1857 10k brown & blue, margins all around, two-line departure datestamp, v.f., scarce (Cat No. 1) (Image)

Est.$500

1857 10k brown & blue, margins all around, tied by "9" in oval of dots on FL from Tauroggen (today Taurage) to Riga, with boxed 1858 departure datestamp (also on back), with boxed "Polucheno 27 Sept 1858" arrival on back, usual filing fold well away from the stamp, fine and attractive Russia Number One on cover from Lithuania, ex-Matuzas (Cat No. 1) (Image)

Est.$3,000

1857 10k brown and blue, margins all around, tied by framed "Tauroggen 15 Mar 1858" datestamp on outer folded letter to St. Petersburg, usual filing folds away from the stamps, v.f. Russia Number one cover, signed Bolaffi, Diena (Cat No. 1) (Image)

Est.$3,000

1857 10k brown & blue, canceled by cross pen and used on complete cover to Moscow, with pre-philatelic "Novokhopersk" straight-line departure handstamp, date "26 February" filled-in by pen (with 5 March 1858 arrival docketing on front), full intact wax seal, filing folds away from the stamp, fine usage from Novokhopersk (Novokhopyorsk in Voronezh Oblast) (Cat No. 1) (Image)

Est.$1,500

1858 30k carmine & green, unused (regummed), good color and perforations, fine (Cat No. 10) (Image)

Est.$250

1866 outer FL franked with 1k (3), 3k (2) and 5k, tied by diamond datestamps, paying 14k from Odessa to Vienna, circular "Franco" and Odessa departure datestamp on front, Wien arrival on back, filing fold not affecting the stamps, fine (Cat No. 12,13,14) (Image)

Est.$150

1866 10k brown & blue, cliche flaw "deformed numeral 10 in the upper left hand corner", usually referred to as a "Keyhole" variety, used on cover from Revel 24 July 1874 to Baltinsk Port, with arrival pmk alongside, some peripheral toned specks, fine and rare variety on cover (Cat No. 23var) (Image)

Est.$1,000

1906 5r and 10r (vertically laid paper), vertical or horizontal sheet margin pairs, l.h. and n.h. each, fresh, v.f., cat. $1610 (Cat No. 71,72) (Image)

Cat. $1610, Est.$500

1909 20k dull blue & carmine, center double, l.h., v.f. (Cat No. 82a) (Image)

Est.$150

1913 Romanov Tercentenary, 1k-5r complete set in blocks of four, l.h. or h.r., some perf. reinforcements (2r), fresh, fine-v.f. (Verve $7,000) (Cat No. 88-104) (Image)

Est.$750

1913 3k rose red, double impression/one inverted, h.r., v.f., cat. $600 (Cat No. 90b) (Image)

Cat. $600, Est.$250

1917 "Abdication of the Tsar", George Shalimoff's exhibit collection written up on pages, with 100+ mostly different blocks of four, eight and twelve, overprinted with Liberty Cap (also referred to as Phrygian cap) and Crossed Swords, articles from "Izvestia" in red or black, with double, inverted and shifted overprints, plus other varieties, included printed on Money Stamps, also covers, postal stationery, generally fine-v.f., some signed Trachtenberg, etc. A comprehensive and wonderful selection of these popular, albeit privately produced items (Image)

Est.$5,000

1917 (6 Mar) Russian Brigade in France, used and unused stationery cards, the former from the F.P.O. No.189, with corresponding Special Infantry Brigade cachet alongside. Also included is an actual photograph of Russian troops in France (Image)

Est.$150

1917 10r imperforate "block of three" plus label at upper left, n.h., v.f., cat. $450 (Cat No. 135) (Image)

Cat. $450, Est.$150

1917 Money Stamps, 3k red variety imperf. at top, v.f., rare (Cat No. 141var) (Image)

Est.$150

1921 5r dull ultramarine, significant offset on back, also 1,000r pre-print paper fold, plus 7,500r blue, part of the design missing at left, v.f. lot (Cat No. 179,186,203) (Image)

Est.$200

1921 20r blue, double impression, sheet margin single, n.h., v.f., cat. $325 (Cat No. 180a) (Image)

Cat. $325, Est.$150

1921 300r green, double impression, sheet margin single, n.h., minor gum wrinkles, v.f., cat. $525 (Cat No. 184a) (Image)

Cat. $525, Est.$250

1922 5,000r on 2r brown, surcharge inverted, two copies, one "RYB" omitted, l.h. or h.r., v.f. (Cat No. 192a) (Image)

Est.$200

1922 5,000r on 2r brown, surcharge triple, paper hinge remnant, v.f. (Cat No. 192var) (Image)

Est.$150

1922 5,000r on 2r brown, horizontal gutter pair, surcharge triple and shifted, l.h., v.f. (Cat No. 192var) (Image)

Est.$500

1922 10,000r on 40r slate, red surcharge additionally struck twice vertically, l.h., v.f., unusual variety (Cat No. 200b) (Image)

Est.$250

1922 20r on 15k imperforate, l.h., v.f., signed Rosselevitch, etc., cat. $9500 (Cat No. 224) (Image)

Cat. $9500, Est.$2,500

1923 cliche of 70r in plate of 100r, block of nine, middle stamp being the error, 10 copies, n.h., fine-v.f., cat. $850 (Cat No. 237a) (Image)

Cat. $850, Est.$250

1923 cliche of 70r in plate of 100r, block of nine, middle stamp being the error, 10 copies, n.h., fine-v.f., cat. $850 (Cat No. 237a) (Image)

Cat. $850, Est.$250