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Rare Stamps and Postal History Auction

September, 2025

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Russian Offices Abroad: China, Levant, Crete, Mongolia

September, 2025

Zemstvo: Russian Rural Post

September, 2025

Russia and Area: Cinderellas & Revenues

September, 2025

United States: General Issues, Carriers' Post, Varieties

September, 2025

Poland

September, 2025

German States

September, 2025

Third Reich Propaganda

September, 2025

The World

September, 2025

RSFSR, Soviet Union, and Tannu Tuva Rare Stamps

September, 2025

Germany: Empire, Weimar Republic, Third Reich

September, 2025

Ukraine: Tridents of 1918

September, 2025

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

September, 2025

Germany: WWI Occupations, Postwar Occupation Zones, and Saar

September, 2025

Russian Civil War: Armies, Republics, Caucasus

September, 2025

The Soviet Union: Chronology

September, 2025

Displaced Persons Camps

September, 2025

Russian Empire

September, 2025

Russian Postal History

September, 2025

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1878 5k Odessa Zemstvo, Russia

Current bid:

$16

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:

$600

1957 60gr Poland, Proof

Current bid:

$45

1944 Montenegro, German Occupation, Germany (Full Set, Signed)

Current bid:

$80

1943 1r+2r Indian Legion, Germany

Current bid:

$95

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

Current bid:

$65

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

Current bid:

$30

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

Current bid:

$120

1942 Pskov, German Occupation of Russia, Germany, Souvenir Sheet (SHIFTED Printing, Rare Error, Proper Size 114x163 mm)

Current bid:

$110

1930 Weimar Republic, Germany, Airmail (Full Set)

Current bid:

$70

1931 Weimar Republic, Germany, Airmail (Full Set)

Current bid:

$90

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

Current bid:

$18

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

Current bid:

$45

1954 45gr Barletta - Trani, Polish II Corps in Italy, Poland, DP Camp, Displaced Persons Camp, Block of Four (Corner Margin, Sheet Inscription)

Current bid:

$100

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

Current bid:

$700

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

Current bid:

$300

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

Current bid:

$45

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:

$110

1919 Northern Poland, German Occupation (Full Set, Signed)

Current bid:

$40

1926 High Value Issue Shown V.I.Lenin's Portrait, Soviet Union, USSR, Russia (Full Set, Margin, MNH)

Current bid:

$25

1930 Weimar Republic, Germany, Souvenir Sheet 'IPOSTA' (Mi. Bl. 1, CV $1,920, MNH)

Current bid:

$70

1933-1945 'German Youth Volunteer for the Armed Forces' Waffen SS Propaganda Postcard

Current bid:

$85

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

Current bid:

$70

1919 White Forces, Generals Issue, Russia, Civil War (Russika 1 - 7, Full Set, CV $250)

Current bid:

$35

1944 Warsaw Uprising Post, Poland (Signed, Used)

Current bid:

$55

1933 Third Reich, Germany, Souvenir Sheet

Current bid:

$100

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

Current bid:

$40

1920 10.000r on 1r Wrangel Issue Type 1, Russia, Civil War, Block (Plate Number '2', Coupon, Cormer Margins, MNH)

Current bid:

$40

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

Current bid:

$18

1941 Theresienstadt, German Occupation, Germany, Admission Stamp

Current bid:

$90

1941 France, German Occupation, Germany, Private Issue (Signed)

Current bid:

$90

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

Current bid:

$55

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

Current bid:

$90

1928 Poland, Souvenir Sheet (Full Set)

Current bid:

$60

1930 Third Reich, Germany, Souvenir Sheet

Current bid:

$140

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

Current bid:

$60

1916-17 Poland, German Occupation, Germany (Full Set, Signed)

Current bid:

$55

1930 (6 May) Tannu Tuva, Russia, Registered Cover from Kizil to Moscow franked with 28r (Zv. 24)

Current bid:

$130

1943 Tunis Military Mail Field Post Feldpost, Germany (Rare)

Current bid:

$80

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

Current bid:

$50

1945 60f on 50f Carpatho-Ukraine (First Issue, Type I, Only 361 Issued, MNH)

Current bid:

$50

1948 Poland, Souvenir Sheet (Plate Number '24854')

Current bid:

$60

1922 Nikolaevsk-on-Amur, Priamur Provisional Government, Russia, Civil War (Full Set, Used)

Current bid:

$65

1941 1r Vilnius, Lithuania, German Occupation, Germany (Certificate, Corner Margin, Black Control Strip)

Current bid:

$130

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

Current bid:

$85

1931 Weimar Republic, Germany, Airmail (Full Set)

Current bid:

$90

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

Current bid:

$14

1944 Poland (Full Set)

Current bid:

$120

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

Current bid:

$120

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

Current bid:

$14

1933 Third Reich, Germany, Airmail (Full Set)

Current bid:

$45

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

Current bid:

$85

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

Current bid:

$80

1948 Poland, Souvenir Sheet, Airmail (Plate Number '11941')

Current bid:

$85

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

Current bid:

$25

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

1944 General Government, Germany, Full Sheet (Imperforate, Plate Number '3')

Current bid:

$60

1922 Karelia, Russia, Civil War (Full Set)

Current bid:

$60

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

Current bid:

$150

Auctions Results

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Jun 16 - 27, 2025

Rare Stamps and Postal History Auction #45

5679

items
were listed

5549

items
were sold

$3,500

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May 26 - 31, 2025

Russian Cinderellas and Third Reich Propaganda

3708

items
were listed

3598

items
were sold

$4,000

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Mar 24 - 29, 2025

Colonies and Third Reich Propaganda

3332

items
were listed

3332

items
were sold

$1,100

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Feb 3 - 14, 2025

Rare Stamps and Postal History Auction #42

6148

items
were listed

5864

items
were sold

$1,600

highest
hammer price

Dec 10 - 13, 2024

Russian Postal History

3036

items
were listed

1089

items
were sold

$1,500

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Nov 11 - 23, 2024

Rare Stamps and Postal History Auction #40

6172

items
were listed

6153

items
were sold

$3,000

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hammer price

Oct 8 - 12, 2024

Russian Cinderellas and Third Reich Propaganda

2809

items
were listed

2804

items
were sold

$1,300

highest
hammer price

$130

$160

$150

Jul 9 - 20, 2024

Rare Stamps and Postal History Auction #38

6104

items
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

items
were listed

5076

items
were sold

$6,000

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

$1,400

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

$2,500

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

$1,400

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

$1,500

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

$3,750

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

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

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

$2,300

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

$4,250

1922 RSFSR 24 Germ Mark Consular Fee Stamp, Airmail (Zv. C2, Type I, Signed, CV $350, MNH)

$1,600

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

$1,500

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

$9,000

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

$1,500

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

$2,400

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

$2,200

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

$1,600

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

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

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

$1,600

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

$3,250

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

$2,750

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

$3,250

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

$2,750

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

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

$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

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

$2,500

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

$2,000

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

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

$3,750

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

$3,000

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

$1,400

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

$2,500

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

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

$1,500

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

$3,250

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

$4,000

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

$1,500

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

$1,300

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

$2,750

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

$1,600

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

$1,900

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

$1,600

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

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

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

$3,500

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

$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

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

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

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

$1,300

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

$1,300

1c Panama (INVERTED Center, Print Error)

$3,000

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

$2,100

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

$3,000

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

$1,400

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

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

$2,100

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

$1,500

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