panes incl. vertical and horizontal gutter panes of 50, one with full imprint of "second factory Goznak Lithography"), also perf. 3k and single imperf. 20k, signed receipt acknowledging 40r, with "taking on debt" handstamp alongside, stamps only partly adhered and cancelled in Sukhumi, creases and others, very rare | Price Realized $1,300.00 |
 | Lot #3430 RUSSIA 1925 (25.5) Money Order from Agdam to Moscow, franked on both sides with definitives (unwatermarked) 2r (13), 2k, 3k, 10k and imperf. 50k (3), also Lenin Mausoleum 40k (40), paying the required total of 41.65r for the transfer of 5,000r, stamps invalidated by perforation punches, some creases and other faults | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #3431 RUSSIA 1925 Definitives (watermarked), 18k violet, imperforate single, large margins all around, n.h., tiny marginal inclusion at upper right, v.f. ** Catalog #316var | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #3432 RUSSIA 1926 (23.1) large parcel card from Ufa to Tiflis, franked on both sides with definitives (watermarked) incl. 4k,7k, 30k, 50k, 1r, 3r and Lenin 5r and 10r (21) a total of 219.91r (signed receipt for 218.87r), many of the stamps cancelled by perfins, creases and faults, still a wonderful exhibition item | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #3433 RUSSIA 1926 (10.7) large parcel card from Kiev to Tiflis, franked with definitives (watermarked) incl. 7k, 30k (3), 2r and Lenin 5r(22), a total of 112.97, most of the stamp with control punches, creases and faults, rare | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #3434 RUSSIA 1927 (15.6) intact parcel form franked with 2.90r, cancelled by Turov departure pmks, addressed to USA, with Moscow transits | Unsold |
 | Lot #3435 RUSSIA 1927 (15.9) parcel card franked on both sides with Lenin 1r (2), 3r and 5r, used on combination with definitives (watermarked)18k, 30k and 50k (3), paying 11.98r, with Kameno-brod departure and Armavir arrival pmks, control punches through the stamps, fine intact card | Price Realized $290.00 |
 | Lot #3436 RUSSIA 1935 Tolstoy, 3k variety imperf. at right (trimmed), also 20k imperf. at right and 20k perf. 11, imperf. at top, used, fine-v.f. O Catalog #577,579,579a,var | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #3437 RUSSIA 1944 Lenin, 30k variety imperf. at bottom, used, v.f. (catalogue value for unused) O Catalog #Standart 816Pa Catalog Value €900 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #3438 RUSSIA 1946 Bombers, 15k green, variety imperf. at top, h.r., v.f., * Catalog #Standart 940Pa Catalog Value €1,000 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #3439 RUSSIA 1947 60k variety, imperf. at right, used, natural inclusion in margin, v.f., O Catalog #Standart 1020Pa Catalog Value €450 | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #3440 RUSSIA 1950 Cold War Propaganda, selection of nine unused picture postcards, mostly anti-NATO and anti USA, fine-v.f., scarce | Unsold |
 | Lot #3441 RUSSIA 1951 Hydroelectric Station, 20k variety imperf. at right, used, v.f., O Catalog #Standard 1566Pa Catalog Value €600 | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #3442 RUSSIA 1955 All-Union Agricultural Fair, 40k Pavilion RSFSR, souvenir sheet of four, inscriptions completely omitted at top and bottom, n.h. and post office fresh, minor wrinkles and inclusions, v.f. A great rarity **Catalog #1770a,var | Price Realized $14,500.00 |
 | Lot #3443 RUSSIA 1964 Tokyo Olympics, imperf.. souv. sheet in green, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #2921-26var | Price Realized $200.00 |
 | Lot #3444 RUSSIA 1965 Lenin, 10k horizontal pair, imperf. between, used on cover, v.f. (catalogue value Euro 2,500 for unused) Catalog #Standart 3100var | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #3445 RUSSIA 1966 Luna-9, complete sheet of eight se-tenant strips of three, variety imperf. at left, n.h. and post office fresh, v.f., **Catalog #Standart 3345a Catalog Value €8,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #3446 RUSSIA 1987 Polar Bears, set of four mini-sheets, n.h., minor corner creases, otherwise v.f. (Standart 5746-49, cat. Euro 1,000) **Catalog #5541a-44a | Price Realized $500.00 |
