U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History; July 15, 2015: The Confino Collection of United States
July 8-9, 2015

ImagesDescriptionCurrent 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
Envelope
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
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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
Envelope
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
Envelope
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
Envelope
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
Envelope
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
Envelope
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
Envelope
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
Envelope
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
Envelope
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)
Box */**
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
Envelope
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
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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.
Box */**
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
Envelope
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #1200
RUSSIA
1909 1r Arms, variety imperf. at bottom, h.r., v.f., with Andrew Farberov certificate
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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.
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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.
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Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #1203
RUSSIA
1917 10r Arms, horizontal pair, imperf. at right and between stamps, n.h., v.f.
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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
Envelope
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.
Box **
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
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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)
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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)
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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.
Envelope
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.
Box **
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.
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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.
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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.
Box **
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
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Catalog #374var
Unsold
Lot #1215
RUSSIA
1927 Definitives, 8k green, harrow perf., top sheet margin block of six, n.h., v.f.
Box **
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
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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.
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Catalog #472-478
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #1218
RUSSIA
1933 Ethnic Peoples of the Soviet Union, complete set, n.h., fine-v.f.
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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)
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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)
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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
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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.,
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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)
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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
Envelope
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)
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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.
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Catalog #524-528
Price Realized
$375.00

Lot #1227
RUSSIA
1934 Sverdlov and Nogin, set of two, h.r., fine-v.f.,
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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.,
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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.
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Catalog #536var
Price Realized
$1,400.00

Lot #1232
RUSSIA
1934 Mendeleev, 20k ultramarine, variety horizontal watermark, l.h., v.f.
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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.,
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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.,
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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.,
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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.
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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
Envelope
Price Realized
$160.00

Lot #1243
RUSSIA
1937 Pushkin, 10k perf. 13 3/4, variety imperf. at bottom, h.r., v.f., rare
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Catalog #590var
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #1244
RUSSIA
1937 definitives (unwatermarked), 5k red brown, block of four, n.h., fine-v.f.
Box **
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)
Box **
Price Realized
$95.00

Lot #1246
RUSSIA
1937 definitives, 30k claret, imperf. single, n.h., heavy gum crease, otherwise fine
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Catalog #618var
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #1247
RUSSIA
1937 definitives, 40k Lenin, imperf. horizontal pair, small h.r., v.f.
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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.
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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)
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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.
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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)
Box **
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)
Box **
Price Realized
$130.00

Lot #1253
RUSSIA
1941 Industrialization in the USSR, blocks of four, complete set, n.h., fine-v.f.
Box **
Catalog #817-23
Unsold
Lot #1254
RUSSIA
1941 Army and Navy, blocks of four, complete set, n.h., fine-v.f.
Box **
Catalog #824-31A
Unsold
Lot #1255
RUSSIA
1941 Zhukovsky, 90 sets, mostly in large multiples, n.h., v.f.,
Box **
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.
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Catalog #861/865var
Price Realized
$625.00

Lot #1257
RUSSIA
1943 Maxim Gorky, 60k horizontal pair imperf. between, l.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 767)
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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)
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Catalog #908var,921var
Unsold
Lot #1259
RUSSIA
1944 Twenty Years Without Lenin, blocks of four, complete set, n.h., v.f.
Box **
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)
Envelope
Catalog #931-937
Unsold
Lot #1261
RUSSIA
1944 Lenin, 30k variety imperf. at right, n.h., fine (Zagorsky 817)
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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)
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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)
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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
Box (*)
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)
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Catalog #981var
Price Realized
$170.00

Lot #1266
RUSSIA
1945 Moscow Academy, 30k horizontal pair imperf. between, h.r., fine (Zagorsky 884)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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Catalog #1062var
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #1270
RUSSIA
1946 Moscow Scenes, 1r brown, variety imperf. at left, l.h., fine (Zagorsky 987Pb)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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Catalog #1107var
Price Realized
$950.00

Lot #1275
RUSSIA
1947 Moscow-Volga Canal, blocks of four, complete set, n.h., v.f.
Box **
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.
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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.
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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.
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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)
Box **
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)
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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.
Box **
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.
Box **
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)
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Catalog #1496var
Price Realized
$300.00

Lot #1284
RUSSIA
1951 Bolshoi Theater, 1r variety imperf. at right (trimmed), used, fine
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Catalog #1554var
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #1285
RUSSIA
1955 Lenin, 1r variety, red color double, sheet margin single, l.h., v.f., scarce
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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)
Box
Catalog #1807var
Price Realized
$950.00

Lot #1287
RUSSIA
1956 Lenin, 40k variety shifted colors, appears slightly double, n.h., v.f.
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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)
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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)
Box **
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)
Box **
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)
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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)
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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)
Box **
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)
Box **
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)
Box **
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)
Envelope **O
Catalog #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)
Box **
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)
Box
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
Box **
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.
Box **
Catalog #5854/5868var
Price Realized
$900.00

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