Rare Stamps & Postal History of the World
August 6-7, 2019

Welcome to our Summer auction to be held on August 6-7 2019 at our New York City galleries and on CherrystoneLive. There are 1,668 lots of rare Stamps and Postal History of the World, with properties of numerous vendors and estates sold by their order. We begin with United States, followed by Austria, Belgium, France and Colonies, Germany and Colonies, Italy, Liechtenstein, Poland, Russia, Spain, Switzerland and Scandinavian Countries. British Commonwealth is well represented with strength in Victoria and George V singles and sets. Also noteworthy is Colombia with a complete set of the 1920 Scadta vignettes unused and on individual covers. There is also a selection of Ethiopia, additional South and Central America, Asia and rest of the world. This auction concludes with 100+ large lots and collections, which range from single country collections to multi-carton worldwide groups of stamps and covers

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #2329
RUSSIA
1812 (26 July) complete FL datelined "Bieszenkowicze" (today a small city in Belarus), full text in French, from an officer with Napoleon's Army, on the way to Kamen, addressed Brigadier General Count de Castellane in Ardes, charged "16" (decimes), interesting contents discussing Napoleon's movements in Russia and personal matters, fine and scarce historical document, with full transliteration and German translation
Envelope
Price Realized
$1,400.00

Lot #2330
RUSSIA
1836 (1 July) FL from St. Petersburg (pre-printed business text, also written in German) to Bordeaux, red L.P.B. 5 and framed "Hollande par Thionville" and arrival cds on back, fine
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #2331
RUSSIA
1857 10k brown & blue, thin paper, canceled "52" (Sebezh) in rectangle of dots, large margins all around, good color, fresh and v.f., with Raybaudi certificate
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Catalog #1
Price Realized
$280.00

Lot #2332
RUSSIA
1857 10k brown & blue, thin paper, Plate II, canceled single line "Mitawa", margins all around, good color, fresh and v.f., with Mikulski certificate
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Catalog #1
Price Realized
$280.00

Lot #2333
RUSSIA
1857 10k brown & blue, canceled on piece, deep color and large margins all around, v.f., with Raybaudi certificate
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Catalog #1
Price Realized
$280.00

Lot #2334
RUSSIA
1857 10k brown & blue, thick paper, used, v.f., with Raybaudi certificate
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Catalog #1
Price Realized
$280.00

Lot #2335
RUSSIA
1857 10k brown & blue, thick paper, used, v.f., signed Kosack, etc., with Raybaudi certificate
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Catalog #1
Price Realized
$280.00

Lot #2336
RUSSIA
1857 10k brown & blue, thin paper, canceled "239" (Libava) in rectangle of dots, large margins all around, good color, fresh and v.f., with Raybaudi certificate
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Catalog #1
Price Realized
$280.00

Lot #2337
RUSSIA
1857 10k brown & blue, thin paper, canceled "54" (Alexandrov) in rectangle of dots, large margins all around, good color, fresh and v.f., with Raybaudi certificate
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Catalog #1
Price Realized
$280.00

Lot #2338
RUSSIA
1857 10k brown & blue, thin paper, canceled "220" (Kamrat) in rectangle of dots, large margins all around, good color, fresh and v.f., with Hovest certificate
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Catalog #1
Price Realized
$280.00

Lot #2339
RUSSIA
1857 10k brown & blue, thin paper, canceled on piece by "241" (Tukkum) in rectangle of dots, large margins all around, good color, fresh and v.f., with Hovest certificate
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Catalog #1
Price Realized
$280.00

Lot #2340
RUSSIA
1857 10k brown & blue, thick paper, canceled "54" (Alexandrov) in rectangle of dots, large margins all around, good color, fresh and v.f., with Hovest certificate
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Catalog #1
Price Realized
$280.00

Lot #2341
RUSSIA
1857 10k brown & blue, thick paper, canceled "180" (Novoalexandrovsk) in rectangle of dots, large margins all around, good color, fresh and v.f., with Diena certificate
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Catalog #1
Price Realized
$280.00

