U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
June 7-8, 2016
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #1276 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown & blue, margins all around, neat Odessa 1858 border cancellation, v.f., rare, with Buchsbayew certificate O Catalog #1 | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #1277 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown and blue, used and partly adhered on piece, margins all around, v.f. O Catalog #1 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1278 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown and blue, cancelled "174" in dots, margins all around, v.f. O Catalog #1 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1279 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown & blue, deep intense colors, used, fresh and v.f., O Catalog #1 Catalog Value $775 | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #1280 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown & blue, margins all around, tied by "38" in circle of dots on outer FL from Riga to Libau, framed "Riga 9 Sep 1858" departure datestamp on back, usual filing fold away from the stamp, minor toning, otherwise a fine Russia Number One on cover from Riga to Libawa, with 2001 Eisold and 2003 Mandrovski certificates  Catalog #1 | Price Realized $2,800.00 |
 | Lot #1281 RUSSIA 1858 10k brown & blue, tied by indistinct numeral in dots pmk on outer FL, with framed St. Petersburg arrival datestamp on back, fine Catalog #2 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1282 RUSSIA 1858 (10 June) outer FL from Riga to Pernau, franked with 10k brown & blue, tied by cds departure, arrival datestamp on back, filing folds away from the stamps, fine and attractive cover Catalog #2 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1283 RUSSIA 1858 (28 Nov) outer FL from Odessa to Riga, franked with 10k brown & blue (interesting plate flaw showing deformed numerals at bottom right), tied by "6" in oval dots, usual filing fold (away from the stamp), departure and arrival datestamps on back, some tape reinforcements, otherwise fine Catalog #2 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1284 RUSSIA 1858 20k blue and orange, unused without gum, fresh and v.f., with 1973 Mikulski cert. (*) Catalog #3 | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
 | Lot #1285 RUSSIA 1858 20k green and violet, perforated and gummed trial color proof on watermarked paper, n.h., v.f., with 1984 Mikulski cert. P Catalog #3P | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #1286 RUSSIA 1858 20k green & violet, perforated trial color proof on unwatermarked and gummed stamp paper, left sheet margin part gutter block of four, hinged in margin, stamps n.h., post office fresh, v.f. A rare multiple, only one sheet of 100 issued  **Catalog #3P | Price Realized $9,500.00 |
 | Lot #1287 RUSSIA 1858 30k carmine and green, used, v.f., with 1996 Eisold cert., O Catalog #4 Catalog Value $2,750 | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #1288 RUSSIA 1863 St. Petersburg local issue 5k black and blue, used in combination with 2x1k black & yellow (horizontally laid paper), on cover to Germany, stamps tied by "6" numeral cancels, with red and black St. Petersburg 26 June, 1881 departure and Nurnberg (11 July) arrival pmks, cover folded and aged, fine appearing, scarce, Catalog #11 Catalog Value $2,100 | Price Realized $1,800.00 |
 | Lot #1289 RUSSIA 1865 3k, 5k, 10k, 20k (2) and 30k (2), selection of seven unused stamps, mostly regummed, occasional minor flaws, fresh and fine group, *(*) Catalog #13,15,17,18,22 Catalog Value $5,260 | Price Realized $1,200.00 |
 | Lot #1290 RUSSIA 1866 1k-30k (horizontally laid paper), set of six sheet margin blocks of four, n.h., post office fresh, fine-v.f. (Zverev 17-22, $7,000) **Catalog #19-25 | Price Realized $2,400.00 |
 | Lot #1291 RUSSIA 1866 30k carmine & green, block of four, l.h. at top, bottom stamps n.h., post office fresh, v.f., signed Richter, Diena */**Catalog #25 | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #1292 RUSSIA 1867 (Dec) FL from Taganrog, via Moscow to Genova, franked with 5k and 20k (unwatermarked) and 10k (horizontally laid paper), tied by cds, with oval "Franco" and red "P.D.", with transit and arrival pmks, filing folds away from the stamps, fine letter to Italy | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #1293 RUSSIA 1871 (Nov) outer FL from Odessa to Paris, franked with single 3k and 5x5k (vertical pair and horizontal strip of five), all horizontally laid paper, tied by cds, with Vienna transit and "Autr. Strasbourg" entry cds, filing folds through the stamps, still fine and attractive 28k rate, with Mikulski certificate | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1294 RUSSIA 1873 (4 Jan) outer FL from Odessa to Marseille, paying 24k with 1k, 3k and pair of 10k (all horizontally laid paper), tied by Odessa Rail Road Post Office cds, with framed "frankirovano" (franked) and Postal Car No.47, also Breslau Oderberg transit markings on back, Lyon a Marseille and arrival pmks, filing fold (through 3k), fine | Price Realized $190.00 |
