Lots 608 - 616, Catalogue of Auction #91 Raritan Stamps, Inc

 
COLLECTIONS AND GROUP LOTS
 
Lot   Cat.#
Description
 
Est.$
608 **/*   149/241c, B14/37, var
     RSFSR Collection on VARIO Pages
1918-23, well-completed unit of about 200 mostly mint stamps, starting with "Sword Breaking Chain" issue, including postage, semi-postals and air post stamps for the period, paper and color varieties, surcharge errors, nice range of "Star" surcharges and later definitives, fresh condition, full OG with many NH stamps, Est. $300- $400 (website photo)
(Ph)
200.00
609  242/816A, B43-57, C2-76D, E1-3
     Very Well Completed Collection in a Blue Stockbook
1923-40, 740 mostly mint stamps and 3 souvenir sheets, starting with nice range of perforated and imperforated first definitives on watermarked paper, then practically complete including selection of surcharges 8k on postage dues (no expensive varieties), continued with all expensive sets of 1930's, such as Ethnographic and Baku Commissars, Lenin Mausoleum and First Decade without Lenin, Mendeleyev, Anti-War Propaganda, Moscow Subway, Spartacist Games and etc., followed by all valuable items of 1936-40, afterwards semi-postal and air post issues, including Moscow Zeppelin Flight (both perforations), Airships of 1931 and 1934, Ice-Breaker "Malygin", Stratostat "USSR - 1", Civil Aviation (both sets), Chelyuskin Rescue, nice and fresh unit, we mention sufficient portion of expertly regummed stamps, nevertheless many with full OG, generally LH, F/VF, Standard C.v. 1,340,000P=US$18,400 as hinged, Est. $6,000-$7,000
(Ph)
3500.00
610 **   817-2035, C80-97
     Complete Collection of 1941-57 Years in a Blue Stockbook
1941-57, over 1300 mint stamps and 19 souvenir sheets, including all valuable stamps of the period, except Stalin and Lenin Mausoleum souvenir sheets, occasional gum flaws possible, generally nice and fresh unit, mainly full OG (a few "key" sets are regummed), NH, F/VF or better, Standard C.v. is about 1,050,000P, Est. $4,000-$5,000 (website photo)
(Ph)
3000.00
611 **   1043/2046 var
     Group of Perforation Varieties
1946-58, 16 stamps with line instead of comb perforation, starting with Military Medal of 1946, including Tennis and Fencing, complete sets of M. Glinka and Ice-Hockey Championships, Lenin of 1957 and more, fresh quality unit, full OG, NH, mainly VF, Standard C.v. is about 50,000P, Est. $250-$300 (website photo)
(Ph)
200.00
612 **   1786/2092 var
     Selection of Mainly Perforation Varieties
1955-58, Moscow University 40k, Youth Festival 40k (very scarce), Trade Union Congress 40k and Crimea Observatory 40k, all with perforation L12½, in addition both types of M. Aivazov, full OG, NH, VF and guaranteed genuine, Est. $300-$350
(Ph)
250.00
613 **   2029-417, C98
     Complete Collection of 1958-60 Years on VARIO Pages
1958-60, 390 stamps and 6 souvenir sheets, including extra imperforated stamps where issued, full OG, NH, mostly VF, Standard C.v. is close to 51,000P, Est. $300- $400 (website photo)
(Ph)
200.00
614 **   402/1511, var
     Small Fragments of a Collection on Pages
1928-51, 10th Anniversary of the Red Army, Perekop, 75th Anniversary of the UPU and Volkhov Power Station, several varieties neatly inscribed, full OG, mainly NH, VF, Est. $150-$180(website photo)
(Ph)
100.00
615 **   
     Miniature Sheets Collection in Premium Album
1964-90, 152 items of mainly miniature sheets of 8, 16 or 20, including 70 sheets, which were printed for presentation purposes in limited quantities, such as all New Year sheets, Cosmonaut's Day of 1981 and other Space items, Polar Bears - WWF and Winter Olympics of 1987, plus many others, fresh quality, full OG, NH, VF, Est. $1,200- $1,500
(Ph)
750.00
616 **   6587/7247 imp
     Valuable Collection of Modern Imperforates
2000-2010, 134 stamps in pairs or se-tenants and 5 souvenir sheets, representing practically all stamps, which came to the market by special orders, including Fauna of Sakha Republic, Cosmodrome Plesetsk and Flowers (joint issue) souvenir sheets, Arctic Deep Sea Exploration se-tenants and etc., perfect quality items, full OG, NH, VF and rare opportunity to buy almost complete collection of modern rarities, Est. $5,000-$6,000
(Ph)
3500.00

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