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Worldwide Proofs, Varieties & Rare Stamps

Worldwide proofs, trials, specimens, and varieties of stamps and postal covers.

February, 2026

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Costa Rica, Czechoslovakia, Egypt, Guatemala, Iceland, Lithuania, Paraguay, Romania, Souvenir Sheets, Collection

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$10

1953 Kingdom of Cambodia, Souvenir Sheet

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$5

1895 Bushahr (Bussahir) India, British Colonies, Feudatory States, Handstamps, Complete Set

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$14

1930 Dominion of Canada, British Colonies, Revenue Stamps, Weights & Measures

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$12

1937 10rp Liechtenstein, Full Sheet

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$6

1956 12fr France, Brown Proof, Trial Color, Imperforate

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$6

1926 25c on 30c France, Sheet Inscriptions, Margins

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$9

1954 Belgium, Souvenir Sheet, Imperforate, Private Issue

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$6

1957 15+5fr Algeria, French Colonies, Red Cross, Imperforate, Trial Colors Proof, Strip, Plate Numbers, Sheet Inscription, Margin

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$10

1933 Uruguay, Complete Set, Souvenir Sheets, Plate Numbers

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$7

1948 40fr+10fr France, Airmail, Imperforate

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$10

1975 75fr People's Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville), Imperforate, Proof, Trial Colors, Strip, Plate Numbers, Sheet Inscription

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$7

1860-63 10c on piece New Brunswick, Canada, British Colonies, Proof, Pair, Imperforate

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$10

1971 Romania, Airmail, Souvenir Sheet

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$9

1943 Republic of Paraguay, Complete Set, Airmail, Imperforate, Corner Margins

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$30

1975 60fr People's Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville), Presentation Souvenir Sheet, Dark Blue, Signature

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$6

1972 100fr French Territory of the Afars and the Issas, Presentation Souvenir Sheet, Airmail, Grey, Signature

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$6

1949 Hungary, Airmail, Souvenir Sheet

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$12

1925 30c France, Sheet Inscriptions, Margins

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$25

1949 Iraq, Airmail, Souvenir Sheet

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$18

1860-63 2c on piece New Brunswick, Canada, British Colonies, Proof, Pair, Imperforate

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$12

1955 200fr Principality of Monaco, Airmail, Presentation Souvenir Sheet, Trial Colors, Signature

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$5

1970 70fr French Territory of the Afars and the Issas, Presentation Souvenir Sheet, Airmail, Brown, Signature

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$8

1956 12fr France, Blue Proof, Trial Color, Imperforate

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$6

1898 Trans-Mississippi Exposition Issue, United States, USA

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$9

1926 50c France, Sheet Inscriptions, Margins

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$16

1989 Republic of Indonesia, Souvenir Sheet

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$5

1860-63 17c on piece New Brunswick, Canada, British Colonies, Proof, Pair, Imperforate

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$12

1947 Hungary, Miniature Sheets, Complete Set, Tete-beshes

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$70

1972 French Territory of the Afars and the Issas, Presentation Souvenir Sheet, Airmail

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$6

1864 1c Charles N. Crittenton, United States, USA, Private Die Medicine Stamp, Orange, Proof, Trial Color, Plate on India Paper, Imperforate

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$16

1860-63 1c on piece New Brunswick, Canada, British Colonies, Proof, Pair, Imperforate

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$12

1860-63 5c on piece New Brunswick, Canada, British Colonies, Proof, Pair, Imperforate

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$10

1957 15+3fr Algeria, French Colonies, Red Cross, Imperforate, Trial Colors Proof, Strip, Sheet Inscription, Margin

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$10

1947 Hungary, Miniature Sheets, Complete Set

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$5

1943 10.75fr+200fr French Equatorial Africa, French Colonies, Airmail, Margin

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$8

1937 50rp Liechtenstein, Full Sheet

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$6

1937 20rp Liechtenstein, Full Sheet

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$6

1972 65fr Comoros Islands, French Colonies, Imperforate, Trial Colors Proof, Strip, Plate Numbers, Sheet Inscription, Margin

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$9

1942 2.5fr+7.5fr France, Imperforate, Corner Margins, Plate Number '44174'

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$6

1973 0.65fr France, Strip, Proof, Trial Color, Imperforate, Sheet Inscriptions, Corner Margins

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$7

1864 1c Charles N. Crittenton, United States, USA, Private Die Medicine Stamp, Blue, Proof, Plate on India Paper, Imperforate

