U.S. and Worldwide; Zemstvo
November 6-7, 2013 and November 13, 2013
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #1278 RUSSIA 1857-58 10k brown & blue imperf., also perforated 10k and 20k blue & orange, used, small faults, fine appearance, O Catalog #1,2-3 Catalog Value $2,750 | Price Realized $650.00 |
 | Lot #1279 RUSSIA 1858-1859 10k brown & blue, used on outer FL from Riga (6 Nov) to Libau, also 1859 (July) FL franked with pair of 10k, used from Narva to Riga, fine-v.f.  Catalog #2,8 | Price Realized $290.00 |
 | Lot #1280 RUSSIA 1858 30k carmine & green, thin paper, well centered and cancelled "173" (Smyela) in dots, good color, minor corner perf. creases, otherwise fine, handstamped "GR", signed Calves, O Catalog #4 Catalog Value $3,000 | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #1281 RUSSIA 1866 outer FL from Marienburg to Riga, franked with 10k brown & blue (unwatermarked)), tied by blue "661" dots in truncated triangle, with corresponding "Post Romeskaly" and additional markings on back. Also included is a FL from Usvyat ("83") and Kujkats ("393"), some filing folds, mostly fine and scarce group | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #1282 RUSSIA 1889 horizontally laid paper, 4k carmine, groundwork inverted, cancelled 20 Jan1892, perfectly centered and fresh, v.f., with 2007 Mandrovski certificate. One of only four recorded examples of this rarity (missing from the famous collections of Ferrary, Burrus, Goss, Epstein, Liphschutz and Mikulski) O Catalog #41a Catalog Value $20,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1283 RUSSIA 1904 vertically laid paper, 4k rose red, groundwork inverted, neat 1906 postmark, well centered, fresh color, short perf. at right, otherwise v.f., with 1995 Mikulski certificate ("sehr seltener Fehldruck, bekannt nur in ein paar Stucken"). A very rare and seriously undercatalogued item, O Catalog #57Cg Catalog Value $6,000 | Price Realized $14,000.00 |
 | Lot #1284 RUSSIA 1908 (14 July) stationery 3k card cancelled Kostroma, sent by a political prisoner in Kaluga City jail to his wife, with violet "Prosmotreno/ KGG" prison censor in oval, fine and scarce | Price Realized $170.00 |
 | Lot #1285 RUSSIA 1913 1k-20k, eight different used on registered cover from Warszawa (7 Mar 13) to New York, oval Vienna Station pmks, with corresponding "Varsovie-gare Vien" registry label, paying 61k (additional 41k collected in cash, as indicated by note signed by postmaster on back), some cover wear, otherwise fine, with arrival pmks (30 Mar) Catalog #88/96 | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #1286 RUSSIA 1913 1k brown orange, strip of three, tied by Postal Car (number unclear) postmark 30 Dec. 1912 (three days before official day of issue), addressed to Starozhilovo Station, with arrival cds, fine and unusual card Catalog #88 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1287 RUSSIA 1913 Peter the Great, die proof in brown orange (issued color), slight marginal (reduced at top) thins, still v.f. P Catalog #88P | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #1288 RUSSIA 1913 2k green, full offset on gum, n.h., also 7k brown significant perf. shift, h.r., v.f. */** Catalog #89var,92var | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #1289 RUSSIA 1913 3k and 7k, used on cover from Vladivostok to "Greenwich Amerika," oval Vladivostok-Harbin and violet censor handstamps, interesting "deficiency in address supplied by NY P.O. I.D." Catalog #90,92 | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #1290 RUSSIA 1913 Alexander III, center vignette only, two different die proofs in red and carmine, margins reduced, v.f. P Catalog #90P | Unsold |
 | Lot #1291 RUSSIA 1913 3k rose red, double impression, n.h., v.f., signed Andrey Farberov, with his 2002 certificate, ** Catalog #90b Catalog Value $700 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1292 RUSSIA 1913 3k rose red, double impression, n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #90b Catalog Value $700 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1293 RUSSIA 1913 Nicholas II, 7k brown imperforate single, double impression, h.r., v.f., ex-Col.Green * Catalog #92b | Unsold |
