U.S. and Worldwide Stamps
September 9-10, 2015
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #1279 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown & blue, margins all around, cancelled by "523" numeral dot pmk on large part of FL to St. Petersburg, with "Yefremov" 5 August 1858 departure and "Polucheno" (received) 8 August arrival pmks on reverse, fine and extremely rare, possibly unique usage from the small town of Yefremov in the Tula district  Catalog #1 | Price Realized $5,000.00 |
 | Lot #1280 RUSSIA 1858 10k brown & blue, single cancelled by pen on outer FL from Moscow to Riga, with 22 February departure and 27 February, 1858 arrival datestamps on back, fine and rare early usage of the adhesive Catalog #2 | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #1281 RUSSIA 1858 20k dark blue & orange, thick paper, unused with original gum, h.r., brilliant colors and sharp embossing of the eagle, fresh and fine example of this rare unused stamp, with handstamped guarantee mark and 2014 Alexander Zverev certificate, * Catalog #3 Catalog Value $10,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1282 RUSSIA 1858 30k carmine & green, thick paper, unused with full original gum, practically lightly hinged and post office fresh, brilliant colors and perfectly sharp embossing of the eagle, corner perf. crease at lower right, minute toned spot at bottom of one of the perf. tips, fresh and v.f. example of this rare unused stamp, signed Herbert Bloch, also with 2014 Alexander Zverev certificate, * Catalog #4 Catalog Value $12,500 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1283 RUSSIA 1858-64 1k black & yellow, 5k black & blue, h.r., v.f., * Catalog #5,11 Catalog Value $175 | Price Realized $120.00 |
 | Lot #1284 RUSSIA 1879 (23 May) registered cover from Warszawa to Germany, headed "M. Morgenstern, Warschau" and franked with two examples of 7k gray & red, horizontally and vertically laid paper, tied by cds, with "Vom Ausland uber B.P. Oswiecim-Breslau" registration label (rare), filing fold away from the stamps, with complete wax seal and Klingenthal arrival pmks. A fine and extremely rare combination cover with both vertically and horizontally laid paper | Unsold |
 | Lot #1285 RUSSIA 1886 official decree signed by the governor of Lifland province outlining grave consequences of converting from Greek Orthodoxy to Protestantism, including possible loss of parental rights, jail terms for converting Orthodox children to Protestantism, annulment of marriages performed by Lutheran pastors, inability to hold administrative positions, etc., unusual and rather frightening document of the religious intolerance in Tsarist Russia during the reign of Alexander III | Price Realized $210.00 |
 | Lot #1286 RUSSIA 1901 (25 June) incoming cover from England, paying 2 1/2d with GB Victoria, tied by cds, redirected on arrival in St. Petersburg (15 June) to Finland, with 7k tied by local numeral pmk, additional forwarding cds, bilingual Terijoki (29 June) cancel on back, somewhat toned, but uncommon forwarded cover from England | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #1287 RUSSIA 1902 7k blue, imperforate horizontal pair, Riga cds, v.f. O Catalog #59b | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #1288 RUSSIA 1905 25k dull green and lilac, center inverted, well centered and cancelled on small piece by the usual "Zhitomir 24.3.06" cds, v.f. and rare invert, signed Mikulski, O Catalog #64a Catalog Value $6,500 | Price Realized $3,750.00 |
 | Lot #1289 RUSSIA 1906 5r vertically laid paper, variety imperf. at bottom, l.h., irregular perfs at left, otherwise v.f. and rare, ex-Small (Zverev 79pd. Cat. $2,000) * Catalog #71var | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #1290 RUSSIA 1909 10k light blue, sheet margin example, proof on ungummed paper, h.r., fine and scarce item, signed P Catalog #79P | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1291 RUSSIA 1914 Army Fieldpost Red Cross entire envelope, unused, v.f. | Price Realized $180.00 |
 | Lot #1292 RUSSIA 1915 10r carmine lake, yellow and gray, vertical lozenges of varnish, complete sheet of 50, variety imperf. at right, yellow background dramatically shifted and displaced diagonally, with inverted "V" actually printed on two stamps at bottom, also showing full watermark at right (partially ungummed), folded between stamps and some perf. separations, n.h., fine-v.f. An interesting and probably unique multiple  **Catalog #109var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1293 RUSSIA 1915-18 five cards or covers franked with mostly Romanov stamps & canc. by German & Austrian fieldpost cancellations, used generally to Germany or Austria, also two 1k Romanov adhesives canc. "K.D.Feldpoststation" in red or black, v.f. | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1294 RUSSIA 1917 "Abdication of the Tsar", collection/accumulation of 98 blocks of four, eight and twelve, overprinted with Liberty Cap and Crossed Swords, articles from "Izvestia" in red or black, with double, inverted and shifted overprints, duplication, occasional faults, mostly fine-v.f., some signed Trachtenberg, etc. A wonderful selection of these popular, albeit privately produced items *O | Price Realized $3,750.00 |
