**Russia continued...**
LotNo.	Symbol	CatNo.	Lot Description
921	P		RUSSIA (99P) 1913 Empress Elizabeth, 50k die proofs on glazed card, three different Frame only in gray purple, dull carmine and olive green, each with names of designer and engraver at bottom, couple of marginal thin spots, otherwise v.f. (Image) (Image 2) (Image 3) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Russia 99P] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census	Current Opening Price...$1,400.00 Will close during Public Auction
922	P		RUSSIA (99P) 1913 Empress Elizabeth, 50k die proofs on glazed card, four different Frame only in gray purple, bistre brown, gray green and orange brown, each with names of designer and engraver at bottom, couple of marginal thin spots, otherwise v.f. (Image) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Russia 99P] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census	Current Opening Price...$1,800.00 Will close during Public Auction
923	P		RUSSIA (100P) 1913 Tsar Michael, 70k die proofs on glazed card, three different Frame only in purple brown, blue green and orange, each with names of designer and engraver at bottom, couple of marginal thin spots, otherwise v.f. (Image) (Image 2) (Image 3) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Russia 100P] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census	Current Opening Price...$1,800.00 Will close during Public Auction
924	P		RUSSIA (104P) 1913 Tsar Nicholas II, 5r claret, stage proof of frame only on thick card, without names of designer and engraver at bottom, penciled "II" and "3" on back, v.f., probably unique, possibly from the Tsar's collection (Image) Get Market Data for [Russia Collection] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census	Current Opening Price...$1,400.00 Will close during Public Auction
925	P		RUSSIA (104P) 1913 Tsar Nicholas II, 5r gray black, stage proof of frame only on thick card, without names of designer and engraver at bottom, penciled "1" and "9" on back, v.f., probably unique, possibly from the Tsar's collection (Image) Get Market Data for [Russia Collection] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census	Current Opening Price...$1,400.00 Will close during Public Auction
926	P		RUSSIA (104P) 1913 Tsar Nicholas II, 5r gray blue, stage proof of mostly completed frame and portrait, large die on thin card, without names of designer and engraver at bottom, penciled "10" on back, v.f., probably unique, possibly from the Tsar's collection (Image) Get Market Data for [Russia Collection] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census	Current Opening Price...$1,400.00 Will close during Public Auction
927	,		RUSSIA (109d) 1915 10r carmine lake, yellow and gray, groundwork inverted, bottom margin block of eight plus label, n.h., mostly well centered, fine-v.f. and scarce showpiece (Image) Get Market Data for [Russia 109d] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census	Current Opening Price...$4,750.00 Will close during Public Auction
928	E		RUSSIA 1917 After the February Revolution, the Provisional Government sponsored a contest for best design of a postage stamp of the new country. Among the many masters of graphic arts to submit their sketches, was Rihards Zarins (a Latvian artist who created many stamp designs, including 5r and 10r Arms, 1913 Romanov series, 1914 Charity issues and others. He was a graduate of the Stieglitz Central School for Technical Drawing in St. Petersburg and studied lithography in Berlin, Munich and Vienna. In Paris, he honed his skills in watercolors and pastels. Employed by the Russian Imperial Printing Office in St. Petersburg for 20 years, Zarins became technical director, in charge of designing State Papers). One of his popular, but unapproved contestants was "The Russian Knight" (Ilya Muromets). A group of five Trial Color Essays, 25k rose, 30k gray, 35k yellow brown, 50k brown and 70k indigo blue, perforated 11, with large margins all around, some positional pencil markings, all mounted on presentation card, signed at top by People's Commissar of Posts and Telegraphs of the RSFSR, Comrade N.P.Avilov-Glebov ("not approved"), peripheral ageing and slight toning, fine and undoubtedly unique Essays, recently unearthed among personal holdings of a former White Russian Army officer (similar items are referenced in the 2019 edition of specialized Russia handbook by N.F.Mandrovski) (Image)	Current Opening Price...$13,000.00 Will close during Public Auction
