U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
June 13-14, 2017
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #1096 RUSSIA 1812 (26 July) complete FL datelined "Bieszenkowicze" (today a small city in Belarus), full text in French, from an officer with Napoleon's Army, on the way to Kamen, addressed Brigadier General Count de Castellane in Ardes, charged "16" (decimes), interesting contents discussing Napoleon's movements in Russia and personal matters, fine and scarce historical document, with full transliteration and German translation  | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #1097 RUSSIA 1836 (1 July) FL from St. Petersburg (pre-printed business text, also written in German) to Bordeaux, red L.P.B. 5 and framed "Hollande par Thionville" and arrival cds on back, fine | Unsold |
 | Lot #1098 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown & blue, margins all around, close but clear at right, black and red (probably arrival) postmarks, fine, with 2008 Mandrovski certificate, O Catalog #1 Catalog Value $775 | Price Realized $290.00 |
 | Lot #1099 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown and blue, used, bottom sheet margin single, v.f., signed Dr.Ferchenbauer O Catalog #1 | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #1100 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown & blue, canceled on piece by a perfect strike of framed "Taurogen 19 Apr 1858" datestamp, margins all around, v.f., with 2008 Mandrovski certificate, O Catalog #1 Catalog Value $775 | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #1101 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown & blue, two used singles, one canceled "1" in oval of dots (Brest), the other with faint datestamp, each with ample margins, minor flaws, the former with 1999 Mikulski certificate, O Catalog #1 Catalog Value $1,550 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1102 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown & blue, pen cancel, margins all around, v.f., with 2007 Mandrovski certificate, O Catalog #1 Catalog Value $475 | Price Realized $190.00 |
 | Lot #1103 RUSSIA 1858 10k brown & blue, scissors separated at bottom, tied on small piece by experimental "1" cancel (4.5mm) of St. Petersburg, fine and scarce, ex-Mikulski O Catalog #2 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #1104 RUSSIA 1858 10k brown & blue, thick and thin paper varieties, each canceled "1" in circle of dots, one tied on piece, v.f., ex-Mertens O Catalog #2 | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #1105 RUSSIA 1858 10k brown & blue, tied by a perfect strike of "55" in circle of dots cancel, on outer FL from Cherson to Odessa, with framed 4 Sep 1858 departure datestamp on back, filing fold away from the stamp, minor perf. toning, otherwise fine cover from the "Fratelli Rokka" correspondence Catalog #2 | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #1106 RUSSIA 1858 10k brown and blue, used April 18 on folded letter from Torzhok (Tver province) to Moscow, fine early usage Catalog #2 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1107 RUSSIA 1858 20k blue & orange, thick paper, unused with full original gum, incredibly fresh, small h.r., intact perforations on all sides, with 1999 Mikulski certificate ("very rare in this condition") * Catalog #3 Catalog Value $13,000 | Price Realized $9,000.00 |
 | Lot #1108 RUSSIA 1858 30k carmine & green, thin paper, unused with original gum, h.r., well centered and fresh, small stain at lower left, v.f. and rare stamp, signed Diena, with his 1988 certificate. A rare stamp unused, especially with original gum, * Catalog #4 Catalog Value $18,500 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1109 RUSSIA 1858 10k brown & blue, 20k blue & orange, 30k carmine & green, unused (regummed), nice colors and perforations, fine, scarce unused, (*) Catalog #8,9,10 Catalog Value $2,450 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1110 RUSSIA 1858 30k carmine & green, unused with original gum, hinge remnants, bright