U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History; July 15, 2015: The Confino Collection of United States
July 8-9, 2015
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #1184 RUSSIA 1836 (1 July) FL from St. Petersburg (pre-printed business text, also written in German) to Bordeaux, red L.P.B. 5 and framed "Hollande par Thionville" and arrival cds on back, fine  | Unsold |
 | Lot #1185 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown & blue, cancelled "451" (Melitopol) in rectangle of dots, ample margins all around, v.f., with 1999 Mikulski certificate O Catalog #1 | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #1186 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown and blue, used, bottom sheet margin single, v.f., signed Dr.Ferchenbauer O Catalog #1 | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #1187 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown & blue, horizontal pair, brilliant colors, cut close at bottom and in at right, tied by boxed Kharkov 4 May 1858 datestamp on FL to St. Petersburg, filing fold through the stamps at top, with additional faults, fine appearance, with 10 May arrival pmk on back. Pairs of Russia Number One on cover are very scarce Catalog #1 | Price Realized $3,250.00 |
 | Lot #1188 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown and blue, large, even margins all around, brilliant colors, cancelled by pen cross on large part of outer FL addressed to Rostov Fair (Rostowskyj Yarmark), partial departure postmark on back (possibly Pernow), light natural wear, fresh and v.f., signed Eisold, with 2005 Hovest certificate Catalog #1 | Price Realized $2,500.00 |
 | Lot #1189 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown & blue, margins all around, v.f., tied by boxed "Wilno 16 Nov. 1858" datestamp on cover addressed to Strzala (Poland), some toning and backflap mending, otherwise fine Catalog #1 | Price Realized $3,500.00 |
 | Lot #1190 RUSSIA 1858 10k brown & blue, tied by a perfect strike of "55" in circle of dots cancel, on outer FL from Cherson to Odessa, with framed 4 Sep 1858 departure datestamp on back, filing fold away from the stamp, minor perf. toning, otherwise fine cover from the "Fratelli Rokka" correspondence Catalog #2 | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #1191 RUSSIA 1858 10k brown & blue, cancelled by "391" in rectangle of dots on outer FL from Werro to Riga, with framed 9 October departure datestamp on back, part of "Polucheno" (received) and corresponding docketing, filing folds away from the stamp, fine usage from a small town in present-day Estonia Catalog #2 | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #1192 RUSSIA 1858 10k brown and blue, used April 18 on folded letter from Torzhok (Tver province) to Moscow, fine early usage Catalog #2 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1193 RUSSIA 1858 30k carmine & green, tied by 1 April 1865 cds on FL to Syra, charged "50" in crayon, with Greek 10L and 40L Large Hermes Heads, margins all around except 40L touching at bottom, cancelled by Syros 19 Apr cds, additional departure, Odessa transit and arrival pmks on back, diagonal slit (disinfection), fine Catalog #10 | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #1194 RUSSIA 1875 (4 July) registered cover (petition) from Ushchitza to Kamenetz, paying 39 kopeck with three each 3k and 10k, fine-v.f., with arrival pmk on back | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1195 RUSSIA 1875 7k, 8k, 10k and 20k, four sheet corner margin panes of 25, last one from the lower right corner, position 80 with crossed "t" in "dwatsat" (20), 7k and 10k upper left and 8k upper right positions, some hinge reinforcements and perf. separations, even gum toning and slight marginal flaws, fine-v.f. and splendid multiples (catalogue value for hinged singles)  */**Catalog #27-30,30a Catalog Value $ 5,875 | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
