U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
April 25-26, 2017

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #1169
RUSSIA
1832 FL from St. Petersburg, sent via Memel to Bordeaux where it was disinfected, with slits, also boxed "Prusse par Forbach" and accountancy mark, address somewhat smeared, otherwise fine, with arrival pmk
Envelope
Price Realized
$170.00

Lot #1170
RUSSIA
1849 (16 July) small FL from St. Petersburg to France, attractive illustrated stationery sheet, with boxed two line departure datestamp, sent to Nice, taxed 20 (decimes), with red "T.A.3" and "12 Ago" arrival hs, v.f.
Envelope
Price Realized
$170.00

Lot #1171
RUSSIA
1857 10k brown & blue, margins all around, beautiful colors, tied by oval "Walk" departure pmk on FL to Riga, with additional "Walk.Lif. 18" (Walk, Lifland province, plus first two year numerals) plus "Polucheno 19 May, 1858" arrival pmks on back, addressee's name and address obliterated by pen, v.f., signed Diena
Envelope
Catalog #1
Price Realized
$4,500.00

Lot #1172
RUSSIA
1857 10k brown & blue, margins all around, tied by boxed (but unreadable) departure datestamp on outer FL addressed to Unbar Poddrus (Estonia), filing fold away from the stamp, wax seal removed from back, fine Russia Number One on cover
Envelope
Catalog #1
Price Realized
$2,400.00

Lot #1173
RUSSIA
1858 20k blue & orange, unused (regummed), beautiful fresh colors, thin paper, intact perforations, fine example of this scarce unused stamp,
(*)
Catalog #3
Catalog Value $4,250
Price Realized
$1,400.00

Lot #1174
RUSSIA
1861 (16 Dec) cover to St. Petersburg, franked with 10k brown & blue (perf. 12 1/2), tied by "603" numeral cancel in rectangle of dots, with corresponding "Myshkin" departure and arrival pmks on back, intact wax seal, fine and very rare usage from Myshkin (Yaroslavl oblast)
Envelope
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #1175
RUSSIA
1863 (2 Aug) FL franked with 10k brown & blue (unwatermarked), tied by "488" numeral cancel in rectangle of dots, with corresponding "Torzhok" departure cds alongside, addressed to Moscow, little toning at right, wax seal removed from back, fine and scarce usage from Novotorzkok (Tver province)
Envelope
Price Realized
$240.00

Lot #1176
RUSSIA
1866 (2 Sep) FL from Riga to Paris, paying 56k with unwatermarked 3k (2), 10k and 20k (2), tied by cds, with "Aus Russland" and "P.D." markings, Paris arrival in blue, filing fold away from the stamps, fine double weight letter, signed Maslowski
Envelope
Price Realized
$220.00

Lot #1177
RUSSIA
1866 1k-30k sheet corner margin blocks of four, complete set of six, n.h. and post office fresh, v.f. (catalogued as singles)
Box **
Catalog #19-25
Catalog Value $3,240
Price Realized
$1,900.00

Lot #1178
RUSSIA
1866 3k black & green, printing error of background, "V" (for 5k) instead of "3", block of four, unused with full original gum, h.r., with minor perf. strengthening, remarkably fresh and well centered for issue, v.f. One of only three known blocks of four (Mi.19xF) (YT 19A) (Zverev $11,000)
Box *
Catalog #20d
Unsold
Lot #1179
RUSSIA
1866 20k and 30k vertically laid paper, used in 1872 on registered cover from Odessa to Vienna, oval "Frankirovano" in violet, four intact wax seals of the German Consulate in Odessa, 29 May departure and Vienna arrival pmks on back, filing fold and minor staple rust away from the stamps, fine example of quadruple weight, registered letter rate to Austria (40k+10k), with 1993 Mikulski certificate
Envelope
Catalog #24a,25a
Price Realized
$1,100.00

