1852-64 selection of six FLs from St. Petersburg to Aachen, New York and Paris, Riga to St. Petersburg, also incoming from New York and Germany to Russia, correspondence of Heinrich Schliemann, the future discoverer of Troy, fine and interesting group, ex-Andrew Cronin (Image)

Est.$250

1857 10k brown & blue, margins all around, tied by boxed Tauroggen datestamp on small piece, v.f. (Cat No. 1) (Image)

Est.$250

1857 10k brown and blue, horizontal pair, pen cancel neatly removed, large margins with portions of adjoining stamps at bottom, v.f. and rare multiple (Cat No. 1) (Image)

Est.$2,000

1858 20k dark blue & orange, thick paper, well centered, canceled by "6" in oval of dots, fine stamp, with 2004 Raybaudi certificate, cat. $1700 (Cat No. 3) (Image)

Cat. $1700, Est.$500

1858 20k blue & orange, thick paper, well centered, canceled by "1" in oval of dots postmark of St. Petersburg, beautiful fresh colors, v.f., signed Raybaudi, with his 2008 certificate, cat. $1700 (Cat No. 3) (Image)

Cat. $1700, Est.$500

1858 30k carmine & green, unused with gum, vibrant and beautiful colors, unfortunately perforations faulty, fine appearing example of this rare unused stamp, signed Herbert Bloch, cat. $14000 (Cat No. 4) (Image)

Cat. $14000, Est.$1,500

1858 30k carmine & green, very thin paper, numeral dot cancel, nice colors, reperforated, fine appearance, signed Diena, etc., with Raybaudi certificate, cat. $2500 (Cat No. 4) (Image)

Cat. $2500, Est.$500

1883 Imperial Arms and Posthorns, horizontally laid paper, 1k-70k, also 2k dark green, all in blocks of four, l.h. at top, bottom pairs n.h., fresh, fine-v.f. (catalogued as singles) cat. $1863 (Cat No. 31-38) (Image)

Cat. $1863, Est.$750

1884 Imperial Eagle and Posthorns, 14k blue & rose, horizontally laid paper, center inverted, clear Tarasha (8 May 1891) cds, beautiful color and fresh, fine example of this rare center inverted, ex-Mertens and Faberge collections, with red "Faberge" handstamp, also signed Buhler, etc., with 2013 Hovest certificate, cat. $6250 (Cat No. 36b) (Image)

Cat. $6250, Est.$3,000

1889 Imperial Arms and Posthorns with Thunderbolts, horizontally laid paper, 1k-1r blocks of four, l.h. at top, bottom pairs n.h., fresh, fine-v.f. (catalogued as singles) cat. $896 (Cat No. 41-45) (Image)

Cat. $896, Est.$300

1889-92 Imperial Arms and Posthorns with Thunderbolts, horizontally laid paper, 1k-7r blocks of four, l.h. at top, bottom pairs n.h., fresh, fine-v.f. (catalogued as singles) cat. $2814 (Cat No. 46-54) (Image)

Cat. $2814, Est.$1,500

1916 1k brown orange, 2k yellow green, Currency Stamps Without Surcharge, sheets of 100, folded between stamps, n.h., fine-v.f., cat. $10250 (Cat No. 114-115) (Image)

Cat. $10250, Est.$2,000

1922 20r on 15k red brown & blue, imperforate single, h.r., v.f., handstamped initials on back, with 2013 Buchsbayew certificate, cat. $9500 (Cat No. 224) (Image)

Cat. $9500, Est.$2,500

1923 (17 Oct) registered cover from Moscow to New York, franked on both sides with RSFSR and Soviet (6k blue) adhesives, 1922 rubles, 1923 rubles and gold kopecks, with arrival pmks, detailed description (ex-Taylor) enclosed. A rare mixed RSFSR/Soviet Union combination cover (Image)

Est.$2,500

1924 15k lemon, used, seven copies, various pmks, well centered, mostly v.f., with Raybaudi and Diena certificates, cat. $1470 (Cat No. 287) (Image)

Cat. $1470, Est.$500

1930-32 four different essays by a Russian artist Tyrs, v.f. and interesting group (Image)

Est.$1,000

1932 Moscow Philatelic Exhibition souvenir sheet of four, unused with original gum, minor natural inclusions, v.f., signed Mikulski, with his 1982 certificate. A very rare sheet, only a small part of the 475 printed were gummed (destined for foreign dignitaries) (Zagorsky 1,850,000r $28,953 for unused without gum) cat. $19500 (Cat No. 485-86var) (Image)

Cat. $19500, Est.$10,000

1936-39 selection of five covers franked with Regular Issues and commemoratives, one used in combination with Tanna Touva 5k triangle, with additional franking to USA where it was charged 2c Postage Due, also Pushkin souvenir sheet on registered cover from Leningrad to USA, 15k "Uzbeks" on American Embassy corner cachet cover, canceled in Washington, fine-v.f. (Image)

Est.$250

1958 Russian Industry, 40k Voroshilovgrad, n.h., v.f. This stamp was never issued because on March 5, 1958, the city's name reverted to its original name of Lugansk (Zagorsky 2161 unissued) (Image)

Est.$250

1958 Russian Industry, 40k Voroshilovgrad, vertical pair, n.h., v.f. This stamp was never issued because on March 5, 1958, the city's name reverted to its original name of Lugansk (Zagorsky 2161 unissued) (Image)

Est.$500

1961-65 Cosmonauts autographed, four signed photo-maximum cards, two different of Yuri Gagarin, each with stamp issued in his honor, canceled "Day of the Cosmonauts", one of Valentina Tereshkova, with stamp issued in her honor, also Alexei Leonov, with DDR stamp canceled in 1965, Cosmos Club cachet on back, fine-v.f. (Image)

Est.$300

1977 Brezhnev, Leonid (1906-1982) signed cover (18.V.77) as Secretary General of Communist Party, some staining on reverse, otherwise fine, scarce (Image)

Est.$400

2001 State Emblems, Arms and Anthem, three specially prepared, limited edition booklets, white, red and blue binding, n.h., v.f., cat. $2600 (Cat No. 6638a,b,6639a) (Image)

Cat. $2600, Est.$300

1924 10k on 5r green, basic stamp wide "5" variety, light cds, v.f., signed Mikulski, etc., cat. $700 (Cat No. C7a) (Image)

Cat. $700, Est.$250

1924 15k on 1r brown, surcharge inverted, l.h., v.f., signed Romeko, etc., cat. $1400 (Cat No. C8a) (Image)

Cat. $1400, Est.$1,500