U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
February 6-7, 2018
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #1321 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown & blue imperforate horizontal pair, thin paper, canceled by pen and boxed "Revel 21 May 1858" datestamp, margins all around, fresh and v.f. pair O Catalog #1 | Price Realized $2,400.00 |
 | Lot #1322 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown & blue, margins all around, tied by "37" in circle of dots on complete FL from Reval to Dorpat, with boxed "Reval 6 August 1858" departure and indistinct arrival markings on back, little overall toning, of no importance, v.f. and attractive from Reval to Dorpat, with Eichele certificate  Catalog #1 | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
 | Lot #1323 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown and blue, ample margins, just clear at bottom, canceled by pen on small outer FL from Frauenburg to Riga, with framed departure datestamp (actual date filled-in by pen) on reverse, fine usage from present-day Saldus in Latvia Catalog #1 | Price Realized $1,300.00 |
 | Lot #1324 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown & blue, margins all around, beautiful color and relief, tied by boxed Odessa, 4 April 1858 datestamp on outer FL to St. Petersburg, usual filing fold away from the stamp, fresh and splendid Russia Number One Catalog #1 | Price Realized $4,250.00 |
 | Lot #1325 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown & blue, large margins all around, tied by "19" in circle of dots on outer FL from Kowno to Warsaw, with pre-philatelic "Kowno Aug 15 1858" double circle departure and red Warszawa 30/8 arrival postmarks on back, lettersheet refolded, with filing creases away from the stamp, fine and attractive Number One on cover from present day Kaunas in Lithuania to Warszawa in Poland Catalog #1 | Price Realized $6,500.00 |
 | Lot #1326 RUSSIA 1858 20k blue & orange, thin paper, tied by "22" in circle of dots on envelope to Moscow, with unframed straight line "Kishinev" pre-philatelic departure handstamp and boxed "Polucheno 11 September 1858" arrival datestamp on back, wax seal removed, with filing fold away from the stamp, which is slightly rubbed at top, cover has been cleaned with remaining stain at upper right, fine and rare number three on cover from Kishinev to Moscow, ex-Frederick Small collection, Catalog #3 Catalog Value $13,500 | Price Realized $7,000.00 |
 | Lot #1327 RUSSIA 1858 20k lilac and green, perforated and gummed trial color proof without watermark, h.r., fresh and v.f., signed Mikulski, etc. * Catalog #3P | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #1328 RUSSIA 1858 30k carmine & green, thick paper, cancelled "39" in circle of dots (Ryazan), well centered. Color slightly washed out, still v.f., signed Friedl, Dr.Ferchenbauer, etc., with 2015 Buchsbayew certificate, O Catalog #4 Catalog Value $2,750 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #1329 RUSSIA 1858 30k carmine & green, thick paper, cancelled "54" in circle of dots, intact perforations, small faults, fine appearance, signed Mikulski, O Catalog #4 Catalog Value $2,750 | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #1330 RUSSIA 1865 Unwatermarked, perf. 14 1/2, 1k black & yellow, 3k black & green, 5k black & lilac, 10k brown & blue, 20k blue & orange, 30k carmine & green, the complete set of six on thin paper, unused, large part original gum, h.r., brilliant original colors, fine and rare set, * Catalog #12-18 Catalog Value $6,625 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1331 RUSSIA 1865 Unwatermarked, perf. 14 1/2, 1k black & yellow, 3k black & green, 5k black & lilac, 10k brown & blue, 20k blue & orange, 30k carmine & green, the complete set of six on thick paper, unused, large part original gum, h.r., brilliant original colors, fine and rare set, * Catalog #12-18a Catalog Value $7,075 | Price Realized $4,000.00 |
