388th Auction

1945, Science Academy 2 r., left sheet margin with paper production variety “part of the design printed on additional strip of paper”, mint never hinged (the right half with traces of the underlying paper on back), very fine. A most unusual variety 

1958, Mendeleev Congress unissued 40 k. Butlerov with the special congress blue overprint, mint never hinged, very fine. A very scarce stamp

1940/60, massive mint never hinged and used accumulation with an abundance of duplicates, some better values throughout like 1941 Be a Hero Mi.-Nr. 825 (x7). 1941 Milicia 826 (x2), 1943 Turgeniev 883 (x23) and 884 (x23), 1950 Moscow Skyscraper 1527 (x10), 1528 (x10), etc., overall in very good condition, neatly housed in three large stockbooks (ex Mi.-Nr. 793-2433)

1981/89, mint never hinged collection of the special souvenir sheets ex Mi.-Nr. 5056-5844, each limited to 12.500 or 15.000 pieces, incl. e.g. polar-bear set, very fine

1930/70, Large box containing over 1.000 Covers & FDC, many air mails and topics, some interesting frankings and usages, overall in good condition.

1927, Solovki Prison Camp, appealing group of 10 postal cards printed locally at the camp, three of them unused, including seven different designs, some censored at the camp in blue crayon, franked and posted outside at the post office of Kem, slightly mixed condition as to be expected. A quite extraordinary group, some cards featuring sketches from the famous painter and inmate Osip Braz; this remote camp was set up on the Solovetsy Islands on the White Sea, it earned the nickname “Mother of Gulag” by Solzhjenitsyn

1927/39, Temporary Exhibition Special Postmarks, impressive group of 8 covers and cards, some from the famous Blekhman correspondence, many scarce items throughout, noted 1927 registered cover with rare “IV.(ANOVO)-VOZNESSENSK EXHIBIT”, 1937 envelope with very rare cds “XVIIth INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS MOSCOW”, 1927 postal stationery card with very rare cds from the 10th Anniversary of Soviet Construction Exhibition, 1939 two illustrated card and special envelope with the All Union Agricultural Fair special cancellation “MOSCOW BCXB”, etc., mostly in very good condition. A rare specialist assembly