Kossoy Collection of Poland; U.S. & Worldwide Stamps
September 11-13, 2012
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #1096 RUSSIA 1717-1843 from at least as early as 1695 onwards, the vast majority of mail to and from Russia traveled through the Prussian city of Memel. While a formal Russo-Prussian treaty was not signed until 1821, Prussia accepted prepaid mail from and to Russia and settled the corresponding charges at the border. This process continued peacefully for over a century without a formal postal treaty in place. The following lot is an award-winning five-frame collection, with 83 folded letters and covers (there are an additional 80 covers, partly described but not mounted). Each cover has been extensively researched and is thoroughly described, with respect to origin, destination, postal tariff, transit and due markings for items from Russia to foreign destinations (two frames), as well as incoming mail into the country (two frames). The earliest letter is from Narva (1724) via Memel and Emmerich to Amsterdam, Prussian transit charges of 2 1/2x38 (95 groschen) prepaid to Emmerich, with Dutch charges of 10 stuyvers colle  | Unsold |
 | Lot #1097 RUSSIA 1836 (1 July) FL from St. Petersburg (pre-printed business text, also written in German) to Bordeaux, red L.P.B. 5 and framed "Hollande par Thionville" and arrival cds on back, fine | Unsold |
 | Lot #1098 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown and blue, used, bottom sheet margin single, v.f., signed Dr.Ferchenbauer, O Catalog #1 Catalog Value $850 | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #1099 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown and blue, numeral dot cancel, margins all around, tiny corner crease well outside design, fine O Catalog #1 | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #1100 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown and blue, boxed departure datestamp, margins all around, clear at bottom, nice colors, fine, signed Kosack O Catalog #1 | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #1101 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown and blue, interesting crossed departure handstamp, margins all around, fine, signed Calves O Catalog #1 | Price Realized $400.00 |
 | Lot #1102 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown and blue, selection of ten, various postmarks, each with margins all around, shades and paper varieties, occasional small flaws (light creases or thin specks), mostly fine-v.f., O Catalog #1 Catalog Value $8,500 | Price Realized $3,000.00 |
 | Lot #1103 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown and blue, large, even margins all around, cancelled by pen cross on large part of outer FL addressed to Rostov Fair (Rostowskyj Yarmark), partial departure postmark on back (possibly Pernow), light natural wear, fresh and v.f., signed Eisold, with 2005 Hovest certificate Catalog #1 | Price Realized $2,400.00 |
 | Lot #1104 RUSSIA 1858 10k brown and blue, used April 18 on folded letter from Torzhok (Tver province) to Moscow, fine early usage Catalog #2 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1105 RUSSIA 1858 20k blue and orange, thick paper, well centered, cancelled "Berislaw", tiny thin, fine appearance, signed Mikulski, O Catalog #3 Catalog Value $1,750 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #1106 RUSSIA 1858 20k blue and orange, thick paper, beautiful fresh colors and nice embossing, cancelled "Orel", fine, O Catalog #3 Catalog Value $1,750 | Price Realized $600.00 |
 | Lot #1107 RUSSIA 1858 30k carmine & green, thin paper, numeral "5" (Vilnius) cancellation, fresh colors and nicely centered, fine, O Catalog #4 Catalog Value $3,000 | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #1108 RUSSIA 1866 5k trial color proofs on perforated and gummed stamp paper, the complete set of five (orange, red, green, violet and blue), h.r., fine-v.f., signed Mikulski * Catalog #22P | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #1109 RUSSIA 1889 14k carmine & blue, center inverted, well centered, light pmk, fresh and v.f., signed Mikulski, ex-Faberge (with distinctive red "Faberge-Ferrary" handstamp on back) * Catalog #51a Catalog Value $5,000 | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
