U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
February 28-March 1, 2017
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #1079 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown and blue, used, large margins all around, v.f. O Catalog #1 | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #1080 RUSSIA 1857 10k blue and red, upper right corner sheet margin single, two-line "(P)olang(en)…April" datestamp, fresh and v.f. positional piece, signed Diena O Catalog #1 | Price Realized $2,500.00 |
 | Lot #1081 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown & blue, margins all around, close but clear at top, tied by framed Taurogen 19 April 1858 departure datestamp on complete FL to Moscow, with "Speditions-Geschaft John G. Kniep Tauroggen" forwarding agent's handstamp on back, letter folded vertically and horizontally, fine and scarce forwarded item, ex-Small collection  Catalog #1 | Price Realized $3,250.00 |
 | Lot #1082 RUSSIA 1858 10k black, frame only, with central oval blank, plate proof on thick, unwatermarked paper, trial perforations, v.f. (Zverev $2,500) P Catalog #2P | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #1083 RUSSIA 1858 10k brown & blue, brilliant colors, pen canceled on coverfront addressed to Vyborg, red St. Petersburg 8 Jan. 1858 departure datestamp at bottom, fine and rare early usage O Catalog #2 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #1084 RUSSIA 1858 20k lilac and green, perforated and gummed trial color proofs on stamp paper, one with colorless "2" watermark, the other without watermark, h.r., fresh, fine-v.f., very rare, only 100 of each printed, with Mikulski certificate for each P Catalog #3P | Price Realized $3,000.00 |
 | Lot #1085 RUSSIA 1858 20k lilac & green, perforated and gummed trial color proof on unwatermarked paper, fresh and v.f. (Zverev $1,500) P Catalog #3P | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #1086 RUSSIA 1858 20k blue & orange, horizontal pair, thick paper, canceled "38" (Riga) in oval dots, brilliant colors, right stamp with clipped perforations at bottom and at upper right, otherwise fine and rare multiples, one of only seven pairs recorded, ex-Mikulski O Catalog #3 | Price Realized $1,800.00 |
 | Lot #1087 RUSSIA 1858 20k blue & orange, thin paper, vertical pair, top stamp showing round colored flaw in last letter of "Pochtowaja" at top of oval, canceled on small piece by "Vileyka" 15 March, 1872 (!) pmk, bottom stamp with couple of shorter perfs, lifted and replaced on piece, fine and unusually late usage, one of the only seven known pairs, ex-Mikulski O Catalog #3 | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
 | Lot #1088 RUSSIA 1858 30k carmine & green, thin paper, with 1865 town cancel, all perforations intact, fine and late usage of this scarce stamp, with Mikulski certificate, O Catalog #4 Catalog Value $2,750 | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #1089 RUSSIA 1858 1k (two), also 30k carmine & green, used in combination with 5k black & lilac (1865 issue) on FL from Moscow to France, red "Aus Russland Franco" and blue Prussian entry (7 Dec), various transit and arrival postmarks on back, filing fold away from the stamps, fine mixed issues franking Catalog #5,10,14 | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #1090 RUSSIA 1858 10k brown & blue, selection of 32 used stamps, all multiples, including a block of four, nine horizontal or vertical pairs, three horizontal or vertical strips of three (one used on piece together with a pair), various shades and cancels, mostly fine-v.f., ex-Mikulski  OCatalog #8 | Price Realized $1,900.00 |
 | Lot #1091 RUSSIA 1858 30k carmine & green, tied by "1" in dots on FL from St. Petersburg to Pernau, red 6 Feb,1862 departure and arrival postmark on back, lettersheet refolded, fine and rare single franking Catalog #10 | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #1092 RUSSIA 1866 Vertically Laid Paper, 1k horizontal strip of four, plus 2x5k lilac & black, canceled on piece, fine-v.f., scarce O | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #1093 RUSSIA 1866 Horizontally Laid Paper, 1k black & yellow and 30k carmine & green, paying 31k on registered cover used in 1877 (12 December, numeral "1" inserted by hand) from Yaransk to Vyatka, departure postmark repeated at right, fine usage, with intact wax seal, arrival pmk on back Catalog #19,25 | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #1094 RUSSIA 1866 1k black & yellow and 30k