colors, fresh and v.f. stamp, rare unused, * Catalog #10 Catalog Value $1,175 | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #1111 RUSSIA 1865 1k black & yellow, 3k black & green, 5k black & lilac, 10k brown & blue, 20k blue & orange, 30k carmine & green, unwatermarked, the complete set of six, unused with full original gum, generally l.h., fresh, some pencil signatures, fine-v.f., seldom offered complete, * Catalog #12-18 Catalog Value $6,625 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1112 RUSSIA 1868-82 Horizontally Laid Paper, 1k-30k complete, 11 different mostly n.h. (only 1k and 10k l.h.), incredibly fresh, fine-v.f., *** Catalog #19-30 Catalog Value $1,246 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1113 RUSSIA 1866 1k-30k (horizontally laid paper), set of six sheet margin blocks of four, n.h., post office fresh, occasional perf. separations, mostly v.f. (Zverev 17-22, $7,000)  **Catalog #19-25 | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
 | Lot #1114 RUSSIA 1866 vertically laid paper, 1k black & yellow, 3k black & green, l.h., fine-v.f., each with 2006 Mandrovski certificate, * Catalog #19c,20c Catalog Value $715 | Price Realized $290.00 |
 | Lot #1115 RUSSIA 1866 vertically laid paper, 10k brown & blue, l.h., fresh and fine, with 2006 Mandrovski certificate, * Catalog #23a Catalog Value $525 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1116 RUSSIA 1866 vertically laid paper, 20k blue & orange, unused with full original gum, l.h., well centered with large margins, good color, fine example of this rare unused stamp, with 2005 APS certificate, * Catalog #24a Catalog Value $5,250 | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
 | Lot #1117 RUSSIA 1866 30k carmine & green, block of four, n.h. and post office fresh, v.f. (catalogued as singles) **Catalog #25 Catalog Value $1,100 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1118 RUSSIA 1866 vertically laid paper, 30k carmine & green, h.r., well centered, thin, fresh and fine appearance, * Catalog #25a Catalog Value $1,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1119 RUSSIA 1875 vertically laid paper, 7k gray & rose, good colors, regummed over small thins, fine appearance, (*) Catalog #27b Catalog Value $2,000 | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #1120 RUSSIA 1875 (4 July) registered cover (petition) from Ushchitza to Kamenetz, paying 39 kopeck with three each 3k and 10k, fine-v.f., with arrival pmk on back | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1121 RUSSIA 1875 7k, 8k, 10k and 20k, four sheet corner margin panes of 25, last one from the lower right corner, position 80 with crossed "t" in "dwatsat" (20), 7k and 10k upper left and 8k upper right positions, some hinge reinforcements and perf. separations, even gum toning and slight marginal flaws, fine-v.f. and splendid multiples (catalogue value for hinged singles) ***Catalog #27-30,30a Catalog Value $5,875 | Price Realized $2,900.00 |
 | Lot #1122 RUSSIA 1877 (31 May) large registered cover (petition) from Novgorod to St. Petersburg, paying 39 kopecks with 1k, 8k and 30k (horizontally laid paper), filing folds and some toning on back, full wax seal and arrival pmk, scarce franking | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #1123 RUSSIA 1882 (17 Feb) cover from Moscow to Ireland, franked on back with 1k (2) and 5k, tied by departure cds, with Dublin arrival alongside, carelessly opened with some creases, otherwise fine, uncommon destination (Ireland) | Price Realized $290.00 |
 | Lot #1124 RUSSIA 1883-88 Horizontally laid paper, Posthorns without Thunderbolts, 1k-70k complete set of eight, 3k l.h., others n.h., all post office fresh, fine-v.f., *** Catalog #31-38 Catalog Value $566 | Price Realized $290.00 |