Lot #1180
RUSSIA
1871 (25 Sep) cover from Odessa to Switzerland, franked with 1k, 5k and 10k (all horizontally laid paper), tied by cds, with crayon due markings and transit pmks of Wien, Chur and St.Gallen on back, fine cover, signed Mikulski
Envelope
Price Realized
$140.00

Lot #1181
RUSSIA
1873 (5 Apr) cover from Odessa to Newark, N.J., franked with single 20k orange & blue (horizontally laid paper), tied by departure cds, with boxed "Aus Russland Franco" and violet "Oplacheno" (paid) alongside, New York arrival and "Breslau uber Berlin" handstamp on back, fine single franking to the United States
Envelope
Price Realized
$240.00

Lot #1182
RUSSIA
1873 (2 June) outer FL from Odessa to London, franked with 1k, 5k and 10k (horizontally laid paper), tied by Postal Car cds, with "Aus Russland" and "Frankirovano" markings, red London arrival cds, filing folds away from the stamps, fine
Envelope
Price Realized
$180.00

Lot #1183
RUSSIA
1875 (7 Jan) cover from Simbirsk to Bulle, Switzerland, franked with 1k (vertically laid), 3k (unwatermarked) and 10k (horizontally laid), sent via Moscow, with transit and arrival pmks on back, fresh, v.f. mixed issues, three-color franking, signed Mikulski
Envelope
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #1184
RUSSIA
1875 2k-20k, blocks of four, first one h.r., others n.h. and post office fresh, v.f. (catalogued as singles)
Box **
Catalog #26-30
Catalog Value $2,060
Price Realized
$1,100.00

Lot #1185
RUSSIA
1875 7k, 8k, 10k and 20k, four different bottom sheet margin, gutter panes of 50, with six positions of 20k showing crossed shaped "t", n.h. and post office fresh, some perf. separations, fine-v.f. and beautiful group (catalogued as singles, without premium for gutter pairs or blocks)
Box **
Catalog #27-30
Catalog Value $25,640
Price Realized
$7,000.00

Lot #1186
RUSSIA
1875 7k, 8k, 10k and 20k, four different vertical gutter blocks of four, n.h. and post office fresh, fine-v.f. and beautiful group (catalogued as singles, without premium for gutter pairs or blocks)
Box **
Catalog #27-30
Catalog Value $1,960
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #1187
RUSSIA
1883 Issue, 1k-70k, also 2k yellow green, complete set in blocks of four, h.r., fine-v.f. (catalogued as singles)
Box *
Catalog #31-38,32a
Catalog Value $1,077
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #1188
RUSSIA
1883 14k blue & rose, center inverted, used and well centered stamp, good color and fresh, fine example of this inverted center, signed Romeko, etc.,
O
Catalog #36b
Catalog Value $6,250
Price Realized
$3,250.00

Lot #1189
RUSSIA
1884 3.50r gray, horizontally (instead of vertically) laid paper, used, cancelled 1885, well centered but with usual faults (high value stamps were usually affixed to parcels and carelessly removed, becoming damaged in the process), fine appearance, extremely rare, with certificate,
O
Catalog #39a
Catalog Value $15,000
Price Realized
$7,000.00

Lot #1190
RUSSIA
1889 1k-3.50r (horizontally laid paper, posthorns with thunderbolts), 13 different blocks of four (except 1r two horizontal pairs, one stamp defective), l.h. or n.h. (1r and 3.50r n.h.), fine-v.f.
Box */**
Catalog #41-53
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #1191
RUSSIA
1893 (11 Jan) 7k stationery entire, additionally franked on front with 7k blue and on reverse with 1k yellow and 4k red (another stamp missing), registered from Revel (now Tallinn, Estonia) to Montevideo, Uruguay, fine, with arrival pmk, scarce destination
Envelope
Price Realized
$240.00

Lot #1192
RUSSIA
1902-04 1k-70k, also 7r (vertically laid paper), 15 different blocks of four, l.h. or n.h. (7r n.h.), fine-v.f.
Box */**
Catalog #55-67,70
Price Realized
$950.00

