1905, Russo-Japanese War Charity issue, complete set of four in strips of eight, each one with overprint "Obrazets" (Specimen), two stamps of 7k with slight spots on gum, strip of 10k with reinforced perforation, nice unit overall, full OG, NH or LH/hinged (3 to 4 stamps in a strip), VF

1905, Russo-Japanese War Charity issue, 3k+1k red, brown and green, eight stamps, each one bearing a single letter forming word "Obrazets", all with perforation 11 1/2, except the last one - 13 1/2, full OG, previously hinged or unused, no gum (1), F/VF

200.00

1905, Russo-Japanese War Charity issue, 3k+1k red, brown and green, error perforation 13 1/2x11 1/2, perfect quality, full OG, NH, VF and very rare

500.00

1914, World War I Charity issue, imperforated complete set printed on colored paper, nice margins all around, Petrograd postal cancellations, VF

300.00

1914, World War I Charity issue, Ilya Muromets, 1k+1k red and dark green, printed on straw paper, three bottom sheet margin blocks of four, perforation 12 1/2 or 13 1/2 (2), control number "1" or "2" on margin, full OG, NH, VF

100.00

1914, World War I Charity issue, 1k+1k red and dark green, printed on straw paper, perforation 12 1/2, bottom right corner margin single, imperforated at the bottom, full OG, LH, VF

100.00

1914, World War I Charity issue, 3k+1k red and gray green on pink paper, perforation 13 1/2, tiny natural paper inclusion invisible from the face, nice condition, full OG, NH, VF, C.v. $600

150.00

1914, World War I Charity issue, complete set of four, printed on colored paper, perforation 11 1/2, used on reverse of registered cover from Moscow to Geneva, censored, all appropriate markings and arrival ds, VF

100.00

1921, Volga Famine Relief issue, 41 stamps altogether, including 20 forgeries of various types, original stamps are on different paper with some printing or watermark varieties, mainly nice quality (two stamps creased), full or large part of OG, NH or previously hinged, VF, nice specialized lot
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2, 3, 4

150.00

1921, Volga Famine Relief issue 2250r carmine and two RSFSR definitive stamps of 1000r carmine, vertical se-tenant block with horizontal gutter in the middle, printed on thin paper, full OG, LH at the top, VF and extremely rare

1922, Famine Relief issue, double black (black over gray) surcharge "100p+100p" on 70k brown, block of four, showing in addition break of vertical perforation, bottom right stamp has insignificant gum crease, full OG,NH, VF and scarce multiple
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600.00

1922, Famine Relief issue, black surcharge 100r+100r on 70k brown, block of four, top right stamp with "100r+r100" variety (position 6), full OG, NH, VF

300.00

1922, "Philately for the Children", set of five overprinted values, including imperforated 1k orange, second printing, position 24, all others are from the first printing, full OG, NH (1k) or VLH, VF

300.00

1922, "Philately for the Children", black overprint on 3k red, block of four, positions 11-12/16-17, narrow "8" at the top left, broken dash in front of "8" at the bottom left, full OG, NH, VF

100.00

1922, "Philately for the Children", double black overprint on 5k claret, position 14, somewhat rounded bottom left corner, still fresh, full OG, NH, VF appearance of this extremely rare stamp, reportedly the only pane of25 has double overprint variety

250.00

1922, "Philately for the Children", inverted black overprint on imperforated 1k orange with additional "ghost" impression, second printing, position 5 of not inverted setting, full OG, NH, VF and scarce, Soviet Philatelic guarantee hs

750.00

1922, Rostov-on-Don issue, 2t green, double impression variety, no gum as produced, NH, VF, C.v. $475

250.00

1922, Rostov-on-Don issue, 2t green, triple impression variety, slightly short margin on the left, no gum as produced, NH, F/VF, C.v. $450

150.00

1922, Rostov-on-Don issue, proof of 2t in red with triple impression and additional double print of 2t in green, produced on back side of tobacco poster, no gum as produced, NH, VF

400.00

1922, Rostov-on-Don issue, 4t red, triple impression variety with additional spots of green ink, white back, no gum as produced, NH, VF, C.v. $675

300.00

1922, Rostov-on-Don issue, 6t green, triple impression variety, no gum as produced, NH, VF, C.v. $500

300.00

1923, "Philately for the Labor", inverted bronze surcharge 2r+2r on 250r violet, printed on ordinary paper, full OG, NH, VF, N. Mandrovski certificate

300.00

1923, "Philately for the Labor", trial red surcharge 4r+4r on 5000r violet, full OG, LH, VF, Soviet Philatelic guarantee hs

200.00

1924, Leningrad Flood issue, 61 stamps in singles or blocks, representing shades or paper varieties, offsets of surcharge on reverse, numerous surcharge or plate varieties of basic stamps, fresh quality, full OG, NH or LH/hinged, VF
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300.00

1924, Leningrad Flood issue, black surcharge 14k+30k on 300r green, printed on thin paper, full OG, LH, VF and scarce, C.v. $625

400.00

1926, Child Welfare, two complete sets in blocks of four, printed on unwatermarked or watermarked paper, full OG, NH or LH (one stamp of each block on paper w/o watermark), VF

250.00

1929, Child Welfare, 20k+2k black brown and blue, perforation 10 1/2, right sheet margin single, imperforated on the right, full OG, previously hinged, VF

500.00

1930, Child Welfare, 20k+2k bluish green, broken text at the top due to overinking, full OG, LH, VF

100.00