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Rare Stamps and Postal History

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The World & Rocket Mail

Dec 16, Tue

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United States

Dec 16, Tue

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Germany: German Empire, Weimar Republic, Third Reich

Dec 17, Wed

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Germany: WWI & WWII Occupations, Legions, Field Post

Dec 18, Thu

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Germany after 1945: Local Post, Occupation Zones

Dec 18, Thu

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Carpatho-Ukraine

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Ukrainian Tridents

Dec 19, Fri

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Ukraine: People's Republic, West Ukraine, Underground Post, Unofficial Issues

Dec 20, Sat

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Displaced Persons Camps: Ukraine, Germany, Poland, Baltic States

Dec 20, Sat

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Russian Empire: Print Errors & Postal History

Dec 21, Sun

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Zemstvo: Russian Rural Post

Dec 21, Sun

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Russian Civil War: Armies, Republics, Caucasus

Dec 22, Mon

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Russian Postal History & Mint Postcards

Dec 22, Mon

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Russian Offices Abroad

Dec 23, Tue

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RSFSR & Soviet Union: Rare Stamps, Chronology, Complete Sheets

Dec 23, Tue

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Russian Cinderellas: Charity Stamps

Dec 26, Fri

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Russian Postcards & Covers: Exhibition, Charity, Advertisement

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Russian Cinderellas: Exhibitions & Advertisement

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Russian Cinderellas & Revenues: Odessa and Other Issues

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1933 The All-Union Philatelic Exhibition in Leningrad, Soviet Union, USSR (Full Set)

Current bid:

$80

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

Current bid:

$110

1914 3+1k Russian Empire, Russia, Charity Issue (Imperforate)

Current bid:

$60

1964 Taras Shevchenko Monument in Washington, Ukraine, Underground Post (Watermark, Only 90 Issued, Full Set)

Current bid:

$100

1926-27 Weimar Republic, Germany, Airmail (Full Set, Signed)

Current bid:

$80

1865 1k Russian Empire, Russia, No Watermark, Perforation 14.5x15

Current bid:

$16

1945 60f on 20f Carpatho-Ukraine (Second Issue, Type V, Only 382 Issued, Signed)

Current bid:

$50

1933 Third Reich, Germany, Souvenir Sheet

Current bid:

$150

1946 Rimini, Ukraine, DP Camp, Displaced Persons Camp, Full Sheet (White Paper, Violet Handstamps on the backside)

Current bid:

$210

1914 1+1k Russian Empire, Russia, Charity Issue (Imperforate)

Current bid:

$50

1935 10r on 10k USSR Moscow - San-Francisco Flight Levanevskiy, Soviet Union, USSR, Russia (Raised Point and Cutted Leg in 'P', Full Set, Signed, Certificate)

Current bid:

$750

1921 10hrn 'Free Ukraine' Overprint on 300r RSFSR, Ukraine, Local Issue

Current bid:

$40

1949 25th Anniversary of Death of V. Lenin, Soviet Union, USSR, Russia, Souvenir Sheet (Perforated, Type I)

Current bid:

$240

1945 Lobau, Germany Local Post (Signed, Unpriced)

Current bid:

$110

1914 10+1k Russian Empire, Russia, Charity Issue (Imperforate)

Current bid:

$50

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

Current bid:

$230

1855 10k Postal Stationery Stamped Envelope, Cover to Kowno, Russian Empire, Russia (4th Issue, Dotted Numeral '19' Cancellation, Wax Seal)

Current bid:

$85

1964 Tokyo Olympic Games, Green, Soviet Union, USSR, Russia, Souvenir Sheet

Current bid:

$95

1959 International Red Cross, 100 years, Ukraine, Underground Post (Full Set, Watermark)

Current bid:

$45

1933 Third Reich, Germany, Souvenir Sheet

Current bid:

$210

1965 Burning of Kyiv Library, Ukraine, Underground Post (Imperforate, Full Set, Without Watermark, Without a colored frame)

Current bid:

$110

1910 Yekaterinoslav Exhibition, Second Issue, Russian Empire

Current bid:

