1923, Agriculture Exhibition, imperforated and perforated complete sets of four, full OG, NH, mostly VF

75.00

1924, Lenin Mourning issue, 20k red and black, horizontal pair with narrow frame variety, full OG, NH, VF

400.00

1924, Lenin Mourning issue, imperforated (wide frame) and perforated complete sets of four, all are corner sheet margin exemplars, full OG, NH, VF

100.00

1924, Lenin Mourning issue, imperforated complete set in left sheet margin blocks of six (3x2), wide frame, full OG, NH, VF

400.00

1924, Lenin Mourning issue, 3k red and black, perforated bottom left corner sheet margin block of six (2x3), lower left stamp with deformed tie variety (position 41), full OG, NH, VF

100.00

1924, worker 4k carmine, typo printing, right sheet margin imperforated block of four with double impression, full OG, NH, VF

500.00

1924-25, worker 20k green, typo printing, imperforated exemplar with large part of adjoined stamp at the top, invalidating perforation, full OG, NH, VF

75.00

1924-25, peasant, 2k green, typo printing, right sheet margin imperforated block of four with double impression, full OG, NH, VF, C.v. ?12,000++

1924-25, worker 2r green and rose, left sheet margin imperforated block of four with double impression, invalidating perforation across the design, full OG, NH, VF

150.00

1925, worker 8k dark olive brown, typo printing, perforation 12, nice flawless condition, full OG, NH, VF

750.00

1925, soldier 1r red and brown, typo printing, perforation 12 1/2, full OG, LH, VF, C.v. $1,500

750.00

1924-25, soldier 3r dark brown and green, type I, five postally used exemplars, including all possible varieties of this stamp, minor flaws, still F/VF and scarce assembly

500.00

1924-25, soldier 3r dark brown and green, type I, top left corner sheet margin imperforated stamp, partial double impression placed upside down and mirrored, in addition fragmentary print on reverse, otherwise full OG, NH, F/VF and rare

1924-25, worker 5r dark blue and gray brown, perforation 13 1/2, imperforated on the right (trimmed margin), postal cancellation, VF and scarce

400.00

1925, Lenin Mausoleum, imperforated and perforated complete sets of four, full OG, NH, F/VF

100.00

1925, Lenin Mausoleum, imperforated plate proof of 7k in red brown, horizontal pair, printed on thick government paper with text on reverse, no gum as produced, NH, VF

400.00

1925, Lenin Mausoleum, 14k gray green, well-margined imperforated block of four, the "key" value of the set, full OG, NH, VF

100.00

1925, Vladimir Lenin, 5r brown red, perforation 13 1/2, horizontal position of watermark "Borders and Rosettes", block of four, full OG, NH, VF

300.00

1925, Vladimir Lenin, 5r and 10r, imperforated complete set of two, watermark "Borders and Rosettes", both are left sheet margin exemplars, full OG, NH, VF

75.00

1925-27, 1k-5r, perforated complete set of 22, including both 10k stamps, printed on watermarked "Borders and Rosettes" paper, several with sheet margins, full OG, NH, mostly VF

150.00

1926, worker 8k olive brown, litho printing, pane of 25 with margins at the top and bottom, horizontal invalidating perforation across the design, full OG, NH, VF

75.00

1925, Academy of Sciences, complete set in blocks of four, 15k originated from a sheet with horizontal gutter, full OG, NH, VF

150.00

1925, Aleksandr Popov, imperforated proof of 20k in olive brown, printed on security paper with text on reverse, facial ink soiling, otherwise no gum as produced, F/VF appearance

75.00

1925, Decembrist Mutiny, perforated complete set of three, used together with three other values on registered cover from Moscow to Switzerland in 1932, postmarked on arrival, VF

75.00

1925, Revolution of 1905, imperforated and perforated complete sets of three, full OG, NH, VF

75.00

1926, Vladimir Lenin, 2r black violet, perforation L10 1/2, printed on watermarked "Borders and Rosettes" paper, block of four, full OG, NH, VF

150.00

1926, Vladimir Lenin, 3r dark green, perforation L10 1/2, printed on watermarked "Borders and Rosettes" paper, block of four, full OG, NH, F/VF centering

200.00

1927, machine advertising arrival marking with the text reads: "Boevik Armenkino "Zare" rezhisser A. Bek-Nazarov" (Action Movie of Armenian Film Studio "Zare" by producer A. Bek-Nazarov), applied ona cover from Leningrad to Moscow, all appropriate markings, minor soiling, still F/VF and very scarce

100.00

1927, black or red surcharges on commemorative stamps, complete set of six, full OG, NH, VF

