1923, Petrograd definitive issue, worker 1k orange, litho printing, harrow perforation 14 1/2x15, bottom left corner sheet margin block of four, flawless condition, full OG, NH, VF and scarce multiple, SC #13 var

300.00

1923, mixed franking registered cover sent from Petrograd to Boston, bearing altogether seven stamps, including six of the last RSFSR definitive set and Soviet Union peasant 6k blue, litho printing, all appropriate transit and arrival markings, minor reversal soiling, still F/VF and scarce

250.00

1924, Lenin Mourning issue, 3k-20k, imperforated complete set in sheet margin blocks of four, wide frame, full OG, NH, mostly VF, SC #27B-30B

200.00

1924, Lenin Mourning issue, 3k-20k, imperforated complete set of four with narrow frame, nice quality, full OG, NH, VF, SC #27-30
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1924, Lenin Mourning issue, 3k-20k, perforated complete set in top sheet margin blocks of four, post office fresh condition, full OG, NH, VF, SC #31-34

200.00

1924, Lenin Mourning issue, 6k red and black, middle frame, perforated single with black color shifted to the top right, invalidating perforation, full OG, NH, VF, SC #32 var

75.00

1923, definitive issue, worker 4k carmine, typo printing, imperforated single with double impression, full OG, NH, VF, SC #24 Ta

100.00

1924-25, definitive issue, peasant 2k green, typo printing, two vertical imperforated pairs, one of which with double impression, both with invalidating perforation, full OG, NH, VF, SC #040 Pa

150.00

1924-25, definitive issue, worker 4k carmine, typo printing, perforation 14 1/2x15, double impression, full OG, NH, VF, SC #42 var

100.00

1924-25, definitive issue, soldier 7k chocolate brown, typo printing, horizontal imperforated pair, full OG, LH, VF, SC #45 Pa

75.00

1924-25, definitive issue, worker 14k slate blue, perforation 14 1/2x15, perfect centering and post office fresh, full OG, NH, VF, SC #49

150.00

1924-25, definitive issue, peasant 15k lemon yellow, typo printing, perforation 14 1/2x15, postal cancellation, short one tip of perforation at right, mostly VF, SC #50

75.00

1924-25, definitive issue, peasant 50k brown, typo printing, perforation 14 1/2x15, full OG, previously hinged, F/VF centering, SC #54

75.00

1924-25, definitive issue, worker 2r green and rose, enlarged margins (with a part of neighboring stamps) imperforated single, horizontal invalidating perforation, full OG, NH, VF, SC #056 Pa

75.00

1924-25, definitive issue, worker 4k deep rose and worker 8k olive brown, both with perforation 12, the last one with short one tip of perforation at right, full OG, previously hinged, F/VF, SC #42A, 46A

250.00

1924-25, definitive issue, worker 5r dark blue and gray brown, perforation 13 1/2, horizontal strip of seven, two complete perfins "Obrazets", horizontal invalidating perforation, full OG, NH, VF, SC #58

150.00

1925, Lenin Mausoleum, 7k-40k, imperforated complete set in blocks of four, all with sheet margins except 7k, bottom left stamp of 20k with a dot over Kremlin Wall (position 26), full OG, NH, VF, SC #68-71, 70 Ka

400.00

1925, Lenin Mausoleum, imperforated proof of 7k in red brown, printed on thick security paper with text on reverse, ironed fold, fresh, no gum as issued, NH, VF, N. Mandrovski certificate, SC #68

100.00

1925, Lenin Mausoleum, 7k-40k, perforated complete set of four, printed on thick (0.09-0.1mm) paper, full OG, previously hinged, mostly VF, SC #72A-75A

100.00

1925, definitive issue, Vladimir Lenin, 5r brick red and 10r indigo, imperforated complete set in top sheet margin blocks of four, post office fresh, full OG, NH, VF, SC #0100-01

250.00

1926, definitive issue, 7k-5r, complete set of eight in horizontal or vertical (2r) pairs, printed on white improved paper, tiny natural marginal inclusions on 8k and 3r, perfect quality, full OG, NH, VF

150.00

1926, definitive issue, worker, complete set of five imperforated trial color proofs of 8k in yellow, green, carmine, blue and red lilac, printed on white improved paper, sheet margin horizontal pairs, flawless quality, full OG, NH, VF and scarce set

