1918, "Sword Breaking Chain", 70k brown, top sheet margin horizontal strip of four, imperforated at the top, full OG, NH, VF

600.00

1921, imperforated proof of 5r in black, printed on ordinary paper, enlarged margins, tiny facial spot of violet ink probably from expert's hs, fresh condition, full OG, previously hinged, VF, expertized by Ignatoff

300.00

1921, 100r-1000r, 17 gutter blocks of eight, variety of color, paper, size of gutter and etc., several folds along the gutter, full OG with many NH stamps, VF
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150.00

1921, 100r and 250r, three complete sheets of 50 with vertical gutter in the middle, printed on ordinary paper and tete-beche block of 35 on thin paper, usual mostly marginal flaws, full OG, NH, F/VF
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100.00

1921, 100r yellow brown, color variety, special printing on thin paper, full OG, NH, VF

100.00

1921, 100r yellow, double impression, printed on ordinary paper, horizontal pair, full OG, NH, VF

150.00

1921, 200r brown, double impression, minor usual gum wrinkles, full OG, NH, VF, C.v. $200 as hinged

100.00

1922, 250r violet, printed on ordinary paper, 114 stamps in large horizontal gutter blocks used on registered cover from Pskov to Helsingfors, black roller cancellations and arrival ds, typical faults, still F/VF and scarce franking
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100.00

1921, 250r dark violet, double impression, printed on ordinary paper, horizontal pair, minor usual gum wrinkles, full OG, LH, VF

100.00

1921, 250r dark violet, two sheet margin stamps with double impression, printed on ordinary and thin paper respectively, first one has tiny natural paper inclusion, full OG, NH, VF

150.00

1921, 250r dark violet, double impression (one inverted), printed on chalk-surfaced paper, bottom sheet margin horizontal pair, full OG (missing on margin), NH, VF and scarce

200.00

1921, 250r violet, printed on ordinary paper, red typo "Obrazets" initials, large part of OG, previously hinged, VF

150.00

1921, imperforated proof of 250r with double impression of green and dark violet colors, full OG, NH, VF

250.00

1921, imperforated proof of 250r in violet (light impression), printed on thick rough gray paper, right sheet margin vertical pair, slight fold between stamps, no gum as produced, NH, VF

300.00

1921, 300r green, double impression, printed on ordinary paper, left sheet margin copy, full OG, NH, VF

200.00

1921, 1000r carmine, double impression, bottom left corner margin copy printed on ordinary paper, in addition full offset of the stamp design on reverse, full OG, NH, VF

100.00

1921, 1000r carmine, double impression (one inverted), printed on thin paper, bottom left corner margin block of four, full OG, NH or LH (top left stamp), VF

250.00

1921, imperforated proof of 40r in violet gray, two exemplars of the large size with different positions of watermark, no gum as produced, VF

75.00

1921, imperforated proof of 40r in violet gray, small size stamp, right sheet margin block of four, no gum as produced, VF and rare multiple

1921, 4th Anniversary of the October Revolution, 100r orange, double impression, left margin copy, full OG, NH, VF

150.00

1921, 4th Anniversary of the October Revolution, 100r orange, left sheet margin horizontal strip of five with red typo overprint "Obrazets", filing fold on margin, full OG, NH or VLH (two stamps), VF and a rare item from the Soviet Archives, expertized by C. Ebnet

1921, 4th Anniversary of the October Revolution, 250r violet, horizontal strip of five with red typo overprint "Obrazets", full OG, NH or VLH (two stamps), VF and rare, expertized by C. Ebnet

1921, 4th Anniversary of the October Revolution, 1000r carmine rose, double impression, enlarged margins, slight usual gum crease, full OG, hinged, VF, expertized by Z. Mikulski

100.00

1921, 4th Anniversary of the October Revolution, 200r brown, unissued, left sheet margin horizontal pair, full OG, previously hinged, VF, C.v. $120++

