U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
December 4-5, 2018
Welcome to our December 4-5, 2018 Sale of Rare Stamps and Postal History of the World. With 1,550+ lots, this auction features properties of various owners including George V. Shalimoff’s award winning collections of Russia, M.C. Gilhausen’s Germany and Colonies, David Mace’s collections of China, Chinese Provinces as well as Foreign Offices. Our December sale is well represented with solid United States, South America, Asia, Great Britain and British Commonwealth and rest of the world. As always, there are 150+ large lots and collections, many offered intact, with individual country collections, worldwide accumulations in cartons, exotic flight covers, topicals, including a substantial collection of Boy Scouts on Stamps, plus many others. Browse the entire sale at www.cherrystoneauctions.com. A limited number of printed catalogues are available upon request.
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #5119 RUSSIA 1846 (5 May) cover from Heidelberg to Reval, Russia, addressed to "Madame L'Admirale de Krusenstern", wife of Admiral Krusenstern, with Riga transit and "Polucheno" arrival datestamp on back. (Adam Johann Ritter von Krusenstern was a Baltic German admiral and explorer who led the first Russian circumnavigation of the globe)  | Unsold |
 | Lot #5120 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown & blue, margins all around, two-line departure datestamp, v.f., scarce O Catalog #1 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #5121 RUSSIA 1857 10kr brown and blue, used, margins all around, v.f., with 2018 BPB certificate O Catalog #1 | Unsold |
 | Lot #5122 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown & blue, margins all around, tied by "9" in oval of dots on FL from Tauroggen (today Taurage) to Riga, with boxed 1858 departure datestamp (also on back), with boxed "Polucheno 27 Sept 1858" arrival on back, usual filing fold well away from the stamp, fine and attractive Russia Number One on cover from Lithuania, ex-Matuzas Catalog #1 | Price Realized $3,750.00 |
 | Lot #5123 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown and blue, margins all around, tied by framed "Tauroggen 15 Mar 1858" datestamp on outer folded letter to St. Petersburg, usual filing folds away from the stamps, v.f. Russia Number one cover, signed Bolaffi, Diena Catalog #1 | Price Realized $2,900.00 |
 | Lot #5124 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown & blue, canceled by cross pen and used on complete cover to Moscow, with pre-philatelic "Novokhopersk" straight-line departure handstamp, date "26 February" filled-in by pen (with 5 March 1858 arrival docketing on front), full intact wax seal, filing folds away from the stamp, fine usage from Novokhopersk (Novokhopyorsk in Voronezh Oblast) Catalog #1 | Price Realized $3,250.00 |
 | Lot #5125 RUSSIA 1858 20k blue & orange, thin paper, well centered with intact perforations all around, excellent colors, cancelled Griazovets 3 Jan 1868, fresh and v.f. stamp, uncommon late usage, signed Mikulski, O Catalog #3 Catalog Value $1,600 | Unsold |
 | Lot #5126 RUSSIA 1858 30k carmine & green, thin paper, light numeral dot cancel, intact perforations all around, excellent colors, fresh and fine stamp, signed Roger Calves, O Catalog #4 Catalog Value $2,750 | Unsold |
 | Lot #5127 RUSSIA 1858 30k carmine & green, unused (regummed), good color and perforations, fine (*) Catalog #10 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #5128 RUSSIA 1866 outer FL franked with 1k (3), 3k (2) and 5k, tied by diamond datestamps, paying 14k from Odessa to Vienna, circular "Franco" and Odessa departure datestamp on front, Wien arrival on back, filing fold not affecting the stamps, fine Catalog #12,13,14 | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #5129 RUSSIA 1866 1k, 3k ("V" in background error) and 10k paying 14k on "Aus Russland" FL from Libawa, used in 1871 on FL to Berlin, additional departure and boxed "Memel" transit datestamp, with blue "Ausg." arrival on back, filing fold away from the stamps, fresh and splendid three-color franking Catalog #19,20d,23 | Unsold |
