1 Dec 2020 – 4 Dec 2020
55 lots
Lot 40109 | RUSSIA – GREECE: 1867 single weight cover from Rostov
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » Mixed Frankings
RUSSIA – GREECE: 1867 single weight cover from Rostov to Syros via Pdessa by French steamer, franked 1K + 3K + 30K, on arrival 20L, blue, strip of 3, and…
Estimate: 2’000 – 3’000 EUR
Lot 40110 | RUSSIA_GREECE: 1874 double weight cover from Rostov
Greece » Large Hermes Heads » Mixed Frankings
RUSSIA – GREECE: 1874 double weight cover from Rostov to Syros via Odessa by Austrian ship, charged on arrival 80L, carmine, 1862-67 issue and 10L, orange…
Estimate: 2’000 – 3’000 EUR
Lot 40424 | 6 June 1840: Diplomatic cover to Monsieru W W Chew,
Russia » Russia Imperial Pre-Stamp Postal History
1840 (18.6) Diplomatic cover to Mr. W W Chew, Charge d’Affairs of Etats Unis d’Amerique (St. Petersburg, Russia) with Russian inscription at bottom and…
Estimate: 200 – 260 EUR
Lot 40425 | 1858 Stampless entire from Moscow to Paris, paying
Russia » Russia Imperial Pre-Stamp Postal History
1858 Stampless entire from Moscow to Paris, paying the “11” kopeck rate with black handstamp and red boxed “Aus Russland” alongside, showing clear transit…
Estimate: 30 – 50 EUR
Lot 40426 | 1857-58 10k brown & blue, plate I, cancelled by “133” dotted box numeral of OVRUCH
Russia » Russia Imperial 1857-58 First Issues Arms 10k brown & blue (St. 1)
1857-58 10k brown & blue, plate I, with fine to good margins, cancelled by “133” dotted box numeral of OVRUCH, corner creases at lower right and left.
Estimate: 150 – 200 EUR
Lot 40427 | 1858 10k Brown & blue imperf. with partial boxed ds
Russia » Russia Imperial 1857-58 First Issues Arms 10k brown & blue (St. 1)
1858 10k Brown & blue imperf. with partial boxed ds (Odessa?), just clear to good margins, paper adherence on reverse, fine, cert. Farberov (Zag. €1’400,…
Estimate: 100 – 150 EUR
Lot 40428 | 1857 10k brown and blue tied by pen-cross cancel on 1858 (Feb 28) folded entire from Mitau (Jerlava, Latvia)
Russia » Russia Imperial 1857-58 First Issues Arms 10k brown & blue (St. 1)
1857 10k brown and blue, with good to ample margins, neatly tied by pen-cross cancel on 1858 (Feb 28) folded entire from Mitau (Jerlava, Latvia) to St….
Estimate: 400 – 500 EUR
Lot 40429 | 1858 20k Dark Blue & Orange unused
Russia » Russia Imperial 1858 Second Issues Arms perf. 12 1/4 : 12 1/2 (St. 5-7)
1858 20k Dark Blue & Orange unused (looks regummed), one short perf., fine and fresh (Zag. €1’200, Mi. €750)
Estimate: 50 – 80 EUR
Lot 40430 | 1908 1R light-brown/orange in complete sheet of 50
Russia » Russia Imperial 1908 Nineteenth Issue Arms (St. 94-108)
1908 1R light-brown/orange in complete sheet of 50 with control strips left and right + typ. control imprint ‘Kred. typ. 1910.’, top margin damages otherwise…
Estimate: 70 – 100 EUR
Lot 40431 | 1917 1R brown/orange in complete double sheet of 100 with VARIETY strongly shifted background print
Russia » Russia Imperial 1917 Twenty Sixth Issue Caretaker Government 1917
1917 1R brown/orange in complete double sheet of 100 with VARIETY strongly shifted background print, folded in gutter strip otherwise mostly very fine,…
Estimate: 150 – 170 EUR
Lot 40432 | 1918 1R brown/orange in complete horizontal format sheet of 50 with horizontal varnish bars and typo control number ‘6’
Russia » RSFSR 1918-23
1918 1R brown/orange in complete horizontal format sheet of 50 with horizontal varnish bars and typo control number ‘6’, water stains in outer right sheet…
Estimate: 70 – 100 EUR
Lot 40433 | 1921-26, Small cover group with 5 covers showing various
Russia » RSFSR 1918-23
1921-26, Small cover group with 5 covers showing various frankings incl. 4 reg’d to abroad destinations, plus 1905 Cover from Teheran to Baku, see web
Estimate: 100 – 200 EUR
Lot 40434 | 1922 Consular Airmails mint group of 5
