U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
June 10-11, 2014
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
| Lot #1256 RUSSIA 1782-1917 Imperial Postal History collection, written up exhibition style (mostly in English) on pages, starting with pre-philatelic, covering the various outposts of the Russian empire, including Poland, Russian Far East including China, numerous comments by postal clerks and officials, uncommon destinations and more. There are 309 exhibition pages, with 554 covers, folded letters, parcel cards, postcards, money orders, stationery entires, neatly arranged in order with pre-philatelic single straight-line handstamps, numeral postmarks, railway markings, maritime, fieldpost offices (covering Russo-Turkish Wars, Russian Corps in China, Russo-Japanese and First World Wars), Temporary post offices (Fieldpost on maneuvers). Another section deals with special postmarks and those include payment marks, "time of day" arrival handstamps (some from overseas), registration markings, routing and delayed delivery, "damaged in transit," addressee search and unable to deliver postmarks (insufficiently paid, franked up to  | Unsold | |
 | Lot #1257 RUSSIA 1858 10k brown and blue, beautiful deep color, tied by "393" numeral in dots cancel on outer FL from Dorpat to Riga, with corresponding departure (29 Nov 1858) circular postmark and "Polucheno" arrival datestamp Catalog #2 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1258 RUSSIA 1902 7k dark blue, imperforate single, displaced background as often, v.f., with Hovest certificate O Catalog #59b | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #1259 RUSSIA 1902 25k dull green & lilac, center inverted, cancelled Zhitomir (30 Mar 1906), well centered, v.f., signed Mikulski. A rare inverted center, known only used, O Catalog #64a Catalog Value $6,500 | Price Realized $3,000.00 |
 | Lot #1260 RUSSIA 1913 Romanov Tercentenary, trial color die proofs selection of eight different, including 2k brown, 3k orange brown, 4k emerald green, 14k ultramarine, 15k purple, 20k black, 35k olive brown and 50k gray blue, v.f. and rare group P | Price Realized $6,250.00 |
 | Lot #1261 RUSSIA 1913 Romanov Tercentenary, bi-color trial color die proofs selection of four different, including 15k green & purple, 35k lilac & green, 50k blue & magenta and 70k orange red & ultramarine, v.f., scarce P | Price Realized $3,250.00 |
 | Lot #1262 RUSSIA 1913 Romanov Tercentenary, die proof of blue center only (Nicholas II), also 35k magenta, die proof of frame only, v.f. P | Unsold |
 | Lot #1263 RUSSIA 1919 (5 Apr) registered cover from Moscow to Petrograd, paying 3r with five imperforate blocks of 4x10k dark blue, used in combination with pair of perforated 50k, fine and scarce usage, with arrival (8 April) pmk on back Catalog #124 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1264 RUSSIA 1923 (18 Oct) cover from Moscow to Munich, paying 45r (1923) plus 12k (gold), with 5r and 2x20r RSFSR, used in combination with 12x1k imperforate (gold) definitives. With the October 18 conversion value at 550r to 1r gold, the 45r (RSFSR) equal just over 8k (gold) for a total of 20k, which was the correct rate for foreign letter rate, fine mixed RSFSR/Soviet definitives cover, with "Obmen 250r" red surcharge (variety displaced overprint) on 35k chainbreakers on back Catalog #240,241A,250 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1265 RUSSIA 1923 10r gray, imperforate sheetlet of 25, with intact inscription at bottom, n.h., usual gum wrinkles, v.f.  **Catalog #241d | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1266 RUSSIA 1924 Definitives (typographed) 6k black, perforated and gummed trial color proof, also 6k blue imperf. sheet margin single, plus invalidated proof of Red Army soldier (1r), value and inscriptions omitted, v.f. * | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #1267 RUSSIA 1925 Definitives (watermarked), 4k black (two) invalidated perforated and gummed trial color proofs, also 8k olive (typographed), fine * | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #1268 RUSSIA 1925 Definitives (watermarked), 2k, 5k and 8k varieties, each pre-print fold, first two used, last one n.h., fine-v.f., unusual O* | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #1269 RUSSIA 1925 (4 Aug) registered cover (actually Imperial 7k stationery entire envelope with dark violet Ukrainian trident handstamp) from Moscow to England, correctly paying 40k foreign registered letter rate with 4x10k dark blue (perf. 12); on back there are 5x5k on 1k Foreign Exchange Tax stamps, tied by a large violet handstamp, London transit and Colchester arrival pmks, fine and unusual franking Catalog #285a | Unsold |
