Worldwide Public Auction 104 with Live Internet Bidding
Cranbury, NJ, USA
| Lot | Soviet Union | Estimate | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1001 | Stamps and Postal History. 1990, Capitals of the Soviet Republics, 5k multicolored, imperforate complete set of 13 (Riga and Yerevan do not exist imperf) in left sheet margin horizontal pairs, control signs on selvages, full OG, NH, VF, Est. $500-$600 |  | |
| 1002 | Stamps and Postal History. 1990, New Year 1991, 5k multicolored, top right corner sheet margin block of six triangles, stamp design is completely transformed on the right due to breakdown of printing device, full OG, NH, VF and a spectacular piece, Est. $150-$200 |  | |
| 1003 | Stamps and Postal History. 1991, Cultural Heritage, 10k-30k, bottom sheet margin imperforate se-tenant strip of five, nice margins at all other sides, full OG, NH, VF and very rare, Est. $3,000-$3,500 |  | |
| 1004 | Collections and large Lots. BALANCE OF PRE-WORLD WAR II COLLECTION: 1922-40, about 200 mint stamps and 2 souvenir sheets, starting with 5th Anniversary of the Revolution issue, including Lenin Mausoleum, Architecture Congress, Balloons and Planes, Moscow Reconstruction, both Agriculture Exhibition issues and more, overall fresh quality, most with full OG (about 10% expertly regummed), vast majority is NH, approximately a dozen of LH, F/VF, C.v. is about $2,500, Est. $600-$700 |  7 | |
| 1005 | Collections and large Lots. SELECTION OF POST-WORLD WAR II ISSUES AND VARIETIES: 1945 -48, Military Orders and Medals, two sets of blocks, yellow and white gum, Soviet Coat of Arms, joined letters ''C'', ''Moscow - Volga'' Canal, three sets, first issue and two re-issues, View of Leningrad, two sets, first issue and re-issue, all with full OG, NH, mostly VF, Est. $200-$250 |  3 | |
| 1006 | Collections and large Lots. FOUR YEARS COMPLETE COLLECTION IN BLACK STOCKBOOK: 1958 -1960, 438 stamps and seven souvenir sheets, including Architecture and Disarmament two of each, plus all imperforate stamps in pairs, nice quality, full OG, NH, VF, C.v. is over $800, Est. $300-$400 |  16 | |
| 1007 | Collections and large Lots. 35 YEARS COMPLETE COLLECTION: 1961-95, about 4000 stamps and souvenir sheets housed in large red stockbook, all stamps and souvenir sheets listed in Scott are included with many extras, e.g. North Pole s.s. with red overprint, imperforate Space sheet of 1962, Tokyo Olympics red s.s., imperforate issues of 1961-65, some miniature sheets (not expensive) and much more, fresh, NH, F/VF or better, high C.v., Est. $1,000-$1,200 |  19 | |
| 1008 | Collections and large Lots. LOCALLY ISSUED UNOFFICIAL SOUVENIR SHEETS - GROUP ON DEALER'S PAGES: 1967-93, almost 200 items, produced in 80 different cities, commemorating various philatelic exhibitions and important dates in Soviet history, nice topical contents, some issued in very limited quantity, fresh quality unit, mainly no gum as produced, 35 - CTO, generally VF and interesting holding, Est. $300-$350 |  20 | |
| 1009 | Collections and large Lots. FDC AND SPECIAL CANCELLATIONS ASSEMBLAGE: 1932-56, 37 items, including 26 different FD covers or cards (most properly went through the mail), and 11 various special markings, including two envelopes of 800th Anniversary of Moscow, two chess items and much more, a beautiful holding, fresh condition, mostly VF, generally items from the V. Ustinovsky Collection, great lot for retail, Est. $600-$800 |  13 | |