929			RUSSIA (133a,var) 1917 5r dark blue, green and yellow (error), additional variety yellow groundwork inverted, top sheet margin example with color indicators, h.r. in margin, stamp l.h., v.f. An incredibly rare double error, only a few recorded (Zverev 141ve, $6,000) (Image) Get Market Data for [Russia 133a,var] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census	Current Opening Price...$2,300.00 Will close during Public Auction
930			RUSSIA (133b) 1917 5r dark blue, green and pale blue, left sheet margin imperf. horizontal pair, green background inverted, h.r., few natural gum bends, v.f., rare (Image) Get Market Data for [Russia 133b] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census	Current Opening Price...$9,000.00 Will close during Public Auction
931	O		RUSSIA (134a) 1917 7r dark green and pink imperforate, center inverted, oval Buzdyak cancel, very fine, one of only three known copies (all canceled "Buzdyak"). A key Russian rarity, cat. value $30000 (Image) Get Market Data for [Russia 134a] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census	Current Opening Price...$23,000.00 Will close during Public Auction
932			RUSSIA (135a,var) 1917 10r scarlet, green (instead of yellow) and gray, upper right sheet corner margin imperforate single, additional variety green groundwork inverted, minor h.r., marginal gum bends at top, stamp v.f., with 1885 Mikulski and 2002 APS certificates. A very rare double error (green background instead of yellow, furthermore inverted) (Zverev 143ve, $6,500) (Image) Get Market Data for [Russia 135a,var] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census	Current Opening Price...$2,300.00 Will close during Public Auction
933	P		RUSSIA (148-149) 1918 Chain-Breakers Issue, 35k dark blue and 70k brown, approved designs, Trial Perforations, both mounted on a presentation card, some peripheral ageing, fine and rare (Image) Get Market Data for [Russia 148-149] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census	Current Opening Price...$230.00 Will close during Public Auction
934	P		RUSSIA 1918 Chain Breakers Issue, 15k orange brown, perforated and gummed sheetlet with vertical lozenges, fresh and v.f., rare, ex-Liphschutz (Zverev $10,000) (Image)	Current Opening Price...$7,000.00 Will close during Public Auction
935	, ,		RUSSIA 1918 1r imperf., irregular pane of 30, double background, one inverted (!), folded between stamps, some invalidating pencil markings, spectacular multiple (Image) Get Market Data for [Russia !] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census	Current Opening Price...$700.00 Will close during Public Auction
936	,		RUSSIA 1918 1r imperf., sheet margin block of four, double frame, center inverted, v.f. (Image)	Current Opening Price...$230.00 Will close during Public Auction
937			RUSSIA (150var) 1918 70k brown, variety imperf. at top, sheet corner margin single, n.h., v.f. (Image) Get Market Data for [Russia 150var] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census	Current Opening Price...$140.00 Will close during Public Auction
938			RUSSIA 1921 (10 Apr) registered cover from "Kitaevskoe" (Stavropol) to Samara, franked on back with Imperial 1k and 2x2k, tied by departure pmks, with official violet "Commissariat Lyublino District" handstamp, postal slip attached (indicating non delivery), Samara arrival, cover well worn, but with clear markings indicating rate reduced to 5r (instead of 10r) for official usage (Image) Get Market Data for [Russia 10 Apr] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census	Current Opening Price...$230.00 Will close during Public Auction
939			RUSSIA (195a,270var) 1922 10,000r on 40r gray violet, surcharge inverted, l.h., v.f., signed Goznak, also Lenin Mourning Issue, 6k perf. single with black center shifted (Image) Get Market Data for [Russia 195a,270var] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census	Current Opening Price...$230.00 Will close during Public Auction
940			RUSSIA (218c) 1922 Soviet Star surcharges, 20r on 70k, horizontal strip of three, surcharge shifted to left, completely omitted from the right stamp, v.f., signed Dr.P.Jemchouhin (Image) Get Market Data for [Russia 218c] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census	Current Opening Price...$130.00 Will close during Public Auction

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