 | Lot #1332 RUSSIA 1866 1k-30k Horizontally Laid paper, top value n.h., others l.h. or h.r., fresh, fine-v.f. * Catalog #19-25 | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #1333 RUSSIA 1866-70 1k-30k (horizontally laid paper), complete set of six, n.h., post office fresh, fine-v.f., ** Catalog #19-25 Catalog Value $816 | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #1334 RUSSIA 1866-70 1k yellow orange & black, groundwork inverted, canceled "Mitawa", 1883 cds, well centered and unusually fresh, v.f., rare and undercatalogued error, with Mikulski certificate, ex-Ferrari (Lot 497), O Catalog #19d Catalog Value $5,500 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1335 RUSSIA 1866-70 1k black & yellow, vertically laid paper, imperforate single with inverted and shifted background, large margins all around, canceled Moscow, Nov. 1872, a striking double error (both imperf. and with inverted background), only a few known to exist, impression slightly washed out as always, fine example of this rarity, signed Kohler and Romeko, with Mikulski certificate, O Catalog #19g Catalog Value $17,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1336 RUSSIA 1866 3k green & black, "V" in background error, unused, part original gum, h.r., fine, * Catalog #20d Catalog Value $1,000 | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #1337 RUSSIA 1866 perforated and gummed trial color proofs on watermarked stamp paper, 5k green (tiny abrasions), magenta, orange, carmine and blue, the complete set of five, h.r., fresh, fine-v.f., signed Mikulski, with his 1989 certificate * Catalog #22P | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #1338 RUSSIA 1866 10k brown & blue, center inverted, tied on small piece by Poretschie, Goub. Grodno, 16 Jan 1875 cds, excellent color with clear center, fine, with 2003 Mikulski certificate. There are ten recorded examples of this inverted center, two canceled in Poretschie (others in Kibarty and Kursk), most of the known copies are defective. A splendid showpiece and a great rarity (last sold in our April 2010 sale for $110,000) O Catalog #23b Catalog Value $50,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1339 RUSSIA 1874 (26 June), small cover franked on back with 2x10k brown & blue, cancelled by straight-line "St. Mogletsy Novg. 27 June 1870" datestamps, addressed to France, with 28 June transit cds, fine and very scarce usage | Price Realized $200.00 |
 | Lot #1340 RUSSIA 1875-82 2k-20k (horizontally laid paper), complete set of five, n.h., post office fresh, fine-v.f., ** Catalog #26-30 Catalog Value $557 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1341 RUSSIA 1889 20k blue & carmine, groundwork inverted, canceled 1.VIII.96, well centered, v.f. and striking error, with Mikulski certificate. A rarity, only a few known to exist (listed but unpriced) O Catalog #43a | Unsold |
 | Lot #1342 RUSSIA 1902 1r brown & orange red, vertical pair imperf. between, h.r., light creasing between stamps, fine and scarce, * Catalog #68f Catalog Value $1,100 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1343 RUSSIA 1909 20k dull blue & dark carmine, groundwork omitted, upper left sheet corner margin block of four, n.h., v.f.,  **Catalog #82b Catalog Value $340 | Price Realized $210.00 |
 | Lot #1344 RUSSIA 1909 St. Petersburg, unexploded 80k booklet, gray green covers with black inscriptions, with five panes of six incl. 3x1k, 3k and 7k with face value of 78k, minute staple rust, still unusually fresh and v.f. complete booklet ** | Price Realized $4,000.00 |
 | Lot #1345 RUSSIA 1909 Tsar Nicholas II, perforated Mouchon essay in gray black, value tablet and inscriptions blank at bottom, v.f., rare E | Price Realized $3,250.00 |
 | Lot #1346 RUSSIA 1909 Tsar Nicholas II, imperforate Mouchon die essay in gray black, value tablet and inscriptions blank at bottom, v.f., rare, with Mikulski certificate E | Unsold |
 | Lot #1347 RUSSIA 1913 Romanov Tercentenary, 2k green die proof on glazed card, v.f. P Catalog #89P | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #1348 RUSSIA 1917 1r imperforate sheet of 50, center double, n.h., fine-v.f. and spectacular item **Catalog #131c | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #1349 RUSSIA 1918 Chainbreakers, 14k carmine, typographed die proof on gummed paper, l.h., v.f., signed Mikulski, with 2005 Mandrovski certificate P | Price Realized $7,000.00 |
