U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
March 18-19, 2014
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #1264 RUSSIA 1812 (29 Sep) Moscow, folded letter (four pages of text) headed "Moscou ce 29 septembre" addressed by Capt. De Castellane to his father in Paris, re-addressed and forwarded to chateau d'Acosta par Meulan, sent by express post free to Paris, fascinating text (transliterated in both French and German) mentioning war efforts, the Emperor, General Grouchy and much more. An important historical letter from a French army officer during Napoleonic invasion of Moscow  | Price Realized $3,500.00 |
 | Lot #1265 RUSSIA 1812 (13-16 Nov) Moscow, folded letter (four pages of text) which originated in Smolensk (13 Nov), continuing the next day; resuming on 15th November at Karitoe, continuing at Krasnoe on 16th November, written by Capt. De Castellane to his father in Paris, important text (transliterated in both French and German) "arriving from Smolensk, weather is cold but nice, Krasnoe was attacked by Cossacks, the 16th battalion of the Guard was engaged in battle with the Russians" (17 November, 1812 desperately trying to hold his army together on the retreat from Moscow, Napoleon Bonaparte found his way threatened by troops under Marshal Kutuzov. Acting immediately, he threw 16,000 men of his Imperial Guard into a surprise assault that scattered 35,000 Russians and opened the way west to the once Grande Armee), letter with arrival pmk 22 December, rare | Price Realized $3,500.00 |
 | Lot #1266 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown & blue, thick paper, plate II, light, illegible postmark, sheet margin at right, fresh and v.f., with 2010 Mikulski certificate O Catalog #1 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #1267 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown & blue, margins all around, tied by framed "Wilno" 1858 datestamp on outer FL from Vilnius to Nowogrodek, minor vertical fold away from the stamp, fresh and v.f. cover, with Diena, with his 1987 certificate Catalog #1 | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
 | Lot #1268 RUSSIA 1858 10k brown and blue, thick paper, unused with full original gum, lightly hinged, remarkably rich color, literally post office fresh, well centered, with fully intact perforations, signed Brun, with Eichele cert., * Catalog #2 Catalog Value $18,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1269 RUSSIA 1858 20k orange and deep blue, thick paper, unused large part original gum, well centered and post office fresh, fine example of this rare unused stamp, pencil signed, with 1986 Diena certificate, * Catalog #3 Catalog Value $10,000 | Price Realized $7,500.00 |
 | Lot #1270 RUSSIA 1858 20k orange and blue, thick paper, beautiful colors and intact perforations on all four sides, cancelled "1" in dots, also part of red (arrival) postmark, v.f., O Catalog #3 Catalog Value $1,750 | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #1271 RUSSIA 1858 30k carmine and green, unused (regummed), fresh colors, partly reperforated, still a fine example of this rare stamp, with 2013 Buchsbayew certificate, (*) Catalog #4 Catalog Value $12,500 | Price Realized $3,750.00 |
 | Lot #1272 RUSSIA 1858 30k carmine & green, thick paper, watermarked "3", excellent colors, neat "Balta 20 Nov. 1865" cancel, v.f., O Catalog #4 Catalog Value $3,000 | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #1273 RUSSIA 1858 30k carmine & green, perfect centering and neat Taganrog cds, v.f. O Catalog #10 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1274 RUSSIA 1868 vertically laid paper, 1k black & yellow, imperforate single, adequate margins, with shifted background as always, used, some creases, fine appearance. This variety exists only used, Catalog #19f Catalog Value $8,000 | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
 | Lot #1275 RUSSIA 1875 vertically laid paper, 5k lilac and black, horizontal pair, unused part original gum, h.r., well centered and fresh, fine, ex-Maslowski. This pair is the largest known multiple of this value and one of only two recorded pairs (the other, ex-Mikulski collection, is defective), a rarity (Liapine 19x, cat. Value Euro 100,000) * Catalog #27b | Unsold |
