U.S. & Worldwide Stamps
October 31-November 1, 2012
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #1327 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown & blue, large part of boxed "Zhitomir" datestamp, margins all around, v.f., O Catalog #1 | Price Realized $575.00 |
 | Lot #1328 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown and blue, margins all around, cancelled "Smolensk 26 Apr 1858", also a stampless envelope with same cancel (1857, 12 Oct), fine-v.f., ex-Mikulski  OCatalog #1 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #1329 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown and blue, selection of 11 copies on album pages, one cancelled by pen and affixed by framed Revel departure datestamp on small piece, others with town postmarks, mostly different, one cancelled by dots, margins all around, fine-v.f., O Catalog #1 Catalog Value $9,200 | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
 | Lot #1330 RUSSIA 1858 10k brown & blue, 20k blue and orange and 30k carmine and green, three different used, thin paper, fine-v.f., O Catalog #2-4 Catalog Value $4,900 | Price Realized $1,800.00 |
 | Lot #1331 RUSSIA 1858 (5 March) outer FL from St. Petersburg to Moscow, franked with 10k brown and blue, tied by "1" in dots, red departure datestamp alongside, fine and attractive early usage Catalog #2 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1332 RUSSIA 1858 (12 Nov) outer FL from Kherson to Odessa (Fratelli Rokka correspondence), franked with 10k brown and blue, tied by numeral in dots postmark, with framed datestamp alongside, fresh and fine Catalog #2 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1333 RUSSIA 1858 (22 May) outer FL from Riga to Libawa, franked with 10k brown and blue, tied by cds (struck twice), some paper erosion at right, nevertheless fine, early usage Catalog #2 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1334 RUSSIA 1858 (22 Aug) FL from St. Petersburg to Saratow, franked with 10k brown and blue, tied by "1" in circle of dots, framed departure datestamp alongside, arrival pmk on front, v.f. Catalog #2 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #1335 RUSSIA 1858 20k blue and orange, thin paper, cancelled 1870, fresh and fine stamp, O Catalog #3 Catalog Value $1,750 | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #1336 RUSSIA 1861 (18 Oct) large part of outer FL from Archangelsk to St. Petersburg, franked with 10k brown and blue, top sheet margin gutter, tied by "3" numeral in circle of dots, departure and arrival pmks on back, fresh and v.f. Catalog #8 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1337 RUSSIA 1862 (18 Oct) outer FL from Archangelsk to St. Petersburg, franked with 10k brown and blue, tied by "3" numeral in circle of dots, departure and arrival pmks on back, fresh and fine Catalog #8 | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #1338 RUSSIA 1865 10k brown and blue, three copies, tied by Taganrog cds (27 Nov 75) and sent to Greece where it was charged 50L upon arrival, paid with 10L and 40L Hermes Heads, margins all around, overlapped and tied by Syros cds, with circular "Franco" hs and Syros arrival on reverse, usual filing folds, fine and rare three color franking | Price Realized $2,400.00 |
 | Lot #1339 RUSSIA 1865 (6 Nov) outer FL from Kerch-Enikolsk to St. Petersburg, franked with 10k brown and blue and 20k orange and blue, tied by cds, with arrival pmk on back, some paper folds, otherwise fine Catalog #8,9 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1340 RUSSIA 1865 20k orange and blue, variety with white dot in front of "20" at upper left, also broken frame at top, cancelled on piece, fine O Catalog #9var | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1341 RUSSIA 1866 1K (two), 5k and 7k, paying 14k on cover used in 1883 from Moscow to Italy, v.f., with transit and Modena arrival pmks | Price Realized $180.00 |
