1878 4k green Postal stationery card 1875 issue used with SPB cds to Egypt showing at back inscription error: U ravlenie instead Upravlenie, rare (Image)

1921 Definitives 200R in 2 different olive shades (each in 2 pairs), MNH + normal brown for comparison, Standard € 1'100+ (Image)

1921 Surcharge Issue 10.000r on 40R R.S.F.S.R. in red, horizontal watermark, mint hinge remainder, very fine, Mi no. 175C III Y, Zverev & Gilmanov no. 33 II, Standard 33 II (Image)

1923 Selection of 'philately helping working people' issue, noted 1r+1r on 10R bronze surcharge & 4r+4r on 5000R silver surcharge, mostly hinged or used, generally very fine, Mi 212/214 Euro 1600+-, Standard 95/99, Zverev & Gilmanov 101/105 (Image)

1840-1850 Steel engravings (27), noted Kremlin, Czaritzana near Moskva, Kostroma, Kertsch, Cafkas, SPB, Ararad, Kiev, Odessa, Archangel, etc. (Image)

1848-1990, Selection of covers presented in 4 albums, noted Baltic States, WWII, reg'd, censor, etc., examine carefully

1857-1917, Attractive mint collection in stockbook, practically all never hinged (of the 270 stamps, approx. 250 are noted as never hinged), strength in the early period although a few of the earlies (1857 and 1858 issues) have removed pen marks, certificates for the following singles - Michel N° 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 18y, 21y, 38y, 39y, 23y, 24y, later issues with many multiples, see a complete set of scans of the collection on the web

1858-79, Collection of 14 covers/stationery mounted on leaves and identified all with straight line cancels, fine group (Image)

1858-1992, Mint & used collection in 29 stockbooks from 1858 #1 to modern CIS new countries through useful 1920-40 period, min.sheets, useful array of covers/stationery incl. WWI Russian censormarks, etc., needs careful examination (Image)

1858-2014, Mint & used collection neatly presented in 30 Lighthouse albums & stockbooks, noted 5 examples on #1, 1858 30k used signed Calves, Armenia, Wrangel, Levant, Ukraine 1919 (one album), South Army, Zemstvos, Tuva, Poland #1, New Republics 1990-95, etc., generally very fine, needs careful examination

1865-1919, RUSSIAN LEVANT: Attractive collection from a Parisian estate with a wide array of mint & used stamps, errors & varieties, rare cancellations, see web

1865-1980, Fine collection in 6 albums plus duplicates and an extra well formed collection, hundreds of letters and postcards, easily adaptable to a new collection

1866-1905 DEFINITIVES ON LAID PAPER: Selection of single values, blocks, strips, gutters, etc., much medium better values, much MNH material, needs careful calculation (Image)

1866-1980, Mint and used selection in 28 albums or stockbooks, much never hinged material but also cancellation interest for the Imperial Russia period, also Russian Levant, Ukraine, Gerogia, good Soviet Union section including for the later years a comprehensive collection in several hingeless albums, better later items include two 1964 Tokyo numbered min.sheets, gen. fine

1866-1991, RUSSIA & SOVIET UNION incl. BOB: Large duplication in 3 A4 stockbooks, 2 thick A4 approval books, diverse stockcards, mint hinged, MNH and used, mixed to v.fine, from a former Eastern bourse dealers stock

1878-1938, RUSSIA / SOVIET UNION: Accumulation of about 80 postal stationery (used & unused), covers & cards, noted several advertising stationery, mixed but interesting lot, also some Esperanto interest (Image)

1890-1923, Chiefly mint collection on pages showing Russian-Influence areas comprising Wrangel Army issues, Russian P.O. in China, Soviet Republics including Armenia (with a fascinating selection of varieties), Georgia, Transcaucasia, Azerbaijan, also Russian Civil War and Ukraine, mostly very fine

1905-1919, Large duplication on the definitve issues around 1905-1919, noted many complete sheets, many with plate numbers, also some modern material partly in sheets as well

1908-1919 Definitives: Duplication of mostly blocks, quarter sheets, noted many plate numbers, also some on better papers (early printings), etc., mostly MNH, mostly very fine (Image)

1908-19, Collection of sheets and part sheets in an album, with 36 sheets from the perf. Arms issues up to 5R, Romanov Currency stamps (5 sheets & 2 part sheets), 1917 Arms imperf. (4 sheets with 1R used) and finally 3R50 and 7R sheets, fine and attractive lot

1914-1915 RUSSIA: Charity issues on white and coloured paper - accumulation of mostly MNH blocks of 4, mostly very fine (Image)

1915-1919 Definitives: Small lot of varieties, noted offsets, shifted printings, apparently all MNH, mostly very fine (Image)

1918-23, Early Post-Revolution period collections in four albums, with White Russian Armies, various Caucassian States, Ukraine, and Wrangel Armies, very fine

1958-85, CHESS players' autographs on 8 postal stationery envelopes (5 depicting Chess championships), incl. Karpov, Taimanov (2), Korchnoi, Khasin, Panchenko, Petrosian and Kharitonov (Image)

1966-1994, SOVIET UNION: Group incl. 1966 test stamp (4k) in blk of 4, 1991 bogus proof of 5k October Revolution adhesive and 1977-1980 Golden Ring issues, cpl sets totalling 30 adhesives - all in MNH sheetlets (Stand. € 1600) also 1937-1994 lot of min. sheets, mostly very fine