 | Lot #5130 RUSSIA 1866 10k brown & blue, cliche flaw "deformed numeral 10 in the upper left hand corner", usually referred to as a "Keyhole" variety, used on cover from Revel 24 July 1874 to Baltinsk Port, with arrival pmk alongside, some peripheral toned specks, fine and rare variety on cover Catalog #23var | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #5131 RUSSIA 1869 outer FL franked with 1k, 5k (horizontally laid paper), used in combination with unwatermarked 30k carmine & green, tied by St. Petersburg departure pmks and sent to Amsterdam, Aus-Russland Franco alongside and Amsterdam arrival (both in red) on back, filing fold through the 5k gray, otherwise fine and scarce usage Catalog #18 | Unsold |
 | Lot #5132 RUSSIA 187 7k brown & orange, blue & carmine, violet & green, set of three different perforated and gummed trial color proofs, usual centering, h.r., fresh, fine-v.f., with 1989 Mikulski certificate P Catalog #27P | Unsold |
 | Lot #5133 RUSSIA 1884 Posthorns without Thunderbolts, 3.50r gray & black, vertically laid paper, n.h. and post office fresh, perfectly centered, slightly rounded lower left corner, otherwise v.f., signed Diena, etc., ** Catalog #39 Catalog Value $2,900 | Unsold |
 | Lot #5134 RUSSIA 1906 5r and 10r (vertically laid paper), n.h., the latter with minor gum disturbance, also 5r perf. 11 1/2 (h.r.), fine-v.f., */** Catalog #71,71a,72 Catalog Value $1,710 | Unsold |
 | Lot #5135 RUSSIA 1906 5r and 10r (vertically laid paper), vertical or horizontal sheet margin pairs, l.h. and n.h. each, fresh, v.f., */** Catalog #71,72 Catalog Value $1,610 | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #5136 RUSSIA 1906 5r (vertically laid paper), left sheet margin block of four, n.h., irregular perfs at bottom, otherwise v.f.  **Catalog #71 | Unsold |
 | Lot #5137 RUSSIA 1909 20k dull blue & carmine, center double, l.h., v.f. * Catalog #82a | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #5138 RUSSIA 1913 Romanov Tercentenary, 1k-5r complete set in blocks of four, l.h. or h.r., some perf. reinforcements (2r), fresh, fine-v.f. (Verve $7,000) *Catalog #88-104 | Price Realized $850.00 |
 | Lot #5139 RUSSIA 1913 3k rose red, double impression/one inverted, h.r., v.f., * Catalog #90b Catalog Value $600 | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #5140 RUSSIA 1915 10r, variety yellow background inverted & shifted, l.h., fine, * Catalog #109d Catalog Value $450 | Unsold |
 | Lot #5141 RUSSIA 1916 Empress Alexandra postal card, text reads "an enclosure to the book, sent out by Her Imperial Majesty the Sovereign Empress Alexandra Feodorovna for Easter 1916 to the Army ranks", with boxed "From the Active Army" indicia, unused, v.f. | Unsold |
 | Lot #5142 RUSSIA 1917 "Abdication of the Tsar", George Shalimoff's exhibit collection written up on pages, with 100+ mostly different blocks of four, eight and twelve, overprinted with Liberty Cap (also referred to as Phrygian cap) and Crossed Swords, articles from "Izvestia" in red or black, with double, inverted and shifted overprints, plus other varieties, included printed on Money Stamps, also covers, postal stationery, generally fine-v.f., some signed Trachtenberg, etc. A comprehensive and wonderful selection of these popular, albeit privately produced items * | Price Realized $9,500.00 |
 | Lot #5143 RUSSIA 1917 (6 Mar) Russian Brigade in France, used and unused stationery cards, the former from the F.P.O. No.189, with corresponding Special Infantry Brigade cachet alongside. Also included is an actual photograph of Russian troops in France | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #5144 RUSSIA 1917 10k and 20k surcharges inverted, l.h., fine-v.f., * Catalog #117a,118a Catalog Value $400 | Unsold |
