U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
May 5-6, 2015
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #1318 RUSSIA 1832 FL from St. Petersburg, sent via Memel to Bordeaux where it was disinfected, with slits, also boxed "Prusse par Forbach" and accountancy mark, address somewhat smeared, otherwise fine, with arrival pmk  | Price Realized $170.00 |
 | Lot #1319 RUSSIA 1849 (16 July) small FL from St. Petersburg to France, attractive illustrated stationery sheet, with boxed two line departure datestamp, sent to Nice, taxed 20(deci), with red "T.A.3" and "12 Ago" arrival hs, v.f. | Price Realized $170.00 |
 | Lot #1320 RUSSIA 1853 10k black, stationery entire envelope cancelled by pen, with "Oboyan July 27" departure pmk, addressed to Smolensk, fine | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #1321 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown & blue, margins all around, beautiful colors, tied by oval "Walk" departure pmk on FL to Riga, with additional "Walk.Lif. 18" (Walk, Lifland province, plus first two year numerals) plus "Polucheno 19 May, 1858" arrival pmks on back, addressee's name and address obliterated by pen, v.f., signed Diena Catalog #1 | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
 | Lot #1322 RUSSIA 1866 20k and 30k vertically laid paper, used in 1872 on registered cover from Odessa to Vienna, oval "Frankirovano" in violet, four intact wax seals of the German Consulate in Odessa, 29 May departure and Vienna arrival pmks on back, filing fold and minor staple rust away from the stamps, fine example of quadruple weight, registered letter rate to Austria (40k+10k), with 1993 Mikulski cert. Catalog #24a,25a | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #1323 RUSSIA 1884 3.50r gray, horizontally (instead of vertically) laid paper, used, cancelled 1885, well centered but with usual faults (high value stamps were usually affixed to parcels and carelessly removed, becoming damaged in the process), fine appearance, extremely rare, with Robineau certificate, O Catalog #39a Catalog Value $15,000 | Price Realized $7,000.00 |
 | Lot #1324 RUSSIA 1893 (11 Jan) 7k stationery entire, additionally franked on front with 7k blue and on reverse with 1k yellow and 4k red (another stamp missing), registered from Revel (now Tallinn, Estonia) to Montevideo, Uruguay, fine, with arrival pmk, scarce destination | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #1325 RUSSIA 1902 25k dull green & lilac, center inverted, light postmark Zhitomir 20 July 1906, fresh and fine inverted center, known only used, with 2012 Philatelic Foundation Certificate, O Catalog #64a Catalog Value $6,500 | Price Realized $2,500.00 |
 | Lot #1326 RUSSIA 1909 10k dark blue, vertical pair, printed on both sides, v.f. and extremely rare variety * Catalog #79var | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #1327 RUSSIA 1912 20k blue & red, background omitted, block of four, n.h., v.f.  ** | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #1328 RUSSIA 1913 Romanov Centenary Issue, 5r Nicholas II, horizontal pair, also 3r single, used with 14x35k, 10k, 2x1r and 5x7r Arms, also 10k/7k surcharge on both sides of a dispatch card for parcel valued at 90 rubles, from Harbin to Baku, with dispatch pmks and registration label. The charge of 7r, as indicated by crayon at bottom of the form, was paid by the pair of 1r, 14x35k and 10k. The additional charge of 48 rubles and 10k was actually made in Baku, where the additional stamps (5x7r, 3r, 2x5r and 10/7k) were added and cancelled (13 Feb 17), fine and spectacular usage from the Russian Post Office in Harbin (Manchuria) to Baku | Price Realized $3,000.00 |
 | Lot #1329 RUSSIA 1916 (10 June) cover franked with three uncancelled Romanov stamps sent to Amsterdam, opened by censor and backstamped, with return address showing that this cover was sent by a member of Belgian Armored squadron (Division Belge) serving with the Russian army, v.f. and rare | Price Realized $180.00 |
 | Lot #1330 RUSSIA 1916 Romanov "money" stamps, 1k and 2k overprinted, sheet corner margin blocks of 25, n.h., v.f. **Catalog #114-115 | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #1331 RUSSIA 1916 Romanov "money" stamps, 2k unoverprinted with coat of arms on reverse, two sheets of 100, n.h. and post office fresh, v.f., **Catalog #115 Catalog Value $7,000 | Price Realized $1,800.00 |