 | Lot #1295 RUSSIA 1873 (20 Apr) cover from Tiflis to Obergrombach, Grand Duchy of Baden, paying 15k with 5k and 10k (horizontally laid paper), sent via St. Petersburg, Berlin etc., with transit and arrival pmks, backflap defective, otherwise fine | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #1296 RUSSIA 1877 (16 Aug) registered cover from Vinnitsa to Kamenetz-Podolsk, paying 39 kopeck with 2k, 8k and 20k on front and nine examples of 1k (some defective) on back, fine-v.f., with arrival pmk | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1297 RUSSIA 1877 (June) registered cover to St. Petersburg, paying 23k with 3k and 2x10k (horizontally laid paper), tied by Rybinsk-Bologovsk Rail Road station markings, some wear and tear, with arrival pmk | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #1298 RUSSIA 1878 (17 Aug) registered cover from Yampol to Kamenetz-Podolsk, franked with 1k, 2x5k, 8k and 20k, fine-v.f. example of 39k rate, attractive and scarce four color franking, with arrival pmk | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1299 RUSSIA 1878-82 selection of 12, mostly registered covers addressed to Kamenetz-Podolsk, different origins in the Podolsk region incl. Mogilev, Bratlav, Rakhnoveck, Vinnitsa, Berdyansk, Odessa, Shargorod, different rates made up with 1k, 2k, 3k, 5k, 7k, 8k and 20k adhesives, various rates and combinations, some three color franking, one with a block of 4x7k, two blocks of 6x8k, single 3k franking etc., some cover defects noted, generally fine-v.f. and interesting lot | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
 | Lot #1300 RUSSIA 1879 (15 Feb) registered cover from Vinnitsa to Kamenetz, franked with horizontally laid 1k (single and pair) 20k (pair), used in combination with vertically laid 2k (pair), all tied by cds, with arrival pmk, horizontal filing crease through three stamps at bottom, otherwise fine and rare mixed franking (horizontally and vertically laid paper) Catalog #19,26a,30 | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #1301 RUSSIA 1884 Posthorns without Thunderbolts (vertically laid paper) 3.50r and 7r unused, disturbed gum, the latter with small flaws, fine appearance, * Catalog #39-40 Catalog Value $2,000 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1302 RUSSIA 1884 Posthorns without Thunderbolts (vertically laid paper) 3.50r and 7r unused, l.h., fresh, fine-v.f., * Catalog #39-40 Catalog Value $2,000 | Price Realized $800.00 |
 | Lot #1303 RUSSIA 1896-1900 French postal cards and stationery to commemorate Tsar's visits to France, selection of 56 unused items, some duplication, occasional mounting flaws, mostly fine-v.f. | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #1304 RUSSIA 1902 7k blue, imperforate single, dramatically shifted groundwork, h.r., v.f. * Catalog #59b | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1305 RUSSIA 1902 7r black & yellow, center inverted, centered to bottom as always, h.r. and somewhat disturbed original gum, beautiful colors and fresh, fine example of this popular and undervalued rarity (one sheet of 25 printed), with 2002 Alex Rendon certificate * Catalog #70a | Price Realized $9,000.00 |
 | Lot #1306 RUSSIA 1912 Red Cross "diploma," with stationery cards with pre-printed messages to be filled out by the attending nurse (in Verhneudinsk or Ulan-Ude today), numbered and dated, v.f. and interesting Red Cross item | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1307 RUSSIA 1913 Romanov Tercentenary, 1r (10), 2r, 3r and additional 20k Arms (2), used on back of a large part of registered and insured parcel paying 15.40r from St. Petersburg to Paris, largely intact wax seals, some inevitable faults, but spectacular franking and rare Catalog #101-103 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1308 RUSSIA 1913 (1 Apr) registered cover franked with single 5r black brown, tied by Warszawa cds, with