 | Lot #5145 RUSSIA 1917 10r imperforate "block of three" plus label at upper left, n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #135 Catalog Value $450 | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #5146 RUSSIA 1917 Money Stamps, 3k red variety imperf. at top, v.f., rare * Catalog #141var | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #5147 RUSSIA 1918 RSFSR Issue, 35k dark blue, used locally in Kiev 30 May, 1919 on small registered cover, in combination with 10k/7k violet Ukraine Kiev trident overprint, fine Catalog #149 | Unsold |
 | Lot #5148 RUSSIA 1918 70k brown (Breaking Chain of Bondage), imperforate single, ample margins all around, l.h., v.f., signed Goznak, also Mikulski, with his 1990 certificate ("eine grosse Seltenheit, bekannt nur in ein paar exemplaren" - a great rarity, only a few examples known) * Catalog #150a | Unsold |
 | Lot #5149 RUSSIA 1921 5r dull ultramarine, significant offset on back, also 1,000r pre-print paper fold, plus 7,500r blue, part of the design missing at left, v.f. lot ** Catalog #179,186,203 | Price Realized $190.00 |
 | Lot #5150 RUSSIA 1921 20r blue, double impression, sheet margin single, n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #180a Catalog Value $325 | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #5151 RUSSIA 1921 300r green, double impression, sheet margin single, n.h., minor gum wrinkles, v.f., ** Catalog #184a Catalog Value $525 | Price Realized $400.00 |
 | Lot #5152 RUSSIA 1922 5,000r on 1r orange, selection of shifted and partly omitted surcharges, five singles and horizontal gutter pair, also 5,000r on 5r ultramarine, pair with shifted surcharge, mostly l.h., few signed, v.f. * Catalog #191var,193var | Unsold |
 | Lot #5153 RUSSIA 1922 5,000r on 2r brown, surcharge inverted, two copies, one "RYB" omitted, l.h. or h.r., v.f. */** Catalog #192a | Price Realized $200.00 |
 | Lot #5154 RUSSIA 1922 5,000r on 2r brown, surcharge triple, paper hinge remnant, v.f. * Catalog #192var | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #5155 RUSSIA 1922 5,000r on 2r brown, horizontal gutter pair, surcharge triple and shifted, l.h., v.f. * Catalog #192var | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #5156 RUSSIA 1922 5,000r on 20r blue, double surcharge, l.h., v.f., signed Mikulski, with his 1984 certificate * Catalog #194var | Unsold |
 | Lot #5157 RUSSIA 1922 5,000r on 1r orange and on 2r brown, each with red surcharge inverted, l.h., v.f. * Catalog #196a,197a | Unsold |
 | Lot #5158 RUSSIA 1922 10,000r on 40r slate, red surcharge inverted and struck twice at top and bottom, l.h., v.f., signed Goznak * Catalog #200a,var | Unsold |
 | Lot #5159 RUSSIA 1922 10,000r on 40r slate, red surcharge additionally struck twice vertically, l.h., v.f., unusual variety * Catalog #200b | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #5160 RUSSIA 1922 20r on 15k imperforate, l.h., v.f., signed Rosselevitch, etc., * Catalog #224 Catalog Value $9,500 | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
 | Lot #5161 RUSSIA 1922 20r on 15k red brown & deep blue, h.r., v.f., signed Herbert Bloch and Mikulski, with Paul Buchsbayew certificate, * Catalog #224 Catalog Value $9,500 | Unsold |
 | Lot #5162 RUSSIA 1923 cliche of 70r in plate of 100r, block of nine, middle stamp being the error, 10 copies, n.h., fine-v.f., **Catalog #237a Catalog Value $850 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #5163 RUSSIA 1923 cliche of 70r in plate of 100r, block of nine, middle stamp being the error, 10 copies, n.h., fine-v.f., **Catalog #237a Catalog Value $850 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #5164 RUSSIA 1923 (21 Sep) registered cover to Riga, franked on both sides, paying the correct registered foreign letter rate of 60r (effective on September 16), with RSFSR 2x5r and 20r on front, used in combination with 250r on 500r Foreign Exchange surcharges (the latter showing a significant shift), additionally franked on back with perforated and imperforate sets of the First Agricultural and Craft Exhibition, all tied by Moscow departure pmks, arriving in Latvia on 25th September, fine and exceptional RSFSR and Soviet Union combination (with the commemorative sets on back, it was obviously necessary to place the tax stamps on front of the cover) Catalog #242-249 | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
