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September 29 - October 10, 2025

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Third Reich Propaganda: Illustrated Postcards

Sep 29, Mon

12:00 PM

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Germany: States and Territories

Sep 30, Tue

4:00 PM

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29 min

Germany: Empire, Weimar Republic, Third Reich

Oct 1, Wed

4:00 PM

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29 min

Germany: WWI & WWII Occupations, Legions, Field Post, General Government

Oct 2, Thu

4:00 PM

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29 min

United States: General Issues, Carriers' Post, Varieties

Oct 3, Fri

4:00 PM

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The World

Oct 3, Fri

5:30 PM

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59 min

Displaced Persons Camps, Poland, and Ukraine

Oct 4, Sat

4:00 PM

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Russian Postal History: Offices Abroad, Civil War, Mongolia, Charity Letter-Sheets

Oct 6, Mon

4:00 PM

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Russian Empire, Offices Abroad, Cinderellas & Revenues

Oct 6, Mon

5:30 PM

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Zemstvo: Russian Rural Post, Part 1

Oct 7, Tue

4:00 PM

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Zemstvo: Russian Rural Post, Part 2

Oct 8, Wed

4:00 PM

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RSFSR, Soviet Union, and Tannu Tuva Rare Stamps

Oct 9, Thu

4:00 PM

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The Soviet Union: Chronology

Oct 9, Thu

5:30 PM

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Russian Civil War: Armies, Republics, Caucasus

Oct 10, Fri

12:00 PM

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1943 1r+2r Indian Legion, Germany

Current bid:

$130

1919 (10 Oct) Postal Money Transfer from Nizhny Chir for 230 rub, multiply franked with 50k Rostov-on-Don, South Russia, Russia, Civil War

Current bid:

$130

1941 Lithuania, German Occupation, Germany (Mi. 1 - 9, Full Set, CV $240, MNH)

Current bid:

$25

1933 Third Reich, Germany, Certified, Souvenir Sheet (Thin paper)

Current bid:

$700

1948 30 on 3Mk Regensburg, Ukraine, DP Camp, Displaced Persons Camp (Corner Margin)

Current bid:

$110

1957 60gr Poland, 'Wzor' Proof

Current bid:

$100

1946 Poland, Souvenir Sheet (Plate Number '1201')

Current bid:

$120

1930 Weimar Republic, Germany, Airmail (Full Set)

Current bid:

$70

1925 High Value Issue Shown V. I. Lenin's Portrait, Soviet Union, USSR, Russia (Full Set, MNH)

Current bid:

$30

1934 Issued to Honor I. Ussyskin, A. Vasenko and P. Fedoseyenko, Soviet Union, USSR, Russia, Airmail (Perforation 11, Full Set, MNH)

Current bid:

$35

1933 Third Reich, Germany, Souvenir Sheet

Current bid:

$110

1942 Pskov, German Occupation of Russia, Germany, Souvenir Sheet

Current bid:

$220

1947 1r 25th Anniversary of Death of Lenin, Soviet Union, USSR, Russia (Souvenir Sheet)

Current bid:

$65

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

Current bid:

$700

1857-58 20k Russian Empire, Russia, Watermark 2 (Zv. 3, Watermark '2', Used, CV $2250)

Current bid:

$150

1935 10k Moscow - San Francisco Flight, Soviet Union, USSR, Russia, Airmail, (Small 'ф' of 'Сан-Франциско', MNH)

Current bid:

$750

1948 Saar Souvenir Sheet

Current bid:

$35

1938 The Children of the USSR, Soviet Union, USSR, Russia (Full Set, MNH)

Current bid:

$50

1941 French Legion, Germany, Souvenir Sheet (Blue Dot above Frame)

Current bid:

$100

1943 Theresienstadt Ghetto, Bohemia and Moravia, Germany, Parcel Admission Stamp (Signed)

Current bid:

