COLLECTION OF 1940 YEAR, about 350 mostly mint stamps (about one dozen - used), forming nine complete issues in singles and blocks, several raster and perforation varieties, including one fantail, nice quality unit, generallyfull OG, NH or LH, F/VF, SC. v. 350,000P (Image)

20th Anniversary of the Battle of Perekop Issue. 1940, 10k-1r, perforated complete set of six used on registered cover in Tbilisi, tied by ''8.1.41'' date stamp, machine arrival ''10.1.41'' marking on reverse, mostly VF (Image)

All-Union Agriculture Fair Issue. 1940, 10l-60k, 88 mint stamps, including complete set of 17, four vertical se- tenant strips of six, two blocks of four, 19 se-tenant pairs and one folded cover bearing 14 different stamps, fresh quality overall, full OG, NH or unused (strips, blocks and 7 pairs), some of them are expertly regummed, F/VF (Image)

Anton Chekhov Issue. 1940, 30k red brown, raster vertical diamonds, unfolded block of four, some gray ink offset on reverse, full OG, NH, VF (Image)

Anton Chekhov Issue. 1940, 40k red brown, horizontal imperforated pair, nice four-side margins, perfect condition, full OG, NH, VF and very rare, we found just another pair (hinged) sold to the public at Cherrystone Auction in 2015 (Image)

Ice-Breaker ''Sedov'' Issue. 1940, 30k dull purple, comb perforation, raster horizontal diamonds, top sheet margin unfolded block of four, full OG, NH, VF (Image)

Kliment Timiryazev Issue. 1940, 10k indigo, right sheet margin single imperforated on the right, neatly cancelled, and 60k dark green, top left corner sheet margin single, partly imperforated due to foldover, full OG, NH, both are VF (Image)

Peter Tchaikovsky Issue. 1940, 15k-60k, complete set in sheet margin unfolded blocks of four, full OG, NH, VF, each stamp with Soviet Philatelic guarantee hs on reverse (Image)

Peter Tchaikovsky Issue. 1940, 30k dark blue, bottom left corner sheet margin vertical pair with strongly misplaced horizontal perforation and bottom margin single, imperforated at the bottom, full OG, NH, VF (Image)

Peter Tchaikovsky Issue. 1940, 60k red, bottom sheet margin single, imperforated at the bottom, full OG, NH, VF (Image)

Physical Culture Day Issue. 1940, 15k-1r, perforation L12 1/2, complete set in unfolded blocks of four, full OG, NH, VF, all 1r stamps with Soviet Philatelic guarantees on reverse (Image)

Physical Culture Day Issue. 1940, 15k-1r and 15k-60k, line and comb perforation respectively, two sets in unfolded blocks of four, full OG, NH, VF (Image)

Vladimir Mayakovsky Issue. 1940, 15k deep red, comb perforation, top sheet margin block of four, upper left stamp has pin-point natural paper inclusion, full OG, NH, VF (Image)

Vladimir Mayakovsky Issue. 1940, 60k black blue, perforation L12 1/2, raster vertical diamonds, unfolded block of four, full OG, NH, VF (Image)

Vladimir Mayakovsky Issue. 1940, 60k black blue, perforation L12 1/2, raster vertical diamonds, unfolded block of four, full OG, NH, VF and scarce multiple (Image)

Western Ukraine and Western Byelorussia Issue. 1940 10k-1r, complete set in unfolded blocks of four, block of 50k has slight gum wrinkle, full original somewhat uneven gum, NH, mostly VF (Image)

Western Ukraine and Western Byelorussia Issue. 1940, 30k, 60k x2 and 1r, four marginal singles, imperforated on the left, on the right, at the top or at the bottom respectively, all neatly cancelled, mostly VF (Image)