 | Lot #5165 RUSSIA 1923 Definitives (lithographed), 1k-1r imperforate blocks of four, complete set of ten, h.r., v.f. *Catalog #250-59 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #5166 RUSSIA 1924 (11 Jan) Romanov stationery envelope with indicia obliterated, 32k postage added and registered from Moscow to USA, with foreign exchange surcharge added on back, fine and interesting usage | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #5167 RUSSIA 1924 (3 July) registered cover from Moscow to Harbin, China (pre-printed, bilingual envelope), paying 40k foreign registered letter rate with imperf. pair of 2k green and 12x3k red brown (two pairs and block of 8), all franked on back, also with 12k Foreign Exchange Tax stamps, vertical pair of 1k on 1r (lower stamp variety smaller "C.C." of "C.C.C.P."), and 10k on 10r, tied by boxed handstamp, Harbin arrival (17 July), fine and rare destination Catalog #251,278 | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #5168 RUSSIA 1924 Definitives (typographed), 4k deep rose, double impression, imperforate block of four, n.h., v.f. **Catalog #274var | Unsold |
 | Lot #5169 RUSSIA 1924 (Typographed), 50k dark brown, imperforate single, distinct deep color, h.r., v.f., signed, etc., * Catalog #275A Catalog Value $6,750 | Price Realized $2,900.00 |
 | Lot #5170 RUSSIA 1924 Definitives (typographed), 4k deep rose, double impression, n.h., v.f., rare ** Catalog #279var | Unsold |
 | Lot #5171 RUSSIA 1924 Definitives (typographed), 7k chocolate, deformed design and imperforated single, lower left sheet corner margin example, v.f. * Catalog #282var | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #5172 RUSSIA 1924 15k lemon yellow, well centered, beautiful color and relief, h.r., tiny natural inclusions as always, v.f. example of this iconic Soviet rarity, with Raritan guarantee, also 2011 certificate, * Catalog #287 Catalog Value $25,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #5173 RUSSIA 1924 3r black brown & green, Type I, perf. 10, large even margins, h.r., v.f., signed Roger Calves, with 1985 Mikulski and 2011 certificates. A rarity, ex-Ivanov collection, * Catalog #292a Catalog Value $5,500 | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
 | Lot #5174 RUSSIA 1924 3r black brown & green, Type I, perf. 13 1/2 x 10, large margins, l.h., v.f. example of this scarce perforation variety, with Raritan guarantee, * Catalog #292b Catalog Value $2,750 | Unsold |
 | Lot #5175 RUSSIA 1925 Lenin Mausoleum 7k deep blue, also 7k olive bistre, imperforate plate proofs on "government" paper, v.f. P Catalog #294P | Unsold |
 | Lot #5176 RUSSIA 1925 Lomonosov, 3k orange brown, imperforate proof on "government" paper, also 15k olive green perforated and gummed proof on unwatermarked paper, both v.f. P Catalog #326-327P | Unsold |
 | Lot #5177 RUSSIA 1925 Popov, unissued 20k orange brown, imperforate proof on "government" paper, v.f. P Catalog #329P | Unsold |
 | Lot #5178 RUSSIA 1926 (15 June) registered cover originating from Tashkent, sent through the Moscow control office to Curitiba, Brazil, paying 28k foreign registered letter rate with pair of 5k, 15k defnitives, used in combination with 3k Lomonosov, tied by cds, with 5k on 1k Foreign Exchange tax stamp and arrival pmk on back, fine cover to uncommon destination Catalog #308,315,326a | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #5179 RUSSIA 1927 8k on 3k light blue, surcharge inverted, n.h., v.f., signed Rosselevitch ** Catalog #361a | Unsold |
 | Lot #5180 RUSSIA 1927 (12 Nov) registered cover from Kharkov to Switzerland, paying the correct 28k rate with 2x14k Zamenhoff, one perf. 10 x 10 1/2, the other 10 1/2, fine and scarce perf. variety on cover, with Basel arrival pmk Catalog #374b | Unsold |
 | Lot #5181 RUSSIA 1927 Esperanto (unwatermarked), imperforate sheet margin single, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #374c | Unsold |
