1924 “Golden Standard” 8k dark olive no watermark perforation comb. 12 x 12 1/4, wove paper, mint l.h., very fine and rare stamp, ex "Nikolai" (Zverev 42A, Mi. 249 IB). (Image)

1924 “Golden Standard” 8k grey-olive no watermark imperforate, wove paper, mint hr (slightly heavy), fine and rare stamp (Zverev 42b, Mi. 249 IU). (Image)

1924 “Golden Standard” 9k orange-red no watermark imperforate, wove paper, mint hr, very fine and rare stamp (Zverev 43b, Mi. 250 IU). (Image)

1924 Definitive Typographed 15k lemon yellow, the so-called "Limonka", well centred, post office fresh, mint with full gum, natural inclusions and minor ageing around the perforation, all mentioned for accuracy and not detracting from the beauty of famous and popular Russian rarities Expertise: Cert. Buchsbayew (2011) (Image)

1924 “Golden Standard” 30k dark lilac no watermark imperforate, typograph printing on wove paper, mint l.h., wrinkles at right, fine and rare stamp, ex "Nikolai" (Zverev 48b, Mi. 255 IU). (Image)

1924 “Golden Standard” 40k grey no watermark imperforate, wove paper, mint with only trace of disturbance, light bend at upper left, fine and rare stamp (Zverev 49b, Mi. 256 IU). (Image)

1924 Definitives (typographed) NO WMK, 1r carmine & brown mint n.h. imperforate top left corner marginal, small gum disturbance, very fine and rare stamp, ex "Nikolai" (Zverev 51b, Mi. 258IU). (Image)

1924 “Golden Standard” 5R blue & grey no watermark imperforate, wove paper, mint hr, very fine and rare stamp (Zverev 54b, Mi. 261 IU). (Image)

1924 Postage due 1k surcharge on 100 Rub on pelure paper in complete mint n.h. pane of 25, showing both types of overprint, minor creasing, scarce in complete printing panes, ex "Nikolai" (Mi.10).

1925 Soldier 20k proof in black on perforated gummed paper, very fine and scarce (Image)

1925 Soldier 20k proof in grey on perforated gummed paper, very fine and scarce (Image)

1927 Auxiliary Definitive Issue: 8k on 1k mint with inverted surcharge, fine and scarce, signed Soviet Philatelic Society. (Image)

1927 Auxiliary Definitive Issue: 8k on 2k mint with inverted surcharge, fine and scarce, signed Soviet Philatelic Society. (Image)

1927 Auxiliary Definitive Issue: 8k on 3k mint with inverted surcharge, fine and scarce, signed Soviet Philatelic Society. (Image)

1927 Auxiliary Definitive Issue: 8k on 7k mint with inverted surcharge, fine and scarce, signed Soviet Philatelic Society. (Image)

1927 Auxiliary Definitive Issue: 8k on 8k mint with inverted surcharge, fine and scarce, signed Soviet Philatelic Society. (Image)

1927 Auxiliary Definitive Issue: 8k on 14k mint with inverted surcharge, fine and scarce, signed Soviet Philatelic Society. (Image)

1927 Auxiliary Definitive Issue: 8k on 10k mint with inverted surcharge, fine and scarce, signed Soviet Philatelic Society. (Image)

1931 50k black-brown, airmail stamp, mint o.g., lightly hinged, with horizontal watermark, very fine example. (Image)

1932 Gorky 15k brown, unused, imperforate, fine and scarce (Mi. 412U) (Image)

1935 Tolstoy 3k lilac & black, perf. 11, used, imperf. at right, fine and scarce (Mi. 536Ur) (Image)

1935 Tolstoy 10k brown & black-blue, perf. 13 3/4, used, imperf. at top, fine and scarce (Mi. 537Uo) (Image)

1935 Tolstoy 20k brown & green, perf. 11, used, imperf. between vertical pair, fine and scarce (Mi. 538UMw) (Image)

1935 Tolstoy 20k brown & green, perf. 11, used, imperf. at right, fine and scarce (Mi. 538Ur) (Image)

1936 Pioneer 2k red-brown, perf. 11, used, imperf. at right, fine and scarce (Mi. 543) (Image)