 | Lot #1294 RUSSIA 1913 Nicholas II, center vignette only, two different die essays in deep blue, marginal thins, still v.f., scarce P Catalog #93E | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #1295 RUSSIA 1913 Alexander I, die essay of center only in olive green, v.f., rare P Catalog #96E | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #1296 RUSSIA 1913 Paul I, selection of five die proofs including 35k bicolor die proof in blue and brown, others of frame only in brown, chocolate brown, violet and orange, v.f. P Catalog #98P | Price Realized $3,750.00 |
 | Lot #1297 RUSSIA 1913 Elizabeth, two different die proofs of frame only, in brown red and in sky blue, margins reduced, v.f., P Catalog #99P | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #1298 RUSSIA 1913 Michael Feodorovich, die proof of frame only in gray green, slight wrinkles, v.f., rare P Catalog #100P | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #1299 RUSSIA 1913 Peter the Great, 4k die proof (engraver's and artist's names at bottom) of postal stationery (postal card) in red, v.f. P | Unsold |
 | Lot #1300 RUSSIA 1921 100r olive, imperforate essay ("Proletariat of all Republics Unite"), top sheet margin block of four, v.f., rare (Zverev Handbook $7,000)  E | Price Realized $5,250.00 |
 | Lot #1301 RUSSIA 1922 2,000r red, unaccepted design, imperforate essay, v.f., rare (Zverev Handbook $3,000) E | Price Realized $2,600.00 |
 | Lot #1302 RUSSIA 1922 "Pochta RSFSR" unissued design, die proof in black on cream paper, v.f., rare E | Price Realized $1,200.00 |
 | Lot #1303 RUSSIA 1923 definitives (typographed), 50k red brown, imperforate proof on glazed card, sheet margin block of four, v.f., rare block, only one sheet of 100 printed, with Mikulski certificate (this block is illustrated on page 123 of Zverev Handbook, value $6,500) PCatalog #275A/P | Unsold |
 | Lot #1304 RUSSIA 1923 definitives (typographed), 50k brown, imperforate block of four, h.r. at top, bottom stamps n.h., folded between stamps (both vertically and horizontally), nevertheless a v.f. and extremely rare multiple */**Catalog #275A | Unsold |
 | Lot #1305 RUSSIA 1924 definitives (typographed), 15k lemon, unused with full original gum, lightly hinged, fresh and well centered, couple of natural paper inclusions, v.f., with 1988 Mikulski certificate ("very good quality, with full original gum, small traces of the hinge"). A wonderful example of this popular rarity, free of any faults which normally plague this difficult stamp, *Catalog #287 Catalog Value $27,500 | Price Realized $14,000.00 |
 | Lot #1306 RUSSIA 1926 definitives (watermarked), 8k olive (lithographed), "small head" variety, imperforate bottom sheet margin block of ten with invalidating perforations, n.h., v.f. (Standart 119Pa) **Catalog #311var Catalog Value $3,000 | Price Realized $2,000.00 |
 | Lot #1307 RUSSIA 1928 definitives (watermarked) 6k blue special printing, perf. 12:12 1/4, sheetlet of 20 (as opposed to the 1925 issue which was printed in gutter sheets of 100, which can be separated into panes of 25), with margins on all four sides, three stamps l.h. at top, adhesion and small thin affecting the stamp at upper right (also small part of selvage missing), folded vertically between stamps (tiny perf. Separations at bottom margin), natural wrinkles and diagonal creases affecting three stamps at bottom, also abrasions in left margin away from the stamps. A rarity, one of only a handful recorded, with Mandrovski certificate (Standart 81B, $55,000; Zverev Handbook 83C, $20,000) */**Catalog #309var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1308 RUSSIA 1932 All Soviet Philatelic Exhibition in Moscow, souvenir sheet of four on thick card (size 168:118), with the two line overprint "Lutchemu Udarniku" (To the best shock worker - All Russian Philatelic Society), unused without gum as issued, perfect sharp corners, with imperceptible usual toning, with slight shading at bottom, actually very fine and probably one of the best possible quality in existence (most of the known copies are in poor condition and more or less faulty). A Soviet Philatelic rarity, only 25 (!) printed, with 2003 Mandrovski certificate (Standart Block 01var) (*)Catalog #495-486var Catalog Value $200,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1309 RUSSIA 1934 Sverdlov and Nogin, perforated plate proofs in lilac, both on watermarked stamp paper, fine-v.f., only a few exist P Catalog #531-532P | Unsold |
