Feature Lot. Lot 567 - 1930, 40k ultra and 80k carmine, imperforated complete set of two in horizontal pairs, perfect condition with large margins all around, full OG, NH, VF and rare in pairs, Soviet Philatelic guarantees, N. Mandrovski certificate for each pair, Est. $7,500-$9,000.... Sold for US$ 8,500

The Sale represents:

• Imperial Russian material with 35 lots of Romanov Dynasty proofs from the Tsar Collection;
• Zemstvo (Rural Post) containing 135 lots of various districts from Alexandria to Zolotonosha with numerous items from the Ferrari, Faberge, Schmidt, and other famous collections;
• Valuable RSFSR items:
  - "Sword Breaking Chain" 70k brown, well margined imperforated single, mint never hinged,
  - se-tenant block of 8 definitive stamps of 200r brown and 4 Volga Famine Relief stamps of 2250r brown with gutter in the middle,
  - iconic lithographic surcharge 20r on 15k brown lilac and blue, top sheet margin imperforated single in post office fresh quality;
• Fabulous Soviet Union material:
  - first definitives on paper without watermark imperforated 50k, 20k, 1r, and 3r; perforated 14½x15 astonishing 15k lemon yellow, perforated 12 very scarce 1r, various and very rare compound perforation of 3r,
  - first definitives on watermarked paper including imperforated 18k in horizontal pair and several stamps of litho 8k with "small head" variety,
  - Esperanto Congress of 1926, complete set of two with perforation 11½ in mint never hinged condition,
  - Moscow Philatelic Exhibition "Kartonka" souvenir sheet of 1932 in premium quality,
  - Proofs and Imperfs of Baku Commissars, Lenin Mausoleum, Ivan Fedorov, First Decade without Lenin, and Moscow Subway,
  - Moscow Spartacist Games set in premium quality blocks of four,
  - Perforation varieties of Alexander Pushkin issue of 1937,
  - Museum level scarcities of Architectural Projects, including Goznak essay of the Palace of Soviets,
  - Imperforates of Dzerzhinsky, Red Army Anniversary, North Pole and both Trans-Atlantic Flights, Papanin's Expedition, Flight to the Far East, and definitives of 1936-39,
  - Perforated errors and unissued stamps from 1940's-50's, including Mendeleyev Congress, Centenary of Khabarovsk, Voroshilovgrad (block of four), 250th Anniversary of the Poltava Battle, and valuable imperforates from the 1970s-90s,
  
• Modern Russian Federation rarities, which came to the market by special order, including the practically complete collection of imperforated stamps and souvenir sheets;
• Excellent Semi–Postal issues :
  - Nice range of Philately for the Children issue, including inverted overprints in the complete set of six, first issues inverts on perforated and imperforated 1k,
  - Philately for the Labor with double gold surcharge 1r+1r on 10r, only 25 stamps were printed, inverted silver surcharge 4r+4r on 5000r and other varieties;
  
• First Class Air Post rarities:
  - Airplane "Fokker F111" 5r green with wide "5" variety on thin paper, with only 25 stamps were printed,
  - Moscow Zeppelin Flight 40k and 80k, imperforated complete set of two in horizontal pairs in mint never hinged condition,
  - Airship over the Arctic Region 50k brown of 1931 with the double impression (MNH) and perforated proof of this stamp in brownish violet color, of only a few produced,
  - International Polar Year 50k carmine with perforation L10½,
  - "Stratostat USSR 1" and Moscow – San Francisco Flight in blocks of four;
  
• Postage Due stamps:
  - Numerals of 1k red, 2k lilac, 8k green, and 10k dark blue, litho printing, imperforated complete set of four,
  - Numerals 10k dark blue, a single of litho printing with perforation 14½x14, only a handful known in mint condition;
  
• Collection of Soviet Advertising labels of 1923-29 and several other Collections and Group Lots.