 | Lot #1196 RUSSIA 1877 (31 May) large registered cover (petition) from Novgorod to St. Petersburg, paying 39 kopecks with 1k, 8k and 30k (horizontally laid paper), filing folds and some toning on back, full wax seal and arrival pmk, scarce franking | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #1197 RUSSIA 1904 10k dark blue, background inverted error, with further variety imperf. at bottom, which is explained by the fact that the stamp has a pre-print paper fold (plis d'accordeon), which made it shorter, escaping perforation at bottom, possibly only 5/10 can exist, with Mikulski and Buchsbayew certificates ** Catalog #60a,var | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
 | Lot #1198 RUSSIA 1904-15 selection of varieties with blocks of four of 10k dark blue, background inverted, also 20k and 50k background omitted and 5r variety background shifted. In addition, there is a single 5r with strong offset on back, as well as 10k on 7k Romanov, surcharge inverted, mostly n.h., fine-v.f. */**Catalog #60a,82b,85b,110a,108var | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #1199 RUSSIA 1907 (21 June) beautiful and decorative envelope & lettersheet franked with 7k, tied by Zmeinogorsk, Tomsk cds & sent to Kalyvanskoye, Siberia, v.f. and delightful cover | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1200 RUSSIA 1909 1r Arms, variety imperf. at bottom, h.r., v.f., with Andrew Farberov certificate * Catalog #87a,var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1201 RUSSIA 1909 1r pale brown & orange brown, vertical pair imperf. between, additional variety lozenges on both sides, l.h., v.f. * Catalog #87var | Price Realized $90.00 |
 | Lot #1202 RUSSIA 1915-19 1r two imperf. proofs on gummed paper, one with dark brown background displaced to left, the other with greenish background, slightly displaced center, v.f. P | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1203 RUSSIA 1917 10r Arms, horizontal pair, imperf. at right and between stamps, n.h., v.f. ** | Unsold |
 | Lot #1204 RUSSIA 1917 incoming mail from New York, group of 14 registered covers, each paying 15c, addressed to various places including one to Army Field Post, censored and redirected, some to Petrograd, others returned to senders, different markings, considerable wear and tear, interesting group | Unsold |
 | Lot #1205 RUSSIA 1917 1r imperf., two panes of 22 each, one with inverted background, other with significantly displaced background, n.h., v.f. **Catalog #131e,var | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1206 RUSSIA 1917 5r dark blue, green and yellow (error), additional variety yellow groundwork inverted, top sheet margin example with color indicators, h.r. in margin, stamp l.h., v.f. An incredibly rare double error, only a few recorded * Catalog #133a,var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1207 RUSSIA 1917 10r scarlet, green (instead of yellow) and gray, upper right sheet corner margin imperf. single, additional variety olive green groundwork inverted, minor h.r., marginal gum bends at top, stamp v.f., with Mikulski certificate stating that this is a genuine proof for the 10r stamp, background color in bright green was not accepted, also with APS certificate. A very rare (possibly unique) double error (green background instead of yellow, furthermore inverted) * Catalog #135a,var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1208 RUSSIA 1918 70k brown, imperforate single, close at left, adequate margins at right and at bottom, l.h., v.f., with Buchsbayew certificate (Standard 2Pa) * Catalog #150a | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
 | Lot #1209 RUSSIA 1921 (12 Dec) registered cover (opened for display) used locally in Verny (today Almaty, Kazakhstan), franked on back with nine different Postal Savings and Control stamps, fine-v.f. | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #1210 RUSSIA 1922 Star surcharges, seven different perf. cross-gutter panes of 100, five with full margins all around, some wrinkles and marginal flaws, otherwise fine-v.f. **Catalog #216/22 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1211 RUSSIA 1922 30r on 50k, basic stamp double and shifted background, v.f. and rare variety, with Dr.Ceresa cert. * Catalog #219var | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #1212 RUSSIA 