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Foreign Country Collections - Russia

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 1515		/o Russia, Extensive Mint and Used Collection, Intact in 3 Scott Internationals to 1990, scattered 19th Century used to 1905, reasonably complete mint or used to 1933, virtually complete after that incl. most souvenir sheets, some imperfs, later all mint, also Semis, Airs, some misc.back of the book, clean overall, mostly Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $2,000-3,000. View details	Realized $3,220
Lot 1516		/o Russia, 1858 to 1991 Collection, few thousand mint used in 2 packed Scott specialty albums, only missing some key items for completion on front of the book issues, incl. souvenir sheets, noted 1080a-1082a mint, 1325a mint, 1327a imperf. mint (small thin), Soviet period mostly cto'd to 1975 with scattered mint sets, 1976 to 1991 mostly mint (later n.h.), Semi-postals, Airs incl. #C26-C29 o.g., some Civil War issues, nice collection to expand, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,200-1,500. View details	Realized $4,140
Lot 1517		/o Russia, Interesting Accumulation on Stockpages, mint and used, noted #C75a cto'd, 1284-88 o.g., 1624-27 o.g., CO1 n.h. signed Soviet Agency, 11 red cancel, 33-38 n.h., C53-C57 o.g., C37-C39 o.g., 1325 o.g., group of printing errors, worth a close look, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $1,000-1,200. View details	Realized $2,128
Lot 1518		Russia, Soviet Propaganda Cards, 50 (48 different) used cards, 1920's to 1930's, noted usages to Germany, Austria, U.S. and Czechoslovakia, incl. "Zeppelin" card with 10k Zeppelin issue uprated to Austria, "lynching" card (soiling and corner fault), also lovely 1933 registered usage to Germany, and #116 printed on both sides (unused), great lot, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $750-1,000. View details	Realized $978
Lot 1519		Russia, Accumulation of Better Items, Imperial to early Soviet period, 63 covers and cards, noted registered, early Airmail, Foreign destinations, #15 with cert., Red Cross, #2 m.s. cancel with cert. (2), various numeral cancels (duplication), Civil War, etc., worth a close look, some faults, otherwise Fine. Estimate $750-1,000. View details	Realized $834
Lot 1520		Russia, Imperial Postal History, 200 covers or cards (few mint), noted registered, destinations, few wrappers used with Rostoff to Italy (1878), "P.35" boxed cancel, registered stampless to Berlin, stampless Odessa to France, to Radzivill with red wax seal, Far East Republic mint stationery, etc., worth a look, few minor faults, otherwise Fine. Estimate $600-800. View details	Realized $978
Lot 1521		Russia, Used Stationery, 175+ pieces (few covers incl.), 1877 to 1959, incl. a few mint Soviet, noted censorship, registered, POW, propaganda pieces, Foreign destinations, etc., worth inspection, generally Fine. Estimate $500-700. View details	Realized $661
Lot 1522		Russia, Soviet Postal History Group, 60 covers or cards, mostly 1920's to 1940's, noted Airmails, registered, Foreign destinations, censored, nice group, few faults, generally Fine. Estimate $350-450. View details	Realized $661
Lot 1523		Russia, Offices in China Stationery, 12 mint, incl. 1k and 2k wrappers, 20k blue envelope (3, 145 x 81), 14k envelope, scarce group, seldom offered, Fine to Very Fine. Michel €1,455. Estimate $300-400. View details and photo	Realized $311
Lot 1524		Russia, Imperial Stationery Accumulation, approx 600 mint and used pieces, good variety of cards, envelopes, wrappers, etc., noted Foreign destinations, cancels, unpicked, great lot for the specialist, generally Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $834
Lot 1525		/o Russia, Collection in 3 Volumes, few thousand mint and used to 1994 in Scott specialty albums, value in Soviet period, mostly cto'd, but occasional mint sets in 1930's to 1950's incl. a few souvenir sheets, plus modern n.h., generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $300-400. View details	Realized $748
Lot 1526		Russia, 1940-41 Occupation of Estonia, 20 covers or cards written up on exhibit pages, nice selection of rates, usages, noted private issued 1s on cover, Estonia and Russian adhesives, railway cancels, Postage Due markings, nice group, generally Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $374
Lot 1527		Russia, Collection From Lemberg, 37 letters or cards, from Austrian-Hungarian, Polish and Russian periods, 1838 to 1947, censored, registered, military, etc., very interesting group, generally Fine. Estimate $200-300. View details	Realized $230
Lot 1528		Russia, Offices in Levant Postal History, 4 used postal cards (3 to Belgium) and 1 registered cover (1914 Smyrne), nice group, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $200-250. View details	Realized $173
Lot 1529		Russia, Wholesale Mint Stock, n.h. large group of modern souvenir sheets and sets mostly with an "Art" theme, plus large group of issues in full sheets, good topical selection, Very Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $403
Lot 1530		Russia, Railway Cancels, 2 covers (Jan 1881 and Nov 1890) with 2 different clear strikes of the Kramatorskaya-Lugansk unnumbered railway mail car cancel, also 2 registered wrappers (1k, 2k Arms values), mailed in Feb 1894 from the Russia Trade-and-Industry Commercial Bank via Ryazhsk P.O. on the Morshansk-Syzran railroad to Moscow (unusual 5th Dispatch Office arrival marks on reverse), nice group, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $161
Lot 1531		Russia, Shlisselburg Prison Mail, 7 different censor marks from this hard labor prison on a variety of items, registered, postcard, reply card, ordinary mail and a receipt portion for a postal money order, some faults as usual for prison mail, generally Fine. Estimate $150-200. View details	Realized $115
Lot 1532		Russia, Imperial Postal History, 7 stampless from 1816 to 1854, plus 2 forwarding agent letters from 1816 and 1852, a 1916 registered letter to Sweden and 1914 registered letter with mute cancel of Riga to Lemburg, 5 postage free 1941 covers/cards from Red Army soldiers in Estonia, 5 field post cards sent to Riga or Walk from along the Trans-Siberian railway, etc., worth inspection, generally Fine. Estimate $100-150. View details	Realized $299
Lot 1533		Russia, Russo-Japanese War, 5 field post cards sent to Riga or Walk from along the Trans-Siberian railway, plus a Red Cross cover, variously censored, nice group, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $100-150. View details	Realized $184
Lot 1534		o/ Russia, 1960's-70's Show Pamphlets and Used Stationery, In 4 boxes, 1 box contains the stationery used internally, few used to Green Card Information Center in U.S., all showing subject matter at left topically related, other 3 boxes with thousands of the leaflets for various shows during the time period, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $100-200. View details	Realized $322
Lot 1535		Russia, 1940-41 Occupation of Estonia, 6 postage free 1941 covers or cards from Red Army soldiers in Estonia, various censor chops, also 1940 registered cover with Retour Non Admis h.s. in violet and Post Office form attached, nice group, Fine to Very Fine. Estimate $75-100. View details	Realized $58

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