The Igor Gorski Collection of R.S.F.S.R
February 20, 2014
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #3058 R.S.F.S.R. Imperial Arms - 1918-1919 reissues 1919 1r black & orange, misperforated variety (proof), also an issued stamp with shifted perforations, plus 7r green & rose lilac, three varieties including dated center and overinked background */** | Price Realized $800.00 |
 | Lot #3059 R.S.F.S.R. Imperial Arms - 1918-1919 reissues 1919 1r imperforate, selection of seven items, including three trial color proofs (various backgrounds), varieties without center, double impression, inverted and double center, v.f. lot */** | Price Realized $1,300.00 |
 | Lot #3060 R.S.F.S.R. Imperial Arms - 1918-1919 reissues 1919 1r imperforate, center inverted (2), used in combination with perforated 7r green & rose lilac (single and strip of four), also imperforate 4k and 2x100r+100r on 70k in back of cover from Kaluga (3 7 22) to Paris, filing folds thought some of the stamps, still fine and extraordinary, late usage of Inverted Centers on cover (illustrated in R.S.F.S.R, Specialized Catalogue of Postage Stamps 1918-1923. Standart Collection, 1997)  | Price Realized $2,500.00 |
 | Lot #3061 R.S.F.S.R. Imperial Arms - 1918-1919 reissues 1919 1r brown & orange, right half, used in combination with 3.50r on back of Parcel Card franked with imperforate block of 10x15k, paying 154 rubles from "Podosyanovets" (Vologda gov.) 1 Nov 20 to Kronshtadt, with arrival pmk (9 Nov), filing folds through the stamps, otherwise fine and unusual usage of a bisected 1r stamp (as 50k), apparently due to shortage of lower value postage. A rarity (stated to be one of only two known), ex-Faberge collection (illustrated in R.S.F.S.R, Specialized Catalogue of Postage Stamps 1918-1923, Standart Collection, 1997) | Price Realized $1,300.00 |
 | Lot #3062 R.S.F.S.R. Imperial Arms - 1918-1919 reissues 1919 7r green & rose lilac (twelve, including a block of nine), used in combination with imperf. pair of 3k red on back of a registered cover, paying 90r (effective rate 1 July 22) from Petrograd (30 Sep 22) to Berlin, with arrival (9 Oct). On front there is a "S.-Petersbourg gare Nicolas" registry label, fine | Unsold |
 | Lot #3063 R.S.F.S.R. Imperial Arms - 1918-1919 reissues 1919 (horizontal lozenges) 3.50r and 7r imperforate upper right sheet corner blocks of four, n.h. and post office fresh, v.f., 7r with 1998 Mandrovski certificate. One of only three sets of blocks recorded (Zverev $35,000)  **Catalog #PB 08-09 | Unsold |
 | Lot #3064 R.S.F.S.R. Imperial Arms - 1918-1919 reissues 1919 (horizontal lozenges) 7r imperforate horizontal pair and block of eight, used with additional franking (perforated 10k dark blue single, vertical pair and block of 10 on reverse, some faults) on Postal Money Order (for 10,000 rubles) sent from "Dobrjanka" (Chernigov gov.) on 15 June 1921 to the village of Andreevka, arriving on 23rd June. There are punched cancels affecting top and bottom stamps (also cut in), leaving a sound block of four. This remarkable franking, consisting of ten imperf. examples of this rare stamp is stated to be unique Catalog #PB 09 | Unsold |
