U.S. & Worldwide Stamps
July 10-12, 2013

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #1253
RUSSIA
1857 10k brown & blue, margins all around, cancelled by "523" numeral dot pmk on large part of FL to St. Petersburg, with "Yefremov" 5 August 1858 departure and "Polucheno" (received) 8 August arrival pmks on reverse, fine and extremely rare, possibly unique usage from the small town of Yefremov in the Tula district
Envelope
Catalog #1
Price Realized
$7,000.00

Lot #1254
RUSSIA
1857 10k brown & blue, margins all around, fresh and v.f. stamp, tied by bilingual "Goldingen" pmk on outer FL to Libau, large "W.Koningsfest" (sender's address) hs partly covered up, fine cover, ex-Small collection
Envelope
Catalog #1
Price Realized
$4,500.00

Lot #1255
RUSSIA
1858 10k brown & blue, vertical pair, tied by concentric circles pmk on outer FL from St. Petersburg to Helsingfors, red 9 April departure datestamp alongside, with "ANK" 24 April arrival on back, overall ageing, v.f. and scarce multiple on cover
Envelope
Catalog #2
Price Realized
$1,800.00

Lot #1256
RUSSIA
1858 10k brown & blue, single cancelled by pen on outer FL from Moscow to Riga, with 22 February departure and 27 February, 1858 arrival datestamps on back, fine and rare early usage of the adhesive
Envelope
Catalog #2
Price Realized
$700.00

Lot #1257
RUSSIA
1858 20k blue & orange, thick paper variety, cancelled "85" (Zemlyansk) in oval dots, fine
O
Catalog #3
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #1258
RUSSIA
1858 30k carmine & green, thick paper, numeral dot cancel, perforations intact on all sides, fine,
O
Catalog #4
Catalog Value $3,000
Price Realized
$1,500.00

Lot #1259
RUSSIA
1870 (22 Dec) 10k brown entire stationery envelope with imprint at left, additionally franked with 1k and 2k and sent from Warszawa to Berlin, fine and attractive cover, with appropriate transit & arrival pmks, scarce usage of Russian stationery in Poland
Envelope
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #1260
RUSSIA
1882 (17 Feb) small cover from Moscow to Ireland, franked on back with 2x1k and 5k, paying 7k rate, with Moscow departure and Dublin arrival pmks, cover roughly opened at top, fine cover to an unusual destination
Envelope
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #1261
RUSSIA
1883 (11 Mar) registered cover franked on reverse with an interesting arrangement of stamps incl. 10x1k and 2x2k, tied by Dzurino cds, with Kerch-Enikol arrival pmks
Envelope
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #1262
RUSSIA
1883 2k dark green, cross-gutter block of four, folded in gutter between stamps, n.h., fine-v.f.
Box **
Catalog #32
Price Realized
$280.00

Lot #1263
RUSSIA
1884 7k blue perf. 14 1/2x15, groundwork inverted, unused, well centered, tiny thin, otherwise v.f., rare (7k blue was issued in 1884 and again in 1888; there are differences in perforation and size of the stamp), with Mikulski cert.
(*)
Catalog #35b
Price Realized
$2,400.00

Lot #1264
RUSSIA
1884 3.50r gray, horizontally (instead of vertically) laid paper, used, cancelled 1884, well centered but creases and somewhat repaired as virtually always (high value stamps were usually affixed to parcels and carelessly removed, becoming damaged in the process), fine appearance, extremely rare, signed Richter,
O
Catalog #39a
Catalog Value $15,000
Price Realized
$6,500.00

Lot #1265
RUSSIA
1886 official decree signed by the governor of Lifland province outlining grave consequences of converting from Greek Orthodoxy to Protestantism, including possible loss of parental rights, jail terms for converting Orthodox children to Protestantism, annulment of marriages performed by Lutheran pastors, inability to hold administrative positions, etc., unusual and rather frightening document of the religious intolerance in Tsarist Russia during the reign of Alexander III
Price Realized
$210.00