1926, Vladimir Lenin, 1r dark brown and 2r black violet, two imperforated stamps printed on watermarked Borders and Rosettes paper, nice margins all around, full OG, NH, VF and scarce, SC #128-29 Pa

1926, definitive issue, Vladimir Lenin 2r black violet, perforation 12 1/2, printed on paper with watermark Borders and Rosettes, full OG, LH, VF, SC #129A

75.00

1927, black surcharge 8k on soldier 7k brown, perforation 12, printed on paper without watermark, right sheet margin block of four, full OG, NH, VF, SC #181A

150.00

1927, red or black surcharge 8k on commemorative stamps, complete set of six in horizontal pairs, full original creamy gum, VF, SC #211, 0212-16

150.00

1927, black surcharge (type I) 8k on Postage Due stamps of 1k-14k, complete set of seven, cross-gutter sheets of 100 (25x4), printed on watermarked Borders and Rosettes paper, numerous surcharge varieties, minor edge flaws, fresh quality, full OG, NH, VF, SC #174-80
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1927, inverted surcharge (type II) 8k on 1k red, printed on watermarked paper, full OG, previously hinged, VF and scarce, Soviet Philatelic guarantee hs, SC #174 II Ta

600.00

1927, inverted surcharge (type II) 8k on 7k orange, typo printing on watermarked paper, full OG, NH, VF, Soviet Philatelic and Romeko guarantee hs, SC #177 II Ta

100.00

1929-31, the third definitive issue, 1k-80k, complete set of 13 printed on watermarked Borders and Rosettes paper (Lenin 14k on paper without watermark not included), blocks of four, insignificant gum wrinkles possible, fresh and nice, full OG, NH, F/VF, SC #229-40

300.00

1929-30, Industrialization, 5k-28k, complete set in blocks of four, top left stamp of 20k with a spot on "i" variety, this block is folded once along horizontal perforation, full OG, NH, VF, SC #245-47

150.00

1930, 1st Cavalry Army, 2k-14k, complete set in sheet margin blocks of four, upper right stamp of 2k with broken "a" in "I aia" variety, block of 14k slightly folded along vertical perforation, fresh condition, full OG, NH, VF,SC #251-54, var
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100.00

1930-37, Advertising Slogans, group of nine stamps and one cover, each one bearing political or economic messages as a part of machine date cancellation, fresh quality, mostly VF

150.00

1932, Maxim Gorki, 15k brown, bottom sheet margin imperforated horizontal pair, perfect quality, full OG, NH, VF, SC #299 Pa

200.00

1932-33, 15th Anniversary of the October Revolution, 3k- 35k, complete set of seven, full OG, NH, F/VF centering, SC #302-08

150.00

1933, Karl Marx, 3k-35k, complete set in unfolded blocks of four, perfect quality, full OG, NH, VF, SC #312-14

400.00

1932, Moscow Philatelic Exhibition, 15k brown black, 35k ultra, complete set of two in vertical pairs, 35k has perforation 10 1/2, post office fresh, full OG, NH, VF, SC #310-11A

100.00

1933, Leningrad Philatelic Exhibition, red surcharge 30k on 15k and 70k on 35k, complete set of two, full OG, NH, VF, each stamp with Soviet Philatelic guarantee or reverse, SC #315-16

200.00

1933, Leningrad Philatelic Exhibition, red surcharge 70k on 35k ultra, left sheet margin single without a dot after "1933" variety, minimal usual gum wrinkle, post office fresh quality, full OG, NH, VF, SC #316 Ka

150.00

1933, Ethnographic issue, 1k-35k, complete set of 21, nice set in every respect, full OG, NH, mostly VF and scarce never hinged, SC #313-37

350.00

1933, Order of the Red Banner, 20k black, red and yellow, two values, one with white spot in "CCCP" (position 106), the other one with strong shift of yellow color, full OG, NH, F/VF, a common stamp is included, SC #344 Ka, Tb
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200.00

1933, Baku Commissars, 4k-40k, complete set of five, fresh quality, usual lightly uneven gum, NH, VF, SC #345- 49

150.00

1933, Baku Commissars, 4k-40k, complete set of five, usual slightly uneven full original gum, LH, VF, SC #345-49

75.00

1933, Baku Commissars, 40k carmine, left sheet margin single, imperforated on the left, CTO with full OG (LH), VF, SC #349 Pc

250.00

1934, Lenin Mausoleum, 5k-35k complete set of five, well above average centering, full OG, NH, F/VF, SC #360-64

