1857 10k brown & blue, boxed "Nizhny" two-line datestamp, margins all around, fresh and v.f., cat. $900 (Cat No. 1) (Image)

Cat. $900, Est.$300

1857 10k blue and red, upper right corner sheet margin single, two-line "(P)olang(en).April" datestamp, fresh and v.f. positional piece, signed Diena (Cat No. 1) (Image)

Est.$2,500

1857 10k brown & blue, margins all around, close but clear at top, tied by framed Taurogen 19 April 1858 departure datestamp on complete FL to Moscow, with "Speditions-Geschaft John G. Kniep Tauroggen" forwarding agent's handstamp on back, letter folded vertically and horizontally, fine and scarce forwarded item, ex-Small collection (Cat No. 1) (Image)

Est.$3,500

1858 10k black, frame only, with central oval blank, plate proof on thick, unwatermarked paper, trial perforations, v.f. (Zverev $2,500) (Cat No. 2P) (Image)

Est.$1,500

1858 20k blue & orange, thick paper, deep colors and perfect centering, numeral cancel "345" (?), v.f. and spectacular example of Russia Number Three, cat. $1700 (Cat No. 3) (Image)

Cat. $1700, Est.$500

1858 20k blue & orange, horizontal pair, thick paper, canceled "38" (Riga) in oval dots, brilliant colors, right stamp with clipped perforations at bottom and at upper right, otherwise fine and rare multiples, one of only seven pairs recorded, ex-Mikulski (Cat No. 3) (Image)

Est.$2,500

1858 20k blue & orange, thin paper, vertical pair, top stamp showing round colored flaw in last letter of "Pochtowaja" at top of oval, canceled on small piece by "Vileyka" 15 March, 1872 (!) pmk, bottom stamp with couple of shorter perfs, lifted and replaced on piece, fine and unusually late usage, one of the only seven known pairs, ex-Mikulski (Cat No. 3) (Image)

Est.$2,500

1858 20k lilac and green, two perforated and gummed trial color proofs on stamp paper, one with colorless "2" watermark, the other without watermark, h.r., fresh, fine-v.f., very rare, only 100 of each printed, with Mikulski certificate for each (Cat No. 3P) (Image)

Est.$1,500

1858 20k lilac & green, perforated and gummed trial color proof on unwatermarked paper, fresh and v.f. (Zverev $1,500) (Cat No. 3P) (Image)

Est.$500

1858 30k carmine & green, thin paper, with 1865 town cancel, all perforations intact, fine and late usage of this scarce stamp, with Mikulski certificate, cat. $2750 (Cat No. 4) (Image)

Cat. $2750, Est.$1,000

1858 10k brown & blue, selection of 32 used stamps, all multiples, including a block of four, nine horizontal or vertical pairs, three horizontal or vertical strips of three (one used on piece together with a pair), various shades and cancels, mostly fine-v.f., ex-Mikulski (Cat No. 8) (Image)

Est.$2,000

1858 30k carmine & green, tied by "1" in dots on FL from St. Petersburg to Pernau, red 6 Feb 1862 departure and arrival postmark on back, lettersheet refolded, fine and rare single franking (Cat No. 10) (Image)

Est.$750

1866 Horizontally Laid Paper, 1k black & yellow and 30k carmine & green, paying 31k on registered cover used in 1877 (12 December, numeral "1" inserted by hand) from Yaransk to Vyatka, departure postmark repeated at right, fine usage, with intact wax seal, arrival pmk on back (Cat No. 19,25) (Image)

Est.$500

1866 1k black & yellow and 30k carmine & green, paying 31k on registered cover used in 1877 (6 Mar) from Yaransk to Vyatka, arrival pmk alongside on front, fine usage, with intact wax seal, departure and arrival pmks repeated on back (Cat No. 19,25) (Image)

Est.$500

1866 1k and 30k, paying 31k on back of a registered cover used in 1879 (4 Mar) from Sevsk to Moscow, filing folds away from the stamps, fine and scarce registered usage from a small town, with (6 Mar) arrival pmk (Cat No. 19,25) (Image)

Est.$500

1870 3k green & black, error "V" in groundwork (instead of "3"), horizontal pair, used with additional 20k on FL from Moscow to England, with appropriate departure and Manchester arrival postmark on back, little toning, filing fold through 20k, otherwise fine (Cat No. 20d) (Image)

Est.$200

1884 Vertically Laid paper, 3.50r and 7r unused with large part original gum, heavy hinge remnants, fine-v.f., signed Diena, etc., cat. $2000 (Cat No. 39-40) (Image)

Cat. $2000, Est.$1,000

1884 Arms, 3.50r and 7r unused with large part original gum, heavy hinge remnants, fine-v.f., signed Diena, etc., cat. $2000 (Cat No. 39-40) (Image)

Cat. $2000, Est.$1,000

1884 Arms, 7r black and orange, sheet margin single, n.h., v.f., cat. $2400 (Cat No. 40) (Image)

Cat. $2400, Est.$1,000

1917 "Abdication of the Tsar", collection of 42 mostly unused (few used) blocks of four, eight and twelve, overprinted with Liberty Cap and Crossed Swords, articles from "Izvestia" in red or black, with double, inverted and shifted overprints, plus other varieties, two postal cards, generally fine-v.f. A wonderful selection of these popular, albeit privately produced items (Image)

Est.$2,500

1918 35k dark blue, imperforate horizontal pair, h.r., v.f., with Dr.Leupold certificate, cat. $1600 (Cat No. 149a) (Image)

Cat. $1600, Est.$1,000

1921 200r gray brown, sheet of 25, n.h., v.f. (see note in Scott's, following No.190) cat. $2500 (Cat No. 182var) (Image)

Cat. $2500, Est.$750

1921 40r violet, proof on watermarked paper, vertical pair, unused without gum, v.f. (Cat No. 187P) (Image)

Est.$250

1922 registered cover from Odessa to Paris, franked with a complete gutter sheet of 50x7,500 on 250r, plus additional three copies of same, used in combination with Control Stamps 10x25r (all uncanceled), paying the 400,000r for a registered letter abroad, stamps folded over with some inevitable faults, otherwise fine, rare combination franking (Image)

Est.$750

1922 10,000r on 40r slate, with periods after Russian letters, l.h., v.f., cat. $200 (Cat No. 200f) (Image)

Cat. $200, Est.$150