 | Lot #1110 RUSSIA 1902 7k blue, imperforate single, dramatically shifted groundwork, h.r., v.f., * Catalog #59b Catalog Value $550 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1111 RUSSIA 1906 (19 June) registered cover from Putyatino addressed to "His Imperial Majesty the Sovereign Emperor at St. Petersburg", with a good arrival strike of the State Chancellery "St. Petersburg/Kantz Pocht Directora 27 June, 1906" (Director of Post/State Chancellery), cover faults at top, otherwise fine | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #1112 RUSSIA 1910-17 five items including four covers, two registered, all addressed to Petrograd including one to the Minister of the Imperial Court His High Excellency the Count Fredericks for transfer to His Imperial Majesty the Sovereign Emperor Nikolai Aleksandrovitch, another to the Grand Duke Constantine, also a ppc from London to the Bulgarian Legation in St. Petersburg, all five with the scarce State Chancellery arrival pmks | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1113 RUSSIA 1922 (3 March) registered cover from Odessa via Moscow to Berlin, Germany (addressed to Dr. Brender, Central Help Committee), franked on back with large multiples of 250r dull violet, including two intact gutter tete-beche panes of 50 (with a total of 10! horizontal gutter tete-beche pairs) and another pane of 20, some inevitable creases and marginal tears, Moscow transit postmark showing inverted "2" in "22", fine and extraordinary RSFSR cover Catalog #183a | Unsold |
 | Lot #1114 RUSSIA 1925 (Definitives) typographed, 6k dark blue, imperforate upper right sheet corner margin pane of 15, n.h., one stamp with "8" for "O" in "zolotom", some additional ink at top, full offset on gum, usual creases, rare multiple (Standart 044Pa)  **Catalog #281var Catalog Value €1,300 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1115 RUSSIA 1925 (Definitives) typographed, 6k light blue, imperforate upper right sheet corner margin pane of 15, n.h., usual creases, rare multiple (Standart 044Pa) **Catalog #281var Catalog Value €1,300 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1116 RUSSIA 1925 (Definitives) typographed, 1r red and brown, double impression (one negative "mirror"), bottom sheet corner margin horizontal pair, right stamp with scissor trimmed perforations, left stamp vertical crease, n.h. and fine appearing rarity (Standart 94var) ** Catalog #290var | Price Realized $2,900.00 |
 | Lot #1117 RUSSIA 1925 Lomonosov, 3k and 15k sets of two, perf. 12 1/2, 13 1/2, also 3k perf. 12 1/2:12, plus 15k unwatermarked, fine-v.f. (Standart 102-103,102A-103A, 102B) */** Catalog #326-327var | Price Realized $190.00 |
 | Lot #1118 RUSSIA 1927 surcharged 8 Kop narrow space (0,75mm between lines) on 7k chocolate, perf. 14 1/2 unwatermarked (one), also perf. 12 unwatermarked (one) and watermarked (four different shades, couple with short perfs), used, fine-v.f. (Standart 209, unpriced used, also 209A (catalogue valie Euro 2,500) and 210) O Catalog #349var | Price Realized $2,900.00 |
 | Lot #1119 RUSSIA 1927 surcharged 8 Kop on 7k chocolate wide space, three different (watermarked and unwatermarked), also the rare narrow space (0,75mm between "8" and "kop") perf. 12, unwatermarked and watermarked, l.h., natural gum wrinkles, v.f. (Standart 181,181A,182, 209A,210) * Catalog #349var Catalog Value €10,000 | Price Realized $7,500.00 |
 | Lot #1120 RUSSIA 1927 Esperanto,14k yellow green & brown, watermarked, perf. and imperforate singles, the latter bottom sheet margin example, tied by Sevastopol, Crimea (9.6.) cds, used in 1930 on registered cover to Switzerland, v.f., with Bern (15.6) arrival, also attractive "Concordia Club" label on back, signed W.Pohl, with Buchsbayew certificate. A rarity, possibly only known watermarked imperf. on cover (several used examples are known, all used in Crimea) Catalog #373var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1121 RUSSIA 1927 14k Esperanto, imperforate vertical pair, hinged at top, bottom stamp n.h., v.f. */** Catalog #374var | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #1122 RUSSIA 1927 October Revolution, 10th Anniversary Issue, 5k red brown, imperf. sheet margin pair, l.h., v.f. * Catalog #376a | Price Realized $2,100.00 |
