1857 10k brown & blue, imperforate single with large margins all around, canceled "VALK" in oval, v.f.
Estimate: $250
Worldwide Stamps and Covers
By: Cherrystone Auctions
Cherrystone Auctions Worldwide Stamps and Covers
Lot #1289 - Russia
Lot #1290 - Russia
1858 10k brown & blue, two copies, each cancelled by blue "19" in circle of dots (Kowno), fresh and fine-v.f.
Estimate: $300
Lot #1291 - Russia
1858 30k carmine & green, unused with full original gum, bright and fresh colors, excellent embossing, h.r., fine and outstanding example of this rare unused stamp,
Cat. Val. $18,500
Estimate: $10000
Lot #1292 - Russia
1858 30k carmine & green, thick paper, watermarked "3", excellent colors, neat "Balta 20 Nov. 1865" cancel, v.f.,
Cat. Val. $2,750
Estimate: $1500
Lot #1293 - Russia
1866 3k black & green, printing error of background, "V" (for 5k) instead of "3", block of four, unused with full original gum, h.r., with minor perf. strengthening, remarkably fresh and well centered for issue, v.f. One of only three known blocks of four (Mi.19xF) (YT 19A) (Zverev $11,000)
Estimate: $5000
Lot #1294 - Russia
1868 vertically laid paper, 1k black & yellow, imperforate single, adequate margins, with shifted background as always, used, some creases, fine appearance. This variety exists only used,
Cat. Val. $7,250
Estimate: $3000
Lot #1295 - Russia
1877 (12 Mar) registered cover (professionally restored) paying 31k rate with 1k and 30k (horizontally laid paper), tied by double strikes of straight-line pre-adhesive postmark of "Stancya Sumsi. Vyat 12 Mar 1877" (another single strike on back), sent from Sumsi to Vyatka, with arrival cds (16 Mar) alongside, fine usage of Sumsi Postal Station pre-philatelic cancel
Estimate: $500
Lot #1296 - Russia
1883 (19 July) 3k stationery card from the "Libraire et magasin de musique de Boleslas Koreywo a Kieff", addressed to Pressburg, Austria, with Hungarian 2k rose lilac added on arrival, cancelled Pozsony July 3, 83, redirected to Mainz, with Ausg. (4 Aug) arrival pmk at bottom, fine redirected card from Russia to Pressburg (Pozsony in Hungarian, present day Bratislava)
Estimate: $500
Lot #1297 - Russia
1884 7k blue perf. 14 1/2x15, groundwork inverted, unused, well centered, tiny thin, otherwise v.f., rare (7k blue was issued in 1884 and again in 1888; there are differences in perforation and size of the stamp), with Mikulski certificate
Estimate: $2500
Lot #1298 - Russia
1884 7r gold, black and imperial pink, perforated essay (square format) on gummed, vertically laid paper, v.f. and beautiful item, ex-Kirchner
Estimate: $10000
Lot #1299 - Russia
1889-92 1k-7r group of 15 different, each with framed "Specimen" overprint, fine-v.f., rare
Estimate: $2500
Lot #1300 - Russia
1889 5k purple and light green, perforated essay, unadapted octagonal design, v.f. and beautiful item, signed Mikulski
Estimate: $3500
Lot #1301 - Russia
1897 (21 June) cover franked with 3k and 4k carmine, cancelled by the dotted circle of "Stockholm" postmarks, also boxed "Fran.Ryssland" origin hs alongside, addressed to Stettin, Germany, with arrival pmk on back, v.f., with Holcombe certificate, ex-Liphschutz collection
Estimate: $500
Lot #1302 - Russia
1904 vertically laid paper, 4k rose red, groundwork inverted, neat 1906 postmark, well centered, fresh color, couple of slightly irregular perfs as always, v.f., with 1995 Mikulski certificate ("sehr seltener Fehldruck, bekannt nur in ein paar Stucken"). A very rare stamp, one of only a few known
Estimate: $15000
Lot #1303 - Russia
1906 Tsar Nicholas II, imperf. 1r essay, upper left sheet margin copy, v.f.
Estimate: $1500
Lot #1304 - Russia
1906 Tsar Nicholas II, perforated essay in gray blue, on stamp paper, with scroll frame showing minor variations of shading, value tablet blank, v.f.
Estimate: $3000
Lot #1305 - Russia
1909 2k green and 5k lilac, each double impression, first one without gum, other l.h., v.f.
Estimate: $150
Lot #1306 - Russia
1909 7k blue, imperf. left sheet margin single, l.h., faint red owner's handstamp on reverse, v.f., with 2006 Buchsbayew certificate,
Cat. Val. $1,000
Estimate: $1000
Lot #1307 - Russia
1909 20k, 25k, 35k and 70k, four different, each with center double, l.h., fine-v.f.,
Cat. Val. $550
Estimate: $250
Lot #1308 - Russia
1909 50k red brown & green, horizontal pair, right stamp center and value omitted, l.h., v.f.
Estimate: $250
Lot #1309 - Russia
1910 St. Petersburg, unexploded 2r booklet, salmon covers with black inscriptions, six panes of 6x1k orange, three panes each of 6x3k carmine and 7k blue, each separated by glassine interleaving, minor cover creasing, with tiny paper splits, fine example of this rarity
Estimate: $5000
Lot #1310 - Russia
1913 Romanov Tercentenary, 7k brown imperforate horizontal pair, l.h., v.f.,
Cat. Val. $1,000
Estimate: $500
Lot #1311 - Russia
1913 Romanov Tercentenary, 7k brown, double impression, imperforate sheet margin single, h.r., v.f.
Estimate: $250
Lot #1312 - Russia
1913 Romanov Tercentenary, 7k brown imperforate horizontal pair, double impression, small h.r., v.f.
Estimate: $500
Lot #1313 - Russia
1913 Romanov Tercentenary, 10k dark blue, imperforate single, large margins, h.r., small faults, fine appearance,
Cat. Val. $900
Estimate: $150
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