75.00

1922, black surcharge 5000r on 1r orange, left margin (gutter) block of ten with surcharge and control number "1" are strongly shifted to the right, full OG, NH, VF

150.00

1922, black surcharge 5000r on 2r brown, basic stamp with double impression, full OG, previously hinged, VF, Soviet Philatelic guarantee hs

100.00

1922, inverted black surcharge 10,000r on 40r slate, basic stamp is large size, full OG, previously hinged, VF, Soviet Philatelic guarantee hs

75.00

1922, red surcharge 5000r on 2r light brown, bottom left corner margin block of 15 (3x5), strong surcharge shift, resulting in top stamps without the surcharge, light crease is affecting top right vertical pair, otherwise full OG, NH, VF

500.00

1922, black typo diagonal surcharge 7500r on 250r violet, horizontal strip of three printed on ordinary paper, two right stamps with double impression, full OG, NH, VF

300.00

1921, inverted black diagonal surcharge 7500r on 250r violet, printed on thin paper, complete pane of 25, full OG, NH, VF

300.00

1922, black typo diagonal surcharge 7500r on 250r violet, bottom right corner margin block of four printed on chalk-surfaced paper, surcharges are strongly shifted to the top, one stamp with two small spots of glazing gum, full OG, NH, VF

100.00

1922, blue black diagonal litho surcharge 7500r on 250r violet, basic stamp printed on ordinary paper, full OG, NH, VF

150.00

1922, inverted blue black diagonal litho surcharge 7500r on 250r violet, basic stamp printed on ordinary paper, nice and completely flawless, full OG, NH, VF and very rare, Soviet Philatelic guarantee hs

1922, black surcharge 7500r on 250r violet, 14 stamps, including horizontal pair and two blocks of four, various paper, inverted, shifted, double, offset on gum side surcharge varieties, full OG, NH, VF

100.00

1922, 5000r violet, complete sheet of 50 with horizontal gutter in the middle, folded along the gutter with minor side separation and vertically between stamps, otherwise full OG, NH, F/VF

75.00

1922, 5000r violet, light impression, bottom sheet margin vertical pair, top stamp has slight gum wrinkle, otherwise full OG, NH, VF

75.00

1922, "Proletarians of the World Unite!", proof of 5000r in gray violet, watermark "horizontal diamonds", top right corner margin copy, diagonal red "Obrazets" initials, full OG, NH, VF and scarce

300.00

1922, "Proletarians of the World Unite!", proof of 5000r in gray violet, printed on cream paper without watermark, diagonal red "Obrazets" initials, large part of OG, VF

250.00

1922, 7500r blue on watermarked or unwatermarked paper and 22,500r violet, three horizontal gutter blocks of eight, full OG, NH, VF

100.00

1922, 7500r blue, watermark "horizontal diamonds", double impression, full OG, NH, VF

100.00

1922, "Proletarians of the World Unite!", proof of 10,000r in light blue, printed on cream paper, diagonal red "Obrazets" initials, large part of OG, VF

300.00

1922, 22,500r dark violet, printed on creamy chalk-surfaced paper, plate error - white spot with violet stroke in the middle, full OG, NH, VF

100.00

1922, black typo diagonal surcharge 100,000r on 250r violet, basic stamp is typo printing, bottom sheet margin horizontal pair with vertical gutter in the middle, folded along the gutter, full OG, NH, VF

300.00

1922, inverted black typo surcharge 100,000r on 250r violet, basic stamp printed on ordinary paper, top sheet margin exemplar, full OG, LH, VF, Soviet Philatelic guarantee hs

100.00

1922, inverted black typo surcharge 100,000r on 250r violet, basic stamp printed on thin paper, bottom left corner margin copy, full OG, NH, VF

150.00

1922, 5th Anniversary of the October Revolution, 5r yellow and black, vertical pair, bottom stamp without black color, slight creases at the bottom left corner, full OG, previously hinged, mostly VF,

