1857 10k brown & blue, thick paper, framed Revel datestamp, margins all around, v.f. (Cat No. 1) (Image)

Est.$250

1857 10k brown & blue, three singles, one with portion of adjoining stamp at left, but cut in at right, canceled on piece by Odessa datestamp, other canceled "354" (Olgopol) in rectangle of dots; last one with straight line and manuscript cancels, creases and other minor flaws, otherwise fine (Cat No. 1) (Image)

Est.$500

1857 10k brown & blue, canceled by "6" (Narva) in rectangle of dots, also another with boxed "Odessa" datestamps, each with margins all around, minute flaws, fine-v.f., cat. $1700 (Cat No. 1) (Image)

Cat. $1700, Est.$400

1857 10k brown & blue, large and even margins all around, canceled on piece, fresh and v.f. (Cat No. 1) (Image)

Est.$250

1857 10k brown & blue, large and even margins all around, fresh color, v.f., signed Matl, with his 1973 certificate (Cat No. 1) (Image)

Est.$250

1858 10k brown & blue, thin paper, well centered, canceled on piece by "6" in oval of dots cancel of border post office in Odessa, stamps lifted for inspection and replaced, v.f., with 1994 Mikulski certificate (Cat No. 2) (Image)

Est.$250

1858 20k dark blue & orange, thick paper, well centered, canceled by round dots postmark, deep and vivid colors, v.f., with 2000 Eichele certificate, cat. $1700 (Cat No. 3) (Image)

Cat. $1700, Est.$500

1858 20k blue & orange, thin paper, well centered, canceled by "1" in oval of dots postmark of St. Petersburg, signed Mikulski, with his 1989 certificate, cat. $1700 (Cat No. 3) (Image)

Cat. $1700, Est.$500

1858 30k carmine & green, thin paper, canceled "443" in rectangle of dots postmark of Berdiansk, watermark "3" significantly shifted to top, fresh colors and fine, with 2013 Hovest certificate, cat. $2500 (Cat No. 4) (Image)

Cat. $2500, Est.$1,000

1858 30k carmine & green, thick paper, town cancel 23 Nov 1870, well centered, brilliant colors, v.f., signed Buhler, with his 1988 certificate, cat. $2500 (Cat No. 4) (Image)

Cat. $2500, Est.$1,000

1866 30k carmine & green, block of four, n.h., post office fresh, fine-v.f., cat. $1100 (Cat No. 25) (Image)

Cat. $1100, Est.$500

1883 14k blue & rose, horizontally laid paper, Center Inverted, light and unobtrusive "Tarasha" cds, corner perforation crease at lower left, with handstamp on back, 1929 Royal and 2018 Buchsbayew certificates, cat. $6250 (Cat No. 36b) (Image)

Cat. $6250, Est.$2,500

1922 20r on 15k imperforate, lithographed surcharge, position 34, l.h., v.f., with handstamped guarantee, 1994 Mikulski certificate, cat. $9500 (Cat No. 224) (Image)

Cat. $9500, Est.$2,500

1924 Lenin, 20k red & black, Type I (20x25mm), n.h., v.f. (Cat No. 268var) (Image)

Est.$250

1926 Definitives (watermarked), 18k violet, imperforate block of four, margins all around, n.h., fresh and v.f. A rarity, one of only three recorded imperf. blocks (Cat No. 316var) (Image)

Est.$20,000

1928 100th Anniversary of birth of Leo Tolstoy (stamps were never issued), 10k, 14k, 18k (two) and 28k black, perforated photo essays, five different, each mounted on card, four with values confirmed in red ink, two showing corrections in Chinese ink, 28k with corner fault, otherwise fine-v.f., probably unique, with 2019 Liapine certificates (Image)

Est.$25,000

1933 Order of the Red Banner, 20k black, red & yellow green, perf. 9 1/2, n.h., v.f., signed Diena, with his 1991 certificate. A rare stamp, cat. $8000 (Cat No. 518var) (Image)

Cat. $8000, Est.$2,500

1939 30k on 4k claret (unwatermarked), top sheet margin horizontal strip of three, n.h., fine, with 1995 Dieter Wassman certificate, cat. $1575 (Cat No. 743a) (Image)

Cat. $1575, Est.$500

1941 Be a Hero, 30k line perf. 12 1/2, tight sheet margin copy, n.h. v.f., (Cat No. 856var) (Image)

Est.$2,000

1941 Navoi, 1r lilac, horizontal gutter pair used with additional franking on registered cover (5.3.45) from Leningrad to England, some cover wear, otherwise fine usage (Cat No. 858var) (Image)

Est.$1,000

1943 Teheran Conference, 3r red color (flags) double, block of four, canceled to order as always, v.f., rare, if not the only known block of four of this error (only one sheet printed) (Cat No. 908var) (Image)

Est.$2,500

1946 25th Anniversary of the Soviet Postage Stamps, 15k souvenir sheet of four, red color double (!), l.h. at top margin, insignificant natural gum wrinkles, v.f. and extremely rare (a similar sheet was last sold at our 2010 sale for $14,500 hammer) (Cat No. 1080var) (Image)

Est.$7,500

1958 Mendeleyev Congress, 40k Butlerov and 1957 40k Mendeleyev commemorative, both with the special unissued overprint, n.h., v.f., the latter signed Mikulski. The Congress was canceled and stamps not issued (Image)

Est.$1,500

1958 Mendeleyev Congress, 40k Butlerov with the special unissued overprint, n.h., v.f. The Congress was canceled and stamp not issued (Image)

Est.$500

1958 Airliner and Globe, 40k without inscriptions (black and red omitted), upper left sheet corner margin single, n.h., v.f. Only a single sheet of 100 was discovered in the Orenburg Post Office (Cat No. 2148var) (Image)

Est.$3,000