1923, Agriculture Exhibition, imperforated complete set in blocks of four, full OG, previously hinged, VF

75.00

1923, 1k-1r, complete set of ten, litho printing, mostly sheet margin copies, full OG, NH, VF

100.00

1923, 1k-1r, complete set of ten, litho printing, blocks of four, most with sheet margins, full OG, NH, VF

500.00

1924, Lenin Mourning issue, imperforated complete set in blocks of four, wide frame, full OG, NH, VF

300.00

1924, Lenin Mourning issue, 20k black and red, narrow frame variety, right sheet margin imperforated copy, full OG, VLH, VF

100.00

1924-25, peasant, imperforated proof of 50k in brown (issued color), horizontal pair printed on thick paper, no gum as produced, NH, VF and scarce

1924-25, 2k-1r, set of 14 values, including 5k, 14k and 50k, typo printing, perforation 14 1/2x15, full OG, LH or previously hinged, F/VF

100.00

1924-25, peasant 15k lemon yellow, perforation 14 1/2x15, typo printing, nice and fresh copy in every respect, full OG, LH, VF and scarce, C.v. $27,500

1924-25, peasant 15k lemon yellow, perforation 14 1/2x15, typo printing, neat Moscow postal cancellation, VF, C.v. $150

100.00

1925, 1k-50k, 21 stamps of typo printing, perforation 12, representing two or three color shades for each denomination, full OG, LH or previously hinged, F/VF

100.00

1925-26, large size parcel card from Kazan to Baku, franked by total of 369 regular values, including large blocks of 30k and 40k with perforation 12, several folds, generally nice, clean and unusual postal history item, F/VF
Click here to see the unfolded inside part of the parcel

250.00

1925, soldier 10k dark blue, perforation 12, printed on thin chalk-surfaced paper, some perforation irregularities on the right, generally fresh, full OG, NH, VF and very rare

1925, soldier 1r red and brown, perforation 12, bottom left corner margin horizontal pair, perfect multiple in every respect, full OG, NH, VF and rare

1924-25, soldier 3r dark brown green, typo printing, type I, perforation 13 1/2 x 13 1/2 x 13 1/2 x 10, postally used, slight horizontal crease, mostly VF and very rare

1925, Lenin Mausoleum, imperforated complete set of four, each stamp with black handstamp overprint "Specimen", removed from a presentation card, VF and scarce

300.00

1925, Lenin Mausoleum, 7k deep blue, perforated copy with blue spot over "CCCP" variety, full OG, LH, F/VF, Mi #292 IV

100.00

1925, Lenin, 5r brown red and 10r indigo, imperforated complete set in left sheet margin blocks of four, block of 10r with printer's marking on margin, full OG, NH, VF

300.00

1925-27, 1k-5r, perforated complete set of 22, including both 10k stamps, and 2r value with perforation 14 1/2, printed on watermarked paper, some with sheet margins, full OG, NH, F/VF

150.00

1925, soldier 3r dark brown and green, two stamps of types I and II, printed on watermarked paper, perforation 12 1/2, first one with minor perf irregularities at the top, full OG, LH, VF

200.00

1926, 7k-5r, imperforated complete set of eight, typo printing on paper without watermark, full OG, NH, VF

75.00

1926, 1k-5r, imperforated complete set of 20, printed on watermarked paper, some with sheet margins, full OG, NH, VF

150.00

1925, Academy of Sciences, complete set of two, top left corner margin vertical pairs, full OG, NH, VF

75.00

1925, Academy of Sciences, complete set of two perforated proofs, printed on thick paper without watermark, full OG, NH, VF

200.00

1925, Revolution of 1905, 7k brown, perforation L12 1/2, horizontal pair imperforated vertically between stamps and on the right, horizontal watermark, which exists only on perforated stamps, postally used, minor perforationirregularities, still F/VF and scarce

250.00

1926, Lenin, 1r-3r, complete set of three, perforation 10 1/2, horizontal watermark, full OG, NH, VF

75.00

1927, Lenin 3r dark green, watermark "Borders and Rosettes", horizontal pair, used together with three other definitive stamps on COD registered cover from Stalingrad to Tiflis, triangle label reads"Nalozhennyi platezh", all appropriate markings minor conveyance flaws, VF

100.00

1927, surcharge 8k on regular, commemorative and postage due stamps, three complete sets, the total is 23 stamps, full OG, NH, F/VF

