382nd Auction

1980, Racing car 32 kop. imperforated vertical pair, mint never hinged, fine

1980, Ingres 32k. imperforated horizontal pair, mint never hinged, fine

1981, Abkhazian ASSR 4k., both values imperforated from the upper left sheet corner resp. with bottom sheet margin, mint never hinged, very fine

1981, Ship 4k. and 1989 Schewtschenko 5k. and October Revolution 5k., each as imperforated horizontal pair, mint never hinged, fine

1982, Hikmet 6 kop. imperforated horizontal pair, mint never hinged, very fine

1982, Russian Painting Borovikovsky 6k., imperforated horizontal pair, mint never hinged, fine

1982, Russian Painting Borovikovsky 6k., imperforated horizontal pair with additional franking, tied by cds. "LENINGRAD" to registered cover to Mainz, Germany, some light transportation wear, otherwise fine

1982, FIFA World Cup Spain 20k., imperforated horizontal pair, mint never hinged, very rare, fine

1982, Garibaldi 6k., imperforated horizontal pair, mint never hinged, fine

1982, Happy New Year 4k., imperforated horizontal pair with right sheet margin, mint never hinged, very fine

Lighthouses Temrjuk Liman 6 k., imperforated horizontal pair, mint never hinged, fine

1983, Tolstoy 4k., imperforated with upper sheet margin, mint never hinged, very fine

1983, Alexandrov 4k., imperforated with right sheet margin, mint never hinged, very fine

1983, Rostov on Don 4 k. imperforated with left sheet margin, mint never hinged, very fine

1983, Kipu lighthouse 1k. multicoloured, imperforated horizontal pair with right sheet margin, mint never hinged, very fine

1983, Food Program of the USSR 20 k., imperforated horizontal pair, mint never hinged, very fine

1983, Sidorenko 4k., imperforated with bottom sheet margin, mint never hinged, very fine

1983, Down with nuclear weapons 5 k., imperforated horizontal pair with right sheet margin, mint never hinged, very fine

1984, 25th anniversary of Cuban revolution 5 k., imperforated vertical pair, mint never hinged, fine

1984, Tanks ISU-152 10k., imperforated vertical pair from lower sheet margin with color bar at bottom, mint never hinged, very fine and attractive

1984, Sarajevo Winter Olympics 10-45k., vertical pairs with lower sheet margin, mint never hinged, very rare, fine

1984, Snow leopard 4k., imperforated horizontal pair, mint never hinged, very fine

1988, North Pole Expedition 20k., imperforated horizontal pair with left sheet margin showing color bar, mint never hinged, very fine

1989, Honeybee 5k., imperforated horizontal pair with right sheet margin, mint never hinged, very fine

1989, International Letter Week 5k., imperforated block of four with left sheet margin showing complete color bar at left, mint never hinged, very fine and attractive

1989, Soviet Circus 1-10k., imperforated with left sheet margin, mint never hinged, very fine

1989, Khetagurov 5k., imperforated vertical pair, mint never hinged, very fine

1990, Birds issue 10-20k., imperforated block of four from the upper left sheet, with tab, mint never hinged, very fine

1990, Ducks 5-20k., imperforated blocks of four from the lower right sheet margin with full printers color scale, very fine and attractive

1990, Poultry 5-15k., imperforated horizontal pairs, mint never hinged, very fine

1925, Exchange Fee Stamp 1 r. on 7 k. brown/green, inverted overprint, fresh colours, unused, very fine and scarce variety, certificate Leupold (2021) (Standard PE 13)

PROVISIONAL BISECT: 1928, Exchange Fee Stamp 10 k. on 250 r. violet, diagonal bisect, tied by official exchange office cachet to reverse of registered envelope to Vienna, correct 28 kopek franking on obverse tied by cds. "MOSCOW -6 X 28", alongside larger departure cds. "MOSCOW -7 10 28", reverse arrival receiver cds. "WIEN 66 -9. X. 28". Very fine, a very rare usage probably due to the shortage of 5 kopek exchange stamp in October 1928 in Moscow, certificate Leupold (2021)

1931, Exchange Fee Stamp 10 k. on 25 k. on 300 r. green, fresh colours, used with the Moscow Exchange Office handstamp, insignificant natural pinhole, fine, very scarce, certificate Leupold (2021)

Post office at Smyrna: 1882, Commercially used corner cover with blue "SAMIKON IGEMONIKON TACHYDROMEION EN SMYRNI" (Kosmidis type A2), prepaid, with boxed "PLIROMENON" (Kosmidis type A3), sent to Carlovassi, Samos, via "SAMIKON TACHYDROMEION EN L. VATHEOS 2.21.1882" (Samian P.O. at Vathy). Very rare. Signed Wenkums

1502, Royal mail signed by Ferdinand II King of Spain (1452-1516) and Queen Isabella I (1451-1504), entire lettersheet with complete papered Royal paper seal used by the Catholics Monarchs, some wear and soiling, otherwise fine. A very rare and important document.

1547, Kingsletter signed "Yo El Rey" (I the King) by Charles V King of Spain (1500-1558), entire lettersheet with complete papered Royal paper seal, a couple of unobstrusive toned spots, otherwise fine and very rare