 | Lot #1123 RUSSIA 1927 October Revolution, 10th Anniversary Issue, 7k dark green, imperforate single, l.h., v.f. * Catalog #377b | Unsold |
 | Lot #1124 RUSSIA 1929 Pioneers, 10k brown, variety imperf. at top and bottom, used in 1930 on locally addressed Leningrad cover, v.f. and rare , unlisted variety, with Buchsbayew certificate (Standart 226var) Catalog #411var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1125 RUSSIA 1929 Industry, 10k olive green (tractors), variety slightly doubled ("ghost") impression, n.h., faint gum toning, irregular perfs, fine and unusual variety (Standart 264var) ** Catalog #428var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1126 RUSSIA 1932-35 issues, four different sets, including 15th Anniversary of the October Revolution, Moscow and Leningrad Philatelic Exhibitions and Moscow Metro, h.r., fine-v.f. * Catalog #472-78,485-88,551-54 Catalog Value $1,058 | Price Realized $575.00 |
 | Lot #1127 RUSSIA 1933 (1 Aug) small cover used locally in Moscow, attractive franking with eight stamps (one on reverse), v.f. | Unsold |
 | Lot #1128 RUSSIA 1934 Mendeleev, 5k emerald, imperforate top sheet corner margin single, proof in nearly issued color, h.r., v.f. * Catalog #536var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1129 RUSSIA 1934 Anti-War Issue, trial color proofs in gray blue, each on watermarked ungummed paper, perf. 11 1/2, fresh, mostly v.f., rare P Catalog #546-550P | Price Realized $10,500.00 |
 | Lot #1130 RUSSIA 1935 Kalinin, 20k black, imperf. horizontal pair, n.h., two horizontal gum bends, otherwise v.f.. (Standard 428Pa) ** Catalog #576var Catalog Value €3,600 | Price Realized $2,400.00 |
 | Lot #1131 RUSSIA 1935 Spartacist Games, complete set, h.r., fine-v.f. * Catalog #559-568 Catalog Value $435 | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #1132 RUSSIA 1937 Dzerzhinsky, 10k brown, printed on ordinary instead of chalk surfaced paper, h.r., v.f., rare (Standart 469Va) * Catalog #606var Catalog Value €1,100 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1133 RUSSIA 1938 Rustaveli, 20k green, comb perf. 12 1/4 : 11 3/4, disturbed gum, with slight toning as often, v.f. and extremely rare stamp (Standart 487A) * Catalog #610var Catalog Value €1,500 | Price Realized $2,400.00 |
 | Lot #1134 RUSSIA 1937 (Definitives) 10k olive green, bottom sheet margin imperforate single, h.r., v.f. (Standart 462Pa) * Catalog #616Avar | Price Realized $1,900.00 |
 | Lot #1135 RUSSIA 1937 (Definitives) 20k green, imperforate single, n.h., v.f., signed Ebnet (Standart 464Pa) * Catalog #617Avar Catalog Value €1,100 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #1136 RUSSIA 1937 (Definitives) 30k claret, bottom sheet margin imperforate single, h.r., v.f. (Standart 577Pa) * Catalog #618var Catalog Value €620 | Price Realized $675.00 |
 | Lot #1137 RUSSIA 1938 Lenin, 40k dark blue, imperforate lower left sheet corner margin pair, left stamp h.r., right n.h., v.f. */** Catalog #619var | Price Realized $800.00 |
 | Lot #1138 RUSSIA 1937 North Pole, 40k and 80k imperforate singles, large part disturbed gum, otherwise fine-v.f., * Catalog #627a-28a Catalog Value $2,500 | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #1139 RUSSIA 1938 Soldier, 50k vertical pair, imperf. horizontally, hinged at top, folded between stamps, fine and rare * Catalog #633var | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #1140 RUSSIA 1938 First Transpolar Flight, 40k brown and red, imperforate single, h.r., penciled position and initials, natural gum wrinkles, v.f. (Standart 499Pa) * Catalog #638var Catalog Value €1,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1141 RUSSIA 1938 Papanin, 50k blue, imperforate horizontal pair, n.h., v.f., rare (Standart 518Pa) ** Catalog #646a Catalog Value €5,000 | Price Realized $4,000.00 |
