U.S. and Worldwide
January 14-15, 2014

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #931
RUSSIA
1857 1k green and rose, plate essay on wove paper, cut octagonally, with full round margins and perfect embossing, fresh and v.f. essay, rare
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Unsold
Lot #932
RUSSIA
1857 10k brown & blue, margins all around, tiny stain at top, otherwise v.f.,
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Catalog #1
Catalog Value $850
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #933
RUSSIA
1857 10k brown & blue, large margins all around, tied by unframed straight line "Briansk" handstamp on small piece, fresh and v.f.,
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Catalog #1
Catalog Value $850
Price Realized
$525.00

Lot #934
RUSSIA
1857 10k brown & blue, margins al around, tied by a boxed departure handstamp on a folded letter from Rybinsk to Riga, with framed "Polucheno" (received) 22 May, 1858 datestamp on back, intact red seal, v.f. usage of Russian number one on cover from Russia proper, ex-Liphschutz
Envelope
Catalog #1
Price Realized
$7,000.00

Lot #935
RUSSIA
1858 20k blue & orange, thin paper, tied by "22" in circle of dots on envelope to Moscow, with unframed straight line "Kishinev" pre-philatelic departure handstamp and boxed "Polucheno 11 September 1858" arrival datestamp on back, wax seal removed, with filing fold away from the stamp, which is slightly rubbed at top, cover has been cleaned with remaining stain at upper right, fine and rare number three on cover, ex-Frederick Small collection
Envelope
Catalog #3
Price Realized
$9,500.00

Lot #936
RUSSIA
1858 30k carmine and green, used, faint perf. flaws, otherwise fine,
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Catalog #4
Catalog Value $3,000
Price Realized
$425.00

Lot #937
RUSSIA
1866 1k black, imperforate plate essay inscribed "Proba" in Cyrillic letters, with central "Epreuve de Timbre" in French, with herringbone pattern in margins, also another similar essay, with orange background with numerals "1", v.f., scarce pair of essays, with Mikulski certificate
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Unsold
Lot #938
RUSSIA
1866 1k black, imperforate plate essay inscribed "Proba" in Cyrillic letters, with central "Epreuve de Timbre" in French, with herringbone pattern in margins, incomplete at right, also another similar essay, with orange background with numerals "1", v.f., scarce pair of essays
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Unsold
Lot #939
RUSSIA
1866 1k blue, imperforate plate essay inscribed "Proba" in Cyrillic letters, with central "Epreuve de Timbre" in French, with herringbone pattern in margins, horizontal pair, cut close at sides, fine
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Price Realized
$525.00

Lot #940
RUSSIA
1866 1k black, imperforate plate proof on thin paper, printed on gummed side only, sheet corner margin single, v.f.
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Price Realized
$260.00

Lot #941
RUSSIA
1875 7k trial color proof in blue and red, h.r., few rough perforations at bottom, otherwise fine
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Catalog #27P
Unsold
Lot #942
RUSSIA
1887 1r gray blue & brown, imperforate die essay on thin card, large central oval with blue network, center embossed, fresh and v.f., rare, signed Mikulski
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Unsold
Lot #943
RUSSIA
1900 1k orange, used on locally addressed Red Cross envelope with beautiful ornamental design, v.f.
Envelope
Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #944
RUSSIA
1904 7r Arms (vertically laid paper), sheet of 25, with "A 04 A" imprint, stamps n.h., with some creases, hinged in margin, perf. separations, fresh and v.f. sheet
Box *
Price Realized
$1,000.00

Lot #945
RUSSIA
1909 15k blue, trial color proof, horizontal pair, n.h., right stamp creased, otherwise v.f., with Mikulski certificate
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Unsold
Lot #946
RUSSIA
1913 Romanov, unexploded 80k booklet, with complete panes of 6x7k, 3k and 1k (3), covers fresh and mostly free of the usual staple rust, stamps with minor perf. faults, fine-v.f. and scarce booklet
Booklet
Unsold
Lot #947
RUSSIA
1917 registered cover from Grozny to Petrograd, franked with 10k/7k, plus horizontal pair of 20k dark blue & red, with significant shift of center to top, small perf. defects at left, otherwise fine, with censor seal and arrival pmk, rare on cover, signed Mikulski
Envelope
Price Realized
$1,500.00