Imperial Russia

• Issues of 1858-1912 Lots (1-15)
  
• Romanov Dynasty Proofs Lots (16-20)
  
• Romanov Dynasty Proofs Lots (21-40)
  
• Romanov Dynasty Proofs Lots (41-49)
  
• Issues of 1915-1917 Lot 50
  
• Issues of 1915-1918 Lot 51
  
• Issues of 1915-1919 Lot 52
  
• Issues of 1915-1920 Lot 53
  
• Wenden Lots (54-56)
  
• Wenden - Small Collection Lot 57
  
  Russian Zemstvo (Rural Post) Locals
  
• Alexandria Lot 58
  
• Ardatov Lots (59-60)
  
• Ardatov Lots (61-63)
  
• Arzamas Lot 64
  
• Atkarsk Lot 65
  
• Berdyansk Lot 66
  
• Bielozersk Lot 67
  
• Bobrov Lot 68
  
• Bogorodsk Lot 69
  
• Borisoglebsk Lot 70
  
• Borovichy Lot 71
  
• Byezhetsk Lot 72
  
• Cherdyn Lot 73
  
• Cherkassy Lot 74
  
• Dankov Lot 75
  
• Dmitriev Lot 76
  
• Dmitrov Lot 77
  
• Donetsky Uezd Lot 78
  
• Dukhovstschina Lot 79
  
• Glazov Lot 80
  
• Griazovets Lots (81-83)
  
• Irbit Lot 84
  
• Kadnikov Lot 85
  
• Kazan Lot 86
  
• Kharkov Lot 87
  
• Kherson Lots (88-89)
  
• Khvalynsk Lots (90-91)
  
• Kirillov Lot 92
  
• Kobelaky Lot 93
  
• Kolomna Lots (94-96)
  
• Konstantinograd Lots (97-98)
  
• Kotelnich Lots (99-100)
  
• Kozelets Lot 101
  
• Krapivna - Lot 102
  
• Krasny Lots (103-106)
  
• Kremenchug Lot 107
  
• Kungur Lot 108
  
• Kuznetsk Lot 109
  
• Lahishev Lot 110
  
• Lebedin Lot 111
  
• Lebedyan Lot 112
  
• Livny Lot 113
  
• Lokhvitsa Lots (114-115)
  
• Lubny Lot 116
  
• Luga Lots (117-118)
  
• Malmyzh Lot 119
  
• Maloarkhangelsk Lot 120
  
• Melitopol Lot 121
  
• Morshansk Lot 122
  
• Nikolsk Lot 123
  
• Nolinsk Lots (124-130)
  
• Novaya Ladoga Lot 131
  
• Novgorod Lot 132
  
• Novorzhev Lots (133-134)
  
• Odessa Lot 135
  
• Okhansk Lot 136
  
• Opochka Lot 137
  
• Orgheev Lots (138-139)
  
• Osa Lot 140
  
• Penza Lot 141
  
• Perm Lot 142
  
• Podolsk Lots (143-144)
  
• Poltava Lots (145-146)
  
• Pryluky Lot 147
  
• Pskov Lots (148-152)
  
• Rostov-on-Don Lot 153
  
• Ryazan Lots (154-155)
  
• Rzhev Lot 156
  
• Shadrinsk Lots (157-159)
  
• Shatsk Lot 160
  
• Shatsk Lots (161-163)
  
• Smolensk Lot 164
  
• Solikamsk Lot 165
  
• Sumy Lot 166
  
• Sudzha Lot 167
  
• Tikhvin Lot 168
  
• Tver Lot 169
  
• Urzhum Lots (170-172)
  
• Ustyuzhna Lot 173
  
• Valday Lot 174
  
• Vasil Lot 175
  
• Velsk Lots (176-177)
  
• Verkhotur Lot 178
  
• Vesyegonsk Lot 179
  
• Volchansk Lot 180
  
• Vyatka Lot 181
  
• Yegoryevsk Lot 182
  
• Yekaterinoslav Lot 183
  
• Yelets Lot 184
  
• Yelisavetgrad Lot 185
  
• Zadonsk Lots (186-188)
  