 | Lot #1125 RUSSIA 1884 3.50r black & gray, 7r black & orange, unused with original gum, h.r., fine, * Catalog #39,40 Catalog Value $2,000 | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #1126 RUSSIA 1889-92 Posthorns with Thunderbolts, 1k-7r complete, l.h. or n.h., fine-v.f., *** Catalog #41-54 Catalog Value $545 | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #1127 RUSSIA 1889 Horizontally Laid Paper, 4k rose, groundwork inverted, neat partial 1895 St. Petersburg cancels, well centered, fresh and v.f. example of this error, with 2000 Mikulski certificate. A rarity from Imperial Russia (missing from the famous collections of Ferrary, Burrus, Goss, Epstein, Liphschutz and Mikulski) O Catalog #41a | Price Realized $14,000.00 |
 | Lot #1128 RUSSIA 1902-06 Vertically Laid Paper, 1k-7r complete, mostly n.h., fine-v.f., *** Catalog #55-71 Catalog Value $1,033 | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #1129 RUSSIA 1902 5k red violet, vertically laid paper, groundwork inverted, lightly cancelled, well centered with nice margins, fresh color, one slightly shorter perf. at top, still very fine. This is a great rarity, ex-Ferrary, Rothschild and Goss collections, possibly one of only two existing O Catalog #58b | Price Realized $26,000.00 |
 | Lot #1130 RUSSIA 1904 10k dark blue, background inverted error, with further variety imperf. at bottom, which is explained by the fact that the stamp has a pre-print paper fold (plis d'accordeon), which made it shorter, escaping perforation at bottom, possibly only 5/10 can exist, with Mikulski and Buchsbayew certificates ** Catalog #60a,var | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
 | Lot #1131 RUSSIA 1907 (21 June) beautiful and decorative envelope & lettersheet franked with 7k, tied by Zmeinogorsk, Tomsk cds & sent to Kalyvanskoye, Siberia, v.f. and delightful cover | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1132 RUSSIA 1914 Charity labels, 3r and 5r, unused, the latter small thins, otherwise fine-v.f., rare (*) | Price Realized $170.00 |
 | Lot #1133 RUSSIA 1915-19 1r two imperf. proofs on gummed paper, one with dark brown background displaced to left, the other with greenish background, slightly displaced center, v.f. P | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1134 RUSSIA 1917 incoming mail from New York, group of 14 registered covers, each paying 15c, addressed to various places including one to Army Field Post, censored and redirected, some to Petrograd, others returned to senders, different markings, considerable wear and tear, interesting group | Unsold |
 | Lot #1135 RUSSIA 1917 1r imperf., two panes of 22 each, one with inverted background, other with significantly displaced background, n.h., v.f. **Catalog #131e,var | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1136 RUSSIA 1918 1r German-Baltic Committee, n.h., usual gum wrinkles, v.f. ** | Price Realized $210.00 |
 | Lot #1137 RUSSIA 1918 70k brown, imperforate single, close at left, adequate margins at right and at bottom, l.h., v.f., with Buchsbayew certificate * Catalog #150a | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
 | Lot #1138 RUSSIA 1922 Star surcharges, seven different perf. cross-gutter panes of 100, five with full margins all around, some wrinkles and marginal flaws, otherwise fine-v.f. **Catalog #216/22 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1139 RUSSIA 1925 definitives (watermarked), 5k lilac, top sheet corner margin pane of 20, horizontal invalidating perforations, n.h., fine-v.f. **Catalog #308var | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1140 RUSSIA 1933 Ethnic Peoples of the Soviet Union, 6k Buryat, variety imperf. at top (trimmed), l.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 322Pa) * Catalog #494var | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1141 RUSSIA 1933 Baku Commissars, 35k ultramarine, variety imperf. at top, cancelled to order, v.f. and rare (Zagorsky 348Pa) O Catalog #522var | Price Realized $1,200.00 |
