Sale 6

Spring 2015 Sale


Russia
 
 
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Lot 444
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Russia, 1858, First Issue perforated, 20k blue & orange, neat "597" in rectangle of dots cancel, perfectly centered, couple of short perforations, still very fine (Scott 3).
Scott $1,750.
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$325
Lot 445
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Russia, 1858, First Issue perforated, 20k blue & orange, neat numeral in rectangle of dots cancel, perfectly centered, small thin, fine, signed Richter.
Michel 3x. (Scott 3).
Scott $1,750.
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$270
Lot 446

Russia, 1858, First Issue perforated, 20k blue & orange, well centered, "filing crease", tied by "443" in rectangle of dots cancel on folded letter sheet bearing merchant oval, on reverse BERDYANSK 14 NOV 1860 departure, to Odessa, Buchsbayew Cert (2015), E. Diena Cert (1991) (Scott 3).
Scott $15,000

A Great Rarity of Russian Philately
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$2,700
Lot 447

Russia, Used to Piraeus, Greece: 1858, 10k brown & blue, three copies, fine (all with clipped perforations at bottom) tied by TAGANROG 15 APR 1865 c.d.s. strikes on fumigated folded letter sheet (slit at left) bearing FRANCA in circle, red crayon and Greece 10L and 40L. paying incoming tax, on reverse duplicate orgin c.d.s. A most colorful and extremely rare cover.
Michel 5. (Scott 8).
Estimate $1,000 - 1,250.
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$650
Lot 448

Russia, Used to Piraeus, Greece: 1865, 30k carmine & green, tied by TAGANROG 23 JAN 1871 c.d.s. on folded mourning letter bearing crayon, plus Greece 5L and 40L (filing crease)paying incoming tax, on reverse duplicate origin c.d.s. Very rare, fine.
Michel 17y. (Scott 18).
Estimate $500 - 700.
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$325
Lot 449

Russia, 1875, 7k gray & rose, horizontally laid paper, fine, tied by triangle in circle cancel on Zemstvo envelope bearing MOSCOW 16 Jan 1885 c.d.s., blue VESSEGONSK 18 Jan receiver and 5k Zemstvo stamp paying the local delivery, tied by blue straight line cancel; on reverse additional receiver. Rare.
Michel 25x. (Scott 27).
Estimate $500 - 750.
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Lot 450

Russia, Used to the United States: 1889 cover, franked with 4K (2 copies), 20K, 1889-92 1K, 2K, 3K, 5K, 7K all tied by St. Petersburg Mar 3 1895 c.d.s. strikes on large registered envelope (top left corner damaged) bearing red boxed R Russie handstamp, on reverse large violet 3/29/95 handstamps and red New York Registered receiver. Fabulous 7-color franking (Scott 41, 43, 46-50).
Estimate $100 - 150.
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$65