U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
June 29-30, 2021
Our Summer Sale will take place live via CherrystoneLIVE on June 29-30, 2021. This 1,525 lot sale features United States and Worldwide countries, including the Mark Hegman collection and several other important properties from all over the world. We begin with United States, followed by Austria, Egypt, Estonia, France, Germany & their respective Colonies, comprehensive Italian Area, Poland, Russia with rare numeral dot cancels and Offices in China. British Commonwealth is well represented with strength in Victoria and George V singles and sets. There is noteworthy Colombia with 1920 Scadta vignettes, other South and Central America, selections of Ethiopia, China, and the rest of the world. The auction concludes with close to 200 large lots and collections, which range from single country collections to multi-carton worldwide groups of stamps and covers. We continue to provide additional images of lots and collections up until the auction dates.
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #1104 RUSSIA 1766 (22 June) outer FL from St. Petersburg to Pernau, with straight-line "St.Petersbourg" ("v" for "u"), with departure and arrival (8 July) docketing, minor ageing tone spots, excellent early strike, with Dobin's (2000) certificates ("rare early postmark of St. Petersburg"). The straight-line postmark of St. Petersburg in Latin letters was introduced in 1765 and used only for one year (Dobin 01/01.001a, rarity factor "8")  | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #1105 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"16" (decimes), interesting contents discussing Napoleon's movements in Russia and personal matters, fine and scarce historical document, with full transliteration and German translation | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #1106 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 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1107 RUSSIA 1845 (5 May) 10k stationery entire envelope with black indicia on backflap, canceled by pen, with boxed St. Petersburg departure datestamp in red, sent to Tetyshi (Kazan gouv.), fine | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #1108 RUSSIA 1849 (10 Jan) cover (petition) from Odessa to Riga, with boxed two-line ornamental departure datestamp (without year), intact wax seal of the Odessa Post Office and boxed "arrived in Riga 22 January 1849", fine and scarce (Dobin 1.11, rarity factor "6") | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1109 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 O Catalog #1 | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #1110 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 O Catalog #1 | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #1111 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown & blue, canceled on piece, deep color and large margins all around, v.f., with Raybaudi certificate O Catalog #1 | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #1112 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown & blue, thick paper, used, v.f., with Raybaudi certificate O Catalog #1 | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #1113 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown & blue, thick paper, used, v.f., signed Kosack, etc., with Raybaudi certificate O Catalog #1 | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #1114 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 O Catalog #1 | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #1115 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 O Catalog #1 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1116 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 O Catalog #1 | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #1117 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 O Catalog #1 | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #1118 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 O Catalog #1 | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #1119 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 O Catalog #1 | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #1120 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown & blue, thick paper, canceled by oval "Tula" postmark, margins all around, good color, fresh and v.f., with Hovest certificate O Catalog #1 | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #1121 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown & blue, thin paper, used, margins all around, v.f., with Mikulski certificate O Catalog #1 | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #1122 RUSSIA 1858 10k brown & blue, tied by boxed "Nizhny Novgorod Yarmark" (20.7.1858) datestamp on FL to Moscow, with intact wax seal on back, fine and scarce usage from a temporary post sub-office at Nizhny Novgorod Yarmark (trade fair), still applying pre-philatelic cancel Catalog #2 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #1123 RUSSIA 1858 10k brown & blue, tied by "236" in rectangle of dots on FL from Goldingen to Libau, filing fold away from the stamp, fresh and v.f. Russia Number Two on cover from Goldingen (Kurland province) Catalog #2 | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #1124 RUSSIA 1858 10k brown & blue, tied by indistinct rectangle of dots on FL to Taganrog, written and addressed in Greek, filing fold away from the stamp, fine and attractive Russia Number two on cover Catalog #2 | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #1125 RUSSIA 1858 10k brown and blue, used April 18 on folded letter from Torzhok (Tver province) to Moscow, fine early usage Catalog #2 | Price Realized $425.00 |