1924 definitives (typographed), 2k green, 6k blue imperf. singles with large margins all around, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #Zagorsky 040Pa,44Pa | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #1213 RUSSIA 1925 definitives (watermarked), 5k lilac, top sheet corner margin pane of 20, horizontal invalidating perforations, n.h., fine-v.f. **Catalog #308var | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1214 RUSSIA 1927 Esperanto, 14k perf. 10, l.h., v.f., signed Vasiliev; also included regular perf. 10 1/2 stamp * Catalog #374var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1215 RUSSIA 1927 Definitives, 8k green, harrow perf., top sheet margin block of six, n.h., v.f. **Catalog #389var | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #1216 RUSSIA 1929 Pioneers, 10k olive brown, combination perf. 12 1/4:12:10 1/2:12, well centered, h.r., fine and scarce * Catalog #411b | Unsold |
 | Lot #1217 RUSSIA 1932-33 15th Anniversary of the October Revolution, complete set, with additional shade of 10k, n.h., usual gum bends and wrinkles, fine-v.f. ** Catalog #472-478 | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #1218 RUSSIA 1933 Ethnic Peoples of the Soviet Union, complete set, n.h., fine-v.f. ** Catalog #489-509 | Price Realized $850.00 |
 | Lot #1219 RUSSIA 1933 Ethnic Peoples of the Soviet Union, 6k Buryat, variety imperf. At top (trimmed), l.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 322Pa) * Catalog #494var | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #1220 RUSSIA 1933 Order of the Red Banner, 20k black, red, yellow, perforated 9 1/2, well centered, h.r., v.f., pencil signed. A rare stamp (Zagorsky 344A) * Catalog #518var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1221 RUSSIA 1933 Order of the Red Banner, 20k black, red, yellow, perforated 9 1/2, overprinted Obrazets (Specimen) in red, n.h., minor natural vertical paper bend, well centered, fine and rare item S Catalog #518varS | Price Realized $2,400.00 |
 | Lot #1222 RUSSIA 1933 Baku Commissars, complete set of five, n.h., natural gum irregularities, fine-v.f., ** Catalog #519-523 Catalog Value $ 700 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1223 RUSSIA 1933 Baku Commissars, 35k ultramarine, variety imperf. at top, cancelled to order, v.f. and rare (Zagorsky 348Pa) O Catalog #522var | Price Realized $1,200.00 |
 | Lot #1224 RUSSIA 1933 40k "Remember the Commissars", perforated trial color proofs in red brown, ultramarine and dark brown, three different, each used in 1958 with additional franking on three registered covers from Riga to Switzerland, v.f., signed Mikulski, very rare Catalog #523P | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #1225 RUSSIA 1933 40k red, variety imperf. at left, cancelled to order, natural pinhole in margin, fine (Zagorsky 349Pc) O Catalog #523var | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1226 RUSSIA 1934 Lenin Mausoleum, complete set of five, also additional shade of 15k on "cotton paper", all n.h., fine-v.f. ** Catalog #524-528 | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #1227 RUSSIA 1934 Sverdlov and Nogin, set of two, h.r., fine-v.f., * Catalog #531-32 Catalog Value $ 250 | Price Realized $100.00 |
 | Lot #1228 RUSSIA 1934 Sverdlov and Nogin, set of two, n.h., fine-v.f., ** Catalog #531-32 Catalog Value $ 600 | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #1229 RUSSIA 1934 Sverdlov and Nogin, set of two, n.h., fine-v.f., ** Catalog #531-32 Catalog Value $ 600 | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #1230 RUSSIA 1934 Sverdlov and Nogin, set of two, n.h., fine-v.f., ** Catalog #531-32 Catalog Value $ 600 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1231 RUSSIA 1934 Mendeleev, 5k emerald, imperforate top sheet corner margin single, proof in nearly issued color, h.r., v.f. * Catalog #536var | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #1232 RUSSIA 1934 Mendeleev, 20k ultramarine, variety horizontal watermark, l.h., v.f. * Catalog #539var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1233 RUSSIA 1935 Anti-War Propaganda, set of five, n.h., 15k