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$30

1972 20fr French Territory of the Afars and the Issas, Presentation Souvenir Sheet, Airmail, Brown, Signature

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$6

1860-63 12.5c on piece New Brunswick, Canada, British Colonies, Proof, Pair, Imperforate

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$20

1920 0.10d Republic of Colombia, Pair, Armail, Signed, F. W. Kessler Invoice for Rare Stamps

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$7

1940 Portugal, Souvenir Sheet

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$8

1956 12fr France, Red Proof, Trial Color, Imperforate, Margin

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$7

1938 75gr Poland, Souvenir Sheet

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$50

1942 2.5fr+7.5fr France, Presentation Souvenir Sheet

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$12

1949 Iraq, Airmail, Souvenir Sheet, Imperforate

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$10

1989 Republic of Indonesia, Souvenir Sheet

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$5

1931 Austria, Complete Set

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$12

1940 2.5fr+2fr France, Presentation Souvenir Sheet

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$7

1970 0.50fr France, Block of Six, Proof, Trial Color, Imperforate, Margin

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$8

1938 1.75fr+25c France, Presentation Souvenir Sheet

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$25

1973 45fr Republic of Cameroon, Presentation Souvenir Sheet, Black, Signature

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$6

1934 Italy, Complete Set

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$6

1995 4d Iraq, Full Sheet

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$14

1955 200fr Principality of Monaco, Airmail, Black Proof, Imperforate, Margin

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$5

1948 5fr+5fr Principality of Monaco, Presentation Souvenir Sheet, Airmail

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$5

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Dec 16 - 27, 2025

Rare Stamps and Postal History

534

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7518

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7382

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$2,300

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Nov 25 - 28, 2025

Germany and Worldwide Propaganda

201

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3105

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3104

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$1,100

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Sep 29 - Oct 10, 2025

Rare Stamps and Postal History

468

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6114

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5911

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$3,500

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Jun 16 - 27, 2025

Rare Stamps and Postal History Auction #45

5679

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5549

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$3,500

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May 26 - 31, 2025

Russian Cinderellas and Third Reich Propaganda

3708

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3598

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$4,000

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Mar 24 - 29, 2025

Colonies and Third Reich Propaganda

3332

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3332

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$1,100

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Feb 3 - 14, 2025

Rare Stamps and Postal History Auction #42

6148

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5864

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$1,600

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Dec 10 - 13, 2024

Russian Postal History

3036

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1089

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$1,500

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Nov 11 - 23, 2024

Rare Stamps and Postal History Auction #40

6172

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6153

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$3,000

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Oct 8 - 12, 2024

Russian Cinderellas and Third Reich Propaganda

2809

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2804

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1875-79 25pf German Empire, Germany (Mi. 35, Signed, CV $6,800, MNH)

$2,750

1858 20 kop Russian Empire, Mint, Watermark ‘2’, Perf. 14.5x15 (Sc. 3, Zv. 3, CV $22,500)

$1,900

Mute Postmark of Ostrov of the Warsaw Province, Advertising Postcard, Pharmacy, Censorship Ostrov #1 (Ostrov, Levin #544.01)

$1,400

1913 2r Winter Palace, Romanov Tercentenary, Final design complete die proof in dull red, printed on cardboard paper, with names of artist and engraver

$1,400

1945 Hela Submarine (U-Boot Hela), Military Mail Field Post Feldpost, Germany, Block of Four (Mi. 13 b, Corner Margin, Plate Numbers, Signed, CV $1,820+)

$1,800

1918 70k RSFSR, Russia (Zv. 2A, Imperforate or Missed Perforation, Certificate, Margin, MNH)

$3,500

1863 (24 Apr) Russian Empire Cover with letter, franked with 10k Poland Kingdom First Issue (1860) (Warsaw Postmark '1', red Cancellation 'WARSZAWA 24/4', Certificate)

$3,500

1950 (May 2) Overseas Chinese Remittance & Letter Office envelope sent from Amoy to Rangoon, Burma

$1,500

1868 3k Melitopol Zemstvo, Russia (Schmidt #2, [ RR ], Only 10 Recorded, Certificate, CV $8,000)

$3,250

1881 3k Starobelsk Zemstvo, Russia (Schmidt #20I [ RR ], Imperforate, Certificate, Only 32 known, CV $2,500)