carmine & green, paying 31k on registered cover used in 1877 (6 Mar) from Yaransk to Vyatka, arrival pmk alongside on front, fine usage, with intact wax seal, departure and arrival pmks repeated on back Catalog #19,25 | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #1095 RUSSIA 1866 1k and 30k, paying 31k on back of a registered cover used in 1879 (4 Mar) from Sevsk to Moscow, filing folds away from the stamps, fine and scarce registered usage from a small town, with (6 Mar) arrival pmk Catalog #19,25 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1096 RUSSIA 1870 3k green & black, error "V" in groundwork (instead of "3"), horizontal pair, used with additional 20k on FL from Moscow to England, with appropriate departure and Manchester arrival postmark on back, little toning, filing fold through 20k, otherwise fine Catalog #20d | Price Realized $290.00 |
 | Lot #1097 RUSSIA 1866 30k carmine and green, vertically laid paper, block of four with central Apr. 7, 1873 St. Petersburg cancel, pinhole through the upper left stamp, otherwise v.f. and rare block, ex-Faberge Catalog #25a | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #1098 RUSSIA 1879 (8 Mar) registered cover franked with 1k, 20k and pair of 5k, paying 31k, stamps tied by "Seletz" two-line datestamp, addressed to France, near Geneva, with Postal Card No.3 transit and Geneva arrival pmks on back, fine and scarce | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #1099 RUSSIA 1884 Vertically Laid paper, 3.50r and 7r unused with large part original gum, heavy hinge remnants, fine-v.f., signed Diena, etc., * Catalog #39-40 Catalog Value $2,000 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #1100 RUSSIA 1884 Arms, 3.50r and 7r unused with large part original gum, heavy hinge remnants, fine-v.f., signed Diena, etc., * Catalog #39-40 Catalog Value $2,000 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #1101 RUSSIA 1884 Arms, 7r black and orange, sheet margin single, n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #40 Catalog Value $2,400 | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #1102 RUSSIA 1889-1905 3.50r and 7r (horizontal or vertically laid paper), each cancelled 1905 Reserve Field Post ("Zapasn. Polv. Pochta"), fine and scarce usage of these high values during the Russo-Japanese War O Catalog #54,69 | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #1103 RUSSIA 1910-17 five items including four covers, two registered, all addressed to Petrograd including one to the Minister of the Imperial Court, His High Excellency the Count Fredericks for transfer to His Imperial Majesty the Sovereign Emperor Nikolai Aleksandrovitch, another to the Grand Duke Constantine, also a ppc from London to the Bulgarian Legation in St. Petersburg, all five with the scarce State Chancellery arrival pmks, ex-Leonard Tann collection | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #1104 RUSSIA 1917 "Abdication of the Tsar", collection of 42 mostly unused (few used) blocks of four, eight and twelve, overprinted with Liberty Cap and Crossed Swords, articles from "Izvestia" in red or black, with double, inverted and shifted overprints, plus other varieties, two postal cards, generally fine-v.f. A wonderful selection of these popular, albeit privately produced items * | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
 | Lot #1105 RUSSIA 1918 35k dark blue, imperforate horizontal pair, h.r., v.f., with Dr.Leupold certificate, * Catalog #149a Catalog Value $1,600 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #1106 RUSSIA 1921 200r gray brown, sheet of 25, n.h., v.f. (see note in Scott's, following No.190) **Catalog #182var Catalog Value $2,500 | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #1107 RUSSIA 1921 40r violet, proof on watermarked paper, vertical pair, unused without gum, v.f. P Catalog #187P | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1108 RUSSIA 1922 2,000r red, unissued design, bottom margin imperforate single, proof on thick, cream paper, vertical creases, still fresh and v.f., with 1998 Mandrovski certificate, only 50 printed (two panes of 25) (Zverev $3,000) E | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #1109 RUSSIA 1922 unissued 3r dark blue, imperforate block of four, n.h., v.f. (Zverev $750) ** | Price Realized $190.00 |