 | Lot #5182 RUSSIA 1927 10th Anniversary of October Revolution, 5k deep brown, imperforate horizontal pair, n.h., v.f., with Raritan guarantee ** Catalog #376a | Unsold |
 | Lot #5183 RUSSIA 1927 10th Anniversary of October Revolution, 7k myrtle green, imperforate sheet margin horizontal pair, right stamp l.h., left n.h., v.f., with 2011 certificate */** Catalog #377b | Unsold |
 | Lot #5184 RUSSIA 1927 Smolny Institute, 7k myrtle green, imperforate right sheet margin single, h.r. in margin, v.f. * Catalog #377b | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #5185 RUSSIA 1927 7k green, imperforate top sheet margin single, used, v.f., rare O Catalog #377b | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #5186 RUSSIA 1927 8k imperforate single, 14k with red map of "C.C.C.P." shifted and split to top and bottom, each with invalidating perforations, h.r., fine-v.f. * Catalog #378,379var | Unsold |
 | Lot #5187 RUSSIA 1927 10th Anniversary of October Revolution, 18k blue, imperforate sheet margin vertical pair, large part of adjoining stamp at top, with invalidating perforations, n.h., v.f., with Raritan guarantee ** Catalog #380var | Price Realized $220.00 |
 | Lot #5188 RUSSIA 1927 10k light brown, imperforate single, large margins all around, l.h., v.f., rare, with Raritan guarantee * Catalog #391a | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #5189 RUSSIA 1929 First all-Soviet Assembly of Pioneers, set of two, also additional 10k perf. 10 and perf. 10 1/2, n.h., fine-v.f. ** Catalog #411-12, 411a | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #5190 RUSSIA 1932 (21 Nov) registered cover from Moscow to Addis Ababa, franked with 10k and 28k commemoratives and on back 25k on 70k Foreign Exchange Tax stamp, transit pmks of Trieste, Milano and Bologna, arriving in Addis Ababa on 22nd December (arrival pmk "1921" year date error, should have been "1932"), fine and scarce usage to Ethiopia (addressed to Everett Andrew Colson, pre-CIA American lawyer, war department employee and financial advisor to the Emperor) Catalog #430,440 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #5191 RUSSIA 1932 Moscow Exhibition, imperforate souvenir sheet of four (169x119mm), unused with full original gum, never hinged, without the usual paper specks and irregularities, v.f. These souvenir sheets were issued without gum (of the 500 printed, 25 received a special overprint) and many were used as admission tickets to the exhibition and destroyed. Only a small number were officially gummed and exported abroad. A splendid example of this popular Soviet rarity (cataloged value for unused without gum) **Catalog #485-86var Catalog Value $25,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #5192 RUSSIA 1933 Order of the Red Banner, perf. 9 1/2, l.h., v.f., rare stamp, * Catalog #518var Catalog Value $4,000 | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
 | Lot #5193 RUSSIA 1933 Order of the Red Banner, 20k black, red & yellow, perf. 9 1/2, well centered, n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #518var Catalog Value $8,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #5194 RUSSIA 1934 Lenin Mausoleum, 5k and 10k imperforate singles, l.h. or n.h., v.f., with 2011 Buchsbayew certificate */** Catalog #524a,525a | Unsold |
 | Lot #5195 RUSSIA 1934 Lenin Mausoleum, 5k and 10k imperforate singles, l.h., v.f., each with a Museum handstamp on back, * Catalog #524a,525a Catalog Value $1,350 | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #5196 RUSSIA 1934 Fedorov, 20k and 40k imperforate singles, n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #529a-30a Catalog Value $2,000 | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #5197 RUSSIA 1935 Kalinin, 20k brown black imperforate single, l.h., v.f., * Catalog #576a Catalog Value $1,500 | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #5198 RUSSIA 1935 Tolstoy, 3k black & violet, perf. 11, variety imperf. at right, used, v.f. O Catalog #577a,var | Unsold |