$95

1920 2.5r on 20k Government of the Russia Eastern Outskirts in Chita, Ataman Semenov, Russia, Civil War (Dot at Top, Signed)

Current bid:

$30

1932 The 40th Anniversary of Gorky's Literary Activity, Soviet Union, USSR, Russia (Imperforate, Certificate, MNH)

Current bid:

$40

1933 15th Anniversary of the 26 Baku Commissars' Execution, Soviet Union, USSR, Russia (Full Set, Certificate, MNH)

Current bid:

$80

Odessa Private Issue Famine Relief, Russian Civil War, Ukraine, Blocks (Perforated, Margins, MNH)

Current bid:

$85

1933-1945 'Volunteer to Join the Gebirgstruppen der Waffen' Waffen SS Propaganda Postcard

Current bid:

$110

1941 The 25th Anniversary of the Death of Surikov, Soviet Union, USSR, Russia (Full Set, MNH)

Current bid:

$45

1931 Graf Zeppelin and Icebreaker 'Malygin', Soviet Union, USSR, Russia (Imperforate, Full Set, MNH)

Current bid:

$55

1933 Third Reich, Germany, Airmail, Blocks (Mi. 496 - 498, Private Reprints, Full Set, Margins, Plate Numbers, MNH)

Current bid:

$18

1933 Third Reich, Germany, Airmail (Full Set)

Current bid:

$75

1935 Chelyuskin Rescue, Soviet Union, USSR, Russia (Full Set, Certificate, MNH)

Current bid:

$1,000

1884 3r 50k Russian Empire, Russia, Vertical Watermark, Perf 13.25 (Signed)

Current bid:

$90

1937 Aviation of the USSR, Soviet Union, USSR, Russia, Airmail (Full Set, MNH)

Current bid:

$50

1946 30k 29th Anniversary of October Revolution, Soviet Union, USSR, Russia (Souvenir Sheet, MNH)

Current bid:

$40

1920 100r on 1k Wrangel, Russia, Civil War, Full Sheet

Current bid:

$375

1949 Airmail. The plane IL- 12, Soviet Union, USSR, Russia (Full Set, MNH)

Current bid:

$75

1933 Third Reich, Germany (Mi. 499 A - 507 A, Full Set, CV $530)

Current bid:

$35

1930 Weimar Republic, Germany, Souvenir Sheet 'IPOSTA'

Current bid:

$140

1928 Poland, Souvenir Sheet (Full Set)

Current bid:

$60

1917 10d on 10r Offices in China, Russia (Signed)

Current bid:

$35

1935 Moscow Subway, Soviet Union, USSR, Russia (Full Set, MNH)

Current bid:

$65

1858 30k Russian Empire, Russia, No Watermark, Perf 12.25x12.5 (Signed)

Current bid:

$80

1920 10с on 10k Harbin, Manchuria, Local Issue, Russian Offices in China, Civil War Period

Current bid:

$65

1893-1920 East Africa, German Colonies, Kaiser’s Yacht, Germany (High CV)

Current bid:

$75

1933 Third Reich, Germany, Airmail (Full Set)

Current bid:

$110

1933 The Stratosphere Flight, Soviet Union, USSR, Russia (Full Set, MNH)

Current bid:

$60

1942 Pskov, German Occupation of Russia, Germany, Souvenir Sheet

Current bid:

$90

1935 Anti-War Propaganda, Soviet Union, USSR, Russia (Full Set, MNH)

Current bid:

$65

1940 10c Dunkirk, German Occupation of France, Germany, Pair (Margin, Signed)

Current bid:

$325

1941 30k People's Militia, Soviet Union, USSR, Russia (Full Set, MNH)

Current bid:

$75

1948 Saar Souvenir Sheet

Current bid:

$45

1934 The 10th Anniversary of Soviet Civil Aviation, Soviet Union, USSR, Russia (Without Watermark, Full Set, MNH)

Current bid:

$75

1922 Karelia, Russia, Civil War (Full Set)

Current bid:

