1858 30k carmine & green, thick paper, nearly perfect centering, light "Brest" cds, beautiful colors, fresh and v.f., -
Estimate price: $2000-1700
Specialized Russia
By: Cherrystone Auctions
Cherrystone Auctions Specialized Russia
We are pleased to present our annual RUSSIA Specialized sale, consisting of 594 lots, with exceptional Russian Empire, RSFSR, Soviet Union, plus related areas including Siberia.
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Lot #4076 - Russia 1858 russia number four
Lot #4077 - Russia 1858 russia number four
1858 30k carmine & green, thin paper, reasonably well centered and cancelled by "121" in rectangular dots (Taganrog), v.f., with Mikulski cert. ("very nice stamp, with decorative cancellation, in this condition very rare"), -
Estimate price: $2000-1900
Lot #4078 - Russia 1858 russia number four
1858 30k carmine & green, thick paper, cancelled "Kiev" (probably ca 1865), well centered, v.f. (Mi.4x) -
Estimate price: $1500-1400
Lot #4079 - Russia 1858 third issue - perf. 12 1/2
1858 1k black, plate proof on pelure paper, fresh and v.f., ex-Goss -
Estimate price: $1500-1400
Lot #4080 - Russia 1858 third issue - perf. 12 1/2
1858-64 1k yellow & black, block of 15 with interpanneu margin at bottom, unused with full original gum, four stamps lightly hinged at top, others never hinged and post office fresh, v.f. and remarkable multiple, one of the largest known of this value -
Estimate price: $10000-9500
Lot #4081 - Russia 1858 third issue - perf. 12 1/2
1858 1k, 3k and 30k, three different unused (regummed), minor flaws, fresh and fine group, wit clear Eisold certificates -
Estimate price: $500-450
Lot #4082 - Russia 1858 third issue - perf. 12 1/2
1858 10k brown & blue, used on printed entire letter from Bergen, Norway, dated 1 November, 1859 and addressed to Pernau. The letter was sent unfranked from Bergen and bears the oval "J.H.Fasner & Sohn, Bergen" merchant's cachet in oval. The 10k adhesive was added in Riga and cancelled by "38" in circular dots, with boxed transit and arrival postmarks on back, fine and undoubtedly unique usage of Russian adhesive from Norway -
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Lot #4083 - Russia 1858 third issue - perf. 12 1/2
1858 20k blue & yellow brown, imperforate proof on thick unwatermarked and gummed paper, overall oxidized as often (due to the fragile and delicate paper), nevertheless v.f., with Mikulski certificate, ex-Breitfuss and Faberge collections -
Estimate price: $5000-4500
Lot #4084 - Russia 1858 third issue - perf. 12 1/2
1858 30k carmine & green, tied by "1" in circle of dots, plus corresponding St. Petersburg (24 Oct 1859) departure cds in red, on large cover to Jacobstadt, Finland, filing folds and minor coverback flaws, away from the stamp, with large part of the wax seal and arrival docketing (12 November), fine and attractive single franking -
Estimate price: $2500-2300
Lot #4085 - Russia 1858 third issue - perf. 12 1/2
1863 FL from Taganrog to Malta, taken by the French ship "Amerique", with 18 June cds, charged "6" (decimes), with Malta arrival pmk on back, v.f. and scarce -
Estimate price: $500-450
Lot #4086 - Russia 1865 issue
1868 (27 Dec) FL from Dinaburg to Berlin, franked with 1k, 3k and 10k, tied by "Pochtowyj Wagon No.4" (Postal Car) cds, with red "Aus Russland Franco uber Eisenb. Post Bur." and blue arrival pmk on back, fine, ex-Frederick Small collection -
Estimate price: $200-190
Lot #4087 - Russia 1865 issue
1865 30k carmine & green, normal paper, horizontal pair and strip of three, "St. Petersburg 1870" and 1873 pmks, fine (Mi.17y) -
Estimate price: $250-230
Lot #4088 - Russia 1866-75 horizontally laid paper
1866 horizontally laid paper, 1k, 3k, 5k, 10k and 20k, paying 39k in 1877 on cover from Glazov (16 Dec) to Vyatka, with arrival pmk the next day, filing fold away from the stamps, fresh and extraordinary five color (!) franking -
Estimate price: $7500-7000
Lot #4089 - Russia 1866-75 horizontally laid paper
