U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
September 13-14, 2017
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #1340 RUSSIA 1859 10k brown & blue, used, bottom sheet margin single, v.f., signed Dr. Ferchenbauer O Catalog #1 | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #1341 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown & blue, margins all around, canceled by "523" numeral dot pmk on large part of FL to St. Petersburg, with "Yefremov" 5 August 1858 departure and "Polucheno" (received) 8 August arrival pmks on reverse, fine and extremely rare, possibly unique usage from the small town of Yefremov in the Tula district  Catalog #1 | Price Realized $4,750.00 |
 | Lot #1342 RUSSIA 1858 10k brown & blue, single canceled by pen on outer FL from Moscow to Riga, with 22 February departure and 27 February, 1858 arrival datestamps on back, fine and rare early usage of the adhesive Catalog #2 | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #1343 RUSSIA 1879 (23 May) registered cover from Warszawa to Germany, headed "M. Morgenstern, Warschau" and franked with two examples of 7k gray & red, horizontally and vertically laid paper, tied by cds, with "Vom Ausland uber B.P. Oswiecim-Breslau" registration label (rare), filing fold away from the stamps, with complete wax seal and Klingenthal arrival pmks. A fine and extremely rare combination cover with both vertically and horizontally laid paper | Unsold |
 | Lot #1344 RUSSIA 1886 official decree signed by the governor of Lifland province outlining grave consequences of converting from Greek Orthodoxy to Protestantism, including possible loss of parental rights, jail terms for converting Orthodox children to Protestantism, annulment of marriages performed by Lutheran pastors, inability to hold administrative positions, etc., unusual and rather frightening document of the religious intolerance in Tsarist Russia during the reign of Alexander III | Price Realized $210.00 |
 | Lot #1345 RUSSIA 1901 (25 June) incoming cover from England, paying 2 1/2d with GB Victoria, tied by cds, redirected on arrival in St. Petersburg (15 June) to Finland, with 7k tied by local numeral pmk, additional forwarding cds, bilingual Terijoki (29 June) cancel on back, somewhat toned, but uncommon forwarded cover from England | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #1346 RUSSIA 1902 7k blue, imperforate horizontal pair, Riga cds, v.f. O Catalog #59b | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #1347 RUSSIA 1905 25k dull green and lilac, center inverted, well centered and canceled on small piece by the usual "Zhitomir 24.3.06" cds, v.f. and rare invert, signed Mikulski, O Catalog #64a Catalog Value $6,000 | Price Realized $2,900.00 |
 | Lot #1348 RUSSIA 1906 5r vertically laid paper, variety imperf. at bottom, l.h., irregular perfs at left, otherwise v.f. and rare, ex-Small (Zverev 79pd. Cat. $2,000) * Catalog #71var | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #1349 RUSSIA 1909 10k light blue, sheet margin example, proof on ungummed paper, h.r., fine and scarce item, signed P Catalog #79P | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1350 RUSSIA 1914 Army Fieldpost Red Cross entire envelope, unused, v.f. | Price Realized $180.00 |
 | Lot #1351 RUSSIA 1915 10r carmine lake, yellow and gray, vertical lozenges of varnish, complete sheet of 50, variety imperf. at right, yellow background dramatically shifted and displaced diagonally, with inverted "V" actually printed on two stamps at bottom, also showing full watermark at right (partially ungummed), folded between stamps and some perf. separations, n.h., fine-v.f. An interesting and probably unique multiple  **Catalog #109var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1352 RUSSIA 1915-18 five cards or covers franked with mostly Romanov stamps & canceled by German & Austrian fieldpost markings, used generally to Germany or Austria, also two 1k Romanov adhesives canceled "K.D.Feldpoststation" in red or black, v.f. | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1353 RUSSIA 1917 5k lilac brown, imperforate block of ten, overprinted large "Obrazets" (Specimen), v.f. SCatalog #123S | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1354 RUSSIA 1917 1r pale brown, brown and red orange, center double, sheet of 50, n.h., horizontal crease between stamps in rows 5-6 and marginal tear affecting one stamp, otherwise v.f., **Catalog #131c Catalog Value $1,750 | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #1355 RUSSIA 1917 1r brown & red, center double, one inverted, complete sheet of 50, n.h., v.f. and spectacular multiple **Catalog #131var | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
