Lots 1018 - 1025, Catalogue of Auction #103 Raritan Stamps, Inc

 
RUSSIAN SEMI-POSTAL ISSUES
 
Lot   Cat.#
Description
 
Est.$
1018 **   B1-4
1905, Russo-Japanese War Postal Charity issue, 3+3k - 10+3k, complete set of four, all with comb perforation 12x12 1/2, full OG, NH, VF, C.v. $205, Est. $100-$120
(Ph)
100.00
1019  B5-8, B11, var
1914-15, World War I Charity issue, 1+1k - 10+1k, complete set of four on colored paper with black "OBRAZETS" overprint at the bottom of stamps, in addition 7+1k on straw paper with blue overprint in the middle of stamp (this type used on No. B9-12), plus two stamps of 7+1k on white paper with blue "OBRAZETS" in the middle, one with "Wry Mouse" variety, full OG, NH or LH (2), VF, Est. $200-$250
(Ph)
200.00
1020 **   B24-29
1922, Philately for the Children, black overprints on perforated 1k-10k, imperforate 1k, complete set of six, perf and imperf 1k stamps are positions 25 and 21, stamp of 2k is position 1 from 25-stamp of the second setting placed vertically, all other values are from the first setting, full OG, NH, VF and scarce never hinged, "key" values with Soviet Philatelic hs, Raritan Stamps guarantee, C.v. $1,630, Est. $750-$800
(Ph)
750.00
1021 **   B29a
1922, Philately for the Children, inverted and slightly doubled black overprint on imperforate 1k orange, position 5 of not inverted vertically placed 25-stamp second setting, full OG, NH, VF and rare, Soviet Philatelic hs on reverse, Raritan Stamps guarantee, C.v. $1,725, Est. $500-$600
(Ph)
500.00
1022  B42
1923, Philately for the Labor, silver surcharge 4r+4r on 5000r violet, nice and fresh single, full OG, VLH, VF, expertized by H. Bloch, C.v. $1,000, Est. $600-$700
(Ph)
600.00
1023  B54 var
1929, Child Welfare, 10+2k olive brown and orange brown, perforation L12 1/2, bottom sheet margin single with missing "+2k" on the right value tablet and broken text at the top and bottom due to strong overinking, full OG, LH,VF, rare and a spectacular error, Est. $150-$200
(Ph)
150.00
1024  B54, B56b
1929, Child Welfare, 10+2k perforation 12 1/2 and 20+2k perforation 10, both with part of "OBRAZETS" perfin, trimmed perforation as always, full OG, previously hinged or LH, VF and rare items from the Postal Archives, ex-Vadim Ustinovsky, Est. $300-$350
(Ph)
300.00
1025  B57 var
1930, Child Welfare, 20k+2k bluish green, broken text at the top due to printer's plate shift, looks like double printing, full OG, LH, VF, Est. $100-$120
(Ph)
100.00

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