Lot #1266
RUSSIA
1902 7k blue, imperforate horizontal pair, Riga cds, v.f.,
O
Catalog #59b
Catalog Value $750
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #1267
RUSSIA
1902 7r black and yellow, horizontal pair imperf. between, h.r., v.f., rare,
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Catalog #70b
Catalog Value $3,250
Price Realized
$1,900.00

Lot #1268
RUSSIA
1906 5r vertically laid paper, variety imperf. at bottom, l.h., irregular perfs at left, otherwise v.f. and rare, ex-Small
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Catalog #71var
Price Realized
$1,900.00

Lot #1269
RUSSIA
1914 Army Fieldpost Red Cross entire envelope, unused, v.f.
Envelope
Price Realized
$180.00

Lot #1270
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 multiple
Box **
Catalog #109var
Unsold
Lot #1271
RUSSIA
1915-18 five cards or covers franked with mostly Romanov stamps & canc. by German & Austrian fieldpost cancellations, used generally to Germany or Austria, also two 1k Romanov adhesives canc. "K.D.Feldpoststation" in red or black, v.f.
Envelope
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #1272
RUSSIA
1917 5k lilac brown, imperforate block of ten, overprinted large "Obrazets" (Specimen), v.f.
Box S
Catalog #123S
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #1273
RUSSIA
1917 1r brown & red, center double, one inverted, complete sheet of 50, n.h., v.f. and spectacular multiple
Box **
Catalog #131a
Price Realized
$2,600.00

Lot #1274
RUSSIA
1920 (28 Jan) registered cover from Kuenga, via San Francisco to Derby, Ct, franked on back with Imperial 2x3.50r, returned via New York (6.4), endorsed "deported to Russia" (most probably for political reasons), with printed label added "returned to sender for the reason that service is suspended", boxed Vladivostok censor cachet and appropriate transit and arrival pmks. A fascinating historical item, ex-Cronin
Envelope
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #1275
RUSSIA
1922 7,500r (chalky paper) black surcharge inverted, also double, horizontal pair of each, v.f.
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Catalog #201var
Price Realized
$260.00

Lot #1276
RUSSIA
1922 22,500r gray violet, n.h., v.f., interesting shade
**
Catalog #206var
Unsold
Lot #1277
RUSSIA
1922 surcharged 100,000r on 250r ordinary paper (typographed), block of four, n.h., v.f. (Standart 54 I)
Box **
Catalog #210var
Catalog Value $4,600
Unsold
Lot #1278
RUSSIA
1924 Definitives (typographed), 2k green, double impression, one displaced diagonally, n.h., v.f.
**
Price Realized
$550.00

Lot #1279
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
Box **
Catalog #279var
Unsold
Lot #1280
RUSSIA
1924 Definitives (typographed), 30k violet, imperforate single (on thin paper), l.h., v.f., rare, with another imperf. on thick paper added for comparison (Standart 52Pa)
*
Catalog #288Avar
Catalog Value $1,600
Price Realized
$1,200.00

Lot #1281
RUSSIA
1924 definitives, 50k brown, imperforate upper left sheet corner margin horizontal pair, proof on chalky paper, v.f., rare, only one sheet of 100 printed
P
Catalog #275P
Price Realized
$1,400.00

Lot #1282
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
Box **
Catalog #291var
Price Realized
$1,200.00

Lot #1283
RUSSIA
1924 Definitives (typographed), 3r green & black, perforated 13 1/2x10, l.h., well centered, v.f., rare (Standart 57A)
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Catalog #292b
Catalog Value $3,300
Price Realized
$2,000.00