200.00

1927, black surcharge 8k on soldier 7k brown on watermarked paper, stamp design and surcharge printed on gum side, left sheet margin vertical pair, full OG, NH, VF

400.00

1927, inverted black surcharge 8k on soldier 7k brown, printed on watermarked paper, bottom left corner margin copy, full OG, NH, VF, a gorgeous stamp

150.00

1927, red surcharge 8k on Popov 7k blue, inverted "8" of surcharge variety, full OG, LH, F/VF

75.00

1927, surcharge (type I) 8k on postage due 1k red, typo printing on paper without watermark, shift of the second line of surcharge to the left, appears as type II, which known only inverted, full OG, VLH, VF and a scarce stamp

300.00

1927, surcharge (type II) 8k on postage due 2k violet, litho printing on paper without watermark, perforation 12, full OG, very light trace of hinge, appears NH, VF and rare

1927, inverted surcharge (type II) 8k on Postage Due 2k violet, typo printing on paper without watermark, full OG, NH, VF, Soviet Philatelic guarantee hs

150.00

1927, inverted surcharge (type II) 8k on Postage Due 3k light blue, litho printing on paper without watermark, perforation 12, top sheet margin copy, full OG, NH, F/VF, Soviet Philatelic guarantee hs

150.00

1927, inverted surcharge (type II) 8k on Postage Due 8k green, typo printing on paper without watermark, top right corner margin copy, full OG, NH, VF, Soviet Philatelic guarantee hs

150.00

1927, surcharge (type I) 8k on 10k dark blue, litho printing on paper without watermark, perforation 12, full OG, LH, VF

100.00

1927, inverted surcharge (type II) 8k on Postage Due 14k brown, litho printing on paper without watermark, top sheet margin copy, full OG, NH, VF, Soviet Philatelic guarantee hs

150.00

1927, surcharge (type I) 8k on 2k violet, printed on watermarked paper, "c" instead of the first "o" in "Pochtovaia" variety, full OG, NH, VF

100.00

1927, inverted surcharge (type II) 8k on Postage Due 7k orange, typo printing on watermarked paper, right sheet margin copy, full OG, NH, VF, Soviet Philatelic guarantee hs

150.00

1927, surcharge (type I) 8k on 10k dark blue, printed on watermarked paper, block of four, top left stamp with "Pochtosaia" variety of surcharge, full OG, NH, VF

150.00

1927, 10th Anniversary of October Revolution, 3k carmine, strongly misperforated right sheet margin horizontal strip of three, CTO with full OG, VF

100.00

1927, 10th Anniversary of October Revolution, 5k brown, bottom sheet margin vertical pair, omitted horizontal perforation between stamps and at the bottom, two lines of vertical perforation across the design, full OG, NH, VF

150.00

1927, 10th Anniversary of October Revolution, 5k brown, bottom right corner margin imperforated copy, full OG, NH, VF, a beautiful item

1927, 10th Anniversary of October Revolution, 7k myrtle green, printed on watermarked paper, left sheet margin vertical imperforated pair, full OG, NH, VF and scarce

1927, 10th Anniversary of October Revolution, 8k brown and black, block of four with two se-tenant stamps at the bottom, strong misperf remaining one horizontal pair partly imperforated, full OG, NH, VF

250.00

1927-28, 1k-80k, the second regular issue, complete set of 15, full OG, NH, F/VF

100.00

1927, worker 10k brown, horizontal imperforated pair, right stamp with 2mm marginal fixed tear at the top right corner, nevertheless fresh and nice, full OG, NH, VF and very rare, especially in pair

1929, bilingual pre-printed cover from Committee of Aid for Armenia to Caucasian Department of the Soviet Philatelic Association, sent from Yerevan to Tiflis, franked by worker 10k brown, endorsed "Confidential",stitched and sealed with wax, machine arrival ds on reverse, mostly VF
Click here to see the back side

100.00

1928, 10th Anniversary of the Red Army, 8k light brown, bottom right corner margin horizontal imperforated pair, slight marginal wrinkles not touching the stamps, full OG, NH, VF, a spectacular piece

1928-29, Lenin, 3r-10r, complete set of three, rough as usual perforation 10 1/2, full OG, NH, F/VF

75.00

1929, Pioneer's Assembly, 10k olive brown, perforation 12 1/2x12x10 1/2x12, full OG, previously hinged, F/VF

