The Igor Gorski Collection of R.S.F.S.R
February 20, 2014
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #3001 R.S.F.S.R. The Russian Knight (Artist Rihards Zarins) 1917 After the February Revolution, the Provisional Government sponsored a contest for best design of a postage stamp of the new country. Among the many masters of graphic arts to submit their sketches, was Rihards Zarins (a Latvian artist who created many stamp designs, including 5r and 10r Arms, 1913 Romanov series, 1914 Charity issues and others. He was a graduate of the Stieglitz Central School for Technical Drawing in St. Petersburg and studied lithography in Berlin, Munich and Vienna. In Paris, he honed his skills in watercolors and pastels. Employed by the Russian Imperial Printing Office in St. Petersburg for 20 years, Zarins became technical director, in charge of designing State Papers). One of his popular, but unapproved contestants was "The Russian Knight" (Ilya Muromets). A master die proof for inscriptions only (38x44mm) on white card, value tablets blank, v.f. E | Unsold |
 | Lot #3002 R.S.F.S.R. The Russian Knight (Artist Rihards Zarins) 1917 25k green, imperforate and gummed sheetlet (50x64mm), v.f. E | Unsold |
 | Lot #3003 R.S.F.S.R. The Russian Knight (Artist Rihards Zarins) 1917 30k magenta, imperforate and gummed sheetlet (50x64mm), h.r., v.f. E | Unsold |
 | Lot #3004 R.S.F.S.R. The Russian Knight (Artist Rihards Zarins) 1917 master die proof in black on card (49x67mm), value tablet blank, v.f. E | Unsold |
 | Lot #3005 R.S.F.S.R. The Russian Knight (Artist Rihards Zarins) 1917 The Russian Knight and Chainbreakers combination sheetlet on gummed paper, the former in dark blue, value tablet blank, the latter 15k orange brown (side ornaments not finished), printed couche, folded between stamps, h.r., v.f. An exquisite treasure of Russian Philately E | Price Realized $26,000.00 |
