377th Auction

1918, Postal saving stamps 50k. - 100r. with additional franking tied by cds. "ODESSA 14 3 23" to front and reverse of cover to Dessau with arrival mark, some stamps tears, creases etc., but a scarce and attractive entire  

1918, Postal saving stamps 100r. in combination with two fiscal stamps 40r. tied by cds. "TASHKENT 27 9 21" to registered cover to Petrograd, scarce, fine

December 1920, Revaluations x 100, registered cover from KROLEVETS with Moscow receiver, franked four Kyiv Il Tridents on Imperial stamps, revalued x 100 to give the correct 10 rubel RSFSR tariff , unusual late Soviet use of Trident stamps  

1921, Liberation of labour 250r. violet, two vertical strips of four tied by cds. "ДЖАЛЯЛЬ-АБАДЪ 28 11 21" (DSCHALAL-ABAD) to complete money transfer form, in addition 1000r. tied by mute cancel to money transfer from Petrograd, some minor wear and small tears, scarce Provenance: Lipschutz (Harmers Auctions SA, 1994)

1922, Child support 2-10k tied by special first day cds. "MOSCOW 19-VIII-1922" to special envelope, in addition specially overprinted postal stationery card, unused, fine

1922, Child support 2-10k tied by special first day cds. "MOSCOW 19-VIII-1922" to special registered local envelope, fine, scarce Provenance: Lipschutz (Harmers Auctions SA, 1994)

1922, Airmail 45r. block of seven from the upper right sheet corner with additional franking tied by cds. "MOSCOW 23 11 22" to reverse of correctly franked registered cover, intended to be sent by airmail but due to winter break transported by railway to Wiesbaden, vertical fold, not affecting stamps, a very fine and rare cover, certificate Ebnet BPP (1992)

ST. PETERSBURG: 1889. Issue for Women 1r. 8k. blue, 2nd class, used, small thin otherwise a very fine and clean copy with well above average perforations

USED ABROAD: "STARAYA BUKHARA a 23.10.12" on 1908/18, 1 k. and 3 k. (3) on reverse of commercial cover to Peshawar, India

1842, small envelope with contents (long letter in Greek), addressed in French to Kicheneff [Kishinev], on reverse Cyrillic double ring KONSTANTINOPOL in red, fine

1851, cyrillic cds. "KONSTANTINOPEL 1851 MAY 14" on reverse of long entire letter written in Italian, sent from Constantinople to Odessa showing many disinfection slits, scarce, fine

SOLOTONOSCHA: 1890, 2k. black/green/yellow, block of 19 with eight "tête-bêche" pairs, mostly mint never hinged, few stamps minor thins, the left block of four showing dry seal with coat of arms and wording "Дитятковскаго товарищества № 4.", very attractive and most likely unique, fine (Schmidt.-Nr. 4)

URSHUM: 1901, 2k. rose, perforated 11½, used, small thin, otherwise fine, scarce

1937, Workers 30k., typographed, line perforation 12½, block of 9 resp 4 from the lower left resp upper right sheet corner, mint never hinged, fine

60k. rotogravure, two marginal blocks of four, horizontal and vertical diamond shaped grid, mint never hinged, fine

1950, Victory Day 40k., block of four with inverted watermark, CTO "RIGA" as all known examples, a very rare multiple, only one sheet of 100 known, fine (Zagorsky 1438Ta)

1953, Volga-Don Canal 40k. with upper sheet margin, imperforated at top, used with light corner cancel, very fine (Zagorsky 1635Pa)

1955, Northpole 5 2r., horizontal pair with overprint type II, the left stamp with missing hyphen, mint never hinged, fine (Zagorsky 1756Ka+1756)

1958, X. Congress of the International astronomical union in Moscow 60k., horizontal pair the right stamp with plate flaw "UAU instead of UAJ", mint never hinged, fine, scarce

1960, Flora of the USSR 1rbl., line perforated 12½, mint never hinged, fine, scarce (Zagorsky 2416A)

1961, First manned Space flight 6k. with multicoloured label from the upper right sheet corner, line perforated 12½, mint never hinged, fine (Zagorsky 2469A)

1961, First manned Space flight 6k. with multicolored label from the upper right sheet corner, type II with dot after "1961"., mint never hinged, fine

1877, Coat of arms 40c. purple, Sperati forgery, used, small corner fault, very rare

1892, Coat of arms 65c. red-brown, Sperati forgery, unused, a rare forgery with only 4 known, fine

1903, Tre Penne di Monte Titano 5l. blue imperforated proof, Sperati forgery, unused without gum, small thin at upper left, otherwise fine and rare with only a few known

1897, Numeral 10l., Sperati forgery frame type A, used, fine and scarce

1897, Numeral 10l., Sperati forgery frame type B, used, fine and scarce, signed in pencil

1850, Isabella II. 12cs. lilca, block of six, good and well balanced margins all around, fresh colour, used with "araña", a very fine and attractive multiple, signed Diena and Baschwitz BPP with certificate (2009)

1850, Isabella II. 10r. green, two Sperati forgeries, used with blue resp. red "11" of Zaragoza, fine, signed Sperati Reproduction

1851, Isabella II. 12 cs. lilac, block of 4 with full to wide margins, nice and fresh colour, cancelled by 2 almost complete strikes of 'araña' cancel, very fine, certificate CEM (1983)

1850, Isabella II. 12c. blue, Speratis working color proof with additional printed notes and signed Mariano "Egisto" Sperati, fine and attractive

1851, Isabella II. 2r. orange-red, Sperati forgeries type A and B, used, fine, unsigned resp. sign. Sperati Reproduction

1850, Isabella II. 2r. blue Error of colour, Sperati forgery, used, fine, signed Sperati Reproduction a.o.

1850/1878, interesting group of more than 190 BPA proofs, stamps and cancellations, all signed by BPA and mounted on pages, fine

1852, Isabella II. 12c. lilac, Sperati forgery, unused, fine, signed Reproduction 

1852, Isabella II. 2r. pale-orange, Sperati forgery type A in block format with pencil signature, signed Sperati Reproduction