U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Postal History
February 23-24, 2016
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #1131 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown & blue, margins all around, tiny stain at top, otherwise v.f. O Catalog #1 | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #1132 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown & blue, margins all around, tied by a boxed departure handstamp on a folded letter from Rybinsk to Riga, with framed "Polucheno" (received) 22 May, 1858 datestamp on back, intact red seal, v.f. usage of Russian number one on cover from Russia proper, ex-Liphschutz  Catalog #1 | Price Realized $5,500.00 |
 | Lot #1133 RUSSIA 1858 10k brown & blue, tied by short "1" numeral in circle of dots on complete FL (written entirely in Polish) sent from St. Petersburg to Warszawa, with red Feb 11, 1858 departure datestamp in red, struck alongside, backstamped on arrival (1 March), fine and early usage of the first perforated stamp of Russia Catalog #2 | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #1134 RUSSIA 1858 10k brown & blue, tied by short "1" numeral in circle of dots on complete FL from St. Petersburg to Warszawa, with red Feb 20, 1858 departure datestamp in red, struck alongside, backstamped on arrival (12 March), fine and early usage of the first perforated stamp of Russia Catalog #2 | Price Realized $600.00 |
 | Lot #1135 RUSSIA 1858 20k blue & orange, thin paper, tied by "22" in circle of dots on envelope to Moscow, with unframed straight line "Kishinev" pre-philatelic departure handstamp and boxed "Polucheno 11 September 1858" arrival datestamp on back, wax seal removed, with filing fold away from the stamp, which is slightly rubbed at top, cover has been cleaned with remaining stain at upper right, fine and rare number three on cover from Kishinev to Moscow, ex-Frederick Small collection, Catalog #3 Catalog Value $13,500 | Price Realized $9,500.00 |
 | Lot #1136 RUSSIA 1858 30k carmine & green, thick paper, cancelled "39" in circle of dots (Ryazan), well centered. Color slightly washed out, still v.f., signed Friedl, Dr.Ferchenbauer, etc., with 2015 Buchsbayew certificate, O Catalog #4 Catalog Value $2,750 | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #1137 RUSSIA 1858 30k carmine & green, thick paper, cancelled "54" in circle of dots, intact perforations, small faults, fine appearance, signed Mikulski, O Catalog #4 Catalog Value $2,750 | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #1138 RUSSIA 1872 (May) FL from Kremenchug (written entirely in Yiddish), franked with 10k brown & blue (vertically laid paper), tied by Postal Car No.37-38, with transit markings of Postal Car No.15-16, 5-6, 7-8 and arrival cds of Bialystok, filing fold away from the stamp, fine and unusual cover | Unsold |
 | Lot #1139 RUSSIA 1874 (26 June), small cover franked on back with 2x10k brown & blue, cancelled by straight-line "St. Mogletsy Novg. 27 June 1870" datestamps, addressed to France, with 28 June transit cds, fine and very scarce usage | Unsold |
 | Lot #1140 RUSSIA 1917 1r imperforate sheet of 50, center double, n.h., fine-v.f. and spectacular item  **Catalog #131c | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #1141 RUSSIA 1918 Chainbreakers, 14k carmine, typographed die proof on gummed paper, l.h., v.f., signed Mikulski, with 2005 Mandrovski certificate P | Price Realized $9,000.00 |
 | Lot #1142 RUSSIA 1918 1 March 1917 unissued design 10k+5k blue, imperforate die proof on wove paper, v.f., extremely rare P | Price Realized $10,000.00 |
 | Lot #1143 RUSSIA 1921 definitives, 250r dull violet, pelure paper, triple impression, h.r., v.f., rare * Catalog #186c,var | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1144 RUSSIA 1922 1922 (May), pre-printed ARA card, filed in Odessa and mailed from the processing center in Moscow to USA, franked with 4x25k Postal Savings Stamps and surcharged 5,000r on 2r surcharge, fine | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1145 RUSSIA 1922 1,000r carmine, imperforate horizontal strip of five, overprinted in black Cyrillic letters "Obrazets," n.h., v.f. S | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #1146 RUSSIA 1922 5,000r and 10,000r surcharged in black, both inverted, h.r., v.f. * Catalog #192a,195a | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #1147 RUSSIA 1922 7,500r on 250r, blue surcharge inverted, block of four, one stamp l.h., others n.h., v.f. */**Catalog #201var | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1148 RUSSIA 1924 definitives (typographed), 1k orange, n.h., tiny natural inclusion, v.f., scarce stamp (Zagorsky 39) ** Catalog #276A | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #1149 RUSSIA 1927 10th Anniversary of October Revolution, 14k vertical gutter block of four, n.h., folded between stamps and gutters, with resulting perf. telescoping and separations, still fine-v.f. (Liapine 276, €13,000) **Catalog #379 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1150 RUSSIA 1929 The First All-Union Pioneer Meeting,10k and 14k, perf. 12 1/2x12, set of two vertical gutter blocks of four, n.h., folded in gutter only, post office fresh, fine-v.f., rare (Liapine 291-292, €22,000+) **Catalog #411-412 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1151 RUSSIA 1934 Lenin Mausoleum, complete set of five sheet margin blocks of four, n.h. and post office fresh, fine-v.f. (Zverev 364-68, $6,000) **Catalog #524-528 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1152 RUSSIA 1934 Mendeleev, set of four, n.h., usual gum creases, fine-v.f., ** Catalog #536-539 Catalog Value $530 | Price Realized $200.00 |
 | Lot #1153 RUSSIA 1935 Anti-War Propaganda, set of five, l.h., fine-v.f., * Catalog #546-550 Catalog Value $547 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1154 RUSSIA 1935 Engels, set of four blocks of four, n.h. and post office fresh, v.f. (Zverev 420-423, $9,000) **Catalog #555-558 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1155 RUSSIA 1935 Congress of Persian Art, set of four blocks of four, n.h. and post office fresh, v.f., rare in blocks (Zverev 425-28, $10,000) **Catalog #569-572 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1156 RUSSIA 1969 Russian Fairy Tales, two se-tenant strips of five, one imperf. between 1st and 2nd stamps, the other imperf. between 4th and 5th stamps, n.h., both folded between stamps, fine-v.f. (Zagorsky 3738-42) ** Catalog #3666a,var | Price Realized $900.00 |
