1948, Vasily Surikov, 30k red brown, ''1943'' instead of ''1948'' at the top right corner, in addition top sheet margin single imperforated at the top, both with full OG, NH, VF (Image)

1948, Aleksandr Ostrovsky, 30k-1r, imperforated complete set of three in horizontal pairs, nice margins all around, right stamp of 1r has tiny natural paper inclusion, post office fresh, full OG, NH, VF (Image)

1948, Ivan Shishkin, 30k-1r, complete set in unfolded blocks of four, three of which with sheet margins, full OG, NH, VF (Image)

1948, Ivan Shishkin, 30k dark green and violet brown, green frame appearing double due to plate shift during printing process, full OG, NH, VF and scarce unrecorded error, a common stamp is included for comparison (Image)

1948, Ivan Shishkin, 50k multicolored, right sheet margin example imperforated on the right, full OG, LH, VF (Image)

1948, Industrial Expansion, 60k dark red and black, left sheet margin single with central design strongly shifted to the top, full OG, NH, VF (Image)

1948, For Early Fulfillment of the Post-War 5-Year Plan, set of 24 (no Transport) in unfolded blocks of four, full OG, NH, VF, C.v. close to $1,500 (Image)

1948, 25th Anniversary of the Establishing of USSR, 60k red and greenish black, left sheet margin single imperforated on the left, full OG with slight gum wrinkle, NH, VF (Image)

1948, Sports issue, Foot Race, 15k violet, two sheet margin singles, imperforated at the top or on the left, full OG, NH or LH (left margined), VF (Image)

1948, Heavy Machinery Plant, 30k purple, bottom sheet margin single imperforated at the bottom, full OG, NH, VF (Image)

1948, Young Pioneers and Young Communists, two complete sets of five and six respectively, 40k of Komsomol set has significant shift of red color, full OG, NH, VF (Image)

1948, 50th Anniversary of the Moscow Art Theater, 40k deep blue, raster square, block of four, nice looking unused item, expertly regummed, VF appearance of this very scarce raster variety (Image)

1948, Coat of Arms and Flag of the Soviet Union, 40k brownish red, size 14.8x21.8mm, original printing, horizontal imperforated pair, enlarged margins all around, full OG, NH, VF and extremely rare, the similar pair had been sold in our Auction #75 for $5,500 plus commission, Raritan Stamps guarantee (Image)

1948, 225th Anniversary of Sverdlovsk, 30k-1r, perforated and imperforated sets in corner sheet margin blocks of four, full OG, NH, VF (Image)

1948, Colonnade at Kislovodsk, 40k blue, original printing with raster vertical diamonds, we note that all recorded issues of this stamp have raster square, full OG, NH, VF and the only recorded stamp of this raster type, ex- the Matvil Collection, since that Sale not even one stamp with this raster was found, Raritan Stamps guarantee (Image)

COLLECTION OF 1948 YEAR, over 1400 mostly mint stamps, including more than 200 blocks of four, representing all 30 issues of the year, nine fantails, Art Theater 40k with raster square and numerous other raster and plate varieties, overall nice condition, mainly full OG, most is NH, F/VF, SC.v. $875,000P (Image)