Lot #948
RUSSIA
1917 1r imperforate sheet of 50, center double, n.h., fine-v.f. and spectacular item
Box **
Catalog #131c
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #949
RUSSIA
1918 Chainbreakers, 14k carmine, typographed die proof on gummed paper, l.h., v.f., signed Mikulski, with 2005 Mandrovski certificate
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Price Realized
$14,000.00

Lot #950
RUSSIA
1918 1 March 1917 unissued design 10k+5k blue, imperforate die proof on wove paper, v.f., extremely rare
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Price Realized
$13,500.00

Lot #951
RUSSIA
1918 Chainbreakers, 70k dark gray brown, lozenges omitted, n.h., v.f., rare shade
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Catalog #150var
Price Realized
$425.00

Lot #952
RUSSIA
1921 definitives, 250r dull violet, pelure paper, triple impression, h.r., v.f., rare
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Catalog #186c,var
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #953
RUSSIA
1922 1922 (May), pre-printed ARA card, filed in Odessa and mailed from the processing center in Moscow to USA, franked with 4x25k Postal Savings Stamps and surcharged 5,000r on 2r surcharge, fine
Envelope
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #954
RUSSIA
1922 1000r carmine, imperforate horizontal strip of five, overprinted in black Cyrillic letters "Obrazets," n.h., v.f.
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Price Realized
$1,500.00

Lot #955
RUSSIA
1922 5,000r and 10,000r surcharged in black, both inverted, h.r., v.f.
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Catalog #192a,195a
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #956
RUSSIA
1922 7,500r on 250r, blue surcharge inverted, block of four, one stamp l.h., others n.h., v.f.
Box */**
Catalog #201var
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #957
RUSSIA
1924 definitives (typographed), 1k orange, n.h., tiny natural inclusion, v.f., scarce stamp (Standart 39)
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Catalog #276A
Catalog Value $300
Price Realized
$140.00

Lot #958
RUSSIA
1932-33 Moscow and Leningrad Exhibition set of four, l.h., some natural gum wrinkles, fine-v.f.,
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Catalog #485-488
Catalog Value $442
Price Realized
$250.00

Lot #959
RUSSIA
1932 Moscow Philatelic Exhibition souvenir sheet of four, unused without gum as issued, usual corner wrinkles and minor inclusions, fine-v.f., only 500 printed (of which 25 were overprinted), with 1991 Mikulski certificate ("compared to other existing examples, this one is in very good condition, not cleaned as are most of the known blocks") (Standart SS 01)
Box (*)
Catalog #485-86var
Catalog Value $28,000
Unsold
Lot #960
RUSSIA
1935 Moscow Subway, set of four imperf. trial color proofs on gummed and watermarked stamp paper, v.f. and rare complete set
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Catalog #551-554P
Price Realized
$5,750.00

Lot #961
RUSSIA
1940 Papanin Expedition, 1r dark blue, variety imperf. at top, heavy hinge remnant, fine (Standart 639Pb)
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Catalog Value $4,700
Price Realized
$950.00

Lot #962
RUSSIA
1945 Stalingrad souvenir sheet of four (109:138mm), significant shift of text to left, n.h., usual wrinkles, otherwise fine
Box **
Unsold
Lot #963
RUSSIA
1949 Stalin souvenir sheet of four, n.h., corner mount indentations, also additional Stalin stamps from Albania, China, Romania etc., all mounted in special commemorative folder (Stalin's 70th Birthday) issued in Czechoslovakia
Box *
Catalog #1325
Unsold
Lot #964
RUSSIA
1949 Lenin Mausoleum imperforate souvenir sheet (170:130mm), n.h., v.f.
Box **
Catalog #1327a,var
Price Realized
$950.00

Lot #965
RUSSIA
1949 Lenin Mausoleum imperforate souvenir sheet (170:130mm), n.h., v.f.
Box **
Catalog #1327a,var
Price Realized
$1,300.00

