U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History; The David Mace Collection of U.S. Stamps
April 24-25, 2018
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #1566 RUSSIA 1858 30k carmine & green, second printing on thin paper, horizontal pair, canceled by "121" numeral pmks in square dots on a complete FL used in 1859 from Taganrog (June 19) to Rostov on Don, endorsed "Extra" (Special Delivery), with framed TAGANROG departure date stamp on back, numerous endorsements and docketing on back, intact wax seal, filing folds well away from the stamps, fine and unique make-up of the 60k Special Delivery rate, with the only known pair of 30k on thin paper, ex-Mikulski  Catalog #4 | Price Realized $95,000.00 |
 | Lot #1567 RUSSIA 1884 7k blue perf. 14 1/4x14 3/4, groundwork inverted, used, canceled "Michajlowskyj Chutor (prov. Kaluga), 1899", v.f. and rare stamp, with Mikulski certificate, O Catalog #35b | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #1568 RUSSIA 1884 14k blue & rose, center inverted, used, thin and other small defects, fine appearance, signed Romeko, O Catalog #36b | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #1569 RUSSIA 1889 14k blue & rose, center inverted, nicely centered, good color, small thin, fine appearance, signed Dr.P.Jemchouhin, etc., O Catalog #51a Catalog Value $5,000 | Price Realized $2,000.00 |
 | Lot #1570 RUSSIA 1889 14k blue and rose, center inverted, canceled "Archangel 29.1.93", well centered and fresh, v.f., signed Herbert Bloch and Roger Calves, with 1980 Friedl certificate, O Catalog #51a Catalog Value $5,000 | Price Realized $2,900.00 |
 | Lot #1571 RUSSIA 1902 7k dark blue (vertically laid paper), imperforate horizontal gutter, top sheet margin strip of four, fresh, creases, small scissors cut between two left stamps at bottom, nevertheless v.f. and striking rarity, signed Buhler, ex-Mertens and Faberge, with a red "Faberge" handstamp on back * Catalog #59b | Price Realized $9,500.00 |
 | Lot #1572 RUSSIA 1902 3.50r black & gray, center inverted, canceled "Batum, 18.2.1911", fine example of this undervalued rarity, known only used and typically centered to bottom, signed Romeko, with 2003 Mikulski certificate, ex-Faberge collection, O Catalog #69a Catalog Value $14,000 | Price Realized $12,000.00 |
 | Lot #1573 RUSSIA 1909 unexploded St. Petersburg booklet with three panes of 6x1k dull orange yellow, three panes of 6x3k carmine and three panes of 6x7k blue, each pane separated by glassine interleaving, covers black on salmon, indicating that the booklet was issued in St. Petersburg, face value 1r98k and price of booklet 2r, stapled at left, fresh and v.f. (Rogers 2)  | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
 | Lot #1574 RUSSIA 1917 15k brown & blue, imperforate cross-gutter sheet of 100, lower part of the sheet (70 stamps) printed double, one inverted, marginal creases and wrinkles, folded between stamps, also creased through one horizontal row of 10, fascinating piece, undoubtedly unique  ** | Unsold |
 | Lot #1575 RUSSIA 1921 1,000r carmine, double impression, one inverted, h.r., v.f. * Catalog #186var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1576 RUSSIA 1922 7,500r blue, double impression, one inverted, l.h., v.f. and striking variety * Catalog #203var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1577 RUSSIA 1922 Fifth Anniversary of the October Revolution, 25r violet & black, background inverted, h.r., v.f. * Catalog #213var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1578 RUSSIA 1923 5r carmine, imperforate strip of three, partial double impression, one inverted (right stamp complete), h.r., v.f. * Catalog #238a,var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1579 RUSSIA 1924 Definitives (typographed), 3r black brown & green, perforated 10, also 3r black brown & green, perforated 13 1/2 x 10, the former l.h., the latter h.r., small mark in background at the right of Soldier's head, perfect centering, fine-v.f., rare, * Catalog #292a,292b Catalog Value $8,250 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1580 RUSSIA 1927 Tenth Anniversary of the October Revolution, 14k red and blue, variety "CCCP" and Map inverted, vertical invalidating perforations, h.r., v.f. * Catalog #379var | Unsold |
