U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
January 10-11, 2017
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #1125 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown and blue, horizontal pair, lightly cancelled, margins all around, beautiful color, fresh and v.f., signed Calves, with 2002 Eichele certificate O Catalog #1 | Price Realized $3,250.00 |
 | Lot #1126 RUSSIA 1858 10k brown & blue, 20k blue and orange and 30k carmine and green, thin paper varieties, three different used, fine-v.f., O Catalog #2-4 Catalog Value $ 4,490 | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #1127 RUSSIA 1858 10k brown & blue, cancelled by pen on outer FL to St. Petersburg, with Moscow 15 Feb 1858 departure datestamp on back, fine early usage, pen cancels on Russia No.2 on cover are actually quite rare  Catalog #2 | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #1128 RUSSIA 1858 10k brown & blue, tied by "2" in circle of dots on FL from Moscow, with departure datestamp on back, fine Catalog #2 | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #1129 RUSSIA 1858 (5 March) outer FL from St. Petersburg to Moscow, franked with 10k brown and blue, tied by "1" in dots, red departure datestamp alongside, fine and attractive early usage Catalog #2 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #1130 RUSSIA 1858 (12 Nov) outer FL from Kherson to Odessa (Fratelli Rokka correspondence), franked with 10k brown and blue, tied by numeral in dots postmark, with framed datestamp alongside, fresh and fine Catalog #2 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1131 RUSSIA 1858 (22 May) outer FL from Riga to Libawa, franked with 10k brown and blue, tied by cds (struck twice), some paper erosion at right, nevertheless fine, early usage Catalog #2 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1132 RUSSIA 1858 (22 Aug) FL from St. Petersburg to Saratov, franked with 10k brown and blue, tied by "1" in circle of dots, framed departure datestamp alongside, arrival pmk on front, v.f. Catalog #2 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1133 RUSSIA 1861 (18 Oct) large part of outer FL from Archangelsk to St. Petersburg, franked with 10k brown and blue, top sheet margin gutter, tied by "3" numeral in circle of dots, departure and arrival pmks on back, fresh and v.f. Catalog #8 | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #1134 RUSSIA 1865 (6 Nov) outer FL from Kerch-Enikolsk to St. Petersburg, franked with 10k brown and blue and 20k orange and blue, tied by cds, with arrival pmk on back, some paper folds, otherwise fine Catalog #8,9 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1135 RUSSIA 1866 1K (two), 5k and 7k, paying 14k on cover used in 1883 from Moscow to Italy, v.f., with transit and Modena arrival pmks | Price Realized $180.00 |
 | Lot #1136 RUSSIA 1866 1k and 30k paying 31k on registered cover (little reduced at top) used in 1877 from Nolinsk to Vyatka, slightly soiled, otherwise fine, with arrival pmk | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1137 RUSSIA 1866 5k orange, green, red and violet, four different perforated and gummed trial color proofs on horizontally laid paper, h.r., some irregular perforations, otherwise fine, signed Hovest * Catalog #22P | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #1138 RUSSIA 1870 three FLs, one to Berlin and franked with 1k, 3k and 10k; the other to Manchester with single 20k franking; last with single 5k tied by red pmk paying local rate in St. Petersburg, fine-v.f. lot | Price Realized $180.00 |
 | Lot #1139 RUSSIA 1870 (3 Mar) FL sent unpaid from Kerch-Enikol, via Odessa (10 March) to Genova Italy, with Vienna transit and charged 1L postage due on arrival | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1140 RUSSIA 1881 (30 Oct) 7k stationery entire used from Ekaterinoslav to New Zealand, addressed to "Australia New Zealand Greymouth", eventually arriving in Greymouth, via Brindisi, with Christchurch, Port Chalmers transits, charged "50" in red crayon, overall toning, unusual destination | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #1141 RUSSIA 1898 decorative illustrated charity envelope (opened on three sides) issued to benefit the "St. Petersburg Trustee Committee of Sisters of the Red Cross," franked with 1k and 2k adhesives, addressed to Samara, with arrival pmk, v.f. | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1142 RUSSIA 1902 decorative illustrated charity envelope (opened on three sides) issued to benefit the "Community of St. Eugene," franked with 3k carmine (uncancelled), addressed to Warszawa, v.f., with arrival pmk | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1143 RUSSIA 1906 decorative illustrated charity envelope issued to benefit the "Marrinskaya Red Cross Society of Kiev," franked with single 1k orange, used locally in Kursk | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1144 RUSSIA 1915 20k olive green, imperforate block of four, double impression, n.h., v.f., with 2009 Mandrovski certificate  **Catalog #107a,var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1145 RUSSIA 1916 (15 Mar) cover franked on reverse with 10k blue, used from a small village to a prisoner held in the infamous Schlisselburg prison, with large "examined/Schlisselburg Prison" censor cachet and arrival cds, fine-v.f. and scarce incoming prison cover | Price Realized $190.00 |
 | Lot #1146 RUSSIA 1916-17 (ca) 10k dark blue, imperf. Postal Forgery made in Lodz to defraud postal authorities, v.f., rare * | Price Realized $270.00 |