100.00

1934, Lenin Mausoleum and Ivan Fedorov, two complete set of five and two respectively, full OG, LH or previously hinged, F/VF, SC #360-64, 365-66

75.00

1934, Lenin Mausoleum, 5k brown and Ivan Fedorov 20k carmine, two enlarged margins imperforated singles, neatly cancelled, fresh, VF, SC #360 Pa, 365 Pa, C.v. 116,000 rub=US$2,000

200.00

1934, Revolutionary Leaders, Sverdlov and Nogin, 10k ultra and 15k red, complete set of two, full OG, NH, F/VF, SC #367-68

200.00

1934, Revolutionary Leaders, Sverdlov and Nogin, 10k ultra and 15k red, complete set of two, perfectly centered, full OG, LH, VF

100.00

1934, Dmitry Mendeleyev, 5k-20k, complete set of four, nice condition, full OG, NH, VF, SC #369-72

250.00

1934, Dmitry Mendeleyev, 5k-20k complete set of four, stamp of 15k with white spot on Mendeleyev's shoulder variety, full OG, VLH, VF

100.00

1934, First Decade without Lenin, 1k-30k, complete set of six, perfect quality in every respect, full OG, NH, VF, SC #381-86

250.00

1934, First Decade without Lenin, 1k-30k, complete set of six, full OG, previously hinged, VF

150.00

1935, Anti-War Propaganda issue, 5k-35k, complete set of five, fresh quality, full OG, NH, mostly VF, SC #387-91

350.00

1935, Anti-War Propaganda issue, 5k-35k, complete set of five, full OG, LH, VF

150.00

1935, Moscow Subway, 5k-20k, complete set of four, nicely centered and post office fresh, full OG, NH, VF, SC #402-05

400.00

1935, Moscow Subway, 5k-20k, complete set of four, minor perf irregularities at the top of 20k, flawless condition otherwise, full OG, NH, VF, SC #402-05

350.00

1935, Moscow Spartacist Games, 1k-40k, complete set of ten, flawless quality unit, full OG, NH, VF, SC #406-15

400.00

1935, Moscow Spartacist Games, 1k-40k, complete set of ten, nice and fresh, full OG, NH, VF, SC #406-15

300.00

1935, Moscow Spartacist Games, 1k-40k, complete set of ten, stamp of 4k with slight gum wrinkle, fresh quality, full OG, NH, mostly VF, SC #406-15

250.00

1935, Moscow Spartacist Games, Bicycling, 10k red and violet, wavy line in front of CCCP variety, full OG, previously hinged, VF and very scarce stamp in mint condition, SC #411 var

350.00

1935, Iranian Arts, 5k-35k, complete set of four, the high value is right sheet margin single, full OG, NH, VF, SC #421-24

150.00

1935, Iranian Arts, 5k-35k, complete set of four, flawless quality, full OG, NH, VF, SC #421-24

150.00

1935, Mikhail Kalinin, 3k-20k, complete set in blocks of four, 5k has usual uneven gum, full OG, NH, VF, SC #425- 28

150.00

1935, Revolutionary Heroes, Mikhail Frunze and Nikolai Bauman, two trial color perforated (13 3/4) proofs of 2k and 4k in gray green, printed on watermarked Borders and Rosettes paper with text at the bottom thinner then on issued stamps, no gum, probably removed from presentation cards, fresh, VF and rare, SC #432-33
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1936, Pioneers Helping Post, 1k-15k, complete set of six, perforation 11, full OG, NH, VF, SC #435-40

75.00

1936, Pioneers Helping Post, a single of 1k with perforation 14 and 3k with perforation 11 in block of four, each with watermark "1" at top margin, lower right stamp of block with a hint of toning, full OG, NH, VF, SC #435a, 437 var

75.00

1936, Pioneers Helping Post, 5k rose lake, two stamps with perforation 14, "thin sickle" and broken third "C" in "CCCP" varieties, full OG, LH or previously hinged, F/VF, SC #438A var
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75.00

1936, Pioneers Helping Post, 15k olive brown, perforation 11, "burned cheek" variety, full OG, NH, VF and a spectacular item, SC #440 Ka
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75.00

1937, Alexander Pushkin, 10k-40k, complete set of three, perforation 14, printed on chalk-surfaced paper, full OG, NH, VF, SC #445D-47D