$2,200

1c Panama (INVERTED Center, Print Error)

$3,000

1916 Germany Submarine Mail, Berlin German Insurance Bank, 'Lighthouse and Ship', Corner Margins (Full set, Watermark, Only 200 issued, Rare, MNH)

$4,250

1924 3r Gold Definitive Issue, Soviet Union, USSR, Russia (Zag. 57C, Zv. 53A, Sc. 292a, Typography, Perf 10, Buchsbayew certificate, Rare, CV $5,500)

$2,500

1913 2r Winter Palace, Romanov Tercentenary, Complete die proof in dark green, printed on cardboard paper, without names of artist and engraver

$1,400

1878 3k Starobelsk Zemstvo, Russia (Schmidt #11 [ RRRR ], Certificate, Ex Faberge and Ferrari, Only 32 known)

$1,500

1881 20k Saint-Petersburg Сity Public Telegraph, Russian Empire, First Issue, Pair (Reprint, Margin, Certificate)

$1,900

1931 (17 Nov) Urga (Ulan Bator), Republic of Mongolia, Local cover franked with imperf 10m with INVERTED overprint

$1,500

1919, 40gr on 3k Grodno Military Communications Courier Post, Germany Occupation WWI (Block of Four, Certificate)

$2,750

First Essayan, a pair of erroneous 1 kop on 25 Rub imperf., cancelled with Alexandropol ‘и’ (with mistake in the year), Ex Artashes Taroumyan

$1,400

1905 (11 Apr) Urga, Mongolia cover addressed to Kalgan, China, franked with 7k (Date-stamp Type 4b)

$9,000

1913 2r Winter Palace, Romanov Tercentenary, Complete die proof in dark grey blue, printed on cardboard paper, without names of artist and engraver

$1,400

1879 10k Kherson Zemstvo, Russia (Schmidt #5M, INVERTED Center, Canceled '24 May 1883', Canceled stamp NOT recorded, Ex Faberge, Certificate)

$2,000

1926-27 Weimar Republic, Germany, Blocks of Four (Mi. 385 - 397, 385 W OR - 388 W OR, 389 P OR, 390 W OR - 391 W OR, 392 P OR, 393 W OR, 394 P OR - 397 P OR, Sheet Inscriptions, Full Set, CV $7,500+, MNH)

$2,750

1858 30 kop Russian Empire, Watermark ‘3’, Perf. 14.5x15 (Sc. 4, Zv. 4, CV $30,000)

$3,250

1874 6k Dukhovschina Zemstvo, Russia (Schmidt #5, COMPLETE Sheet, All 8 Types, Certificate, Rare, CV $20,000)

$2,300

1880 3k Starobelsk Zemstvo, Russia (Schmidt #17 [ RR ], Certificate, Only 23 mint stamps known, Ex Faberge and Ferrari, CV $2,000)

$1,800

1857 10k Russian Empire First Issue, Imperf (Sc. 1, Zv. 1, Watermark ‘1’, Signed)

$1,600

1930 Airship 'Grov Zeppelin' in Moscow, Soviet Union, USSR (Zag. 0256, 0257, Imperforate, Full Set, Certificate, Signed, CV $13,500)

$1,500

1927 Gold Definitive Issue, Soviet Union USSR (Zv. #190 Ia, `ПОТЧОВАЯ` instead `ПОЧТОВАЯ`, Print Error, CV $7500, MNH)

$3,750

1922 RSFSR 1200 Germ Mark Consular Fee Stamp Airmail (Type III, CV $5400, MNH, Signed)

$1,600

1915 1k, Iron Brigade Communications Committee, Odessa, Russin Empire Cinderella, Ukraine

$4,000

First Essayan, erroneous 1 kop on 25 Rub imperf., NH. Mentioned in ARTAR, p.140. Ex Artashes Taroumyan collection. No more than 2-3 stamps exist. Extremely Rare

$1,600

1925 Odessa, International Letter, 6 Advertising Stamps of Salve Cigarettes, the Kremlin, More Than $2,000 According to the Catalogue

$2,100

1924 3r Gold Definitive Issue, Soviet Union, USSR, Russia (Zv. 53E, Sc. 292 var, Typography, Perf 13.5x13.5x13.5x10, Buchsbayew and Diena certificates, Extremely Rare, CV $20,000, MNH)

$6,000

1868-78 3k Demiansk Zemstvo, Russia (Schmidt #1IS, Tete-beche, Rare, CV $1,500)

