U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
April 25-26, 2017
| Images | Description | Current 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  | 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. | 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 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 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) | 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) | 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 | 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)  **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) *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 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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) **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) **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) **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) *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. */**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 | 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. */**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) */**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 | 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., **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 | 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., **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) */**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 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 */** | 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. */**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. *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 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 ** | 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) **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) */**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. */** | 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) **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) **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) **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) */**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. */**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) **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) **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) **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) */**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 */**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) */**Catalog #479 | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #1241 RUSSIA 1933 Leningrad Exhibition, blocks of four, n.h., v.f. set (Zverev $3,500) **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) */**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) **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) **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) **Catalog #749-756 | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #1247 RUSSIA 1939 Lermontov and Chernyshevski, blocks of four, n.h., v.f. sets (Zverev $900) **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. **Catalog #784-88 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1249 RUSSIA 1941 Lermontov, set of two in blocks of four, n.h., v.f. **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) **Catalog #1214-21 | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #1252 RUSSIA 1948 Artillery Day, set of two blocks of four, n.h., v.f. **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. **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. **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) **Catalog #1624-27 | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #1256 RUSSIA 1953 Lenin, three blocks of four, n.h., fine-v.f. **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 |
