U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
September 9-10, 2014
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #910 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 P | Unsold |
 | Lot #911 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown & blue, margins all around, tied by "9" in oval of dots on FL from Tauroggen (today Taurage) to Riga, with boxed 1858 departure datestamp (also on back), with boxed "Polucheno 27 Sept 1858" arrival on back, usual filing fold well away from the stamp, fine and attractive Russia Number One on cover from Lithuania, ex-Matuzas  Catalog #1 | Unsold |
 | Lot #912 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown and blue, margins all around, tied by framed "Tauroggen 15 Mar 1858" datestamp on outer folded letter to St. Petersburg, usual filing folds away from the stamps, v.f. Russia Number one cover, signed Bolaffi, Diena Catalog #1 | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
 | Lot #913 RUSSIA 1858 30k carmine & green, unused (regummed), good color and perforations, fine (*) Catalog #10 | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #914 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 P | Unsold |
 | Lot #915 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 P | Unsold |
 | Lot #916 RUSSIA 1875 20k blue & orange, horizontal pair, right stamp crossed "T" variety, n.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 32,32Ka) ** Catalog #30,30a Catalog Value $ 720 | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #917 RUSSIA 1876 (10 Apr) postal card from Reval to Chemnitz, franked with two examples of 2k vertically laid paper, tied by cds, with departure postmark on back, arrival on front, fine and rare usage Catalog #26a | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #918 RUSSIA 1880 (Oct) outer FL from Riga to Amsterdam, paying 42k with 6x7k (horizontally laid paper), filing folds through one, otherwise fine, with arrival pmk Catalog #27 | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #919 RUSSIA 1884 7k blue, imperforate single, good color and margins, h.r., thin, otherwise fine, signed Mikulski (Zagorsky 35Pa) * Catalog #35a Catalog Value $ 1,200 | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #920 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 P | Unsold |
 | Lot #921 RUSSIA 1906 (vertically laid paper) 5r green and blue, sheet corner margin block of four, perf. separations, stamps n.h., v.f.  **Catalog #71 | Price Realized $190.00 |
 | Lot #922 RUSSIA 1909 15k blue, trial color proof, horizontal pair, n.h., right stamp creased, otherwise v.f., with Mikulski certificate P | Unsold |
 | Lot #923 RUSSIA 1917 (25.10) registered bank business cover from Moscow to Gomel (today second-largest city in Belarus), correctly franked with 35k, tied by cds, with additional Moscow (26.10) departure and Gomel (Mog.) arrival on 28th October, fine-v.f. A significant historical item used on the day of the Great October Revolution (on 7 November 1917, Vladimir Lenin led his revolutionaries in a revolt against the ineffective Provisional Government. Russia was still using the Julian Calendar at the time, so period references show a 25 October date. The October revolution ended the phase of the revolution instigated in February, replacing Russia's short-lived provisional parliamentary government with government by Soviets, local councils elected by bodies of workers and peasants) | Unsold |
 | Lot #924 RUSSIA 1917 Currency stamps, 1k orange and 2k green, panes of 25, unused without gum as issued, v.f., (*)Catalog #114-115 Catalog Value $ 1,500 | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #925 RUSSIA 1918 (19 Sep) home-made cover registered in Verny (today Almaty in Kazakhstan) franked on back with Postal Fiscals 5k, 20k and 75k, paying the proper 1r, side flaps opened, fine-v.f., rare | Unsold |
