Lots 1360 - 1368, Catalogue of Auction #94 Raritan Stamps, Inc

 
SOVIET UNION
 
Collections and Large Lots
Lot   Cat.#
Description
 
Est.$
1360  242/582, B43-57, J1-24
     Valuable Mostly Mint Collection on Scott Pages
1923-35, over 350 stamps (one used - peasant 15k lemon yellow), starting with the first definitive sets and Lenin Mourning issue, including practically all items from the end of 1920's and valuable sets of 1930's - such as Ethnographic, Lenin Mausoleum of 1934, Sverdlov-Nogin, First Decade without Lenin, Anti-War Propaganda, Engels, Moscow Spartakiad, Iranian Arts and etc., as well as semi-postal and postage due issues from the period, generally nice quality unit with just a few gum flaws possible, mainly full OG (25% of stamps are expertly regummed), F/VF, C.v. is well over $11,500, Est. $2,500-$3,000
(Ph)
1500.00
1361  583/810
     Collection on Scott Illustrated Pages
1936-40, almost 160 mint stamps and 2 souvenir sheets, starting with Pioneers Helping Post of both perforations, including practically complete Years of 1937-38 with several extras such as Reconstruction of Moscow (1939) and Agriculture Exhibition (1940), generally fresh quality, about 40% of stamps are expertly regummed, others with full OG, NH/LH (appropriately marked), F/VF, C.v. is over $3,300, Est. $1,000-$1,200 (website photo)
(Ph)
600.00
1362 **/*   942/2030
     Collection on Illustrated Pages
1944-58, about 1000 mint stamps (no souvenir sheet) in clear mounts, well completed for ordinary material (no souvenir sheets and dozen of valuable sets), generally fresh condition, stamp shave full original but in some cases glazed gum, a few stuck to mounts or have folded mounts, which adhered to body of stamps, most faultless and NH, F/VF, C.v. is about $6,000, Est. $1,000-$1,200 (website photo)
(Ph)
600.00
1363 **   3207/6797
     Positional Pieces - Balance of a Collection
1966-2003, 55 large or miniature sheets, representing 33 sheets from Soviet Union, including Tchaikovsky Contest of 1966 representing different types of the text, Lenin of 1970 and miniature sheets of Lake Placid Olympics (1980); 22 sheets from the Modern Russian Federation issues with 2 booklets, nice condition, full OG, NH, VF, Est. $300-$400 (website photo)
(Ph)
200.00
1364 **   4609/5444a, B62-66
     Collection of Miniature Sheets
1977-86, 38 miniature sheets of 8, 16 or 20 (Olympic Games of 1977), arranged by Scott Cat., including New Year, Fauna, Flora, Space and etc., all are in complete issues, except two loose Olympic sheets, nice and fresh quality group, full OG, NH, VF, Est. $600-$700 (website photo)
(Ph)
350.00
1365 **   1786/2094, C96 var
     Selection of Mainly Perforation Varieties
1955-58, Moscow University 40k, Trade Union Congress 40k, Crimea Observatory 40k, Moscow North Pole Flight red overprint on 2r, all with perforation L12 1/2, IGY of 1958, set of 3 with comb perforation, in addition both types of M. Aivazov, full OG, NH, VF and guaranteed genuine, Est. $150-$200, Est. $150-$200
(Ph)
100.00
1366 **/*   275A fn, 436/738, J1-10
     Balance of a Consignment
1924-39, various definitive issues, including imperforated set of eight on wove improved paper (low values LH, 3r and 5r - NH), Telegraph building with watermark Lozenges (NH),issue of 1939 and nice range of postage due stamps, red and carmine surcharges, interesting shifts, especially on 5k and many more, full OG with many NH stamps, F/VF, Est. $150-$200 (website photo)
(Ph)
100.00
1367    
     Alexander Pushkin - Great Russian Poet, founder of the modern Russian language
1937-49, 8 items, including 1 maximum card, 4 covers, one with single 20k perforation 13 3/4 franking and 3 unused postcards representing illustration of "Eugene Onegin", House in Moscow which was visited Pushkin, Pushkin's Grave in Pskov Gub., minor cover flaws, still F/VF, Est. $150-$200
(Ph)
100.00
1368 **   
     Modern Postal History of Former Soviet Union Countries
1991-97, 168 postal history items, 3 miniature sheets and 147 local stamps, representing Soviet Union and Russia 72 covers or cards, Azerbaijan - 17, Belarus - 10, Georgia- 6, Kazakhstan - 10, Kyrgyzstan - 11, Moldova - 24, Tajikistan - 1, Uzbekistan - 17, in addition Western Army stamps of 1919, all arranged on well described pages, mostly VF, Est. $250-$300 (website photo)
(Ph)
150.00

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