 | Lot #1270 RUSSIA 1925 Definitives (watermarked), complete set of 22, n.h., fine-v.f. (Zagorsky 76-97) ** Catalog #304-325 Catalog Value $650 | Price Realized $270.00 |
 | Lot #1271 RUSSIA 1925 Definitives (watermarked), complete less 30k and 40k, 20 different, n.h., fine-v.f. (Zagorsky 76-90,93-97) ** Catalog #304/325 | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #1272 RUSSIA 1925 Definitives (watermarked), complete less 4k, 30k and 40k, 19 different, n.h., fine-v.f. (Zagorsky 76-78,80-90,93-97) ** Catalog #304/325 | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #1273 RUSSIA 1926 Definitives (watermarked), 8k lithographed, vertical gutter pair, folded between stamps, l.h. at top, bottom n.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 118) */** | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #1274 RUSSIA 1926 (28 Oct) registered cover from Moscow to Sofia, franked with Esperanto Congress 7k horizontal gutter pair and single 14k, paying correct 28k foreign registered letter rate, with 25k on 7k Foreign Exchange tax stamp on back, contents value "1175" rubles indicated by pen, Sofia arrival (3 Nov) cds on back, fine, possibly unique example of the rare gutter pair on cover Catalog #347,348 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1275 RUSSIA 1927 8k on 3k (lithographed), 8k on 8k green (typographed), each with surcharge inverted, l.h., fine and scarce * | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #1276 RUSSIA 1927 registered cover from Moscow to Switzerland, franked with six different (two imperf.) "8k" surcharges, with 25k on 7k Foreign Exchange Tax stamp on back, Geneva arrival, fine. A rare cover Catalog #353/358 | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #1277 RUSSIA 1927 Esperanto, 14k thin paper, vertical pair imperf. horizontally between, perf. 10 3/4:10 1/2, small h.r. at top, v.f. and extremely rare genuine error (not to be confused with the part perforated imitations, privately made from the less expensive imperforate pairs on thick paper) (Zagorsky 184Pb) * Catalog #374var Catalog Value $9,400 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1278 RUSSIA 1931 (25 Sep) 5k stationery card additionally franked with diagonal half of 5k green, used from "Romnya Poltava", with cds (bisect previously cancelled and not tied on this card), with "Novaya Bukhara" arrival postmark alongside, fine and scarce usage, with 2008 Mandrovski certificate Catalog #419var | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #1279 RUSSIA 1935 Tolstoy, 3k perf. 14, vertical pair, imperf. between, used, v.f. (Zagorsky 429) O Catalog #577var Catalog Value $980 | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #1280 RUSSIA 1937 Pushkin, 28 souvenir sheets, n.h., occasional flaws, mostly fine-v.f. (Zagorsky Bl.1) ** Catalog #596a Catalog Value $1,736 | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #1281 RUSSIA 1937 Pushkin, two souvenir sheets, used in combination with additional franking on two covers to USA, minor flaws, mostly fine-v.f. Catalog #596a | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #1282 RUSSIA 1937 Architecture of Moscow, imperforate singles 3k, 5k, 10k, 15k and 20k, also horizontal left sheet margin (42mm) imperforate pair of 40k violet, 10k l.h., others n.h. (some hinged in outer sheet margin only), occasional natural gum wrinkles and minor inclusions, v.f., scarce group */** Catalog #597-601,603var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1283 RUSSIA 1937 Architecture of Moscow, 50k brown, imperforate sheet margin single, with gum (which is not original), v.f., signed Shtern (*) Catalog #604var | Price Realized $1,600.00 |
 | Lot #1284 RUSSIA 1938 Rustaveli, 20k horizontal pair, left stamp variety imperf. at left, n.h., v.f., seldom seen in such perfect condition ** Catalog #610var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1285 RUSSIA 1938 Red Army, 80k variety imperf. at bottom, n.h., fingerprints on gum, v.f. (Zagorsky 495Pb) ** Catalog #634var Catalog Value $2,500 | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #1286 RUSSIA 1938 Sports, 200 sets, cancelled to order, all in folded sheets or large multiples, n.h., fine-v.f. (Zagorsky 558-565) Catalog #698-705 Catalog Value $6,400 | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #1287 RUSSIA 1938 Motorcyclist, 20k variety imperf. at left, cancelled to order (h.r.), faint hinge stain which shows through, still fine and undercatalogued variety (Zagorsky 561Pc) O Catalog #701var Catalog Value $940 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1288 RUSSIA 1938 Skier, 30k variety imperf. at top, cancelled to order (h.r.), natural gum creases, fine and undercatalogued variety (Zagorsky 562Pb) O Catalog #702var Catalog Value $780 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1289 RUSSIA 1942 World War II, 60k variety imperf. at bottom, l.