Russia » RSFSR 1918-23
1922 Consular Airmails mint group of 5 incl. type I 24M on 3R (2 examples), type II 120M on 2.25R mint nh, type II 600m on 3R, type III 600M on 3R, plus…
Estimate: 70 – 100 EUR
Lot 40435 | 1922 Rostov on Don Famine Relief complete set in blocks of four, unused without gum as issued
Russia » RSFSR 1918-23
1922 Rostov on Don Famine Relief complete set in blocks of four, unused without gum as issued, some light bends, slightly heavy hinges except for 6000r…
Estimate: 700 – 1’000 EUR
Lot 40436 | 1923 2nd Gold Standard (zolotoi standart, tipogr.): 3k, 4k, 10k & 50k mint
Russia » Soviet Union
1923 2nd Gold Standard (zolotoi standart, tipogr.): 3k, 4k, 10k, never hinged & the rare 50k hinge trace, cert this with Buchsbayev, very fine & a scarce…
Estimate: 2’000 – 2’400 EUR
Lot 40437 | 1924-25 Definitive issue 6k colour trial in grey in mint nh perforated block of four
Russia » Soviet Union
1924-25 Definitive issue 6k colour trial in grey in mint nh perforated block of four, very fine
Estimate: 70 – 100 EUR
Lot 40438 | 1924-1925 3rd Gold Standard definitives (zolotoi standart, typo): 2k green, IMPERFORATE, mint never hinged
Russia » Soviet Union
1924-1925 3rd Gold Standard definitives (zolotoi standart, typo): 2k green, IMPERFORATE, mint never hinged, fresh, very fine and rare
(Mi 243IU €1’000,…
Estimate: 400 – 650 EUR
Lot 40439 | 1924-1925 3rd Gold Standard definitives (zolotoi standart, typo): 20k green IMPERFORATE bottom left corner corner sheet marginal, mint never hinged
Russia » Soviet Union
1924-1925 3rd Gold Standard definitives (zolotoi standart, typo): 20k green IMPERFORATE bottom left corner corner sheet marginal, mint never hinged, fresh,…
Estimate: 4’000 – 5’000 EUR
Lot 40440 | 1924-1925 3rd Gold Standard definitives (zolotoi standart, typo): 30k violetovaya, IMPERFORATE horizontal pair, mint never hinged
Russia » Soviet Union
1924-1925 3rd Gold Standard definitives (zolotoi standart, typo): 30k violetovaya, IMPERFORATE horizontal pair, mint never hinged, fresh, very fine and…
Estimate: 2’000 – 2’400 EUR
Lot 40441 | 1924-1925 3rd Gold Standard definitives (zolotoi standart, typo): 1R brown & red, IMPERFORATE, mint lightly hinged
Russia » Soviet Union
1924-1925 3rd Gold Standard definitives (zolotoi standart, typo): 1R brown & red, IMPERFORATE, mint lightly hinged, fresh, very fine and extremely rare,…
Estimate: 2’800 – 3’200 EUR
Lot 40442 | 1924-1925 3rd Gold Standard definitives (zolotoi standart, typo): 3R type I, brown & green paper fold printing error
Russia » Soviet Union
1924-1925 3rd Gold Standard definitives (zolotoi standart, typo): 3R type I, brown & green, mint never hinged IMPERFORATE bottom margin example with annulment…
Estimate: 400 – 600 EUR
Lot 40443 | 1924 Airs with surcharge in never hinged blocks 4
Russia » Soviet Union
1924 Airs with surcharge in never hinged blocks 4 (a few gum irregularities) + single 10k on 5R in type II printing: wide ‘5’ and thick S.S.S.R inscription,…
Estimate: 400 – 600 EUR
Lot 40444 | 1925 ‘Zolotoi standart’ Gold Standard definitives 1R and 2R both in mint nh blocks of four
Russia » Soviet Union
1925 ‘Zolotoi standart’ Gold Standard definitives 1R and 2R both in mint nh blocks of four, each showing narrow perforation 14 1/4 : 14 3/4, very fine…
Estimate: 900 – 1’200 EUR
Lot 40445 | SOVIET UNION 1926 7k Esperanto tied to pictureside of ppc to Wena showing variety: shifted red colour
Russia » Soviet Union
1926 7k Esperanto tied to pictureside of ppc to Wena showing variety: red colour shifted to the right, a rare item not mentioned in the catalogues, plus…
Estimate: 70 – 100 EUR
Lot 40446 | 1926 Esperanto Congress complete set of two values, both in mint blocks of four
Russia » Soviet Union
1926 Esperanto Congress complete set of two values, both in mint blocks of four, 14k with faults, scarce in blocks (Mi. 311A-312A, Standard 151-152, Liapin…
