U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
March 12-13, 2019
We are pleased to present our March 12-13, 2019 sale, with 1,577 lots, properties of numerous vendors and estates sold by their order. There are selections of attractive United States (over 350 lots), Western European countries with Austria, Benelux, Scandinavia, France, Germany, Danzig, Saar, Italy and Colonies, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and Scandinavia. Great Britain and British Commonwealth are well represented and as always, our sale includes selections of better South America, Asia and rest of the world. We conclude with 130+ large lots and collections, which range from single country collections to multi-carton worldwide groups of stamps and covers.
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #1252 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown & blue, canceled by unclear two-line datestamp on piece, subsequently lifted and showing practically complete original gum, margins all around, excellent embossing, fresh and v.f. stamp O Catalog #1 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1253 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown & blue, boxed "Nizhny" two-line datestamp, margins all around, fresh and v.f., O Catalog #1 Catalog Value $ 900 | Price Realized $290.00 |
 | Lot #1254 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown & blue, oval "Tula" cancel, margins all around, v.f., O Catalog #1 Catalog Value $ 900 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1255 RUSSIA 1857 10k blue and red, upper right corner sheet margin single, two-line "(P)olang(en)…April" datestamp, fresh and v.f. positional piece, signed Diena O Catalog #1 | Price Realized $2,400.00 |
 | Lot #1256 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown & blue, margins all around, close but clear at top, tied by framed Taurogen 19 April 1858 departure datestamp on complete FL to Moscow, with "Speditions-Geschaft John G. Kniep Tauroggen" forwarding agent's handstamp on back, letter folded vertically and horizontally, fine and scarce forwarded item, ex-Small collection  Catalog #1 | Price Realized $3,250.00 |
 | Lot #1257 RUSSIA 1858 10k black, frame only, with central oval blank, plate proof on thick, unwatermarked paper, trial perforations, v.f. (Zverev $2,500) P Catalog #2P | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #1258 RUSSIA 1858 20k blue & orange, thick paper, deep colors and perfect centering, numeral cancel "345" (?), v.f. and spectacular example of Russia Number Three, O Catalog #3 Catalog Value $ 1,700 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #1259 RUSSIA 1858 20k blue & orange, thin paper, canceled "8" in circle of dots, nice colors and fresh, watermark shifted to top, fine and interesting variety, O Catalog #3 Catalog Value $ 1,700 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1260 RUSSIA 1858 20k blue & orange, horizontal pair, thick paper, canceled "38" (Riga) in oval dots, brilliant colors, right stamp with clipped perforations at bottom and at upper right, otherwise fine and rare multiples, one of only seven pairs recorded, ex-Mikulski O Catalog #3 | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
 | Lot #1261 RUSSIA 1858 20k blue & orange, thin paper, vertical pair, top stamp showing round colored flaw in last letter of "Pochtowaja" at top of oval, canceled on small piece by "Vileyka" 15 March, 1872 (!) pmk, bottom stamp with couple of shorter perfs, lifted and replaced on piece, fine and unusually late usage, one of the only seven known pairs, ex-Mikulski O Catalog #3 | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
 | Lot #1262 RUSSIA 1858 20k green & violet, trial color on unwatermarked paper, h.r., fine, P Catalog #3P Catalog Value $ 1,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1263 RUSSIA 1858 20k lilac and green, two perforated and gummed trial color proofs on stamp paper, one with colorless "2" watermark, the other without watermark, h.r., fresh, fine-v.f., very rare, only 100 of each printed, with Mikulski certificate for each P Catalog #3P | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #1264 RUSSIA 1858 20k lilac & green, perforated and gummed trial color proof on unwatermarked paper, fresh and v.f. (Zverev $1,500) P Catalog #3P | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1265 RUSSIA 1858 30k carmine & green, thin paper, with 1865 town cancel, all perforations intact, fine and late usage of this scarce stamp, with Mikulski certificate, O Catalog #4 Catalog Value $ 2,750 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #1266 RUSSIA 1858 10k brown & blue, selection of 32 used stamps, all multiples, including a block of four, nine horizontal or vertical pairs, three horizontal or vertical strips of three (one used on piece together with a pair), various shades and cancels, mostly fine-v.f., ex-Mikulski  OCatalog #8 | Price Realized $1,800.00 |