corresponding registry label alongside, sent to Milano, Italy, handstamped "valuable closed packet for 25 rubles" (amount filled in by hand in both Russian and French), intact wax seals on back, also Verona routing and Milano (17 Apr) arrival pmks, minor cover flaws, rare single franking on cover from Warsaw to Italy Catalog #104 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1309 RUSSIA 1922 1000r rose, double impression, h.r., v.f. * Catalog #190var | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #1310 RUSSIA 1922 5,000r on 2r light brown, basic stamp double impression, h.r., creased, otherwise v.f., rare (Zagorsky 35var) * Catalog #192var | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #1311 RUSSIA 1922 5,000r on 2r brown, surcharge inverted and shifted, horizontal pair, n.h., gum creases, otherwise v.f., signed Goznak (Zagorsky 35var) ** Catalog #192var | Price Realized $180.00 |
 | Lot #1312 RUSSIA 1922 5,000r dark violet, proof on unwatermarked, gummed paper, n.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 40P) P Catalog #202P | Price Realized $290.00 |
 | Lot #1313 RUSSIA 1923 1r-20r imperforate, complete set of seven, large margins, l.h., v.f. * Catalog #238a-241c | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #1314 RUSSIA 1923 1r-20r imperforate, complete set of seven, large margins, l.h., v.f. * Catalog #238a-241c | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1315 RUSSIA 1923 20r Red Army Soldier, four proofs incl. two different shades of gray (perforated), also violet, perforated and imperf., l.h. or n.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 104P) P | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #1316 RUSSIA 1923 Definitives (lithographed), 1k-1r imperforate sheet margin blocks of four, n.h., usual gum wrinkles, v.f. (Zverev $2,250) **Catalog #250-259 | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #1317 RUSSIA 1924 Definitives (lithographed), 40k slate gray imperforate sheet corner margin single, printed on gum only, extremely rare thus (more commonly found printed on both sides), only a few recorded, natural gum creases and abrasions, otherwise fine ** Catalog #264var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1318 RUSSIA 1924 Definitives (typographed), 2k green, imperforate lower right sheet corner margin single, n.h., v.f., with Raybaudi certificate (see note in Scott's following 275A) ** | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #1319 RUSSIA 1924 Definitives (typographed), 7k brown (thin paper), imperforate block of four, n.h., v.f. ** | Unsold |
 | Lot #1320 RUSSIA 1926 Definitives (typographed), 8k green, yellow, blue, magenta and carmine, set of five imperforate sheet margins, trial colors on unwatermarked, gummed stamp paper, n.h., first one with horizontal bend, otherwise v.f. ** | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #1321 RUSSIA 1924 Definitives (typographed), 1r carmine & brown, imperforate sheet corner margin single, l.h., natural inclusion, v.f., rare stamp * | Price Realized $7,500.00 |
 | Lot #1322 RUSSIA 1924 Definitives (typographed), 3r black brown & green, Type I, imperforate top sheet margin single, l.h., tiny red ink spots, still v.f., rare (most of the imperfs of this high value were invalidated either with annulling perforations or handstamps) * | Unsold |
 | Lot #1323 RUSSIA 1926 (28 Oct) registered cover (opened for display, slightly reduced at left), franked on back with 1k perf. 12, 3r perf. 14 (both unwatermarked), used in combination with 5r (watermarked), tied by departure cds, with arrival pmk alongside, filing folds away from the stamps, scarce commercial 8r.1k rate, signed Dr.P.Jemchouhin, with 1990 Mikulski certificate | Unsold |
 | Lot #1324 RUSSIA 1925 Definitives (watermarked), 1k-5r, complete set of 22 sheet margin blocks of four, also additional 2r rose and green perf. 14 1/4x14 3/4 top sheet margin block of four, n.h., post office fresh, fine-v.f. (Zverev $4,750) **Catalog #304-325 | Price Realized $1,300.00 |
 | Lot #1325 RUSSIA 1925 Lenin Mausoleum, 40k unissued design, imperforate sheet margin single, n.h., natural gum creases, otherwise v.f. ** | Unsold |
 | Lot #1326 RUSSIA 1925 Lomonosov, 3k light brown, perf. 13 1/4:12 1/4, lightly hinged (if at all), v.f. (Liapine 205C) ** Catalog #326b Catalog Value $850 | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #1327 RUSSIA 1925 20th Anniversary of the 1905 Revolution, 7k light brown, variety missing "C C C P" at top (actually the letters are without outlines), n.h., natural inclusion, v.f., extremely rare, with regular stamp included for comparison (Liapine €10,000) ** Catalog #337var | Price Realized $9,000.00 |