100.00

1927, black or red surcharge 8k on commemorative stamps, complete set of six, blocks of four, some with sheet margins, in addition blocks of Popov and Revolution of 1905, the last one with counterfeited perforation L12 1/2, all are nice and unfolded, full OG, NH, VF

500.00

1927, red surcharge 8k on Aleksandr Popov 7k blue, left sheet margin horizontal pair, right stamp with inverted "8" variety, full OG, NH, VF, several expert's hs on reverse

100.00

1927, 10th Anniversary of the October Revolution, 5k brown, bottom sheet margin imperforated block of four with enlarged side edges, two vertical invalidating perforation lines, full OG, NH, VF

500.00

1927, 10th Anniversary of the October Revolution, 14k blue and red, left sheet margin block of four, broken "P" in "Poshta" variety at the top right stamp, full OG, NH, VF

100.00

1927, 10th Anniversary of the October Revolution, 18k blue, right sheet margin imperforated block of four with part of adjoining stamps at the top, two vertical invalidating perforation lines, full OG, NH, VF

600.00

1927, 10th Anniversary of the October Revolution, 18k blue, bottom left corner sheet margin block of four with full offset of the design on gum side, two vertical invalidating perforation lines, full OG, NH, VF

150.00

1927, the second definitive issue, Vladimir Lenin, 18k blue and 18k olive green, blocks of four, full OG, NH, VF

100.00

1927, the second definitive issue, peasant 80k orange, right sheet margin horizontal pair, right stamp with broken ornament under "Pochta" variety (position 80), full OG, NH, VF

100.00

1928-29, Vladimir Lenin and Pioneer Assembly, two complete sets, full OG, NH, VF

100.00

1928-29, Vladimir Lenin, 5r brown red, perforation L10 1/2, printed on watermarked "Lozenges" paper, top right corner margin block of four, full OG, NH, VF

100.00

1928-29, Vladimir Lenin, 10r indigo blue, perforation 10 1/2, watermark "Lozenges", block of four, full OG, NH, VF

100.00

1928-29, Vladimir Lenin, 10r indigo blue, perforation 10 1/2, watermark "Lozenges", right sheet margin horizontal pair, imperforated on the right, full OG, LH, VF

1929, Pioneer Assembly, complete set of two, stamp of 10k originated from a sheet with horizontal gutter, full OG, NH, VF

100.00

1929, Pioneer Assembly, complete set in sheet margin blocks of four, stamp of 10k printed on thick paper, full OG, NH, VF

200.00

1929-31, the third definitive issue, 1k-3r, complete set of 17, including both 1r stamps, full OG, NH, F/VF

150.00

1930, Educational Exhibition, 10k olive green, top sheet margin block of four, full OG, NH, F/VF

75.00

1930, Volkhov Power Station, 3r green and brown black, comb perforation 12x12 1/2, nicely centered, full OG, NH, VF

100.00

1931-32, the third definitive issue, 1k-1r, imperforated complete set of nine, all but 15k are sheet margin stamps, post office fresh, full OG, NH, VF

300.00

1931-32, the third definitive issue, 1k-1r, imperforated complete set of nine, balanced margins, full OG, LH or previously hinged, VF, C.v. $352

100.00

1932-33, Maxim Gorki, complete set in blocks of four, 35k has two tips separation on the right, full OG, NH, VF

300.00

1932-33, 15th Anniversary of the October Revolution, complete set of seven, most with sheet margins, full OG, NH, mostly VF

200.00

1933, Karl Marx, complete set of three, all are margin exemplars, slightly cracked full OG, NH, VF

75.00

1933, Karl Marx, 35k brown violet, double impression of the background variety, full OG, LH, VF, very unusual and rare item
Click here to see enlarged fragment

750.00

1933, Leningrad Philatelic Exhibition, surcharged issue, complete set of two, full OG, LH, VF, C.v. $385

150.00

1933, Leningrad Philatelic Exhibition, red surcharge 70k on 35k ultramarine, bottom right corner exemplar with deformed "d" and comma of surcharge, full OG, NH, VF
Click here to see enlarged fragment

200.00

1933, Ethnographic issue, trial color proof of 1k in gray blue, perforation 11 1/2, removed from a presentation card with a part of letter "P" (Project) at the bottom, VF and rare

1933, Ethnographic issue, 14k, 15k orange and 30k, three stamps with misplaced horizontal or vertical perforation, CTO with full OG or neatly cancelled (15k), fresh, VF

250.00

1933, Ethnographic issue, 15k orange, horizontal position of watermark "Borders and Rosettes", block of four, full OG, NH, VF

100.00

1933, Baku Commissars, complete set of five, uneven full OG as always exists, LH, VF, C.v. $198

75.00

1933, Baku Commissars, 20k violet, bottom sheet margin copy, imperforated at the bottom, full OG, LH, VF and scarce