 | Lot #1147 RUSSIA 1917 1r carmine and brown (vertical lozenges of varnish), imperforate sheet of 50 (vertical format with six labels), double background, one inverted and displaced, some creases, n.h., v.f. ** | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #1148 RUSSIA 1917 1r carmine and brown (vertical lozenges of varnish), imperforate sheet of 50 (vertical format with six labels), background inverted, some gum disturbances and marginal creases, v.f. ** | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #1149 RUSSIA 1918 1r carmine and brown (horizontal lozenges of varnish), imperforate sheet of 50 (10x5), double background, one inverted and displaced, folded between stamps, hinged in margin, stamps n.h., v.f. and spectacular ** | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #1150 RUSSIA 1922 large registered cover from Vyatka to Leipzig, franked on both sides with combination of Imperial and RSFSR stamps and surcharges, including horizontal gutter tete-beche pair of 250r, usual cover wear, fine | Unsold |
 | Lot #1151 RUSSIA 1922 large registered cover from Petrograd to Berlin, franked with combination of Imperial and RSFSR stamps and surcharges, filing fold away from the stamps, fine, with arrival pmk | Unsold |
 | Lot #1152 RUSSIA 1922 20r on 15k imperforate, top sheet corner margin single, pos.5, h.r., v.f., rare stamp, * Catalog #224 Catalog Value $ 9,500 | Price Realized $4,000.00 |
 | Lot #1153 RUSSIA 1923 Red Army Soldier, unissued 20r gray black and 20r violet, both perf., n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #241AE | Price Realized $180.00 |
 | Lot #1154 RUSSIA 1924 definitives (typographed), 6k light blue, imperf. single with large margins all around, also 6k black (lithographed), perf. and gummed trial color proof, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #281var | Price Realized $200.00 |
 | Lot #1155 RUSSIA 1924-1969 selection of unissued stamps, with imperforate 40k Lenin Mausoleum, 1965 Democratic Women's Federation, 6k unissued variety inscribed "World" instead of "International" (Zagorsky 3160var, regular stamp included for comparison); 1958 Mendeleyev Congress set of two overprinted in red or dark blue (the overprinted stamps were never issued, as the Congress did not take place), 1967 Izvestia (4k overprinted with Medal of Lenin and three line inscription 13.III.1967), 1976 Stockholm Appeal 4k red (instead of gold), definitive issue 4k red, horizontal block of six, canceled to order, n.h., v.f. (this value was issued in coil rolls of 1,000, with serial number applied to every fifth stamp). One perforated sheet of 100 was also prepared as a trial printing, with only a few multiples, mostly canceled to order surviving), 1983 unissued 4k "Russian Fairy Tales" by A.Kurkin, imperforate sheetlet of 12 different designs showing beautiful lacquerware type designs on red background with simulated perforations, all **O | Unsold |
 | Lot #1156 RUSSIA 1927 8k on 7k brown, basic stamp printed on gum, left sheet margin single, n.h., v.f., scarce ** Catalog #350var | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #1157 RUSSIA 1929-31 definitives, 2k green, watermarked, misperforated corner margin block of four, n.h., v.f. **Catalog #414var | Price Realized $220.00 |
 | Lot #1158 RUSSIA 1932 Moscow Philatelic Exhibition, imperforate souvenir sheet of four, unused without gum as issued, incredibly fresh, with sharp corners, size slightly reduced (167 x 110mm, instead of 169 x 119mm), otherwise v.f., only 475 issued (another 25 were overprinted), (*)Catalog #485-486var Catalog Value $ 25,000 | Price Realized $5,250.00 |
 | Lot #1159 RUSSIA 1935 Frunze, Bauman and Kirov, blocks of four, n.h., fine-v.f. set **Catalog #580-82 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #1160 RUSSIA 1937 Pushkin, 40k and 50k green, imperforate and gummed vertical se-tenant pair, trial color proof on watermarked and gummed stamp paper, n.h., v.f. P Catalog #592-593P | Price Realized $7,000.00 |
 | Lot #1161 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 | Price Realized $2,500.00 |
 | Lot #1162 RUSSIA 1939 Georgia Pavilion, variety imperf. at top, used, v.f. O Catalog #801var | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #1163 RUSSIA 1945 30k Mechinkov, vertical pair, bottom stamp variety imperf. missing part of design, some gum disturbances, v.f. * Catalog #1011var | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1164 RUSSIA 1950 25k Aviator (typographed), single franking used private postcard used locally in Leningrad, v.f., with Mikulski certificate. A rare typographed definitive on card | Unsold |
 | Lot #1165 RUSSIA 1957 Flags, light blue color missing error, upper right sheet corner margin block of four, n.h., folded between stamps, v.f., with regular stamp included for comparison. A rarity, only one sheet recorded **Catalog #2067a,var | Price Realized $2,400.00 |
 | Lot #1166 RUSSIA 1962 two covers and one picture postcard, each signed by Yuri Gagarin, first man in space, the latter with small stain, otherwise fine-v.f. | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #1167 RUSSIA 1965 Mother Country, 2k printed on regular (rather than chalky surfaced paper), block of four, n.h., v.f. **Catalog #3031var | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #1168 RUSSIA 1965 Democratic Women's Federation, 6k unissued variety inscribed "All-World" instead of "International", n.h., v.f. and rare (Zagorsky 3160var, Liapine €7,000) ** Catalog #3093var | Price Realized $2,600.00 |
 | Lot #1169 RUSSIA 1966 Space, red color omitted, sheet margin block of four, stamps n.h., v.f. A rarity, only one sheet of 30 reported **Catalog #3193var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1170 RUSSIA 1984 Space, 15k block of four, left vertical pair with black inscriptions doubled, n.h., v.f. **Catalog #5270var | Unsold |