 | Lot #1126 RUSSIA 1858 30k carmine & green, unused with original gum, hinge remnants, bright colors, fresh and v.f. stamp, rare unused, * Catalog #10 Catalog Value $1,175 | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #1127 RUSSIA 1861 10k stationery entire envelopes, with embossed indicia on back, canceled "484" in rectangle of dots and sent from Kashin to Elisavetgrad, with departure and arrival pmks on front, fine internal usage | Unsold |
 | Lot #1128 RUSSIA 1862 two covers, each franked with a different 10k brown & blue, numeral dot cancels "45" (Simferopol), sent to His Excellency Aleksandr Yakovlevich Korotkevicg Bochevnoy in Astrakhan, the second "134" (Rovno) to Busk, some toning, mostly fine | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #1129 RUSSIA 1862 cover franked with 10k brown & blue, tied by "402" in rectangle of dots, sent from "Ranenburg" to Samara, where the cover was franked with an additional 10k adhesive, canceled "40" in circle of dots and forwarded to Moscow, with Rananburg (17 May, 1862) departure and Samara (2 Aug) transit markings on back, with Moscow (11 Aug) arrival, minor faults but a wonderful combination cover showing triangular and rectangular circle of dots cancels | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #1130 RUSSIA 1862 (31 July) outer FL to France, franked on back with 3k (3) and 20k blue & orange, canceled by "496" in rectangle of dots, sent from "Kutais", via Moscow (16 Aug), with "Pairs a Lyon" (31 Aug) entry and additional markings on front, including red "PD", charges in red crayon and blue arrival, fine usage with scarce dot numerals from Kutais (present-day Georgia) | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #1131 RUSSIA 1862 (31 Aug) cover franked with 10k brown & blue (perf. 12 1/2), canceled by "402" in rectangle of dots, sent from Ranenburg to Nizhny Novgorod, re-addressed and forwarded to Moscow and then to St. Petersburg, endorsed "spravka", with departure, transit and arrival markings on back, fine and interesting usage from Ranenburg (today Chaplygin) | Price Realized $95.00 |
 | Lot #1132 RUSSIA 1862 10k brown & blue, tied by "30" in diamond of dots (Nizhny Novgorod Yarmark) on FL to St. Petersburg, with "Nizhny Novgorod Yarmark Post Office (3 Aug 1862) departure cds and 10 August arrival pmks on back, fine scarce usage from the temporary post sub-office at the Nizhny Novgorod Fair Catalog #8 | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #1133 RUSSIA 1865 (2 May) outer FL franked with 10k brown & blue (perf. 12 1/2), tied by "489" in rectangle of dots, with Ostashkov departure cds alongside, St. Petersburg (4 May) arrival on back | Price Realized $100.00 |
 | Lot #1134 RUSSIA 1865 (7 Oct) small cover franked with 10k brown & blue (perf. 12 1/2), tied by "467" numeral in truncated triangle of dots, with corresponding "St.Krasnaya Sosna" two line departure datestamp on back, with bold Kazan arrival pmk on front, rare | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #1135 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)  **Catalog #19-25 | Price Realized $2,400.00 |
 | Lot #1136 RUSSIA 1866 vertically laid paper, 10k brown & blue, l.h., fresh and fine, with 2006 Mandrovski certificate, * Catalog #23a Catalog Value $525 | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #1137 RUSSIA 1866 30k carmine & green, block of four, n.h. and post office fresh, v.f. (catalogued as singles) **Catalog #25 Catalog Value $1,100 | Price Realized $575.00 |
 | Lot #1138 RUSSIA 1868 (16 May) cover from St. Petersburg to Switzerland, franked with pairs of 1k and 10k (horizontally laid paper), tied by red local departure pmks, with two boxed cachets indicating insufficiently franked ("Unzureichend Frankirt" and "Nadostatochno frankirovano"), various due markings in blue and red crayon, transit and Lausanne arrival pmks on back, fine cover | Price Realized $180.00 |
 | Lot #1139 RUSSIA 1869 (2 Oct) outer FL from Odessa to Vienna, franked with 1k, 3k and 10k (horizontally laid paper), tied by red departure pmks, with "frankirovano" (franked) and Moscow transits, all in red, small Wien arrival pmk on back, fine | Price Realized $130.00 |
 | Lot #1140 RUSSIA 1871 10k stationery entire envelope canceled "640" numerals in green truncated triangle of dots, addressed to Kamenetz-Podolsk, with 15 Sept 1871 arrival pmk at right, showing two-line "Kalinovka Pod. Gub." (Podolsk gouv.) departure datestamp, also in green, strike on back, some toning, rare usage | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #1141 RUSSIA 1871 (7 Oct) FL from Odessa to France, franked with 3k, 5k and 20k (horizontally laid paper), tied by cds, with boxed "Aus Russland Franco" and blue French entry markings, "Breslau 2410 V Berlin" train station, Marseille transit and Montpellier arrival pmks | Price Realized $130.00 |
