371st Auction

1923, October Revolution Worker 20k. imperforated block of four with annulling perforations, mint never hinged, fine

1927,  October Revolution Worker and Sailor 8k., imperforated pair with annulling perforations, mint never hinged, very fine

1949, Lenin mausoleum 1 r. imperforated, block of 4 from the souvenir sheet, unmounted mint (Mi. 720,-)

1964, Tokyo Olympics souvenir sheet 1r. tied by red cds. "MOSCOW 31 7 64" to unaddressed official First Day Cover, fine

1988, Support for the Soviet Cultural Fund 15k. with missing inscription and value, mint never hinged, scarce variety with only one sheet of 25 printed, fine, certificate Liapine (2017)

1927 SOLOVKI. A group of 7 used picture postcards and 3 unuse ones, all produced by ISLON in the Solovki Prison Camp which Alexander Solzhenitsyn called "the mother of the Gulag". The used cards with long messages have cancels of KEM and MURMANSK-LENINGRAD. This is believed to be the only significant holding of Solovki prisoner mail outside Russian archives and is accompanied by a copy of A.Gullotta, "Intellectual Life and Literature at Solovki 1923-1930"

1925, Philatelic Exchange Charity stamp 25k. on 7k. tied by framed 6-line cachet to reverse of registered cover from Moscow, with full contents in french, to Paris with arrival mark, fine

1932, Philatelic Exchange Chain breaker 15k. on 70k. tied by 8-line cachet to reverse of cover from Moscow, with full contents in french, to Mexiko with arrival markins, a late date for private philatelic correspondence, fine

1924, 1k. resp. 5k. on 35k. blue, two singles tied by cds. "MOSCOW 24 8 24" to reverse of small cover from Ekaterinburg gub., postage due cancel on front, correctly charged 6k. for mail to an approved publication, a fine and attractive cover ex Robert Taylor with his notes

1924, 12k. on 70k. tied by cds. "MOSCOW 29 4 24" to reverse of unfranked cover from Krasnoyarsk, postage due cachet on front, some folds, but attractive and scarce ex Robert Taylor with his notes

1925, Numerals 2k. lithographed and 10k. typhographed tied with cds. "YAROSLAVL 13 1 26" to reverse of overweight ordinary letter from Danilov, 2k. faults, otherwise fine, scarce item ex Robert Taylor with his detailed notes

1925, Numerals5k. strip of three tied by cyrillic cds. "SARATOV 12 12 25" to reverse of ordinary letter from Moscow, underfrakned and charged upon arrival, fine, ex Robert Taylor with his detailed notes

1925, Numerals 8k. tied by cds. "MOSCOW 19 1 26" to reverse of underfranked cover from Leningrad, fine ex Robert Taylor with his notes

1925, Numerals 8k. tied by cds. "MOSCOW 17.6.25" to folded statistical return sent from Chismi in Bashkiria, underfranked at 6k. against the letter rate of 7k., eventually charged 8k. postage due, but annotations on the fron indicate some confusion about the charge to be raised, very interesting and ex Robert Taylor with his detailed notes

1925, Numerals 14k. lithograped tied by illegible cds. and boxed cachet to reverse of cover, franked with invalid stamps,, unusual reason for postage due, fine ex Robert Taylor with his detailed notes

1925, Numerals 14k. lithographed tied by cds. "ODESSA 7 1 26" to reverse of unfranked and charged cover from Moscow, scarce, cover with faults ex Robert Taylor with his notes

1937, Puschkin 10K. gez. 12½:14, 39 gestempelte Exemplare, dabei 13 mit Plattenfehler "Punkt im О von ПОЧТА", gute Erhaltung (Mi.-Nr. 549G, Mi. 9.750€)

1961/99, postfrische Sammlung, jahrgangsweise in Tüten, gute Erhaltung

1925, Ziffernzeichnung Steindruck auf normalem Papier, 10 und 14K. per 20 bzw. 31 gestempelte Werte und 10K. 9 ungebraucht Werte, etwas unterschiedliche Erhaltung (MI.-Nr. 16-17IBx)