 | Lot #1142 RUSSIA 1933 40k "Remember the Commissars", perforated trial color proofs in red brown, ultramarine and dark brown, three different, each used in 1958 with additional franking on three registered covers from Riga to Switzerland, v.f., signed Mikulski, very rare Catalog #523P | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #1143 RUSSIA 1933 40k red, variety imperf. at left, cancelled to order, natural pinhole in margin, fine (Zagorsky 349Pc) O Catalog #523var | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1144 RUSSIA 1934 Mendeleev, 5k emerald, imperforate top sheet corner margin single, proof in nearly issued color, h.r., v.f. * Catalog #536var | Price Realized $1,600.00 |
 | Lot #1145 RUSSIA 1935 Tolstoy, 20k perf. 11, three vertical pairs imperf. between, used, slightly different shades, fine-v.f. O Catalog #579avar | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #1146 RUSSIA 1936 Dobrolyubov, 10k imperforate single, large margins, l.h., even gum toning, otherwise v.f., rare * | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #1147 RUSSIA 1937 Pushkin, 10k perf. 13 3/4, variety imperf. at bottom, h.r., v.f., rare * Catalog #590var | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1148 RUSSIA 1937 definitives, 30k claret, imperf. single, n.h., heavy gum crease, otherwise fine * Catalog #618var | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #1149 RUSSIA 1937 definitives, 40k Lenin, imperf. horizontal pair, small h.r., v.f. * Catalog #619var | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #1150 RUSSIA 1938 definitives, 40k Lenin, imperforate lower left sheet corner margin pair, left stamp h.r., right n.h., v.f. *** Catalog #619var | Price Realized $800.00 |
 | Lot #1151 RUSSIA 1938 Red Army, 80k Stalin Reviewing Cavalry, variety imperf. at bottom, cancelled to order, heavy wrinkles, fine (Zagorsky 495) O Catalog #634var | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #1152 RUSSIA 1938 First Transpolar Flight, 40k brown and red, imperforate single, h.r., penciled position and initials, natural gum wrinkles, v.f., * Catalog #638var Catalog Value $1,050 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #1153 RUSSIA 1941 Zhukovsky, 90 sets, mostly in large multiples, n.h., v.f., **Catalog #838-40 Catalog Value $1,800 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1154 RUSSIA 1942 Heroes of the USSR, six varieties, imperf. at right or left, incl. 1r imperf. at right, used, one with faint stain, other small flaws, otherwise fine-v.f. O Catalog #861/865var | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1155 RUSSIA 1943 Maxim Gorky, 60k horizontal pair imperf. between, l.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 767) * Catalog #896var | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #1156 RUSSIA 1944 Lenin, 30k variety imperf. at right, n.h., fine (Zagorsky 817) ** Catalog #932var | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1157 RUSSIA 1944 Lenin, 50k horizontal pair imperf. between, n.h., natural gum wrinkles, v.f. and rare (Zagorsky 819) ** Catalog #934var | Price Realized $850.00 |
 | Lot #1158 RUSSIA 1944 Heroes of the Civil War, 30k green, vertical pair imperf. between, small h.r., fine (Zagorsky 838) * Catalog #943var | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1159 RUSSIA 1945 3rd Anniversary of Victory before Moscow, 60k variety imperf. at top (trimmed), small h.r., fine (Zagorsky 882Pa) * Catalog #981var | Price Realized $170.00 |
 | Lot #1160 RUSSIA 1945 Moscow Academy, 30k horizontal pair imperf. between, h.r., fine (Zagorsky 884) * Catalog #987a | Price Realized $400.00 |
 | Lot #1161 RUSSIA 1945 Field Marshal Kutuzov, 30k right sheet margin horizontal pair imperf. between, n.h., few natural gum skips, v.f. (Zagorsky 905) ** Catalog #1007var | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1162 RUSSIA 1946 Elections, 60k green, vertical pair, imperf. between and at top, used, v.f. (Zagorsky 934) O Catalog #1028var | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #1163 RUSSIA 1946 Moscow Scenes, 20k light brown, horizontal strip of three, imperf. vertically between the stamps and at left, heavy hinge remnants, creases, otherwise fine (Zagorsky 983Pa) * Catalog #1062var | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #1164 RUSSIA 1946 Moscow Scenes, 1r brown, variety