300.00

1922, 5th Anniversary of the October Revolution, 10r brown and black, a dot behind "0" in denomination variety, large part of OG, previously hinged, VF

75.00

1922, postcard locally sent in Kiev, franked totally by ten stamps, including six RSFSR values, three Postal Revenues and Kiev local, appropriately cancelled, VF

100.00

1922-23, "Star" surcharges, perforated and imperforated complete sets in blocks of four, with additional three gutter blocks of 20, nice condition, full OG, apparently all are NH, VF
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100.00

1922-23, litho "Star" surcharge 100r on 15k brown lilac and blue, horizontal transition perforated strip of five, right stamp without the surcharge, full OG, NH, VF

100.00

1922-23, litho "Star" surcharge 100r on 15k brown violet and blue, right sheet margin block of four with additional surcharge impression on gum side due to foldover, full OG, LH on face of one stamps, VF

100.00

1922-23, litho "Star" surcharge 5r on 20k blue and carmine, imperforated block of four with vertical gutter in the middle, gum wrinkle along the gutter, full OG, NH, VF, N. Mandrovski certificate

500.00

1922-23, "Star" surcharges 40r on 15k and 100r on 15k, two imperforated blocks of four, basic stamps are from re-issue of 1919 with enlarged frames, full OG, NH, VF
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100.00

1923, "Star" surcharge 200r on 15k, horizontal pair, basic stamps from re-issued sheets with enlarged frames, used together with six other values on registered pre-printed cover from Kiev to Berlin, all appropriate markings and arrival ds, VF
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150.00

1922-23, 10r-100r, imperforated complete set of four with additional shades of 10r and 50r, cross-gutter blocks of four, full OG, NH, VF

150.00

1922, worker, imperforated proof of 3r in blue, horizontal pair printed on cream paper, unaccepted denomination due to change of postal rates, full OG, NH, VF

100.00

1922-23, soldier 50r brown, imperforated copy with double impression, full OG, NH, VF

100.00

1922-23, soldier 50r brown, top left corner margin vertical gutter block of 35 (7x5), perforation is strongly misplaced, folded along perforation, full OG, NH, VF and a spectacular piece

150.00

1923, 3r-20r, complete set in three side margin blocks of 20 with control inscription, including extra blocks of 5r and 10r, minor perf separations possible, generally post office fresh, full OG, NH, VF
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150.00

1923, soldier 3r rose carmine, double impression, full OG, NH, VF

100.00

1923, peasant 5r blue and soldier 10r gray, two stamps with double impression, full OG, LH or previously hinged, F/VF, C.v. $275

150.00

1923, worker 4r brown, imperforated copy with double impression, full OG, previously hinged, VF

100.00

1923, soldier 20r lilac, nice margins imperforated copy, full OG, previously hinged, VF, C.v. $450

150.00

1923, soldier 20r lilac, right sheet margin horizontal strip of three, red overprint "Obrazets" at the bottom, full OG, NH, VF

300.00

RSFSR Collections

Clean Collection on Stockpages

1918-23, 119 mint stamps, mainly complete sets of postage, semi-postal and airpost issues, including some better items, such as tete-beche pair of 250r, different paper varieties, 5r and 10r of Revolution Anniversary on thin paper and etc., perfect quality material, full OG, NH, F/VF or better, C.v. $366 as hinged, Est. $200-$250
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150.00

Selection of Varieties

1918-22, 44 mostly mint stamps (one - postally used), including two tete-beche pairs and eight blocks of four or six, several inverted and shifted surcharges, all varieties neatly identified, mainly full OG with many NH stamps, F/VF, Est. $150-$200

100.00

Postal History Lot

1921-23, nine postal history items, including Kerensky stationery postcard 20k blue, uprated by RSFSR 1000r carmine and two Saving stamps of 10k brown; nice variety of franking, postal rates and cancellations, mainly fresh condition, F/VF or better, Est. $300-$400
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200.00