Lot #2342
RUSSIA
1857 10k brown & blue, thick paper, canceled by oval "Tula" postmark, margins all around, good color, fresh and v.f., with Hovest certificate
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Catalog #1
Price Realized
$280.00

Lot #2343
RUSSIA
1857 10k brown & blue, thin paper, used, margins all around, v.f., with Mikulski certificate
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Catalog #1
Price Realized
$280.00

Lot #2344
RUSSIA
1858 10k brown & blue, tied by a perfect strike of "55" in circle of dots cancel, on outer FL from Cherson to Odessa, with framed 4 Sep 1858 departure datestamp on back, filing fold away from the stamp, minor perf. toning, otherwise fine cover from the "Fratelli Rokka" correspondence
Envelope
Catalog #2
Price Realized
$240.00

Lot #2345
RUSSIA
1858 10k brown and blue, used April 18 on folded letter from Torzhok (Tver province) to Moscow, fine early usage
Envelope
Catalog #2
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #2346
RUSSIA
1858 30k carmine & green, unused with original gum, hinge remnants, bright colors, fresh and v.f. stamp, rare unused,
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Catalog #10
Catalog Value $1,175
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #2347
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
Box E
Unsold
Lot #2348
RUSSIA
1866 1k-30k (horizontally laid paper), set of six sheet margin blocks of four, n.h., post office fresh, occasional perf. separations, mostly v.f. (Zverev 17-22, $7,000)
Box **
Catalog #19-25
Price Realized
$2,300.00

Lot #2349
RUSSIA
1866 vertically laid paper, 1k black & yellow, 3k black & green, l.h., fine-v.f., each with 2006 Mandrovski certificate,
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Catalog #19c,20c
Catalog Value $715
Price Realized
$300.00

Lot #2350
RUSSIA
1866 vertically laid paper, 10k brown & blue, l.h., fresh and fine, with 2006 Mandrovski certificate,
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Catalog #23a
Catalog Value $525
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #2351
RUSSIA
1866 vertically laid paper, 20k blue & orange, unused with full original gum, l.h., well centered with large margins, good color, fine example of this rare unused stamp, with 2005 APS certificate,
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Catalog #24a
Catalog Value $5,250
Price Realized
$2,500.00

Lot #2352
RUSSIA
1866 30k carmine & green, block of four, n.h. and post office fresh, v.f. (catalogued as singles)
Box **
Catalog #25
Catalog Value $1,100
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #2353
RUSSIA
1875 (4 July) registered cover (petition) from Ushchitza to Kamenetz, paying 39 kopeck with three each 3k and 10k, fine-v.f., with arrival pmk on back
Envelope
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #2354
RUSSIA
1875 7k, 8k, 10k and 20k, four sheet corner margin panes of 25, last one from the lower right corner, position 80 with crossed "t" in "dwatsat" (20), 7k and 10k upper left and 8k upper right positions, some hinge reinforcements and perf. separations, even gum toning and slight marginal flaws, fine-v.f. and splendid multiples (catalogue value for hinged singles)
Box */**
Catalog #27-30,30a
Catalog Value $5,875
Price Realized
$2,900.00

Lot #2355
RUSSIA
1877 (31 May) large registered cover (petition) from Novgorod to St. Petersburg, paying 39 kopecks with 1k, 8k and 30k (horizontally laid paper), filing folds and some toning on back, full wax seal and arrival pmk, scarce franking
Envelope
Price Realized
$280.00

Lot #2356
RUSSIA
1882 (17 Feb) cover from Moscow to Ireland, franked on back with 1k (2) and 5k, tied by departure cds, with Dublin arrival alongside, carelessly opened with some creases, otherwise fine, uncommon destination (Ireland)
Envelope
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #2357
RUSSIA
1884 3.50r black & gray, 7r black & orange, unused with original gum, h.r., fine,
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Catalog #39,40
Catalog Value $2,000
Price Realized
$700.00

Lot #2358
RUSSIA
1889-92 Posthorns with Thunderbolts, 1k-7r complete, l.h. or n.h., fine-v.f.
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Catalog #41-54
Price Realized
$260.00

