Lot 51919 – Russia: 1857- Collection in 5 stockbooks, with much mint n.h. Soviet Union

Russia: 1857-1959 Collection in 5 stockbooks, with Arms issues from 1857 10k imperf. with cleaned cancel, 1857 perf. 10k and 30k (faults) unused, 1858 10k, 20k and 30k unused, 1864 set of 3 unused, 1865 set unused, many of which have cert. Farberov, a few pages with varieties of the 1R with shifted/missing centres, offsets, misperfs, etc., RSFSR with much mint n.h., incl. Philately for Children values with imperf. 1k (signed), three Famine sets, very complete Soviet Union with mostly mint n.h. incl. imperfs, such as 1931 Airships and Polar Flight sets, a mint n.h. Levanevsky with cert., a selection of varieties with imperf. marginals, souvenir sheets with 1949 Death of Lenin imperf. and perf., and Stalin’s Birth (hinged), some multiples incl. sheets, etc., mixed condition in the earlier issues but a very comprehensive collection, closer inspection worthwhile.