| 1010 | Collection of Large and Miniature Sheets. MOSCOW OLYMPIC GAMES - SPORTS ISSUES: 1977-80, 37 large sheets of 36 (1 sheet - CTO) and 40 miniature sheets of 20, eight complete issues of five stamps each, full OG, NH, VF, Est. $200-$250 |  9 | |
| 1011 | Collection of Large and Miniature Sheets. MOSCOW OLYMPIC GAMES - TOURISM ISSUES: 1976-80, 6 full sheets of 25 and complete set of 30 miniature sheets of 16, representing four complete issues, perfect condition, full OG, NH, VF, Est. $200-$250 |  5 | |
| 1012 | Collection of Large and Miniature Sheets. MOSCOW OLYMPIC GAMES - SOUVENIR ALBUM OF TOURISM ISSUES: 1976-80, complete unit of 30 miniature sheets of 16, representing four complete issues, arranged in plastic sleeves of specially produced album, full OG, NH, VF, Est. $200-$250 |  16 | |
| 1013 | Collection of Large and Miniature Sheets. NEW YEAR - TOPICAL ISSUES: 1977-91, 9 large sheets and 14 miniature sheets of 16 or 8, commemorating New Year Celebrations of 1978-92, including Olympic Misha and other 10 limited quantity sheets, minisheets of 1983 and 1984 in souvenir booklets, perfect condition, full OG, NH, VF, Est. $200-$250 |  5 | |
| 1014 | Collection of Large and Miniature Sheets. NATURE - TOPICAL ISSUES: 1984-91, 21 large sheets (1-CTO) and 21 miniature sheets, representing 11 sheets printed in limited quantity, including WWF Polar Bears, Water-Lily, Rhaponticum and Cornflower, Caracal and Marmot, Butterfly and Alpine Camp, in addition common miniature sheets - Mushrooms, Ducks and etc., post office fresh quality, full OG, NH, VF, Est. $500-$600 |  7 | |
| 1015 | Collection of Large and Miniature Sheets. NATURE - TOPICAL ISSUES: 1987, World Wildlife Fund (WWF), Polar Bears, 5k-35k, complete sets of four in common sheets of 25 and miniature sheets of 8, full OG, NH, VF, C.v. $675, Est. $300-$350 |  4 | |
| 1016 | Collection of Large and Miniature Sheets. PAINTINGS - TOPICAL ISSUES: 1982-91, 39 large sheets and 40 miniature sheets, including 31 Hermitage and Raphael sheets of 15 plus label (1982-85), Titian and Durer sheets of 8 (1987), all of those were printed in limited quantity, plus several others, which were commonly distributed, all with full OG, NH, VF, Est. $300-$400 |  10 | |
| 1017 | Collection of Large and Miniature Sheets. SEA, AIR, RAILROAD AND GROUND TRANSPORTATION - TOPICAL ISSUES: 1984-91, 7 large and 9 miniature sheets, including 50th Anniversary of Chelyuskin Rescue (3 sheets), Ice- Breaker ''Somov'', Passenger Ship ''Alexander Pushkin'', Airplane ''UT2'', Locomotive and Track, the total is 8 miniature sheets issued in limited quantity, full OG, NH, VF, Est. $200-$250 |  3 | |
| 1018 | Collection of Large and Miniature Sheets. HISTORICAL DATES AND POLITICAL VENUES - TOPICAL ISSUES: 1982-91, 22 large and 34 miniature sheets, starting with Lenin 100th birth Anniversary, including UN Conference (1982), EXPO' 85 in Japan (4 sheets), Helsinki Conference, Red Cross, the total is 7 sheets issued in limited quantity, in addition Youth Festival in Moscow, 40th Anniversary of the Victory in WWII, 150th Anniversary of the Black Penny and etc., full OG, NH, VF, Est. $150-$200 |  8 | |
| 1019 | Collection of Large and Miniature Sheets. OLYMPIC GAMES AND SPORTS - TOPICAL ISSUES: 1980-91, 27 large and 29 miniature sheets, including Olympic Games in Lake Placid (1980 - 5), Sarajevo (1984 - 4), Calgary (1988 - 5), Seoul (1988 - 5), Soccer World Cup of 1982 and 1986 (3), the total is 23 sheets were printed in limited quantity, full OG, NH, VF, Est. $400-$500 |  7 | |