 | Lot #1356 RUSSIA 1918 1r German-Baltic Committee, faint control handstamp in German, light crease, fine * | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #1357 RUSSIA 1918 35k blue, imperforate pair, l.h., v.f., * Catalog #149a Catalog Value $1,750 | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #1358 RUSSIA 1921 (3 Nov) cover franked on back with 5k Postal Savings and 3r Control Stamp, used from Saran-Gorka (Novg) to Petrograd, addressed to a Prisoner of War Camp (No.II) for Czech legionnaires, fine and scarce combination franking to an unusual destination | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #1359 RUSSIA 1922 registered cover from Kharkov to Hong Kong, franked with 35x1r imperf. (350,000r in 1922 currency), returned to sender from Moscow, with handstamp "back to sender in Kharkov, no mail deliveries to the destination indicated", stamps folded at sides and bottom, fine and impressive cover to uncommon destination, to which service was not yet established | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1360 RUSSIA 1922 20r on 15k red brown & deep blue, imperforate bottom sheet margin single, position 48, l.h., v.f., natural inclusion at bottom, fresh, signed Romeko, etc., with 2017 Buchsbayew certificate, * Catalog #224 Catalog Value $9,500 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1361 RUSSIA 1923 imperforate set of three "fantasies", blocks of four, v.f. * | Unsold |
 | Lot #1362 RUSSIA 1924 Lenin Mourning Issue, large imperf. essay (38mm:50mm), unadapted design, without denomination or "CCCP", some discoloration on back showing through, otherwise fine, signed "Shtern" E | Unsold |
 | Lot #1363 RUSSIA 1924 Definitives (typographed), 2k green, double impression, one displaced diagonally, n.h., v.f. ** | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1364 RUSSIA 1924 Definitives, 50k brown, imperforate upper left sheet corner margin horizontal pair, proof on chalky paper, v.f., rare, only one sheet of 100 printed P Catalog #275P | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #1365 RUSSIA 1924 Definitives (typographed), 4k deep rose, lower left sheet corner margin pane of 25, double impression, partly shifted to top, ten bottom stamps with red control stripe and part of the 2nd Moscow Factory imprint printed over, partial margin at right, n.h., v.f. and spectacular specialist item, probably unique **Catalog #279var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1366 RUSSIA 1924 definitives (Typographed) 15k yellow, well centered, beautiful vivid color, very lightly hinged, tiny toned spot at top, excellent color and a v.f. example of this rare mint stamp, signed Roger Calves (Paris), etc., * Catalog #287 Catalog Value $25,000 | Price Realized $9,500.00 |
 | Lot #1367 RUSSIA 1925 Definitives (watermarked), 1k-5r complete set in blocks of four, n.h., fine-v.f. (Zverev 78-99, cat. $4,500) **Catalog #304-25 | Price Realized $1,300.00 |
 | Lot #1368 RUSSIA 1926 Definitives (watermarked), 1k-5r imperforate, complete set of 20 blocks of four, n.h., v.f. (Zverev 133-152, cat. $3,250) **Catalog #304/25var | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #1369 RUSSIA 1926 Definitives (watermarked), 18k violet, imperforate block of four, n.h., v.f., each stamp pencil signed "Roger Calves." A great rarity, only 2-3 blocks of four are recorded (Zverev $32,500) **Catalog #316var | Price Realized $25,000.00 |
 | Lot #1370 RUSSIA 1927 14k Esperanto, imperf. horizontal pair, full margins all around, n.h., natural gum inclusion at right, fresh and v.f., with Sismondo certificate ** Catalog #374var | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #1371 RUSSIA 1927 10th Anniversary of October Revolution, 14k blue & red, variety center inverted, vertical pair, horizontal perfs shifted, with annulling vertical perfs, n.h., fine (Zagorsky 206var) ** Catalog #379var | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1372 RUSSIA 1929-1931 Definitives (watermarked), 1k-80k blocks of four, complete (as issued) set of 13, mostly with sheet margin, n.h., fine-v.f. (Zverev 231-243, cat. $1,400) **Catalog #413/426 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #1373 RUSSIA 1932 October Revolution, 15k violet and 15k brown, also 35k ultramarine and 35k violet brown, four different perforated trial color proofs, each with small part of red "P" of "PROEKT" showing, v.f. and rare * Catalog #475,478P | Price Realized $7,000.00 |
 | Lot #1374 RUSSIA 1933 Baku Commissars, set of five blocks of four, n.h. and unfolded, post office fresh, usual streaky gum, v.f. and scarce blocks (Zverev 349-353, cat. $12,500) **Catalog #519-523 | Price Realized $7,000.00 |