Lot #1284
RUSSIA
1924 Definitives (typographed), 3r green & brown, imperf. left sheet imperf. block of four, type I, double impression, boxed "Brakovano" in red, also invalidating perforations, v.f., rare
Box **
Catalog #292var
Unsold
Lot #1285
RUSSIA
1924 Definitives (typographed), 3r red & brown, type I, imperforate and gummed trial color proof, bottom sheet margin block of four, with complete boxed "brakowano" handstamp in red, also invalidating perforations, v.f., rare
Box P
Catalog #292var
Unsold
Lot #1286
RUSSIA
1925 Lenin Mausoleum, perf. and imperf. sets, used and unused of each, also 7 brown (instead of blue) imperf. pair on cartridge paper (proof), horizontal crease, otherwise fine-v.f.
*OP
Catalog #294-301,294P
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #1287
RUSSIA
1925 Definitives (watermarked), 1k-5r complete set in blocks of four, n.h., fine-v.f. (Standart 76-97)
Box **
Catalog #304-25
Price Realized
$1,500.00

Lot #1288
RUSSIA
1925 Definitives (watermarked), 1k-5r imperforate, complete set of 20 blocks of four, n.h., v.f. (Standart 0131-150)
Box **
Catalog #304/25
Price Realized
$1,500.00

Lot #1289
RUSSIA
1925 Definitives (watermarked), 1k-5r imperforate, complete set of 20 top sheet margin blocks of four, n.h., v.f. (Standart 0131-150)
Box **
Catalog #304/25
Price Realized
$1,700.00

Lot #1290
RUSSIA
1925 Definitives (watermarked), 18k violet, imperforate block of four, n.h., v.f., each stamp pencil signed "Roger Calves." A great rarity, only 2-3 blocks of four are recorded (listed in the new 2013 Zverev Catalogue, value $32,`500)
Box **
Catalog #316var
Price Realized
$28,000.00

Lot #1291
RUSSIA
1925 Definitives (watermarked), 40k slate gray, variety half of design omitted due to a fold-over, v.f., most unusual
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Catalog #319var
Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #1292
RUSSIA
This lot has been withdrawn
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Catalog #321a
Catalog Value $700
Unsold
Lot #1293
RUSSIA
This lot has been withdrawn
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Catalog #311var
Catalog Value $4,100
Unsold
Lot #1294
RUSSIA
1927 10th Anniversary of the October Revolution, unaccepted design, essay with simulated perforations, signed on back, fine and probably unique
E
Price Realized
$750.00

Lot #1295
RUSSIA
1927 8k on 7k watermarked, surcharge inverted, l.h., v.f. (Standart 182Ta)
*
Catalog #350a
Price Realized
$140.00

Lot #1296
RUSSIA
1927 8k surcharges on Postage Dues, six different with surcharges in inverted, 8k on 7k watermarked, balance unwatermarked, n.h., fine-v.f., signed Goznak
**
Catalog #359/369var
Price Realized
$1,700.00

Lot #1297
RUSSIA
1927 10th Anniversary of October Revolution, 7k green, watermarked, imperforate single, n.h., v.f., signed Dr.Jemchouhin,
**
Catalog #377b,var
Catalog Value $1,000
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #1298
RUSSIA
1927 10th Anniversary of October Revolution, 14k blue & red, variety center inverted, vertical pair, horizontal perfs shifted, with annulling vertical perfs, n.h., fine (Standart 206var)
**
Catalog #379var
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #1299
RUSSIA
1927 10th Anniversary of October Revolution, 18k blue, imperforate horizontal pair, with vertical invalidating perforations, n.h., v.f. (Standart 207Pa)
**
Catalog #380var
Catalog Value $1,000
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #1300
RUSSIA
1928 Lenin, 3r green, imperforate lower left single, n.h., v.f. (Standart 221Pa)
**
Catalog #406var
Catalog Value $6,600
Price Realized
$3,000.00

Lot #1301
RUSSIA
1929-1931 Definitives (watermarked), 1k-80k blocks of four, cplt (as issued) set of 13, mostly with sheet margin, n.h., fine-v.f. (Standart 228-240)
Box **
Catalog #413/426
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #1302
RUSSIA
1933 Baku Commissars, set of five blocks of four, n.h. and unfolded, post office fresh, usual streaky gum, v.f. and scarce blocks
Box **
Catalog #519-523
Price Realized
$7,000.00