 | Lot #1276 RUSSIA 1877 (16 Aug) registered cover from Vinnitsa to Kamenetz-Podolsk, paying 39kopeck with 2k, 8k and 20k on front and nine examples of 1k (some defective) on back, fine-v.f., with arrival pmk | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #1277 RUSSIA 1878 (17 Aug) registered cover from Yampol to Kamenetz-Podolsk, franked with 1k, 2x5k, 8k and 20k, fine-v.f. example of 39k rate, attractive and scarce four color franking, with arrival pmk | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #1278 RUSSIA 1878-82 selection of 12, mostly registered covers addressed to Kamenetz-Podolsk, different origins in the Podolsk region incl. Mogilev, Bratlav, Rakhnoveck, Vinnitsa, Berdyansk, Odessa, Shargorod, different rates made up with 1k, 2k, 3k, 5k, 7k, 8k and 20k adhesives, various rates and combinations, some three color franking, one with a block of 4x7k, two blocks of 6x8k, single 3k franking etc., some cover defects noted, generally fine-v.f. and interesting lot | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
 | Lot #1279 RUSSIA 1879 (27 Feb) 10k postal stationery entire envelope, additionally franked with pairs of 1k and 2k, also single 8k, paying 24k from St. Petersburg to Saratov, fine and scarce usage | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #1280 RUSSIA 1879 (15 Feb) registered cover from Vinnitsa to Kamenetz, franked with horizontally laid 1k (single and pair) 20k (pair), used in combination with vertically laid 2k (pair), all tied by cds, with arrival pmk, horizontal filing crease through three stamps at bottom, otherwise fine and rare mixed franking (horizontally and vertically laid paper) Catalog #19,26a,30 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #1281 RUSSIA 1884 7r black & orange, h.r., irregular perfs at right, fine, * Catalog #40 Catalog Value $1,100 | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #1282 RUSSIA 1889-92 beautifully illustrated charity envelope addressed to Berlin, v.f., rare | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1283 RUSSIA 1889 (ca) beautiful illustrated envelope (Red Cross Society), franked with 2k green, addressed to St. Petersburg, v.f. | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1284 RUSSIA 1897 (21 June) cover franked with 3k and 4k carmine, cancelled by the dotted circle of "Stockholm" postmarks, also boxed "Fran.Ryssland" origin hs alongside, addressed to Stettin, Germany, with arrival pmk on back, v.f., with Holcombe certificate, ex-Liphschutz collection | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #1285 RUSSIA 1902 7k dark blue (vertically laid paper), imperforate horizontal gutter, top sheet margin strip of four, fresh, creases, small scissor cut between stamps, still v.f. and striking rarity, signed Buhler, ex-Mertens and Faberge collections (with his distinct red handstamp on back) * Catalog #59b | Unsold |
 | Lot #1286 RUSSIA 1912 (23 Oct) cover franked on back with 10k Arms, cancelled by double oval "Baku-Enzeli Steamship" pmk, sent via Teheran (14.11) to Isfahan, with arrival cds, fine and scarce ship cover to Persia, with Holcombe cert., ex-Liphschutz collection | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1287 RUSSIA 1913 Romanov Issue, unexploded St. Petersburg 80k booklet (78k) with three panes of 6x1k, single panes of 6x3k and 6x7k, rose covers without inscriptions, some usual staple rust at left, otherwise fine and rare booklet (a handstamped surcharge was usually applied to covers to indicate contents and sale price)  | Price Realized $5,250.00 |
 | Lot #1288 RUSSIA 1915 (26 May) cover from St. Petersburg to the infamous prison fortress in Schlisselburg, franked on back with 10k dark blue, arrival pmk and oval prison censor hs in violet, fine | Price Realized $130.00 |
