Rare Stamps & Postal History of the World including the Fred Blau Collection
March 3-4, 2020
We are pleased to announce our March 3-4, 2020 Auction, featuring the Fred Blau collection of Palestine Aerophilately and Military Mail, followed by United States and Possessions, with Dr.Ernesto Arosemena's Canal Zone, continuing with selections from Asia, Western European countries, South and Central America, Middle East, as well as extensive Great Britain and British Commonwealth, Poland with an exceptional collection of World War II Occupation proofs & essays, Russia, Vatican City, etc., and ending as usual with Large Lots and Collections. This is a live public auction taking place in our NYC Galleries as well as on CherrystoneLIVE.
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #1300 RUSSIA 1825 outer FL from TORINO to St. Petersburg, addressed to the Secretary of the Imperial Academy of Science, with four line cachet applied at border station town of RADZIWILLOW (today in Rovno district) indicating that additional fee has to be collected from the recipient, fine and rare item  | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #1301 RUSSIA 1858 10k brown & blue, single canceled by pen on outer FL from Moscow to Riga, with 22 February departure and 27 February, 1858 arrival datestamps on back, fine and rare early usage of the adhesive Catalog #2 | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #1302 RUSSIA 1858 20k blue & orange, thin paper, well centered with intact perforations, perfectly struck "1" numeral in dots cancel, v.f., signed Pohl, etc., with 2003 Raybaudi certificate, O Catalog #3 Catalog Value $1,700 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1303 RUSSIA 1864 (8 Dec) FL franked with 10k brown & blue, tied by "Kerch-Enikol" cds in blue (rare), addressed to Taganrog, fine | Unsold |
 | Lot #1304 RUSSIA 1886 official decree signed by the governor of Lifland province outlining grave consequences of converting from Greek Orthodoxy to Protestantism, including possible loss of parental rights, jail terms for converting Orthodox children to Protestantism, annulment of marriages performed by Lutheran pastors, inability to hold administrative positions, etc., unusual and rather frightening document of the religious intolerance in Tsarist Russia during the reign of Alexander III | Price Realized $210.00 |
 | Lot #1305 RUSSIA 1901 (25 June) incoming cover from England, paying 2 1/2d with GB Victoria, tied by cds, redirected on arrival in St. Petersburg (15 June) to Finland, with 7k tied by local numeral pmk, additional forwarding cds, bilingual Terijoki (29 June) cancel on back, somewhat toned, but uncommon forwarded cover from England | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #1306 RUSSIA 1905 25k dull green and lilac, center inverted, well centered and canceled on small piece by the usual "Zhitomir 24.3.06" cds, v.f. and rare invert, signed Mikulski, O Catalog #64a Catalog Value $6,000 | Price Realized $3,250.00 |
 | Lot #1307 RUSSIA 1906 5r dull blue green & pale blue, perf. 11 1/2, v.f. used, with Raybaudi certificate, O Catalog #71a Catalog Value $275 | Price Realized $120.00 |
 | Lot #1308 RUSSIA 1906 5r vertically laid paper, variety imperf. at bottom, l.h., irregular perfs at left, otherwise v.f. and rare, ex-Small (Zverev 79pd. Cat. $2,000) * Catalog #71var | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #1309 RUSSIA 1906 5r dull blue green & pale blue, variety imperf. at bottom, used, v.f., signed Mikulski O Catalog #71var | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1310 RUSSIA 1909 10k light blue, sheet margin example, proof on ungummed paper, h.r., fine and scarce item, signed P Catalog #79P | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1311 RUSSIA 1914 Army Fieldpost Red Cross entire envelope, unused, v.f. | Price Realized $180.00 |
 | Lot #1312 RUSSIA 1915 10r carmine lake, yellow and gray, vertical lozenges of varnish, complete sheet of 50, variety imperf. at right, yellow background dramatically shifted and displaced diagonally, with inverted "V" actually printed on two stamps at bottom, also showing full watermark at right (partially ungummed), folded between stamps and some perf. separations, n.h., fine-v.f. An interesting and probably unique multiple  **Catalog #109var | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
 | Lot #1313 RUSSIA 1915-18 five cards or covers franked with mostly Romanov stamps & canceled by German & Austrian fieldpost markings, used generally to Germany or Austria, also two 1k Romanov adhesives canceled "K.D.Feldpoststation" in red or black, v.f. | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1314 RUSSIA 1917 5k lilac brown, imperforate block of ten, overprinted large "Obrazets" (Specimen), v.f. SCatalog #123S | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1315 RUSSIA 1917 1r brown & red, center inverted, frame double, complete sheet of 50, n.h., v.f. and spectacular multiple **Catalog #131var | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