 | Lot #5199 RUSSIA 1935 Tolstoy, 3k black & violet, perf. 11, horizontal pair imperf. between, n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #577c Catalog Value $3,000 | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #5200 RUSSIA 1935 Tolstoy, 10k black & brown, blue, perf. 13 3/4, vertical block of eight, middle block two pairs imperf. between, canceled "Stalino", minor, inconsequential toning, otherwise v.f. (Zagorsky 430Pd, 192,000 Rub) Catalog #578b Catalog Value $4,500 | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #5201 RUSSIA 1935 Tolstoy, 20k dark green & brown, perf. 11, vertical pair imperf. between, used, v.f., O Catalog #579b Catalog Value $1,100 | Unsold |
 | Lot #5202 RUSSIA 1935 Frunze, Bauman and Kirov, set of three imperforate sheet margin singles, l.h., v.f., * Catalog #580-82var Catalog Value $1,800 | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #5203 RUSSIA 1935 Frunze, Bauman and Kirov, imperforate singles, n.h., natural gum wrinkles, fresh and v.f. ** Catalog #580var-582var | Unsold |
 | Lot #5204 RUSSIA 1935 Bauman 4k imperforate vertical pair, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #581var | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #5205 RUSSIA 1936 Pioneers, 5k carmine, variety imperf. at bottom, vertical pair, top stamp h.r., variety with usual gum skips, n.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 438APc, 55,000Rub) ** Catalog #586var | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #5206 RUSSIA 1937 Pushkin, two souvenir sheets (ordinary paper), used with additional franking on large cover, registered in 1939 to Tel Aviv, with British "Opened by Censor" labels at right, also 10k on 70k Foreign Exchange Tax stamp on back, fine and rare usage Catalog #596 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #5207 RUSSIA 1937 Pushkin souvenir sheet, used with additional franking on large cover, registered in 1939 to Tel Aviv,10k on 70k Foreign Exchange Tax stamp on back, v.f. and rare usage, with arrival pmk Catalog #596 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #5208 RUSSIA 1937 Architecture of Moscow, imperforate singles 3k, 5k, 10k, 15k and 20k, also 40k top sheet margin imperforate single, plus 50k imperforate vertical pair, first five l.h., 40k l.h. at ungummed portion only, pair n.h., v.f., ex-Ivanov, last two with Buchsbayew certificates (Zagorsky 460Pa-467Pa) */** Catalog #597-601,603,604var | Unsold |
 | Lot #5209 RUSSIA 1937-40 Definitives (unwatermarked), 1k-10r complete set of 15, n.h., post office fresh, fine-v.f., ** Catalog #613A-622 Catalog Value $840 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #5210 RUSSIA 1937-52 Definitives (unwatermarked) 10k black, variety imperf. at right, n.h., also 15k green, variety imperf. at left, l.h., fine-v.f. */** Catalog #616var,735var | Price Realized $190.00 |
 | Lot #5211 RUSSIA 1937 Definitives (unwatermarked), 10k olive green, imperforate single, ample margins all around, h.r., v.f., with 2011 Raritan guarantee (Zagorsky 457Pa) * Catalog #616Ab | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #5212 RUSSIA 1937 Definitives (unwatermarked) 20k green, 40k indigo, imperforate singles, l.h. or h.r., v.f., * Catalog #617b,619b Catalog Value $975 | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #5213 RUSSIA 1937 Definitives (unwatermarked), 20k green, imperforate bottom sheet margin single, h.r., v.f. (Zagorsky 458Pa) * Catalog #617Ab | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #5214 RUSSIA 1937 Definitives (unwatermarked) 30k claret, imperforate horizontal pair, l.h., v.f., * Catalog #618b Catalog Value $1,200 | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #5215 RUSSIA 1937 Definitives, Lenin, 40k indigo, imperforate horizontal pair, l.h. (if at all), v.f. * Catalog #619b | Unsold |
 | Lot #5216 RUSSIA 1937 Definitives (unwatermarked) 40k indigo, imperforate horizontal pair, n.h., but gum stains, fine appearance, * Catalog #619b Catalog Value $1,200 | Unsold |