Lot #1193
RUSSIA
1909 10k dark blue, vertical pair, printed on both sides, v.f. and extremely rare variety
*
Catalog #79var
Price Realized
$1,400.00

Lot #1194
RUSSIA
1913 Romanov Tercentenary, 1k-5r complete set in blocks of four, l.h. or n.h., some perf. separations (10k and 3r), fresh, fine-v.f. (Zverev $7,000)
Box */**
Catalog #88-104
Price Realized
$950.00

Lot #1195
RUSSIA
1913 Romanov Centenary Issue, 5r Nicholas II, horizontal pair, also 3r single, used with 14x35k, 10k, 2x1r and 5x7r Arms, also 10k/7k surcharge on both sides of a dispatch card for parcel valued at 90 rubles, from Harbin to Baku, with dispatch pmks and registration label. The charge of 7r, as indicated by crayon at bottom of the form, was paid by the pair of 1r, 14x35k and 10k. The additional charge of 48 rubles and 10k was actually made in Baku, where the additional stamps (5x7r, 3r, 2x5r and 10/7k) were added and cancelled (13 Feb 17), fine and spectacular usage from the Russian Post Office in Harbin (Manchuria) to Baku
Envelope
Price Realized
$2,800.00

Lot #1196
RUSSIA
1913 Romanov Tercentenary, 5r black brown (Nicholas II), horizontal block of eight, n.h., couple of natural inclusions on gum, v.f.,
Box **
Catalog #104
Catalog Value $640
Price Realized
$290.00

Lot #1197
RUSSIA
1916 (10 June) cover franked with three uncanceled Romanov stamps sent to Amsterdam, opened by censor and backstamped, with return address showing that this cover was sent by a member of Belgian Armored squadron (Division Belge) serving with the Russian army, v.f. and rare
Envelope
Price Realized
$180.00

Lot #1198
RUSSIA
1916 10k on 7k brown (Romanov Tercentenary), imperforate horizontal pair, n.h., v.f. A remarkable rarity, first time offered by Cherrystone, missing from all major collections of Imperial Russia
**
Catalog #110b
Price Realized
$5,500.00

Lot #1199
RUSSIA
1916 Romanov "money" stamps, 2k unoverprinted with coat of arms on reverse, two sheets of 100, n.h. and post office fresh, v.f.,
Box **
Catalog #115
Catalog Value $7,000
Price Realized
$1,800.00

Lot #1200
RUSSIA
1917 1k-10r imperforate, complete set of 17 different blocks of four, few minor values l.h., balance (including 10k and 10r) n.h., v.f. (Zverev $1,500)
Box */**
Catalog #119-35
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #1201
RUSSIA
1916 5r dark blue, green & pale blue, green groundwork inverted, n.h., v.f., signed Calves (Zverev $5,500)
**
Catalog #133b
Catalog Value $3,600
Price Realized
$4,500.00

Lot #1202
RUSSIA
1916 5r dark blue, green & pale blue, green groundwork inverted, vertical pair, l.h. at top, bottom stamp n.h., v.f. (Zverev $9,000)
*/**
Catalog #133b
Price Realized
$7,000.00

Lot #1203
RUSSIA
1919 (13 Apr) registered money transfer card from Elets (Orlov gouv.) to Riga, franked on both sides with Imperial 5k, 10k, 3.50r, paying 4,70r (postage, plus 50k insurance and 20k registration) used in combination with 35k and 70k RSFSR Chainbreakers, filing folds away from the stamps, fine-v.f., with arrival pmk on back
Envelope
Catalog #149-150
Price Realized
$1,000.00

Lot #1204
RUSSIA
1918 35k blue, imperforate horizontal pair, n.h., v.f.,
**
Catalog #149a
Catalog Value $2,250
Price Realized
$700.00