Lot #1303
RUSSIA
1935 Moscow Subway 15k rose carmine, imperf. sheet margin single (probably a trimmed example of the variety imperf. at right, made to resemble an imperf.), v.f., sold as is
**
Catalog #553var
Unsold
Lot #1304
RUSSIA
1935 Spartacist Games, 10k Cyclists, variety showing a "tilde" in front of "CCCP," cancelled to order, v.f. (listed in the new 2013 Zverev Catalogue, value $450)
O
Catalog #564var
Unsold
Lot #1305
RUSSIA
1935 Tolstoy 3k, 20k perf. 11, 10k perf. 14, blocks of four, n.h., v.f.
Box **
Catalog #577a,578,579a
Price Realized
$240.00

Lot #1306
RUSSIA
1935 Revolutionary Heroes, 2k purple (Frunze), 4k brown violet (Bauman) and 40k black brown (Kirow), imperforate blocks of four, n.h. and post office fresh, 4k with red (museum) handstamps, v.f. and incredibly scarce set of imperf. blocks (listed in the new 2013 Zverev Catalogue, value $42,000)
Box **
Catalog #580-582var
Price Realized
$12,000.00

Lot #1307
RUSSIA
1936 Definitives, 10k gray blue, line-perf. 12 1/4, block of six, n.h., fine-v.f. (Standart 441A)
Box **
Catalog #616var
Unsold
Lot #1308
RUSSIA
1937 Architecture Congress, 40k violet, imperforate vertical pair, large margins, especially at bottom (with souvenir sheet enclosed for comparison), small faults in margin only, dried gum, otherwise fine, very rare (Standart 466Pa)
*
Catalog #603var
Catalog Value $4,000
Price Realized
$1,100.00

Lot #1309
RUSSIA
1937 Moscow Architecture, 40k violet, imperforate upper left sheet corner margin block of four, never hinged and post office fresh, natural gum wrinkles, v.f. and very rare positional piece
Box **
Catalog #603var
Price Realized
$16,000.00

Lot #1310
RUSSIA
1937 40k violet, imperf. souvenir sheet of four, marginal inscriptions omitted, never hinged and post office fresh, ironed out crease at lower left, still v.f. and rare, signed Shtern and I.P.Morozov (Standart Bl 2Ka)
Box **
Catalog #603a,var
Catalog Value $50,000
Price Realized
$16,500.00

Lot #1311
RUSSIA
1937 Architecture Congress, 50k brown (Red Army Theater), imperforate block of four, n.h. and post office fresh, light, natural gum wrinkles, v.f. and splendid block, rare ((listed in the new 2013 Zverev Catalogue, value $18,000)
Box **
Catalog #604var
Price Realized
$13,000.00

Lot #1312
RUSSIA
1937 Pushkin, 20k blue, perforated trial color proof used in 1949 on 40k stationery entire envelope addressed to J.Barry in England, additional franking on back, small flaws, otherwise fine
Envelope
Catalog #591P
Price Realized
$750.00

Lot #1313
RUSSIA
1937 Dzerzhinsky, set of four imperforate horizontal pairs, n.h. and post office fresh, first two with usual gum wrinkles and yellow gum spots (normal for issue), even margins all around, v.f. and extremely rare set of imperforate pairs (Standart 469Pa-72Pa)
**
Catalog #606-609var
Catalog Value $24,000
Price Realized
$21,000.00

Lot #1314
RUSSIA
1938 Shota Rustaveli, 20k dark green, imperforate horizontal pair, h.r., internal gum wrinkles and fingerprints, post office fresh and v.f., with tiny handstamped guarantee marks (Standart 487Pa)
*
Catalog #610var
Catalog Value $12,000
Price Realized
$5,250.00

