1857 10k brown & blue, canceled "Tauroggen", boxed two-line departure postmark, margins all around, v.f. (Cat No. 1) (Image)

Est.$250

1858 20k blue & orange, thin paper, canceled by "1" in circle of dots, well centered, fine, with Eichele certificate, cat. $1700 (Cat No. 3) (Image)

Cat. $1700, Est.$500

1858 20k blue & orange, thin paper, canceled by "2" in circle of dots, well centered, fine, with Raybaudi certificate, cat. $1700 (Cat No. 3) (Image)

Cat. $1700, Est.$500

1858 20k blue & orange, unused with original gum, h.r., beautiful and fresh colors, v.f., cat. $1000 (Cat No. 9) (Image)

Cat. $1000, Est.$500

1872 (14 Apr) locally addressed cover franked with single 5k black & lilac (horizontally laid paper), tied by red St. Petersburg City post cancel, arrival pmk on back, v.f. (Image)

Est.$150

1902 3.50r-10r (vertically laid paper), four different, h.r., fine-v.f., cat. $464 (Cat No. 69-72) (Image)

Cat. $464, Est.$250

1909 Moscow unexploded 2r booklet, dark blue covers with black inscriptions, six panes of 6x1k orange, three panes each of 6x3k carmine and 7k blue, each separated by glassine interleaving, covers somewhat faulty, with some ink stains, partially broken staple, nevertheless a good and solid example of this extraordinarily rare Moscow booklet, only a few recorded, usually in poor condition (Image)

Est.$7,500

1913 Romanov Tercentenary, the unique 78 kopeck Kiev booklet with salmon covers (sold at 80 kopeck; revalued at 78 kopeck, with three panes of 6x1k orange, panes of 6x3k carmine and 7k brown), separated by the original glassines and stapled at left, with violet "Kiev Post Office" handstamp, cover values filled in by pen or pencil, absolutely pristine and post office fresh, v.f. (illustrated in Liapine PB11) (Image)

Est.$15,000

1913 Romanov Tercentenary, 3k rose, double impression, one inverted, with further perforation shift variety, sheet margin at bottom, h.r., v.f. (Cat No. 90b) (Image)

Est.$750

1915 10r carmine lake, yellow and gray, groundwork inverted, well centered, h.r., v.f., signed Stolow (Cat No. 109d) (Image)

Est.$350

1915 10r carmine lake, yellow and gray, groundwork inverted, bottom margin block of eight plus label, n.h., mostly well centered, fine-v.f. and scarce showpiece (Cat No. 109d) (Image)

Est.$5,000

1917 mourning envelope sent through diplomatic pouch from Petrograd to Paris (Medard correspondence, with "A.Medard officiel interprete Mission Militaire Francaise en Russie" endorsement at lower left), by a member of the French Military Mission in Russia, with "Controle P. et T. Militaire Interallie Petrograd" (inter-allied postal and telegraph military censor) double circle strike (repeated on back), endorsed "F.M.", fine and rare example of this handstamp, recorded only on a few covers from the French Military Mission to Russia (Image)

Est.$150

1917 (18 Mar) parcel card franked with 3r Romanov and additional stamps, registered from Moscow to Kherson, fine Provisional government usage, ex-Liphschutz (Image)

Est.$150

1917 5r dark blue, green and pale blue, left sheet margin imperf. horizontal pair, green background inverted, h.r., few natural gum bends, v.f., rare, cat. $7200 (Cat No. 133b) (Image)

Cat. $7200, Est.$10,000

1917 7r dark green and pink imperforate, center inverted, oval Buzdyak cancel, very fine, one of only three known copies (all canceled "Buzdyak"). A key Russian rarity, cat. $30000 (Cat No. 134a) (Image)

Cat. $30000, Est.$25,000

1918 1r imperf., irregular pane of 30, double background, one inverted (!), folded between stamps, some invalidating pencil markings, spectacular multiple (Image)

Est.$750

1918 1r imperf., sheet margin block of four, double frame, center inverted, v.f. (Image)

Est.$250

1919 cover to Paris, with violet "Ambassade de France en Russie / L'Attache Militaire" cachet, endorsed "Capitaine Barbier L'att. Mil. Moscou", with Paris 14 Sept 1919 arrival and "Minister Affaires Etranger" (Foreign Ministry) cachet. A rare diplomatic dispatch from Moscow during the Russian Civil War (Image)

Est.$150

1921 (10 Apr) registered cover from "Kitaevskoe" (Stavropol) to Samara, franked on back with Imperial 1k and 2x2k, tied by departure pmks, with official violet "Commissoriat Lyublino District" handstamp, postal slip attached (indicating non delivery), Samara arrival, cover well worn, but with clear markings indicating rate reduced to 5r (instead of 10r) for official usage (Image)

Est.$250

1922 10,000r on 40r gray violet, surcharge inverted, l.h., v.f., signed Goznak, also Lenin Mourning Issue, 6k perf. single with black center shifted (Cat No. 195a,270var) (Image)

Est.$250

1922 Soviet Star surcharges, 20r on 70k, horizontal strip of three, surcharge shifted to left, completely omitted from the right stamp, v.f., signed Dr.P.Jemchouhin (Cat No. 218c) (Image)

Est.$150

1924 Definitives, 1r red & brown, imperforate top sheet margin block of four, fold-over variety missing brown color at top, partly printed on back, invaliding horizontal perforations, impressive variety (Cat No. 290var) (Image)

Est.$500

1927 8k on 7k chocolate (unwatermarked), three singles, one showing broken "8", another perforated 12 1/2, also a block of four, variety l.h., others n.h., fine-v.f. (Cat No. 349,349a) (Image)

Est.$140

1927 registered and flown cover from Baku (14 Feb 1928) to Teheran, attractively franked with 12 different Regular Issues (mostly watermarked), including 8k on 7k Type II (narrow space between the lines of surcharge), fine-v.f., scarce usage on external mail (most were used internally in Russia), with Teheran arrival pmk (Cat No. 350b) (Image)

Est.$1,500

1927 10th Anniversary of the October Revolution, 7k green, imperforate single, l.h., v.f. (Cat No. 377b) (Image)

Est.$300