Rare Stamps & Postal History of the World
January 9-10, 2024
Welcome to our January 9-10 Sale of U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Postal History. The sale contains 1,508 lots and will be offered in four sessions, beginning with United States and U.S. Possessions. Worldwide sections include France, Germany, Italian Area, with many individual rarities. British Commonwealth, with a further selection of G.R.I. errors and varieties. There are solid selections from rest of the world, with additional items from the Carl A. Kilgas and Martin Stempien estates, plus nearly 200 Large Lots and Collections, ranging from single country albums, specialized holdings and featuring a comprehensive collection of British Commonwealth (estimated to realize $100,000), multi-carton worldwide groups and large cover lots offered intact.
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #1083 RUSSIA 1848 St. Petersburg stationery entire envelope (123x90mm), indicia at upper right, used locally, with arrival pmk, full wax seal on back, fine  | Price Realized $210.00 |
 | Lot #1084 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown & blue, canceled by rectangle of dots on small piece, margins all around, v.f. O Catalog #1 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1085 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown & blue, canceled by "237" (Hasenpot) in rectangle of dots, margins all around, v.f. O Catalog #1 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1086 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown and blue, canceled by illegible straight-line town pmk, partly adhered on piece, margins all around, v.f. O Catalog #1 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1087 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown and blue, canceled "174" in circle of dots (Samgorodsk), margins all around, v.f. O Catalog #1 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1088 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown & blue, deep intense colors, used, fresh and v.f. O Catalog #1 | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #1089 RUSSIA 1857 10k brown & blue, margins all around, small closed tear at top, otherwise v.f., canceled by "106" in rectangle of dots on cover addressed to Mr. Malhamme, orderly to Count Zamoyski in Warszawa, showing complete oval "Iz Volkovysk Ot." (sent from Volkovysk) departure pmk, date "22/2" filled in by hand, red "Warszawa 13/3" and framed "1/P" (1:00PM) arrival markings on back, with clear 1976 Royal certificate. A rare, probably unique usage of Russia Number One from Volkovysk (Wolkowysk in Polish, is a city in Grodno oblast, Belarus) Catalog #1 | Price Realized $4,000.00 |
 | Lot #1090 RUSSIA 1858 10k brown & blue, imperforate single, first stamp of the country, used on outer FL from Koretz to Riga, stamp tied by two-line Cyrillic datestamp 25 June 1858 "Koretz", with framed "Polucheno 2 July 1858", stamp with ample margins except just cut in at right, lettersheet torn and repaired, other peripheral cover faults, fine appearance, signed W.Pohl, rare, if not unique usage of Russia Number One from this small town in present-day Ukraine Catalog #1 | Price Realized $1,600.00 |
 | Lot #1091 RUSSIA 1858 10k brown & blue, tied by blue "19" numeral dot cancel on outer FL from Kovno to Warszawa, with Nov.14, 1858 departure and red Warszawa 29/11 "5 P" (5:00 pm) arrival pmks on back, usual filing fold away from the stamps, fine Russia No.2 on Jan Epstein correspondence letter Catalog #2 | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #1092 RUSSIA 1858 10k brown & blue, tied by indistinct numeral in dots pmk on outer FL, with framed St. Petersburg arrival datestamp on back, fine Catalog #2 | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #1093 RUSSIA 1858 (10 June) outer FL from Riga to Pernau, franked with 10k brown & blue, tied by cds departure, arrival datestamp on back, filing folds away from the stamps, fine and attractive cover Catalog #2 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1094 RUSSIA 1858 (28 Nov) outer FL from Odessa to Riga, franked with 10k brown & blue (interesting plate flaw showing deformed numerals at bottom right), tied by "6" in oval dots, usual filing fold (away from the stamp), departure and arrival datestamps on back, some tape reinforcements, otherwise fine Catalog #2 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1095 RUSSIA 1858 20k green & violet, perforated trial color proof on unwatermarked and gummed stamp paper, left sheet margin part gutter block of four, hinged in margin, stamps n.h., post office fresh, v.f. A rare multiple, only one sheet of 100 issued  **Catalog #3P | Price Realized $9,500.00 |