750.00

1933, Baku Commissars, 20k dark violet, right margin vertical imperforated pair, Moscow cancellation, VF and rare

1933, Baku Commissars, trial color proof of 20k in red, printed on watermarked "Borders and Rosettes" paper, perforation 14, gummed, fresh, VF

1933, Baku Commissars, 40k carmine, left sheet margin exemplar, imperforated on the left, full OG, LH, VF and scarce

1933, Baku Commissars, trial color proof of 40k in red, printed on watermarked "borders and rosettes" paper, perforation 14, gummed, VF

1934, Lenin Mausoleum, complete set of five, full OG, NH (35k) or LH, VF

75.00

1934, Ivan Fedorov, complete set of two, full OG, NH, F/VF, C.v. $150

75.00

1934, Dmitry Mendeleev, complete set of four, full OG, LH, mostly VF, C.v. $350

100.00

1935, Anti-War Propaganda issue, complete set of five, full OG, LH, VF, C.v. $515

200.00

1935, Anti-War Propaganda issue, complete set of five, expertly regummed, fresh condition, VF appearance

150.00

1935, Moscow Spartacist Games, 1k-40k, complete set of ten, pin-point paper inclusion on 15k, post office fresh, full OG, NH, VF, C.v. $1,100

500.00

1934, Moscow Spartacist Games, Diving, trial color proof of 2k in black and brown, reduced format, perforation 10 1/2, text at the top reads "1934" instead of "CCCP", probably removed from a presentation card, slight top left corner imperfection, fresh, no gum, VF and scarce

1935, Moscow Spartacist Games, Bicycling, 10k rose red and violet, wavy line in front of CCCP variety, full OG, NH, VF

500.00

1935, Moscow Spartacist Games, Skating, 20k black brown and ultra, indistinct star variety, full OG, NH, VF, a common stamp is added for comparison, expertized by Raybaudi

100.00

1935, Mikhail Kalinin, trial color proof of 20k in blue black, perforation 10 1/2, gummed, fresh condition, VF and scarce

1936, Pioneers Helping Post, 3k gray blue, perforation 11, top sheet margin copy, imperforated at the top, full OG, NH (VLH on margin far away from the stamp), VF

500.00

1937, Alexander Pushkin, complete set of six, 80k with sheet margin, perforation 14x12 1/2, full OG, NH, F/VF

150.00

1937, Alexander Pushkin, 10k yellow brown and 40k lilac, perforation 14, two horizontal pairs, full OG, NH, VF

400.00

1937, Alexander Pushkin, 10k yellow brown, perforation 12 1/2, top sheet margin vertical pair, horizontal perforation from above is misplaced, full OG, NH, VF

100.00

1937, Alexander Pushkin, imperforated trial color proof of 20k in carmine rose, printed on watermarked "Borders and Rosettes" paper, full OG, previously hinged, VF

1937, Alexander Pushkin, imperforated trial color proof of 50k in yellow brown, printed on watermarked "Borders and Rosettes" paper, full OG, hinged, VF

1937, Architectural Projects, 10k dark brown, appropriate four-side margins imperforated stamp, full OG, NH, VF, Soviet Philatelic guarantee hs

400.00

1937, Architectural Projects, 15k black, nicely margined imperforated exemplar, full OG, NH, VF, Soviet Philatelic guarantee has on reverse

750.00

1937, Architectural Projects, 40k violet, right sheet margin vertical imperforated strip of four, minor marginal flaws, unused, no gum, VF

1937, worker 1k orange, printed on paper without watermark, block of four, top right stamp with a dot under portrait variety, full OG, NH, VF
Click here to see enlarged fragment

100.00

1937, soldier 5k orange brown, printed on paper without watermark, block of four, perfect quality, full OG, NH, VF

400.00

1937, factory worker, farm worker and Lenin, 10k, 20k and 40k, set of three in blocks of four, in addition block of 10k with perforation L12 1/2, full OG, NH, VF

100.00

1936-37, factory worker 10k blue black, typo printing, comb perforation 12 x12 1/2, right sheet margin horizontal pair with strongly misplaced vertical perforation, full OG, NH, VF

250.00

1937, worker 10k olive green, printed on paper without watermark, block of four, nice condition, full OG, NH, VF

400.00

1939, Vladimir Lenin, 3r dark green, printed on paper without watermark, bottom left corner margin block of four with control marking on bottom margin, full OG, NH, VF

100.00

1937, Steel Founder, stationery envelope 50k blue on gray watermarked "wavy lines" paper, fresh, unused, VF

100.00

1938, 20th Anniversary of the Red Army, 50k gray black and red, printed on ordinary paper, large part of OG, VF