• Zemlyansk Lot 189
  
• Zienkov Lot 190
  
• Zolotonosha Lot 191
  
• Balance of the Zemstvo Collection Lot 192
  
  RSFSR Issues 1918-23
  
• Soviet Issue of Imperial Stamps Lots (193-194)
  
• Sword Breaking Chain issue Lots (195-196)
  
• 2nd RSFSR Definitive Issue Lots (197-198)
  
• Black and Red Surcharges on 1st Definitive Issue Lots (199-200)
  
• Black and Red Surcharges on 1st Definitive Issue Lots (201-204)
  
• 5th Anniversary of October Revolution Lot 205
  
• Star Surcharges Lots (206-207)
  
• Definitive issue of 1922-23 Lot 208
  
• Postal Fiscal Stamps Lot 209
  
• Serafimo-Diveyevskoye Lot 210
  
  Soviet Union
  
• 1st Definitive Issue, Litho Printing Lots (211-214)
  
• Lenin Mourning Issue Lots (215-217)
  
• 1st Definitive Issue, Typo Printing Lots (218-220)
  
• 1st Definitive Issue, Typo Printing Lots (221-234)
  
• Lenin Mausoleum Issue Lots (235-238)
  
• Lenin Definitive Issue of 1925 Lots (239-240)
  
• Lenin Definitive Issue of 1925 Lot 241
  
• 1st Definitive Issue on Watermarked Paper Lots (242-251)
  
• Commemorative Issues of 1925 Lots (252-256)
  
• Lenin Definitive Issue of 1926 Lots (257-258)
  
• Esperanto Congress Issue Lots (259-260)
  
• Surcharge 8k on Definitive and Commemorative Stamps Lots (261-264)
  
• Surcharge 8k on Postage Due Stamps Lots (265-272)
  
• Dr. Zamenhof Issue Lots (273-275)
  
• 10th Anniversary of October Revolution Issue Lots (276-278)
  
• 2nd Definitive Issue Lot 279
  
• 10th Anniversary of the Red Army Lot 280
  
• Pioneer's Assembly Issue Lots (281-282)
  
• 3rd Definitive Issue Perforated Stamps Lots (283-285)
  
• Industrialization Issue of 1929 Lot 286
  
• 25th Anniversary of the Revolution of 1905 Lot 287
  
• 3rd Definitive Issue Imperforated Stamps Lots (288-289)
  
• Maxim Gorky Issue Lot 290
  
• 15th Anniversary of the October Revolution Lot 291
  
• Moscow Philatelic Exhibition with ''Kartonka'' Souvenir Sheet Lots (292-293)
  
• Commemorative Issues of 1933-35 Lots (294-300)
  
• Commemorative Issues of 1933-35 Lots (301-308)
  
• Pioneers Helping Post Issue Lots (309-311)
  
• All-Russian Congress of Soviets of 1937 Lot 312
  
• Alexander Pushkin Issue of 1937 Lot 313
  
• Alexander Pushkin Issue of 1938 Lot 314
  
• Alexander Pushkin Issue of 1939 Lot 315
  
• Architectural Projects Issue Lots (316-320)
  
• Architectural Projects Issue Lots (321-325)
  
• Felix Dzerzhinsky Issue Lots (326-327)
  
• Shota Rustaveli Issue Lots (328-329)
  
• Definitive Stamps on Paper w/o Watermark Lots (330-336)
  
• Issues of 1938-1939 Lots (337-340)
  
• Issues of 1938-1939 Lots (341-351)
  
• Issues of 1940-1941 Lots (352-360)
  
• Issues of 1943-1945 Lots (361-365)
  
• Issues of 1946-1947 Lots (366-376)
  
• Issues of 1948 Lots (377-379)
  
• Issues of 1949-1950 Lot 380
  
• Issues of 1949-1950 Lots (381-393)
  
• Issues of 1951-1954 Lots (394-399)
  
• Issues of 1955-1957 Lot 400
  
• Issues of 1955-1957 Lots (401-420)
  
