U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
May 7-8, 2019
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #3195 RUSSIA 1832 FL from St. Petersburg, sent via Memel to Bordeaux where it was disinfected, with slits, also boxed "Prusse par Forbach" and accountancy mark, address somewhat smeared, otherwise fine, with arrival pmk  | Price Realized $170.00 |
 | Lot #3196 RUSSIA 1849 (16 July) small FL from St. Petersburg to France, attractive illustrated stationery sheet, with boxed two line departure datestamp, sent to Nice, taxed 20 (decimes), with red "T.A.3" and "12 Ago" arrival hs, v.f. | Price Realized $170.00 |
 | Lot #3197 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown & blue, canceled by pen cross and red postmark, minor surface rubbing, otherwise v.f. O Catalog #1 | Unsold |
 | Lot #3198 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown & blue, margins all around, beautiful colors, tied by oval "Walk" departure pmk on FL to Riga, with additional "Walk.Lif. 18" (Walk, Lifland province, plus first two year numerals) plus "Polucheno 19 May, 1858" arrival pmks on back, addressee's name and address obliterated by pen, v.f., signed Diena Catalog #1 | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
 | Lot #3199 RUSSIA 1858 20k blue & orange, unused (regummed), beautiful fresh colors, thin paper, intact perforations, fine example of this scarce unused stamp, (*) Catalog #3 Catalog Value $4,250 | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #3200 RUSSIA 1861 (16 Dec) cover to St. Petersburg, franked with 10k brown & blue (perf. 12 1/2), tied by "603" numeral cancel in rectangle of dots, with corresponding "Myshkin" departure and arrival pmks on back, intact wax seal, fine and very rare usage from Myshkin (Yaroslavl oblast) | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #3201 RUSSIA 1866 20k and 30k vertically laid paper, used in 1872 on registered cover from Odessa to Vienna, oval "Frankirovano" in violet, four intact wax seals of the German Consulate in Odessa, 29 May departure and Vienna arrival pmks on back, filing fold and minor staple rust away from the stamps, fine example of quadruple weight, registered letter rate to Austria (40k+10k), with 1993 Mikulski certificate Catalog #24a,25a | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #3202 RUSSIA 1871 (25 Sep) cover from Odessa to Switzerland, franked with 1k, 5k and 10k (all horizontally laid paper), tied by cds, with crayon due markings and transit pmks of Wien, Chur and St.Gallen on back, fine cover, signed Mikulski | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #3203 RUSSIA 1875 (7 Jan) cover from Simbirsk to Bulle, Switzerland, franked with 1k (vertically laid), 3k (unwatermarked) and 10k (horizontally laid), sent via Moscow, with transit and arrival pmks on back, fresh, v.f. mixed issues, three-color franking, signed Mikulski | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #3204 RUSSIA 1875 2k-20k, blocks of four, first one h.r., others n.h. and post office fresh, v.f. (catalogued as singles)  **Catalog #26-30 Catalog Value $2,060 | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #3205 RUSSIA 1875 7k, 8k, 10k and 20k, four different vertical gutter blocks of four, n.h. and post office fresh, fine-v.f. and beautiful group (catalogued as singles, without premium for gutter pairs or blocks) **Catalog #27-30 Catalog Value $1,960 | Price Realized $1,200.00 |
 | Lot #3206 RUSSIA 1875 8k gray & rose, imperforate single, Riga cds, large margins all around, good colors, some creases and thinned, otherwise fine, signed Roger Calves, etc. A rare stamp, one of only five known imperforate examples, O Catalog #28b Catalog Value $22,500 | Price Realized $4,750.00 |
 | Lot #3207 RUSSIA 1884 3.50r gray, horizontally (instead of vertically) laid paper, used, cancelled 1885, well centered but with usual faults (high value stamps were usually affixed to parcels and carelessly removed, becoming damaged in the process), fine appearance, extremely rare, with certificate, O Catalog #39a Catalog Value $15,000 | Price Realized $7,000.00 |
 | Lot #3208 RUSSIA 1889 1k-3.50r (horizontally laid paper, posthorns with thunderbolts), 13 different blocks of four (except 1r two horizontal pairs, one stamp defective), l.h. or n.h. (1r and 3.50r n.h.), fine-v.f. */**Catalog #41-53 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #3209 RUSSIA 1893 (11 Jan) 7k stationery entire, additionally franked on front with 7k blue and on reverse with 1k yellow and 4k red (another stamp missing), registered from Revel (now Tallinn, Estonia) to Montevideo, Uruguay, fine, with arrival pmk, scarce destination | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #3210 RUSSIA 1909 10k dark blue, vertical pair, printed on both sides, v.f. and extremely rare variety * Catalog #79var | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #3211 RUSSIA 1913 Romanov Centenary Issue, 5r Nicholas II, horizontal pair, also 3r single, used with 14x35k, 10k, 2x1r and 5x7r Arms, also 10k/7k surcharge on both sides of a dispatch card for parcel valued at 90 rubles, from Harbin to Baku, with dispatch pmks and registration label. The charge of 7r, as indicated by crayon at bottom of the form, was paid by the pair of 1r, 14x35k and 10k. The additional charge of 48 rubles and 10k was actually made in Baku, where the additional stamps (5x7r, 3r, 2x5r and 10/7k) were added and cancelled (13 Feb 17), fine and spectacular usage from the Russian Post Office in Harbin (Manchuria) to Baku | Price Realized $2,800.00 |