100.00

1938, 20th Anniversary of the Red Army, 50k gray black and red, right sheet margin exemplar, imperforated on the right, CTO with full OG, VF

200.00

1938, 20th Anniversary of the Red Army, 80k gray black and red, bottom sheet margin exemplar, imperforated at the bottom, full OG, NH, VF

1200.00

1938, First Trans-Atlantic Flight, 20k gray black and red, right margin imperforated exemplar, full OG, LH, VF

600.00

1938, First Trans-Atlantic Flight, 50k brown violet and red, well margined imperforated stamp, slight gum crease and 3mm scissors' separation at the top margin, large part of OG, LH, VF appearance

250.00

1938, Second Trans-Atlantic Flight, complete set in blocks of four, perfect condition, full OG, NH, VF

200.00

1938, Child Welfare, complete set of seven, small perforation irregularity on 10k, full OG, NH, mostly VF, each stamp with Soviet Philatelic guarantee hs, C.v. $150

75.00

1938, Views of Crimea and Caucasus, complete set of 12, fresh condition, full OG, NH, mostly VF, C.v. $225

150.00

1938, View of Gurzuf, 50k dark green, bottom sheet margin horizontal pair, imperforated between stamps, full OG, LH, VF and scarce

1938, Balloons and Planes, complete set in sheet margin blocks of four, slight usual gum waves without creasing, post office fresh, full OG, NH, VF
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1938, Youth Communists, 80k dark blue, broken frame at the bottom by blue stroke variety, full OG, NH, VF
Click here to see enlarged fragment

75.00

1938, Sports issue, complete set of eight, nice quality, full OG, NH, mostly VF, C.v. $350

150.00

1939, Reconstruction of Moscow, complete set of seven, nice condition, full OG, NH, VF, C.v. $150

100.00

1939, Soviet Pavilion on NY World's Fair, perforated and imperforated complete sets in corner sheet margin blocks of four, full OG, NH, VF

75.00

1939-40, miner, soldier and aviator, 5k, 15k and 30k, typo printing, perforation L12 1/2, complete set in top sheet margin blocks of four, slight gum wave on 15k, post office fresh, full OG, NH, VF

600.00

1939, soldier 15k dark green, typo printing, re-entry with incomplete shading and white outline of soldier, full OG, previously hinged, F/VF, a common stamp is added for comparison

200.00

1947, soldier 15k gray green, offset printing, top left corner margin block of four, full OG, NH (VLH on margin only), VF and scarce multiple

750.00

1940, Ice-Breaker "Georgy Sedov", 30k dark violet, comb perforation, raster horizontal diamonds, block of four, slight usual gum wrinkles without creasing and paper inclusion at the bottom right stamp, fresh condition, full OG, NH, VF and scarce multiple

1000.00

1940, Konstantin Timiryazev, 15k purple, small size 33.5x22mm, top right corner sheet margin block of four with full offset of the design on reverse, full OG, NH, VF

400.00

1940, All-Union Agriculture Exhibition, complete set of 17, stamps of 50k and 60k with gutter at the top or on the right, post office fresh, full OG, NH, VF, the high value with Soviet Philatelic guarantee hs, C.v. $175

100.00

1940, All-Union Agriculture Exhibition, seven vertical se-tenant pairs (six different), several items slightly folded along perforation, fresh condition, full OG, NH, VF

250.00

1940, All-Union Agriculture Exhibition, five horizontal se-tenant pairs, two pieces slightly folded along perforation, in addition three se-tenant duplicates, each one with small defects, full OG, NH, VF

200.00

1940, All-Union Agriculture Exhibition, se-tenant block of eight, contains block of four different designs in the middle, several very light gum spots and folds along perforation, otherwise fresh, full OG, NH, VF

250.00

1940, All-Union Agriculture Exhibition, vertical se-tenant strip of six, sheet margins at the top and bottom, folded once in the middle along horizontal perforation, one stamp with very light toned spot, full OG, NH, VF

500.00

1940, All-Union Agriculture Exhibition, se-tenant block of eight, contains block of four different designs in the middle, folded once along horizontal perforation, full OG, NH, VF

350.00

1941, Industrialization, 10k dark blue, comb perforation, raster vertical diamonds, slightly streaky full OG, NH, VF

150.00

1941, Red Army and Navy, set of four values in horizontal or vertical gutter pairs, 10k has line perforation, slight gum wave on 50k, full OG, NH or LH (10k), VF

100.00

1941, Kirghizian Soviet Republic, two complete sets in blocks of four, comb and line perforation, full OG, NH, VF

400.00

1941, Nikolai Zhukovski, complete set in blocks of four, full OG, NH, VF

100.00

1941, Vassily Surikov, complete set of five, full OG, NH, F/VF centering, C.v. $250

100.00