• Issues of 1958 Lots (421-440)
  
• Issues of 1958 Lots (441-444)
  
• Issues of 1959 Lots (445-452)
  
• Issues of 1960-1966 Lots (453-460)
  
• Issues of 1960-1966 Lots (461-468)
  
• Issues of 1970-1975 Lots (469-472)
  
• Issues of 1976-1979 Lots (473-480)
  
• Issues of 1976-1979 Lots (481-487)
  
• Issues of 1980-1991 Lots (488-500)
  
• Issues of 1980-1991 Lots (501-520)
  
• Issues of 1980-1991 Lots (521-522)
  
  Modern Issues of the Russian Federation
  
• Modern Issues of the Russian Federation Lots (523-536)
  
  Semi-Postal Issues
  
• World War I Charity Issue Lots (537-538)
  
• Volga Famine Relief Issue Lot 539
  
• Volga Famine Relief Surcharges Lot 540
  
• Volga Famine Relief Surcharges Lots (541-543)
  
• Philately for the Children Issue Lots (544-549)
  
• Philately for the Labor Issue Lots (550-554)
  
• Early Soviet Union Items Lots (555-556)
  
• Soviet Union Items of 1977-90 Lots (557-559)
  
  Air Post Stamps and Covers
  
• RSFSR Issue Lot 560
  
• Fokker F111 Issue and Later Surcharges Lots (561-564)
  
• Air Post Conference in the Hague Lots (565-566)
  
• Moscow Zeppelin Flight Issue Lot 567
  
• Airships Issue of 1931-32 Lots (568-576)
  
• International Polar Year Issue Lots (577-579)
  
• Stratostat ''USSR 1'' Issue Lot 580
  
• Stratostat ''USSR 1'' Issue Lots (581-582)
  
• Civil Aviation Issue Lot 583
  
• Stratosphere Disaster Issue Lots (584-585)
  
• Chelyuskin Rescue Lots (586-588)
  
• Moscow-San Francisco Flight Lots (589-591)
  
• Aviation Exhibition of 1937 Issue Lots (592-593)
  
• Issues of 1955-61 Lots (594-596)
  
• Air Post Official stamps Lots (597-598)
  
  Postage Due Stamps
  
• Surcharges on Sword Breaking Chain Stamps Lot 599
  
• 'Numerals'' Issue of 1925 Lot 600
  
• 'Numerals'' Issue of 1925 Lot 601
  
  Philatelic Exchange Tax stamps
  
• RSFSR Period - 1st Issue Lot 602
  
• Soviet Union - 2nd Issue Lots (603-604)
  
• Soviet Union - 4th Issue Lot 605
  
• Soviet Union - 5th Issue Lot 606
  
• Soviet Union - 6th Issue Lot 607
  
  Collections and Group Lots
  
• RSFSR Collection on VARIO Pages Lot 608
  
• Very Well Completed Collection in a Blue Stockbook Lot 609
  
• Complete Collection of 1941-57 Years in a Blue Stockbook Lot 610
  
• Group of Perforation Varieties Lot 611
  
• Selection of Mainly Perforation Varieties Lot 612
  
• Complete Collection of 1958-60 Years on Stockpages Lot 613
  
• Small Fragments of a Collection on Pages Lot 614
  
• Miniature Sheets Collection in Premium Album Lot 615
  
• Valuable Collection of Modern Imperforates Lot 616
  
  Soviet Union
  
• Collection of Advertising Labels of 1923-29 Lot 617
  
• Collection of Advertising Labels of 1923-30 Lot 618
  
• Collection of Advertising Labels of 1923-31 Lot 619
  
• Collection of Advertising Labels of 1923-32 Lot 620
  
• Collection of Advertising Labels of 1923-33 Lot 621
  
• Collection of Advertising Labels of 1923-34 Lot 622
  
• Collection of Advertising Labels of 1923-35 Lot 623
  
• Postal Stationery Items Lots (624-627)