 | Lot #1110 RUSSIA 1922 registered cover from Odessa to Paris, franked with a complete gutter sheet of 50x7,500 on 250r, plus additional three copies of same, used in combination with Control Stamps 10x25r (all uncanceled), paying the 400,000r for a registered letter abroad, stamps folded over with some inevitable faults, otherwise fine, rare combination franking | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #1111 RUSSIA 1922 (29 Mar) cover (little reduced at left) franked on back with 200r and 300r, used locally in Moscow, with departure and arrival pmks. Interesting late usage of these adhesives, which were counted for the appropriate 5,000r rate (revalued and surcharged stamps were already available for some time), with 2007 Mandrovsky certificate Catalog #192,184 | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #1112 RUSSIA 1922 red surcharge 10,000r on 40r, block of four, struck on both sides, displaced on gum, v.f. **Catalog #200var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1113 RUSSIA 1922 10,000r greenish blue, vertical watermark, block of four, l.h. at top, bottom stamps n.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 43a) */**Catalog #204P | Unsold |
 | Lot #1114 RUSSIA 1922 Star surcharges, 5r on 20k surcharge inverted, block of four, l.h. or n.h., v.f., signed Goznak */**Catalog #216a | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1115 RUSSIA 1922 Star surcharges, 30r on 50k brown & green, basic stamp groundwork omitted, upper left sheet corner margin block of four, n.h., natural gum creases and imperceptible toning at bottom right, v.f. and rare multiple **Catalog #219c | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #1116 RUSSIA 1924 Definitives (typographed), 3r perf. 10, single and vertical pair, used, fine-v.f., signed Mikulski, etc. (Zagorsky 57B) O Catalog #292a | Price Realized $130.00 |
 | Lot #1117 RUSSIA 1924-25 Definitives (typographed), 5r perf. 13 1/4 x 13 1/2, horizontal strip of three, with invalidating perforations, v.f. (Zagorsky 58) ** Catalog #293var | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1118 RUSSIA 1925 Lenin Mausoleum, 40k red brown, unissued design, imperforate essay on watermarked, gummed paper, n.h., v.f. (Zverev $2,000) E | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #1119 RUSSIA 1925 Popov, 7k proof in light blue, on thick cartridge paper (with factory inscriptions on back), block of four, v.f. (Zverev $4,250) PCatalog #328P | Price Realized $2,100.00 |
 | Lot #1120 RUSSIA 1925 Popov, unissued 20k imperf. proof in orange brown color, on thick cartridge paper (with factory inscriptions on back), block of four, v.f. (Zverev $4,000) PCatalog #328P | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
 | Lot #1121 RUSSIA 1926 8k olive perf. 12, "small head", double impression, n.h., natural wrinkles and inclusions, fine and rare stamp (Zagorsky 119Ta) ** Catalog #311var | Price Realized $3,500.00 |
 | Lot #1122 RUSSIA 1927 8k on 7k, surcharge type II (narrow distance), used in combination with additional franking on registered, flown cover from Baku (14.2.28) to Teheran, v.f. and scarce usage, with arrival pmk Catalog #350b | Unsold |
 | Lot #1123 RUSSIA 1927 10th Anniversary of the October Revolution, 3k bright rose, imperf. top sheet margin single, n.h., ample margins at sides, fine ** Catalog #375a | Price Realized $1,200.00 |
 | Lot #1124 RUSSIA 1929 Pioneers, 10k brown, variety imperforate at top and bottom, used in 1930 on locally addressed Leningrad cover, v.f. A rare and unlisted variety, with 2008 Buchsbayew certificate Catalog #411var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1125 RUSSIA 1933 People of the Soviet Union, 15k Russians, proof in orange, overprinted "PROEKT 21 June 1933" in red, affixed on card, v.f., scarce P Catalog #500P | Price Realized $3,250.00 |
 | Lot #1126 RUSSIA 1933 Order of the Red Banner, 20k black, red, yellow, perforated 9 1/2, well centered, h.r., v.f., pencil signed. A rare stamp (Zagorsky 344A), * Catalog #518var Catalog Value $4,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1127 RUSSIA 1933 Commissars, 20k variety imperf. at bottom, also 1939 Exhibition 50k (Horse), three singles, each variety imperf. at bottom, all used in 1951 on registered cover from Liepaja to USA (addressed to a well known stamp dealer Lester Glass), v.f., with arrival pmk. An unusual cover Catalog #521var, 730var | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #1128 RUSSIA 1934 Lenin Mausoleum, 5k and 10k imperforate singles, large margins all around, n.h., handstamped (Goznak), v.f., ** Catalog #524a-525a Catalog Value $2,100 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #1129 RUSSIA 1934 Lenin Mausoleum, 5k and 10k vertical imperforate pairs, n.h., v.f., with handstamped marks on back, ** Catalog #524a-525a Catalog Value $4,200 | Price Realized $3,000.00 |