 | Lot #1350 RUSSIA 1918 15k orange, perforated and gummed sheetlet with vertical lozenges, side ornaments unfinished, fresh, v.f. P | Price Realized $7,000.00 |
 | Lot #1351 RUSSIA 1918 "1 March 1917" unissued design 10k+5k blue, imperforate die proof on wove paper, v.f., extremely rare P | Price Realized $9,000.00 |
 | Lot #1352 RUSSIA 1921 definitives, 250r dull violet, pelure paper, triple impression, h.r., v.f., rare * Catalog #186c,var | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1353 RUSSIA 1922 (May), pre-printed ARA card, filed in Odessa and mailed from the processing center in Moscow to USA, franked with 4x25k Postal Savings Stamps and surcharged 5,000r on 2r surcharge, fine | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1354 RUSSIA 1922 1,000r carmine, imperforate horizontal strip of five, overprinted in black Cyrillic letters "Obrazets," n.h., v.f. S | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #1355 RUSSIA 1922 500r on 2r and 500r on 1r, black and red surcharges inverted, n.h., v.f., signed Romeko, etc., ** Catalog #192a,196a Catalog Value $220 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1356 RUSSIA 1922 10,000r on 40r surcharge inverted and displaced to top margin, l.h., v.f. * Catalog #195a | Unsold |
 | Lot #1357 RUSSIA 1922 7,500r on 250r, blue surcharge inverted, block of four, one stamp l.h., others n.h., v.f. */**Catalog #201var | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1358 RUSSIA 1924-25 Definitives (typographed), 50k brown imperforate single, large margins all around, l.h., fresh and attractive example of this scarce stamp, * Catalog #275A Catalog Value $6,750 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1359 RUSSIA 1924 definitives (typographed), 1k orange, n.h., tiny natural inclusion, v.f., scarce stamp (Zagorsky 39) ** Catalog #276 Catalog Value $250 | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #1360 RUSSIA 1927 10th Anniversary of October Revolution, 14k vertical gutter block of four, n.h., folded between stamps and gutters, with resulting perf. telescoping and separations, still fine-v.f. (Liapine 276, €13,000) **Catalog #379 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1361 RUSSIA 1929 The First All-Union Pioneer Meeting,10k and 14k, perf. 12 1/2x12, set of two vertical gutter blocks of four, n.h., folded in gutter only, post office fresh, fine-v.f., rare (Liapine 291-292, €22,000+) **Catalog #411-412 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1362 RUSSIA 1933 Baku Commissars, complete set n.h., post office fresh, v.f., ** Catalog #519-23 Catalog Value $450 | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #1363 RUSSIA 1934 Lenin Mausoleum, complete set of five sheet margin blocks of four, n.h. and post office fresh, fine-v.f. (Zverev 364-68, $6,000) **Catalog #524-528 | Price Realized $3,000.00 |
 | Lot #1364 RUSSIA 1935 Engels, set of four blocks of four, n.h. and post office fresh, v.f. (Zverev 420-423, $9,000) **Catalog #555-558 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1365 RUSSIA 1935 Congress of Persian Art, set of four blocks of four, n.h. and post office fresh, v.f., rare in blocks (Zverev 425-28, $10,000) **Catalog #569-572 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1366 RUSSIA 1937 North Pole, 80k carmine, imperforate block of four, n.h., v.f., scarce multiple **Catalog #628a | Unsold |
 | Lot #1367 RUSSIA 1957 World Youth Festival, imperf. sheet margin blocks of four, five different (complete as issued), n.h., v.f. **Catalog #1913-14,1936/40var | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1368 RUSSIA 1969 Russian Fairy Tales, two se-tenant strips of five, one imperf. between 1st and 2nd stamps, the other imperf. between 4th and 5th stamps, n.h., both folded between stamps, fine-v.f. (Zagorsky 3738-42) ** Catalog #3666a,var | Price Realized $900.00 |