 | Lot #5217 RUSSIA 1938 North Pole, 80k rose carmine, imperforate bottom sheet margin single, n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #628a Catalog Value $240 | Price Realized $120.00 |
 | Lot #5218 RUSSIA 1938 Chapayev, 1r black & carmine, imperforate sheet margin single, h.r., v.f. * Catalog #635var | Unsold |
 | Lot #5219 RUSSIA 1938 Crimea and Caucasus, 5k Yalta, variety imperf. at left, used with additional stamp, v.f. (Zagorsky 527Pc, 30,000Rub) O Catalog #666var | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #5220 RUSSIA 1939 30k Parachutist (Aviator), lithographed variety with pre-print fold, sheet corner margin single, n.h., also typographed single, l.h., v.f. */** Catalog #736var | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #5221 RUSSIA 1939 Parachutist (Aviator), offset printing 30k variety imperf. at left, also pre-print paper fold, minor toning, otherwise fine * Catalog #736var | Unsold |
 | Lot #5222 RUSSIA 1939 30k Parachutist (Aviator), lithographed, two varieties imperf. at left, also 15k Soldier, variety imperf. at left, n.h., fine ** Catalog #736var | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #5223 RUSSIA 1939 Definitives (typographed), 30k imperforate horizontal pair, n.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 608Pa) ** Catalog #736var | Unsold |
 | Lot #5224 RUSSIA 1939 60k Arms, variety imperf. at right, block of four, canceled to order, fine-v.f. Catalog #737var | Price Realized $210.00 |
 | Lot #5225 RUSSIA 1940 Mayakovski, 60k dark blue, variety comb perf. 12 1/4 x 11 3/4, horizontal raster, l.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 642A) * Catalog #778var | Price Realized $180.00 |
 | Lot #5226 RUSSIA 1940 Mayakovski, 80k ultramarine, variety imperf. at bottom, l.h., fine * Catalog #779var | Unsold |
 | Lot #5227 RUSSIA 1941 Red Army and Navy, complete set of horizontal or vertical gutter blocks of four, n.h., fine-v.f. **Catalog #824-31 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #5228 RUSSIA 1941 Suvorov, blocks of six, n.h., v.f. set **Catalog #832-35 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #5229 RUSSIA 1941 P.Navoi, set of two horizontal gutter pairs, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #857-58 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #5230 RUSSIA 1941 P.Navoi, 1r dark violet, horizontal gutter pair, left stamp additional variety, imperf. at left, n.h., v.f., extremely rare (Zagorsky 739Pa) ** Catalog #858var | Unsold |
 | Lot #5231 RUSSIA 1941 People's Militia, 30k blue used 2.3.42 on patriotic postal card, v.f., scarce on cover Catalog #859 | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #5232 RUSSIA 1943 Gorky, 60k horizontal pair imperf. between, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #896var | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #5233 RUSSIA 1943 30k variety imperf. at bottom, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #907var | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #5234 RUSSIA 1943 3r variety red flags double, used, v.f. O Catalog #908var | Unsold |
 | Lot #5235 RUSSIA 1943 3r variety red flags double, used, v.f. O Catalog #908var | Unsold |
 | Lot #5236 RUSSIA 1944 Flags, 60k variety, blue color missing, red shifted, used, v.f. O Catalog #921var | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #5237 RUSSIA 1944 60k variety, blue color missing, used, v.f. O Catalog #921var | Unsold |
 | Lot #5238 RUSSIA 1944 60k variety, blue color missing, red shifted, used, v.f. O Catalog #921var | Unsold |
 | Lot #5239 RUSSIA 1944 Flags, 3r variety, red color double, used, v.f. O Catalog #922var | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #5240 RUSSIA 1944 60k dark blue, variety double paper, paste-up, sheet margin single, h.r., v.f., rare * Catalog #949var | Unsold |
 | Lot #5241 RUSSIA 1945 5k olive brown, vertical pair imperf. between, l.h., v.f. * Catalog #1075var | Unsold |
 | Lot #5242 RUSSIA 1947 Definitives (lithographed), Parachutist, 30k imperforate horizontal pair, n.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 1056Pa) ** | Unsold |