 | Lot #1130 RUSSIA 1934 Spartacist Games, 1k Sprint, trial color proof, smaller size and different perforations, gummed, watermarked paper, v.f., scarce P Catalog #559P | Unsold |
 | Lot #1131 RUSSIA 1934 Spartacist Games, 40k Parade of Athletes, trial color proof, smaller size and different perforations, ungummed, watermarked paper, v.f., scarce P Catalog #568P | Unsold |
 | Lot #1132 RUSSIA 1934 Spartacist Games, 40k Parade of Athletes, trial color proof (orange & blue) smaller size and different perforations, ungummed, watermarked paper, v.f., scarce P Catalog #568P | Unsold |
 | Lot #1133 RUSSIA 1935 Kalinin, 20k black, imperf. horizontal pair, l.h., pencil notations on reverse, v.f., * Catalog #576a Catalog Value $3,000 | Price Realized $2,700.00 |
 | Lot #1134 RUSSIA 1935 Kirov, 40k green, perf. 14, trial color proof, ungummed, watermarked paper, v.f., with 2010 Mandrovski certificate (Zagorsky 434A) P Catalog #582aP | Unsold |
 | Lot #1135 RUSSIA 1936 Pioneers, 2k red brown and 10k blue, two different trial color proofs on watermarked and gummed stamp paper, perforated 13 3/4, l.h., v.f., with 2012 Mandrovski certificates. A rare pair of proofs P Catalog #584P,587P | Price Realized $7,000.00 |
 | Lot #1136 RUSSIA 1936 Pioneers, 2k dark olive green, trial color proof on watermarked and gummed stamp paper, perforated 13 3/4, l.h., v.f. P Catalog #584P | Price Realized $3,500.00 |
 | Lot #1137 RUSSIA 1937 Moscow Architecture, two souvenir sheets of four, marginal inscriptions displaced to left, another to top, n.h., natural gum wrinkles, v.f. and unusual varieties **Catalog #603a,var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1138 RUSSIA 1937 Dzerzhinsky, 20k Prussian green, variety imperf. at right, n.h., abrasions at bottom (Zagorsky 470Pd) ** Catalog #607var | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1139 RUSSIA 1937-40 Definitives (unwatermarked), 4k, 10k, 30k and 40k imperforate singles, n.h., first three with stains in margin, otherwise fine-v.f. ** Catalog #615,616B,618,619var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1140 RUSSIA 1938 Definitives (unwatermarked), 40k Lenin, imperf. bottom margin vertical pair, n.h., natural gum wrinkles, v.f. (Zagorsky 443Pa) ** Catalog #619var | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #1141 RUSSIA 1938 North Pole, 40k and 80k imperforate horizontal pairs, n.h., pencil signed, v.f., ** Catalog #627a-28a Catalog Value $6,180 | Price Realized $3,750.00 |
 | Lot #1142 RUSSIA 1937 Trans-Polar Flight, complete Menu dated June 30, 1937 "In Honor of the Soviet Trans-Polar Fliers" (Valeri Chkalov, Georgy Baidukov and Alexander Belyakov) | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #1143 RUSSIA 1938 First Trans-Polar Flight (Moscow-Vancouver), 10k black & red, n.h., also 20k brown black & red, h.r., imperforate singles, the former with pressed-out horizontal crease, otherwise v.f., scarce, */** Catalog #636a,637a Catalog Value $8,300 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1144 RUSSIA 1938 First Trans-Polar Flight (Moscow-Vancouver), 40k brown & red, 50k brown violet & red, imperforate horizontal pairs, l.h., v.f., * Catalog #638a,639a Catalog Value $4,200 | Price Realized $2,400.00 |
 | Lot #1145 RUSSIA 1938 First Transpolar Flight from Moscow to California, 10k and 20k imperforate singles, l.h. or n.h., minor natural gum creases, v.f., */** Catalog #640a,641a Catalog Value $1,775 | Price Realized $800.00 |
 | Lot #1146 RUSSIA 1938 Second Trans-Polar Flight (Moscow-San Jacinto), 50k dull violet, imperforate single, n.h., large margins all around, v.f., with 2001 Mandrovski certificate (catalogue value for hinged) ** Catalog #642a Catalog Value $17,500 | Price Realized $20,000.00 |
 | Lot #1147 RUSSIA 1938 Rescue of Papanin's North Pole Expedition, 10k, 20k, 30k and 50k imperforate singles, complete set of four, never hinged, all with large or ample margins, v.f., except the last value (50k blue) has an ironed-out horizontal crease. A very rare set of imperforate varieties from the Soviet Union; 30k brown is accompanied by a certificate from N. Mandrovski ** Catalog #643-646var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1148 RUSSIA 1938 Papanin, 50k imperforate horizontal pair, small h.r., owner's handstamp on reverse, v.f., * Catalog #646a Catalog Value $4,700 | Price Realized $2,900.00 |
