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Lot #1046
RUSSIA
1811 (1 Sep) FL to Rheims, faint straight-line St. Petersburg departure handstamp, red "R.N.4" (Rayon stamp applied in Hamburg), showing "Alemagne Par Neuss." and "Russie P Hambourg", "12" (decimes) due marking, also "1/88-52" in manuscript on reverse, interesting early letter to France, via Hamburg, signed Baudot
Envelope
$140.00
Bidding Closed
Lot #1047
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
Envelope
$700.00
Bidding Closed
Lot #1048
RUSSIA
1841 (19 May) FL to Paris, with red "Moskou" departure datestamp, "A.E.D." (Affranchie a l'Etranger jusqu'a destination) in oval and "Pruse-Givet" alongside, "Aus Russland Franco-Tout" and "PP", Tilsit (11 June) Prussian Post Office transit, and die markings on back
Envelope
$140.00
Bidding Closed
Lot #1049
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
Envelope
Catalog #2
$700.00
Bidding Closed
Lot #1050
RUSSIA
1858-64 wove paper, perf. 12 1/2, 1k, 3k, 5k, 10k, 20k and 30k complete set of six, unused with full original gum, mostly l.h., 30k with small h.r., good colors and perforations, fresh and fine-v.f., scarce unused with original gum,
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Catalog #5-10
Catalog Value $4,720
$2,800.00
Bidding Closed
Lot #1051
RUSSIA
1865 unwatermarked, thin paper, perf. 14 1/2, 1k, 3k, 5k, 10k, 20k and 30k complete set of six, unused with original gum, mostly h.r., good colors, usual perforations, fresh and fine set, scarce unused with original gum,
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Catalog #12-18
Catalog Value $6,725
$2,800.00
Bidding Closed
Lot #1052
RUSSIA
1866 Horizontally Laid Paper, 1k, 3k, 5k, 10k, 20k and 30k complete set of six blocks of four, mostly sheet corner margin, one of the 30k h.r. at upper right, balance n.h., post office fresh, fine-v.f., few signed Romeo (catalogued as singles)
Box */**
Catalog #19-25
Catalog Value $3,085
$900.00
Bidding Closed
Lot #1053
RUSSIA
1866 1k black & yellow, imperforate single, used, ample margins all around, shifted background as always, faint corner crease, still a v.f. and extremely rare stamp without the usual defects that plague this issue,
O
Catalog #19b
Catalog Value $3,000
$1,500.00
Bidding Closed
Lot #1054
RUSSIA
1879 7k gray and rose, vertically laid paper, deep colors, h.r., well centered for issue, fine and rare,
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Catalog #27b
Catalog Value $2,000
$900.00
Bidding Closed
Lot #1055
RUSSIA
1879 8k gray and rose, vertically laid paper, h.r., very well centered for issue, diagonal crease, unusually fresh and v.f. appearance, rare stamp,
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Catalog #28a
Catalog Value $2,500
$900.00
Bidding Closed
Lot #1056
RUSSIA
1884 3.50r black & gray, 7r black & orange, vertically laid paper, h.r., fine-v.f., signed Gebruder Senf, Diena, etc.,
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Catalog #39-40
Catalog Value $2,000
$450.00
Bidding Closed
Lot #1057
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
$210.00
Bidding Closed
Lot #1058
RUSSIA
1898 (21 Oct) cover from Nakhichevan to the Russian Monastery in Afon, franked on back with 7k dark blue, tied by departure cds, showing transits of Odessa (23 Oct), Ropit Constantinople (30 Oct), Afon (1 Nov) and Illinsky Skit (3 Nov), with oval "Doplatit" 6k due mark on front, minor cover faults, otherwise fine usage from Nakhichevan (today an exclave of Azerbaijan)
Envelope
$140.00
Bidding Closed
Lot #1059
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
Envelope
$280.00
Bidding Closed
Lot #1060
RUSSIA
1902 1r light brown & orange, perf. 13 1/2, vertical pair imperf. between, h.r. at top, v.f.,
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Catalog #68g
Catalog Value $900
$450.00
Bidding Closed
Lot #1061
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, $2,000)
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Catalog #71var
$900.00
Bidding Closed
Lot #1062
RUSSIA
1906 5r dull blue green & pale blue, variety imperf. at bottom, used, v.f., signed Mikulski
O
Catalog #71var
$450.00
Bidding Closed
Lot #1063
RUSSIA
1909 10k light blue, sheet margin example, proof on ungummed paper, h.r., fine and scarce item, signed
P
Catalog #79P
$450.00
Bidding Closed
Lot #1064
RUSSIA
1909 20k and 70k, each with double center, l.h. or h.r., v.f.,
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Catalog #82c,86b
Catalog Value $350
$190.00
Bidding Closed
Lot #1065
RUSSIA
1909 35k red brown & green, variety lozenges omitted, printed on gummed side only, block of four, h.r., v.f., (Zverev $3,000)
Box *
Catalog #84var
$450.00
Bidding Closed
Lot #1066
RUSSIA
1913 Romanov Tercentenary Issue, stage essay showing central portrait vignette of Tsar Nicholas II, with black surround, v.f.