Lot #2359
RUSSIA
1889 Horizontally Laid Paper, 4k rose, groundwork inverted, neat partial 1895 St. Petersburg cancels, well centered, fresh and v.f. example of this error, with 2000 Mikulski certificate. A rarity from Imperial Russia (missing from the famous collections of Ferrary, Burrus, Goss, Epstein, Liphschutz and Mikulski)
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Catalog #41a
Catalog Value $16,000
Price Realized
$11,000.00

Lot #2360
RUSSIA
1902 5k red violet, vertically laid paper, groundwork inverted, lightly cancelled, well centered with nice margins, fresh color, one slightly shorter perf. at top, still very fine. This is a great rarity, ex-Ferrary, Rothschild and Goss collections, possibly one of only two existing examples,
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Catalog #58b
Catalog Value $30,000
Price Realized
$23,000.00

Lot #2361
RUSSIA
1904 10k dark blue, background inverted error, with further variety imperf. at bottom, which is explained by the fact that the stamp has a pre-print paper fold (plis d'accordeon), which made it shorter, escaping perforation at bottom, possibly only 5/10 can exist, with Mikulski and Buchsbayew certificates
**
Catalog #60a,var
Price Realized
$2,300.00

Lot #2362
RUSSIA
1907 (21 June) beautiful and decorative envelope & lettersheet franked with 7k, tied by Zmeinogorsk, Tomsk cds & sent to Kalyvanskoye, Siberia, v.f. and delightful cover
Envelope
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #2363
RUSSIA
1914 Charity labels, 3r and 5r, unused, the latter small thins, otherwise fine-v.f., rare
(*)
Price Realized
$140.00

Lot #2364
RUSSIA
1915-19 1r two imperf. proofs on gummed paper, one with dark brown background displaced to left, the other with greenish background, slightly displaced center, v.f.
P
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #2365
RUSSIA
1917 1r imperf., two panes of 22 each, one with inverted background, other with significantly displaced background, n.h., v.f.
Box **
Catalog #131e,var
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #2366
RUSSIA
1918 1r German-Baltic Committee, three copies, various shades, two violet or red control handstamps, one without seal, h.r., fine-v.f.
*
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #2367
RUSSIA
1918 1r German-Baltic Committee, rare color variety with olive brown instead of red brown at bottom, red control handstamp, h.r., v.f., only a few recorded
*
Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #2368
RUSSIA
1918 70k brown, imperforate single, close at left, adequate margins at right and at bottom, l.h., v.f., with Buchsbayew certificate
*
Catalog #150a
Price Realized
$2,300.00

Lot #2369
RUSSIA
1922 Star surcharges, seven different perf. cross-gutter panes of 100, five with full margins all around, some wrinkles and marginal flaws, otherwise fine-v.f.
Box **
Catalog #216/22
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #2370
RUSSIA
1925 definitives (watermarked), 5k lilac, top sheet corner margin pane of 20, horizontal invalidating perforations, n.h., fine-v.f.
Box **
Catalog #308var
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #2371
RUSSIA
1927 7k Smolny, imperforate sheet margin single, n.h., slight gum adhesions, v.f.
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Catalog #377b
Price Realized
$300.00

Lot #2372
RUSSIA
1933 Ethnic Peoples of the Soviet Union, 6k Buryat, variety imperf. at top (trimmed), l.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 322Pa, 100,000rub)
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Catalog #494var
Price Realized
$300.00

Lot #2373
RUSSIA
1933 Baku Commissars, 35k ultramarine, variety imperf. at top, canceled to order, v.f. and rare (Zagorsky 348Pa)
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Catalog #522var
Price Realized
$700.00

Lot #2374
RUSSIA
1933 40k "Remember the Commissars", perforated trial color proofs in red brown, ultramarine and dark brown, three different, each used in 1958 with additional franking on three registered covers from Riga to Switzerland, v.f., signed Mikulski, very rare
Envelope
Catalog #523P
Price Realized
$750.00