100.00

1929, farm worker 4k claret, printed on watermarked paper, top right corner margin copy, imperforated on the right, full OG, LH, VF and scarce

400.00

1929, worker 10k olive green, right sheet margin copy, imperforated on the right, printed on paper with horizontal position of watermark (imperforated stamp of 10k exists only with vertical watermark), full OG, NH, VF

500.00

1929, Tractors, 10k olive green, double impression on the right as a result of printing plate shift, full OG, LH, fine and a spectacular error

100.00

1929, Magnitogorsk Metallurgical Works, hand-painted essay of unaccepted design in Indian ink on thin cardboard, size 87x133mm, value tablet blank, VF and probably unique, ex the John L. Briggs Collection, Raritan Stamps guarantee (2007)

1930, Revolution of 1905, perforated and imperforated complete sets of three in vertical or horizontal pairs, full OG, NH (perforated) or LH, VF

100.00

1931-32, 1k-1r, imperforated complete set of nine, full OG, LH or previously hinged, F/VF, C.v. $352

100.00

1931, soldier 5k orange brown, bottom sheet margin imperforated block of four, bottom left stamp with a spot over right value tablet (position 97), full OG, NH, VF

150.00

1932, Maxim Gorki, 15k dark brown, left sheet margin imperforated copy, full OG, NH, VF, C.v. $200 as hinged

150.00

1932, Maxim Gorki, 15k dark brown, bottom sheet margin horizontal imperforated pair, full OG, NH, VF

300.00

1933, Karl Marx, complete set of three, full OG, NH, F/VF

75.00

1933, Leningrad Philatelic Exhibition, complete set of two, each stamp without a dot after "g" variety, minor perf irregularities, full OG, LH or previously hinged, VF

250.00

1933, Ethnographic issue, set of six in blocks of four, full OG, NH, F/VF

300.00

1933, Russians, 15k orange, right sheet margin block of four, bottom right stamp with extra "pipe" on tractor variety, one stamp with slight gum crease, full OG, NH, VF

150.00

1934, Ethnographic issue, 1k-10k, ten stamps used together with peasant 20k green on registered air mail cover from Moscow to USA via Berlin, appropriate transit and arrival markings, F/VF

150.00

1933, Order of the Red Banner, 20k multicolored, a spot between "1" and "8" in "1918", full OG, LH, VF

100.00

1933, Baku Commissars, complete set of five, full original uneven gum, LH, VF, C.v. $197.50

100.00

1933, Baku Commissars, 20k dark purple, perforation 14x14x10 1/2x14, bottom left corner margin copy, full OG, NH, VF

500.00

1934, Lenin Mausoleum, complete set of five, full OG, NH, fine, C.v. $300

120.00

1934, Lenin Mausoleum and Ivan Fedorov, two complete sets, full OG, LH, F/VF, C.v. $199.50

100.00

1934, Sverdlov, Nogin, complete set of two, full OG, LH or previously hinged, F/VF

100.00

1934, First Decade without Lenin, complete set of six, full OG, LH, VF, C.v. $199

150.00

1935, Anti-War Propaganda issue, complete set of five, full OG, NH (5k and 20k) or hinged, F/VF, C.v. $515

200.00

1935, Moscow Subway, complete set of four, stamps of 5k and 20k with insignificant toned spots, fresh, full OG, NH, VF appearance, C.v. $1,400
Click here to see the back side

300.00

1935, Moscow Subway, complete set of four, full OG, previously hinged, F/VF, C.v. $460

200.00

1935, Engels and Iranian Arts, two complete sets of four, full OG, LH or previously hinged, mostly VF, C.v. $200

100.00

1935, Moscow Spartacist Games, complete set of ten, nice and clean, full OG, NH, mostly VF, C.v. $1,100

500.00

1935, Moscow Spartacist Games, complete set of ten, full OG, LH or previously hinged, F/VF, C.v. $435.50

200.00

1935, Moscow Spartacist Games, complete set of ten, full OG, LH or previously hinged, F/VF, C.v. $435.50

200.00

1935, Bicycling, 10k carmine and violet, wavy line in front of CCCP variety, lightly cancelled, VF

200.00

1935, Skating, 20k black brown and ultra, white dot under first "C" in "CCCP" variety, full OG, LH, VF

100.00

1935, Leo Tolstoy, 3k olive black and violet, perforation 14, bottom sheet margin horizontal pair, watermark "1" on margin and partly on stamps, full OG, NH, VF