 | Lot #926 RUSSIA 1918 35k dark blue, upper left sheet corner margin single, variety imperf. at top, n.h., natural gum wrinkles, v.f. ** Catalog #149var | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #927 RUSSIA 1918 35k dark blue (100), apparently a complete sheet, used in combination with additional franking incl. Imperial Arms multiples, paying 63.50r on parcel card from Lyubintzy Novgorod Gouv. (23.11.19) to Petrograd, with invalidating punch holes applied to stamps and card, rare and unusual item Catalog #149var | Unsold |
 | Lot #928 RUSSIA 1918 70k red brown (40) including vertical strip of four on front, also panes of 16 and 20 on back, used in combination with imperf. 50k Imperial Arms, paying 28.50r on parcel card from Borovichi Novgorod Gouv. (22.11.19) to Petrograd, with arrival pmk (25.11), fine and rare Catalog #150 | Price Realized $1,200.00 |
 | Lot #929 RUSSIA 1918-19 selection of eight money transfer cards, franked with different combinations of postal fiscals 1k, 5k, 10k, also 50k, 5r,10r, 25r and 100r, used from Russian Central Asia incl. Novaya Bukhara, Chardzhui (Turkmenistan), Merke (Turkestan), Tomkak to Tashkent, Kokand (Fergana), also one from Kandalaksha to Petrozavodsk, etc., five are registered, some normal flaws, mostly fine-v.f., very rare group | Price Realized $1,800.00 |
 | Lot #930 RUSSIA 1921 (5 Sep) registered cover sent without stamps from Odessa to the United States, bearing the rare provisional 3-line handstamp "Oplacheno Diengami", with postmaster's signature at bottom ("Paid in Cash" amount of 3,125rub filled in by hand), New York (6 Nov) arrival pmks on back, usual cover wear, fine example of pre-payment of postage in cash, during the uncertainty of post-revolutionary inflation era | Unsold |
 | Lot #931 RUSSIA 1921 (27 Oct) small registered cover sent without stamps from Saratov to Leipzig, bearing "Von Ausland uber Berlin" registration label, Moscow transit and Leipzig (9.11) arrival pmks, framed "Pochtovyj Zbor" handstamp on back relative to the rate collected, with postmaster's signature | Unsold |
 | Lot #932 RUSSIA 1921 (16 Jan) registered cover sent without stamps from Gaisin to Germany, with "Von Ausland uber Berlin" registration label, Moscow transit and Berlin (3.2) arrival pmks, manuscript "Collected 10,000r" (correct rate) and postmaster's signature (due to constantly changing postal rates, shortages of stamps resulted in manuscript notations "collected in cash", "paid cash" etc. These envelopes were not normally saved by collectors and are considerably rare) | Unsold |
 | Lot #933 RUSSIA 1921 2r brown and 200r dark brown, each double impression, l.h. or n.h., v.f. * Catalog #178,182var | Price Realized $190.00 |
 | Lot #934 RUSSIA 1921 250r violet, horizontal pair, double impression, creases and offsets on back, fine ** Catalog #183var | Price Realized $130.00 |
 | Lot #935 RUSSIA 1921 250r violet, pelure (cigarette) paper, double impression, horizontal pair, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #183var | Price Realized $180.00 |
 | Lot #936 RUSSIA 1921 250r violet, double impression, pane of 20 (!), n.h., few minor gum inclusions or disturbances, v.f. and impressive multiple **Catalog #183var | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #937 RUSSIA 1921 300r green, block of six, double impression, additional diagonal fold-over variety resulting in partial printing on gum, n.h., v.f., rare **Catalog #184var | Price Realized $800.00 |
 | Lot #938 RUSSIA 1922 2,000r red, unissued design, imperf. vertical pair, proof on thick, cream paper, natural inclusion back, v.f., with 1998 Mandrovski certificate, only 50 printed (two panes of 25) (Liapine NP1) E | Price Realized $5,000.00 |
 | Lot #939 RUSSIA 1922 5,000r on 1r orange, horizontal pair, left stamp without surcharge, l.h., v.f. * Catalog #191var | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #940 RUSSIA 1922 5,000r on 2r light brown, basic stamp with double impression, horizontal gutter pair, lightly hinged in gutter, stamps n.h., v.f. A rare variety * Catalog #192var | Unsold |
 | Lot #941 RUSSIA 1922 5,000r on 5r gray blue, basic stamp double impression, l.h., v.f., rare * Catalog #193var | Unsold |
 | Lot #942 RUSSIA 1922 10,000r on 40r (type II), surcharge struck on both sides, displaced on back, block of four, n.h., v.f. **Catalog #195bvar | Unsold |