| 1020 | Collection of Large and Miniature Sheets. SPACE EXPLORATION AND MEMORABLE DATES - TOPICAL ISSUES: 1968-91, 22 large and 24 miniature sheets, including 20th Anniversary of the Human Flight (1981 - 3), USSR-France Space Program (1982 - 3), Tereshkova Flight, Stratospheric Flight, Gagarin Flight, Halley's Comet (1984-86 -3), Cosmonauts' Day of 1985, 1986 (3), 1987 and 1988, and etc., the total is 21 sheets were printed in limited quantity, full OG, NH, VF, Est. $500-$600 |  7 | |
| Lot | Non-Postal Stamps | Estimate | |
| 1021 | Russian Federation. 1999, (Ostankino TV Tower), 30k in black only, printed on granite paper with microprint, block of four with central design is omitted (dark green color), full OG, NH, VF and scarce multiple, reportedly only two sheets of 100 were discovered, Est. $300-$400 |  | |
| 1022 | Russian Federation. COLLECTION IN TWO LARGE STOCKBOOKS: 1992-2005, about 900 mint stamps, 265 miniature and souvenir sheets and 15 stamp booklets, nice level of completion, including valuable definitive and limited quantity commemorative items, booklets include State Emblems and Symbols, Hermitage, Russian History and etc., excellent quality unit, full OG, NH, VF, Russian C.v. is over 276,000P=US $2,800, Est. $1,000-$1,200 |  43 | |
| 1023 | Other New Republics. LARGE COLLECTION: 1992-2000, over 1300 stamps and about 250 souvenir and miniature sheets, representing issues of Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan, in addition Soviet and Russian Federation material from 1964-2000, representing 40 stamps and over 100 souvenir and miniature sheets, nice quality unit housed in two Scott albums and a stockbook, full OG, NH, mostly VF, Est. $600-$800 |  51 | |
| 1024 | Other New Republics. FANCY COLLECTION OF MAINLY BOGUS ISSUES: 1992-95, 19 complete sheets, 560 various strips and blocks and over 1100 single stamps, all arranged on pages and representing Russian Republics, such as Chuvashia, Jewish, Karelia, Kalmykia, Tatarstan and others; Georgia, including Abkhazia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Pridnestrovian Republic, 37 regions of Ukraine and more, F/VF, Est. $400-$500 |  18 | |
| 1025 | Other New Republics. POSTAL HISTORY UNIT: 1992-94, over 100 items, including 57 franked by various local stamps, representing 10 of St. Petersburg and region with 6 covers bearing genuine inverted provisional surcharges of 1992, 4 of separatist Chechnya, over 35 franked by various Ukrainian locals, as well as some bogus items from Kamchatka, Tannu Tuva, Abkhazia and several others, nice quality unit housed in special cover album, VF, Est. $300-$400 |  20 | |
| 1026 | 1905-27, Russo-Japanese and World War I Charity issues, Leningrad Flood issue, Child Welfare sets including unissued Pioneer on watermarked and not watermarked paper, the total is 7 issues, all with full OG, NH, VF, Est. $200-$250 |  | |
| 1027 | 1914, World War I Postal Charity issue, 1+1k - 10+1k, three complete sets of four printed on colored paper, perforation 11½, 12½ and 13½ respectively, full OG, LH or previously hinged, VF, C.v. $321, Est. $150-$180 |  | |