 | Lot #3212 RUSSIA 1913 Romanov Tercentenary, 5r black brown (Nicholas II), horizontal block of eight, n.h., couple of natural inclusions on gum, v.f., **Catalog #104 Catalog Value $640 | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #3213 RUSSIA 1916 (10 June) cover franked with three uncanceled Romanov stamps sent to Amsterdam, opened by censor and backstamped, with return address showing that this cover was sent by a member of Belgian Armored squadron (Division Belge) serving with the Russian army, v.f. and rare | Price Realized $180.00 |
 | Lot #3214 RUSSIA 1916 Romanov "money" stamps, 2k unoverprinted with coat of arms on reverse, two sheets of 100, n.h. and post office fresh, v.f., **Catalog #115 Catalog Value $7,000 | Price Realized $1,800.00 |
 | Lot #3215 RUSSIA 1917 1k-10r imperforate, complete set of 17 different blocks of four, few minor values l.h., balance (including 10k and 10r) n.h., v.f. (Zverev $1,500) */**Catalog #119-35 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #3216 RUSSIA 1916 5r dark blue, green & pale blue, green groundwork inverted, n.h., v.f., signed Calves (catalogue value for hinged) ** Catalog #133b Catalog Value $3,600 | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
 | Lot #3217 RUSSIA 1916 5r dark blue, green & pale blue, green groundwork inverted, vertical pair, l.h. at top, bottom stamp n.h., v.f. (Zverev $9,000) */** Catalog #133b | Price Realized $4,250.00 |
 | Lot #3218 RUSSIA 1918 35k blue, imperforate horizontal pair, n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #149a Catalog Value $2,250 | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #3219 RUSSIA 1919 (13 Apr) registered money transfer card from Elets (Orlov gouv.) to Riga, franked on both sides with Imperial 5k, 10k, 3.50r, paying 4,70r (postage, plus 50k insurance and 20k registration) used in combination with 35k and 70k RSFSR Chainbreakers, filing folds away from the stamps, fine-v.f., with arrival pmk on back Catalog #149-150 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #3220 RUSSIA 1921 definitives, selection of 24 varieties, including offsets (2r, 500r, 300r, 7,500r and 1000r), double impression, one inverted (7,500r two different shades), double impression (100r single and block of four, also 250r pair), triple impression (1000r), pre-print fold (7,500r), plate cracks (250r), fine-v.f. lot */** | Price Realized $1,300.00 |
 | Lot #3221 RUSSIA 1921 20r dark blue, pelure paper, double impression, n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #180c Catalog Value $425 | Price Realized $100.00 |
 | Lot #3222 RUSSIA 1921 Science and Arts, 250r black, trial color proof on thick chalky surfaced paper, v.f. P Catalog #183P | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #3223 RUSSIA 1921 Science and Arts, 250r black, trial color proof on thick chalky surfaced paper, v.f. P Catalog #183P | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #3224 RUSSIA 1922 Surcharges, set of eleven blocks of four, mostly n.h., fine-v.f. */**Catalog #191-201 | Price Realized $170.00 |
 | Lot #3225 RUSSIA 1921 5,000r on 2r, black surcharge inverted, two diff. shades, h.r., v.f. * Catalog #192a | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #3226 RUSSIA 1922 10,000r on 40r, type II, block of four, lightly hinged in margin between the stamps (stamps are actually n.h.), v.f. *Catalog #195b | Price Realized $130.00 |
