U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
January 12-13, 2016

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #1212
RUSSIA
1870 outer FL from St. Petersburg to London, franked with 3k "V" in background (error), two copies, used together with 20k orange & blue, with red "PD" and arrival pmks, fine
Envelope
Catalog #20d,24
Price Realized
$150.00

Lot #1213
RUSSIA
1908 (14 July) stationery 3k card cancelled Kostroma, sent by a political prisoner in Kaluga City jail to his wife, with violet "Prosmotreno/ KGG" prison censor in oval, fine and scarce
Envelope
Price Realized
$170.00

Lot #1214
RUSSIA
1913 3k rose red, double impression, n.h., v.f.,
**
Catalog #90b
Catalog Value $700
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #1215
RUSSIA
1921 100r olive, imperforate essay ("Proletariat of all Republics Unite"), top sheet margin block of four, v.f., rare (Zverev Handbook $7,000)
Box E
Price Realized
$2,300.00

Lot #1216
RUSSIA
1922 2,000r red, unaccepted design, imperforate essay, v.f., rare (Zverev Handbook $3,000)
E
Price Realized
$2,400.00

Lot #1217
RUSSIA
1923 definitives (typographed), 50k red brown, imperforate proof on glazed card, sheet margin block of four, v.f., rare block, only one sheet of 100 printed, with Mikulski certificate (this block is illustrated on page 123 of Zverev Handbook, value $6,500)
Box P
Catalog #275A/P
Unsold
Lot #1218
RUSSIA
1924 definitives (typographed), 15k lemon, unused with full original gum, lightly hinged, fresh and well centered, couple of natural paper inclusions, v.f., with 1988 Mikulski certificate ("very good quality, with full original gum, small traces of the hinge"). A wonderful example of this popular rarity, free of any faults which normally plague this difficult stamp,
Box *
Catalog #287
Catalog Value $25,000
Price Realized
$15,000.00

Lot #1219
RUSSIA
1939 Reconstruction of Moscow, 10k brown, ordinary paper, sheet margin single, n.h., v.f. A rarity, certainly on par with the listed 30k (Library)
**
Catalog #706var
Unsold
Lot #1220
RUSSIA
1944 Heroes of the Civil War, 30k Schors, corner margin block of four, double vertical perforations between stamps, n.h., v.f.
Box **
Catalog #942var
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #1221
RUSSIA
1946 Sochi, 30k green, variety imperf. at left, also 45k Moscow (Kremlin), variety imperf. at right, used, fine-v.f.
O
Catalog #1054,1063var
Price Realized
$280.00

Lot #1222
RUSSIA
1947 Moscow Subway, 60k yellow green, horizontal pair variety imperf. at top, used, v.f. (Zagorsky 1065Pa)
O
Catalog #1158var
Unsold
Lot #1223
RUSSIA
1949 Lenin Mausoleum, imperforate souv. sheet of four, n.h. but with usual gum wrinkles and minor adhesion, v.f.
Box **
Catalog #1327a,var
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #1224
RUSSIA
1949 25k Aviator, typographed, n.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 1381)
**
Catalog #1345var
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #1225
RUSSIA
1955 Lomonosov University, 1r multicolor, line-perf. 12 1/2, l.h., v.f., scarce (Zagorsky 1747A)
*
Catalog #1787var
Price Realized
$950.00

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