The Ten Kopeck Fabergé Strip 10k Blue & Brown, the magnificent horizontal strip of three with large part original gum, beautiful fresh colours and sharp embossing, a few perf. separations and some reinforcements, very fine The ONLY KNOWN unused strip of three & the second largest multiple recorded One of the “Crown Jewels of Russian Philately” Provenance: Agathon Fabergé Expertise: cert. Buchsbayew (2010), signed Mikulski Estimate: € 100’000 – € 150’000 (Image)

10k Arms perforated, first printing, thick paper, unused (no gum), very fine, well centred example, signed Thier, certs. Ferchenbauer and Mikulski (Image)

10k Arms perforated, thick paper, horizontal pair used with clear rectangular dotted numeral “104” BELOSTOK (Bialystok, POLAND) PAIRS WITH ONLY ONE OBLITERATION ARE SCARCE, very fine, cert. Mikulski (Image)

10k Arms perforated, thick paper, vertical pair used with clear hexagonal dotted numerals “2” of the MOSKVA railway post office, very fine (Image)

10k Arms perforated, thin to thick paper, group of 5 examples with different postmarks, including one with very nice central RIGA cds, mostly fine to very fine group, mostly signed Mikulski, Serrane or Zenker (Image)

10k Arms perforated, selection of five used, with dotted lozenge, dotted circle, concentric cricle (showing significant frame break at right) and s/l cancels, average to fine (Standart € 550) (Image)

10k Arms perforated, thick to very thick paper, 3 examples with pen cross obliterations, fine to very fine group, all signed Mikulski (Image)

10k Arms perforated, dark colours, thick paper, tied to small piece by centred 1858 RIGA cds (12 APR.), very fine (Image)

10k Arms perforated, thick paper, used on blue fragment with 2nd provisional dotted numeral “1” of ST. PETERSBURG, very fresh and fine, very clear impression of postmark (Image)

10k Arms, perforated, tied to small envelope to Moskva by diamond shaped dotted numeral “546” of DOROBINO, at back blue POLUCHENO, fine and very scarce postmark, ex Mikulski, signed Mikulski (Image)

10k Arms, perforated, single franking tied to envelope by dotted rectangular numeral “8” of PETERHOF, very clear and beautiful example of this postmark, ex Mikulski, signed Mikulski (Image)

The Twenty Kopeck Fabergé Block 20k Orange & Deep Blue, the outstanding block of four with practically full original gum, lower left stamp with small inclusion & corner perforation has been added, amazingly fresh & vibrant colours, a few perf. separations and some reinforcements, very fine One of the two recorded mint blocks of four of this value, these being the largest known multiples One of the “Crown Jewels of Russian Philately” Provenance: Fabergé & Mikulski Expertise: cert. Buchsbayew (2010) Estimate: € 130’000 – 180’000 (Image)

20k Blue and orange on thin paper, regummed & repaired, ink obliteration removed, signed Bühler (probably posthumous), cert. Mikulski stating the problems, nevertheless scarce (Image)

20k Arms on thin paper, used with dotted numeral “39” of RYAZAN, very fine, cert. Ferchenbauer (Image)

20k Arms on thin paper, used with dotted numeral (most probably) “38” of RIGA (LATVIA), very fine, signed E.F. and Ferchenbauer (Image)

20k and 30k Arms, perf. 14 3/4 x 15 used, 20k with repaired and repainted top left corner, 30k with pen cancel and corner perf. repair at top right, fine appearance (Standart € 3’600) (Image)

20k Arms on thin paper, 2nd printing, tied to folded letter inscribed “sample without value” to St. Petersburg. by dotted numeral “2” of Moscow, boxed MOSCOW departure marking at back, very fine and unusually good imprint of the Moscow numeral postmark, rare and important cover as there are less then 20 examples known of the thin paper on cover, cert. Mikulski (Image)

20k Arms Green & Lilac TRIAL COLOUR PROOF without watermark, thin paper, mint (hinge remainder), fine to very fine example of this rare proof, cert. Mikulski (Image)

20k Arms Green & Lilac TRIAL COLOUR PROOF with watermark, thick paper, mint (hinge remainder), very fine, cert. Mikulski (Image)

The Thirty Kopeck Mikulski Block 30k Green & Crimson, the fabulous & outstanding block of four with practically full original gum, with the lower pair remaining unmounted mint, amazingly fresh & vibrant colours, a few perf. separations and some reinforcements, superb in every respect One of the two recorded mint blocks of four of this value, these being the largest known multiples One of the “Crown Jewels of Russian Philately” Provenance: Lipschutz & Mikulski Expertise: cert. Buchsbayew (2010) Estimate: € 170’000 – 220’000 (Image)

30k Arms on thick paper, mint (hinge remainder), very fine and fresh example of this rarity, signed and cert. Ferchenbauer and signed Friedl (Image)

30k Arms on thick paper, mint (hinge remainder), usual slight faults, colourful fresh example of this rarity, signed & cert. Ferchenbauer (Image)

30k Arms, perf. 14 3/4 x 15 with with “597” rectangular dotted numeral cancel of Nukha, corner perf. repair at top right, otherwise very fine (Standart € 2’100) (Image)

30k Arms on thick paper tied to large fragment (part cover) by a beautiful strike of the 2nd provisional dotted numeral “1” postmark (provisional because it still has the double-dots left and right of the “1” (which do not appear in the later made regular dotted postmarks), with red boxed ST.P.BURG departure marking. A superb example of this rare stamp, with certs. of B.P.A., Ferchenbauer and Mikulski (Image)

30k Arms, 2nd printing on thinner paper, cover to Warsaw with frank tied by dotted numeral 38 of Riga, LATVIA, in extremely fresh and fine condition (one of the finest 30k covers in existence). According to Mikulski there are only 2 covers known from the 30k 2nd printing. A world rarity and important exhibition item for Russia and Latvia, ex H. C. Gibson & Mikulski, cert. Mikulski (Image)