Lot #1315
RUSSIA
1938 Lenin, 40k dark blue, imperf. bottom sheet margin single, h.r., v.f.
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Catalog #619var
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #1316
RUSSIA
1938 20th Anniversary of the Red Army, Chapayev, 1r imperforate block of four, l.h. at top, bottom stamps n.h., v.f. A rare imperf. block (listed in the new 2013 Zverev Catalogue, value $22,500)
Box */**
Catalog #635var
Price Realized
$6,250.00

Lot #1317
RUSSIA
1938 Papanin, set of sheet corner margin blocks of four, l.h. in margin, stamps n.h., v.f. (Standart 515-518)
Box **
Catalog #643-646
Price Realized
$650.00

Lot #1318
RUSSIA
1938 Papanin, 50k dark blue, imperforate block of four, small h.r. at bottom left, the other three stamps n.h., small gum disturbance at upper right, post office fresh, v.f. A rare imperforate block (Standart 518Pa, catalogue value for singles)
Box */**
Catalog #646var
Catalog Value $21,000
Price Realized
$13,000.00

Lot #1319
RUSSIA
1938 Child Welfare, cplt set of blocks of four, mostly with sheet corner margin, l.h. in margin, stamps n.h., fine-v.f. (Standart 519-525)
Box **
Catalog #659-665
Price Realized
$750.00

Lot #1320
RUSSIA
1938 Tourism, Crimea and Caucasian Landscapes, complete set of blocks of four, many with sheet margin, n.h., fine-v.f. (Standart 526-537)
Box **
Catalog #666-677
Price Realized
$4,000.00

Lot #1321
RUSSIA
1938 Aviation, blocks of four, complete (except 5k block of three plus single), many with sheet margin, n.h., fine-v.f. (Standart 538-546)
Box **
Catalog #678-686
Price Realized
$1,300.00

Lot #1322
RUSSIA
1938 Metro, complete set in blocks of four, many with sheet margin, n.h., fine-v.f. (Standart 547-552)
Box **
Catalog #687-692
Price Realized
$750.00

Lot #1323
RUSSIA
1938 Komsomol, complete set in blocks of four, many with sheet margin, n.h., one 80k with tiny gum adhesion, v.f. (Standart 553-557)
Box **
Catalog #693-697
Price Realized
$1,500.00

Lot #1324
RUSSIA
1938 Sport, complete set in blocks of four, many with sheet margin, n.h., v.f. (Standart 558-565)
Box **
Catalog #698-705
Price Realized
$2,000.00

Lot #1325
RUSSIA
1939 New Moscow (Reconstruction), complete set in blocks of four, mostly sheet corner margin, l.h. in margin, stamps n.h., 10k with gum skips at top, fine-v.f. (Standart 566-72)
Box **
Catalog #706-712
Price Realized
$1,300.00

Lot #1326
RUSSIA
1939 Women Aviators, sheet corner margin blocks of four, hinged in margin, stamps n.h., fine-v.f. (Standart 566-72)
Box **
Catalog #718-20
Price Realized
$700.00

Lot #1327
RUSSIA
1939 Women Aviators, imperforate horizontal pairs, nice and even margins all around, 15k h.r., right stamp with a natural gum inclusion (visible on back only), 30k slight gum bend along the outer top margin only, well away from the stamps, n.h. at left, h.r. at right, 60k l.h. at right, n.h. at left, all signed Kessler, with penciled position markings, fresh and v.f. set of imperforate pairs (Standart 573Pa-575Pa)
*/**
Catalog #718-20var
Catalog Value $20,000
Price Realized
$17,000.00

Lot #1328
RUSSIA
1941 30k blue, also Air Post, with North Pole imperf. set of four, plus Airships 10k, 15k,20k, fine-v.f.
*
Catalog #859,C20-23,C53/57
Price Realized
$200.00

Lot #1329
RUSSIA
1942 Heroes, 30k black, variety imperf. at right, used, v.f. (Standart 734Pb)
O
Catalog #864var
Catalog Value €550
Price Realized
$140.00