Lot #1205
RUSSIA
1921 definitives, selection of 24 varieties, including offsets (2r, 500r, 300r, 7,500r and 1000r), double impression, one inverted (7,500r two different shades), double impression (100r single and block of four, also 250r pair), triple impression (1000r), pre-print fold (7,500r), plate cracks (250r), fine-v.f. lot
Box */**
Price Realized
$1,300.00

Lot #1206
RUSSIA
1921 Science and Arts, 250r black, trial color proof on thick chalky surfaced paper, v.f.
P
Catalog #183P
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #1207
RUSSIA
1921 Science and Arts, 250r black, trial color proof on thick chalky surfaced paper, v.f.
P
Catalog #183P
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #1208
RUSSIA
1922 Surcharges, set of eleven blocks of four, mostly n.h., fine-v.f.
Box */**
Catalog #191-201
Price Realized
$170.00

Lot #1209
RUSSIA
1921 5,000r on 2r, black surcharge inverted, two diff. shades, h.r., v.f.
*
Catalog #192a
Price Realized
$140.00

Lot #1210
RUSSIA
1922 10,000r on 40r, type II, block of four, lightly hinged in margin between the stamps (stamps are actually n.h.), v.f.
Box *
Catalog #195b
Price Realized
$130.00

Lot #1211
RUSSIA
1922 10,000r on 40r type II, with periods after Russian letters (P.C.F.C.P.), h.r., v.f.
*
Catalog #200f
Price Realized
$150.00

Lot #1212
RUSSIA
1922 10,000r surcharge shifted to bottom margin on 40r type II, with periods after Russian letters (P.C.F.C.P.), h.r., v.f., signed Goznak, Mikulski
*
Catalog #200f,var
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #1213
RUSSIA
1922 (29 Apr) registered cover from Odessa to USA, franked on back with vertical gutter pair of 22,500r, also additional 75,000r franking made up of two pairs of 7,500r surcharges (one badly cut at bottom) and another regular pair of 22,500r, some cover wear, otherwise fine and scarce usage
Envelope
Catalog #206
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #1214
RUSSIA
1922 20r on 15k red brown & blue imperforate, l.h., fresh and v.f., signed Diena, Calves, etc.,
*
Catalog #225
Catalog Value $9,500
Price Realized
$2,500.00

Lot #1215
RUSSIA
1923 1r-20r set of five perforated cross-gutter blocks of four, also 10r and 20r bottom sheet margin blocks of ten with Goznak plate and imprints, plus an additional block of 10r fold-over variety, part of printing omitted at bottom, fine lot for a specialist
Box **
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #1216
RUSSIA
1923 Regular Issue (lithographed), 1k-1r imperforate sheet margin blocks of four, n.h., 50k with part imprint, v.f. (Zverev $2,000)
Box **
Catalog #250-59
Price Realized
$800.00

Lot #1217
RUSSIA
1924 Lenin Mourning Issue, perf. and imperf. blocks of four, mostly n.h., v.f. (Zverev $1,650)
Box */**
Catalog #265-72
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #1218
RUSSIA
1925 Definitives, 1r-5r blocks of four, first two perf. 14 3/4, last two 13 1/2, l.h. or n.h., fine-v.f.
Box */**
Price Realized
$300.00

Lot #1219
RUSSIA
1925 Lenin Mausoleum, perf. and imperf. blocks of four, n.h., fresh and fine-v.f. (Zverev $2,600)
Box **
Catalog #294-301
Price Realized
$1,100.00

Lot #1220
RUSSIA
1925 Popov, 7k and 14k blocks of four, n.h., v.f. (Zverev $400)
Box **
Catalog #328-29
Price Realized
$140.00

Lot #1221
RUSSIA
1925 Decembrist Centenary, perf. and imperf. blocks of four, n.h., fresh and fine-v.f. (Zverev $2,000)
Box **
Catalog #330-35
Price Realized
$950.00

Lot #1222
RUSSIA
1925-28 1r brown, 2r dark violet, 3r green, three imperforate horizontal pairs, n.h., couple of natural inclusions, v.f., signed Stolow, very rare (Zverev 130b,131b,224b, $31,500)
**
Catalog #342,343,406var
Price Realized
$11,500.00