100.00

1935, M. Frunze, 2k purple, left sheet margin imperforated copy, paper scuff on margin far away from the stamp, full OG, NH, VF and scarce

1935, N. Bauman, 4k lilac, right sheet margin imperforated copy, full OG, NH, VF

100.00

1936, Pioneers Helping Post, 10k bright blue, perforation 11, block of four with missing vertical perforation between stamps, CTO with full OG, VF and scarce

1937, Alexander Pushkin, complete set of five, printed on ordinary paper, full OG, NH, VF

100.00

1937, Alexander Pushkin, 10k yellow brown, perforation L12, top sheet margin copy, imperforated at the top, neat corner cancellation, VF

100.00

1937, Alexander Pushkin, 10k yellow brown, perforation 12 1/2, two copies, each one with a spot variety, lightly cancelled or CTO with full OG, VF

100.00

1937, Architectural Projects, 3k brown lilac, left sheet margin imperforated copy, full OG, NH, VF

300.00

1937, Architectural Projects, 5k orange brown, top right corner margin imperforated copy, minor marginal gum wrinkles, full OG, NH, VF, a spectacular item, Soviet Philatelic guarantee hs

300.00

1937, Architectural Projects, 10k black brown, top left corner margin imperforated copy, minor usual gum wrinkles, fresh and nice, full OG, NH, VF

600.00

1937, Architectural Projects, 15k black, top margin imperforated copy, bottom right corner crease, still a collectible copy of this scarce stamp, full OG, NH, VF appearance

200.00

1937, Architectural Projects, 20k dark black green, left sheet margin copy, perforation cut at three sides from unrecorded fantail, tiny natural inclusion, full OG, NH, F/VF appearance

100.00

1937, Architectural Projects, 40k violet, top sheet margin imperforated copy, two pin-point natural inclusions at the margin, full OG, NH, VF and scarce

1937, Architectural Projects, 50k dark brown, top sheet margin imperforated copy, some usual gum wrinkles, nevertheless fresh and nice stamp, full OG, NH, VF

Lot includes lots #908-914 offered as one lot with Starting Bid 10% higher then total realization price of these seven lots

1937, Architectural Projects, 30k gray black, perforation 11, block of four, some usual gum waves without creasing, full OG, NH, VF

400.00

1937, Dzerzhinsky, 10k yellow brown, top left corner margin block of four, imperforated vertically between stamps and on the left, neat central cancellation, two tips perf separation between stamps on the right, VF

500.00

1937, Dzerzhinsky, 10k yellow brown, bottom left corner sheet margin horizontal pair, missing vertical perforation between stamps and on the left, in addition missing horizontal perforation at the bottom, neatly cancelled, VF and extremely rare

1938, Shota Rustaveli, 20k green, nice margins imperforated copy, full OG, LH, VF and very scarce

1938, farm worker 4k claret, printed on paper without watermark, right sheet margin block of four, full OG, NH, VF

300.00

1937, soldier 5k orange brown, printed on paper without watermark, tiny natural inclusion invisible from the face, full OG, NH, VF

100.00

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

500.00

1938, worker 10k olive green, printed on paper without watermark, left sheet margin copy, full OG, NH, F/VF

100.00

1939, Factory Worker, 30k claret, printed on paper without watermark, block of four, full OG, NH, VF

100.00

1938, Lenin 40k indigo, balanced margins imperforated copy, full OG, NH, VF

150.00

1937, Lenin, 40k indigo, top right corner margin imperforated block of four, nice and fresh, full OG, NH or LH (two top stamps), VF

1938, North Pole Flight, Papanin, 1st and 2nd Trans-Atlantic Flights, four complete sets, the total is 15 stamps, full OG, NH, F/VF, C.v. $335

200.00

1938, North Pole Flight, 10k black and pale brown, background is strongly shifted to the right, CTO with full OG, VF, a common stamp is added for comparison

100.00

1938, North Pole Flight, complete set of four, used on registered illustrated with Polar themes cover from Moscow to USA, postmarked on arrival, VF

100.00

1938, 20th Anniversary of the Red Army, complete set of seven, in addition stamp of 1r on ordinary paper, full OG, NH, mostly VF

75.00

1938, 20th Anniversary of the Red Army, 1r black and carmine, block of four, each stamp has Soviet Emblem partly unprinted, full OG, NH, VF

150.00

1937-38, Coat of Arms of the Soviet Republics, complete set of 12, full OG, NH, mostly VF, C.v. $350