Lot #1330
RUSSIA
1943 Teheran Conference, 30k variety imperf. at bottom, n.h., marginal inclusions, fine (Standart 784Pa)
**
Catalog #907var
Catalog Value €1,000
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #1331
RUSSIA
1943 Teheran Conference, 30k horizontal pair imperf. between, cto (h.r.),faint red handstamp on reverse, fine (Standart 784var)
O
Catalog #907var
Catalog Value €1,500
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #1332
RUSSIA
1944 Twenty Years without Lenin, complete set, used in 1945 on diplomatic pouch cover from Washington, D.C., censored, with appropriate pmks, minor faults, rare
Envelope
Catalog #931-37
Price Realized
$400.00

Lot #1333
RUSSIA
1944 Lenin, 30k variety imperf. at bottom, cto (h.r.), and 30k variety imperf. at right, n.h. (few fingerprints on gum), fine-v.f.
**O
Catalog #932-932var
Price Realized
$400.00

Lot #1334
RUSSIA
1944 30k Shors, variety imperf. at top, and 30k Chaplygin, variety imperf. at bottom, used, fine-v.f. (Standart 836Pa,839Pa)
O
Catalog #942,945var
Catalog Value €600
Price Realized
$180.00

Lot #1335
RUSSIA
1944 Heroes of the Civil War, 30k green, vertical pair, imperf. between, n.h., v.f. (Standart No.838var)
**
Catalog #944var
Catalog Value €1,500
Price Realized
$375.00

Lot #1336
RUSSIA
1945 War Issue, three varieties, including 20k imperf. at top, used (creased), 30k imperf. at left, n.h. (trimmed) and 1r imperf. at bottom, n.h., fine-v.f. (Standart 874Pa,876PB,879Pa)
**O
Catalog #974,976,979var
Catalog Value €1,600
Price Realized
$375.00

Lot #1337
RUSSIA
1945 20k Red Army Success, horizontal pair imperf. between, n.h., insignificant gum fold and minute inclusion and gum skips, still v.f. and rare (a similar pair realized $4,750 plus buyer's premium in our March 2008 sale) (Standart 874var)
**
Catalog #974var
Catalog Value $3,000
Price Realized
$1,500.00

Lot #1338
RUSSIA
1945 Academy of Sciences, 30k variety imperf. at right, n.h. but dried gum (pencil notation), marginal crease and pinhole, also 2r variety imperf. at top, cto (h.r.), fine-v.f.
**O
Catalog #987-988var
Price Realized
$290.00

Lot #1339
RUSSIA
1945 Lenin, 50k variety imperf. at bottom, n.h., v.f. (Standart 908Pa)
**
Catalog #1003var
Catalog Value €750
Price Realized
$190.00

Lot #1340
RUSSIA
1945 three varieties, including 60k Engels, imperf. at bottom, n.h., 20k Tank Assembly, cto (l.h.) and 30k Artillery Day, h.r. (few light creases), fine-v.f.
*/**O
Catalog #1014-15,1019var
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #1341
RUSSIA
1946 Victory, 30k dark violet, right sheet margin block of four, variety imperf. at bottom, also 60k henna, variety imperf. at bottom, and 60k black and dull red, variety used at right (trimmed and creased), all used, the block of four with marginal crease and perf. separations, still fine-v.f.
Box
Catalog #1021,1024-25var
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #1342
RUSSIA
1946 Gorki, 60k variety imperf. at right, and Sochi, 30k variety imperf. at left, both used, also 45k New Afon, variety imperf. at right, n.h., natural inclusions, fine-v.f. (Standart 958Pb, 962Pc)
**O
Catalog #1048,1054-55var
Catalog Value €1,350
Price Realized
$270.00

Lot #1343
RUSSIA
1946 Moscow Scenes, 20k light brown (Sverdlow Theater), horizontal strip of three, imperf. vertically between the stamps and at left, h.r., minor crease at upper left, otherwise fine (Standart 983Pa)
*
Catalog #1062var
Catalog Value $5,000
Price Realized
$700.00