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 742) * Catalog #871var Catalog Value $1,600 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1290 RUSSIA 1943 Gorki, 60k horizontal pair imperf. between, n.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 767Pb) ** Catalog #896var Catalog Value $1,600 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1291 RUSSIA 1946 Bombers, 1r dark gray, variety imperf. at bottom, left sheet margin horizontal pair, n.h., fine-v.f., rare (Zagorsky 898Pa, catalogue value for used) ** Catalog #993var Catalog Value $1,940 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1292 RUSSIA 1949 Lenin Mausoleum, imperf. souvenir sheet of four, cancelled to order with bi-lingual "Riga" cancel, n.h., with slight gum wrinkles and adhesions, v.f., rare (Zagorsky Block 11) Catalog #1327a Catalog Value $1,450 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #1293 RUSSIA 1950 Aivazovsky, first printing 40k and 50k, special perforated sheetlets of 10 (2x5), white chalk surfaced paper, with yellowish gum, never hinged, folded once horizontally between stamps, with marginal flaws and creases and bottom, some reinforcing not affecting stamps, with government printer's red and blue handstamps applied to lower right sheet corner margin, fine-v.f., extremely rare set of sheetlets of which only a few exist, each with 2005 Mandrovski certificate (Zagorsky 1497,1498) **Catalog #1529,1530var Catalog Value €18,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1294 RUSSIA 1954 Elections to the Supreme Soviet, 40k printed on regular paper (instead of chalk surfaced paper), n.h., v.f. and rare unlisted variety ** Catalog #1692var | Price Realized $575.00 |
 | Lot #1295 RUSSIA 1958 Russian Industry, 40k Voroshilovgrad, n.h., fine. This stamp was never issued because on March 5, 1958, the city's name reverted to its original name of Lugansk (Zagorsky) ** Catalog Value $1,200 | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #1296 RUSSIA 1960 Flower, 60k unissued design in small size, n.h., v.f., only 20-25 believed to exist (a similar stamp brought $8,625 in our Shtern sale) ** Catalog #2414var | Price Realized $3,250.00 |
 | Lot #1297 RUSSIA 1961 Space Station "Venera 1", 6k and 10k, line perforated 12 1/2, set of two sheet margin blocks of four, n.h., v.f., rare perforation varieties (6k largest known multiple, or unique block of four) (Standard 2464A-65A, catalogue value for singles) **Catalog #2456-57var Catalog Value $31,200 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1298 RUSSIA 1965 Lenin, 10k variety imperf. at left, cancelled to order (n.h.), v.f., only known used (Zagorsky 3100Pa) O Catalog #3024var Catalog Value $2,200 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1299 RUSSIA 1965 20th Anniversary of the Great Patriotic War, 2k printed on regular paper (instead of chalk surfaced paper), left sheet margin single, n.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 3108Va) ** Catalog #3031var Catalog Value $250 | Price Realized $180.00 |
 | Lot #1300 RUSSIA 1965 Democratic Women's Federation, 6k unissued variety inscribed "World" instead of "International", n.h., v.f. and rare, with regular stamp included for comparison (Zagorsky 3160var) ** Catalog #3093var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1301 RUSSIA 1966 Cosmonaut's Day, 12k horizontal pair imperf. between, cancelled to order (n.h.), v.f. (Zagorsky 3257var) O Catalog #3194var Catalog Value $2,800 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1302 RUSSIA 1967 Aivazovsky, 4k variety imperf. at bottom, cancelled to order (n.h.), natural inclusion, otherwise v.f. (Zagorsky 3496Pa) O Catalog #3420var Catalog Value $600 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1303 RUSSIA 1967 Korin, 6k variety imperf. at right, cancelled to order (n.h.), v.f., unpriced used (Zagorsky 3498Pc) O Catalog #3424var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1304 RUSSIA 1971 2,500th Anniversary of Feodosia, 10k variety imperf. at right, cancelled to order, n.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 3896Pa) O Catalog #3824var Catalog Value $2,200 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1305 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. (Zagorsky 4049var) ** | Unsold |