 | Lot #1096 RUSSIA 1858 30k carmine and green, used, v.f., with 1996 Eisold certificate, O Catalog #4 Catalog Value $2,500 | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #1097 RUSSIA 1858 30k carmine & green, perf. 12 1/2, tied by "121" in rectangle of dots pmk on FL used 14 May, 1863 from Taganrog to St. Petersburg, with corresponding departure and arrival pmks on back, oval "William Yeames & Co. Taganrog" merchant's cachet, tamp with a tiny pen mark and surface rubbing, fine single franking on cover, ex-Mertens, Catalog #10 Catalog Value $1,250 | Price Realized $850.00 |
 | Lot #1098 RUSSIA 1871 (Nov) outer FL from Odessa to Paris, franked with single 3k and 5x5k (vertical pair and horizontal strip of five), all horizontally laid paper, tied by cds, with Vienna transit and "Autr. Strasbourg" entry cds, filing folds through the stamps, still fine and attractive 28k rate, with Mikulski certificate | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1099 RUSSIA 1873 (20 Apr) cover from Tiflis to Obergrombach, Grand Duchy of Baden, paying 15k with 5k and 10k (horizontally laid paper), sent via St. Petersburg, Berlin, etc., with transit and arrival pmks, backflap defective, otherwise fine | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #1100 RUSSIA 1877 (16 Aug) registered cover from Vinnitsa to Kamenetz-Podolsk, paying 39 kopeck with 2k, 8k and 20k on front and nine examples of 1k (some defective) on back, fine-v.f., with arrival pmk | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1101 RUSSIA 1878 (17 Aug) registered cover from Yampol to Kamenetz-Podolsk, franked with 1k, 2x5k, 8k and 20k, fine-v.f. example of 39k rate, attractive and scarce four color franking, with arrival pmk | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1102 RUSSIA 1878-82 selection of 12, mostly registered covers addressed to Kamenetz-Podolsk, different origins in the Podolsk region incl. Mogilev, Bratlav, Rakhnoveck, Vinnitsa, Berdyansk, Odessa, Shargorod, different rates made up with 1k, 2k, 3k, 5k, 7k, 8k and 20k adhesives, various rates and combinations, some three color frankings, one with a block of 4x7k, two blocks of 6x8k, single 3k franking etc., some cover defects noted, generally fine-v.f. and interesting lot | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
 | Lot #1103 RUSSIA 1879 (15 Feb) registered cover from Vinnitsa to Kamenetz, franked with horizontally laid 1k (single and pair) 20k (pair), used in combination with vertically laid 2k (pair), all tied by cds, with arrival pmk, horizontal filing crease through three stamps at bottom, otherwise fine and rare mixed franking (horizontally and vertically laid paper) Catalog #19,26a,30 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #1104 RUSSIA 1883 (Mar) FL from St. Petersburg to Dresden, franked with 7k dark blue (corner folded over), tied by local cancel, with red departure pmk on back, redirected on arrival with Germany 10pf carmine tied by Dresden 26 May 84 cds, arriving in Wiesbaden the next day, fine forwarded letter from Russia | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #1105 RUSSIA 1884 Posthorns without Thunderbolts (vertically laid paper) 3.50r and 7r unused, disturbed gum, the latter with small flaws, fine appearance, * Catalog #39-40 Catalog Value $2,000 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #1106 RUSSIA 1884 Posthorns without Thunderbolts (vertically laid paper) 3.50r and 7r, l.h., fresh, fine-v.f., * Catalog #39-40 Catalog Value $2,000 | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #1107 RUSSIA 1884 3.50r gray, horizontally (instead of vertically) laid paper, unused (regummed), extensively repaired, reasonable appearance of this great rarity (Only five unused examples have been recorded, all but one defective) (*) Catalog #39a | Price Realized $2,900.00 |