| 1028 | 1922, Philately for the Children, black downward overprint on perforated 1k orange, the second issue, position 11 of vertically placed 25-stamp setting, full OG, NH, VF, signed by Z. Mikulski with a copy of his certificate, C.v. $725, Est. $400-$450 |  2 | |
| 1029 | 1922, Postal Train (20r+5r) gray blue, inscribed ''For the Hungry'', complete sheet of 50 containing two panes of 25, stamps on position 18 of each pane or positions 33 and 38 of complete sheet have ''R.G.F.S.R.'' variety, light fold along the gutter between panes, full OG, NH, VF, Est. $150-$200 |  2 | |
| 1030 | 1923, Philately for the Labor, gold, bronze and silver surcharges on various definitive stamps, complete set of six, including surcharge 2r+2r on 250r printed on thin paper, full OG, NH (1r+1r gold, 2r+2r on thin paper, 4r+4r - silver), others have barest trace of hinge (appearing NH), VF, C.v. $2,530, Est. $1,200-$1,500 |  | |
| 1031 | 1924, Leningrad Flood issue, group of 14 values, including two pairs, color shades of 3k+10k and 7k+20k on thin or ordinary paper; stamps of 20k+50k on ordinary (shades) or chalk-surfaced paper, plus ''Groletariatu'' and ''Bean'' varieties on ordinary paper, all with full OG, NH, VF, Est. $200-$250 |  2 | |
| 1032 | 1988, Zoo Relief Fund, 10+5k x2, 20+10k x3 multicolored, bottom right corner sheet margin imperforate block of five with label, signal lights at the bottom edge, full OG, NH, VF and very rare, Raritan Stamps guarantee, Est. $3,000-$3,500 |  | |
| 1033 | 1990, Philatelic Exhibition ''Armenia'90'', Earthquake Charity overprints on 20+10k, 30+15k and 50+25k multicolored, five se-tenant blocks of three plus label with overprint varieties - offset, shifted to the left or to the right, doubled or inverted, all with corner sheet margins, full OG, NH, VF, a common block is included, Est. $300-$400 |  2 | |
| 1034 | 1932, International Polar Year, 50k carmine, perforation 12, and 1r green, perforation 10½, complete set of two, perfect quality, full OG, NH, VF, C.v. $225, Est. $100-$120 |  | |
| 1035 | 1937, Aviation Exhibition, souvenir sheet of four stamps of 1r black, brown and buff, nice and post office fresh, full OG, NH, VF, C.v. $450, Est. $200-$250 |  | |
| 1036 | 1955, definitive issue, Airplane over the Globe, 2r deep blue, right sheet margin single imperforate vertically with strong perforation shift, full OG, NH, VF and a spectacular piece, Est. $150-$180 |  | |
| 1037 | 1924-25, surcharges on ''Sword Breaking Chain'', violet surcharge 1k on 100r, three stamps, one with inverted surcharge (Soviet guarantee hs), Numerals on paper without watermark and on watermarked paper, all perf 12, the total is 26 stamps, full OG, NH, mostly VF, Est. $200-$250 |  | |
| 1038 | 1925, Numerals, 1k red, 2k lilac, 8k green and 10k dark blue, imperforate complete set of four (3k, 7k and 14k are not known imperforate), litho printing on wove paper, full OG, LH, VF and extremely rare, each stamp with N. Mandrovski certificate, some specialists are considering these stamps as plate proofs, Est. $8,000-$10,000 |  3 | |
| 1039 | IMPERIAL FISCAL STAMPS - KISHINEV (CHISINAU): 1883, Judicial stamps, 10k green and 20k carmine, complete set of two, manuscript cancellations, fresh, VF and scarce, Barefoot #1-2, Est. $150-$180 |  | |
| 1040 | FOR MAILMAN: 1918, ''According to the agreement between the sender and the recipient, the postman who delivered this letter is paid by the recipient 10 kopecks'', 10k black on colored paper, set of four different, no gum as issued, NH or LH, VF, Est. $200-$250 |  | |
