1924 (January 29), 3k-20k, complete set of four, 3k and 20k are wide frame, 6k and 12 k narrow frame, used on philatelic bilingual advertising cover from Moscow to Leningrad, sent just 8 days after Lenin's death and 3 days after renaming Petrograd to Leningrad, Petrograd arrival ds of January 31, VF and a beautiful item, Est. $200-$250

100.00

1924 (February 17), 3k-20k, complete set of four with wide frame (12k and 20k on reverse), stamp of 3k with pin on tie variety, used on registered cover from Povenets (Olonets Gub.) to Kovno (now Kaunas), postmarked on arrival(February 24), mostly VF and scarce variety on a postal history item, Est. $200-$250

100.00

1924 (March 13), 6k red and black, horizontal pair with medium frame, red color strongly shifted to the top, used together with peasant 2k green, imperforate block of four on cover to Germany, no arrival ds as often, mostly VF and scarce variety on cover, Est. $200-$250

100.00

1924 (April 16), 6k red and black, perforated block of four with medium frame, used on insufficiently franked cover from Moscow to Paris, letter "T" on front and French due stamp of 20c olive green is on reverse, transit and Paris "23.AVRIL.24" arrival ds, F/VF, Est. $200-$300

100.00

1924 (April 18), 6k red and black, medium frame, used on postcard (view of Cathedral of Christ the Saviour before it's ruined in 1931) from Moscow to England, insufficiently franked and uprated by British dues of 1/2p and 1palong with French manuscript "T30c" and "1 1/2d" hs, mostly VF and scarce, Est. $200-$250

100.00

1924 (May 3), 12k red and black, narrow frame, double (!) impression of red color, used on registered banking receipt from Moscow to Kamenka (Podolia Gub.), appropriate markings and arrival ds, minor card ageing, stamp is not affected, F/VF and extremely rare, Est. $400 -$500

200.00

1924 (May 7), 20k red and black, horizontal pair with narrow frame, used on registered philatelic exchange cover from Kharkov to Montreal, uprated by three black surcharges 1k/1r brown with buff network (two - on reverse), perf 12 1/2, tied by red boxed 7-line official cachet, arrival ds is on reverse, VF and very scarce, Est. $300-$400

150.00

1924 (November 10), 3k-20k, imperforate complete set of four (3k wide frame, others - medium frame), used on registered cover from Moscow to Berlin, arrival "14.11.24" ds on reverse, minor soiling, still VF, Est. $150-$200

75.00

1926, 6k red and black, wide frame, used together with Revolution of 1905, 3k-14k, imperforate set of thee, on registered cover from Tashkent to Germany, Charlottenburg arrival ds on reverse, VF, Est. $150-$200

100.00

1926, 12k red and black, perforated stamp with wide frame, used together with peasant 2k green on cover from Moscow to Switzerland, indistinct receiver on the back, mostly VF and very scarce franking, Est. $200-$250

100.00

1929, 20k red and black, medium frame, used together with two other values on registered philatelic exchange cover from Moscow to Basrah (then Mesopotamia), tied by Moscow "17.4.29" ds, exchange stamp of 5k/100ron reverse, Istanbul "24.AVR.29" transit and Basrah "16.MAY.29" arrival markings, red cross a always on registered mailings addressed to British Commonwealth, mostly VF, Est. $150-$200

100.00

1931 (December 20), large size Special Delivery cover from Moscow to Berlin-Siemensstadt, franked altogether by 31 stamps, including 7 perf or imperf of the Mourning issue, perf Lenin Mausoleum of 1925, air post surcharges of 1924 and etc., Berlin "23.12.31" arrival ds, mostly V and a spectacular piece, Est. $300-$400

150.00

     Fabulous Collection
1924-47, 118 items, starting with imperforate complete sets on covers dated by January 30 and February 1, 1924, the total is 12 cards or covers franked by imperf or perf complete sets, one cover franked with stamp bearing "pin on tie variety" along 14 other values, three - are philatelic exchange covers, five items were mailed with various Pioneer Flights, interesting destinations, franking combinations with other commemorative and definitive stamps, each item is perfectly inscribed on attendant pages, occasional flaws possible, still great unit, which is absolutely impossible to duplicate, F/VF, Est. $2,000-$2,500