U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
November 29-30, 2016
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #1151 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown & blue, two-line datestamp in Cyrillic, left sheet margin example, fresh, v.f., signed Calves, with Roumet certificate O Catalog #1 | Price Realized $400.00 |
 | Lot #1152 RUSSIA 1866 horizontally laid paper, 1k black & yellow, 4k black & deep green, 5k black & lilac, 10k brown & blue, 20k blue & orange, 30k carmine & green, complete set of five cross-gutter sheets of 100, n.h., mostly well centered, post office fresh, 5k with minor perf. separations at right, fine-v.f. This may be the only set of sheets still intact, incredibly well preserved, with colors as bright and vibrant as on the day they were purchased at the St. Petersburg post office 150 years ago (catalogued as singles, without adding any premium for the blocks and gutter pairs)  **Catalog #19-25 Catalog Value $81,600 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1153 RUSSIA 1869 (1 Nov) outer FL from Moscow to France, franked with unwatermarked 20k and 30k arms, used in combination with watermarked 3k black & green (2), all tied by red departure pmks, with proper sequence of transit and arrival markings, letter refolded, otherwise fine, with Mandrovski certificate  | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #1154 RUSSIA 1883-88 Imperial Eagle and Post Horns (without thunderbolts), horizontally laid paper, 1k-70k, also 2k yellow green, complete set of nine, top margin panes of 50, hinged in margin only, stamps n.h. (except two of the 70k hinged at top), mostly well centered, post office fresh, fine-v.f., rare set of multiples (catalogued as singles, without adding any premium for the blocks and gutter pairs) **Catalog #31-38,32a Catalog Value $30,725 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1155 RUSSIA 1913 Romanov Tercentenary, die proof of blue center only (Nicholas II), also 35k magenta, die proof of frame only, v.f. P | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #1156 RUSSIA 1925 (7 Jan) large parcel card franked on both sides with definitives (watermarked) including 1r (75) and 3r (20), 20k (3), also commemorative 3k (imperf. pair), paying total of 135.66r, registered from Kazan-Zabulachnoye, with Baku arrival pmks, filing folds and some wear and tear affecting the stamps, nevertheless remarkably intact with nothing missing, truly a spectacular exhibition piece | Unsold |
 | Lot #1157 RUSSIA 1925 (25 May) Money Order from Agdam to Moscow, franked on both sides with definitives (unwatermarked) 2r (13), 2k, 3k, 10k and imperf. 50k (3), also Lenin Mausoleum 40k (40), paying the required total of 41.65r for the transfer of 5,000r, stamps invalidated by perforation punches, some creases and other faults, still a remarkable piece | Unsold |
 | Lot #1158 RUSSIA 1925 Definitives (watermarked), complete set of 21, mixed perforations, n.h., fine-v.f. (Zagorsky 76-97) ** Catalog #304/325 | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #1159 RUSSIA 1927 Esperanto, imperforate vertical pair, used, v.f. O Catalog #374var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1160 RUSSIA 1931 registered cover from Moscow to Shanghai, China, with two different Foreign Exchange surcharges added on back, fine and scarce destination, with arrival pmk | Unsold |
 | Lot #1161 RUSSIA 1933 Commissars, 20k violet, variety imperf. at bottom, n.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 347Pc) ** Catalog #521var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1162 RUSSIA 1934 Mendeleyev, blocks of four, n.h. and post office fresh, v.f. (Zverev $8,500) **Catalog #536-539 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1163 RUSSIA 1934 Mendeleyev, blocks of four, n.h. and post office fresh, v.f. (Zverev $8,500) **Catalog #536-539 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1164 RUSSIA 1935 Anti-War, set of five, l.h., fine-v.f., * Catalog #546-550 Catalog Value $547 | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #1165 RUSSIA 1935 Spartacist Games, complete set, n.h., usual wrinkles and gum skips, fine-v.f. ** Catalog #559-568 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1166 RUSSIA 1935 Kalinin, 20k imperf. single, adhesions on gum and on face, otherwise fine (Zagorsky 428Pa) * Catalog #576var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1167 RUSSIA 1936 registered cover from Moscow to Auckland, New Zealand, with four Foreign Exchange surcharges added on back, sent via Melbourne, with Ponsonby, New Zealand arrival pmks on back, fine and uncommon destination, with Hovest certificate | Price Realized $110.00 |
 | Lot #1168 RUSSIA 1936 Pioneers, complete set in blocks of four, 3k and 15k perf. 11, others perf. 14, n.h., fine-v.f. (Zverev $3,500) **Catalog #583-588 | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #1169 RUSSIA 1937 Dzerzhinsky, 10k yellow brown, ordinary paper, horizontal pair imperf. between and at left, used, v.f. This variety is known only used (Zagorsky 469var) O Catalog #606var | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #1170 RUSSIA 1937 Definitives, 40k Lenin, imperforate horizontal pair, n.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 443 CPS Pa) ** Catalog #619var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1171 RUSSIA 1938 Second Trans-Polar Flight Moscow to San Jacinto, 10k claret (Gromov, Danilin and Yumashev), horizontal pair imperf. between, single punched hole and slight fold between stamps, also faint horizontal mis-registration markings, v.f. An unrecorded variety O Catalog #640var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1172 RUSSIA 1943 Patriotic War, 20k Workers and Soldiers, horizontal pair imperf. between, used, v.f. (Zagorsky 739var) O Catalog #873var | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1173 RUSSIA 1943 Medals, 1r variety imperf. at right, used, v.f. This variety is only known used (Zagorsky 768Pb) O Catalog #897var | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1174 RUSSIA 1944 Civil War Heroes, 30k green vertical pair imperf. between, n.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 838var) ** Catalog #944var | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1175 RUSSIA 1946 Five Year Plan, 5k vertical pair imperf. between, n.h., v.f., signed Bileski (Zagorsky 991var) ** Catalog #1075var | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #1176 RUSSIA 1946 Anniversary of Soviet Postage Stamps, souvenir sheet of four, center shifted, used with full gum (cancelled to order), v.f. A spectacular variety, undoubtedly rare Catalog #1081a,var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1177 RUSSIA 1947 Arms of Uzbekistan, 30k variety imperforate at bottom, n.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 1025Pa) ** Catalog #1119var | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #1178 RUSSIA 1947 Moscow Anniversary, 50k Lenin Museum, block of four imperforate between, n.h., v.f. A rarity (Zagorsky 1058var) **Catalog #1129var | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
 | Lot #1179 RUSSIA 1947 Moscow Anniversary, 10k Gorky street, horizontal pair imperf. between, n.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 1074var) ** Catalog #1133var | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #1180 RUSSIA 1947 Moscow Subway, 60k Mayakovski Station, vertical pair imperf. between, n.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 1066var) ** Catalog #1157var | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1181 RUSSIA 1947 Sanatoria, 30k Novy Afon, 30k vertical pair imperf. horizontally and horizontal pair imperforate vertically, both n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #1166var | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #1182 RUSSIA 1948 Ostrovski, imperforate sheet margin singles, n.h., each with fold between outer margin and stamp, v.f. (Zagorsky 1168-1170Pa) ** Catalog #1227-1229var | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #1183 RUSSIA 1948 Ostrovski, imperforate horizontal pairs, n.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 1168-1170Pa) ** Catalog #1227-1229var | Price Realized $1,300.00 |
 | Lot #1184 RUSSIA 1948 Soccer, 30k horizontal pair, imperf. between, n.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 1221var) ** Catalog #1455var | Price Realized $950.00 |
