Auction 91-2 The Volokolamsk RSFSR and Soviet Union Specialized Collection, Various Russian Stamps and Covers of other owners
By RARITAN STAMPS, Inc.
Oct 16, 2021
PO Box 425 Cranbury, NJ 08512-0425, USA, United States

The Auction contains 627 lots of Imperial Russia, RSFSR and Soviet Union stamps and postal history. The Sale represents:

35 different Romanov Dynasty Proofs from the Tsar Collection;

approximately 150 lots of Zemstvo (Rural Post), including numerous items from the Ferrari, Faberge, Schmidt and other renowned Collections.:

First Class rarities of Soviet Russia, including iconic definitive stamp of 15k lemon yellow, "Kartonka" souvenir sheet, imperforate rarities of the Moscow Zeppelin Flight issue, Architectural Projects, the First Flights to North Pole, both Trans-Atlantic and Far East, perforated and imperforated varieties from the 1940's-90's.

Several important collections and group lots.

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LOT 452:

Soviet Union - Issues of 1959

Sold for: $7,500
Start price:
$ 6,000
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Soviet Union - Issues of 1959
1959, 250th Anniversary of the Poltava Battle, 40k red brown and violet gray, left sheet margin unissued stamp due to political reasons (the stamp expected to be issued on time of Soviet Leader Nikita Khrushchev's visit to Sweden), nice and flawless quality, full OG, NH, VF and very rare, Standard Cat. #2254 fn, expertized by Caffaz with his pencil signatures on margin and on reverse, Raritan Stamps guarantee, Est. $7,500-$10,000