with minor gum offsets, fine-v.f., ** Catalog #546-550 Catalog Value $ 1,250 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1234 RUSSIA 1935 Anti-War Propaganda, set of five, n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #546-550 Catalog Value $ 1,250 | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #1235 RUSSIA 1935 Anti-War Propaganda, set of five, each with horizontal watermark, n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #546-550 Catalog Value $ 1,250 | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #1236 RUSSIA 1935 Engels, two sets of four, l.h., fine-v.f., * Catalog #555-558 Catalog Value $ 400 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1237 RUSSIA 1935 Spartacist Games, complete set n.h., fine-v.f., ** Catalog #559-568 Catalog Value $ 1,250 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1238 RUSSIA 1935 Persian Art, two sets, l.h. or h.r., fine-v.f., * Catalog #569-572 Catalog Value $ 240 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1239 RUSSIA 1935 Persian Art, set of four, n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #569-572 Catalog Value $ 350 | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #1240 RUSSIA 1935 Tolstoy, 20k perf. 11, three vertical pairs imperf. between, used, slightly different shades, fine-v.f. O Catalog #579avar | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #1241 RUSSIA 1936 Dobrolyubov, 10k imperforate single, large margins, l.h., even gum toning, otherwise v.f., rare * | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #1242 RUSSIA 1937 Pushkin, complete set of six, used in 1937 on registered cover from Moscow to France, fine-v.f., with arrival pmk | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #1243 RUSSIA 1937 Pushkin, 10k perf. 13 3/4, variety imperf. at bottom, h.r., v.f., rare * Catalog #590var | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1244 RUSSIA 1937 definitives (unwatermarked), 5k red brown, block of four, n.h., fine-v.f. **Catalog #615A | Unsold |
 | Lot #1245 RUSSIA 1936 definitives, 10k blue gray, line-perf. 12 1/4, block of four, n.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 441A) ** | Price Realized $95.00 |
 | Lot #1246 RUSSIA 1937 definitives, 30k claret, imperf. single, n.h., heavy gum crease, otherwise fine * Catalog #618var | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #1247 RUSSIA 1937 definitives, 40k Lenin, imperf. horizontal pair, small h.r., v.f. * Catalog #619var | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #1248 RUSSIA 1938 definitives, 40k Lenin, imperforate lower left sheet corner margin pair, left stamp h.r., right n.h., v.f. */** Catalog #619var | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #1249 RUSSIA 1938 Red Army, 80k Stalin Reviewing Cavalry, variety imperf. at bottom, cancelled to order, heavy wrinkles, fine (Zagorsky 495) O Catalog #634var | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #1250 RUSSIA 1938 First Transpolar Flight, 40k brown and red, imperforate single, h.r., penciled position and initials, natural gum wrinkles, v.f. * Catalog #638var | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #1251 RUSSIA 1939 definitives, 60k carmine, line-perf. 12 1/4, raster VR, upper right sheet corner margin block of four, n.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 578A) ** | Price Realized $95.00 |
 | Lot #1252 RUSSIA 1939 definitives, 15k green, line-perf. 12 1/4, right sheet margin block of four, n.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 607A) ** | Price Realized $130.00 |
 | Lot #1253 RUSSIA 1941 Industrialization in the USSR, blocks of four, complete set, n.h., fine-v.f. **Catalog #817-23 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1254 RUSSIA 1941 Army and Navy, blocks of four, complete set, n.h., fine-v.f. **Catalog #824-31A | Unsold |
 | Lot #1255 RUSSIA 1941 Zhukovsky, 90 sets, mostly in large multiples, n.h., v.f., **Catalog #838-40 Catalog Value $ 1,800 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1256 RUSSIA 1942 Heroes of the USSR, six varieties, imperf. at right or left, incl. 1r imperf. at right, used, one with faint stain, other small flaws, otherwise fine-v.f. O Catalog #861/865var | Price Realized $625.00 |