P
$450.00
Bidding Closed
Lot #1067
RUSSIA
1913 Romanov Tercentenary Issue, stage essay showing central portrait vignette of Tsar Nicholas II, with black surround, v.f.
P
$450.00
Bidding Closed
Lot #1068
RUSSIA
1913 Romanov Tercentenary Issue, 1k rose, die proof on wove paper, h.r., marginal thins, otherwise v.f.
P
Catalog #88P
$230.00
Bidding Closed
Lot #1069
RUSSIA
1913 Romanov Tercentenary Issue, proofs of center only, Alexander III in rose red, Nicholas II in dark blue, each with margin thins, otherwise v.f., scarce
P
Catalog #90,93P
$450.00
Bidding Closed
Lot #1070
RUSSIA
1913 Romanov Tercentenary Issue, 15k brown & gray, bi-color die proof on wove paper, h.r., v.f.
P
Catalog #95P
$450.00
Bidding Closed
Lot #1071
RUSSIA
1913 Romanov Tercentenary Issue, 35k rose brown & dark brown, bi-color die proof on wove paper, h.r., vertical crease, otherwise fine
P
Catalog #98P
$280.00
Bidding Closed
Lot #1072
RUSSIA
1913 Romanov Tercentenary Issue, 35k die proof of frame only, four different in green, magenta, orange brown and red brown, v.f.
P
Catalog #98P
$900.00
Bidding Closed
Lot #1073
RUSSIA
1914 Army Fieldpost Red Cross entire envelope, unused, v.f.
Envelope
$180.00
Bidding Closed
Lot #1074
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
Box **
Catalog #109var
$4,500.00
Bidding Closed
Lot #1075
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.
Envelope
$230.00
Bidding Closed
Lot #1076
RUSSIA
1917 1k, 2k, 3k and 5k imperforate horizontal gutter blocks of 10, overprinted "Obrazets" (Specimen) in large Cyrillic letters, h.r. in margin, stamps mostly n.h., v.f.
Box S
Catalog #119,120,121,123S
$450.00
Bidding Closed
Lot #1077
RUSSIA
1917 5k lilac brown, imperforate block of ten, overprinted large "Obrazets" (Specimen), v.f.
Box S
Catalog #123S
$140.00
Bidding Closed
Lot #1078
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.,
Box **
Catalog #131c
Catalog Value $1,750
$1,400.00
Bidding Closed
Lot #1079
RUSSIA
1917 1r brown & red, center inverted, frame double, complete sheet of 50, n.h., v.f. and spectacular multiple
Box **
Catalog #131var
$2,300.00
Bidding Closed
Lot #1080
RUSSIA
1918 35k dark blue, horizontal pair, right stamp half of design omitted, v.f.
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Catalog #149var
$140.00
Bidding Closed
Lot #1081
RUSSIA
1918 35k dark blue, block of four, completely misperforated, h.r., v.f., unusual
Box *
Catalog #149var
$230.00
Bidding Closed
Lot #1082
RUSSIA
1918 35k dark blue, block of four, significant fold-over, one and a half stamps printed on gum as a result, v.f., probably unique
Box *
Catalog #149var
$450.00
Bidding Closed
Lot #1083
RUSSIA
1919 7r dark green and pink, horizontal lozenges, imperforate upper right sheet corner margin block of four, h.r., some natural offsets on gum, fresh and v.f., rare block (Zverev $15,000)
Box *
Catalog #138Bc
$4,500.00
Bidding Closed
Lot #1084
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
Envelope
$450.00
Bidding Closed
Lot #1085
RUSSIA
1921 1,000r carmine, triple impression, horizontal pair, l.h., v.f.
