1875 7k, 8k, 10k and 20k, four sheet corner margin panes of 25, last one from the lower right corner, position 80 with crossed "t" in "dwatsat" (20), 7k and 10k upper left and 8k upper right positions, some hinge reinforcements and perf. separations, even gum toning and slight marginal flaws, fine-v.f. and splendid multiples (catalogue value for hinged singles)
Cat. Val. $5,875
Estimate: $3000
Worldwide Stamps and Covers
By: Cherrystone Auctions
Cherrystone Auctions Worldwide Stamps and Covers
Lot #1121 - Russia
Lot #1122 - Russia
1877 (31 May) large registered cover (petition) from Novgorod to St. Petersburg, paying 39 kopecks with 1k, 8k and 30k (horizontally laid paper), filing folds and some toning on back, full wax seal and arrival pmk, scarce franking
Estimate: $300
Lot #1123 - Russia
1882 (17 Feb) cover from Moscow to Ireland, franked on back with 1k (2) and 5k, tied by departure cds, with Dublin arrival alongside, carelessly opened with some creases, otherwise fine, uncommon destination (Ireland)
Estimate: $250
Lot #1124 - Russia
1883-88 Horizontally laid paper, Posthorns without Thunderbolts, 1k-70k complete set of eight, 3k l.h., others n.h., all post office fresh, fine-v.f.,
Cat. Val. $566
Estimate: $300
Lot #1125 - Russia
1884 3.50r black & gray, 7r black & orange, unused with original gum, h.r., fine,
Cat. Val. $2,000
Estimate: $750
Lot #1126 - Russia
1889-92 Posthorns with Thunderbolts, 1k-7r complete, l.h. or n.h., fine-v.f.,
Cat. Val. $545
Estimate: $250
Lot #1127 - Russia
1889 Horizontally Laid Paper, 4k rose, groundwork inverted, neat partial 1895 St. Petersburg cancels, well centered, fresh and v.f. example of this error, with 2000 Mikulski certificate. A rarity from Imperial Russia (missing from the famous collections of Ferrary, Burrus, Goss, Epstein, Liphschutz and Mikulski)
Estimate: $12000
Lot #1128 - Russia
1902-06 Vertically Laid Paper, 1k-7r complete, mostly n.h., fine-v.f.,
Cat. Val. $1,033
Estimate: $500
Lot #1129 - Russia
1902 5k red violet, vertically laid paper, groundwork inverted, lightly cancelled, well centered with nice margins, fresh color, one slightly shorter perf. at top, still very fine. This is a great rarity, ex-Ferrary, Rothschild and Goss collections, possibly one of only two existing
Estimate: $25000
Lot #1130 - Russia
1904 10k dark blue, background inverted error, with further variety imperf. at bottom, which is explained by the fact that the stamp has a pre-print paper fold (plis d'accordeon), which made it shorter, escaping perforation at bottom, possibly only 5/10 can exist, with Mikulski and Buchsbayew certificates
Estimate: $2500
Lot #1131 - Russia
1907 (21 June) beautiful and decorative envelope & lettersheet franked with 7k, tied by Zmeinogorsk, Tomsk cds & sent to Kalyvanskoye, Siberia, v.f. and delightful cover
Estimate: $250
Lot #1132 - Russia
1914 Charity labels, 3r and 5r, unused, the latter small thins, otherwise fine-v.f., rare
Estimate: $150
Lot #1133 - Russia
1915-19 1r two imperf. proofs on gummed paper, one with dark brown background displaced to left, the other with greenish background, slightly displaced center, v.f.
Estimate: $500
Lot #1134 - Russia
1917 incoming mail from New York, group of 14 registered covers, each paying 15c, addressed to various places including one to Army Field Post, censored and redirected, some to Petrograd, others returned to senders, different markings, considerable wear and tear, interesting group
Estimate: $500
Lot #1135 - Russia
1917 1r imperf., two panes of 22 each, one with inverted background, other with significantly displaced background, n.h., v.f.
Estimate: $250
Lot #1136 - Russia
1918 1r German-Baltic Committee, n.h., usual gum wrinkles, v.f.
Estimate: $150
Lot #1137 - Russia
1918 70k brown, imperforate single, close at left, adequate margins at right and at bottom, l.h., v.f., with Buchsbayew certificate
Estimate: $2500
Lot #1138 - Russia
1922 Star surcharges, seven different perf. cross-gutter panes of 100, five with full margins all around, some wrinkles and marginal flaws, otherwise fine-v.f.
Estimate: $500
Lot #1139 - Russia
1925 definitives (watermarked), 5k lilac, top sheet corner margin pane of 20, horizontal invalidating perforations, n.h., fine-v.f.
Estimate: $250
Lot #1140 - Russia
1933 Ethnic Peoples of the Soviet Union, 6k Buryat, variety imperf. at top (trimmed), l.h., v.f. (Zagorsky 322Pa)
Estimate: $500
Lot #1141 - Russia
1933 Baku Commissars, 35k ultramarine, variety imperf. at top, cancelled to order, v.f. and rare (Zagorsky 348Pa)
Estimate: $1500
Lot #1142 - Russia
1933 40k "Remember the Commissars", perforated trial color proofs in red brown, ultramarine and dark brown, three different, each used in 1958 with additional franking on three registered covers from Riga to Switzerland, v.f., signed Mikulski, very rare
Estimate: $1500
Lot #1143 - Russia
1933 40k red, variety imperf. at left, cancelled to order, natural pinhole in margin, fine (Zagorsky 349Pc)
Estimate: $500
Lot #1144 - Russia
1934 Mendeleev, 5k emerald, imperforate top sheet corner margin single, proof in nearly issued color, h.r., v.f.
Estimate: $1500
Lot #1145 - Russia
1935 Tolstoy, 20k perf. 11, three vertical pairs imperf. between, used, slightly different shades, fine-v.f.
Estimate: $750
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