 | Lot #1267 RUSSIA 1858 30k carmine & green, thin paper, l.h. and beautifully fresh, well centered, v.f., * Catalog #10 Catalog Value $ 1,175 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1268 RUSSIA 1858 30k carmine & green, tied by "1" in dots on FL from St. Petersburg to Pernau, red 6 Feb 1862 departure and arrival postmark on back, lettersheet refolded, fine and rare single franking Catalog #10 | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #1269 RUSSIA 1865 (unwatermarked), perf. 14 1/2, 3k black & green, block of 12, h.r., part original gum at top, others l.h. or h.r., occasional age specks on gum, good colors and well centered, splendid and rare multiple (catalogued as hinged singles) *Catalog #13 Catalog Value $ 4,200 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1270 RUSSIA 1866 Horizontally Laid Paper, 1k black & yellow and 30k carmine & green, paying 31k on registered cover used in 1877 (12 December, numeral "1" inserted by hand) from Yaransk to Vyatka, departure postmark repeated at right, fine usage, with intact wax seal, arrival pmk on back Catalog #19,25 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #1271 RUSSIA 1866 1k black & yellow and 30k carmine & green, paying 31k on registered cover used in 1877 (6 Mar) from Yaransk to Vyatka, arrival pmk alongside on front, fine usage, with intact wax seal, departure and arrival pmks repeated on back Catalog #19,25 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1272 RUSSIA 1866 1k and 30k, paying 31k on back of a registered cover used in 1879 (4 Mar) from Sevsk to Moscow, filing folds away from the stamps, fine and scarce registered usage from a small town, with (6 Mar) arrival pmk Catalog #19,25 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1273 RUSSIA 1866 3k black & deep green, "V" in groundwork (error), h.r., well centered, good color, v.f., * Catalog #20d Catalog Value $ 2,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1274 RUSSIA 1870 3k green & black, error "V" in groundwork (instead of "3"), horizontal pair, used with additional 20k on FL from Moscow to England, with appropriate departure and Manchester arrival postmark on back, little toning, filing fold through 20k, otherwise fine Catalog #20d | Price Realized $180.00 |
 | Lot #1275 RUSSIA 1866 10k brown & blue, vertical strip of four, canceled "Mokral Kaligorska" Aug 19, 1876, perf. Separations and trimmed at bottom, rare cancel, ex-Goss O Catalog #23 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1276 RUSSIA 1866 20k blue & bright orange, imperforate plate proof on thick unwatermarked paper, prepared for the Paris Exposition, slight discoloration (common to this delicate issue), still fresh and v.f. A beautiful item, very rare P Catalog #24P | Unsold |
 | Lot #1277 RUSSIA 1866 20k carmine & green, horizontally laid paper, block of four, one stamp n.h., others h.r., v.f., with 1952 Royal certificate, *Catalog #25 Catalog Value $ 575 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1278 RUSSIA 1866 20k carmine & green, vertically laid paper, block of four canceled St. Petersburg 20 Feb 1876, minor perf. separations, fresh colors, fine block (catalogued as singles) Catalog #25a Catalog Value $ 480 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1279 RUSSIA 1884 Vertically Laid paper, 3.50r and 7r unused with large part original gum, heavy hinge remnants, fine-v.f., signed Diena, etc., * Catalog #39-40 Catalog Value $ 2,000 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #1280 RUSSIA 1884 Arms, 3.50r and 7r unused with large part original gum, heavy hinge remnants, fine-v.f., signed Diena, etc., * Catalog #39-40 Catalog Value $ 2,000 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #1281 