$60

1939 30k on 4k The Third Issue of the Four Definitive Set , Soviet Union, USSR, Russia (Without Watermark, Full Set, MNH)

Current bid:

$55

1931 Weimar Republic, Germany, Airmail (Full Set)

Current bid:

$100

1884 7r Russian Empire, Russia, Vertical Watermark, Perf 13.25 (Signed)

Current bid:

$120

1867 6k Offices in Levant, Russia (1st Issue, 3rd Edition, Type III, Signed)

Current bid:

$120

1933-1945 'Body Standard - Adolf Hitler' Waffen SS Propaganda Postcard

Current bid:

$110

1934 Birth Centenary of Mendeleyev, Soviet Union, USSR, Russia (Full Set, MNH)

Current bid:

$65

1934 The Airships of the USSR, Soviet Union, USSR, Russia, Airmail (Full Set, MNH)

Current bid:

$85

1930 2m Weimar Republic, Germany, Airmail ('Moon' over Airship, MNH)

Current bid:

$350

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Jun 16 - 27, 2025

Rare Stamps and Postal History Auction #45

5679

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5549

items
were sold

$3,500

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hammer price

May 26 - 31, 2025

Russian Cinderellas and Third Reich Propaganda

3708

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were listed

3598

items
were sold

$4,000

highest
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Mar 24 - 29, 2025

Colonies and Third Reich Propaganda

3332

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were listed

3332

items
were sold

$1,100

highest
hammer price

$130

$140

$160

Feb 3 - 14, 2025

Rare Stamps and Postal History Auction #42

6148

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were listed

5864

items
were sold

$1,600

highest
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Dec 10 - 13, 2024

Russian Postal History

3036

items
were listed

1089

items
were sold

$1,500

highest
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Nov 11 - 23, 2024

Rare Stamps and Postal History Auction #40

6172

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were listed

6153

items
were sold

$3,000

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Oct 8 - 12, 2024

Russian Cinderellas and Third Reich Propaganda

2809

items
were listed

2804

items
were sold

$1,300

highest
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Jul 9 - 20, 2024

Rare Stamps and Postal History Auction #38

6104

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were listed

5993

items
were sold

$2,200

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May 14 - 18, 2024

Rare Stamps and Postal History Auction #37

2883

items
were listed

2571

items
were sold

$1,300

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Apr 2 - 12, 2024

Rare Stamps and Postal History Auction #36

5076

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were listed

5076

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were sold

$6,000

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

$1,500

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

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

1875-79 25pf German Empire, Germany (Mi. 35 a, CV $7,800, MNH)

$1,400

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, 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

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

$9,000

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

1903 2k Kirillov Zemstvo, Russia (Schmidt #14, TETE-BECHE, CV $2,500)

$1,300

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

$1,500

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

$4,000

Norway, Field Post Feldpost, 'Narvik stamp' Pair, Germany, Extremely scarce in pair (Signed, Rare, MNH)

$1,300

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

$2,400

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

$1,600

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

$2,200

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

$2,500

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

$2,750

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

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

$1,900

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

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

$3,750

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

$3,250

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

$1,500

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

$3,000

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

$1,600

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

$2,750

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

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

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

$1,800

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

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

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

$2,000

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

$4,250

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

$1,500

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

$3,500

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

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

$1,500

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

$2,300

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

$3,250

1882 Odessa, Red Cross, Russian Empire Charity Local Cover, Russia (Size 142 x 111 mm, No Watermark, White Paper)

$1,300

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

$2,100

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

$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

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

$1,600

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

$1,500

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

$1,400

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

$2,500

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

$3,250

1c Panama (INVERTED Center, Print Error)

$3,000

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

$3,000

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

$2,750

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

$1,400

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

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

$1,400

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

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

$3,750

1918 20k Odessa Money-Stamp, Russian Civil War Revenue, Ukraine (Double Perforation, Block of Ten)

$1,300

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

$1,500

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

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

$1,600

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