Lot #1344
RUSSIA
1946 30k Dam and Power Station, vertical pair imperf. between, n.h., faint offset on reverse, v.f. (Standart 1009)
**
Catalog #1085var
Catalog Value €1,200
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #1345
RUSSIA
1947 100th Anniversary of the Geographical Society, 60k variety, imperf. at right, used, v.f. (Standart 1020Pa)
O
Catalog #1096var
Catalog Value €450
Price Realized
$130.00

Lot #1346
RUSSIA
1947 Arms of the Soviet Union, 30k Belarus, vertical pair imperf. between, cto (l.h.), v.f. (Standart 1024)
O
Catalog #1107var
Catalog Value €1,700
Price Realized
$375.00

Lot #1347
RUSSIA
1947 Arms of the Soviet Union, three varieties, including 30k Latvia, variety imperf. at left, 30k Ukraine, variety imperf. at left, both n.h., also 30k Turkmen, variety imperf. at top, cto (n.h.), fine-v.f. (Standart 1023Pa,1031Pb,1035Pa)
**O
Catalog #1113,1117-18var
Catalog Value €1,350
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #1348
RUSSIA
1947 Moscow, 60k variety imperf. at bottom, h.r., v.f. (Standart 1082Pa)
*
Catalog #1140var
Catalog Value €550
Unsold
Lot #1349
RUSSIA
1947 Sanatoria, 30k Afon, variety imperf. vertically, l.h., also 30k Sochi, variety imperf. at top, cto (n.h.), fine-v.f. (Standart 1102,1105Pa)
*O
Catalog #1166,1171var
Price Realized
$100.00

Lot #1350
RUSSIA
1947 Sanatoria, 30k Afon, right margin horizontal pair, imperf. vertically, n.h., v.f. (Standart 1102)
**
Catalog #1166var
Price Realized
$180.00

Lot #1351
RUSSIA
1947 Sanatoria, 30k Afon, top sheet margin vertical pair, imperf. horizontally, n.h., v.f. (Standart 1102)
**
Catalog #1166var
Catalog Value €1,200
Unsold
Lot #1352
RUSSIA
1948 Ukrainian SSR, 30k horizontal pair, variety imperf. at top, used, v.f. (Standart 1141Pa)
O
Catalog #1193var
Catalog Value €400
Price Realized
$120.00

Lot #1353
RUSSIA
1948 Ostrovsky, imperforate set of three, n.h., some gum adhesions, v.f. (Standart 1168-1170Pa)
**
Catalog #1227-1229var
Catalog Value $2,300
Price Realized
$525.00

Lot #1354
RUSSIA
1948 Ostrovsky, imperforate singles, set of three, n.h., v.f. (Standart 1168-1170Pa)
**
Catalog #1227-29var
Catalog Value $2,300
Price Realized
$750.00

Lot #1355
RUSSIA
1948 Five Year Plan, three varieties, including 60k Tractor and 30k Heavy Machinery, each variety imperf. at top, plus 30k Heavy Machinery, imperf. at bottom, used, fine-v.f., scarce (the first is unlisted in Standart
O
Catalog #1242,1272var
Price Realized
$525.00

Lot #1356
RUSSIA
1949-50 40k Lomonosov, variety imperf. at bottom, and 20k Uzbek Republic, variety imperf. at right, used, fine-v.f. (Standart 1270Pb,1397Pb)
O
Catalog #1320,1429var
Catalog Value €1,050
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #1357
RUSSIA
1950 Lenin, 40k variety imperf. at left, used, also 50k Turkmen, variety imperf. at right (trimmed), n.h., fine-v.f. (Standart 1403Pb,1408Pa)
**O
Catalog #1435,1440var
Catalog Value €1,200
Price Realized
$270.00