 | Lot #1108 RUSSIA 1889 14k blue and rose, center inverted, very fresh, quite well centered, faint face-free cancel, light red offset on back, beautiful inverted center, with 1975 Mikulski certificate, O Catalog #51a Catalog Value $4,500 | Price Realized $2,500.00 |
 | Lot #1109 RUSSIA 1896-1900 French postal cards and stationery to commemorate Tsar's visits to France, selection of 56 unused items, some duplication, occasional mounting flaws, mostly fine-v.f. | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #1110 RUSSIA 1902 7k blue, imperforate single, dramatically shifted groundwork, h.r., v.f. * Catalog #59b | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1111 RUSSIA 1902 7r black & yellow, center inverted, centered to bottom as always, h.r. and somewhat disturbed original gum, beautiful colors and fresh, fine example of this popular and undervalued rarity (one sheet of 25 printed), with 2002 Alex Rendon certificate * Catalog #70a | Price Realized $9,000.00 |
 | Lot #1112 RUSSIA 1922 20r on 70k, five vertical pairs, including perf. and imperf. pairs with inverted surcharges, also perf. pair with shifted and partly omitted surcharges, used on front of locally addressed Moscow cover, with additional 5r and 10r (2) RSFSR definitives on back, 16.10.23 arrival cancel, fine and impressive cover | Price Realized $675.00 |
 | Lot #1113 RUSSIA 1922 5,000r on 2r brown, surcharge inverted and shifted, horizontal pair, n.h., gum creases, otherwise v.f., signed Goznak (Zagorsky 35var) ** Catalog #192var | Price Realized $180.00 |
 | Lot #1114 RUSSIA 1922 5,000r dark violet, proof on unwatermarked, gummed paper, n.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 40P) P Catalog #202P | Price Realized $290.00 |
 | Lot #1115 RUSSIA 1923 20r Red Army Soldier, four proofs incl. two different shades of gray (perforated), also violet, perforated and imperf., l.h. or n.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 104P) P | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #1116 RUSSIA 1925 Definitives (watermarked), 1k-5r, complete set of 22 sheet margin blocks of four, also additional 2r rose and green perf. 14 1/4x14 3/4 top sheet margin block of four, n.h., post office fresh, fine-v.f. (Zverev $4,750) **Catalog #304-325 | Price Realized $1,300.00 |
 | Lot #1117 RUSSIA 1925 Popov, 7k deep blue, imperforate plate proof on factory paper, creased, fine appearance P Catalog #328P | Price Realized $180.00 |
 | Lot #1118 RUSSIA 1926 privately issued 3k adhesive, canceled Moscow and corresponding to the 200th Anniversary of the Academy of Sciences, clearly anti-Semitic in nature, unusual and rare O | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #1119 RUSSIA 1927 Esperanto, 14k green and brown, imperforate block of four, l.h., v.f. *Catalog #374c | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
 | Lot #1120 RUSSIA 1929-31 Definitives, 1k-3r blocks of four, watermarked except 14k and 50k, hinged or n.h., fine-v.f. */**Catalog #413-26,436-37 | Price Realized $400.00 |
 | Lot #1121 RUSSIA 1933 Baku Commissars, selection of eight perforated trial color proofs on watermarked stamp paper, with or without gum, 4k gray, 5k red brown, 20k green, 20k red, 20k gray, 35k red brown, 35k red, plus 40k green, occasional abrasions or gum disturbances, mostly v.f., rare (Zverev $16,000+) P Catalog #519-523P | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
 | Lot #1122 RUSSIA 1933 Fedorov, 30k carmine rose and 40k indigo, imperforate vertical pairs, l.h. or h.r., 40k with slight toning at top, otherwise v.f., * Catalog #529a,530a Catalog Value $2,700 | Price Realized $1,300.00 |