 | Lot #1289 RUSSIA 1915 (8 Dec) cover franked on back with 3k Arms and 7k Romanov, cancelled by pen, used from Enzeli to Teheran, where it arrived on 13th December, franking apparently not recognized, with large "T" handstamped on front, fine and rare maritime usage on Baku-Enzeli-Teheran line ("Caucase et Mercure Steamship Co") on the Caspian Sea and Russian stamps in Persia | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #1290 RUSSIA 1915 (23 Oct) registered cover (slightly reduced at right) from Baku to Teheran, franked on reverse with pair of 10k dark blue, violet censor "D.C. G.A.L" handstamp, with arrival pmk, fine example of the maritime post on the Caspian Sea | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1291 RUSSIA 1915 large cover with Red Cross label on reverse, addressed to Vyborg, with 8.X.1915 arrival pmk, very rare | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1292 RUSSIA 1917 1r imperf. pane of 50, plus labels, dramatic shift of red center, n.h., v.f. and spectacular multiple  **Catalog #131e,var | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1293 RUSSIA 1918 (13 Dec) Imperial 3k stationery entire envelope, additionally franked with combination of imperf. 20k Arms, Postal Savings stamps 1k (pair) and 10k, used in combination with Chainbreakers 70k brown, paying 1,05r from Sementsovo, registered to Petrograd, with arrival pmk on back. Interestingly, the postmaster of Sementsovo did not possess a registry handstamp, hence it was entered and numbered by hand. A fine combination usage, signed Mikulski, with Hovest certificate | Price Realized $1,700.00 |
 | Lot #1294 RUSSIA 1919 Priority telegram from Serpukhov, dated Nov. 10, 1919: "protracted fighting at the front; cavalry corps of comrade Budennyi requires very determined measures, by the units of 42nd division…according to directive issued by me to employ the reserve units..". Signed by Stalin, also by Army Commander Egorov (future Marshall of the Soviet Union killed during the Great Purge) as a member of the Revolutionary Council. A rare document from Russia's Civil War | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
 | Lot #1295 RUSSIA 1922 5,000r surcharged in red on 5r gray blue, basic stamp double impression, h.r., v.f. * Catalog #198var | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1296 RUSSIA 1924 definitives (typographed), 50k brown, imperforate horizontal sheet margin pair, double impression, n.h., v.f., rare, especially in such exceptional quality (Standart 26Ta) ** Catalog #275Avar Catalog Value $12,400 | Price Realized $4,750.00 |
 | Lot #1297 RUSSIA 1924 definitives (typographed), 1r brown red, imperforate upper right sheet corner margin single, very lightly hinged, natural inclusion, still v.f. and rare positional piece (Standart O55Pa) * Catalog #290var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1298 RUSSIA 1924-25 15k lemon, ten copies, used, fine-v.f., O Catalog #287 Catalog Value $1,500 | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #1299 RUSSIA 1925 Lomonosov, 3k orange brown, vertical pair imperf. between and at bottom, fine used, unlisted variety O Catalog #326var | Price Realized $2,400.00 |
 | Lot #1300 RUSSIA 1926 Lenin, 1r brown, 2r dark violet, imperforate singles, l.h., v.f., only 50 of each printed (Standart 128Pa,129Pa) * Catalog #342,343var Catalog Value $5,000 | Price Realized $5,750.00 |
 | Lot #1301 RUSSIA 1927 (15 June) intact parcel form franked with 2.90r, cancelled by Turov departure pmks, addressed to USA, with Moscow transits | Unsold |
 | Lot #1302 RUSSIA 1927 (15 Sep) parcel card franked on both sides with Lenin 1r (2), 3r and 5r, used on combination with definitives (watermarked)18k, 30k and 50k (3), paying 11.98r, with Kameno-brod departure and Armavir arrival pmks, control punches through the stamps, fine intact card | Price Realized $290.00 |
 | Lot #1303 RUSSIA 1927 8kop on 7k (watermarked), wide space surcharge inverted, l.h., v.f., * Catalog #350a Catalog Value $525 | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #1304 RUSSIA 1927 8k on 7k brown (watermarked), surcharged double (!), used, fine. An extremely rare double surcharge error, with Liapine certificate O Catalog #350var | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #1305 RUSSIA 1927 8k on 7k orange (lithographed, unwatermarked), surcharge type I, n.h., v.f., rare, with Liapine certificate (Standart 164I) ** Catalog Value $7,800 | Price Realized $3,500.00 |
 | Lot #1306 RUSSIA 1929 Pioneers, 10k brown, three perf. varieties incl. perf. 10, 10 1/2 and 12 1/2:12:10:12, last one l.h., others n.h., fine-v.f., scarce group, with individual Liapine certificates (Standart 226A,B,D) */** Catalog #411a,b,var Catalog Value $720 | Price Realized $2,100.00 |
