1927, definitive issue, double (one albino - shifted to the top for 2mm) black surcharge 8k on worker 7k brown, perforation 14½x15 on paper without watermark, full OG, previously hinged, VF and rare, this error is not mentioned in Specialized catalogs, Raritan Stamps guarantee, Est. $300-$400
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1925, Lenin Mausoleum, 7k-40k, perforated set of four, used together with Sergey Kirov 40k black brown (perf 11) on registered air post cover from Moscow to Berlin in 1936, arrival ds, horizontal fold at bottom and flap broken, still fine item with late usage of the set, Est. $150-$200
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1937, 100th Anniversary of the Death of Alexander Pushkin, souvenir sheet of 10k and 50k, 5 examples, one of which with a dot inside ''Pochta'' variety, full OG, NH, VF, C.v. $250++
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Pre-World War II Interesting Postal History Items: 1941 (June 21), five definitive stamps on cover from Brest (then city on the border of Soviet Union and Germany - after annexation of Poland) to Germany, posted just one day before the beginning of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-45, apparently did not leave Brest, however interesting and unusual item, especially referring to the Heroic Defense of the Brest Fortress in June-July of 1941, Est. $150-$200
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1935 (June 30), Anti-War Propaganda, 5k-35k, complete set of five used on registered cover from Bulgarian Embassy in Moscow to Sofia (private correspondence), appropriate labels, backstamped with Sofia ''06.11.35'' ds, VF and very rare franking, Est. $800-$1,000
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1945, Academy of Sciences, 30k blue violet, bottom left corner sheet margin horizontal pair, imperforate between stamps, full OG, NH, VF, Est. $250-$300
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1940, 5 Military Propaganda color postcards, representing Infantry, Navy, Cavalry, Artillery and Tank Forces, each one with patriotic rhymes at bottom, unused, VF and in such condition, Est. $200-$250
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1933, Leningrad Philatelic Exhibition, red surcharge 30k on 15k black brown, no dot after ''1933'' variety (position 14 or 66), full OG slightly yellowing at bottom, NH, VF, Est. $100-$150
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1927, 10th Anniversary of the October Revolution, 7k myrtle green, horizontal imperforate pair, housed on page from a Collection, full OG, NH, VF, C.v. $5,000++, Est. $1,500-$2,000
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1947, definitive issue, soldier 15k gray green, offset printing, left sheet margin single imperforate at left, full OG, trace of hinge, F/VF, Est. $200-$300
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