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Auction 53

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Auction 55

Rare Stamps and Postal History of The World

Worldwide philately with strong sections of Germany, Russia, Poland, Austria, Mongolia, Ukraine, and Siberia & Far East.

June 23 - July 4, 2026

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Ukraine & Displaced Persons Camps

Jul 4, Sat

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The World & Catapult Mail

Closed on Jun 23

Austria, China, Mongolia, Poland

Closed on Jun 24

Germany 1871-1945 & German States

Closed on Jun 25

Germany: Colonies, Danzig, Memel, Saar & Plebiscites

Closed on Jun 25

Germany: Sudetenland, Legions, Concentration Camps & Propaganda

Closed on Jun 26

Germany: WWI & WWII Occupations

Closed on Jun 26

Germany after 1945: Local Posts & Occupation Zones

Closed on Jun 27

Third Reich Propaganda Postcards

Closed on Jun 27

Russian Empire, Wenden & Zemstvo

Closed on Jun 30

Russian Offices Abroad

Closed on Jul 1

Russian Civil War

Closed on Jul 1

Russian Civil War: Far East & Siberia

Closed on Jul 2

The Soviet Union

Closed on Jul 3

Russia & Area: Cinderellas and Revenues

Closed on Jul 4

Auction 54

The M. Kramarenko 'Russika' Collection of Imperial Russia

The Legendary M. Kramarenko Collection of Imperial Russian Stamps, Varieties & Postal Stationery that became the foundation of the renowned Russika catalogue.

July 21 - 23, 2026

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Russika: Mint Varieties, Printing Errors & Proofs

Jul 21, Tue

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Russika: Mint Postal Stationery

Jul 22, Wed

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Russika: Used Varieties & Print Errors

Jul 23, Thu

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Russika: Russian Empire Postal History

Jul 23, Thu

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Russika: Used Postal Stationery

Jul 23, Thu

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Auction 55

Russian Picture Postcards, Covers & Bills of Exchange

An extensive collection of Russian picture postcards featuring Floods, Revolution, Views of Moscow, Charity, Advertising and Exhibition Postcards, Soviet Propaganda, and Bills of Exchange

July 29 - 30, 2026

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Russian Picture Postcards & Bills of Exchange

Jul 29, Wed

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The Soviet Union Military & Civil Propaganda

Jul 30, Thu

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1904 3k Charity Issue, Russian Empire, Russia, SPECIMEN, Strip

Current bid:

$95

1863 5k City Post of SPB and Moscow, Russian Empire, Gutter Block of Four, Margin

Current bid:

$20

1866 5k Russian Empire, Russia, Horizontal Watermark, Trial Color Proof

Current bid:

$100

1948 Meerbeck, Lithuania, DP Camp, Displaced Persons Camp, Complete Set

Current bid:

$50

1858 (17 Jul) Russian Empire, Russia, Cover from Riga to Liepaja franked with 10k (1857-58 issue), White spot near '10' in left lower corner, Dotted Numeral '38' Cancellation, Riga Postmark, Certificate

Current bid:

$75

1909 15k In Favor of the Postman, Russian Empire, Russia

Current bid:

$20

1866 3k Russian Empire, Russia, Horizontal Watermark, Background 'V' instead of '3', Signed

Current bid:

$75

1865 20k Russian Empire, Russia, No Watermark, Signed

Current bid:

$65

1857-58 20k Russian Empire, Russia, Perforation 14.5x15, Trial Color Proof

Current bid:

$150

1889-92 Russian Empire, Russia, Horizontal Watermark, Group of Varieties

Current bid:

$80

1914 1k Charity, Russian Empire, Russia, Imperforate, Certificate

Current bid:

$90

1906 5r Russian Empire, Russia, Vertical Watermark, Perforation 11.5

Current bid:

$20

1876 'Taganrog - Kerch' steamship mail Cover to Genoa (Italy) franked with 8k, Berdiansk Postmark

Current bid:

$75

1915 3k Charity, Russian Empire, Russia, Pair, Margin, MISSING Perforation Between Stamps

Current bid:

$90

1863 5k City Post of SPB and Moscow, Russian Empire, , Block of Four, Corner Margins, Control Blue Round Brackets

Current bid:

$55

1857-58 30k Russian Empire, Russia, Watermark 3, Perforation 14.5x15, Dotted Numeral Cancellation, Certificate

Current bid:

$120

1918 Lviv, West Ukrainian People's Republic, Ukraine, Signed

Current bid:

$60

1875 2k Russian Empire, Russia, Vertical Watermark, Rare, Signed

Current bid:

$150

1884 7r Russian Empire, Russia, Vertical Watermark, Perforation 13.25, Signed

Current bid:

$180

1884 Russian Empire, Russia, Horizontal Watermark, 1st Edition, Perforation 14.5x15, Group of Varieties

Current bid:

$70

1919 Luboml, Polish Occupation of Ukraine, Poland, Blocks of Four, Complete set

Current bid:

$45

1885 Russian Empire, Russia, Horizontal Watermark, 2nd Edition, 1st Issue, Perforation 14.25x14.75, Complete Set, Group of Varieties

Current bid:

$85

1920 Ukrainian People's Republic, Ukraine, Unissued, Complete Set, Imperforate, Blocks of Four

Current bid:

$200

1889-91 3r 50k, 7k Russian Empire, Russia, Horizontal Watermark, Group of Varieties

Current bid:

$70

1881 20k Saint-Petersburg Сity Public Telegraph, Russian Empire, Official Reprint, Block of Four, Margin

Current bid:

$230

1889 5k Russian Empire, Russia, Imperforate Proof on Paper with text, Lilac

Current bid:

$100

1857-58 30k Russian Empire, Russia, Watermark 3, Perforation 14.5x15

Current bid:

$110

1865 10k Russian Empire, Russia, No Watermark

Current bid:

$170

1902 20k Russian Empire, Russia, Vertical Watermark, Marginal Block 5x3, SHIFTED Center

Current bid:

$140

1858 30k Russian Empire, Russia, No Watermark, Perforation 12.25x12.5

Current bid:

$45

1875 8k Russian Empire, Russia, Vertical Watermark, Rare

Current bid:

$190

1866 30k Russian Empire, Russia, Pink, Horizontal Watermark

Current bid:

$25

1918 50h Luboml, Polish Occupation of Ukraine, Poland, Tete-beche Block, Not Issued, Imperforate, Signed

Current bid:

$65

1904 10k Charity Issue, Russian Empire, Russia, SPECIMEN, Strip

Current bid:

$75

1904 7k Charity Issue, Russian Empire, Russia, SPECIMEN, Strip

Current bid:

$100

1918 25h Luboml, Polish Occupation of Ukraine, Poland, Half of the Complete Sheet, Not Issued, Value indication upside down

Current bid:

$35

1857-58 10k Russian Empire, Russia, Watermark 1, Type II, Imperforate, Haisyn Pre-stamp Postmark, Certificate

Current bid:

$110

1906 10r Russian Empire, Russia, Vertical Watermark, Margin, Control Sign 'V'

Current bid:

$40

1917 1k Russian Empire, Russia, Horizontal Strip of 5, Specimen, Perforation Type VI

Current bid:

$110

1908-12 7k Russian Empire, Russia, Pair, Margins, Proof, 'Three Pearls', Blue Stamps, Without Lozenges Varnish Lines, Thick Paper

Current bid:

$250

1908-12 7k Russian Empire, Russia, Margin, Control Strip, Imperforate

Current bid:

$110

1914 3k Charity, Russian Empire, Russia, Imperforate, Certificate

Current bid:

$190

1857-58 10k Russian Empire on piece, Russia, Watermark 1, Imperforate, Berdychiv Pre-stamp Postmark

Current bid:

$95

1875 8k Russian Empire, Russia, Thick Paper Proof without Watermark, Rare

Current bid:

$140

1904 3k Charity Issue, Russian Empire, Russia, SPECIMEN, Strip

Current bid:

$95

1909 15k In Favor of the Postman, Russian Empire, Russia, Margin, Signed, Proof, 'почтальона' with 'ь', Certificate

Current bid:

$250

1904 5k Charity Issue, Russian Empire, Russia, SPECIMEN, Strip

Current bid:

$100

1889 2k Russian Empire, Russia, Proof on Paper with text, Imperforate pair, Double Print

Current bid:

