U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
October 16-17, 2018
Welcome to our October 16-17, 2018 Sale of Rare Stamps and Postal History of the World. With 1,627 lots, this auction features properties of various owners and estates from all over the world, including Ernest Wheeler’s flight and space covers and autographs, additional selections from the Scouts of the World collection, Vito Bianco’s stock of Italian area and many others. There are solid selections of United States, Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Latin and South America, European Countries with Austria, Belgium, France, Germany & Italy, with their respective Colonies, also Poland, Russia, Spain and Switzerland; rarities from China and other Asian material. As always, the sale contains 150+ large lots and collections, with individual country collections, worldwide accumulations in cartons, cover lots and more. A limited number of printed catalogues are available on request.
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #3258 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown & blue, margins all around, deep colors, tied by "9" in oval of dots on complete FL from Taurogen (23 Sep 1858) to Mitau, boxed departure datestamp and "Poluchenon" (received) markings on back, filing folds away from the stamp, v.f. and attractive Russia Number One on cover, signed Bloch  Catalog #1 | Price Realized $2,900.00 |
 | Lot #3259 RUSSIA 1858 10k brown & blue, seven used examples, various paper and shade varieties, different postmarks, fine-v.f. O Catalog #2 | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #3260 RUSSIA 1858 10k brown and blue, beautiful deep color, tied by "393" numeral in dots cancel on outer FL from Dorpat to Riga, with corresponding departure (29 Nov 1858) circular postmark and "Polucheno" arrival datestamp Catalog #2 | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #3261 RUSSIA 1858 20k lilac & green, perforated proof on unwatermarked paper, unused without gum, v.f. P Catalog #3P | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #3262 RUSSIA 1864 1k essay with "Epreuve de Timbre" in central oval and "Proba" at bottom, imperforate pane of 104, bottom strip of eight defective, folded through additional eight, with some tears affecting another few pieces, leaving at least 80 stamps in sound condition, fine and extremely rare multiple  E | Unsold |
 | Lot #3263 RUSSIA 1869 (22 Jan) outer FL from Taganrog, franked with 10k and 20k (unwatermarked), tied by cds and sent to Greece, taxed 45L on arrival in Corfu, with the addition of 5L (margins just in at right) and 40L (margins all around), departure, Petraeus transit and Kerkura arrival pmks, filing fold through 40L, otherwise fine and colorful letter from Russia to Greece | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #3264 RUSSIA 1884 3.50r and 7r Arms, Posthorns without Thunderbolts, vertically laid paper, fresh, v.f., the former signed Bloch, * Catalog #39-40 Catalog Value $ 2,000 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #3265 RUSSIA 1884 3.50r black & gray (vertically laid paper), used, well centered, with perforations intact, tiny flaws (as often), fresh and fine stamp, signed Diena, etc., O Catalog #39 Catalog Value $ 625 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #3266 RUSSIA 1904 1k dark blue, groundwork inverted, block of four, n.h., v.f., **Catalog #60a Catalog Value $ 280 | Unsold |
 | Lot #3267 RUSSIA 1906 5r blue green & pale blue, perf. 11 1/2, top sheet margin single, n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #71a Catalog Value $ 1,450 | Unsold |
 | Lot #3268 RUSSIA 1913 Romanov Tercentenary, 5r Nicholas II, complete sheet of 50, marginal tears and perf. separations, mostly intact, stamps n.h., post office fresh, v.f., without the usual buckling and wrinkles. A rare multiple **Catalog #104 | Price Realized $1,800.00 |
 | Lot #3269 RUSSIA 1919 (5 Apr) registered cover from Moscow to Petrograd, paying 3r with five imperforate blocks of 4x10k dark blue, used in combination with pair of perforated 50k, fine and scarce usage, with arrival (8 April) pmk on back Catalog #124 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #3270 RUSSIA 1922 5000r on 1r orange, horizontal pair, left stamp without overprint, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #191c | Unsold |
 | Lot #3271 RUSSIA 1923 (18 Oct) cover from Moscow to Munich, paying 45r (1923) plus 12k (gold), with 5r and 2x20r RSFSR, used in combination with 12x1k imperforate (gold) definitives. With the October 18 conversion value at 550r to 1r gold, the 45r (RSFSR) equal just over 8k (gold) for a total of 20k, which was the correct rate for the foreign letter rate, fine mixed RSFSR/Soviet definitives cover, with "Obmen 250r" red surcharge (variety displaced overprint) on 35k chain breakers on back Catalog #240,241A,250 | Unsold |
 | Lot #3272 RUSSIA 1923 10r gray, imperforate sheetlet of 25, with intact inscription at bottom, n.h., usual gum wrinkles, v.f. **Catalog #241d | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #3273 RUSSIA 1924 15k lemon, five used examples, various postmarks, fine-v.f., O Catalog #287 Catalog Value $ 825 | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #3274 RUSSIA 1925 Definitives (watermarked), 4k black (two) invalidated perforated and gummed trial color proofs, also 8k olive (typographed), fine * | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #3275 RUSSIA 1926 Lenin, 2r black violet, perf. 12 1/2, fresh color, h.r., fine * Catalog #343a | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #3276 RUSSIA 1926 (28 Oct) registered cover from Moscow to Sofia, franked with Esperanto Congress 7k horizontal gutter pair and single 14k, paying correct 28k foreign registered letter rate, with 25k on 7k Foreign Exchange tax stamp on back, contents value "1175" rubles indicated by pen, Sofia arrival (3 Nov) cds on back, fine, possibly unique example of the rare gutter pair on cover Catalog #347,348 | Unsold |
 | Lot #3277 RUSSIA 1927 8k on 3k (lithographed), 8k on 8k green (typographed), each with surcharge inverted, l.h., fine and scarce * | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #3278 RUSSIA 1933 Order of the Red Banner, 20k black, red & yellow, perf. 9 1/2, n.h., v.f., signed Diena, with his 1991 certificate, ** Catalog #518var Catalog Value $ 8,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #3279 RUSSIA 1938 Red Army, 80k variety imperf. at bottom, n.h., fingerprints on gum, v.f. (Zagorsky 495Pb) ** Catalog #634var | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #3280 RUSSIA 1946 Definitives (Lithographed), 30k Parachutist (referred to earlier as "Flyer"), imperforate sheet margin single, showing part of adjoining stamp at bottom, n.h., v.f., extremely rare imperforate variety from Soviet Union (Zagorsky 988var) ** | Unsold |
 | Lot #3281 RUSSIA 1949 Lenin Mausoleum, imperf. souvenir sheet of four, cancelled to order with bi-lingual "Riga" cancel, n.h., with slight gum wrinkles and adhesions, v.f., rare, Catalog #1327a,vasr Catalog Value $ 3,000 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #3282 RUSSIA 1958 Mendeleyev Congress, overprint on 40k Butlerov, n.h., v.f. ** | Price Realized $700.00 |