 | Lot #1142 RUSSIA 1939 (Definitives) 30k dark blue (Aviator), imperforate horizontal pair, left stamp h.r., right n.h., v.f. (Standart 608Pa) */** Catalog #736var Catalog Value €2,200 | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #1143 RUSSIA 1940 Timiryazev, 15k variety smaller size (33.5x22.5mm), lower left sheet corner block of four, n.h., folded between stamps, natural gum wrinkles, v.f., scarce multiple (Standart 645var) **Catalog #781var Catalog Value €1,200 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1144 RUSSIA 1941 Zhukovsky, 90 sets, mostly in large multiples, n.h., v.f. (Standart 702-704) **Catalog #838-40 Catalog Value €3,330 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1145 RUSSIA 1941 People's Militia, 30k blue, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #859 | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #1146 RUSSIA 1948 Ostrovsky, imperforate singles, set of three, l.h., v.f. * Catalog #1227-29var | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #1147 RUSSIA 1948 Moscow Art Theater, 50th Anniversary, 40k dark blue, raster square instead of diamond, l.h., v.f. (Standart 1240var) * Catalog #1295var Catalog Value €1,200 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1148 RUSSIA 1949 Pushkin and 1950 Stalin souvenir sheet, n.h., v.f. (Standart Block 13,14) ** | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #1149 RUSSIA 1949 Lenin Mausoleum, perf. souvenir sheet of four, n.h., v.f. **Catalog #1327a | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1150 RUSSIA 1949 Sports, 40k green (soccer), raster vertical diamonds, n.h., v.f. (Standart 1321var) ** Catalog #1380var Catalog Value €370 | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #1151 RUSSIA 1950 Aivazovsky, 1r variety dark blue color double (!), with inscriptions at top and bottom, as well as side ornaments, used, small faults (short perfs at right and marginal tear at left), of no importance, considering the rarity of this major error, first time offered by Cherrystone, with Buchsbayew certificate (Standart 1499var) O Catalog #1531var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1152 RUSSIA 1954 Elections to the Supreme Soviet, 40k Kremlin, variety, printed on ordinary, rather than chalk surfaced paper, n.h., v.f., rare (only a single sheet of 30 recorded) (Liapine 1703a, catalogue value Euro 1,500) (Standart 1660var) ** Catalog #1692var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1153 RUSSIA 1957 Meteorite, 40k black blue, variety imperf. at top and at left, cancelled to order, fine (catalogue value for unused) O Catalog #Standart 2002Pd Catalog Value €2,700 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1154 RUSSIA 1958 Flags, 40k variety green and blue colors omitted on flags, upper right sheet corner margin block of four, n.h., marginal creases, v.f., rare (only one sheet recorded), with a regular stamp included for comparison (Standart 2065var) **Catalog #2067var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1155 RUSSIA 1961 Space Station "Venera 1", 6k and 10k, line perforated 12 1/2, set of two sheet margin blocks of four, n.h., v.f., rare perforation varieties (6k largest known multiple, or unique block of four) (Standard 2464A-65A, catalogue value for singles) **Catalog #2456-57var Catalog Value €24,800 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1156 RUSSIA 1962 Monument "In outer Space" engraved vignette in steel blue, upper right sheet corner margin block of four, images shifted to top, natural gum creases, n.h., v.f. ** | Unsold |
 | Lot #1157 RUSSIA 1964 Tokyo Olympics, green souvenir sheet, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #2921-26var | Price Realized $200.00 |
 | Lot #1158 RUSSIA 1964 Tokyo Olympics, green souvenir sheet, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #2921-26var | Price Realized $180.00 |
 | Lot #1159 RUSSIA 1965 Moscow Subway Stations, 6k black (background omitted at top), large die proof with guide line markings on all sides, tiny natural inclusion, v.f. (Standart 3193P) P Catalog #3121P | Price Realized $600.00 |
 | Lot #1160 RUSSIA 1965 Moscow Subway Stations, 6k black, imperf. die proof , v.f. (Standart 3193P) P Catalog #3121P | Unsold |
 | Lot #1161 RUSSIA 1965 Moscow Subway Stations, 6k green, imperf. die proof , v.f. (Standart 3194P) P Catalog #3122P | Unsold |
 | Lot #1162 RUSSIA 1965 Moscow Subway Stations, 6k black, large die proof with guide line markings on all sides, tiny natural inclusion, v.f. (Standart 3195P) P Catalog #3123P | Unsold |
 | Lot #1163 RUSSIA 1965 Moscow Subway Stations, 6k ultramarine, imperf. die proof, v.f. (Standart 3195P) P Catalog #3123P | Unsold |
 | Lot #1164 RUSSIA 1966 Space, 6k Sputnik, 6k multicolor, also 10k black, two different, all imperforate proofs, fine-v.f., undoubtedly rare P | Price Realized $1,800.00 |