| Lot | Locals of the Civil War period - Kharkov | Estimate | |
| 1041 | WHITE ARMY CHARITY LABELS DURING THE TAMAN UPRISING: 1918, In Favor of the Kuban Cossack Separate Troops of the Taman Stanitsa, black text on flag, 10k and 20k, set of two printed on white wove paper, fresh and VF, Est. $100-$120 |  | |
| 1042 | 1863, (4k) green and black, background is inverted, nice margins all around, fresh, no gum as produced, VF and rare, B. Furnon certificate, Scott C.v. $950, Kramarenko #3Tc, C.v. $1,500, Est. $400-$500 |  2 | |
| 1043 | 1893, 2k black, green and red, imperforate sheet of 112 (14x8), folded once between stamps (7th and 8th vertical rows), small ''w'' in ''ZWEI'' variety (position 1), most with significant shift of green color, full OG, mainly NH, VF and with high probability unique sheet, C.v. $8,400 as hinged pairs, Kramarenko #13 IIU, C.v. $22,400 as hinged singles, Est. $4,000-$5,000 |  | |
| 1044 | 1893, plate proof of 2k in black for frame only, imperforate complete sheet of 144 (18x8), printed on white wove ungummed paper, folded once between 9th and 10th vertical rows, scotch tape mounts at right margin, stamps are not affected, VF and unique multiple, Kramarenko #13 P2, C.v. $64,800 as singles, Est. $10,000-$12,000 |  | |
| 1045 | 1901-03, Wenden Castle, 2k dark green and brown, top left and top right corner sheet margin imperforate panes of 25 (1st group of a printer's sheet of 150 (25 x2 x3), no gum as produced, NH, VF, expertized by Prof. Winterstern, Kramarenko ''Russika'' Cat. #14U, C.v. $4,250 as singles, Est. $1,000-$1,200 |  | |
| 1046 | 1901-03, Wenden Castle, 2k dark green and brown, left sheet margin imperforate pane of 25 (3rd group of a printer's sheet of 150 (25 x2 x3), in addition bottom sheet margin block of four, representing two major types of stamps, pane folded horizontally between 3rd and 4th rows, all mounted on page from a Collection, full OG, mainly NH, VF and a spectacular unit, Kramarenko #14 U, C.v. $2,465 as singles, Est. $600-$700 |  | |
| 1047 | 1901-03, Wenden Castle, 2k dark green and brown, bottom left corner sheet margin imperforate block of six (2x3), left stamp in the middle row is placed upside down and forming either vertical or horizontal tete-beche pair, no gum as produced, VF and rare, Est. $1,500-$1,800 |  | |
| 1048 | 1901-03, Wenden Castle, imperforate proof of 2k in black, bottom sheet margin pane of 25 printed on wove paper, stamp on position 16 is placed upside down and forming either vertical or horizontal tete-beche pair, no gum as produced, hinge reminders at corners, VF and extremely rare, Kramarenko ''Russika'' Cat. #14 P2 II, C.v. $12,500, Est. $5,000-$6,000 |  | |
| 1049 | 1919, ''OKSA'', 5k-50k, complete set of five in gutter tete-beche sheets of 200 (100+100), sheet of 50k printed on thin paper, all others - on ordinary paper, occasional marginal flaws, folded along the gutter, full OG, NH, VF and scarce in sheets, all guaranteed genuine, C.v. $600 w/o a premium for 50 gutter tete-beche pairs, Kramarenko ''Russika'' Cat. #1 I-4 I, 5 II, C.v. $3,850, Est. $500-$600 |  5 | |
| 1050 | 1867, Parcel Post to the East, 6k blue, printed on chalk- surfaced paper, complete sheetlet of four, apparently full size of 120x159mm, full OG, stamps are NH (edge gum disturbance away from stamps), M. Kramarenko #3a, C.v. $5,200 as singles, Est. $1,500-$1,800 |  | |