 | Lot #3227 RUSSIA 1922 10,000r surcharge shifted to bottom margin on 40r type II, with periods after Russian letters (P.C.F.C.P.), h.r., v.f., signed Goznak, Mikulski * Catalog #200f,var | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #3228 RUSSIA 1922 (29 Apr) registered cover from Odessa to USA, franked on back with vertical gutter pair of 22,500r, also additional 75,000r franking made up of two pairs of 7,500r surcharges (one badly cut at bottom) and another regular pair of 22,500r, some cover wear, otherwise fine and scarce usage Catalog #206 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #3229 RUSSIA 1923 1r-20r set of five perforated cross-gutter blocks of four, also 10r and 20r bottom sheet margin blocks of ten with Goznak plate and imprints, plus an additional block of 10r fold-over variety, part of printing omitted at bottom, fine lot for a specialist ** | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #3230 RUSSIA 1924 Lenin Mourning Issue, perf. and imperf. blocks of four, mostly n.h., v.f. (Zverev $1,650) */**Catalog #265-72 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #3231 RUSSIA 1924 Definitives (typographed), 20k, 30k and 40k, two different perforations of first, all in marginal horizontal strips of five, perforated OBRAZETS (Specimen), n.h., fine-v.f., rare S Catalog #288,288A,288B,288c/S | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #3232 RUSSIA 1924 Definitives (typographed), 15k yellow, never hinged, well centered, several natural inclusions, which often plague this particular stamp, nice color, imperceptible soiling at upper left, nevertheless still v.f. and rare unused stamp, ** Catalog #287 Catalog Value $40,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #3233 RUSSIA 1925 Popov, 7k and 14k blocks of four, n.h., v.f. (Zverev $400) **Catalog #328-29 | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #3234 RUSSIA 1925 Decembrist Centenary, perf. and imperf. blocks of four, n.h., fresh and fine-v.f. (Zverev $2,000) **Catalog #330-35 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #3235 RUSSIA 1926-27 Esperanto Issues, blocks of four, first set h.r., second n.h., fine-v.f. (Zverev $1,000) */**Catalog #347-48,373-74 | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #3236 RUSSIA 1927 8k on 7k chocolate (watermarked), surcharge type I inverted, l.h., v.f. * Catalog #350a | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #3237 RUSSIA 1927 surcharged 8kop on 7k (Popov), variety inverted "8", l.h., fine, signed Dr.P.Jemchouhin (Zagorsky 211Ka) * Catalog #353a | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #3238 RUSSIA 1927 8k on 10k dark blue (unwatermarked), surcharge inverted, h.r., v.f., signed Goznak, Romeko, * Catalog #364a Catalog Value $275 | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #3239 RUSSIA 1927 8k on 7k orange (watermarked), surcharge inverted, l.h., v.f., signed Goznak, Romeko * Catalog #369var | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #3240 RUSSIA 1932-33 Maxim Gorki, set of two, n.h., also 15k imperforate pair, h.r., v.f., */** Catalog #470-71,470a Catalog Value $371 | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #3241 RUSSIA 1933 Leningrad Exhibition, blocks of four, n.h., v.f. set (Zverev $3,500) **Catalog #487-88 | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #3242 RUSSIA 1933 Memorial Issue, set of three blocks of four, l.h. or n.h., fine-v.f. (Zverev $500) */**Catalog #514-16 | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #3243 RUSSIA 1935 Tolstoy, 20k perf. 11, vertical pair, imperf. between, canceled to order, v.f. (Zagorsky 431Avar) O Catalog #579a,var | Unsold |
 | Lot #3244 RUSSIA 1938 Soviet Flight to the North Pole, blocks of four, n.h., v.f. set (Zverev $650) **Catalog #625-28 | Price Realized $290.00 |
 | Lot #3245 RUSSIA 1939 Sanatoria, complete set of eight blocks of four, n.h., v.f. (Zverev $700) **Catalog #749-756 | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #3246 RUSSIA 1939 Lermontov and Chernyshevski, blocks of four, n.h., v.f. sets (Zverev $900) **Catalog #757-62 | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #3247 RUSSIA 1940 Physical Culture Day (Sport), complete set in blocks of four, n.h., fine-v.f. **Catalog #784-88 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #3248 RUSSIA 1946 Bombers, 5k and 15k varieties imperf. at top and at left (resp.), used, fine-v.f., signed Maslowski O | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #3249 RUSSIA 1948 Definitives, 5k-60k complete, 55 sets, mostly in large multiples, n.h., fine-v.f. (Zagorsky 1158-65) **Catalog #1214-21 Catalog Value $1,490 | Price Realized $290.00 |
 | Lot #3250 RUSSIA 1948 Artillery Day, set of two blocks of four, n.h., v.f., **Catalog #1302-03 Catalog Value $400 | Price Realized $200.00 |
 | Lot #3251 RUSSIA 1950 Skyscrapers, complete set in blocks of four, n.h., post office fresh, well centered, v.f., scarce in blocks **Catalog #1518-25 | Price Realized $2,500.00 |
 | Lot #3252 RUSSIA 1951 Kalinin, 30 sets in blocks of four (6) and a block of six, n.h., few minor gum skips, fine-v.f., **Catalog #1563-65 Catalog Value $300 | Price Realized $90.00 |
 | Lot #3253 RUSSIA 1953 Lenin, three blocks of four, n.h., fine-v.f. **Catalog #1661 | Price Realized $90.00 |
 | Lot #3254 RUSSIA 1984 Winter Olympics (Sarajevo), 10k Speed Skating, 20k Hockey and 45k Figure Skating, imperforate sheet margin singles, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #5223-5225var | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
