PRE-WORLD WAR II COLLECTION ON ALBUM PAGES: 1923-40, about 850 mint or used stamps and two souvenir sheets, starting with nice range of the first definitive set, including 50k typo, imperforated single and block four, 15k lemon yellow perforation 14½x15, two 1r perforation 12, all used; mint complete set on watermarked paper, several proofs and more, continues with Lenin stamps in singles and multiples, various watermark and perforation, imperforated third definitive set, then valuable issues of 1930’s, such as Anti-War Propaganda, Moscow Subway, Spartacist Games, Iranian Arts and etc., some quality problems possible, generally fresh condition, mainly unused or CTO with full/large part of OG, F/VF or better, C.v. 580,000rub=US$10,000 (Image)

INTACT COLLECTION ON ALBUM PAGES IN THREE-RING BINDER: 1941-58, about 1700 mint stamps and 34 souvenir sheets, apparently complete for the period (no Lenin sheets), including all better sets and singles with some varieties, never hinged highlights included – Navoi, Transports, Youth Communists, Stalin souvenir sheet, Iskra and etc., others are LH/hinged; then, from 1952, vast majority is in NH condition, fresh quality overall, full OG, F/VF or better, C.v. 690,000rub=US$11,900 (Image)

VALUABLE GROUP OF MULTIPLES: 1925-57, Lenin Mausoleum of 1925, Aviation Exhibition souvenir sheet, Lermontov, Tchaikovsky, Zhukovski, Lenin of 1939, powerful War and post-War issues with slight duplication, the total is 245 blocks of four, representing 82 complete issues, occasional folds and some perf separation possible, nice and fresh unit overall, full OG (Mausoleum is expertly regummed), NH, mostly VF, Standard C.v. 360,000rub=US$6,200 (Image)

SELECTION OF PRE-WORLD WAR II ISSUES: 1925-40, Lenin Mausoleum, Ethnographic set, Pioneers, Arms of Republics, Papanin Expedition and Agriculture Exhibition, six complete issues, the total of 62 values, mainly full OG with some disturbance on Arms, two stamps of Ethnographic set are regummed, NH or LH (4), F/VF (Image)

THREE ISSUES IN BLOCKS OF FOUR: 1944-47, Lenin, Victory Parade and Arms of Soviet Republics, the total is 27 unfolded blocks (minor perf separation on Moldavia), full OG, NH, VF (Image)

GROUP OF IMPERFORATED VARIETIES: 1979-83, Children's Drawing, Temryuk Lighthouse, Campaign Against Nuclear Weapons, New Year 1984, Cuban Revolution, five nicely margined singles, full OG, NH, VF, Standard C.v. $10,640 (Image)

BALANCE OF A CONSIGNMENT: 1935-58, Anti-War Propaganda (CTO), Chapaev of 1938 in NH block of ten, NY Exhibition in NH blocks of four, Arms of Soviet Republics of 1947 (LH), Young Communists (NH) and North Pole souvenir sheet (NH), all with full OG, mainly VF (Image)