 | Lot #1342 RUSSIA 1866 1k and 30k paying 31k on registered cover (little reduced at top) used in 1877 from Nolinsk to Vyatka, slightly soiled, otherwise fine, with arrival pmk | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #1343 RUSSIA 1866 1k and 30k paying 31k on registered cover, used in 1877 from Yaransk to Vyatka, fine-v.f., with arrival pmk | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #1344 RUSSIA 1866 1k and 30k, paying 31k on registered cover, used in 1877 from Yaransk to Vyatka, fine-v.f., with arrival pmk | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1345 RUSSIA 1866 1k and 30k, paying 31k on registered cover, used in 1879 from Sevsk to Moscow, v.f., with arrival pmk | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1346 RUSSIA 1866 5k orange, green, red and violet, four different perforated and gummed trial color proofs on horizontally laid paper, h.r., some irregular perfs, otherwise fine, signed Hovest * Catalog #22P | Price Realized $1,200.00 |
 | Lot #1347 RUSSIA 1866 30k carmine and green, n.h., also 10k brown and blue, vert. block of six, middle pair n.h., others h.r., lower right stamp with a red mark, otherwise fine-v.f.  */**Catalog #25,29 | Price Realized $400.00 |
 | Lot #1348 RUSSIA 1870 three FLs, one to Berlin and franked with 1k, 3k and 10k; the other to Manchester with single 20k franking; last with single 5k tied by red pmk paying local rate in St. Petersburg, fine-v.f. lot | Price Realized $170.00 |
 | Lot #1349 RUSSIA 1870 (3 Mar) FL sent unpaid from Kerch-Enikol, via Odessa (10 March) to Genova Italy, with Vienna transit and charged 1L postage due on arrival | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1350 RUSSIA 1881 (30 Oct) 7k stationery entire used from Ekaterinoslaw to New Zealand, addressed to "Australia New Zealand Greymouth", eventually arriving in Greymouth, via Brindisi, with Christchurch, Port Chalmers transits, charged "50" in red crayon, overall toning, unusual destination | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1351 RUSSIA 1888 5r gold coin, v.f. | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1352 RUSSIA 1898 decorative illustrated charity envelope (opened on three sides) issued to benefit the "St. Petersburg Trustee Committee of Sisters of the Red Cross," franked with 1k and 2k adhesives, addressed to Samara, with arrival pmk, v.f. | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #1353 RUSSIA 1902 decorative illustrated charity envelope (opened on three sides) issued to benefit the "Community of St. Eugene," franked with 3k carmine (uncancelled), addressed to Warszawa, v.f., with arrival pmk | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #1354 RUSSIA 1906 decorative illustrated charity envelope issued to benefit the "Marrinskaya Red Cross Society of Kiev," franked with single 1k orange, used locally in Kursk | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1355 RUSSIA 1912 (13 Apr) cover to England, franked with 10k dark blue, tied by oval Vladivostok railway station datestamp, with framed bilingual "Per Sibirischen Express" handstamp, fine and scarce | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #1356 RUSSIA 1916 (15 Mar) cover franked on reverse with 10k blue, used from a small village to a prisoner held in the infamous Schlisselburg prison, with large "examined/Schlisselburg Prison" censor cachet and arrival cds, fine-v.f. and scarce incoming prison cover | Price Realized $190.00 |