Lot #1358
RUSSIA
1950 Aivazovsky, first printing 40k and 50k, special perforated sheetlets of 10 (2x5), white chalk surfaced paper, with yellowish gum, never hinged, folded once horizontally between stamps, with marginal flaws and creases and bottom, some reinforcing not affecting stamps, with government printer's red and blue handstamps applied to lower right sheet corner margin, fine-v.f., extremely rare set of sheetlets of which only a few exist, each with 2005 Mandrovski certificate (Standart 1497,1498)
Box **
Catalog #1529-30var
Catalog Value €18,000
Unsold
Lot #1359
RUSSIA
1953 Tolstoy, 1r brown, variety imperf. at left, n.h., fine (Standart 1641Pa)
**
Catalog #1673var
Catalog Value €1,500
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #1360
RUSSIA
1956 Lenin, 40k variety shifted colors, appears slightly double, n.h., v.f. (Standart 1798var)
**
Catalog #1821var
Unsold
Lot #1361
RUSSIA
1957 Vladimir Egorvich Makovski (Russian Painter), unissued 40k multicolored ("Night"), n.h., small pen mark in margin at bottom, otherwise v.f., extremely rare. A block of six showing marginal imprint and date is illustrated in the "Russian Rarities" (from the Popov Museum), suggesting that only one sheet of 25 reached the public, with only a few stamps sold before being withdrawn by the authorities. It is unclear why this stamp was unissued
**
Price Realized
$18,500.00

Lot #1362
RUSSIA
1958 Capitals of the Soviet Union, 40k Moscow, vertical pair, variety imperf. at left, cancelled to order as always, v.f. (Standart 2142Pa)
O
Catalog #2120var
Catalog Value €2,000
Price Realized
$850.00

Lot #1363
RUSSIA
1961 Gagarin 6k special sheetlet of ten, n.h., v.f. These stamps were normally issued in sheets of 30 stamps and 30 coupons, only a small quantity of sheetlets were issued in sheets of 15 stamps (15 stamps and 15 coupons, status is questionable) and the first, initial run was issued in sheets of 10 stamps (each shows a variety "dot after 1961".) Almost all of those sheetlets were split or used, with only a small number remaining intact (Standart Minisheet 2469, sheet I)
Box **
Catalog #2464
Catalog Value €35,000
Price Realized
$26,000.00

Lot #1364
RUSSIA
1969 Russian Fairy Tales, illustrated by I.Bilibin, 4k-50k se-tenant strip of five, variety imperf. left, unfolded, n.h., few natural inclusions, v.f. (Standart 3738-3742var)
**
Catalog #3666avar
Catalog Value €500
Price Realized
$180.00

Lot #1365
RUSSIA
1969 Russian Fairy Tales, illustrated by I.Bilibin, 4k-50k se-tenant strip of five, variety imperf. at top, unfolded, n.h., few natural inclusions and light wrinkles, still v.f. and rare (Standart 3738-3742var)
**
Catalog #3666avar
Catalog Value €3,700
Price Realized
$950.00

Lot #1366
RUSSIA
1969 Russian Fairy Tales, illustrated by I.Bilibin, 4k-50k se-tenant sheet of 20, imperf. horizontally between third and fourth rows, n.h., marginal perf. separations, v.f. and rare (Standart 3738-3742)
Box **
Catalog #3666avar
Catalog Value €5,700
Price Realized
$2,900.00

Lot #1367
RUSSIA
1980 Jean August Ingres, 32k imperf. sheet margin single, used on registered FDC, v.f. (Standart 5037Pa, catalogue value for unused)
Envelope
Catalog #4858var
Catalog Value €2,700
Unsold
Lot #1368
RUSSIA
1990 Russian Capitals, imperforate blocks of four, 12 different (missing Frunze and others which do not exist imperf.), n.h., v.f. (Standart 6102Pa-6110Pa,6113Pa/6116Pa)
Box **
Catalog #5854/5868var
Catalog Value €1,800
Price Realized
$900.00

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