Estimate: 150 – 170 EUR
Lot 40447 | 1927 14k Esperanto in corner margin blk of 4 IMPERFORATE */**
Russia » Soviet Union
1927 14k Esperanto IMPERFORATE on gummed paper without watermark in corner margin block of 4, left pair mint hinge remainder, right pair MNH – hinge remainder…
Estimate: 2’600 – 3’000 EUR
Lot 40448 | 1927 Overprint Definitives on Special issues, complete set of four values in mint blocks of four
Russia » Soviet Union
1927 Overprint Definitives on Special issues, complete set of four values in mint blocks of four (all mnh except 8k on 7k blue), fresh, very fine & rare…
Estimate: 500 – 800 EUR
Lot 40449 | 1928 Red Army & Navy 8k brown in mint nf imperforate horizontal pair with bottom sheet margin
Russia » Soviet Union
1928 Red Army & Navy 8k brown in mint nf imperforate horizontal pair with bottom sheet margin, two faint vertical gum bends, fine & extremely rare (Mi…
Estimate: 1’200 – 1’500 EUR
Lot 40450 | 1928-29 Lenin 3R to 10R complete set of three values in perforation 10 1/2 and 10, both sets in blocks of 4
Russia » Soviet Union
1928-29 Lenin 3R to 10R complete set of three values in perforation 10 1/2 and 10, both sets in blocks of 4, mostly mint never hinged corner blocks of…
Estimate: 2’800 – 3’200 EUR
Lot 40451 | 1932 Zeppelin 15k grey, engraved perforation 10 3/
Russia » Soviet Union
1932 Zeppelin 15k grey, engraved perforation 10 3/4, used, at back some paper toning, a scarce adhesive (Mi 406C, €250, Standard 301B, Liapin 361B, €200,…
Estimate: 70 – 90 EUR
Lot 40452 | 1933 Red Banner perf. 9 1/2 mint lh
Russia » Soviet Union
1933 Red Banner perf. 9 1/2 mint lh, well centred, very fine and scarce (Zag. €4’800, Mi. €2’000)
Estimate: 600 – 800 EUR
Lot 40453 | 1933 In Memory of Murder of Communist Leaders, complete set of three values in mint blocks of 4
Russia » Soviet Union
1933 In Memory of Murder of Communist Leaders, complete set of three values in mint blocks of 4, 5k light trace of hinge and a couple of light creases,…
Estimate: 150 – 170 EUR
Lot 40454 | 1933 Baku Commissars 20k purple, perforation 13 3/4 : 13 3/4 : 10 1/2 : 13 3/4, mint never hinged
Russia » Soviet Union
1933 Baku Commissars 20k purple, perforation 13 3/4 : 13 3/4 : 10 1/2 : 13 3/4, mint never hinged, with slightly uneven gum as always, very fine and scarce,…
Estimate: 600 – 800 EUR
Lot 40455 | 1933 Baku Commissars 20k left margin example IMPERFORATE at top mint
Russia » Soviet Union
1933 Baku Commissars 20k left margin example IMPERFORATE at top, hinge remainder, very scarce, ‘sold as is’
(Mi 459Uo, Standard 347Pb €4’100, Liapin…
Estimate: 400 – 650 EUR
Lot 40456 | 1934 Anniversary of Civil Aviation complete set of five values, without watermark, in mint blocks of 4
Russia » Soviet Union
1934 Anniversary of Civil Aviation complete set of five values, without watermark, in mint blocks of 4, fresh, very fine and very rare in blocks (Mi 462Z-466Z,…
Estimate: 2’600 – 3’000 EUR
Lot 40457 | 1934 Anniversary of Civil Aviation 10k green, without watermark, mint IMPERFORATE BETWEEN pair
Russia » Soviet Union
1934 Anniversary of Civil Aviation 10k green, without watermark, mint IMPERFORATE BETWEEN pair, fine and an important variety
(Mi. 463ZUMs, Standard…
Estimate: 700 – 1’000 EUR
Lot 40458 | 1934 Mendeleev complete mint set of four value, mint
Russia » Soviet Union
1934 Mendeleev complete mint set of four value, mint with some gum flaws, mixed to very fine (Mi. 476-479, Standard 369-372, €660, Liapin 429-432, Zverev…
Estimate: 80 – 120 EUR
Lot 40459 | 1935 Levanevsky Moscow – San Francisco flight 1R mint small hinge trace, showing position 13 variety: no leg on Russian p of Francisco
Russia » Soviet Union
1935 Levanevsky Moscow – San Francisco flight 1R mint small hinge trace, showing position 13 variety: no leg on Russian p of Francisco, signed twice Sov….
