Lots 1387 - 1393, Catalogue of Auction #94 Raritan Stamps, Inc

 
RUSSIAN SEMI-POSTAL ISSUES
 
Lot   Cat.#
Description
 
Est.$
1387 **   B14-18, a, var
1921, Volga Famine Relief issue, 2250r in various colors, including green on ordinary and thin paper, red on ordinary, thin and chalk-surfaced paper, brown on ordinary paper and blue without watermark and watermarked wavy lines paper, all with full OG (green with partially gum missing as always on bottom part of a sheet), NH, VF, Est. $150-$200
(Ph)
100.00
1388 **/*   B21 var
1922, Volga Famine Relief black surcharge 250r+250r on 35k ultra, horizontal strip of four with surcharge strongly shifted to the right (NH), in addition a single with inverted surcharge (previously hinged), all with full OG, VF, Est. $100-$150
(Ph)
75.00
1389 **/*   B25-26 var
1922, Philately for the Children, black overprint on 2k green and 3k red, both from the first printing with "wide d" in "detyam" variety (position 2), full OG, previously hinged or NH respectively, VF, Est. $75-$100
(Ph)
50.00
1390 **   B36, var
1922, "For the Hungry", Postal Train (20r+5r) gray blue, complete sheet of 50 containing two panes of 25, stamp on position 38 (right pane position 18) with "R.G.F.S.R." variety, light fold along the gutter between panes, full OG,NH, VF, Est. $100-$150
(Ph)
75.00
1391  B38-42, B40a
1923, Philately for the Labor, bronze, gold or silver surcharges 1r+1r/10r - 4r+4r/5000r, complete set of six, including both 2r+2r/250r values, full/large part of OG, NH (2r+2r/250r on thin paper), VLH (silver surcharge, mentioned in certificate as NH), LH/hinged, VF, L. Hovest certificate for the "key" value, C.v. $1,630, Est. $800- $1,000
(Ph)
500.00
1392  B39 var
1923, Philately for the Labor, two stamps with gold surcharge 1r+1r on 10r brown and black, first one has left sheet margin and 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
(Ph)
100.00
1393    B43-47
1924 (December 4), Leningrad Flood issue, 3k+10k - 20k +50k, complete set of five used on registered postcard, sent from 1st All-Union Philatelic Exhibition, addressed to Paris, all appropriate markings and arrival of ds, VF, Est. $150-$200
(Ph)
100.00

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