250.00

1937, Alexander Pushkin, 10k-80k and 10k-1r, compete set of five (ordinary paper) and two complete sets of six, last ones with perforation L12 1/2 and 14x12 1/2, in addition 20k and 40k with perforation 14, full OG, NH(first set) or LH/hinged, mostly VF, SC #445-50, var

150.00

1937, Alexander Pushkin, imperforated trial color proof of 10k in rose carmine, printed on watermarked Borders and Rosettes paper, narrow margin on the left with nice margins at other sides, full OG, NH (!), fine and scarce

600.00

1937, Architectural Projects, 3k-50k, complete set of eight, full OG, mostly VF, SC #460-67

75.00

1937, Architectural Projects, 15k gray black, imperforated single with balanced margins, full OG, NH, VF, SC #463 Pa

750.00

1937, Architectural Projects, 40k violet, souvenir sheet of four without text at the top and bottom, size 120x92mm, pin-point translucent natural inclusion at the bottom margin, nice condition, full OG, NH, VF, expertized by Z. Mikulski, SC Block 3 Ta

1937, Felix Dzerzhinsky, 10k-80k, complete set in corner margin blocks of eight, full OG, NH, VF, SC #469-72

300.00

1938, Shota Rustaveli, 20k deep green, imperforated single with enlarged margin at the top, post office fresh quality, full OG, NH, VF and very scarce, SC #487 Pa

1937, definitive issue, farm worker 4k claret, bottom sheet margin block of four, full OG, NH, VF, SC #455

100.00

1937, definitive issue, farm worker 4k claret, horizontal imperforated pair printed on paper without watermark, balanced margins, full OG, NH, VF, SC #455 Pa

1936, definitive issue, factory worker 10k blue black, comb perforation 12x12 1/2, left sheet margin block of four containing two horizontal pairs imperforated between with left stamp in addition imperforated at the top and bottom due to breaks of vertical and horizontal perforation, full OG, NH, VF and a spectacular item, SC #441 var

300.00

1936, definitive issue, factory worker 10k blue black, perforation L12 1/2, block of nine, lower right stamp with a break in outer frame variety, full OG, NH, VF, SC #441A, var
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200.00

1936, definitive issue, factory worker 10k dark blue, right sheet margin imperforated single, full OG, previously hinged, VF, SC #441 Pa

400.00

1936, definitive issue, factory worker 10k dark blue, horizontal gutter pair with control line in the middle, slightly folded along the gutter, nice condition otherwise, full OG, NH, VF, each stamp with J. Stolow guarantee hs, SC #441 Pa var

1937, definitive issue, peasant 20k green, horizontal imperforated pair, printed on paper without watermark, ample to large margins all around, full OG, NH, VF, SC #458 Pa

800.00

1939, definitive issue, factory worker 30k claret, horizontal imperforated pair, balanced margins all around, full OG, NH, VF, SC #577 Pa

600.00

1936-37, definitive issue, Vladimir Lenin 40k indigo blue, right sheet margin imperforated single, control line on margin, full OG, previously hinged, VF, SC #443 Pa

150.00

1938, 20th Anniversary of the Red Army, 10k-1r, complete set of seven, full OG, NH, VF, SC #490-96

75.00

1938, 20th Anniversary of the Red Army, 10k-1r, complete set of seven, full OG, NH, F/VF centering, SC #490-96

75.00

1938, 20th Anniversary of the Red Army, 10k and 1r, first one is a single with blank label on the left, the other one in horizontal gutter pair, full OG, NH, VF, SC. #490, 496GP

100.00

1938, 20th Anniversary of the Red Army, 80k gray black and red, top sheet margin horizontal pair, imperforated between stamps, full OG, NH (marginal thin far away from the stamp), VF and very rare, SC #495 II Pc

1938, Second Trans-Atlantic Flight, 10k claret, balanced margin imperforated single, 2mm gum scratch at the bottom of right margin only, full OG, LH, VF, SC #501 Pa

200.00

1937-38, Coat of Arms of the Soviet Republics, complete set of 12, most with sheet margins, full OG, NH, VF, SC #481, 504-14

100.00

1938, Views of Crimea and Caucasus, 5k-1r, complete set of 12, some with sheet margins, full OG, NH, mostly VF, SC #526-37

100.00

1938, Views of Crimea and Caucasus, 5k-1r, complete set of 12, nice condition, full OG, NH, mainly VF, SC #526-37

