Russian Stamps (Internet Only)
May 16, 2012
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #2296 SOVIET UNION 1927 Tenth Anniversary of the October Revolution 1927 October Revolution, three unconfirmed sketches submitted for competition, all on cards (128x72mm), including 1r and 2r "All the Power to the Soviets" by artist N. Kotoff; both composite models, with frame and center superimposed on one another; plus "Triumphant Procession of Workers and Peasants" hand painted by artist K. Maximov, value tablets blank, v.f. and possibly unique E | Price Realized $2,400.00 |
 | Lot #2297 SOVIET UNION 1927 Tenth Anniversary of the October Revolution 1927 October Revolution, large die proof of the unaccepted 10k design with "October 10" ship and lighthouse, signed "October 10th" at bottom with photo essay alongside, both affixed to card, some faint marginal stains, still a v.f. and rare essay E | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #2298 SOVIET UNION 1927 Tenth Anniversary of the October Revolution 1927 October Revolution, three different unaccepted designs, proposed sketches including 10k Train, 10k Factory and breaking chains of oppression, plus 15k Hammer & Sickle, all with simulated perforations, each on a different size card and affixed on a single sheet, with a corresponding photo essay alongside, all numbered in red crayon, values inserted by hand, mostly fine-v.f. These designs were rejected because they resembled the already existing propaganda posters, plus the proposed denominations did not conform to the postal rates. A striking group of essays, possibly unique E | Price Realized $5,250.00 |
 | Lot #2299 SOVIET UNION 1927 Tenth Anniversary of the October Revolution 1927 October Revolution, 5k brown, imperf. single, margins all around, used in combination with 10k definitive on a defective window envelope, registered locally in Moscow (21.2.28), cover stains well away from the stamps, with arrival pmk, rare on cover  Catalog #203var | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #2300 SOVIET UNION 1927 Tenth Anniversary of the October Revolution 1927 October Revolution, 7k myrtle green, imperf. right margin horizontal pair on thick paper, left stamp hinged, right stamp n.h., v.f., signed Stolow */** Catalog #204Pa Catalog Value EUR 1,930 | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #2301 SOVIET UNION 1927 Tenth Anniversary of the October Revolution 1927 October Revolution, 7k dark green (watermarked) imperf. horizontal pair, n.h., v.f., with handstamped guarantee mark, rare ** Catalog #204Pavar | Price Realized $2,900.00 |
 | Lot #2302 SOVIET UNION 1927 Tenth Anniversary of the October Revolution 1927 October Revolution, 8k misperforated right margin horizontal strip of three, with triple perforations between stamps and imperf at left, n.h., v.f. and spectacular variety ** Catalog #205var | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #2303 SOVIET UNION 1927 Tenth Anniversary of the October Revolution 1927 October Revolution, 8k Worker and Sailor, imperf. right margin horizontal pair, showing brown band in margin, with annulling perforations, v.f. ** Catalog #205var | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #2304 SOVIET UNION 1927 Tenth Anniversary of the October Revolution 1927 October Revolution, 8k Worker and Sailor, variety imperf. at top, with part of adjoining stamp showing at bottom, n.h., with annulling perforations, v.f. ** Catalog #205var | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #2305 SOVIET UNION 1927 Tenth Anniversary of the October Revolution 1927 October Revolution, 14k vertical pair, red color and perfs shifted to top, vertical invalidating perfs, n.h., fine ** Catalog #206var | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #2306 SOVIET UNION 1927 Tenth Anniversary of the October Revolution 1927 October Revolution, 14k Map of the CCCP, red color shifted down variety, left margin block of four, with annulling perforations, n.h., v.f.  **Catalog #206var | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #2307 SOVIET UNION 1927 Tenth Anniversary of the October Revolution 1927 October Revolution, 18k blue, full offset on reverse, with annulling perforations, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #207var | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #2308 SOVIET UNION 1927 Tenth Anniversary of the October Revolution 1927 October Revolution, 18k blue, sheet margin single, variety imperf. at top, used, faint creases, v.f., O Catalog #207Pa Catalog Value EUR 750 | Price Realized $300.00 |
