Specialized Russia
December 4, 2013
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #4088 RUSSIA 1866-75 Horizontally Laid Paper 1866 horizontally laid paper, 1k, 3k, 5k, 10k and 20k, paying 39k in 1877 on cover from Glazov (16 Dec) to Vyatka, with arrival pmk the next day, filing fold away from the stamps, fresh and extraordinary five color (!) franking  | Price Realized $7,500.00 |
 | Lot #4089 RUSSIA 1866-75 Horizontally Laid Paper 1866 1k yellow orange & black, background inverted, used in "Mitawa, 1883", well centered and unusually fresh, v.f., rare and undercatalogued error, with Mikulski certificate, ex-Ferrary (Lot 497), O Catalog #19d Catalog Value $ 6,000 | Price Realized $5,500.00 |
 | Lot #4090 RUSSIA 1866-75 Horizontally Laid Paper 1868 1k black & yellow, vertically laid paper, imperforate single with shifted background, cancelled "Moscow, 21 February, 1872", excellent colors, ample margins all around, fresh and fine example of this rarity (only known used), with Mikulski certificate, O Catalog #19f Catalog Value $ 8,000 | Price Realized $7,500.00 |
 | Lot #4091 RUSSIA 1866-75 Horizontally Laid Paper 1868 1k black & yellow, vertically laid paper, imperforate with inverted and shifted background, two copies, both with large margins all around, cancelled "Moscow, 1 September, 1872" and affixed on piece, a striking double error (imperf. and inverted background), only a few exist, these probably the finest known, with sharp impression, v.f., with Mikulski certificate, O Catalog #19g Catalog Value $ 37,000 | Price Realized $24,000.00 |
 | Lot #4092 RUSSIA 1866-75 Horizontally Laid Paper 1868 1k black & yellow, vertically laid paper, imperforate single with inverted and shifted background, large margins all around, cancelled "Moscow, Nov. 1872", a striking double error (both imperf. and with inverted background), only a few known to exist, impression slightly washed out as often, otherwise a fine example of this rarity, signed Kohler and Romeko, with Mikulski certificate, O Catalog #19g Catalog Value $ 18,500 | Price Realized $9,500.00 |
 | Lot #4093 RUSSIA 1866-75 Horizontally Laid Paper 1866 3k black & green, "V" in background error, full original gum, well centered, with handstamped guarantee on back, * Catalog #20d Catalog Value $ 1,000 | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #4094 RUSSIA 1866-75 Horizontally Laid Paper 1866 3k black & green, "V" in background (error), unused with part original gum, minor surface flaws, otherwise fine, signed Brun, * Catalog #20d Catalog Value $ 1,000 | Price Realized $290.00 |
 | Lot #4095 RUSSIA 1866-75 Horizontally Laid Paper 1866 3k black & green, printing error of background, "V" (for 5k) instead of "3", block of four (upper left stamp additional plate flaw showing "G" instead of "I" of "III") cancelled on piece, with Zhitomir 16 Dec. 1870 cds alongside, minor perf. flaws at right, fine and rare multiple  Catalog #20d | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #4096 RUSSIA 1866-75 Horizontally Laid Paper 1869 (Aug 4) outer FL from St. Petersburg to Copenhagen, franked with 3k, 5k and 10k (all horizontally laid paper), ties by "S.P.B" in oval, with corresponding departure, also red "Aus Russland uber Bur. XI Ed. Brg Franco" (Eydtkuhnen-Bromberg), red arrival on back, v.f. Catalog #20,22,23 | Price Realized $425.00 |
 | Lot #4097 RUSSIA 1866-75 Horizontally Laid Paper 1870 (16 May) outer FL to Bordeaux, paying 28k with 3k, 5k and 2x10k (all horizontally laid paper), with "St. Petersburg Warszawa Zh.D." (Warsaw Train Station), appropriate "Aus Russland" and "P.D." in red, transit and arrival pmk, filing fold through bottom 10k, otherwise fine, ex-Frederick Small collection Catalog #20,22a,23 | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #4098 RUSSIA 1866-75 Horizontally Laid Paper 1866 5k orange, blue, red and lilac, four different perforated and gummed trial color proofs on horizontally laid paper, sheet corner margin blocks of four, occasional perf. separations and hinge reinforcements, mostly fine-v.f., rare multiples *Catalog #22P | Price Realized $5,750.00 |
 | Lot #4099 RUSSIA 1866-75 Horizontally Laid Paper 1866 10k carmine & dark blue, perforated plate proof on thick unwatermarked paper, prepared for the Paris Exposition, fresh and v.f. A beautiful item, ex-Breitfuss and Goss P Catalog #23P | Price Realized $11,000.00 |
 | Lot #4100 RUSSIA 1866-75 Horizontally Laid Paper 1866 10k brown & blue, 20k blue & orange, also 30k carmine & green, three imperforate singles, horizontally laid, watermarked paper and gummed paper, incredibly fresh, first one with slight thinning at top, otherwise v.f., ex-Breitfuss * Catalog #23P-25P | Price Realized $26,000.00 |