 | Lot #1316 RUSSIA 1917 1r pale brown, brown and red orange, center double, sheet of 50, n.h., horizontal crease between stamps in rows 5-6 and marginal tear affecting one stamp, otherwise v.f., **Catalog #131c Catalog Value $1,750 | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #1317 RUSSIA 1921 (3 Nov) cover franked on back with 5k Postal Savings and 3r Control Stamp, used from Saran-Gorka (Novg) to Petrograd, addressed to a Prisoner of War Camp (No.II) for Czech legionnaires, fine and scarce combination franking to an unusual destination | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #1318 RUSSIA 1922 registered cover from Kharkov to Hong Kong, franked with 35x1r imperf. (350,000r in 1922 currency), returned to sender from Moscow, with handstamp "back to sender in Kharkov, no mail deliveries to the destination indicated", stamps folded at sides and bottom, fine and impressive cover to uncommon destination, to which service was not yet established | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1319 RUSSIA 1922 20r on 15k red brown & blue, imperforate bottom sheet margin single, position 48, h.r., tiny natural inclusion, signed Romeko, etc., with 2017 Buchsbayew certificate, ** Catalog #224 Catalog Value $9,500 | Price Realized $2,800.00 |
 | Lot #1320 RUSSIA 1924 Definitives (typographed), 2k green, double impression, one displaced diagonally, n.h., v.f. ** | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1321 RUSSIA 1924 Definitives, 50k brown, imperforate upper left sheet corner margin horizontal pair, proof on chalky paper, v.f., rare, only one sheet of 100 printed P Catalog #275P | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #1322 RUSSIA 1924 Definitives (typographed), 4k deep rose, lower left sheet corner margin pane of 25, double impression, partly shifted to top, ten bottom stamps with red control stripe and part of the 2nd Moscow Factory imprint printed over, partial margin at right, n.h., v.f. and spectacular specialist item, probably unique **Catalog #279var | Price Realized $3,250.00 |
 | Lot #1323 RUSSIA 1924 definitives (Typographed) 15k yellow, well centered, beautiful vivid color, very lightly hinged, tiny toned spot at top, excellent color and a v.f. example of this rare mint stamp, signed Roger Calves (Paris), etc., * Catalog #287 Catalog Value $25,000 | Price Realized $9,500.00 |
 | Lot #1324 RUSSIA 1925 Definitives (watermarked), 1k-5r complete set in blocks of four, n.h., fine-v.f. (Zverev 78-99, cat. $4,500) **Catalog #304-25 | Price Realized $1,300.00 |
 | Lot #1325 RUSSIA 1926 Definitives (watermarked), 1k-5r imperforate, complete set of 20 blocks of four, n.h., v.f. (Zverev 133-152, cat. $3,250) **Catalog #304/25var | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #1326 RUSSIA 1926 Definitives (watermarked), 18k violet, imperforate block of four, n.h., v.f., each stamp pencil signed "Roger Calves." A great rarity, only 2-3 blocks of four are recorded (Zverev $32,500) **Catalog #316var | Price Realized $24,000.00 |
 | Lot #1327 RUSSIA 1927 14k Esperanto, imperf. horizontal pair, full margins all around, n.h., natural gum inclusion at right, fresh and v.f., with Sismondo certificate ** Catalog #374var | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #1328 RUSSIA 1929-1931 Definitives (watermarked), 1k-80k blocks of four, complete (as issued) set of 13, mostly with sheet margin, n.h., fine-v.f. (Zverev 231-243, cat. $1,400) **Catalog #413/426 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #1329 RUSSIA 1932 October Revolution, 15k violet and 15k brown, also 35k ultramarine and 35k violet brown, four different perforated trial color proofs, each with small part of red "P" of "PROEKT" showing, v.f. and rare * Catalog #475,478P | Price Realized $7,000.00 |
 | Lot #1330 RUSSIA 1933 Baku Commissars, set of five blocks of four, n.h. and unfolded, post office fresh, usual streaky gum, v.f. and scarce blocks (Zverev 349-353, cat. $12,500) **Catalog #519-523 | Price Realized $7,000.00 |