 | Lot #1307 RUSSIA 1929 Pioneers, 14k blue gray perf. 12 1/2:12:10:12, l.h. (if at all), natural gum crease, fine and rare combination perf. variety, with Liapine certificate (Standart 227C) * Catalog #412a | Price Realized $1,600.00 |
 | Lot #1308 RUSSIA 1935 Tolstoy, 3k lilac and brown, imperf. single with large margins all around, l.h., v.f., with handstamped guarantee. A rare imperf., only one sheet of 50 printed (Standart 429Pa) * Catalog #577var Catalog Value $1,250 | Price Realized $2,600.00 |
 | Lot #1309 RUSSIA 1935 Tolstoy, 3k variety imperf. at right (trimmed), also 20k imperf. at right and 20k perf. 11, imperf. at top, used, fine-v.f. O Catalog #577,579,579a,var | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #1310 RUSSIA 1936 Dobrolyunov, 10k lilac rose, perforated trial color proof, unused without gum (it was removed from the presentation card on which it originated), fine and rare (Standart 444A) P Catalog #589P | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #1311 RUSSIA 1941 30k Be a Hero, also 30k People's Militia, both n.h., v.f. (Standart 726,727) ** Catalog #856,859 Catalog Value $615 | Price Realized $400.00 |
 | Lot #1312 RUSSIA 1944 Stalingrad, 30k variety, significant shift of red color at bottom, used, v.f. O Catalog #911var | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #1313 RUSSIA 1946 25th Anniversary of the Soviet Stamps, 30k variety, imperf. at left (pair with regular stamp), n.h., fine-v.f., rare. Genuine part perf. varieties for this issue are very rare (most of the so-called errors have been made from souvenir sheets), with Liapine certificate (Standart 997var) ** Catalog #1081var | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #1314 RUSSIA 1949 Sports, 25k Kayaking, comb perf. 12:12 1/2, n.h., fine, with Liapine certificate (Standart 1319A) ** Catalog #1377var Catalog Value $620 | Price Realized $600.00 |
 | Lot #1315 RUSSIA 1949 Map of European Russia, 40k error text omitted, n.h., v.f., extremely rare major error. Most of the known examples are defective (a similar variety with a small fault realized $10,350 in our October 2008 auction) (Standart 1353var) (Liapine 1398P2, Euro 7,500) ** Catalog #1396var | Price Realized $7,500.00 |
 | Lot #1316 RUSSIA 1951 Hydroelectric Station, 20k variety imperf. at right, used, v.f. (Standart 1566Pa) O Catalog #1598var Catalog Value $780 | Price Realized $425.00 |
 | Lot #1317 RUSSIA 1955 All-Union Agricultural Fair, 40k Pavilion RSFSR, souvenir sheet of four, inscriptions completely omitted at top and bottom, n.h. and post office fresh, minor wrinkles and inclusions, v.f. A great rarity **Catalog #1770a,var | Price Realized $14,000.00 |
 | Lot #1318 RUSSIA 1957 Belinsky, 40k line perf. 12 1/2, n.h., v.f., rare (Standart 1883A) ** Catalog #1902var Catalog Value $2,500 | Price Realized $2,000.00 |
 | Lot #1319 RUSSIA 1957 October Revolution, 40th Anniversary souvenir sheet of three, variety missing background (Petropavlovsk Fortress), cancelled to order (7.11.57), without gum, v.f. (Standart Bl.24var, catalogue value for unused) O Catalog #1943a,var Catalog Value $5,000 | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #1320 RUSSIA 1957 M.N. Ermolova, 40k brown & lilac, error text omitted (name of the artist), n.h., irregular perforations at top, rare stamp, only one sheet of 50 was issued, with Liapine certificate (Standart 2012Ta) ** Catalog #2026var Catalog Value $4,700 | Price Realized $4,250.00 |
 | Lot #1321 RUSSIA 1958 Mendeleyev Congress (unissued), overprinted in blue on 40k Butlerov, n.h., v.f. (Standart $1,600) ** | Price Realized $600.00 |
 | Lot #1322 RUSSIA 1958 Russian Industry, 40k Voroshilovgrad (this stamp was never issued because on March 5, 1958, the city's name reverted to its original name of Lugansk), line-perf. 12 1/2, unused (regummed), with Liapine certificate. A v.f. example of this rarity, only five reported (each affixed on presentation card and removed, hence they only exist without gum or regummed) (*) | Price Realized $9,500.00 |
 | Lot #1323 RUSSIA 1958 Radio Day (May 7), 40k line perf. 12 1/2, n.h., centered to top as often, fine and rare perforation variety, with Liapine certificate (Standard 2063A) ** Catalog #2063var Catalog Value $5,600 | Price Realized $5,500.00 |
