1857 10k brown & blue imperforate horizontal pair, thin paper, canceled by pen and boxed "Revel 21 May 1858" datestamp, margins all around, fresh and v.f. pair
Estimate: $2500
U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Postal History
By: Cherrystone Auctions
Cherrystone Auctions U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Postal History
Please note that this four-session auction (at 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. each day) takes place on Tuesday and Wednesday, February 6-7, 2018 - at our New York 57th Street Auction Galleries and on CherrystoneLive (www.cherrystoneauctions.com/
Lot #1321 - Russia
Lot #1322 - Russia
1857 10k brown & blue, margins all around, tied by "37" in circle of dots on complete FL from Reval to Dorpat, with boxed "Reval 6 August 1858" departure and indistinct arrival markings on back, little overall toning, of no importance, v.f. and attractive from Reval to Dorpat, with Eichele certificate
Estimate: $5000
Lot #1323 - Russia
1857 10k brown and blue, ample margins, just clear at bottom, canceled by pen on small outer FL from Frauenburg to Riga, with framed departure datestamp (actual date filled-in by pen) on reverse, fine usage from present-day Saldus in Latvia
Estimate: $1000
Lot #1324 - Russia
1857 10k brown & blue, margins all around, beautiful color and relief, tied by boxed Odessa, 4 April 1858 datestamp on outer FL to St. Petersburg, usual filing fold away from the stamp, fresh and splendid Russia Number One
Estimate: $4500
Lot #1325 - Russia
1857 10k brown & blue, large margins all around, tied by "19" in circle of dots on outer FL from Kowno to Warsaw, with pre-philatelic "Kowno Aug 15 1858" double circle departure and red Warszawa 30/8 arrival postmarks on back, lettersheet refolded, with filing creases away from the stamp, fine and attractive Number One on cover from present day Kaunas in Lithuania to Warszawa in Poland
Estimate: $7500
Lot #1326 - Russia
1858 20k blue & orange, thin paper, tied by "22" in circle of dots on envelope to Moscow, with unframed straight line "Kishinev" pre-philatelic departure handstamp and boxed "Polucheno 11 September 1858" arrival datestamp on back, wax seal removed, with filing fold away from the stamp, which is slightly rubbed at top, cover has been cleaned with remaining stain at upper right, fine and rare number three on cover from Kishinev to Moscow,...
Lot #1327 - Russia
1858 20k lilac and green, perforated and gummed trial color proof without watermark, h.r., fresh and v.f., signed Mikulski, etc.
Estimate: $750
Lot #1328 - Russia
1858 30k carmine & green, thick paper, cancelled "39" in circle of dots (Ryazan), well centered. Color slightly washed out, still v.f., signed Friedl, Dr.Ferchenbauer, etc., with 2015 Buchsbayew certificate,
Cat. Val. $2,750
Estimate: $1000
Lot #1329 - Russia
1858 30k carmine & green, thick paper, cancelled "54" in circle of dots, intact perforations, small faults, fine appearance, signed Mikulski,
Cat. Val. $2,750
Estimate: $500
Lot #1330 - Russia
1865 Unwatermarked, perf. 14 1/2, 1k black & yellow, 3k black & green, 5k black & lilac, 10k brown & blue, 20k blue & orange, 30k carmine & green, the complete set of six on thin paper, unused, large part original gum, h.r., brilliant original colors, fine and rare set,
Cat. Val. $6,625
Estimate: $3000
Lot #1331 - Russia
1865 Unwatermarked, perf. 14 1/2, 1k black & yellow, 3k black & green, 5k black & lilac, 10k brown & blue, 20k blue & orange, 30k carmine & green, the complete set of six on thick paper, unused, large part original gum, h.r., brilliant original colors, fine and rare set,
Cat. Val. $7,075
Estimate: $3500
Lot #1332 - Russia
1866 1k-30k Horizontally Laid paper, top value n.h., others l.h. or h.r., fresh, fine-v.f.
Estimate: $150
Lot #1333 - Russia
1866-70 1k-30k (horizontally laid paper), complete set of six, n.h., post office fresh, fine-v.f.,
Cat. Val. $816
Estimate: $350
Lot #1334 - Russia
1866-70 1k yellow orange & black, groundwork inverted, canceled "Mitawa", 1883 cds, well centered and unusually fresh, v.f., rare and undercatalogued error, with Mikulski certificate, ex-Ferrari (Lot 497),
Cat. Val. $5,500
Estimate: $5000
Lot #1335 - Russia
1866-70 1k black & yellow, vertically laid paper, imperforate single with inverted and shifted background, large margins all around, canceled Moscow, Nov. 1872, a striking double error (both imperf. and with inverted background), only a few known to exist, impression slightly washed out as always, fine example of this rarity, signed Kohler and Romeko, with Mikulski certificate,
Cat. Val. $17,000
Estimate: $9000
Lot #1336 - Russia
1866 3k green & black, "V" in background error, unused, part original gum, h.r., fine,
Cat. Val. $1,000
Estimate: $300
Lot #1337 - Russia
1866 perforated and gummed trial color proofs on watermarked stamp paper, 5k green (tiny abrasions), magenta, orange, carmine and blue, the complete set of five, h.r., fresh, fine-v.f., signed Mikulski, with his 1989 certificate
Estimate: $1000
Lot #1338 - Russia
1866 10k brown & blue, center inverted, tied on small piece by Poretschie, Goub. Grodno, 16 Jan 1875 cds, excellent color with clear center, fine, with 2003 Mikulski certificate. There are ten recorded examples of this inverted center, two canceled in Poretschie (others in Kibarty and Kursk), most of the known copies are defective. A splendid showpiece and a great rarity (last sold in our April 2010 sale for $110,000)
Cat. Val. $50,...
Lot #1339 - Russia
1874 (26 June), small cover franked on back with 2x10k brown & blue, cancelled by straight-line "St. Mogletsy Novg. 27 June 1870" datestamps, addressed to France, with 28 June transit cds, fine and very scarce usage
Estimate: $150
Lot #1340 - Russia
1875-82 2k-20k (horizontally laid paper), complete set of five, n.h., post office fresh, fine-v.f.,
Cat. Val. $557
Estimate: $350
Lot #1341 - Russia
1889 20k blue & carmine, groundwork inverted, canceled 1.VIII.96, well centered, v.f. and striking error, with Mikulski certificate. A rarity, only a few known to exist (listed but unpriced)
Estimate: $15000
Lot #1342 - Russia
1902 1r brown & orange red, vertical pair imperf. between, h.r., light creasing between stamps, fine and scarce,
Cat. Val. $1,100
Estimate: $500
Lot #1343 - Russia
1909 20k dull blue & dark carmine, groundwork omitted, upper left sheet corner margin block of four, n.h., v.f.,
Cat. Val. $340
Estimate: $150
Lot #1344 - Russia
1909 St. Petersburg, unexploded 80k booklet, gray green covers with black inscriptions, with five panes of six incl. 3x1k, 3k and 7k with face value of 78k, minute staple rust, still unusually fresh and v.f. complete booklet
Estimate: $4500
Lot #1345 - Russia
1909 Tsar Nicholas II, perforated Mouchon essay in gray black, value tablet and inscriptions blank at bottom, v.f., rare
Estimate: $3000
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