Lot #1223
RUSSIA
1926-27 Esperanto Issues, blocks of four, first set h.r., second n.h., fine-v.f. (Zverev $1,000)
Box */**
Catalog #347-48,373-74
Price Realized
$290.00

Lot #1224
RUSSIA
1927 8k on 7k chocolate (unwatermarked), three singles, one showing broken "8", another perforated 12 1/2, also a block of four, variety l.h., others n.h., fine-v.f.
Box */**
Catalog #349,349a
Price Realized
$260.00

Lot #1225
RUSSIA
1927 8k on 7k chocolate (watermarked), surcharge type I inverted, l.h., v.f.
*
Catalog #350a
Price Realized
$140.00

Lot #1226
RUSSIA
1927 surcharged 8kop on 7k (Popov), variety inverted "8", l.h., fine, signed Dr.P.Jemchouhin (Zagorsky 211Ka)
*
Catalog #353a
Price Realized
$140.00

Lot #1227
RUSSIA
1927 8k on 3k blue (unwatermarked), surcharge inverted, l.h., v.f., signed Goznak, Romeko,
*
Catalog #361a
Catalog Value $275
Price Realized
$180.00

Lot #1228
RUSSIA
1927 8k on 3k blue (unwatermarked), surcharge inverted and shifted to left, sheet margin single, n.h., v.f.,
**
Catalog #361a
Catalog Value $275
Price Realized
$250.00

Lot #1229
RUSSIA
1927 8k on 8k green (unwatermarked), surcharge inverted, h.r., v.f., signed Goznak, Romeko,
*
Catalog #363a
Price Realized
$180.00

Lot #1230
RUSSIA
1927 8k on 10k dark blue (unwatermarked), surcharge inverted, h.r., v.f., signed Goznak, Romeko,
*
Catalog #364a
Catalog Value $275
Price Realized
$150.00

Lot #1231
RUSSIA
1927 8k on 14k brown (unwatermarked), surcharge inverted, h.r., v.f., signed Goznak, Romeko,
*
Catalog #365a
Catalog Value $350
Price Realized
$190.00

Lot #1232
RUSSIA
1927 8k on 7k orange (watermarked), surcharge inverted, l.h., v.f., signed Goznak, Romeko
*
Catalog #369var
Price Realized
$140.00

Lot #1233
RUSSIA
1927 10th Anniversary of the Russian Revolution, 7k myrtle green (Smolny Institute), imperforate single, n.h., v.f.
**
Catalog #377b
Price Realized
$800.00

Lot #1234
RUSSIA
1927 Regular Issue, 1k-80k blocks of four, n.h., few minor inclusions, mostly fine-v.f. (Zverev $2,000)
Box **
Catalog #382-400
Price Realized
$600.00

Lot #1235
RUSSIA
1928 10th Anniversary of the Soviet Army, set of four blocks of four, n.h., one 18k value with natural inclusion, fine-v.f. (Zverev $1,100)
Box **
Catalog #402-05
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #1236
RUSSIA
1929 Pioneers, sheet corner margin blocks of four, n.h., folded between stamps, v.f. (Zverev $650)
Box **
Catalog #411-12
Price Realized
$170.00

Lot #1237
RUSSIA
1929-31 Regular Issue, 1k-80k, also 1r (two different, one with "IV" at bottom) and 3r, complete set of 17 different blocks of four, few h.r., mostly n.h. (including 3r), 15k minor perf. toning, 30k with gum glazing, otherwise fine-v.f. (Zverev $2,805)
Box */**
Catalog #413-26,435-36,469
Price Realized
$950.00

Lot #1238
RUSSIA
1931 Regular Issue, 1k-30k, eight different imperf. sheet corner margin blocks of four, l.h. or n.h., v.f., scarce in blocks
Box */**
Catalog #456-66
Price Realized
$1,500.00