Estimate: 200 – 240 EUR
Lot 40460 | 1935 Memorial Issue for Soviet Leaders 4k violet IMPERFORATE, unused
Russia » Soviet Union
1935 Memorial Issue for Soviet Leaders 4k violet IMPERFORATE, unused no gum, fresh, very fine and scarce (Mi 540B, €300, Standard 433Pa, €240, Liapin 2010…
Estimate: 70 – 100 EUR
Lot 40461 | 1935 Pioneers complete set in mint blocks of four
Russia » Soviet Union
1935 Pioneers complete set in mint blocks of four, all but 5k (13 3/4) are perforation 11, 10k with surface adhesions, 5k with gum faults, 2k with crease,…
Estimate: 400 – 500 EUR
Lot 40462 | 1937 Architecture 3k, 5k, 20k to 50k, each in mint nh blocks of four
Russia » Soviet Union
1937 Architecture 3k, 5k, 20k to 50k, each in mint nh blocks of four, all but one with sheet margins or corner margins, 40k with gum flaw on one stamp,…
Estimate: 300 – 400 EUR
Lot 40463 | 1937 Architecture 15k black mint nh IMPERFORATE
Russia » Soviet Union
1937 Architecture 15k black mint nh IMPERFORATE, very fine and scarce, sign. Sov.Phil.Assoz. (Mi 561B €2’200, Standard 463Pa €2’200, Liapin 2010 514I €2’500,…
Estimate: 600 – 800 EUR
Lot 40464 | 1940 All Union Agriculture Expo Moskva complete set of 17 in mint never hinged blocks of 4
Russia » Soviet Union
1940 All Union Agriculture Expo Moskva complete set of 17 in mint never hinged blocks of 4, fresh, very fine & a rare in blocks especially in this pristine…
Estimate: 400 – 650 EUR
Lot 40465 | 1941 Kyrgyz SSR two complete set of two values in mint never hinged blocks of four with different perfs
Russia » Soviet Union
1941 Kyrgyz SSR complete set of two values in mint never hinged blocks of four, showing line perforation and another set with 15k line perf & 30k comb…
Estimate: 200 – 240 EUR
Lot 40466 | 1946 Moscow Scenes 10k mint hr with variety imperofrate at foot
Russia » Soviet Union
1946 Moscow Scenes 10k mint hr with variety imperofrate at foot, very fine (Zag. €470)
Estimate: 70 – 100 EUR
Lot 40467 | 1903 (Dec 17) Swiss 5c newspaper wrapper to Baku with a very rare and clear strike of an Odessa censor marking
Russia » Postal Stationery
1903 (Dec 17) Swiss 5c newspaper wrapper to Baku (modern day Azerbaijan) with Geneva despatch and a very rare and clear strike of an Odessa censor marking…
Estimate: 200 – 300 EUR
Lot 40468 | 1929-1930 Soviet Union 5 paintings postal stat. picture postcards, mint
Russia » Postal Stationery
1929-1930, 5 paintings postal stat. picture postcards 5k with diff paintings on picture side (Goznak nos.19, 39, 65 & 80) incl. one Tretjakov Gallery card…
Estimate: 70 – 100 EUR
Lot 40469 | 1916, Russia, Manchuria, Cens.reg.cover KHARBIN to Paris
Russia » Russia Post in China – Manchuria
1916, Censored registered (bilingual reg. double label) envelope franked at back 4 x 5k brown-red, each bearing KHARBIN 23.1.16 cds addressed to famous…
Estimate: 200 EUR
Lot 40470 | Bugulma: 1883 Envelope from Taschlow addressed to Bugulma, bearing bear 2k green cancelled by blue rural oval cancel
Russia » Zemstvos
Bugulma: 1883 Envelope from Taschlow addressed to Bugulma, bearing bear 2k green cancelled by blue rural oval cancel, fine. Property of another vendor.
Estimate: 150 – 200 EUR
Lot 40471 | Kadnikov: 1889 (Jul 18) Envelope bearing Imperial 7k on reverse with Kadnikov 3k green
Russia » Zemstvos
Kadnikov: 1889 (Jul 18) Envelope bearing Imperial 7k on reverse with Kadnikov 3k green cancelled by cds alongside, fine (Ch. 8).
Estimate: 200 – 300 EUR