1668 (28 Sep) FL from Archangel (Moscovia) to Amsterdam, written by a Dutch skipper "Led by God", with docketing on back, fine early letter (Image)

Est.$750

1827 and 1869 two Steamship covers, one a price list from St. Petersburg to New York, endorsed "Per Birmingham" and "Forwarded by RB", the other from London to New York, by Cunard Steamer "Russia", with "Forwarded by J.S. Morgan & Co. London" in red on reverse, fine (Image)

Est.$200

1857 10k brown & blue, used, margins all around, v.f., with Raybaudi certificate, cat. $950 (Cat No. 1) (Image)

Cat. $950, Est.$300

1857 10k brown & blue, canceled on piece, margins all around, v.f., with Raybaudi certificate, cat. $950 (Cat No. 1) (Image)

Cat. $950, Est.$300

1903 (20 Nov) registered cover to Paris, franked on back with 4k, 5k, 7k, 10k and 14k Arms, all tied by Kiev departure cds, with Paris arrival, fine and attractive five color combination paying 40k rate (Image)

Est.$500

1917 10r scarlet, yellow & gray green, green background inverted, left sheet margin example showing both color indicators, folded in margin only, l.h., v.f. A rare stamp (Cat No. 135var) (Image)

Est.$7,500

1919 (13 May) cover from Vladivostok to Canada, franked with 20k and 50k Arms, tied by cds, with "Opened by Censor" label (applied prior to canceling) and corresponding Russian Military handstamp on back, cover roughly opened, otherwise fine (Image)

Est.$150

1927 10th Anniversary of October Revolution, 28k "Workers of Different Races", four different perforated trial color proofs, each with part of "PROEKT" overprint at bottom, unused without gum (these were gently removed from a presentation card), v.f. (Cat No. 381P) (Image)

Est.$5,000

1972 Sobinov, 10k red brown with inscription at bottom "Narodnyj Artist CCCP", unaccepted in this form (the stamp was released with the revised "Narodnyj Artist Respubliki"), bottom sheet margin single, n.h., v.f., with 2001 Wassman certificate (Zagorsky 4049var) (Cat No. 3966var) (Image)

Est.$2,000

1931 50k gray blue (error), n.h., v.f., cat. $900 (Cat No. C23a) (Image)

Cat. $900, Est.$500

1931 50k gray blue (error), n.h., v.f., cat. $900 (Cat No. C23a) (Image)

Cat. $900, Est.$500

1935 Moscow-San Francisco 1r on 10k Levanevsky, raised stop after "Ceb", h.r., v.f., signed Goznak, cat. $725 (Cat No. C68) (Image)

Cat. $725, Est.$250

1935 Moscow-San Francisco 1r surcharge on 10k Levanevsky, lower case Cyrillic "f", l.h., minor gum offsets, v.f., signed Mikulski, etc., cat. $1500 (Cat No. C68b) (Image)

Cat. $1500, Est.$500

1961 6k on 60k Helicopter, right sheet margin vertical pair, top stamp "6" omitted, n.h., fine-v.f., rare (Cat No. C99var) (Image)

Est.$1,500

1921 1k red, buff, horizontal strip of five, used on registered cover from Petrograd to Cherepovets, also 5r blue on buff, used on cover from Taganrog, sent via Moscow to Petrograd, with transit and arrival pmks, each cover with 2020 Dr.Wolfgang Leupold certificate (Cat No. AR1,11) (Image)

Est.$350

1879-94 Odessa Local Administration of the Russian Red Cross, selection of 18 used or unused carte de visite envelopes, good variety of issues, mostly fine or better (Image)

Est.$500

1869-1929 Stamped Revenue Paper, Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes, collection of 78 different (four Soviet, others Imperial), mostly used, values to 50,000r, with various town handstamps (Lodz, Tiflis, St. Petersburg, Petrograd), four with invalidating punches, others intact, interesting and scarce group (Image)

Est.$2,500

1922 Philately for Children, complete set of six, second printing, l.h. or h.r., fine-v.f., signed Richter, etc., cat. $1065 (Cat No. B24-29) (Image)

Cat. $1065, Est.$500

1922 2t (2000r) green, sheet of 54 (6x9), unused without gum as issued, folded between stamps, extremely rare multiple (Cat No. B30) (Image)

Est.$2,000