3k+7k Arms tied to 1914 cover to Cannes / France bearing camouflage cancel with post & telegraph seal in circle (used at REVAL / ESTONIA), very fine imprint of this mute postmark, also 2 other 1914-16 covers from Kuyvast (Island of Saarema / Estonia) again to Cannes, all from part of a correspondence of the Buxhoeveden Family (High ranking Aristocratic Family with major ties to the Baltics and formerly also very close ties to the Royal Court and the Czar’s Family) – see also lot in collection section (Image)

3k Arms tied to ppc bearing PSKOV 20.2.12 cds and 10k (4, one corner damage) at back of a registered cover bearing CHEREYA MOGIL. 20.2.16 cds, both with RED TRIANGLE for missent mail of S.Petersburg to speed up the forwarding of such mails, v.fine and scarce (Image)

5k and 7k Arms, seven 7 DIE PROOFS on card: 5k in orange, blue, lilac and brown and 7k in brown, green and blue, a rare group, mostly signed Pohl, Kossoy and/or Mikulski (Image)

7k Arms, brown and light blue trial colour PROOFS on stamp paper without varnish lozenges, no gum, one signed Dr. Kossoy and Ebel, other signed PMD, scarce (Image)

7k Arms, “3 PEARLS” ESSAY in light blue in HORIZONTAL PAIR showing at left essay cliché together with normal stamp showing the 4 pearls at bottom, mint (small hr), signed Jakubek and Richter, rare in a pair and without doubt an exhibition item of high calibre (Standart 99I, € 5’000 single essay) (Image)

7k Light Blue (“Cambridge” blue) without varnish lozenges, IMPERFORATE top margin example, mint nh (nearly invisible hinge mark in margin), very fine and scarce (Image)

7k Arms with vert. varnish lines, IMPERFORATE corner margin example, mint (hr), very fine, signed W. Pohl, cert. Mikulski (Image)

7k Light Blue (“Cambridge” blue) with varnish lozenges in horizontal IMPERFORATE PAIR, used with S.PETERBURG 28.8.09 cds, exhibiton item and great rarity in used condition, ex collection Boughman (1971 Siegel auction), signed and cert. Mikulski (Image)

7k and 10k Values on ps envelopes and one pc showing stunning printing varieties: 7k with large part of printing missing, 10k pair franked by offset on gummed side and 10k in sheet corner plate strip of 4 showing large paper fold (Image)

10k Blue ESSAY (inner oval at top with 3 lines instead 2), top margin example, mint (hr), signed (Image)

10k Blue ESSAY (inner oval at top with 3 lines instead 2), mint (hr), signed ROMEKO, signed and cert. Mikulski (Image)

10k Blue ESSAY (inner oval at top with 3 lines instead of 2), no gum, signed, scarce (Image)

10k Arms, corner margin example (with sheet margin watermark at top) from early printing with horizontal honeycomb paper structure, mint (hr), fine and scarce (Image)

10k Dark Blue horiz. pair showing “jumbo” paperfold resulting in one 10k with printing partly missing + block of 4 and neighbouring part stamps with blind print, a very decorative eyecatching item (Image)

15k Arms in strip of 5 showing missing centre print on 4th and 5th stamp, and 25k corner block of 4 showing 2nd adhesive with missing centre print, except for 1 or 2 stamps all nh, very decorative exhibition items (Image)

15k Arms, perforated trial colour PROOF in blue, mint (lh), scarce (Image)

15k Arms, vert. varnish bars, horiz. perforated COLOUR PROOF PAIR in blue, right stamp with vertical gum crease, MNH, very fresh, cert. Mikulski (Image)

20k Arms, selection of 11 items including 3 pairs and one gutter pair, all showing strong to very strong shifted underprints (background prints) in different stages, some nh, others lh or hr, useful (Image)

20k Arms, selection of 5 items including one block of 4, all with missing background (underprint), partly also shifted centre prints, mint nh or hr, fine and scarce group (Image)

20k Arms in corner block of 16 and 50k Arms in 2 quarter sheets (totalling 50 stamps) with totally shifted underprint (background printing), mostly nh (few with hr), scarce units (Image)

20k Arms in two panes of 25, one showing beautiful offset of centre print and other offset of framework, one pane still with margins, nh, very fine and scarce (Image)

35k Arms, “THE INVERTED CENTRE,” showing superb offset of frame at back and INVERTED CENTRE on gum side, small stain bottom left corner, very fine mint with hinge traces. This error has never been seen before on any of the Arms issues (nor on any other issue). (This error should not be confused with the large amount of miscellaneous printing errors and varieties, as this is clearly an inverted centre error, unknown and never recorded on the kopek values) A unique and amazing exhibition item Estimate € 15’000 – €20’000 (Image)

35k and 70k, each in horizontal pair showing strong shift of centre print of coat of arms and tied to philatelic but genuine 1917 local cover within Moskva area, signed Pohl and Mikulski, seldom seen on cover (Image)

50k Arms, block of 4 and 2 single adhesives, all with missing background print (underprint) including 2 single adhesives with additionally strongly shifted centre print, mint nh or hr, very fine and scarce (Image)

50k Arms, selection of mostly dramatic background colour shifts, used or mint (hr) including one with control bar on the stamp instead of the margin, fine to very fine and scarce group (Image)