100.00

1938, Balloons and Airplanes, 5k-1r, complete set of nine, full OG, NH, mainly VF, SC #538-46

100.00

1938, Moscow Subway, 10k-50k, complete set of five, nicely centered, full OG, NH, VF, SC #547-52

75.00

1938, 20th Anniversary of the Young Communist League, 50k carmine, top sheet margin unfolded block of four, full OG, NH, VF, SC #556

250.00

1938, Sports issue, 5k-80k, complete set of eight, full OG, NH, VF, SC #558-65

100.00

1939-40, Moscow Reconstruction, Flight to the Far East, Agriculture Exhibition (1r small perforation defect), Aviation Day, Great Personalities, Perekop and etc., 74 mint stamps of 16 complete issues, fresh condition, full OG, NH, mostly VF, Standard C.v. 98,000 rub=US$1,700
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300.00

1939, New York World Fair, 30k and 50k, perforated and imperforated complete sets in blocks of four, including perforated 50k of small size (32.5x21.5mm) stamps, full OG, NH, VF, SC #579-80, II, 581-82

100.00

1939, definitive issue, miner 5k red, right sheet margin block of four, top right stamp with "6" instead of "5" variety (white stroke on value tablet, position 60), full OG, NH, VF, SC #606, var
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100.00

1939, definitive issue, miner 5k red, perforation L12 1/2, top sheet margin block of four, full OG, NH, VF, SC #606A

150.00

1939, definitive issue, soldier 15k green, typo printing, perforation L12 1/2, block of four, full OG, NH, VF, SC #607A

200.00

1947, definitive issue, soldier 15k gray green, offset printing, left sheet margin single, imperforated on the left, slight gum waves, full OG, NH, VF, SC #1055 Pa

250.00

1947, definitive issue, aviator 30k gray blue, offset printing, comb perforation, left sheet margin single, imperforated on the left, insignificant usual gum waves, full OG, NH (LH on margin far away from the stamp), VF, SC #1056 Pb

100.00

1939, Mikhail Saltykov-Schedrin, 15k-60k, complete set in unfolded blocks of four, slight gum waves on 60k, fresh, full OG, NH, VF, SC #609-12

100.00

1939, Nikolai Chernyshevski, 30k violet, perforation L12 1/2, raster vertical diamonds, tiny thin at the top margin, large part of OG, hinged, VF appearance, SC #625A

100.00

1939, Nikolai Chernyshevski, 60k dark blue green, perforation L12 1/2, raster horizontal diamonds, bottom sheet margin single, full OG, NH, VF, SC #626A

75.00

1940, Anton Chekhov, 10k-30k, complete set in margin blocks of eight (4x2), nice condition, full OG, NH, VF, SC #627-30

200.00

1940, Arctic Voyage of Ice-Breaker "Georgy Sedov", 15k-1r, complete set in unfolded blocks of four, full OG, NH, VF, SC #636-39

150.00

1940, Vladimir Mayakovsky, 60k black blue, two stamps with perforation L12 1/2 and raster vertical diamonds, one is enlarged due to shift of horizontal perforation, full OG, NH, VF, SC #642(2)

150.00

1941, Battle at Perekop, 10k-1r, imperforated and perforated complete sets in blocks of four, some with sheet margins, full OG, NH, VF, SC #675-86

150.00

1941, Industrialization, Red Army and Navy (10k with comb perforation), Karelian Finnish Republic, Suvorov, Zhukovski and Kyrgyzstan, six complete issues, the total is 26 stamps, full OG, NH, mostly VF, C.v. 30,700rub

150.00

1941, Red Army and Navy, 5k-1r, set of six in horizontal or vertical (1) gutter pairs, all with perforation L12 1/2, tiny offset spot on one stamp of 15k, fresh, full OG, NH, VF, SC #694/701 GP

200.00

1941, Red Army and Navy, 5k-1r, complete set in unfolded blocks of four, most with sheet margins, 10k and 1r have perforation L12 1/2, full OG, NH, VF, SC #694/701

150.00

1941, Karelian Finnish Republic 30k carmine rose, comb perforation 12 1/2x12 instead of L12 1/2, slight facial abrasion, fresh condition, full OG, NH, VF, SC #707A

100.00

1941, Karelian Finnish Republic, 45k dark green, smooth scroll variety, full OG, NH, VF, SC #708 (2)

75.00