RUSSIA 1884 Arms, 7r black and orange, sheet margin single, n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #40 Catalog Value $ 2,400 | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #1282 RUSSIA 1902 7k blue, groundwork omitted, vertical pair used on piece, in combination with pair of 10k dark blue, oval Warszawa cancels, some creasing at top, fine-v.f., O Catalog #59a Catalog Value $ 550 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1283 RUSSIA 1917 "Abdication of the Tsar", collection of 42 mostly unused (few used) blocks of four, eight and twelve, overprinted with Liberty Cap and Crossed Swords, articles from "Izvestia" in red or black, with double, inverted and shifted overprints, plus other varieties, two postal cards, generally fine-v.f. A wonderful selection of these popular, albeit privately produced items * | Price Realized $2,400.00 |
 | Lot #1284 RUSSIA 1918 35k dark blue, imperforate horizontal pair, h.r., v.f., with Dr.Leupold certificate, * Catalog #149a Catalog Value $ 1,600 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #1285 RUSSIA 1921 200r gray brown, sheet of 25, n.h., v.f. (see note in Scott's, following No.190) **Catalog #182var Catalog Value $ 2,500 | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #1286 RUSSIA 1921 40r violet, proof on watermarked paper, vertical pair, unused without gum, v.f. P Catalog #187P | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1287 RUSSIA 1922 registered cover from Odessa to Paris, franked with a complete gutter sheet of 50x7,500 on 250r, plus additional three copies of same, used in combination with Control Stamps 10x25r (all uncanceled), paying the 400,000r for a registered letter abroad, stamps folded over with some inevitable faults, otherwise fine, rare combination franking | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #1288 RUSSIA 1922 10,000r on 40r slate, with periods after Russian letters, l.h., v.f., * Catalog #200f Catalog Value $ 200 | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #1289 RUSSIA 1922 Star surcharges, 5r on 20k surcharge inverted, block of four, l.h. or n.h., v.f., signed Goznak */**Catalog #216a | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1290 RUSSIA 1922 Star surcharges, 30r on 50k brown & green, basic stamp groundwork omitted, upper left sheet corner margin block of four, n.h., natural gum creases and imperceptible toning at bottom right, v.f. and rare multiple **Catalog #219c | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #1291 RUSSIA 1923 20r brown violet, sheet corner margin block of four, part of design missing from lower left stamp, with part imprint at bottom, fine */**Catalog #241Avar | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #1292 RUSSIA 1924 Lenin, 3k narrow frame, imperforate block of four, used, v.f., rare (Mi.238 IB, €1,800 as singles) Catalog #265var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1293 RUSSIA 1924 Definitives (typographed), 2k green, lower left sheet corner margin, gutter block of 21, double impression struck diagonally on upper stamps, with horizontal annulling perforations, large part of printing company's address at bottom and diagonally through most of the stamps, n.h. and spectacular piece **Catalog #277var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1294 RUSSIA 1924 Definitives (typographed), 3r perf. 10, single and vertical pair, used, fine-v.f., signed Mikulski, etc., O Catalog #292a Catalog Value $ 435 | Price Realized $130.00 |
 | Lot #1295 RUSSIA 1924 Definitives, 5r dark blue & gray brown, horizontal strip of three, perforated Obrazetz, with horizontal invalidating perfs, fine-v.f. S Catalog #293S | Unsold |
 | Lot #1296 RUSSIA 1924-25 Definitives (typographed), 5r perf. 13 1/4 x 13 1/2, horizontal strip of three, with invalidating perforations, v.f. (Zagorsky 58) ** Catalog #293var | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1297 RUSSIA 1925 Lenin Mausoleum, 40k red brown, unissued design, imperforate essay on watermarked, gummed paper, n.h., v.f. (Zverev $2,000) E | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #1298 RUSSIA 1927 Esperanto, 14k yellow green & brown, imperforate sheet margin single, n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #374c Catalog Value $ 1,375 | Price Realized $575.00 |
