1857 10k brown and blue, horizontal pair, light centrally struck town postmark, margins all around, beautiful colors, fresh and v.f., signed Calves, with 2002 Eichele certificate (Cat No. 1) (Image)

Est.$3,500

1858 10k brown & blue, 20k blue and orange and 30k carmine and green, thin paper varieties, three different used, fine-v.f., cat. $4375 (Cat No. 2-4) (Image)

Cat. $4375, Est.$1,500

1858 (12 Nov) outer FL from Kherson to Odessa (Fratelli Rokka correspondence), franked with 10k brown and blue, tied by numeral in dots postmark, with framed datestamp alongside, fresh and fine, cat. $650 (Cat No. 2) (Image)

Cat. $650, Est.$250

1858 (22 May) outer FL from Riga to Libawa, franked with 10k brown and blue, tied by cds (struck twice), some paper erosion at right, nevertheless fine, early usage (Cat No. 2) (Image)

Est.$500

1858 (22 Aug) FL from St. Petersburg to Saratov, franked with 10k brown and blue, tied by "1" in circle of dots, framed departure datestamp alongside, arrival pmk on front, v.f. (Cat No. 2) (Image)

Est.$500

1865 (6 Nov) outer FL from Kerch-Enikolsk to St. Petersburg, franked with 10k brown and blue and 20k orange and blue, tied by cds, with arrival pmk on back, some paper folds, otherwise fine (Cat No. 8,9) (Image)

Est.$500

1866 1K (two), 5k and 7k, paying 14k on cover used in 1883 from Moscow to Italy, v.f., with transit and Modena arrival pmks (Image)

Est.$200

1866 1k and 30k paying 31k on registered cover (little reduced at top) used in 1877 from Nolinsk to Vyatka, slightly soiled, otherwise fine, with arrival pmk (Image)

Est.$250

1866 horizontally laid paper, 1k black & yellow, 4k black & deep green, 5k black & lilac, 10k brown & blue, 20k blue & orange, 30k carmine & green, complete set of five cross-gutter sheets of 100, n.h., mostly well centered, post office fresh, 5k with minor perf. separations at right, fine-v.f. This may be the only set of sheets still intact, incredibly well preserved, with colors as bright and vibrant as on the day they were purchased at the St. Petersburg post office 150 years ago (catalogued as singles, without adding any premium for the blocks and gutter pairs) cat. $82500 (Cat No. 19-25) (Image)

Cat. $82500, Est.$25,000

1866 5k orange, green, red and violet, four different perforated and gummed trial color proofs on horizontally laid paper, h.r., some irregular perforations, otherwise fine, signed Hovest (Cat No. 22P) (Image)

Est.$1,000

1870 three FLs, one to Berlin and franked with 1k, 3k and 10k; the other to Manchester with single 20k franking; last with single 5k tied by red pmk paying local rate in St. Petersburg, fine-v.f. lot (Image)

Est.$200

1870 (3 Mar) FL sent unpaid from Kerch-Enikol, via Odessa (10 March) to Genova Italy, with Vienna transit and charged 1L postage due on arrival (Image)

Est.$250

1881 (30 Oct) 7k stationery entire used from Ekaterinoslav to New Zealand, addressed to "Australia New Zealand Greymouth", eventually arriving in Greymouth, via Brindisi, with Christchurch, Port Chalmers transits, charged "50" in red crayon, overall toning, unusual destination (Image)

Est.$250

1889 20k blue & carmine, imperf. bottom sheet margin single, with red letter of "Obrazets" overprint at top, l.h., v.f., signed Maslowski (Cat No. 43S) (Image)

Est.$150

1889 1k orange, imperf. horizontal pair, with red letter of "Obrazets" overprint, l.h., v.f. (Cat No. 46S) (Image)

Est.$250

1898 decorative illustrated charity envelope (opened on three sides) issued to benefit the "St. Petersburg Trustee Committee of Sisters of the Red Cross," franked with 1k and 2k adhesives, addressed to Samara, with arrival pmk, v.f. (Image)

Est.$500

1902 decorative illustrated charity envelope (opened on three sides) issued to benefit the "Community of St. Eugene," franked with 3k carmine (uncanceled), addressed to Warszawa, v.f., with arrival pmk (Image)

Est.$500

1906 decorative illustrated charity envelope issued to benefit the "Marrinskaya Red Cross Society of Kiev," franked with single 1k orange, used locally in Kursk (Image)

Est.$500

1913 Romanov Tercentenary, die proof of blue center only (Nicholas II), also 35k magenta, die proof of frame only, v.f. (Image)

Est.$750

1916 (15 Mar) cover franked on reverse with 10k blue, used from a small village to a prisoner held in the infamous Schlisselburg prison, with large "examined/Schlisselburg Prison" censor cachet and arrival cds, fine-v.f. and scarce incoming prison cover (Image)

Est.$200

1916-17 (ca) 10k dark blue, imperf. Postal Forgery made in Lodz to defraud postal authorities, v.f., rare (Image)

Est.$300

1917 20k blue & carmine, groundwork omitted, center shifted to left, used, v.f. (Cat No. 126a) (Image)

Est.$150

1917 1r carmine and brown (vertical lozenges of varnish), imperforate sheet of 50 (vertical format with six labels), double background, one inverted and displaced, some creases, n.h., v.f. (Image)

Est.$1,000

1917 1r carmine and brown (vertical lozenges of varnish), imperforate sheet of 50 (vertical format with six labels), background inverted, some gum disturbances and marginal creases, v.f. (Image)

Est.$1,000

1918 1r carmine and brown (horizontal lozenges of varnish), imperforate sheet of 50 (10x5), double background, one inverted and displaced, folded between stamps, hinged in margin, stamps n.h., v.f. and spectacular (Image)

Est.$1,000