 | Lot #1149 RUSSIA 1943 Bering, 30k blue, right margin horizontal pair, imperf. between, l.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 762var) * Catalog #886var | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #1150 RUSSIA 1943 Bering, 2r brown, variety imperf. at right, n.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 765Pa) ** Catalog #889var | Price Realized $575.00 |
 | Lot #1151 RUSSIA 1946 Bombers, 1r dark gray, variety imperf. at bottom, left sheet margin horizontal pair, n.h., fine-v.f. ** Catalog #993var | Price Realized $800.00 |
 | Lot #1152 RUSSIA 1946 25th Anniversary of Soviet Stamps, 15k souvenir sheet of four, showing complete offset of frame and red (Map) background on reverse, n.h., v.f., unusual for issue **Catalog #1080a,var | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #1153 RUSSIA 1946 25th Anniversary of Soviet Stamps, 60k souvenir sheet of four, showing complete offset of center on reverse, n.h., v.f., unusual for issue **Catalog #1082a,var | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #1154 RUSSIA 1947 Moscow Anniversary, Gorky street, 10k horizontal pair imperf. between, n.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 1074var) ** Catalog #1133var | Price Realized $850.00 |
 | Lot #1155 RUSSIA 1947 Moscow, 1r dark violet, vertical pair imperf. between, n.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 1083) ** Catalog #1142var | Price Realized $850.00 |
 | Lot #1156 RUSSIA 1947 Leningrad, 1r variety imperf. at bottom (slightly trimmed), n.h., v.f., signed Stolow (Zagorsky 1135Pa) ** Catalog #1192var | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1157 RUSSIA 1948 Ostrovski, imperforate singles, l.h., v.f. * Catalog #1227a-1229a | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1158 RUSSIA 1949 Lenin Mausoleum, imperf. souvenir sheet, n.h., few inclusions and wrinkles, fine-v.f. **Catalog #1327a,var | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #1159 RUSSIA 1950 9 May Anniversary, variety inverted watermark, l.h., v.f., extremely rare, with 2011 Mandrovski certificate (Zagorsky 1438Ta) * Catalog #1462var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1160 RUSSIA 1952 Ordzhonikidze, blocks of eight, folded between stamps, n.h., v.f. **Catalog #1622-23 | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #1161 RUSSIA 1952 K. Nasyri, 60 stamps, all in blocks of ten, folded between stamps, n.h., v.f. **Catalog #1641 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1162 RUSSIA 1953 Lenin, 20 stamps (five blocks of four), n.h., v.f. **Catalog #1661 | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #1163 RUSSIA 1957 National Artists, 40k line perf. 12 1/2, single cancelled to order (as always), v.f. (Zagorsky 1917A) O Catalog #1926var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1164 RUSSIA 1957 October Revolution, 40th Anniversary souvenir sheet of three, plate proof on thick paper, with large margins at sides, colors are different from the final, issued design, First Day of issue cancel, v.f., with Wassman certificate (Zagorsky Bl.24var) O Catalog #1943aP | Unsold |
 | Lot #1165 RUSSIA 1959 15th Anniversary of Liberation of Hungary, sheet of 25, positions 11 and 25 showing broken "15", n.h., v.f. **Catalog #2308var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1166 RUSSIA 1961 original photograph (158x198mm), dedicated and signed by Yuri Gagarin, dated 15th April 1961, as "The First Cosmonaut, Hero of the Soviet Union", small closed tear at the bottom of the photograph, rare | Price Realized $625.00 |
 | Lot #1167 RUSSIA 1964 Tokyo Olympics, imperf. souvenir sheet in green, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #2921-26var | Price Realized $190.00 |
 | Lot #1168 RUSSIA 1975 Fairy Tales (Palekh), 4k-20k five se-tenant sheets of 20 (each with four horizontal strips of three), varieties include one sheet imperf. at right; another imperforate selvage at upper left, two with considerable perforation shifts, last one with double vertical perforations between the left pairs, all unfolded, n.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 4484-4488var) **Catalog #4400-4404var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1169 RUSSIA 1990 Soviet Republic Capitals, imperf. blocks of four, 12 different (missing only Frunze), n.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 6102/6116var) **Catalog #5854/5866var | Price Realized $700.00 |