 | Lot #1257 RUSSIA 1943 Maxim Gorky, 60k horizontal pair imperf. between, l.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 767) * Catalog #896var | Price Realized $850.00 |
 | Lot #1258 RUSSIA 1943-1944 Flags of Allied Nations, 3r variety red color double; 60k variety blue color omitted, both cancelled to order as always, v.f. (Zagorsky 785Ta, 810Ta) O Catalog #908var,921var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1259 RUSSIA 1944 Twenty Years Without Lenin, blocks of four, complete set, n.h., v.f. **Catalog #931-37 | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #1260 RUSSIA 1944 Twenty Years Without Lenin, complete set, used in 1945 on diplomatic pouch cover from Washington, D.C., censored, with appropriate pmks, minor faults and some toning which affected four stamps (these actually resemble proof colors) Catalog #931-937 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1261 RUSSIA 1944 Lenin, 30k variety imperf. at right, n.h., fine (Zagorsky 817) ** Catalog #932var | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1262 RUSSIA 1944 Lenin, 50k horizontal pair imperf. between, n.h., natural gum wrinkles, v.f. and rare (Zagorsky 819) ** Catalog #934var | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #1263 RUSSIA 1944 Heroes of the Civil War, 30k green, vertical pair imperf. between, small h.r., fine (Zagorsky 838) * Catalog #943var | Price Realized $600.00 |
 | Lot #1264 RUSSIA 1945 Stalingrad, two souvenir sheets, each significantly shifted to right or left, unused without gum, fine (*)Catalog #970var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1265 RUSSIA 1945 3rd Anniversary of Victory before Moscow, 60k variety imperf. at top (trimmed), small h.r., fine (Zagorsky 882Pa) * Catalog #981var | Price Realized $170.00 |
 | Lot #1266 RUSSIA 1945 Moscow Academy, 30k horizontal pair imperf. between, h.r., fine (Zagorsky 884) * Catalog #987a | Price Realized $400.00 |
 | Lot #1267 RUSSIA 1945 Field Marshal Kutuzov, 30k right sheet margin horizontal pair imperf. between, n.h., few natural gum skips, v.f. (Zagorsky 905) ** Catalog #1007var | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #1268 RUSSIA 1946 Elections, 60k green, vertical pair, imperf. between and at top, used, v.f. (Zagorsky 934) O Catalog #1028var | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #1269 RUSSIA 1946 Moscow Scenes, 20k light brown, horizontal strip of three, imperf. vertically between the stamps and at left, heavy hinge remnants, creases, otherwise fine (Zagorsky 983Pa) * Catalog #1062var | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #1270 RUSSIA 1946 Moscow Scenes, 1r brown, variety imperf. at left, l.h., fine (Zagorsky 987Pb) * Catalog #1066var | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #1271 RUSSIA 1946 25th Anniversary of the first Soviet stamps, 15k variety imperf. at right, cancelled to order, small inclusion, otherwise v.f., rare (this variety is not to be confused with the smaller size of the souvenir sheet) O Catalog #1080var | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #1272 RUSSIA 1946 Dnieprogaz, 30k vertical pair, imperf. between, sheet margin at right, small h.r. at top, natural inclusion, v.f. (Zagorsky 1009) * Catalog #1085var | Price Realized $650.00 |
 | Lot #1273 RUSSIA 1947 Arms of the Soviet Union, 30k R.S.F.S.R., vertical pair imperf. between and at bottom, n.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 1022) ** Catalog #1104var | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #1274 RUSSIA 1947 Arms of the Soviet Union, 30k Belarus, top margin vertical pair imperf. between, used, v.f. (Zagorsky 1024) O Catalog #1107var | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #1275 RUSSIA 1947 Moscow-Volga Canal, blocks of four, complete set, n.h., v.f. **Catalog #1147-52 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1276 RUSSIA 1948 Leningrad views, three varieties, with 50k imperf. at bottom, used and unused (h.r., trimmed), also 1r imperf. right, barest trace of a hinge in margin, fine-v.f. *O Catalog #1190,1192var | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #1277 RUSSIA 1948 three varieties, including Surikov imperf. at top, 30k Artillery imperf. at bottom (creased) and 60k Military Class, imperf. at top, used, fine-v.f. O Catalog #1201,1205,1208var | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #1278 RUSSIA 1948 Heavy Machinery, 30k violet, three varieties, incl. imperf. at bottom, used and unused (trimmed), plus imperf. at top, used, light stain on reverse, fine-v.f. *O Catalog #1272var | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #1279 RUSSIA 1948 30th Anniversary of Komsomol, three blocks of four of each of 20k, 25k, 40k, 50k, 2r, also two blocks of four of 1r, total of 17 blocks of four, representing the different printing and paper varieties (these stamps were issued in 1948 and in 1956 and there are differences in backgrounds, shading, gum, paper and design). A rare group of blocks, n.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 1234-1239) **Catalog #1289-1294,var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1280 RUSSIA 1949 Lomonosov, two varieties, 40k imperf. at top, another imperf. at bottom, used, fine-v.f. (Zagorsky 1270Pa,Pb) O Catalog #1320var | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #1281 RUSSIA 1949 Lenin Mausoleum, souvenir sheet of four, n.h., minute, natural gum skips and marginal wrinkles, otherwise v.f. **Catalog #1327a | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #1282 RUSSIA 1949 Lenin Mausoleum, imperforate souvenir sheet of four, n.h., usual corner wrinkles, otherwise v.f. **Catalog #1327a,var | Price Realized $1,200.00 |
 | Lot #1283 RUSSIA 1950 Latvian Republic, 2r variety imperf. at top, n.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 1454Pa) * Catalog #1496var | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #1284 RUSSIA 1951 Bolshoi Theater, 1r variety imperf. at right (trimmed), used, fine O Catalog #1554var | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1285 RUSSIA 1955 Lenin, 1r variety, red color double, sheet margin single, l.h., v.f., scarce * Catalog #1755var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1286 RUSSIA 1956 Perov's "Hunters at Rest", 1r block of four, variety imperf. at bottom, used, v.f. and rare (Zagorsky 1796) Catalog #1807var | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #1287 RUSSIA 1956 Lenin, 40k variety shifted colors, appears slightly double, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #1821var | Price Realized $100.00 |
 | Lot #1288 RUSSIA 1956 Sports, 40k Diving, line-perf. 12 1/2, n.h., minute abrasions at top, otherwise v.f., unlisted (Zagorsky 1826var) ** Catalog #1850var | Price Realized $2,600.00 |
 | Lot #1289 RUSSIA 1957 Sputnik, 40k dark blue, left sheet margin block of 14, variety imperf. at left, n.h., folded between stamps, v.f., extremely rare (Zagorsky 2000Pc) **Catalog #1992var | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
 | Lot #1290 RUSSIA 1957 Sputnik overprint, sheet of 100, n.h., folded between stamps, v.f., rare (Zagorsky 2011) **Catalog #2021 Catalog Value $ 4,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1291 RUSSIA 1958 Sharents (Poet), 40k vertical pair imperf. between, n.h., some slight ink offsets and natural wrinkles, fine and rare (Zagorsky 2034) ** Catalog #2038var Catalog Value $ 3,000 | Price Realized $850.00 |
 | Lot #1292 RUSSIA 1958 Maxim Gorki, 40k line perf. 12 1/2, n.h., fine (Zagorsky 2044A) ** Catalog #2048var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1293 RUSSIA 1959 Chile, Soviet victory in Basketball Championships, First Printing, left sheet margin block of four, lower right stamp Cyrillic "Ch" of "Chile" under "K" (of "Komandy"), n.h., v.f., scarce (Zagorsky 2193 I) **Catalog #2170var | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #1294 RUSSIA 1959 Chile, Soviet victory in Basketball Championships, Second Printing, top sheet margin horizontal pair, left stamp missing stop after Cyrillic "G" at left, n.