 | Lot #1357 RUSSIA 1916-17 (ca) 10k dark blue, imperf. Postal Forgery made in Lodz (then in Russia) to defraud postal authorities, v.f., rare * | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #1358 RUSSIA 1917 1r carmine and brown (vertical lozenges of varnish), imperforate sheet of 50 (vertical format with six labels), double background, one inverted and displaced, some creases, n.h., v.f. ** | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #1359 RUSSIA 1917 1r carmine and brown (vertical lozenges of varnish), imperforate sheet of 50 (vertical format with six labels), background inverted, some gum disturbances and marginal creases, v.f. ** | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #1360 RUSSIA 1918 1r carmine and brown (horizontal lozenges of varnish), imperforate sheet of 50 (10x5), double background, one inverted and displaced, folded between stamps, hinged in margin, stamps n.h., v.f. and spectacular ** | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #1361 RUSSIA 1918 Sword Breaking Chains, imperf. Die essay in brown orange, unadapted 1k denomination, inscribed with the old spelling (instead of the new Soviet spelling), v.f., extremely rare, only 3-4 can exist E | Price Realized $12,500.00 |
 | Lot #1362 RUSSIA 1918 Sword Breaking Chains, perforated and gummed proof sheetlet orange brown, unadapted 15k denomination, l.h. in margin only, fresh and v.f., rare E | Unsold |
 | Lot #1363 RUSSIA 1918 Sword Breaking Chains, 1k orange brown and 2k green money stamps, with reverse printing indicating validity for as both stamps and currency (similar to the 1k and 2k Romanov adhesives actually issued in 1917), inscriptions on top read "Russeeya" (instead of the new Soviet spelling), v.f., extremely rare as only 2-3 are known, ex-Liphschutz E | Unsold |
 | Lot #1364 RUSSIA 1921 unissued design ("New Russia Triumphant"), 100r olive, proof on thin card, fine E | Unsold |
 | Lot #1365 RUSSIA 1922 registered cover from Odessa to Paris, franked a complete gutter sheet of 50x7,500 on 250r, plus additional three copies of same, used in combination with Control Stamps 10x25r (all uncancelled), paying the 400,000r for a registered letter abroad, stamps folded over with some inevitable faults, otherwise fine, rare combination franking | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #1366 RUSSIA 1922 20r on 15k brown and violet blue, imperf. single (pos.34), margins all around, very lightly hinged, signed P.Jem, with 1994 Mikulski cert., * Catalog #224 Catalog Value $10,000 | Price Realized $5,250.00 |
 | Lot #1367 RUSSIA 1923 100r Soldier, two panes of 25, each with cliche of 70r, n.h., v.f. **Catalog #237a | Price Realized $130.00 |
 | Lot #1368 RUSSIA 1923 Red Army Soldier, unissued 20r gray black and 20r violet, both perf., n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #241AE | Price Realized $180.00 |
 | Lot #1369 RUSSIA 1924 definitives (typographed), 6k light blue, imperf. single with large margins all around, also 6k black (lithographed), perf. and gummed trial color proof, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #281var | Price Realized $190.00 |
 | Lot #1370 RUSSIA 1924 Definitives (typograhed) 1k yellow orange, top sheet margin imperforate horizontal gutter pane of 50, perforated "Obrazets" initials, yielding 10 horizontal strips, never hinged, natural gum wrinkles and creases, v.f. and undoubtedly unique multiple (Liapine H20, catalogue value for ten strips, without any consideration for the gutter pairs) SCatalog #Standart 039PaS Catalog Value €30,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1371 RUSSIA 1929-31 definitives, 2k green, watermarked, misperforated corner margin block of four, n.h., v.f. **Catalog #414var | Price Realized $220.00 |
 | Lot #1372 RUSSIA 1932 (6 Dec) locally used cover franked with the set of two, tied by special Exhibition pmks, fine-v.f., with arrival pmk (next day), signed Mikulski Catalog #485-86 | Price Realized $200.00 |
 | Lot #1373 RUSSIA 1933 Baku Commissars, 40k orange red, perforated trial color proof on watermarked stamp paper, with gum (which is not original), minor creases, otherwise fine (*) Catalog #523P | Unsold |
 | Lot #1374 RUSSIA 1937 Pushkin, 40k and 50k green, imperforate and gummed vertical se-tenant pair, trial color proof on watermarked and gummed stamp paper, n.h., v.f., extremely rare se-tenant trial color ** Catalog #592-593P | Price Realized $9,500.00 |