 | Lot #1165 RUSSIA 1966 Ernst Thalmann, 6k black, imperf. trial color die proof, v.f. (Standart 3259P) P Catalog #3196P | Unsold |
 | Lot #1166 RUSSIA 1966 Wilhelm Pieck, 6k red brown, imperf. trial color die proof, v.f. (Standart 3285P) P Catalog #3197P | Unsold |
 | Lot #1167 RUSSIA 1966 Wilhelm Pieck, 6k dark violet, imperf. trial color die proof, v.f. (Standart 3285P) P Catalog #3197P | Unsold |
 | Lot #1168 RUSSIA 1966 Wilhelm Pieck, 6k blue black, imperf. trial color die proof, v.f. (Standart 3285P) P Catalog #3197P | Unsold |
 | Lot #1169 RUSSIA 1966 Dr. Sun-Yat-sen, 6k gray blue black, imperf. trial color die proof, v.f. (Standart 3286P) P Catalog #3198P | Unsold |
 | Lot #1170 RUSSIA 1966 Rustaveli, 3k black, imperf. trial color die proof, v.f. (Standart 3308P) P Catalog #3235P | Unsold |
 | Lot #1171 RUSSIA 1966 Rustaveli, 4k gray green, imperf. trial color die proof, v.f. (Standart 3309P) P Catalog #3236P | Unsold |
 | Lot #1172 RUSSIA 1966 Rustaveli, 4k red brown, imperf. trial color die proof, v.f. (Standart 3309P) P Catalog #3236P | Unsold |
 | Lot #1173 RUSSIA 1966 Rustaveli, 4k black, imperf. trial color die proof, v.f. (Standart 3309P) P Catalog #3236P | Unsold |
 | Lot #1174 RUSSIA 1966 Rustaveli, 6k black (white frame), imperf. trial color die proof, v.f. (Standart 3310P) P Catalog #3237P | Unsold |
 | Lot #1175 RUSSIA 1966 Rustaveli, 6k red brown, imperf. trial color die proof, v.f. (Standart 3310P) P Catalog #3237P | Unsold |
 | Lot #1176 RUSSIA 1966 Rustaveli, 6k violet black, imperf. Trial color die proof, v.f. (Standart 3310P) P Catalog #3237P | Unsold |
 | Lot #1177 RUSSIA 1966 Rustaveli, 50k black (stamp from the souvenir sheet), imperf. trial color die proof, v.f. (Standart 3311P) P Catalog #3238P | Unsold |
 | Lot #1178 RUSSIA 1966 Cosmonauts' Day, 12k vertical pair imperf. between, n.h., v.f., signed Stolow, rare, ** Catalog #Standart 3257var Catalog Value €2,200 | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #1179 RUSSIA 1968 Space, 4k variety showing substantial shift, n.h., v.f. ** | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #1180 RUSSIA 1968 Railroad, unissued 6k dark red, rose and yellow, unused without gum (having been removed from the obligatory presentation card), minor flaws at top, otherwise v.f., apparently only known example of this printed but unissued stamp, wonderful rarity for collector of Soviet Union and "Trains" thematic (*) | Unsold |
 | Lot #1181 RUSSIA 1976 Interkosmos, 6k multicolor, imperforate horizontal pair, n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #Standart 4579Pa Catalog Value €4,400 | Price Realized $1,900.00 |
 | Lot #1182 RUSSIA 1976 Interkosmos, 20k multicolor, imperforate top sheet margin single, n.h., minor wrinkles at slight rubbing at left, otherwise v.f., ** Catalog #Standart 4583Pa Catalog Value €5,000 | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #1183 RUSSIA 1976 Interkosmos, 20k multicolor, imperforate sheet corner margin single, n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #Standart 4583Pa Catalog Value €5,000 | Price Realized $1,800.00 |
 | Lot #1184 RUSSIA 1981 Space, 15k and 32k singles, each with significant perf. shifts, n.h., v.f. ** | Price Realized $190.00 |
 | Lot #1185 RUSSIA 1983 Valentina Tereshkova, imperforate miniature sheetlet of eight with large margins all around, n.h., with usual fingerprints and wrinkles, probably the best quality of the only six intact imperforate sheetlets known (two more were cut up into singles). A rarity from the Soviet Union (a similar item was sold by Cherrystone in May 2007 for $97,775 including 15% buyer's premium) (Standart 5335MSheet) **Catalog #5153a,var Catalog Value €60,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1186 RUSSIA 1983 Rostov-on-Don, imperforate vertical pair, n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #Standart 5321Pa Catalog Value €2,800 | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #1187 RUSSIA 1983 60th Anniversary of Buriat Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, 4k imperforate sheet corner margin single, n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #Standart 5322Pa Catalog Value €1,200 | Price Realized $475.00 |