 | Lot #1331 RUSSIA 1938 Lenin, 40k dark blue, imperf. bottom sheet margin single, h.r., v.f. * Catalog #619var | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1332 RUSSIA 1945 Griboedov, 60k gray brown, horizontal pair imperf. between, l.h., v.f. * Catalog #967var | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1333 RUSSIA 1945 Soviet Planes, set of nine (complete as issued in 1946), blocks of four, n.h., fine-v.f. (Zagorsky 936-946) **Catalog #992A-992I | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1334 RUSSIA 1946 Moscow Scenes, 20k light brown (Sverdlow Theater), horizontal strip of three, imperf. vertically between the stamps and at left, h.r., minor crease at upper left, otherwise fine (Zagorsky 983Pa) * Catalog #1062var | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #1335 RUSSIA 1947 30th Anniversary of the Revolution, 30k and 1r each with displaced center, n.h., fine-v.f. ** Catalog #1183,1187var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1336 RUSSIA 1948-62 Regular Issues, selection of varieties, with 40k blocks of four and six, each with dramatic fold-over causing large part of design omitted, additional 40k pair and block of four with errant and displaced perforations, plus 1r vertical pair and block of four, errant perforations and fold-over, n.h., also used pair of 3k with fold-over at upper left, fine-v.f. **OCatalog #1219/2427var | Price Realized $675.00 |
 | Lot #1337 RUSSIA 1949 Stalin, two souvenir sheets of four, n.h., v.f. **Catalog #1325 | Price Realized $220.00 |
 | Lot #1338 RUSSIA 1949-62 Pushkin and 25th Anniversary (Polar) souvenir sheets, two of each, n.h., v.f. **Catalog #1360a,2606 | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #1339 RUSSIA 1950 Stalingrad Restoration, 50k Theater, variety double paper, block of four, n.h., v.f. **Catalog #1479var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1340 RUSSIA 1955-56 1r Matejko Painting, variety background overinked obliterating year date, also Antarctic Expedition, 40k block of four, lower right stamp variety ship's flag missing, n.h., v.f. **Catalog #1752,1884var | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #1341 RUSSIA 1957 Olympics, 40k football, double impression of black, block of four, n.h., v.f. (Liapine $1,400) **Catalog #1972var | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #1342 RUSSIA 1958-60 International Astronomical Union 60k block of four, lower right stamp variety "UAU" for "UAJ" used, also 40k Mark Twain, block of four with fold-over at bottom left, n.h., v.f. **OCatalog #2093,2418var | Price Realized $200.00 |
 | Lot #1343 RUSSIA 1964 Tokyo Olympics, two green souvenir sheets, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #2921-26 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1344 RUSSIA 1964-70 Green Tokyo Olympics and Lenin Type I souvenir sheets on unaddressed covers, v.f. Catalog #2921-26,3788var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1345 RUSSIA 1965 Space (Cosmonaut's Day), sheets of 24, also additional four blocks of 6x20k, n.h., v.f. **Catalog #3022-23 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1346 RUSSIA 1965 Space (Cosmonaut's Day), 20k sheet of 24, completely imperf. at left, n.h., v.f., rare (Zagorsky 3099pb, 280,000rub $4,450) **Catalog #3023var | Price Realized $1,200.00 |
 | Lot #1347 RUSSIA 1966 Art, imperforate proofs of stamps (3) and souvenir sheet, v.f. P | Unsold |
 | Lot #1348 RUSSIA 1975 Fairy Tales (Palekh), 4k-20k se-tenant strip of five, right pair imperf. between and at margin, n.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 4484-4488var) ** Catalog #4400-4404var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1349 RUSSIA 1975 Fairy Tales (Palekh), 4k-20k se-tenant sheet of 20, completely imperforate at right, n.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 4484-4488var) **Catalog #4400-4404var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1350 RUSSIA 1975 Fairy Tales (Palekh), 4k-20k se-tenant sheet of 20, completely imperforate at left, n.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 4484-4488var) **Catalog #4400-4404var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1351 RUSSIA 1978 Paintings, 12k lower right sheet corner margin block of four, upper stamp part of black inscription and value missing, n.h., v.f. **Catalog #4711var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1352 RUSSIA 1979 COMECON 16k variety missing red star on white flag, also 150r Trinity Cathedral imperf. pair and block of four, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #4759,6216var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1353 RUSSIA 1984 Space, 15k two different lower right sheet corner margin blocks of four, each with black inscriptions doubled at left, n.h., v.f. **Catalog #5270var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1354 RUSSIA 1989 October Revolution, imperf. block of four, n.h., v.f. **Catalog #5814var | Price Realized $100.00 |
 | Lot #1355 RUSSIA 1990 Russian Capitals, imperforate blocks of four, 12 different (missing Frunze and others which do not exist imperf.), n.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 6102Pa-6110Pa,6113Pa/6116Pa) **Catalog #5854/5868var | Price Realized $450.00 |