Lot #2375
RUSSIA
1933 40k red, variety imperf. at left, canceled to order, natural pinhole in margin, fine (Zagorsky 349Pc, 60,000rub)
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Catalog #523var
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #2376
RUSSIA
1935 Tolstoy, 20k perf. 11, three vertical pairs imperf. between, used, slightly different shades, fine-v.f.
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Catalog #579avar
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #2377
RUSSIA
1937 Pushkin, 10k perf. 13 3/4, variety imperf. at bottom, h.r., v.f., rare
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Catalog #590var
Price Realized
$130.00

Lot #2378
RUSSIA
1937 Definitives (unwatermarked), 10k blue, imperforate horizontal pair, n.h., v.f., rare (Zagorsky 441Pa, 150,000rub)
**
Catalog #616b
Catalog Value $2,900
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #2379
RUSSIA
1937 definitives, 30k claret, imperf. single, n.h., heavy gum crease, otherwise fine (Zagorsky 577Pa, 62,000rub)
*
Catalog #618b
Catalog Value $950
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #2380
RUSSIA
1937 Definitives (unwatermarked), 40k indigo, imperforate sheet margin single, h.r., v.f.,
*
Catalog #619b
Catalog Value $375
Price Realized
$140.00

Lot #2381
RUSSIA
1937 definitives, 40k Lenin, imperf. horizontal pair, small h.r., v.f.,
*
Catalog #619b
Catalog Value $750
Price Realized
$280.00

Lot #2382
RUSSIA
1938 Red Army, 80k Stalin Reviewing Cavalry, variety imperf. at bottom, cancelled to order, heavy wrinkles, fine (Zagorsky 495Pb, 40,000rub)
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Catalog #634var
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #2383
RUSSIA
1938 First Transpolar Flight, 40k brown and red, imperforate single, h.r., penciled position and initials, natural gum wrinkles, v.f. (Zagorsky 499Pa, 100,000rub)
*
Catalog #638var
Catalog Value $1,050
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #2384
RUSSIA
1941 Zhukovsky, 90 sets, mostly in large multiples, n.h., v.f.,
Box **
Catalog #838-40
Catalog Value $1,800
Unsold
Lot #2385
RUSSIA
1943 Maxim Gorky, 60k horizontal pair imperf. between, l.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 767Pc,50,000rub)
*
Catalog #896var
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #2386
RUSSIA
1944 Lenin, 30k variety imperf. at right, n.h., fine (Zagorsky 817Pa,37,000rub)
**
Catalog #932var
Price Realized
$180.00

Lot #2387
RUSSIA
1944 Lenin, 50k horizontal pair imperf. between, n.h., natural gum wrinkles, v.f. and rare (Zagorsky 819, 75,000rub)
**
Catalog #934var
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #2388
RUSSIA
1944 Heroes of the Civil War, 30k green, vertical pair imperf. between, small h.r., fine (Zagorsky 838, 50,000rub)
*
Catalog #943var
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #2389
RUSSIA
1945 3rd Anniversary of Victory before Moscow, 60k variety imperf. at top (trimmed), small h.r., fine (Zagorsky 882Pa, 18,000rub)
*
Catalog #981var
Price Realized
$140.00

Lot #2390
RUSSIA
1945 Moscow Academy, 30k horizontal pair imperf. between, h.r., fine (Zagorsky 884, 50,000rub)
*
Catalog #987a
Price Realized
$290.00

Lot #2391
RUSSIA
1945 Field Marshal Kutuzov, 30k right sheet margin horizontal pair imperf. between, n.h., few natural gum skips, v.f. (Zagorsky 905, 40,000rub)
**
Catalog #1007var
Price Realized
$240.00

Lot #2392
RUSSIA
1946 Definitives (Sixth Issue - 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 #2393
RUSSIA
1946 Elections, 60k green, vertical pair, imperf. between and at top, used, v.f. (Zagorsky 934, 30,000rub)
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Catalog #1028var
Price Realized
$190.00

Lot #2394
RUSSIA
1946 Moscow Scenes, 20k light brown, horizontal strip of three, imperf. vertically between the stamps and at left, heavy hinge remnants, creases, otherwise fine (Zagorsky 983Pb,150,000rub)
*
Catalog #1062var
Price Realized
$700.00