 | Lot #1299 RUSSIA 1927 Esperanto, 14k yellow green & brown, imperforate bottom sheet margin single, used, v.f. O Catalog #374c | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #1300 RUSSIA 1929 Pioneers, 10k and 14k perf. 10, essays affixed on two cards, with two of 10k and one 14k designs, the latter corrected by hand, v.f. and interesting lot E | Price Realized $2,500.00 |
 | Lot #1301 RUSSIA 1933-35 Baku Commissars and Spartacist Games, complete sets l.h., the latter n.h., fine-v.f., */** Catalog #519-23,559-68 Catalog Value $ 1,108 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1302 RUSSIA 1934 Lenin Mausoleum, 5k and 10k imperforate singles, large margins all around, n.h., handstamped (Goznak), v.f., ** Catalog #524a-525a Catalog Value $ 2,100 | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #1303 RUSSIA 1935 Kalinin, 20k black, imperf. horizontal pair, l.h., pencil notations on reverse, v.f., * Catalog #576a Catalog Value $ 3,000 | Price Realized $1,900.00 |
 | Lot #1304 RUSSIA 1936 Pioneers, 2k dark olive green, trial color proof on watermarked and gummed stamp paper, perforated 13 3/4, l.h., v.f. P Catalog #584P | Price Realized $2,400.00 |
 | Lot #1305 RUSSIA 1936 Pioneers, 2k red brown, trial color proof on watermarked and gummed stamp paper, perforated 13 3/4, l.h., v.f., with 2012 Mandrovski certificate P Catalog #584P | Price Realized $2,400.00 |
 | Lot #1306 RUSSIA 1936 Pioneers, 10k blue, trial color proof on watermarked and gummed stamp paper, perforated 13 3/4, l.h., v.f., with 2012 Mandrovski certificate P Catalog #587P | Price Realized $2,400.00 |
 | Lot #1307 RUSSIA 1937 Dzerzhinsky, 20k Prussian green, variety imperf. at right, n.h., abrasions at bottom (Zagorsky 470Pd) ** Catalog #607var | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1308 RUSSIA 1937-40 Definitives (unwatermarked), 4k, 10k, 30k and 40k imperforate singles, n.h., first three with stains in margin, otherwise fine-v.f. ** Catalog #615,616B,618,619var | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #1309 RUSSIA 1938 Definitives (unwatermarked), 40k Lenin, imperf. bottom margin vertical pair, n.h., natural gum wrinkles, v.f. (Zagorsky 443Pa) ** Catalog #619var | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #1310 RUSSIA 1938 Papanin, 50k imperforate horizontal pair, small h.r., owner's handstamp on reverse, v.f., * Catalog #646a Catalog Value $ 4,700 | Price Realized $2,900.00 |
 | Lot #1311 RUSSIA 1943 Bering, 30k blue, right margin horizontal pair, imperf. between, l.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 762var) * Catalog #886var | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #1312 RUSSIA 1943 Bering, 2r brown, variety imperf. at right, n.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 765Pa) ** Catalog #889var | Price Realized $575.00 |
 | Lot #1313 RUSSIA 1947 Leningrad, 1r variety imperf. at bottom (slightly trimmed), n.h., v.f., signed Stolow (Zagorsky 1135Pa) ** Catalog #1192var | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1314 RUSSIA 1948 Ostrovski, imperforate singles, l.h., v.f. * Catalog #1227a-1229a | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #1315 RUSSIA 1949 Lenin Mausoleum, imperf. souvenir sheet, n.h., few inclusions and wrinkles, fine-v.f. **Catalog #1327a,var | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #1316 RUSSIA 1950 Aivazovsky (Paintings), 50 complete sets (gutter sheets of 20, plus panes of 25 of 1r value), n.h., occasional perf. separations and gum offsets, fine-v.f., **Catalog #1529-31 Catalog Value $ 825 | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #1317 RUSSIA 1952 Ordzhonikidze, blocks of eight, folded between stamps, n.h., v.f., **Catalog #1622-23 Catalog Value $ 240 | Price Realized $95.00 |
 | Lot #1318 RUSSIA 1952 K. Nasyri, 60 stamps, all in blocks of ten, folded between stamps, n.h., v.f., **Catalog #1641 Catalog Value $ 900 | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #1319 RUSSIA 1953 Lenin, 20 stamps (five blocks of four), n.h., v.f., **Catalog #1661 Catalog Value $ 200 | Price Realized $100.00 |
 | Lot #1320 RUSSIA 1990 Soviet Republic Capitals, imperf. blocks of four, 12 different (missing only Frunze), n.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 6102/6116var) **Catalog #5854/5866var | Price Realized $700.00 |