 | Lot #1375 RUSSIA 1937 Pushkin, 1r lilac rose, imperforate trial color proof on watermarked and gummed stamp paper, l.h., natural gum creases, v.f., rare * Catalog #595P | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #1376 RUSSIA 1945 30k Mechinkov, vertical pair, bottom stamp variety imperf. missing part of design, some gum disturbances, v.f. * Catalog #1011var | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1377 RUSSIA 1947 800th Anniversary of Moscow, gutter-se-tenant sheet of 20 (2r+gutter+1r+3r+5r), used (cancelled to order), folded between stamps, fine-v.f. | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #1378 RUSSIA 1949 Lenin Mausoleum, perf. souvenir sheet of four, margins reduced (145x117mm), n.h., natural wrinkles, fine **Catalog #1327a | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #1379 RUSSIA 1949 Sports, 40k Gymnastics, raster horizontal diamonds, well centered, heavy hinge remnant and perf. thin at upper left, scarce stamp (Standart 1373 HR) * Catalog #1416var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1380 RUSSIA 1951 Butlerov, 40k red orange, raster horizontal diamonds, well centered, hinge remnant, natural gum creases, v.f., scarce stamp (Standart 1542 HR) * Catalog #1568var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1381 RUSSIA 1951 Mendeleyev, 40k deep blue, raster horizontal diamonds, l.h., irregular perfs at right, fine, extremely rare unused, with Buchsbayew certificate (Standart 1549 HR) * Catalog #1577var | Price Realized $11,500.00 |
 | Lot #1382 RUSSIA 1957 All-Union Industrial Exhibition, unissued design (Tractor) and value (1r), perforated proof in ultramarine, mounted on Goznak presentation card, v.f., possibly unique E Catalog #1994E | Price Realized $6,250.00 |
 | Lot #1383 RUSSIA 1958 All-Union Industrial Exhibition, 60k gray blue, perforated proof (small size), mounted on Goznak presentation card, v.f., possibly unique P Catalog #2030P | Price Realized $4,750.00 |
 | Lot #1384 RUSSIA 1958 International Geophysical Year, 40k gray blue, bright yellow, line-perf. 12 1/2, upper left sheet corner margin horizontal pair, left stamp with pronounced guide line markings at top and at left (most unusual), n.h. and post office fresh, natural gum wrinkles and creases, typical for this issue, v.f. One of the rarest line perf. varieties of the Soviet Union, possibly only known multiple (Standart 2089A) ** Catalog #2089var | Price Realized $14,500.00 |
 | Lot #1385 RUSSIA 1958 Komsomol, 60k multicolor, line-perf. 12 1/2, scissor separated at right, l.h. (if at all), fine and scarce stamp (Standart 2166A) * Catalog #2139var Catalog Value €1,800 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1386 RUSSIA 1958 Komsomol, 1r multicolor, variety showing gray blue background double, n.h., v.f., scarce and unlisted item (Standart 2167var) ** Catalog #2140var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1387 RUSSIA 1961 original photograph (153x198mm) dedicated and signed by Yuri Gagarin, dated 15th April, 1961, as "the first Cosmonaut, Hero of the Soviet Union," small closed tear at bottom of the photograph, fine and rare | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #1388 RUSSIA 1962 two covers and one picture postcard, each signed by Yuri Gagarin, first man in space, the latter with small stain, otherwise fine-v.f. | Unsold |
 | Lot #1389 RUSSIA 1966 Space, "Luna 9" , 10k se-tenant strip of three, imperf. at left, n.h., v.f. (Standart 3345pa) ** Catalog #3274-76var Catalog Value €1,000 | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #1390 RUSSIA 1966 Space, "Luna 9" , 10k se-tenant strip of three, imperf. at left, n.h., v.f. (Standart 3345pa) ** Catalog #3274-76var Catalog Value €1,000 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #1391 RUSSIA 1990 Capitals of the Republics, imperforate blocks of four, 13 different, complete as issued (Riga and Yerevan do not exist imperf.), n.h., v.f. **Catalog #5854/68var | Price Realized $950.00 |