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Catalog #186b
$230.00
Bidding Closed
Lot #1086
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
Envelope
$450.00
Bidding Closed
Lot #1087
RUSSIA
1924 Definitives (typographed), 2k green, double impression, one displaced diagonally, n.h., v.f.
**
$450.00
Bidding Closed
Lot #1088
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
$1,400.00
Bidding Closed
Lot #1089
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.,
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Catalog #287
Catalog Value $25,000
$9,500.00
Bidding Closed
Lot #1090
RUSSIA
1924-25 Definitives, 6k black, perforated trial color proof on unwatermarked stamp paper, irregular block of eight, n.h., fine-v.f.
Box **
Catalog #281P
$350.00
Bidding Closed
Lot #1091
RUSSIA
1925 Definitives (watermarked), 1k-5r complete set in blocks of four, n.h., fine-v.f.
Box **
Catalog #304-25
$1,300.00
Bidding Closed
Lot #1092
RUSSIA
1926 Definitives (watermarked), 1k-5r imperforate, complete set of 20 blocks of four, n.h., v.f.
Box **
Catalog #304/25var
$1,400.00
Bidding Closed
Lot #1093
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
Box **
Catalog #316var
$24,000.00
Bidding Closed
Lot #1094
RUSSIA
1925 Definitives (watermarked), 3r black brown & green, perf. 12 1/2, n.h., v.f., rare stamp,
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Catalog #324a
Catalog Value $800
$450.00
Bidding Closed
Lot #1095
RUSSIA
1926 Definitives (unwatermarked) 7k, 8k, 9k, 30k, 40k, 2r, 3r and 5r, set of right imperforate sheet corner margin blocks of four, n.h., v.f.
Box **
$450.00
Bidding Closed
Lot #1096
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
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Catalog #374c
Catalog Value $2,750
$900.00
Bidding Closed
Lot #1097
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)
Box **
Catalog #413/426
$475.00
Bidding Closed
Lot #1098
RUSSIA
1929-31 Definitives, 1k-80k complete set of 14 blocks of four, each (except 14k unwatermarked) with horizontal watermark, n.h. (except 20k bottom imprint sheet margin block of four, bottom stamps hinged), couple of minor short perfs, mostly fine-v.f., scarce set of blocks of four with matching horizontal watermarks
Box */**
Catalog #413-26
$350.00
Bidding Closed
Lot #1099
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
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Catalog #475,478P
$3,750.00
Bidding Closed
Lot #1100
RUSSIA
1933 Commissars, set of five, n.h., usual streaky gum, fine-v.f.,
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Catalog #519-23
Catalog Value $440
$180.00
Bidding Closed
Lot #1101
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)
Box **
Catalog #519-523
$7,000.00
Bidding Closed
Lot #1102
RUSSIA
1935 Anti-War Issue, set of five, n.h., fine-v.f.,
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Catalog #546-50
Catalog Value $1,075
$350.00
Bidding Closed
Lot #1103
RUSSIA
1935 Moscow Subway (Metro), set of four n.h., fine-v.f.,
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Catalog #551-54
Catalog Value $825
$280.00
Bidding Closed
Lot #1104
RUSSIA
1935 Persian Art, set of four, n.h., sheet margin singles, v.f.,
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Catalog #569-72
Catalog Value $310
$140.00
Bidding Closed
Lot #1105
RUSSIA
1938 Lenin, 40k dark blue, imperf. bottom sheet margin single, h.r., v.f.,
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Catalog #619b
Catalog Value $375
$230.00
Bidding Closed
Lot #1106
RUSSIA
1945 (16 Apr) 20k stationery card from Archangel to Scotland, both Soviet military and British censor markings, sent by a British Naval officer stationed in Russia towards the end of WWII
Envelope
$90.00
Bidding Closed
Lot #1107
RUSSIA
1945 Griboedov, 60k gray brown, horizontal pair imperf. between, l.h., v.f.
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Catalog #967var
$450.00
Bidding Closed
Lot #1108
RUSSIA
1945 Soviet Planes, set of nine (complete as issued in 1946), blocks of four, n.h., fine-v.f. (Zagorsky 936-946)
Box **
Catalog #992A-992I
$230.00
Bidding Closed
Lot #1109
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)
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Catalog #1062var
$700.00
Bidding Closed
Lot #1110
RUSSIA
1947 Moscow, 5k sheet margin block of 10, five stamps imperf. at bottom, canceled to order (n.h.), left stamp with small adhesion, otherwise fine-v.f. (Zagorsky 1073Pa)
Box
Catalog #1132var
$700.00
Bidding Closed
Lot #1111
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)
Box **
Catalog #5854/5868var
$450.00
Bidding Closed

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