 | Lot #1310 RUSSIA 1935 Moscow Subway and Anti-War sets, h.r., fine-v.f., * Catalog #546-550,551-554 Catalog Value $975 | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #1311 RUSSIA 1935 Anti-War Issue, set of five trial color proofs (ultramarine) on watermarked stamp paper, perf. 11 1/2, fresh and v.f., with gum (which is not original), very rare P Catalog #546-550P | Unsold |
 | Lot #1312 RUSSIA 1935 Moscow Subway, 15k magenta, trial color proof on watermarked stamp paper, perforated horizontally fine, P Catalog #553P | Price Realized $1,800.00 |
 | Lot #1313 RUSSIA 1935 Engels, 20k ultramarine, perforated trial color proof on stamp paper, v.f., rare P Catalog #558P | Unsold |
 | Lot #1314 RUSSIA 1935 Spartacist Games, cplt set, h.r., fine-v.f., * Catalog #559-68 Catalog Value $435 | Price Realized $220.00 |
 | Lot #1315 RUSSIA 1935 Spartacist Games, Diving, 2k gray blue and magenta, perforated trial color essay, reduced size and different perforations, v.f., rare P Catalog #559P | Unsold |
 | Lot #1316 RUSSIA 1935 Tolstoy, 3k and 20k multicolor plate proofs on stamp paper, v.f., rare P Catalog #577P,579P | Unsold |
 | Lot #1317 RUSSIA 1936 Definitives (unwatermarked) 4k lilac, 10k olive, 20k green, imperforate blocks of four, first l.h. at top, bottom stamps n.h., others l.h., usual gum creases, mostly v.f., ex-Small (Standart 455Pa, 457Pa, 458Pa) (Zverev Handbook 467a,469a,470a, cat. $55,000) */**Catalog #615,616A,617Avar | Unsold |
 | Lot #1318 RUSSIA 1937 definitives (unwatermarked), 5k red brown, lower right sheet corner block of four, n.h., natural gum creases, fine-v.f. **Catalog #615A | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #1319 RUSSIA 1936 Architecture of Moscow, 50k imperforate right sheet margin horizontal pair, stamps n.h. (very lightly hinged in margin), owner's handstamp on reverse, few minor wrinkles, v.f. (Standart 467Pa) ** Catalog #604var Catalog Value $8,300 | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
 | Lot #1320 RUSSIA 1941 P.Navoi, 1r dark violet, horizontal gutter pair, right stamp additional variety, imperf. at left, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #858var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1321 RUSSIA 1944 Heroes of the Civil War, 30k Schors, corner margin block of four, double vertical perforations between stamps, n.h., v.f. **Catalog #942var | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1322 RUSSIA 1944 Leningrad souvenir sheet of four (140:104), black text (date and two-line inscription) inverted (!), cancelled to order as always, marginal creases, fine and very rare error sheet Catalog #959var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1323 RUSSIA 1946 Sochi, 30k green, variety imperf. at left, also 45k Moscow (Kremlin), variety imperf. at right, used, fine-v.f. (Standart 958Pb,984Pa) O Catalog #1054,1063var Catalog Value €800 | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #1324 RUSSIA 1947 Moscow Subway, 60k yellow green, horizontal pair variety imperf. at top, used, v.f. (Standart 1065Pa) O Catalog #1158var Catalog Value €400 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1325 RUSSIA 1948 Lenin, 30k lilac, 1r blue, imperforate proofs, v.f. P Catalog #1307,1309P | Unsold |
 | Lot #1326 RUSSIA 1949 Women's Day, 25k blue, variety imperf. at right, used, thin at left and at bottom, fine appearance, unlisted perforation error (Standart 1279var) O Catalog #1335var | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #1327 RUSSIA 1957 National Artists, 40k line perf. 12 1/2, horizontal pair, cancelled to order (as always), v.f. (also regular pair), v.f. (Standart 1917A) O Catalog #1926var Catalog Value €1,500 | Price Realized $1,600.00 |
 | Lot #1328 RUSSIA 1990 Capitals of the Republics, imperforate sheet margin blocks of four, 13 different, complete as printed (Riga and Yerevan do not exist imperf.) including Frunze, n.h., v.f. (Standart 6102-6116) **Catalog #5854/5868var Catalog Value €4,680 | Unsold |