 | Lot #1295 RUSSIA 1917 5k lilac brown, imperforate block of ten, overprinted large "Obrazets" (Specimen), v.f. SCatalog #123S | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1296 RUSSIA 1917 1r brown & red, center double, one inverted, complete sheet of 50, n.h., v.f. and spectacular multiple **Catalog #131a | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
 | Lot #1297 RUSSIA 1918 1r German-Baltic Committee, faint control handstamp in German, light crease, fine * | Price Realized $270.00 |
 | Lot #1298 RUSSIA 1921 (3 Nov) cover franked on back with 5k Postal Savings and 3r Control Stamp, used from Saran-Gorka (Novg) to Petrograd, addressed to a Prisoner of War Camp (No.II) for Czech legionnaires, fine and scarce combination franking to an unusual destination | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #1299 RUSSIA 1922 registered cover from Kharkov to Hong Kong, franked with 35x1r imperf. (350,000r in 1922 currency), returned to sender from Moscow, with handstamp "back to sender in Kharkov, no mail deliveries to the destination indicated", stamps folded at sides and bottom, fine and impressive cover to uncommon destination, to which service was not yet established | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1300 RUSSIA 1924 Definitives (typographed), 2k green, double impression, one displaced diagonally, n.h., v.f. ** | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1301 RUSSIA 1924 Definitives (typographed), 50k dark brown, large margins all around, n.h., couple of natural inclusions, pencil signed, v.f., scarce stamp (Zagorsky 26, cat. 400,000r) ** Catalog #275A | Price Realized $2,600.00 |
 | Lot #1302 RUSSIA 1924 Definitives, 50k brown, imperforate upper left sheet corner margin horizontal pair, proof on chalky paper, v.f., rare, only one sheet of 100 printed P Catalog #275P | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #1303 RUSSIA 1924 Definitives (typographed), 4k deep rose, lower left sheet corner margin pane of 25, double impression, partly shifted to top, ten bottom stamps with red control stripe and part of the 2nd Moscow Factory imprint printed over, partial margin at right, n.h., v.f. and spectacular specialist item, probably unique **Catalog #279var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1304 RUSSIA 1925 Definitives (watermarked), 1k-5r complete set in blocks of four, n.h., fine-v.f. (Zverev 78-99, cat. $4,500) **Catalog #304-25 | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #1305 RUSSIA 1926 Definitives (watermarked), 1k-5r imperforate, complete set of 20 blocks of four, n.h., v.f. (Zverev 133-152, cat. $3,250) **Catalog #304/25var | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #1306 RUSSIA 1926 Definitives (watermarked), 18k violet, imperforate block of four, n.h., v.f., each stamp pencil signed "Roger Calves." A great rarity, only 2-3 blocks of four are recorded (Zverev $32,500) **Catalog #316var | Price Realized $24,000.00 |
 | Lot #1307 RUSSIA 1927 14k Esperanto, imperf. horizontal pair, full margins all around, n.h., natural gum inclusion at right, fresh and v.f., with Sismondo cert. ** Catalog #374var | Price Realized $2,900.00 |
 | Lot #1308 RUSSIA 1927 10th Anniversary of October Revolution, 14k blue & red, variety center inverted, vertical pair, horizontal perfs shifted, with annulling vertical perfs, n.h., fine (Zagorsky 206var) ** Catalog #379var | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1309 RUSSIA 1927 10th Anniversary of October Revolution, 18k blue, imperforate horizontal pair, with vertical invalidating perforations, n.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 207Pa) ** Catalog #380var | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #1310 RUSSIA 1929-1931 Definitives (watermarked), 1k-80k blocks of four, complete (as issued) set of 13, mostly with sheet margin, n.h., fine-v.f. (Zverev 231-243, cat. $1,400) **Catalog #413/426 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #1311 RUSSIA 1933 Baku Commissars, set of five blocks of four, n.h. and unfolded, post office fresh, usual streaky gum, v.f. and scarce blocks (Zverev 349-353, cat. $12,500) **Catalog #519-523 | Price Realized $7,000.00 |
 | Lot #1312 RUSSIA 1937 10k gray black & red, variety showing red flags underinked and distorted, block of four, n.h., minor gum skips, v.f., with regular block included for comparison ** | Unsold |
 | Lot #1313 RUSSIA 1937 40k violet, imperf. souvenir sheet of four, marginal inscriptions omitted, never hinged and post office fresh, ironed out crease at lower left, still v.f. and rare, signed Shtern and I.P.Morozov (Zverev cat. $25,000) **Catalog #603a,var | Price Realized $14,500.00 |
 | Lot #1314 RUSSIA 1937 Architecture Congress, 40k violet, imperforate vertical pair, large margins, especially at bottom (with souvenir sheet enclosed for comparison), small faults in margin only, dried gum, otherwise fine, very rare (Zagorsky 466Pa) * Catalog #603var | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #1315 RUSSIA 1938 Lenin, 40k dark blue, imperf. bottom sheet margin single, h.r., v.f. * Catalog #619var | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1316 RUSSIA 1938 Tourism, Crimea and Caucasian Landscapes, complete set of blocks of four, many with sheet margin, n.h., fine-v.f. (Zverev 529-40, cat. $5,500) **Catalog #666-677 | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