Lot #1239
RUSSIA
1932-33 Maxim Gorki, set of two, n.h., also 15k imperforate pair, h.r., v.f.,
*/**
Catalog #470-71,470a
Catalog Value $371
Price Realized
$140.00

Lot #1240
RUSSIA
1932 MOPR, 50k dark red, block of four, one stamp l.h., others n.h., v.f. (Zverev $500)
Box */**
Catalog #479
Price Realized
$160.00

Lot #1241
RUSSIA
1933 Leningrad Exhibition, blocks of four, n.h., v.f. set (Zverev $3,500)
Box **
Catalog #487-88
Price Realized
$1,400.00

Lot #1242
RUSSIA
1933 Memorial Issue, set of three blocks of four, l.h. or n.h., fine-v.f. (Zverev $500)
Box */**
Catalog #514-16
Price Realized
$140.00

Lot #1243
RUSSIA
1935 Tolstoy, 20k perf. 11, vertical pair, imperf. between, canceled to order, v.f. (Zagorsky 431Avar)
O
Catalog #579a,var
Unsold
Lot #1244
RUSSIA
1937 Felix Dzerzhinsky, set of blocks of four, n.h., v.f. (Zverev $1,000)
Box **
Catalog #606-09
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #1245
RUSSIA
1938 Soviet Flight to the North Pole, blocks of four, n.h., v.f. set (Zverev $650)
Box **
Catalog #625-28
Price Realized
$280.00

Lot #1246
RUSSIA
1939 Sanatoria, complete set of eight blocks of four, n.h., v.f. (Zverev $700)
Box **
Catalog #749-756
Price Realized
$280.00

Lot #1247
RUSSIA
1939 Lermontov and Chernyshevski, blocks of four, n.h., v.f. sets (Zverev $900)
Box **
Catalog #757-62
Price Realized
$280.00

Lot #1248
RUSSIA
1940 Physical Culture Day (Sport), complete set in blocks of four, n.h., fine-v.f.
Box **
Catalog #784-88
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #1249
RUSSIA
1941 Lermontov, set of two in blocks of four, n.h., v.f.
Box **
Catalog #850-851
Price Realized
$170.00

Lot #1250
RUSSIA
1946 Bombers, 5k and 15k varieties imperf. at top and at left (resp.), used, fine-v.f., signed Maslowski
O
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #1251
RUSSIA
1948 Definitives, 5k-60k complete, 55 sets, mostly in large multiples, n.h., fine-v.f. (Zagorsky 1158-65)
Box **
Catalog #1214-21
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #1252
RUSSIA
1948 Artillery Day, set of two blocks of four, n.h., v.f.
Box **
Catalog #1302-03
Price Realized
$180.00

Lot #1253
RUSSIA
1950 Skyscrapers, complete set in blocks of four, n.h., post office fresh, well centered, v.f.
Box **
Catalog #1518-25
Price Realized
$3,500.00

Lot #1254
RUSSIA
1951 Kalinin, 30 sets in blocks of four (6) and a block of six, n.h., few minor gum skips, fine-v.f.
Box **
Catalog #1563-1565
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #1255
RUSSIA
1951 Constitution, complete set in blocks of four, n.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 1592-95)
Box **
Catalog #1624-27
Price Realized
$240.00

Lot #1256
RUSSIA
1953 Lenin, three blocks of four, n.h., fine-v.f.
Box **
Catalog #1661
Price Realized
$120.00

Lot #1257
RUSSIA
1958 Mendeleyev Congress 40k set of two overprinted in red or dark blue, n.h., v.f. and rare. The stamps were prepared, but never issued, as the Congress did not take place (Zagorsky $2,100)
**
Price Realized
$1,500.00

Lot #1258
RUSSIA
1984 Winter Olympics (Sarajevo), 10k Speed Skating, 20k Hockey and 45k Figure Skating, imperforate sheet margin singles, n.h., v.f.
**
Catalog #5223-5225var
Price Realized
$2,300.00

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