 | Lot #1332 RUSSIA 1919 (13 Apr) registered money transfer card from Elets (Orlov gouv.) to Riga, franked on both sides with Imperial 5k, 10k, 3.50r, paying 4,70r (postage, plus 50k insurance and 20k registration) used in combination with 35k and 70k RSFSR Chainbreakers, filing folds away from the stamps, fine-v.f., with arrival pmk on back Catalog #149-150 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #1333 RUSSIA 1921 definitives, selection of 24 varieties, including offsets (2r, 500r, 300r, 7,500r and 1000r), double impression, one inverted (7,500r two different shades), double impression (100r single and block of four, also 250r pair), triple impression (1000r), pre-print fold (7,500r), plate cracks (250r), fine-v.f. lot */** | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #1334 RUSSIA 1921 Science and Arts, 250r black, trial color proof on thick chalky surfaced paper, v.f. P Catalog #183P | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #1335 RUSSIA 1921 Science and Arts, 250r black, trial color proof on thick chalky surfaced paper, v.f. P Catalog #183P | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1336 RUSSIA 1921 5,000r on 2r, black surcharge inverted, two diff. shades, h.r., v.f. * Catalog #192a | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #1337 RUSSIA 1922 50r brown, upper left sheet corner margin imperf. block of six, printing partly omitted from two stamps, usual gum creases, fine and unusual variety ** | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #1338 RUSSIA 1922 (29 Apr) registered cover from Odessa to USA, franked on back with vertical gutter pair of 22,500r, also additional 75,000r franking made up of two pairs of 7,500r surcharges (one badly cut at bottom) and another regular pair of 22,500r, some cover wear, otherwise fine and scarce usage Catalog #206 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1339 RUSSIA 1923 1r-20r set of five perforated cross-gutter blocks of four, also 10r and 20r bottom sheet margin blocks of ten with Goznak plate and imprints, plus an additional block of 10r fold-over variety, part of printing omitted at bottom, fine lot for a specialist ** | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #1340 RUSSIA 1923 Exhibition, two imperforate sets, tied by exhibition postmarks (3 Sep) and used with additional franking on both sides of registered cover flown from Moscow to Zurich, red "Mit Luftpost Befordert Konigsberg" and arrival pmk (7 Sep), fine-v.f. Catalog #242-245 | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #1341 RUSSIA 1923 Exhibition, four imperforate sets, used on both sides of registered cover, flown from Moscow (25 Aug) to Germany, Konigsberg transit and Berlin Tempelhof arrival (27 Aug) pmks, fine Catalog #242-245 | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #1342 RUSSIA 1924 Definitives (typographed), 2k green imperforate horizontal pair, double impression at right, also watermarked 8k brown olive, small head variety, block of four, both items with invalidating perforations, fine ** | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #1343 RUSSIA 1927 surcharged 8kop on 7k (Popov), variety inverted "8", l.h., fine, signed Dr.P.Jemchouhin (Zagorsky 211Ka) * Catalog #353a | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #1344 RUSSIA 1935 Anti-War Issue, set of five, used with additional franking (some faults) on registered 20k stationery entire envelope addressed to Czechoslovakia, little toning and minor cover tears, fine and rare complete set on cover Catalog #546-50 | Price Realized $600.00 |
 | Lot #1345 RUSSIA 1935 Tolstoy, 20k perf. 11, vertical pair, imperf. between, cancelled to order, v.f. (Zagorsky 431Avar) O Catalog #579a,var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1346 RUSSIA 1940 Physical Culture Day (Sport), complete set in blocks of four, n.h., fine-v.f. **Catalog #784-88 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1347 RUSSIA 1941 Surikov, complete set in blocks of four, never hinged and post office fresh, v.f. **Catalog #845-849 | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #1348 RUSSIA 1944 Lenin, complete set, tied by Buzuluk cds on locally addressed registered cover, fine-v.f. Catalog #931-37 | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #1349 RUSSIA 1945 Bombers, large multiples comprising 40 sets (except for Zagorsky No. 899 only 36), all in blocks of four to part sheets of 28, n.h., fine-v.f. (it is possible to have six complete sets of blocks of four) (Zagorsky 896-904) ** | Price Realized $800.00 |
 | Lot #1350 RUSSIA 1948 Definitives, 5k-60k complete, 55 sets, mostly in large multiples, n.h., fine-v.f. (Zagorsky 1158-65) **Catalog #1214-21 | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #1351 RUSSIA 1951 Kalinin, 30 sets in blocks of four (6) and a block of six, n.h., few minor gum skips, fine-v.f. **Catalog #1563-1565 | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #1352 RUSSIA 1953 Lenin, three blocks of four, n.h., fine-v.f. **Catalog #1661 | Price Realized $120.00 |
 | Lot #1353 RUSSIA 1969 Russian Fairy Tales, illustrated by I.Bilibin, 4k-50k se-tenant strip of five, variety between 4th and 5th stamps, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #3662-66var | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #1354 RUSSIA 1983 F.P. Tolstoy (Russian Painter), 4k imperforate sheet margin single, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #5115var | Price Realized $550.00 |
