1914, World War I Charity, smaller format engraved imperforated proof of 10k in dark green, printed on thin cardboard, nice margins around, no gum as produced, VF, expertized by W. Pohl, Est. $300-$350

250.00

1915, World War I Charity issue, Ilya Muromets, 1+1k brown orange and gray, imperforated single printed on white paper, nice margins all around, full OG, previously hinged, VF, C.v. $425, Est. $200-$250

100.00

1922, Volga Famine Relief issue, 2250r in various colors, complete set of seven with stamps in green and red on thin paper and red stamp on "cotton" paper with design shown on reverse, full OG, NH, VF, Est. $150-$200

100.00

1922, Volga Famine Relief double black surcharge 100r +100r on "Sword Breaking Chain" of 70k brown, full OG, VLH, VF, C.v. $200, Est. $120-$150

75.00

1922, Volga Famine Relief black surcharge 100r+100r on "Sword Breaking Chain" 70k brown, horizontal pair from positions 6 and 7, left stamp with "100r+r100" surcharge variety, full OG, previously hinged, VF, C.v. $225, Est. $150-$200

100.00

1922, Volga Famine Relief black surcharge 250r+250r on "Sword Breaking Chain" 35k ultra, two stamps with inverted and double surcharge, full OG, NH (double) or LH, mostly VF, C.v. $270, Est. $150-$200

100.00

1922, Volga Famine Relief red surcharge 250r on "Sword Breaking Chain" 35 k ultra, bottom sheet margin pair with strongly misplaced perforation, looking as a beautiful imperf, full OG, NH (LH on the selvage), VF, Est. $250- $300

200.00

1922, Philately for the Children, black overprints on perforated and imperforated 1k (both 2nd printing, positions 11 and 18 respectively) and perforated 2k-10k, all with full OG, NH or previously hinged (1k imperf),VF, C.v. $790, Est. $450-$550

350.00

1922, Philately for the Children, black overprints on perforated and imperforated 1k and on perforated 2k-10k, complete set of six, 1k values are from positions 23 (perf) and 20 of the second setting of 25 stamps, full OG, LH/previously hinged (the "key" stamps) or NH, VF, expertized by Z. Mikulski and E. Eichenthal, C.v. $790, Est. $500-$600

400.00

1922, Philately for the Children, inverted (reading up) black overprints on perforated and imperforated 1k (both from the second printing) and perforated 2k (second printing), 3k-10k (first printing), nice and fresh quality unit, full OG, NH (both 1k) or LH/hinged, VF and rare unit, all stamps expertized, three have certificates, Est. $4,000- $4,500

1922, Philately for the Children, inverted (reading up) overprint on perforated 1k orange, the first printing, position 19 of not inverted setting, perfect quality, full OG, NH, VF and extremely rare stamp especially in sound condition, expertized by H. Bloch, Soviet Philatelic, J. Stolow and Raritan Stamps guarantees, Est. $2,000- $2,500

1922, Philately for the Children, inverted (reading up) overprint on 2k green, the second printing, position 3 of not inverted setting, full OG, NH, VF, Soviet Philatelic guarantee hs, C.v. $500, Est. $150-$200

100.00

1922, Philately for the Children, inverted (reading up) overprint on imperforated 1k orange, the first printing, position 4 of not inverted setting, showing narrow "8" and italics second "2", full OG, LH, VF and very rare, expertized by H. Bloch, Soviet Philatelic and Raritan Stamps guarantees, Est. $1,500-$1,800

1923, Philately for the Labor, gold, bronze and silver surcharges on various definitive stamps, complete set of six, including surcharge 2r+2r on 250r printed on thin paper, full OG, all with barest trace of hinge(most appearing NH), VF, C.v. $1,630, Est. $1,000-$1,200

600.00

1923, Philately for the Labor, gold surcharge 1r+1r on 10r brown and black, both "1" of "1 Maya" and "1923" are on the same vertical line (two stamps possible per sheet of 25), full OG, NH, VF, Est. $100-$130

75.00

1923, Philately for the Labor, two stamps with gold surcharge 1r+1r on 10r brown and black, first one is left sheet margin example has no dot after first "1r" (position 6), the other one has double dash between "1 Maya" and"1923", both with full OG, previously hinged, VF, Est. $150-$200

100.00

1923, Philately for the Labor, gold surcharge 1r+1r on 10r brown and black, representing clear double red undercoat surcharge with overinked gold over, which is slightly misplaced, full OG, NH, VF and extremely rare, only one pane of 25 stamps with double surcharge were produced, N. Mandrovski certificate, Est. $2,500-$3,000

1923, Philately for the Labor, inverted silver surcharge 4r +4r on 5000r violet, nicely centered and very fresh color, full OG, previously hinged, VF and rare, expertized by Romeko and others, Raritan Stamps guarantee, Est. $3,500-$4,000

     Group of Semi-Postal issues
1924-30, 17 mint stamps, representing Leningrad Flood and various Child Welfare issues, including two unissued stamps, nice and fresh group, full OG, NH, mostly VF, Est. $140-$180 (website photo)

100.00

1929, Child Welfare issue, two stamps of 10+2k with perforation 12½ and 10½; three stamps of 20+2k with perforation 10, 12½ and 10½, mainly fresh quality, full OG, NH (3, one expensive 10+2k) or VLH, F/VF, Est. $300 -$350

250.00

1977-80, Summer Olympic Games in Moscow, complete set of 70 miniature sheets of 16 or 20, arranged in two souvenir illustrated albums with description and official certificates, in addition a dozen of stationery envelopes of Olympic theme, nice quality, full OG, NH, VF, Est. $350 -$400 (website photo)

250.00

1988, Zoo Relief Fund, 10+5k x2, 20+10k x3, top right corner sheet margin imperforated se-tenant block of five with label, control lights at the top selvage, full OG, NH, VF, rare and guaranteed genuine, Est. $1,800-$2,200

1990, Zoo Relief Fund, 10+5k, 20+10k x2, top right corner sheet margin imperforated se-tenant block of three with label, control lights at the right selvage, full OG, NH, VF and guaranteed genuine, Est. $200-$250

150.00