 | Lot #1328 RUSSIA 1929-31 Definitives (watermarked) 1k-80k, 13 different (complete without 14k), also 1r and 3r, blocks of four, n.h., fine-v.f. **Catalog #413/26,436,436 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1329 RUSSIA 1932 15th Anniversary of the October Revolution, complete set of seven sheet margin blocks of four, n.h. and post office fresh, fine-v.f. (Zverev 305-11, $3,250) **Catalog #472-478 | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #1330 RUSSIA 1933 Baku Commissars, selection of eight perforated trial color proofs on watermarked stamp paper, with or without gum, 4k gray, 5k red brown, 20k green, 20k red, 20k gray, 35k red brown, 35k red, plus 40k green, occasional abrasions or gum disturbances, mostly v.f., rare (Zverev $16,000+) P Catalog #519-523P | Price Realized $8,500.00 |
 | Lot #1331 RUSSIA 1936 Moscow Subway 15k rose carmine, imperf. sheet margin single (probably a trimmed example of the variety imperf. at right, made to resemble an imperf.), v.f., sold as is * Catalog #553var | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #1332 RUSSIA 1936 Pioneers, 5k magenta, horizontal pair, also compound and combination perforations, selection of five different including 11x11 3/4, 13 3/4x11, 11x11x13 3/4x13 3/4, 11x11x11x13 3/4 and 11x11x13 3/4x11, n.h., fine-v.f., with Liapine cert. A very rare group of compound perfs, seldom offered ** Catalog #586var | Price Realized $5,000.00 |
 | Lot #1333 RUSSIA 1937 Architecture of Moscow, complete set of eight sheet margin blocks of four, n.h., post office fresh, fine-v.f. (Zverev 456-63, $3,500) **Catalog #597-604 | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #1334 RUSSIA 1937 Dzerzhinsky, 10k yellow paper, regular (non-coated) paper, l.h., v.f. (Zverev 472b, $1500) * Catalog #606var | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #1335 RUSSIA 1938 Aviation, complete set of nine blocks of four, many with sheet margin, n.h., fine-v.f. (Zverev 541-49, $3,250) **Catalog #678-686 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1336 RUSSIA 1944 Leningrad, souvenir sheet of four (size slightly reduced 140x105), inscription shifted to bottom, with date "27/I-1944" shifted to bottom, actually positioned to middle of the sheet, two lines of the bottom completely omitted, h.r. at top, fine and extremely rare variety *Catalog #959var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1337 RUSSIA 1945 Stalingrad, souvenir sheet of four (size 98x140mm), red double variety (flags and numerals), h.r. in margin (stamps n.h.), usual creases and inclusions, fine and very rare souvenir sheet error *Catalog #970var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1338 RUSSIA 1949 Sport, 20k and 40k, each horizontal diamond raster, hinge remnants, v.f., scarce * Catalog #1415,1416var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1339 RUSSIA 1951 Butlerov, 40k horizontal diamond raster, hinge remnant, v.f., scarce * Catalog #1568var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1340 RUSSIA 1958 Flags, 40k variety, missing blue and yellow colors, n.h., v.f., with regular stamp included for comparison ** Catalog #2067a,var | Price Realized $425.00 |
 | Lot #1341 RUSSIA 1958 Mendeleyev Congress, 40k set of two overprinted in red or dark blue, sheet corner margin blocks of four, n.h., v.f., with 2003 Melnikov certificates. The stamps were never issued, as the Congress did not take place. Blocks of four of these overprints are extremely rare ** | Unsold |
 | Lot #1342 RUSSIA 1961 Gagarin 6k special sheetlet of ten, cancelled to order (n.h.), v.f. These stamps were normally issued in sheets of 30 stamps and 30 coupons, only a small quantity of sheetlets were issued in sheets of 15 stamps (15 stamps and 15 coupons, status is questionable) and the first, initial run was issued in sheets of 10 stamps (each shows a variety "dot after 1961".). Almost all of those sheetlets were split or used, with only a small number remaining intact (Zagorsky Minisheet 2469, sheet I) Catalog #2464 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1343 RUSSIA 1984 Space, 15k vertical pair, double impression of black and blue colors, n.h., v.f. A rare modern error ** Catalog #5270var | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #1344 RUSSIA 1990 Capitals, 13 different imperforate blocks of four, n.h., v.f. **Catalog #5854/5868var | Unsold |