 | Lot #5243 RUSSIA 1947 800th Anniversary of Founding of Moscow, 5k vertical pair, imperf. between, h.r., v.f. * Catalog #1132var | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #5244 RUSSIA 1947 Sanatoria, 30k "Abkhazia", vertical pair imperf. horizontally, also imperf. horizontal pair, l.h. or n.h., v.f. * Catalog #1166var | Price Realized $190.00 |
 | Lot #5245 RUSSIA 1947 Sanatoria, 30k "Kirov", horizontal pair imperf. between, l.h., v.f. * Catalog #1168var | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #5246 RUSSIA 1947 Sanatoria, 30k "Voroshilov", vertical pair imperf. between, l.h., v.f. * Catalog #1169var | Unsold |
 | Lot #5247 RUSSIA 1948 Ostrovsky, set of three imperforate top sheet margin singles, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #1227-1229var | Unsold |
 | Lot #5248 RUSSIA 1948 Ostrovsky, set of three imperforate horizontal pairs, h.r., fresh and v.f. * Catalog #1227-29var | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #5249 RUSSIA 1949 Lenin Mausoleum, perf. and imperf. souvenir sheets of four, l.h. or h.r., some gum skips and marginal thin spots, otherwise v.f. *Catalog #1327a,var | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #5250 RUSSIA 1949 Lenin Mausoleum, perf. and imperf. souvenir sheets of four, n.h., some gum skips and marginal wrinkles, fresh, v.f. **Catalog #1327a,var | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #5251 RUSSIA 1949 Lenin Mausoleum, imperforate souvenir sheet of four, n.h. and post office fresh, couple of natural inclusions and penciled notation on gum, otherwise v.f. **Catalog #1327a,var | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #5252 RUSSIA 1950 Anniversary of Lenin's Death, 1r horizontal pair, imperf. between, l.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 1405Pa, 60,000Rub) * Catalog #1437var | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #5253 RUSSIA 1950 Skyscrapers, n.h., v.f. set ** Catalog #1518-25 | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #5254 RUSSIA 1950 Aivazovsky, 50k variety imperf. at left, used, v.f. O Catalog #1530var | Price Realized $220.00 |
 | Lot #5255 RUSSIA 1951 October Revolution, 40k variety with red color shifted downwards, l.h., v.f. Only one sheet recorded * Catalog #1596var | Price Realized $200.00 |
 | Lot #5256 RUSSIA 1958 Mendeleyev Congress overprints, set of two, l.h., v.f. * | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #5257 RUSSIA 1961 Space, silver foil 1r variety imperf. at left, n.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 2542Pa, 80,000Rub) ** Catalog #2533var | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #5258 RUSSIA 1964 Tokyo Olympics, green souvenir sheet with red serial number, two copies, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #2921-26var | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #5259 RUSSIA 1964 Tokyo Olympics, green souvenir sheet with red serial number, two copies, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #2921-26var | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #5260 RUSSIA 1966 Chaliapin, imperforate trial color proof in indigo, value omitted, v.f., signed Mikulski P Catalog #3058P | Unsold |
 | Lot #5261 RUSSIA 1966 Yakir, 4k green imperforate trial color proof, v.f., signed Mikulski P Catalog #3187P | Unsold |
 | Lot #5262 RUSSIA 1975 Palehk Art, horizontal strip of five, imperf. between two stamps and at right, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #4400-4var | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #5263 RUSSIA 1982 New Year, 4k imperforate horizontal pair, used with additional franking on registered and flown cover from Leningrad to Germany, little toning around the address portion, stamps v.f. Catalog #5104var | Unsold |
 | Lot #5264 RUSSIA 1983 unissued 4k "Russian Fairy Tales" by A.Kurkin, imperforate sheetlet of 12 different designs showing beautiful lacquerware type designs on red background with simulated perforations, n.h., v.f. ** | Price Realized $400.00 |