1866 1k yellow orange & black, background inverted, used in "Mitawa, 1883", well centered and unusually fresh, v.f., rare and undercatalogued error, with Mikulski certificate, ex-Ferrary (Lot 497), -
Estimate price: $5000-4500
Lot #4090 - Russia 1866-75 horizontally laid paper
1868 1k black & yellow, vertically laid paper, imperforate single with shifted background, cancelled "Moscow, 21 February, 1872", excellent colors, ample margins all around, fresh and fine example of this rarity (only known used), with Mikulski certificate, -
Estimate price: $7500-7000
Lot #4091 - Russia 1866-75 horizontally laid paper
1868 1k black & yellow, vertically laid paper, imperforate with inverted and shifted background, two copies, both with large margins all around, cancelled "Moscow, 1 September, 1872" and affixed on piece, a striking double error (imperf. and inverted background), only a few exist, these probably the finest known, with sharp impression, v.f., with Mikulski certificate, -
Estimate price: $25000-24000
Lot #4092 - Russia 1866-75 horizontally laid paper
1868 1k black & yellow, vertically laid paper, imperforate single with inverted and shifted background, large margins all around, cancelled "Moscow, Nov. 1872", a striking double error (both imperf. and with inverted background), only a few known to exist, impression slightly washed out as often, otherwise a fine example of this rarity, signed Kohler and Romeko, with Mikulski certificate, -
Estimate price: $10000-9000
Lot #4093 - Russia 1866-75 horizontally laid paper
1866 3k black & green, "V" in background error, full original gum, well centered, with handstamped guarantee on back, -
Estimate price: $750-700
Lot #4094 - Russia 1866-75 horizontally laid paper
1866 3k black & green, "V" in background (error), unused with part original gum, minor surface flaws, otherwise fine, signed Brun, -
Estimate price: $250-230
Lot #4095 - Russia 1866-75 horizontally laid paper
1866 3k black & green, printing error of background, "V" (for 5k) instead of "3", block of four (upper left stamp additional plate flaw showing "G" instead of "I" of "III") cancelled on piece, with Zhitomir 16 Dec. 1870 cds alongside, minor perf. flaws at right, fine and rare multiple -
Estimate price: $1500-1400
Lot #4096 - Russia 1866-75 horizontally laid paper
1869 (Aug 4) outer FL from St. Petersburg to Copenhagen, franked with 3k, 5k and 10k (all horizontally laid paper), ties by "S.P.B" in oval, with corresponding departure, also red "Aus Russland uber Bur. XI Ed. Brg Franco" (Eydtkuhnen-Bromberg), red arrival on back, v.f. -
Estimate price: $250-230
Lot #4097 - Russia 1866-75 horizontally laid paper
1870 (16 May) outer FL to Bordeaux, paying 28k with 3k, 5k and 2x10k (all horizontally laid paper), with "St. Petersburg Warszawa Zh.D." (Warsaw Train Station), appropriate "Aus Russland" and "P.D." in red, transit and arrival pmk, filing fold through bottom 10k, otherwise fine, ex-Frederick Small collection -
Estimate price: $200-190
Lot #4098 - Russia 1866-75 horizontally laid paper
1866 5k orange, blue, red and lilac, four different perforated and gummed trial color proofs on horizontally laid paper, sheet corner margin blocks of four, occasional perf. separations and hinge reinforcements, mostly fine-v.f., rare multiples -
Estimate price: $5500-5250
Lot #4099 - Russia 1866-75 horizontally laid paper
1866 10k carmine & dark blue, perforated plate proof on thick unwatermarked paper, prepared for the Paris Exposition, fresh and v.f. A beautiful item, ex-Breitfuss and Goss -
Estimate price: $10000-9500
Lot #4100 - Russia 1866-75 horizontally laid paper
1866 10k brown & blue, 20k blue & orange, also 30k carmine & green, three imperforate singles, horizontally laid, watermarked paper and gummed paper, incredibly fresh, first one with slight thinning at top, otherwise v.f., ex-Breitfuss -
Estimate price: $25000-23000
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