 | Lot #1142 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 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1143 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) */**Catalog #27-30,30a Catalog Value $5,875 | Price Realized $3,000.00 |
 | Lot #1144 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 | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #1145 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) | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1146 RUSSIA 1884 3.50r black & gray, 7r black & orange, unused with original gum, h.r., fine, * Catalog #39,40 Catalog Value $2,000 | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #1147 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) O Catalog #41a Catalog Value $16,000 | Price Realized $11,000.00 |
 | Lot #1148 RUSSIA 1891 (25 June) cover from a French Jeweler at the French Exhibition in Moscow, franked with 10k dark blue and showing a good strike of Moscow "French Exhibition" temporary postmark, sent to Vienna, re-addressed to Paris, fine (a few temporary offices were opened at special events, such as Congress and Exhibitions, including this one) | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1149 RUSSIA 1902 5k red violet, vertically laid paper, groundwork inverted, lightly canceled, 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, O Catalog #58b Catalog Value $30,000 | Price Realized $23,000.00 |
 | Lot #1150 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 #1151 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 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1152 RUSSIA 1909 (9 Feb) registered "Money Letter" cover (for 2 rubles), franked on back with 1k, 10k and 20k and sent from "Bulaevo", station on the Siberian Railway, with corresponding blue label No.74 Bulaevo Siberian Railway, stamps canceled by "St. Bulaevo Siberian Ph.D.", with mostly intact wax seals and St. Petersburg (15 Feb) arrival, minor cover tears, fine and rare usage | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1153 RUSSIA 1913 (22 Feb) small registered "value letter" cover (for 1,910 rubles), used locally in St. Petersburg, franked on both sides with Romanov adhesives 3k, 1r and 2r, also Arms 3k, 7k, paying 3.13r, blue registration label "506" of St. Petersburg "Pochtamt", four of five wax seals largely intact on back, with arrival pmk, rare usage | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #1154 RUSSIA 1913 (27 Mar) large registered "value letter" cover (for 100 rubles and cash-on-delivery for 300r), used locally in Moscow, franked with Romanov adhesives 1k, 3k, 4k, 70k, 1r and 5r, paying 6.78r, red "Cash on Delivery" handstamp and blue registration label with number "408" of the "25th" Moscow town Post sub-office, intact wax seals and arrival pmk on back, considerable cover wear and tears away from the stamps, rare commercial usage of the high value Romanov 5r Catalog #104 | Price Realized $1,300.00 |
 | Lot #1155 RUSSIA 1914 Charity labels, 3r and 5r, unused, the latter small thins, otherwise fine-v.f., rare (*) | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #1156 RUSSIA 1915 (21 Apr) registered charity picture postcard with Romanov franking (1k, 2k, 4k and 7k), paying 14k from St. Petersburg to France, with St. Petersburg registry "363" of "44th" Post sub-office, two censor cachets and 18.5.15 Bourbon-l'Archambault arrival pmk, scarce registered postcard to France | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1157 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 #1158 RUSSIA 1917 (2 Sep) picture postcard from Novorossiysk to England, written in English and actually franked with Great Britain 1d carmine George V, tied by departure cds, with two-line Censor cachet, interesting usage | Price Realized $110.00 |
 | Lot #1159 RUSSIA 1917 1r imperf., two panes of 22 each, one with inverted background, other with significantly displaced background, n.h., v.f. **Catalog #131e,var | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1160 RUSSIA 1918 R.S.F.S.R. Issue "Severing Chains of Bondage", classic design, original, artist signed model composite in black, "Rossiya" at top, "00" value tablets at bottom, the entire design (96x127mm) in black, with hand-corrections in chinese ink, splendid and unique item, certainly a frontispiece of gold-medal collection P | Price Realized $4,750.00 |