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 2193var) ** Catalog #2170var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1295 RUSSIA 1959 Chile, Soviet victory in Basketball Championships, First Printing, sheet corner margin block of four, top right stamp variety Cyrillic "Ch" of "Chile" under letter "OM" of "Komandy", n.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 2193var) **Catalog #2170var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1296 RUSSIA 1959 Chile, Soviet victory in Basketball Championships, Second Printing, sheet corner margin block of 12, showing varieties basic stamp with Cyrillic "G" with tail, lower left stamp missing stop after "CCCP" of overprint, n.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 2193Ka,var) **Catalog #2170var | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #1297 RUSSIA 1958 Frederick Joliot-Curie, 40k smaller frame (20,7x31,5mm), n.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 2197 II) ** Catalog #2171var | Price Realized $95.00 |
 | Lot #1298 RUSSIA 1959 25k Oceanographic Ship "Vityaz", red color completely omitted, n.h., vertical crease (apparently normal for this error), otherwise v.f., with regular stamp included for comparison ** Catalog #2233var | Price Realized $1,900.00 |
 | Lot #1299 RUSSIA 1961 Gagarin, 6k position 1 (with dot after date "1961"), three copies with descriptive tab at bottom, one unused (n.h.), others used, one affixed on card (Zagorsky 2469Ka) **OCatalog #2464var | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #1300 RUSSIA 1964 Winter Olympics (Innsbruck), 6k imperforate bottom sheet margin block of four, black color including denomination omitted, n.h., v.f., with Mandrovskyj certificate (Zagorsky 2890var) **Catalog #2844var | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
 | Lot #1301 RUSSIA 1965 Lenin, 10k variety imperf. at left, cancelled to order, v.f. (Zagorsky 3100) O Catalog #3024var | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #1302 RUSSIA 1965 Fedotov's "Major's Courtship", bottom margin vertical pair imperf. between, cancelled to order, horizontal crease between the stamps, otherwise v.f. and rare (Zagorsky 3220) O Catalog #3146var | Price Realized $650.00 |
 | Lot #1303 RUSSIA 1967 Ukrainian SSR, 4k variety imperf. at bottom, trimmed, slight gum disturbance, otherwise v.f. * Catalog #3355var | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #1304 RUSSIA 1969 Fairy Tales, 4k-50k, two se-tenant horizontal strips of five, one imperf. at right, the other imperf. between 20k and 50k, n.h., fine-v.f. (Zagorsky 3738-3742) ** | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #1305 RUSSIA 1969 Definitives, 4k red, horizontal block of ten (5x2), cancelled to order, n.h., v.f. This value was normally issued in coil rolls of 1,000 (with serial number applied to every fifth stamp). One sheet of 100 was also prepared and most of the stamps of this trial printing were cancelled to order, with only a few multiples surviving, this block of ten being the largest known. A modern Soviet rarity, with a regular coil strip of five (with serial number on the right stamp) is included for comparison (an unused block of four fetched $7,500 in our 2008 Shtern sale) (Zagorsky 3749var) Catalog #3670var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1306 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"), left sheet margin single, n.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 4049var) ** Catalog #3966var | Price Realized $2,700.00 |
 | Lot #1307 RUSSIA 1979 30th Anniversary of Council of Mutual Economic Assistance, 16k variety, without "coat of arms" on flag of Bulgaria (actually red color displaced to top left), horizontal pair, used, v.f. (Zagorsky 4911Ka) O Catalog #4759var | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #1308 RUSSIA 1989 Space Achievement, imperf. souv. sheet of four, variety "1989 25k" shifted dramatically, leaving it virtually omitted from the two stamps at left, n.h., v.f. and spectacular item **Catalog #5837var | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #1309 RUSSIA 1990 Capitals, imperforate blocks of four, 12 different (missing Frunze; Riga and Erevan do not exist imperf.), n.h., v.f. **Catalog #5854/5868var | Price Realized $900.00 |