Lot #966
RUSSIA
1949 Lenin Mausoleum imperforate souvenir sheet (172:130mm), n.h., v.f.
Box **
Catalog #1327a,var
Price Realized
$1,100.00

Lot #967
RUSSIA
1958 Russian Industry, 40k Voroshilovgrad, n.h., v.f., signed Raybaudi. This stamp was never issued because on March 5, 1958, the city's name reverted to its original name of Lugansk (Standard 2161 unissued)
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Catalog Value $1,400
Price Realized
$700.00

Lot #968
RUSSIA
1958 Russian Industry, 40k Voroshilovgrad, left sheet margin single n.h., v.f., signed Mikulski. This stamp was never issued because on March 5, 1958, the city's name reverted to its original name of Lugansk (Standart 2161 unissued)
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Catalog Value $1,400
Price Realized
$675.00

Lot #969
RUSSIA
1958 International Astronomical Union, 60k variety "UAU" instead of "UAJ" at upper right tablet, n.h., v.f. (Standart 2106Ka)
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Catalog Value $1,400
Price Realized
$625.00

Lot #970
RUSSIA
1958 All-Union Industrial Exhibition, 60k imperforate single, large margins all around, unused without gum as issued, n.h., v.f. (Standart 2021Pa)
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Catalog Value $1,600
Unsold
Lot #971
RUSSIA
1958 All-Union Industrial Exhibition, 60k imperforate lower right sheet corner marginal pair, tied by 31 Jan 58 pmk on unaddressed cover, minor wrinkles, otherwise v.f., signed Hovest (Standart 2021Pa)
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #972
RUSSIA
1958 All-Union Industrial Exhibition, 60k imperforate upper right sheet corner margin single, used in combination with perforated stamp on registered, locally used cover, v.f. (Standart 2021Pa)
Envelope
Price Realized
$1,200.00

Lot #973
RUSSIA
1958 Mendeleyev Congress, 40k brown, gray-olive single with red overprint, n.h., v.f. (Standart 1881var)
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Catalog #1906var
Catalog Value $2,300
Price Realized
$1,500.00

Lot #974
RUSSIA
1959 250th Anniversary of Battle of Poltava ("Peter the Great accepts flags from defeated Swedish troops"), 40k gray violet and red brown, left sheet margin single, never hinged, pencil signed, fresh and v.f. example of this rare stamp, which was prepared but not issued for political reasons (Standart)
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Catalog Value $18,700
Price Realized
$13,500.00

Lot #975
RUSSIA
1962 Sabir, 4k inscribed "Azerbajanin" in error (instead of "Azerbaijan") at top, tied on piece by First Day Cancel (16 08 62), v.f., with 2003 Dieter Wassman certificate (Standart 2626 I, catalogue value for unused)
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Catalog Value $3,700
Price Realized
$1,000.00

Lot #976
RUSSIA
1969 Russian Fairy Tales, two se-tenant strips of five, one imperf. between 1st and 2nd stamps, the other imperf. between 4th and 5th stamps, n.h., both folded between stamps, fine-v.f. (Standart 3738-42)
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Catalog #3666a,var
Catalog Value $3,100
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #977
RUSSIA
1969 Russian Fairy Tales, imperforate se-tenant horizontal strip of five, numerals in red, inscribed "1968" instead of 1969, proof on regular paper (not laminated), folded between 2nd and 3rd stamps, n.h., v.f.
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Catalog #3666a,var
Price Realized
$1,000.00

Lot #978
RUSSIA
1972 Sobinov, 10k red brown with inscription at bottom "Narodnyj Artist CCCP", unaccepted in this form (the stamp was released with the revised "Narodnyj Artist Respubliki"), n.h., v.f., with 1986 Diena certificate. (Standard 4049var)
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Catalog #3966var
Catalog Value $3,700
Price Realized
$2,400.00

Lot #979
RUSSIA
1983 Lighthouse, 1k imperf. block of four, n.h., v.f. (Standart 5361Pa)
Box **
Catalog #5179var
Catalog Value $4,800
Price Realized
$1,500.00

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