U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
June 13-14, 2017

ImagesDescriptionCurrent 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"16" (decimes), interesting contents discussing Napoleon's movements in Russia and personal matters, fine and scarce historical document, with full transliteration and German translation
Envelope
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
Envelope
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,
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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
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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,
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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,
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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,
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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
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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
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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
Envelope
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
Envelope
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")
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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,
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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,
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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,
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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,
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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.,
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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)
Box **
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,
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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,
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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,
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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)
Box **
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,
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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
Envelope
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)
Box ***
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
Envelope
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)
Envelope
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.,
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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,
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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.,
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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)
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Catalog #41a
Price Realized
$14,000.00

Lot #1128
RUSSIA
1902-06 Vertically Laid Paper, 1k-7r complete, mostly n.h., fine-v.f.,
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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
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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
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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
Envelope
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.
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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
Envelope
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.
Box **
Catalog #131e,var
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #1136
RUSSIA
1918 1r German-Baltic Committee, n.h., usual gum wrinkles, v.f.
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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
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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.
Box **
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.
Box **
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)
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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)
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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
Envelope
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)
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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.
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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.
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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
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Price Realized
$1,100.00

Lot #1147
RUSSIA
1937 Pushkin, 10k perf. 13 3/4, variety imperf. at bottom, h.r., v.f., rare
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Catalog #590var
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #1148
RUSSIA
1937 definitives, 30k claret, imperf. single, n.h., heavy gum crease, otherwise fine
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Catalog #618var
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #1149
RUSSIA
1937 definitives, 40k Lenin, imperf. horizontal pair, small h.r., v.f.
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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.
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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)
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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.,
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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.,
Box **
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.
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Catalog #861/865var
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #1155
RUSSIA
1943 Maxim Gorky, 60k horizontal pair imperf. between, l.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 767)
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Catalog #896var
Price Realized
$700.00

Lot #1156
RUSSIA
1944 Lenin, 30k variety imperf. at right, n.h., fine (Zagorsky 817)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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Catalog #981var
Price Realized
$170.00

Lot #1160
RUSSIA
1945 Moscow Academy, 30k horizontal pair imperf. between, h.r., fine (Zagorsky 884)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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Catalog #1062var
Price Realized
$700.00

Lot #1164
RUSSIA
1946 Moscow Scenes, 1r brown, variety imperf. at left, l.h., fine (Zagorsky 987Pb)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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Catalog #1107var
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #1169
RUSSIA
1947 Moscow-Volga Canal, blocks of four, complete set, n.h., v.f.
Box **
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.
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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.
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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.
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Catalog #1272var
Price Realized
$260.00

Lot #1173
RUSSIA
1950 Latvian Republic, 2r variety imperf. at top, n.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 1454Pa)
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Catalog #1496var
Price Realized
$280.00

Lot #1174
RUSSIA
1951 Bolshoi Theater, 1r variety imperf. at right (trimmed), used, fine
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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)
Box
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)
Box **
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)
Box **
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)
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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)
Box **
Catalog #2844var
Price Realized
$5,500.00

Lot #1180
RUSSIA
1965 Lenin, 10k variety imperf. at left, cancelled to order, v.f. (Zagorsky 3100)
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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)
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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.
Box **
Catalog #5854/5868var
Price Realized
$900.00

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