 | Lot #1317 RUSSIA 1940 Tchaikovsky, set of five in blocks of four, n.h., 30k with adhesion and 50k with one stamp defective, otherwise fine-v.f. **Catalog #789-793 | Price Realized $190.00 |
 | Lot #1318 RUSSIA 1945 Griboedov, 60k gray brown, horizontal pair imperf. between, l.h., v.f. * Catalog #967var | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1319 RUSSIA 1945 Stalingrad souvenir sheet of four, design shifted to left, n.h., fine **Catalog #970var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1320 RUSSIA 1946 Soviet Planes, set of nine (complete as issued in 1946), blocks of four, n.h., fine-v.f. (Zagorsky 936-946) **Catalog #992A-I | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1321 RUSSIA 1945 Bombers, 1r dark gray, variety imperf. at bottom, left sheet margin horizontal pair, n.h., fine-v.f. (Zagorsky 898Pa) ** Catalog #993var | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #1322 RUSSIA 1946 Moscow Scenes, 20k light brown (Sverdlow Theater), horizontal strip of three, imperf. vertically between the stamps and at left, h.r., minor crease at upper left, otherwise fine (Zagorsky 983Pa) * Catalog #1062var | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #1323 RUSSIA 1946 Moscow Scenes, 20k light brown (Sverdlow Theater), horizontal strip of three, imperf. vertically between the stamps and at left, n.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 983Pa) ** Catalog #1062var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1324 RUSSIA 1948 Ostrovski, imperforate sheet margin singles, n.h., v.f. set ** Catalog #1227-1229var | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #1325 RUSSIA 1949 Lenin Mausoleum, perf. (171x127) and imperf. (168x130) souvenir sheets of four, the former regummed, latter n.h., fine-v.f. (*)**Catalog #1327,var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1326 RUSSIA 1949 Lenin Mausoleum souvenir sheet of four, Leningrad cds, full original gum, n.h., couple of marginal ink marks, otherwise v.f. Catalog #1327 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1327 RUSSIA 1958 Russian Industry, 40k Voroshilovgrad, n.h., v.f. This stamp was never issued because on March 5, 1958, the city's name reverted to its original name of Lugansk (Zagorsky 2161 unissued) ** | Price Realized $600.00 |
 | Lot #1328 RUSSIA 1964 Tokyo Olympics souvenir sheet, two stage proofs, one with serial numbers ("No.000000") in red, the other with red color, v.f. P | Price Realized $1,800.00 |
 | Lot #1329 RUSSIA 1969 Bilibin Fairy Tales, dramatic shift of background colors, horizontal top sheet margin se-tenant strip of five, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #3662-3666var | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #1330 RUSSIA 1969 Bilibin Fairy Tales, horizontal tenant block of ten (two strips of five), imperf. between (horizontally), n.h., v.f., rare **Catalog #3662-3666var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1331 RUSSIA 1990 Russian Capitals, imperforate blocks of four, 12 different (missing Frunze and others which do not exist imperf.), n.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 6102Pa-6110Pa,6113Pa/6116Pa) **Catalog #5854/5868var | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #1332 RUSSIA 2008 (7 May) Inauguration of President Dmitry Medvedev, special souvenir sheet of four, n.h., v.f., mounted in a presentation folder, also unaddressed stationery entire cancelled in red to commemorate this event. A rare item, only 300 prepared (Zagorsky cat. 320,000r) **Catalog #7068var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1333 RUSSIA 2011 (12 Apr) Yuri Gagarin, 50th Anniversary of the First Manned Space Flight, specially prepared booklet, with uncut horizontal pair of 50r souvenir sheet, plus single souvenir sheet on unaddressed, cacheted FDC, v.f., only 190 prepared **Catalog #7260var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1334 RUSSIA 2011 (12 Apr) Yuri Gagarin, 50th Anniversary of the First Manned Space Flight, specially prepared booklet, with uncut horizontal pair of 50r souvenir sheet, plus single souvenir sheet on unaddressed, cacheted FDC, v.f., only 190 prepared (Zagorsky cat. 300,000r) **Catalog #7260var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1335 RUSSIA 2012 (7 May) Inauguration of Vladimir Putin, special souvenir sheet mounted in a presentation folder, with a corresponding red cachet, with unaddressed stationery entire cancelled in red "Moscow Kremlin", v.f., only 400 prepared (Zagorsky cat. 260,000r) **Catalog #7353var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1336 RUSSIA 2012 (7 May) Inauguration of Vladimir Putin, special souvenir sheet mounted in a presentation folder, with a corresponding red cachet, with unaddressed stationery entire cancelled in red "Moscow Kremlin", v.f., only 400 prepared (Zagorsky cat. 260,000r) **Catalog #7353var | Unsold |
