1941 Year, complete set of 70 stamps, including two blocks of four, representing several perforation and raster varieties, fresh quality, full OG, NH or LH (27), F/VF, SC.v.106,000P (Image)

1941, Industrialization issue, Locomotives, 30k brown, comb perforation 12x12½, right sheet margin horizontal gutter block of 24 (4x3+4x3), nice and fresh, full OG, NH, VF (Image)

1941, People's Militia, 30k deep blue, fresh condition, full OG, NH, VF, C.v. $300 (Image)

1942-43 Years, complete set of 93 stamps (including Turgenev issue of 1944), several printing varieties are presented, full OG, NH or LH (2), F/VF, SC.v.82,000P (Image)

1942, Aleksandr Chekalin, 30k black, the ''key'' value of the set, unfolded block of four, lower right stamp with a ''o'' in front of ''30'' on the value tablet, full OG, NH, VF (Image)

1943, 200th Anniversary of the Death of Vitus Bering, 30k-2r, complete set of four, corner sheet margin blocks of 40 (5x8), stamp of 60k has horizontal raster, full OG, NH, VF (Image)

1943, Tehran Conference, 30k black, red and dark blue, double impression of red color, rich colors and intact perforation, full OG, NH, VF and very rare unrecorded error (Image)

1944 Year, 89 stamps and five souvenir sheets (five types of Leningrad souvenir sheets), several raster varieties, full OG, NH (one stamp is LH), F/VF, SC.v. 52,000P (Image)

1944, Civil War Hero, Sergey Lazo, 30k bright green, top sheet margin vertical pair, imperforated between stamps, full OG, VLH, VF (Image)

1945 Year, complete set of 123 stamps and one souvenir sheet, several raster, paper and printing varieties, full OG, NH (LH - 1), F/VF, SC.v.54,000P (Image)

1945, Soviet Bomber ''Pe-8'', 1r gray black, bottom sheet margin single, imperforated at the bottom, neat corner cancellation, mostly VF (Image)

1945, 75th Anniversary of the birth of Lenin, 3r black brown, bottom sheet margin single, imperforated at the bottom, full OG, LH, mainly VF (Image)

1946 Year, complete set of 92 stamps and five souvenir sheets, including some raster and printing varieties (5- year reconstruction plan), nice quality, full OG (one s.s. is regummed), NH (2 - LH), F/VF, SC.v.92,000P (Image)

1946, Soviet Elections, Coat of Arms, 60k gray green, top sheet margin vertical pair, imperforated at the top and between stamps, lightly cancelled, VF (Image)

1946, Promenade at Gagra, 30k dark slate green, raster horizontal diamonds, full OG, NH, VF (Image)

1946, View of Moscow Kremlin, 45k dark green, right sheet margin single, imperforated on the right, neatly cancelled, VF (Image)

1946, Military Medals, 1r in various colors, engraved printing, complete set of eight, three-side margin blocks of 40 (8x5), slightly folded once along vertical perforation, occasional paper inclusion on one stamp, post office fresh quality otherwise, full OG, NH, VF (Image)

1947, 25th Anniversary of the Soviet Postage stamps, 15k black and dark red, souvenir sheet of four, bottom left stamp with Svalbard (Spitsbergen) annexed by Soviet Union (red spot over Barents Sea), full OG, VLH, VF and a spectacular item (Image)

1946, 25th Anniversary of Soviet Postage stamps, 30k green and dark brown, left sheet margin single, imperforated on the left, full OG, NH (naturally missing gum on margin), VF (Image)

1947, 29th Anniversary of the October Revolution, 30k deep orange, souvenir sheet of four, used on registered cover from Kiev to Moscow in 1957, all appropriate markings and arrival ds, VF (Image)

1946, 29th Anniversary of the October Revolution, 30k deep orange, imperforated top margin single from damaged printing plate with completely omitted text on Lenin Mausoleum, full OG, NH, VF and very rare, a common stamp is added for comparison (Image)

1947 Year, complete set of 162 stamps and two souvenir sheets, properly described original and later issues, full OG, NH (1 - LH), F/VF, SC.v.91,000P (Image)

1947, 100th Anniversary of the Soviet Union Geographical Society, Nikolai Semenov-Tyan-Shanski, enlarged format unissued design photo-essay of 30k stamp, instead of it two stamps picturing F. Litke were issued in that set, no gum as produced, VF and very rare (Image)

1947, Arms of the Soviet Republics, 30k and 1r, complete set of 17, top sheet margin blocks of six (3x2), stamps of 1r in block of four and two singles, full OG, NH, VF (Image)

1947, Jubilee of Moscow, 1r multicolored, a single with blank label at the top, imperforated between label and stamp, full OG, LH at upper right corner of the label far away from the stamp, VF (Image)