100.00

1938, Child Welfare, complete set of seven, full OG, NH, mostly VF, C.v. $150

75.00

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

150.00

1938, Hydroplane, 40k deep blue, white spot (bomb) under left wing variety, full OG, LH, fine

100.00

1938, Moscow Subway, complete set of six, full OG, NH, F/VF, C.v. $110

75.00

1938, Sports issue, complete set of eight, some with sheet margins, full OG, NH, VF, C.v. $350

150.00

1939 Year, complete set of 57 stamps, full OG, NH, F/VF or better, C.v. $838

500.00

1939, Non-Stop Flight to the Far East, imperforated complete set of three, nice margins all around, the stamp of 15k has insignificant gum wrinkles, fresh, full OG, previously hinged, VF and rare
Click here to see the back side

1939, Taras Shevchenko, complete set in sheet margin blocks of four, one stamp of 60k block with negligible gum disturbance, full OG, NH, VF, C.v. $200++

150.00

1939, Agriculture Exhibition, complete set of ten in vertical or horizontal pairs, comb perforation on 10k, 20k and 60k, all others have line perforation, one stamp of 30k orange has slight crease, otherwise fresh, full OG, NH, VF, C.v. $350++

100.00

1939, Agriculture Exhibition, small size illustrated postcard, sent from Moscow to Leningrad, appropriately franked with 20k slate black, postmarked on arrival, VF
Click here to see the back side

100.00

1939, miner 5k red, perforation L12 1/2, two copies with different varieties, full OG, NH or LH, VF

100.00

1947, aviator 30k gray blue, offset printing, perforation L12 1/2, top sheet margin block of four, full OG, NH, VF

75.00

1939, Coat of Arms, 60k carmine, comb perforation, raster horizontal diamond, block of four with two blank labels on the left, in addition representing a spectacular perforation break, full OG, NH and fine

200.00

1939, Red Army Sanatorium at Sochi, 15k yellow green, right sheet margin copy, imperforated on the right, neat corner cancellation, VF

150.00

1940 Year, complete set of 60 stamps, full OG, NH, F/VF or better, C.v. $616
Click here to see Part 2

400.00

1940, Western Ukraine and Western Byelorussia, 60k indigo, top sheet margin copy, imperforated at the top, neatly cancelled, VF

200.00

1940, Vladimir Mayakovski, 15k dark red, comb perforation 12x12 1/2, full OG, NH, VF

75.00

1940, Vladimir Mayakovski, 80k bright ultra, top sheet margin copy, imperforated at the top, full OG, very light trace of hinge mark, VF

500.00

1940, Konstantin Timiryazev, 15k purple, small size 33.5x22.5mm, full OG, NH, VF

100.00

1940, All-Union Agriculture Fair, two horizontal se-tenant pairs, full OG, NH, VF

75.00

1940, All-Union Agriculture Fair, two blocks of four, each one contains two horizontal se-tenant pairs, first one with top sheet margin, the last one folded along perforation, minor usual gum spots, full OG, NH, VF

100.00

1940, All-Union Agriculture Fair, nine vertical (4) or horizontal se-tenant pairs, fresh, full OG, LH or previously hinged, VF

200.00

1941 Year, complete set of 41 stamps (less People's Militia), full OG, NH, F/VF or better, C.v. $825
Click here to see Part 2

500.00

1941, Agriculture, 50k dark brown, comb perforation, raster vertical diamond, full OG, NH, VF

150.00

1941, Red Army and Navy, set of four pairs with vertical gutter in the middle (10k in strip of four), stamp of 5k with comb perforation, all others have line perforation, full OG, NH, VF

200.00

1941, Red Army and Navy, 5k dark violet, perforation L12 1/2, right sheet margin copy imperforated on the right, light cancellation, minor perf irregularities on the left, still VF

100.00

1941, Karelian-Finnish Soviet Republic, complete set in blocks of four, four or six stripes on the Coat of Arms, full OG, NH, VF

75.00

1941, Karelian-Finnish Soviet Republic, 45k bluish green, "smooth scroll" variety, full OG, previously hinged, VF

75.00

1941, Moscow Kremlin, complete set in corner sheet margin blocks of four, both with control text on margin, full OG, NH, VF

100.00

1941, Mikhail Lermontov, 15k blue green, comb perforation 12 1/2?x12, bottom sheet margin block of four, full OG, NH, VF

300.00