 | Lot #1306 RUSSIA 1976 Industry, 4k imperf. sheet margin vertical pair, n.h., slight gum disturbance, v.f. (Zagorsky 4567Pa) ** Catalog #4476var Catalog Value $3,800 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1307 RUSSIA 1976 59th Anniversary of the Revolution, 4k imperf. single, n.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 4586Pa) ** Catalog #4497var Catalog Value $3,100 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1308 RUSSIA 1976 Flowers, 2k, 3k and 4k, imperf. sheet margin singles, n.h. but with usual gum disturbances, fine-v.f. (Zagorsky 4596-4598Pa) ** Catalog #4506-08var Catalog Value $2,610 | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #1309 RUSSIA 1980 New Year, 4k imperf. sheet margin single, n.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 4948Pa) ** Catalog #4792var Catalog Value $6,200 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1310 RUSSIA 1980 Mordovian ASSR, 4k imperf. single, n.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 4964Pa) ** Catalog #4806var Catalog Value $2,500 | Price Realized $1,600.00 |
 | Lot #1311 RUSSIA 1980 Helicopters, 15k and 32k, imperf. sheet margin horizontal pairs, n.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 5010-5011Pa) ** Catalog #4832-33var Catalog Value $14,400 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1312 RUSSIA 1980 Ingres, 32k imperf. sheet margin horizontal pair, n.h., few wrinkles, still v.f. (Zagorsky 5037Pa) ** Catalog #4858var Catalog Value $6,200 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1313 RUSSIA 1980 Jean August Ingres, 32k imperf. sheet margin single, used on registered FDC, v.f. (Zagorsky 5037Pa, catalogue value for unused) Catalog #4858var Catalog Value $3,100 | Price Realized $575.00 |
 | Lot #1314 RUSSIA 1981 Sailing Ship Tovarishch, 4k imperf. single, n.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 5162Pa) ** Catalog #4981var Catalog Value $470 | Price Realized $190.00 |
 | Lot #1315 RUSSIA 1982 Garibaldi, 6k imperf. single, n.h., light facial scuffs, otherwise v.f. (Zagorsky 5257Pa) ** Catalog #5076var Catalog Value $950 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1316 RUSSIA 1983 unissued Christmas and New Year sheetlet of 12, with simulated perforations, numbered at top, n.h., v.f. and colorful ** | Price Realized $625.00 |
 | Lot #1317 RUSSIA 1983 20th Anniversary of the Space Flight of Valentina V. Tereshkova, first woman in Space, 10k multicolor, imperforate miniature sheetlet of eight with large margins all around, n.h., with usual fingerprints and wrinkles, still v.f. and probably the best quality of the only six (!) intact imperforate sheetlets known (two others were cut up into singles). A rarity from the Soviet Union, with Liapine certificate (Zagorsky Msheet 5335var) **Catalog #5153a,var Catalog Value $77,500 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1318 RUSSIA 1983 Lighthouse, 1k imperf. sheet margin single, n.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 5361Pa) ** Catalog #5179var Catalog Value $1,200 | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #1319 RUSSIA 1983 Sidorenko, 4k imperf. left margin horizontal pair, n.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 5378Pa) ** Catalog #5196var Catalog Value $3,800 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1320 RUSSIA 1984 Tanks, 10k imperf. vertical pair, n.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 5403Pa) ** Catalog #5220var Catalog Value $3,800 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1321 RUSSIA 1988 Icebreaker "Sabir", imperf. sheet margin block of four, n.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 5934Pa) **Catalog #5713var Catalog Value $3,760 | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #1322 RUSSIA 1989 Shevchenko, imperf. horizontal pair, without gum as issued, v.f. (Zagorsky 5982Pa) (*) Catalog #5756var Catalog Value $1,240 | Price Realized $575.00 |
 | Lot #1323 RUSSIA 1989 International Letter Writing Week and 72nd Anniversary of the Revolution, imperf. horizontal pairs, n.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 6030,6043Pa) ** Catalog #5795,5814var Catalog Value $700 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1324 RUSSIA 1990 Capitals of the Republics, set of 13 blocks of four, complete as issued, n.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 6102/6116Pa) **Catalog #5854/5868var Catalog Value $3,680 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1325 RUSSIA 1990 Poultry (Ducks and Geese), set of six imperf. sheet margin singles, n.h., fine-v.f. (Zagorsky 6155-6160Pa) ** Catalog #5906-5911var Catalog Value $840 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1326 RUSSIA 1991 Marine Animals, 4k and 20k, imperf. sheet margins pairs, n.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 6214,6218Pa) ** Catalog #5954,5958var Catalog Value $3,020 | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