 | Lot #943 RUSSIA 1922 7,500r on 250r (ordinary paper), surcharged in blue black, horizontal gutter block of four, n.h., folded vertically in gutter between stamps, v.f., rare, with 2006 Mandrovski certificate (Zagorsky 46, catalogue value for four singles) **Catalog #201 Catalog Value $ 4,400 | Unsold |
 | Lot #944 RUSSIA 1922 7,500r on 250r violet, double surcharge, one displaced horizontally, complete pane of 25, n.h., v.f. and spectacular item **Catalog #201var | Unsold |
 | Lot #945 RUSSIA 1922 7,500r on 250r violet, single and gutter block of six, paying 52,500r on back of home-made cover from Imkumsk 5.5.22 to Moscow, with 10.5. 22 arrival, cover reduced at top, initial "postage due" handstamp applied, then cancelled after franking verified, fine Catalog #201var | Unsold |
 | Lot #946 RUSSIA 1922 10,000r greenish blue, vertical watermark, block of four, l.h. at top, bottom stamps n.h., v.f. */**Catalog #204 | Unsold |
 | Lot #947 RUSSIA 1922 10,000r greenish blue, unwatermarked and gummed proof, l.h., v.f. * Catalog #204P | Unsold |
 | Lot #948 RUSSIA 1922 10r brown & black, double impression, h.r., v.f. * Catalog #212var | Unsold |
 | Lot #949 RUSSIA 1923 3r red, imperf. sheet margin single, double impression, one inverted, h.r., v.f. and rare unlisted variety * Catalog #238avar | Unsold |
 | Lot #950 RUSSIA 1923 20r lilac, imperf. left sheet margin horizontal strip of three, overprinted "Obrazets" in red, partly shifted to bottom, showing at top, n.h., marginal creases, v.f. S Catalog #241AS | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #951 RUSSIA 1923 (21 Sep) registered cover to Riga, franked on both sides, paying the correct registered foreign letter rate of 60r (effective on September 16), with RSFSR 2x5r and 20r on front, used in combination with 250r on 500r Foreign Exchange surcharges (the latter showing a significant shift), additionally franked on back with perforated and imperforate sets of the First Agricultural and Craft Exhibition, all tied by Moscow departure pmks, arriving in Latvia on 25th September, fine and exceptional RSFSR and Soviet Union combination (with the commemorative sets on back, it was obviously necessary to place the tax stamps on front of the cover) Catalog #242-249 | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
 | Lot #952 RUSSIA 1924 (29 May) registered cover from Kharkov to London, franked on back with imperf. pair of 2k green, used in combination with imperf. Lenin 6k single and horizontal strip of five (three stamps showing a pronounced shift of the red border), also the 1k Foreign Exchange Tax stamp (tied by red control handstamp), arrival pmk, fine Catalog #251,266 | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #953 RUSSIA 1924 (3 July) registered cover from Moscow to Harbin, China (pre-printed, bilingual envelope), paying 40k foreign registered letter rate with imperf. pair of 2k green and 12x3k red brown (two pairs and block of 8), all franked on back, also with 12k Foreign Exchange Tax stamps, vertical pair of 1k on 1r (lower stamp variety smaller "C.C." of "C.C.C.P."), and 10k on 10r, tied by boxed handstamp, Harbin arrival (17 July), fine and rare destination Catalog #251,278 | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #954 RUSSIA 1924 Definitives (typographed), 30k violet, n.h., fine and scarce stamp (Zagorsky 52) ** Catalog #288A Catalog Value $ 780 | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #955 RUSSIA 1926 (15 June) registered cover originating from Tashkent, sent through the Moscow control office to Curitiba, Brazil, paying 28k foreign registered letter rate with pair of 5k, 15k defnitives, used in combination with 3k Lomonosov, tied by cds, with 5k on 1k Foreign Exchange tax stamp and arrival pmk on back, fine cover to uncommon destination Catalog #308,315,326a | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #956 RUSSIA 1927 14k blue & red, vertical gutter pair, n.h., v.f., scarce (Zagorsky 206) ** Catalog #379 Catalog Value $ 1,100 | Price Realized $800.00 |
