1838 outer FL from Odessa to Genova, disinfected, showing Odessa Quarantine Station markings on departure, second disinfection at Brody, with usual cover slits, charged on arrival (Image)

Est.US$250

1857 10k brown & blue, canceled on piece, margins all around, v.f., with Raybaudi certificate, cat. $950 (Cat No. 1) (Image)

Cat. $950, Est.US$300

1870 1k black & yellow, 3k black & dark green, 10k brown & blue, three different, each vertically laid paper, h.r., fresh, fine-v.f., cat. $1250 (Cat No. 19c, 20c, 23a) (Image)

Cat. $1250, Est.US$500

1870 3k black & dark green, "V" in background (error), h.r., minute hinge thin, fresh and fine appearance, cat. $2000 (Cat No. 20d) (Image)

Cat. $2000, Est.US$300

1870 5k black & lilac, vertically laid paper, unused (gum is not original), small surface abrasion, fine appearance, cat. $10000 (Cat No. 22c) (Image)

Cat. $10000, Est.US$1,000

1870 20k blue & orange, vertically laid paper, h.r., couple of tiny thins at bottom, fresh and fine appearance, rare stamp, cat. $5250 (Cat No. 24a) (Image)

Cat. $5250, Est.US$1,000

1870 30k carmine & green, vertically laid paper, unused without gum, fine, cat. $1000 (Cat No. 25a) (Image)

Cat. $1000, Est.US$250

1875 2k black & red, vertically laid paper, h.r., well centered, faint hinge thin, fresh and fine appearance of this extremely rare vertically laid paper, signed Romeko, cat. $6750 (Cat No. 26a) (Image)

Cat. $6750, Est.US$1,500

1875 7k gray & rose, vertically laid paper, l.h., incredibly fresh, with full embossing, usual centering, faint gum bend, fine example of this rare vertically laid paper, signed Romeko, cat. $2000 (Cat No. 27b) (Image)

Cat. $2000, Est.US$750

1883 7k blue, background inverted, l.h., fresh and fine example of this rarity, signed Mikulski, cat. $2000 (Cat No. 35b) (Image)

Cat. $2000, Est.US$1,000

1902 7k dark blue, groundwork omitted, l.h., fine, scarce and undercatalogued variety, cat. $315 (Cat No. 59a) (Image)

Cat. $315, Est.US$250

1902 1r light brown & orange, perf. 11 1/2, lower left sheet corner margin example, small h.r., v.f., cat. $700 (Cat No. 68a) (Image)

Cat. $700, Est.US$250

1903 (20 Nov) registered cover to Paris, franked on back with 4k, 5k, 7k, 10k and 14k Arms, all tied by Kiev departure cds, with Paris arrival, fine and attractive five color combination paying 40k rate (Image)

Est.US$500

1906 5r vertically laid paper, perf. 11 1/2, l.h., well centered, v.f., cat. $500 (Cat No. 71a) (Image)

Cat. $500, Est.US$150

1909 7k blue, imperforate bottom sheet margin single, l.h., fresh and v.f., cat. $1250 (Cat No. 78b) (Image)

Cat. $1250, Est.US$500

1913 10k deep blue, imperforate single, large margins all around, small h.r., fresh and v.f., signed Mikulski, etc., cat. $800 (Cat No. 83a) (Image)

Cat. $800, Est.US$300

1915 10r carmine, yellow & gray blue (error), centered to top right as always, minor h.r., irregular perforations, handstamped guarantee mark just showing through at bottom, fine example of this rare color error, cat. $2700 (Cat No. 109c) (Image)

Cat. $2700, Est.US$1,000

1917 10r scarlet, yellow & gray green, green background inverted, left sheet margin example showing both color indicators, folded in margin only, l.h., v.f. A rare stamp (Cat No. 135var) (Image)

Est.US$7,500

1917-24 Madagascar Postes & Telegraphes "Collection de Berne" Archive, five large sheets, dated 8 November, 1924, numbered 5-8, with 126 different horizontal (few vertical) strips of three, tied by red overprints and countersigned by the secretary and director of Post and Telegraph in Berne, Switzerland, with virtually complete R.S.F.S.R., including surcharges, Early Soviet Commemoratives and Definitives, plus Semi-Postals, Air Post (C1-5), as well as Postage Dues, some gutter strips (rare), surcharges and Imperial definitives to 10r (used in RSFSR), fine-v.f., possibly unique (Image)

Est.US$2,500

1919 (13 May) cover from Vladivostok to Canada, franked with 20k and 50k Arms, tied by cds, with "Opened by Censor" label (applied prior to canceling) and corresponding Russian Military handstamp on back, cover roughly opened, otherwise fine (Image)

Est.US$150

1924 UPU Congress, bound presentation booklet with 102 different RSFSR and Soviet stamps, plus two unused stationery cards, all partially glued to 12 presentation pages, fine-v.f., scarce. Zverev $900 (Image)

Est.US$200

1924-46 Lenin imperf. (21x26,5mm), 1939 World's Fair perf. and imperf., also 1946 Bombers (nine different, two of each), all in blocks of four, n.h., fine-v.f. (Cat No. 265/992I) (Image)

Est.US$250

1925 three complete presentation folders, one three pages (7 stamps), second 10 stamps on four pages, third 20 stamps (including postage dues) on four pages, about 500 of each printed, Zverev $1,150 (Image)

Est.US$500

1949 Lenin Mausoleum, perf. and imperf. souvenir sheets of four (176x130mm), n.h., gum creases, otherwise v.f. (Cat No. 1327a) (Image)

Est.US$750

1949 Lenin Mausoleum, perf. and imperf. souvenir sheets of four (176x130mm), n.h., natural gum creases and minor inclusions, otherwise v.f. (Cat No. 1327a) (Image)

Est.US$750