imperf. at left, l.h., fine (Zagorsky 987Pb) * Catalog #1066var | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1165 RUSSIA 1946 25th Anniversary of the first Soviet stamps, 15k variety imperf. at right, cancelled to order, small inclusion, otherwise v.f., rare (this variety is not to be confused with the smaller size of the souvenir sheet) O Catalog #1080var | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #1166 RUSSIA 1946 Dnieprogaz, 30k vertical pair, imperf. between, sheet margin at right, small h.r. at top, natural inclusion, v.f. (Zagorsky 1009) * Catalog #1085var | Price Realized $650.00 |
 | Lot #1167 RUSSIA 1947 Arms of the Soviet Union, 30k R.S.F.S.R., vertical pair imperf. between and at bottom, n.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 1022) ** Catalog #1104var | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #1168 RUSSIA 1947 Arms of the Soviet Union, 30k Belarus, top margin vertical pair imperf. between, used, v.f. (Zagorsky 1024) O Catalog #1107var | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #1169 RUSSIA 1947 Moscow-Volga Canal, blocks of four, complete set, n.h., v.f. **Catalog #1147-52 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1170 RUSSIA 1948 Leningrad views, three varieties, with 50k imperf. at bottom, used and unused (h.r., trimmed), also 1r imperf. right, barest trace of a hinge in margin, fine-v.f. *O Catalog #1190,1192var | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #1171 RUSSIA 1948 three varieties, including Surikov imperf. at top, 30k Artillery imperf. at bottom (creased) and 60k Military Class, imperf. at top, used, fine-v.f. O Catalog #1201,1205,1208var | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #1172 RUSSIA 1948 Heavy Machinery, 30k violet, three varieties, incl. imperf. at bottom, used and unused (trimmed), plus imperf. at top, used, light stain on reverse, fine-v.f. *O Catalog #1272var | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #1173 RUSSIA 1950 Latvian Republic, 2r variety imperf. at top, n.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 1454Pa) * Catalog #1496var | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #1174 RUSSIA 1951 Bolshoi Theater, 1r variety imperf. at right (trimmed), used, fine O Catalog #1554var | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1175 RUSSIA 1956 Perov's "Hunters at Rest", 1r block of four, variety imperf. at bottom, used, v.f. and rare (Zagorsky 1796) Catalog #1807var | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #1176 RUSSIA 1957 Sputnik, 40k dark blue, left sheet margin block of 14, with seven varieties imperf. at left, n.h., folded between stamps, v.f., extremely rare (Zagorsky 2000Pc) **Catalog #1992var | Price Realized $5,250.00 |
 | Lot #1177 RUSSIA 1957 Sputnik overprint, sheet of 100, n.h., folded between stamps, v.f., rare (Zagorsky 2011) **Catalog #2021 Catalog Value $4,000 | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
 | Lot #1178 RUSSIA 1958 Sharents (Poet), 40k vertical pair imperf. between, n.h., some slight ink offsets and natural wrinkles, fine and rare (Zagorsky 2034) ** Catalog #2038var | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #1179 RUSSIA 1964 Winter Olympics (Innsbruck), 6k imperforate bottom sheet margin block of four, black color including denomination omitted, n.h., v.f., with Mandrovski certificate. A rare modern error (Zagorsky 2890Ta) **Catalog #2844var | Price Realized $5,500.00 |
 | Lot #1180 RUSSIA 1965 Lenin, 10k variety imperf. at left, cancelled to order, v.f. (Zagorsky 3100) O Catalog #3024var | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #1181 RUSSIA 1965 Fedotov's "Major's Courtship", bottom margin vertical pair imperf. between, cancelled to order, horizontal crease between the stamps, otherwise v.f. and rare (Zagorsky 3220) O Catalog #3146var | Price Realized $650.00 |
 | Lot #1182 RUSSIA 1990 Capitals, imperforate blocks of four, 12 different (missing Frunze; Riga and Erevan do not exist imperf.), n.h., v.f. **Catalog #5854/5868var | Price Realized $900.00 |