Lot #2395
RUSSIA
1946 Moscow Scenes, 1r brown, variety imperf. at left, l.h., fine (Zagorsky 987Pb)
*
Catalog #1066var
Price Realized
$140.00

Lot #2396
RUSSIA
1946 25th Anniversary of the first Soviet stamps, 15k variety imperf. at right, canceled to order, small inclusion, otherwise v.f., rare (this variety is not to be confused with the smaller size of the souvenir sheet)
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Catalog #1080var
Price Realized
$260.00

Lot #2397
RUSSIA
1946 Dnieprogaz, 30k vertical pair, imperf. between, sheet margin at right, small h.r. at top, natural inclusion, v.f. (Zagorsky 1009, 60,000rub)
*
Catalog #1085var
Price Realized
$280.00

Lot #2398
RUSSIA
1947 Arms of the Soviet Union, 30k R.S.F.S.R., vertical pair imperf. between and at bottom, n.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 1022, 40,000rub)
**
Catalog #1104var
Price Realized
$240.00

Lot #2399
RUSSIA
1947 Arms of the Soviet Union, 30k Belarus, top margin vertical pair imperf. between, used, v.f. (Zagorsky 1024, 60,000rub)
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Catalog #1107var
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #2400
RUSSIA
1947 Moscow-Volga Canal, blocks of four, complete set, n.h., v.f.
Box **
Catalog #1147-52
Price Realized
$240.00

Lot #2401
RUSSIA
1948 Leningrad views, three varieties, with 50k imperf. at bottom, used and unused (h.r., trimmed), also 1r imperf. right, barest trace of a hinge in margin, fine-v.f.
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Catalog #1190,1192var
Price Realized
$240.00

Lot #2402
RUSSIA
1948 three varieties, including Surikov imperf. at top, 30k Artillery imperf. at bottom (creased) and 60k Military Class, imperf. at top, used, fine-v.f.
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Catalog #1201,1205,1208var
Price Realized
$190.00

Lot #2403
RUSSIA
1950 Latvian Republic, 2r variety imperf. at top, n.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 1454Pa, 30,000rub)
*
Catalog #1496var
Price Realized
$150.00

Lot #2404
RUSSIA
1951 Bolshoi Theater, 1r variety imperf. at right (trimmed), used, fine
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Catalog #1554var
Price Realized
$140.00

Lot #2405
RUSSIA
1956 Perov's "Hunters at Rest", 1r block of four, variety imperf. at bottom, used, v.f. and rare (Zagorsky 1796Pa,110,000rub)
Box
Catalog #1807var
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #2406
RUSSIA
1957 Sputnik, 40k dark blue, left sheet margin block of 14, with seven varieties imperf. at left, n.h., folded between stamps, v.f., extremely rare (Zagorsky 2000Pc, 630,000rub)
Box **
Catalog #1992var
Price Realized
$2,900.00

Lot #2407
RUSSIA
1957 Sputnik overprint, sheet of 100, n.h., folded between stamps, v.f., rare (Zagorsky 2011, 300,000rub)
Box **
Catalog #2021
Catalog Value $4,000
Price Realized
$2,300.00

Lot #2408
RUSSIA
1958 Sharents (Poet), 40k vertical pair imperf. between, n.h., some slight ink offsets and natural wrinkles, fine and rare (Zagorsky 2034, 100,000rub)
**
Catalog #2038var
Price Realized
$450.00

Lot #2409
RUSSIA
1965 Lenin, 10k variety imperf. at left, canceled to order, v.f. (Zagorsky 3100Pa, 60,000rub)
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Catalog #3024var
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #2410
RUSSIA
1965 Fedotov's "Major's Courtship", bottom margin vertical pair imperf. between, canceled to order, horizontal crease between the stamps, otherwise v.f. and rare (Zagorsky 3220, 50,000rub)
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Catalog #3146var
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #2411
RUSSIA
1990 Capitals, imperforate blocks of four, 12 different (missing Frunze; Riga and Erevan do not exist imperf.), n.h., v.f.
Box **
Catalog #5854/5868var
Price Realized
$900.00

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