$1,400

1867 10k on 20k Saint-Petersburg Сity Public Telegraph, Russian Empire, Second Issue (Certificate, Rare)

$2,300

1919, 40gr on 2k Grodno Military Communications Courier Post, Germany Occupation WWI (Block of Four, Certificate)

$2,750

Lebedin Zemstvo 1894 (20 Aug) Сombination cover of a letter sent from the village of Istorop (Исторопъ) in the Lebedin district (Kharkov province) to Moscow (Certificate)

$6,000

1857 Russia Number One 10k (Sc. 1) brown & blue, cover from Fellini to Riga, dotted cancellation '395', RARE!

$2,500

1924 1k Gold Definitive Issue, Soviet Union USSR (IMPERFORATE, Typo, Zv. 35b, Zag. 39Pa, Certificate, MNH)

$1,500

1860 10k Poland Kingdom First Issue, Russian Empire (Mi. 1, Postmark '325', CV $300)

$1,600

1858 10 kop Russian Empire, Watermark ‘1’, Perf. 14.5x15 (Sc. 2, Zv. 2, CV $11,000)

$3,750

1858 30 kop Russian Empire, Mint, Watermark ‘3’, Perf. 14.5x15 (Sc. 4, Zv. 4, CV $30,000)

$2,100

1924 3r Gold Definitive issue 'Gold Standard', Russia, USSR (Perf. 13.5:10:13.5:13.5, Sc. 292 var, Margin from the right side, Certificate, Rare)

$1,800

1882 (19 Oct) Urga, Mongolia cover addressed to Pekin, China, franked with 7k (Date-stamp Type 3b, Date EARLIER than the earliest recorded date, Rare)

$1,700

1898 3k Soroki Zemstvo, Russia (Schmidt #10, INVERTED Background + Shifted Red, Sheet, Rare, CV $24,000+)

$3,000

1891 (16 Sep) Eastern Correspondence Offices in Levant, Disinfected Cover from Constantinople to Moscow via Odessa franked with 10k (Kr. 50, Perf. 14.25 x 14.75) with handstamp 'Очищено в Одесском карантине', Only few known

$2,000

1946 Germany, Soviet zone, Reconstruction of German National Theater in Weimar, Sheet, Block (Michel 3 A XZ, Size 105 x 100mm, Rare, CV 20,000 EUR)

$2,200

1866 5k Plate Proof in black and lavender prepared for the Paris Exhibition, Horizontal watermark, Russian Empire, Russia (Scott 22P, Proof, Certificate, Rare)

$1,600

1911 Odessa, Card cancelled Odessa Exhibition to Moravia Austria. The Exhibition opened again during 1911, Extremely Rare Exhibition Postmark, Illustrated Postcard, Russian Empire

$2,000

1915-19 20pf German Empire, Germany, Pair (Mi. 87 II U, Imperforate, Signed, Canceled, Rare, CV $9,000)

$1,600

First Essayan, erroneous 1 kop on 25 Rub perf., cancelled Dilidjan. Ex Artashes Taroumyan collection. The picture of this stamp is shown in ARTAR, p.140. Extremely Rare

$1,600

1858 30k Russian Empire, Watermark ‘3’, Perf. 14.5x15 (Sc. 4, Zv. 4, Certificate, CV $30,000)

$2,400

1922 RSFSR 1200 Germ Mark Consular Fee Stamp, Airmail (Zv. C8, Type I, Signed, Certificate, CV $3,000)

$2,500

1938 'Odessa-Batum, Motorship Crimea Parohod' Steamship mail cover to Leningrad

$1,500

1858 20 kop Russian Empire, Watermark ‘2’, Perf. 14.5x15 (Sc. 3, Zv. 3, CV $22,500)

$3,250

1897 Canada, Full Set (SG 121, 122, 125, 126, 128 - 133, 135 - 140, CV $7,800)

$1,500

1899 2k on 5k Lebedin Zemstvo, Russia (Schmidt #9 [ RR ], Certificate, Used, Only 20 known, CV $4,000)

$3,000

1972 Unissued 10k 100th Anniversary of L.V. Sobinov's Birth, Soviet Union, USSR, Russia (Full Set, Corner Margin, Unissued Stamp, Rare, Сertificate)

$1,500

1913 3r Romanov Castle, Romanov Tercentenary, Complete die proof in slate, printed on cardboard paper

$1,400

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