 | Lot #1375 RUSSIA 1934 Mendeleev, set of four, n.h., fine-v.f., ** Catalog #536-39 Catalog Value $530 | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #1376 RUSSIA 1935 Spartacist Games, complete set, n.h., fine-v.f. ** Catalog #559-68 | Price Realized $575.00 |
 | Lot #1377 RUSSIA 1935 10k Spartacist Games, variety with "tilde", canceled to order, fine O Catalog #564var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1378 RUSSIA 1935 4k Bauman, imperforate sheet corner margin single, h.r., v.f. * Catalog #581var | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #1379 RUSSIA 1936 Pioneers, 10k variety imperf. at left, used, v.f. O Catalog #587a, var | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #1380 RUSSIA 1937 Architecture Congress, 40k violet, imperforate vertical pair, large margins, especially at bottom (with souvenir sheet enclosed for comparison), small faults in margin only, dried gum, otherwise fine, very rare (Zagorsky 466Pa) * Catalog #603var | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #1381 RUSSIA 1938 Lenin, 40k dark blue, imperf. bottom sheet margin single, h.r., v.f. * Catalog #619var | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1382 RUSSIA 1945 Griboedov, 60k gray brown, horizontal pair imperf. between, l.h., v.f. * Catalog #967var | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1383 RUSSIA 1945 Soviet Planes, set of nine (complete as issued in 1946), blocks of four, n.h., fine-v.f. (Zagorsky 936-946) **Catalog #992A-992I | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1384 RUSSIA 1946 Elections to the Supreme Soviet, vertical pair imperf. between and at top, used, v.f. O Catalog #1028var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1385 RUSSIA 1946 Moscow Scenes, 20k light brown (Sverdlow Theater), horizontal strip of three, imperf. vertically between the stamps and at left, h.r., minor crease at upper left, otherwise fine (Zagorsky 983Pa) * Catalog #1062var | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #1386 RUSSIA 1946 5k Tractors, vertical pair imperf. between, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #1075var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1387 RUSSIA 1947 800 Years of Moscow, 2r variety imperf. at bottom, used, v.f., scarce O Catalog #1144var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1388 RUSSIA 1947 30k red brown, vertical pair imperf. horizontally, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #1166var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1389 RUSSIA 1948 Ostrovsky, set of three imperforate, 30k and 60k singles, 1r horizontal sheet margin pair, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #1227-29var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1390 RUSSIA 1948 Ostrovsky, 30k green, variety imperf. at left, canceled to order, fine O Catalog #1227var | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #1391 RUSSIA 1949 1r Parachutists, variety imperf. at top, canceled to order, v.f. O Catalog #1382var | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #1392 RUSSIA 1953 1r Tolstoy, variety imperf. at left, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #1673var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1393 RUSSIA 1954 40k Sailing, variety imperf. vertically, used, v.f. O Catalog #1678var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1394 RUSSIA 1954 40k Sports, variety showing double impression of black background, fine used O Catalog #1711var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1395 RUSSIA 1957-58 40k Rosa Luxembourg, 40k Tolstoy, line perf. 12 1/2, blocks of four, n.h., v.f. ** | Unsold |
 | Lot #1396 RUSSIA 1964 Tokyo Olympics souvenir sheet in green, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #2921-26var | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #1397 RUSSIA 1987 Bears, sheetlets of eight, n.h., v.f., **Catalog #5541a-44a Catalog Value $1,000 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1398 RUSSIA 1990 Russian Capitals, imperforate blocks of four, 12 different (missing Frunze and others which do not exist imperf.), n.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 6102Pa-6110Pa,6113Pa/6116Pa) **Catalog #5854/5868var | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1399 RUSSIA 2002-04 special booklets, five different including Hermitage (6688a), Census (6718a), State Emblem (6639bx2), St. Petersburg (6695a), Old Carriages (6705), v.f.,  Catalog #6688a/6705j Catalog Value $1,576 | Price Realized $300.00 |
