Lots 932 - 942, Catalogue of Auction #102 Raritan Stamps, Inc

 
SOVIET UNION
 
COLLECTIONS AND LARGE LOTS
Lot   Cat.#
Description
 
Est.$
932 */U   489/877, C1/76D
     Balance of a Collection
1922-41, several hundred mint and used postage and air post stamps, highlights included Ethnographic issue (mint and used), Lenin Mausoleum of 1934 (mint and used), Anti-War Propaganda (mint and used) and many more, Air Post with imperf and perf Airships of 1931-32 (mint), International Polar Year (mint), Civil Aviation watermarked set and others, some flaws mentioned, some stamps of mint sets either hinged or expertly regummed, still collectible quality material, mainly full/part of OG, F/VF, Est. $1,500-$2,000
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(Ph)
750.00
933 **   811/1426, C77/82
     Great 1940's Selection on Pages
1940-49, 372 mint stamps, representing 106 complete issues, among better People's Militia of 1941, Navoi of 1942, Arms of Soviet Republics and Jubilee of Moscow of 1947, Pioneers of1948, both Sports and Agriculture of 1949 plus many others, nice quality, full OG, NH, mostly VF, C.v. is about $2,700
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(Ph)
600.00
934 **   294/1654
     Neat Unit on Stockpages
1925-52, 100 mint stamps representing 23 complete issues, starting with imperf Lenin Mausoleum of 1925, then Dzerzhinsky, North Pole Flight, 25th Anniversary of Revolution and various Soviet Orders and Medals from War and Post-War period, nice quality, full OG, NH, mostly VF, C.v. is over $550
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(Ph)
150.00
935 **   2418-3811, C99-108
     1961-70 Years,
complete collection of over 1,400 stamps and 40 souvenir sheets, including imperforates of 1961- 64, perf and imperf Space sheets of 1962, North Pole Station surcharged souvenir sheet, Tokyo Olympics red and green sheets and more, fresh quality, full OG, NH, mostly VF, C.v. $1,400
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(Ph)
400.00
936 **   
     Balance of a Consignment
1941-69, Military Orders perf and imperf sets in blocks of four (two of each), 4 Chandeliers varieties on October Revolution stamp of 1955, 70 pair of stamps representing color shades or paper differences, two North Pole sheets of 1958 and two imperf Cosmonauts sheets, German Occupation of Ostland and Ukraine overprints, as well as Karelia overprints and more, full OG, NH, mostly VF, Est. $400- $500
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(Ph)
250.00
937 **   818-20, 1518-25, 1624-27
     Three Complete issues
1939-52, Flight to the Far East, Moscow Skyscrapers and Stalin Constitution, the total is 15 stamps, all with full OG (slightly disturbed on the last one), NH, VF, C.v. $676.50
(Ph)
150.00
938    
     Soviet Union Telegraph Offices Postal History Exhibition Collection
1925-32, about 60 items, most neatly arranged on profusely inscribed pages, including covers, cards and a few telegrams, originated from Moscow Central Telegraph and Offices No.18, 23, 28, 34, 69 and others, Leningrad Central and Offices on Oktyabrskaya, Moscow and Vitebsk Train Stations, items originated from Kyiv, Kharkiv, Tiflis, Gorky (Nizhni Novgorod), Sverdlovsk (Yekaterinburg), Magnitogorsk, Irkutsk, Vladivostok and etc., in addition 6 Imperial period correspondences, occasional flaws possible, still F/VF, Est. $600-$800
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(Ph)
300.00
939    1147/535
     Complete Set Franking Covers
1947-51, 14 items representing 12 complete issues, Canal Moscow-Volga (on 3 covers, 1947)), Ukraine (1948), Tajikistan, Postal Trade Unions, Victory in the WWII, Dimitrov, Azerbaijan(on 2 covers), Stalingrad, Peace Demonstration, Kazakhstan (all from 1950), Moscow Kremlin (1950) and Kyrgyzstan (1951) on one cover, all items were in real postal circulation, occasional flaws, still F/VF, Est. $400- $500
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(Ph)
250.00
940    
     Space Stamps franking - Six Covers
1957-63, Tsiolkovskiy with overprint, 1st and 2nd Sputnik, Space Rocket Luna 1, Station Lunik 3, Cosmonauts imperf souvenir sheet of 1962 and Space strips of 1963,addressed to US, Germany and England, all appropriate markings, mostly VF and colorful group, Est. $300-$400
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(Ph)
150.00
941    
     Early Special Postmarks - Selection
1925-37, 11 items, 1st Philatelic Exhibition of 1925 on Lenin stationery (black) postcard, Esperanto Congress of 1926, Spartakiada of 1928 (very rare), Moscow and Leningrad Philatelic Exhibitions, two FDCs' with complete sets franking, International Geological Congress with Gorky in imperforate pair franking, Psychological Congress, several items marked "S'ezdovskoye", most with description alongside, generally F/VF, Est. $750-$800
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(Ph)
400.00
942    
     FDC and Special Cancellations Assemblage
1932-56, 37 items, including 26 different FD covers or cards (most properly went through the mail), and 11 various special markings, including two envelopes of 800th Anniversary of Moscow, two chess items and much more, a beautiful holding, fresh condition, mostly VF, generally items the V. Ustinovsky Collection, great lot for retail, Est. $800-$1,000
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(Ph)
400.00

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