$200

1906 10r Russian Empire, Russia, Vertical Watermark, Bronze Background

Current bid:

$35

1945 Carpatho-Ukraine, Second Issue

Current bid:

$170

1914 10k Charity, Russian Empire, Russia, Proof, Imperforate, Watermark

Current bid:

$110

1920 Ukrainian People's Republic, Ukraine, Imperforate, Complete Set, Signed, Unissued

Current bid:

$55

1863 5k City Post of SPB and Moscow, Russian Empire

Current bid:

$20

1911 'Crimea - Caucasus Parohod' steamship mail postcard PPC (Alupka. Palace. Crimea) to Putivl, Kursk Province

Current bid:

$40

1911 1r Russian Empire, Russia, Brown Control Strip, Rare

Current bid:

$65

1864 3k Russian Empire, Russia, No Watermark, Perforation 12.25x12.5

Current bid:

$65

1866 5k Russian Empire, Russia, Horizontal Watermark, Trial Color Proof

Current bid:

$120

1865 30k Russian Empire, Russia, No Watermark, Signed

Current bid:

$60

1904 7k Charity Issue, Russian Empire, Russia, SPECIMEN, Strip

Current bid:

$85

1902 1r Russian Empire, Russia, Vertical Watermark, Corner Margins, Perforation 11.5, Signed

Current bid:

$35

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The Yevhen Vyrovyi Collection of Ukrainian Tridents

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$1,100

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Apr 28 - 30, 2026

John McMahon Collection of Russian Cinderellas

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$1,000

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Apr 14 - 25, 2026

Rare Stamps and Postal History of The World

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$4,750

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Worldwide Proofs, Varieties, Rare Stamps & Postal History

323

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$550

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Dec 16 - 27, 2025

Rare Stamps and Postal History Auction

535

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$2,300

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Germany and Worldwide Propaganda

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Rare Stamps and Postal History Auction

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$3,500

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Rare Stamps and Postal History Auction

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May 26 - 31, 2025

Russian Cinderellas and Third Reich Propaganda

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Colonies and Third Reich Propaganda

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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

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

1912 20pf 'First Regensburg Airmail', German Empire, Germany, Semi-Official Airmail Stamp, Certificate

$1,700

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

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

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

$2,500

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

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

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

$2,000

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

$2,750

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

$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

1c Panama (INVERTED Center, Print Error)

$3,000

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

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

$1,800

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

$3,000

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

$3,250

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

$2,100

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

$3,750

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

$1,900

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

$3,250

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

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

$1,600

1958 'Ilya Chavchavadze, Georgian writer' Zverev Catalog #2073A Variety Line perforation 12.5 instead of Combined perforation 12.5x12 MNH OG VF Cv $5000 Kirghner Certificate Rare stamp

$1,900

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

$1,500

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

$2,750

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

$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

1912 German Empire, Germany, Semi-Official Airmail Stamp

$4,750

1958 'VIII Mendeleev Congress in Moscow'. Unissued set of two due to postponing the Congress. Liapin Catalog #H71-72. MNH OG VF Cv 3000 euros. Two Mandrovskiy Certificates.

$1,800

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

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

$1,500

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

$1,800

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

$2,500

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

$3,000

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

$2,300

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

$1,900

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

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

$1,500

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

$1,500

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

$1,600

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

$1,500

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

$2,750

1944 Inselpost Rarity Postcard, Reich Military Mail, Fieldpost, Feldpost, Germany, Certificate

$3,250

1925 (Jul 22) Cover from TSETSERLIG MANDAL to Kalgan, Boxed cancellation in red, Freepost issue 1924 5 cents and two times 10 cents (25 cents total) as standard postage for foreign letters, Chinese postage due 'T' handstamp, Transit c.d.s. of Russian Post Office URGA 25.7.25, Arrival handstamp KALGAN 11.8.25

$2,000

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

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

$9,000

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

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

$1,500

1959 'VIII Mendeleev Congress in Moscow'. Unissued set of two due to postponing the Congress. Liapin Catalog #H71-72. MNH OG VF Cv 3000 euros. Mandrovskiy Certificates.

$1,600

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

$2,100

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

$4,000

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

$1,600

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

1882 3k Starobelsk Zemstvo, Russia

$1,900

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

$2,400

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