 | Lot #1123 RUSSIA 1937-40 Pushkin, 10k yellow brown, variety imperf. at top, Tchaikovsky 30k dark blue, variety imperf. at bottom, used, fine-v.f. O Catalog #590,791var | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #1124 RUSSIA 1938 North Pole, 40k dull green and carmine, 80k rose carmine and carmine, two imperforate pairs, 40k unused without gum, folded between stamps, v.f., *(*) Catalog #627a,628a Catalog Value $3,200 | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #1125 RUSSIA 1938 North Pole, 40k green & carmine, 80k rose carmine, imperforate singles, the latter sheet corner margin example, the former disturbed, partial gum, the latter hinged in margin only, v.f., * Catalog #627a,628a Catalog Value $1,600 | Price Realized $800.00 |
 | Lot #1126 RUSSIA 1938 North Pole, 80k rose carmine, imperforate top sheet margin horizontal pair, n.h., but slightly disturbed gum, penciled position numbers on back, v.f., * Catalog #628a Catalog Value $300 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1127 RUSSIA 1938 First Trans-Polar Flight, 10k black blue & red, imperforate single, unused without gum, ample margins, v.f., extremely rare, (*) Catalog #636a Catalog Value $5,250 | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #1128 RUSSIA 1938 First Trans-Polar Flight, 20k black brown & red, 40k brown & red, imperforate horizontal pairs, used, the former folded between stamps, v.f., O Catalog #637a,638a Catalog Value $1,500 | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #1129 RUSSIA 1938 First Trans-Polar Flight, 50k brown violet & red, also Moscow-San Jacinto Flight, 20k gray black, imperforate singles, used, fine-v.f. O Catalog #639a,641a | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #1130 RUSSIA 1938 Moscow-San Jacinto Flight, 10k claret, imperforate horizontal pair, h.r., one creased, v.f., * Catalog #640a Catalog Value $1,650 | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #1131 RUSSIA 1938 Moscow-San Jacinto Flight, 20k gray black, imperforate single, n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #641a Catalog Value $950 | Price Realized $425.00 |
 | Lot #1132 RUSSIA 1940 Moscow, six different combination blocks of four, including two with four different, n.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 124,800rub) **Catalog #794-810 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #1133 RUSSIA 1941 two different sets in blocks of four, n.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 702-04,707-08) **Catalog #838-42 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1134 RUSSIA 1946 Elections to the Supreme Soviet, 45k henna, variety imperf. at right, n.h., v.f., scarce ** Catalog #1027var | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #1135 RUSSIA 1946 Victory Parade, 60k dark brown, vertical pair imperf. between, n.h., minor gum adhesion at bottom, fine ** Catalog #1029var | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #1136 RUSSIA 1947 Arms of RSFSR, 30k henna brown, vertical pair imperf. between and at bottom, n.h., minor gum adhesions, fine ** Catalog #1104var | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #1137 RUSSIA 1948 Runners, 15k varieties imperf. at top (l.h.) and at left, fine (Zagorsky 1220Pa,Pb, 30,000rub) */** Catalog #1254var | Price Realized $155.00 |
 | Lot #1138 RUSSIA 1952 Polenov, 1r variety imperf. at top, used, v.f. (Zagorsky 1620Pb, 100,000rub) O Catalog #1647var | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #1139 RUSSIA 1953 Lenin, 1r variety imperf. (trimmed) at right, n.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 1629Pa, 100,000rub) ** Catalog #1661var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1140 RUSSIA 1958 Mendeleyev Congress, 40k set of two overprinted in red or dark blue, sheet corner margin blocks of four, n.h., v.f., with 2003 Melnikov certificates. The stamps were never issued, as the Congress did not take place. Blocks of four of these overprints are extremely rare ** | Price Realized $7,000.00 |
 | Lot #1141 RUSSIA 1958 Definitives, 60k red, variety imperf. at top, n.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 2134Pa, 20,000rub) ** Catalog #2292var | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #1142 RUSSIA 1982-85 Russian Art, various complete sets, 31 sheetlets of 15 plus labels, n.h., v.f. **Catalog #5098/5339 | Unsold |