 | Lot #957 RUSSIA 1928 (31 July), registered cover originating from Gudauty, Soviet Socialist Republic of Abkhazia, processed as always through the Moscow control point, franked with pair of 18k (watermarked) adhesives, sent to Germany, with 5k Foreign Exchange tax stamp and Gandersheim arrival pmk. A fine cover from uncommon origin, late usage of the Foreign Exchange surcharges (stated to have been withdrawn as of 31 December 1927) Catalog #316 | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #958 RUSSIA 1929 (27 Mar), registered cover to St. Johns, Newfoundland, franked with 2x14k Lenin, handstamped "with philatelic material" and 5r on 500r Foreign Control tax stamp on back, New York and Boston transit pmks, arriving on 22 April in Newfoundland, fine cover to an uncommon destination Catalog #392 | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #959 RUSSIA 1932 (21 Nov) registered cover from Moscow to Addis Ababa, franked with 10k and 28k commemoratives and on back 25k on 70k Foreign Exchange Tax stamp, transit pmks of Trieste, Milano and Bologna, arriving in Addis Ababa on 22nd December (arrival pmk "1921" year date error, should have been "1932"), fine and scarce usage to Ethiopia (addressed to Everett Andrew Colson, pre-CIA American lawyer, war department employee and financial advisor to the Emperor) Catalog #430,440 | Price Realized $450.00 |
| Lot #960 RUSSIA 1932-39 four complete sets, including 1932 10th Anniversary of the October Revolution (n.h.), 1938 Child Welfare (l.h.), 1939 "New Moscow" (n.h.) and Civil Aviation (watermarked, h.r. with some toning), fine-v.f. */** | Price Realized $180.00 | |
 | Lot #961 RUSSIA 1934 Mendeleev, set of four complete, n.h., fine-v.f., ** Catalog #536-539 Catalog Value $ 750 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #962 RUSSIA 1935 Engels, 5k-20k complete set of four blocks of four, n.h., post office fresh, v.f. (Zverev $9,000) **Catalog #555-558 | Price Realized $8,000.00 |
 | Lot #963 RUSSIA 1935 PLEASE NOTE - DESCRIPTION CHANGE - Congress of Persian Art, set of four blocks of four, n.h. and post office fresh, except two right stamps of 35k hinged, v.f., rare in blocks (Zverev $9,000, Liapine Euro 25,000) */**Catalog #569-572 | Price Realized $6,500.00 |
 | Lot #964 RUSSIA 1937 Pushkin, two souvenir sheets (ordinary paper), used with additional franking on large cover, registered in 1939 to Tel Aviv, with British "Opened by Censor" labels at right, also 10k on 70k Foreign Exchange Tax stamp on back, fine and rare usage Catalog #596 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #965 RUSSIA 1937 Pushkin souvenir sheet, used with additional franking on large cover, registered in 1939 to Tel Aviv,10k on 70k Foreign Exchange Tax stamp on back, v.f. and rare usage, with arrival pmk Catalog #596 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #966 RUSSIA 1938 Pioneers, 1k green, sheet margin block of four, with considerable offset especially prominent in the bottom right margin, v.f. ** | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #967 RUSSIA 1939 30k on 4k claret, block of ten, n.h., fine-v.f., **Catalog #743 Catalog Value $ 350 | Price Realized $210.00 |
 | Lot #968 RUSSIA 1948 Soccer, 30k block of four, imperforate between, n.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 1221var) **Catalog #1255var | Price Realized $2,800.00 |
 | Lot #969 RUSSIA 1950 Decembrists, 25 copies (including 5 blocks of four), n.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 1504) **Catalog #1536 Catalog Value $ 1,200 | Price Realized $425.00 |
 | Lot #970 RUSSIA 1950 Decembrists, 25 copies (including 3 blocks of four), n.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 1504) **Catalog #1536 Catalog Value $ 1,200 | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #971 RUSSIA 1952 Ordzhonikidze, 20 sets (5 sets of blocks of four), n.h., some signed Stolow, v.f. (Zagorsky 1590-91) **Catalog #1622-23 Catalog Value $ 1,280 | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #972 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 (Zagorsky 4049var) ** Catalog #3966var Catalog Value $ 3,700 | Price Realized $2,900.00 |