 | Lot #1324 RUSSIA 1958 International Geophysical Year, 40k line-perf. 12 1/4, n.h., v.f., with Liapine certificate. A rarity (Standart 2089A) ** Catalog #2089var Catalog Value $4,000 | Price Realized $4,750.00 |
 | Lot #1325 RUSSIA 1958 Russian Industry, 40k Factories, two different, each line-perf. 12 1/2, well centered and post office fresh, n.h., v.f., with Liapine certificate (Standart 2159A,2161A) ** Catalog #2116,17var Catalog Value $5,480 | Price Realized $4,750.00 |
 | Lot #1326 RUSSIA 1958 Russian Industry, 40k Chelyabinsk Tractor Factory, line-perf. 12 1/2, left sheet margin single, well centered and post office fresh, n.h., v.f., with Liapine certificate (Standart 2160A) ** Catalog #2118var Catalog Value $3,700 | Price Realized $10,000.00 |
 | Lot #1327 RUSSIA 1958 40th Anniversary of the Komsomol, 40k line perf. 12 1/2, n.h., v.f., with Liapine certificate (Standart 2162A) ** Catalog #2135var Catalog Value $3,700 | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
 | Lot #1328 RUSSIA 1958 University of International Friendship, 40k line-perf. 12 1/2, n.h., v.f., with Liapine certificate. A rarity (Standart 2408A) ** Catalog #2402var Catalog Value $2,800 | Price Realized $3,250.00 |
 | Lot #1329 RUSSIA 1959 Darwin, 40k line-perf. 12 1/2, left sheet margin single, n.h., v.f., with Liapine certificate (Standart 2189A) ** Catalog #2166var Catalog Value $3,400 | Price Realized $2,000.00 |
 | Lot #1330 RUSSIA 1960 Liberation of Korea, 40k line perf. 12 1/2, n.h., v.f., with Liapine certificate (Standart 2421A) ** Catalog #2407var Catalog Value $2,300 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1331 RUSSIA 1960 Flowers, 1r line perf. 12 1/2, n.h., natural gum wrinkles and tiny color spot on back, v.f., with Liapine certificate (Standart 2416A) ** Catalog #2415var Catalog Value $2,300 | Price Realized $3,000.00 |
 | Lot #1332 RUSSIA 1960 Uzbek Folk Costumes, 60k line perf. 12 1/2, n.h., natural gum wrinkles, v.f., with Liapine certificate (Standart 2423A) ** Catalog #2417var Catalog Value $2,200 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1333 RUSSIA 1962 Soviet Sculptor, I.D. Shadr, 4k line-perf. 12 1/2, n.h., v.f., with Liapine certificate (Standart 2631A) ** Catalog #2620var Catalog Value $2,000 | Price Realized $1,700.00 |
 | Lot #1334 RUSSIA 1965 Lenin, 10k horizontal pair, imperf. between, used on cover, v.f. (Standart 3100var, cat. $3,400 for unused) Catalog #3024var | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #1335 RUSSIA 1966 Luna-9, complete sheet of eight se-tenant strips of three, variety imperf. at left, n.h. and post office fresh, v.f. and scarce sheet containing eight error strips (Standart 3345Pa) **Catalog #3274var Catalog Value $9,600 | Price Realized $3,000.00 |
 | Lot #1336 RUSSIA 1966 Luna-9, complete sheet of eight se-tenant strips of three, variety imperf. at right, n.h. and post office fresh, v.f., scarce (Standart 3347Pa, unpriced unused) **Catalog #3276var | Price Realized $5,250.00 |
 | Lot #1337 RUSSIA 1967 Soviet Ice Hockey Champions, 10k overprinted "Vienna 1967", top sheet margin strip of four, overprinted obviously shifted to top and bottom, completely omitted from the two stamps at left, displaced to left and struck in four different places in sheet margin, folded between stamps, h.r. in margin only, stamps n.h., v.f. A spectacular rarity, with Liapine certificate (Standart 3384var) ** Catalog #3315var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1338 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"), right sheet margin single, n.h., v.f. (Standart 4049var) ** Catalog #3966var Catalog Value $3,700 | Price Realized $3,250.00 |
 | Lot #1339 RUSSIA 1981 Sailing Ship "Tovarishch", 4k imperforate vertical pair, used in 1983 with additional franking on registered cover from Tallinn to USA, v.f., with arrival pmk (Standart 5162Pa, $940 for unused) Catalog #4981var | Price Realized $200.00 |
 | Lot #1340 RUSSIA 1982 Garibaldi, 6k imperforate bottom sheet margin pair, used in 1983 with additional franking on registered cover from Tallinn to USA, v.f., with arrival pmk (Standart 5257Pa, $1,880 for unused) Catalog #5076var | Price Realized $210.00 |
 | Lot #1341 RUSSIA 1987 Polar Bears, set of four mini-sheets, n.h., minor corner creases, otherwise v.f. (Standart 5746-49) **Catalog #5541a-44a Catalog Value $900 | Price Realized $450.00 |