 | Lot #1161 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 #1162 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. **Catalog #216/22 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1163 RUSSIA 1924-25 Definitives (unwatermarked), perf. 14 1/2x15 and perforated 12 complete, including 15k Lemon, 1r red & brown perf. 12 (signed Ebnet), 5r perf. 12 unused (l.h., used not listed), occasional minor wrinkles, mostly fine-v.f., scarce assembly, O Catalog #276-93,279a-293a Catalog Value $3,667 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1164 RUSSIA 1925 definitives (watermarked), 5k lilac, top sheet corner margin pane of 20, horizontal invalidating perforations, n.h., fine-v.f. **Catalog #308var | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1165 RUSSIA 1933 Baku Commissars, 35k ultramarine, variety imperf. at top, canceled to order, v.f. and rare (Zagorsky 348Pa) O Catalog #522var | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #1166 RUSSIA 1933 40k red, variety imperf. at left, canceled to order, natural pinhole in margin, fine (Zagorsky 349Pc, 60,000rub) O Catalog #523var | Price Realized $290.00 |
 | Lot #1167 RUSSIA 1934 Ten Years without Lenin, imperforate photo proofs, complete set, v.f., scarce P Catalog #540-45P | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #1168 RUSSIA 1935 Tolstoy, 20k perf. 11, three vertical pairs imperf. between, used, slightly different shades, fine-v.f. O Catalog #579avar | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1169 RUSSIA 1937 Pushkin, 10k perf. 13 3/4, variety imperf. at bottom, h.r., v.f., rare * Catalog #590var | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1170 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 $950.00 |
 | Lot #1171 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 #1172 RUSSIA 1937 Definitives (unwatermarked), 40k indigo, imperforate sheet margin single, h.r., v.f., * Catalog #619b Catalog Value $375 | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #1173 RUSSIA 1937 definitives, 40k Lenin, imperf. horizontal pair, small h.r., v.f., * Catalog #619b Catalog Value $750 | Price Realized $290.00 |
 | Lot #1174 RUSSIA 1938 Red Army, 80k Stalin Reviewing Cavalry, variety imperf. at bottom, canceled to order, heavy wrinkles, fine (Zagorsky 495Pb, 40,000rub) O Catalog #634var | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1175 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 $475.00 |
 | Lot #1176 RUSSIA 1941 Zhukovsky, 90 sets, mostly in large multiples, n.h., v.f., **Catalog #838-40 Catalog Value $1,800 | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #1177 RUSSIA 1943 Maxim Gorky, 60k horizontal pair imperf. between, l.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 767Pc,50,000rub) * Catalog #896var | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #1178 RUSSIA 1944 Lenin, 30k variety imperf. at right, n.h., fine (Zagorsky 817Pa,37,000rub) ** Catalog #932var | Price Realized $180.00 |
 | Lot #1179 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 $500.00 |
 | Lot #1180 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 #1181 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 #1182 RUSSIA 1945 Moscow Academy, 30k horizontal pair imperf. between, h.r., fine (Zagorsky 884, 50,000rub) * Catalog #987a | Price Realized $290.00 |
 | Lot #1183 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 #1184 RUSSIA 1946 Elections, 60k green, vertical pair, imperf. between and at top, used, v.f. (Zagorsky 934, 30,000rub) O Catalog #1028var | Price Realized $190.00 |
 | Lot #1185 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 #1186 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) O Catalog #1080var | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #1187 RUSSIA 1947 Arms of the Soviet Union, 30k Belarus, top margin vertical pair imperf. between, used, v.f. (Zagorsky 1024, 60,000rub) O Catalog #1107var | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1188 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. O Catalog #1201,1205,1208var | Price Realized $190.00 |
 | Lot #1189 RUSSIA 1951 Bolshoi Theater, 1r variety imperf. at right (trimmed), used, fine O Catalog #1554var | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #1190 RUSSIA 1956 Perov's "Hunters at Rest", 1r block of four, variety imperf. at bottom, used, v.f. and rare (Zagorsky 1796Pa,110,000rub) Catalog #1807var | Price Realized $575.00 |
 | Lot #1191 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) **Catalog #1992var | Price Realized $2,900.00 |
 | Lot #1192 RUSSIA 1957 Sputnik overprint, sheet of 100, n.h., folded between stamps, v.f., rare (Zagorsky 2011, 300,000rub) **Catalog #2021 Catalog Value $4,000 | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
 | Lot #1193 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 #1194 RUSSIA 1965 Lenin, 10k variety imperf. at left, canceled to order, v.f. (Zagorsky 3100Pa, 60,000rub) O Catalog #3024var | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #1195 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) O Catalog #3146var | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #1196 RUSSIA 1972 Sobinov, 10k red brown with inscription at bottom "Narodnyj Artist CCCP", unaccepted in this form (the stamp was released with the revised "Narodnyj Artist Respubliki"), bottom sheet margin single, n.h., v.f., with 2001 Wassman certificate (Zagorsky 4049var) ** Catalog #3966var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1197 RUSSIA 1990 Capitals, imperforate blocks of four, 12 different (missing Frunze; Riga and Erevan do not exist imperf.), n.h., v.f. **Catalog #5854/5868var | Price Realized $900.00 |