$50

1912 20pf German Empire, Germany, Airmail (Signed)

Current bid:

$110

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

Current bid:

$750

1931 50k Airship Constructing Zeppelin, Soviet Union, USSR (Dark Gray Blue, Aspidka, Certificate)

Current bid:

$450

1933 Peoples of the USSR, Soviet Union, USSR

Current bid:

$130

1945 60f on 4f Carpatho-Ukraine (Second Issue, Type I, Only 479 Issued, Signed)

Current bid:

$45

1873 30c Hamilton, Official Mail Stamp 'War', United States, USA (Rose)

Current bid:

$50

1949 25th Anniversary of the Death of V. Lenin, Soviet Union, USSR, Russia, Souvenir Sheet (Imperforate, Type II, Certificate)

Current bid:

$500

1945 Saulgau (Wurttemberg), Germany Local Post (Unofficial Issue, Full Set, Certificate, Signed)

Current bid:

$200

1912 1m 'Gelber Hund', German Empire, Germany, Airmail (Signed)

Current bid:

$210

1945 Hela Submarine (U-Boot Hela), Military Mail Field Post Feldpost, Germany (Certificate, Signed)

Current bid:

$150

1913 Kiev Exhibition, Russian Empire

Current bid:

$45

1911 (16 Aug) Russian Empire Registered Сut-out from a Сourt Letter, franked with 7k and in Favor of the Postman 15k and tied by Bela Siedlce Governorate Postmarks (Very Rare, Certificate)

Current bid:

$110

1851 3d New Brunswick, Canada, British Colonies

Current bid:

$80

1967 OUN Expeditionary Groups, 25 Years, Ukraine, Underground Post, Full Sheet (Imperforate, Only 250 Issued)

Current bid:

$50

1952 Ukrainian Insurgent Army, 10 years, Ukraine, Underground Post (Imperforate, Full Set, Margin, Watermark)

Current bid:

$55

1935 International Spartacist Games in Moscow, Soviet Union, USSR, Russia (Full Set)

Current bid:

$110

1948 Hanau, Estonia, Lithuania, Baltic DP Camp, Displaced Persons Camp, Horizontal Pairs (Full Set)

Current bid:

$130

1916 10k Poltava Town Council, Charity Cinderella, Russian Empire

Current bid:

$30

1919 30r Huliaipole, Black Overprint 1. Rev. Insurgent Army of Ukraine Makhno on 3r State Credit Card 1913 Russian old paper money

Current bid:

$45

1921 Constantinople Consular Post, Georgian Levant, Russia, Civil War (Full Set)

Current bid:

$30

1922 20M Weimar Republic, Germany, Roll of Stamps

Current bid:

$65

1864-65 1k Russian Empire, Russia, Imperforate (Certificate, Proof)

Current bid:

$170

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

Current bid:

$170

1915 3k Poltava Town Council, Charity Cinderella, Russian Empire

Current bid:

$30

1889 2k Russian Empire, Russia, Imperforate (Certificate)

Current bid:

$140

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

Current bid:

$50

1945 Strausberg (Berlin), Germany Local Post (Unofficial Issue, Signed)

Current bid:

$65

1953 Holodomor (artificial famine) in Ukraine, 20 years, Ukraine, Underground Post (Tete-beche pairs, Full Set, Watermark)

Current bid:

$65

1943 Tunis, Military Mail Field Post Feldpost, Germany (Perforation, Signed)

Current bid:

$130

1933 The 15th Anniversary of the 26 Baku Commisars Execution, Soviet Union, USSR (Full Set)

Current bid:

$70

1949 25th Anniversary of the Death of V. Lenin, Soviet Union, USSR, Russia, Souvenir Sheet (Imperforate, Type I)

Current bid:

$350

Ukraine, Underground Post, Small Stock of Souvenir Sheets

Current bid:

$110

1914 Riga, July 6-20th Second Russian Olympiad at Riga, Charity Cinderella, Russian Empire

Current bid:

$35

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

Current bid:

$140

1951 Act of 30 June 1941, Ukraine, Underground Post (Сoupons, Full Set, Margins, Watermark)

Current bid:

$65

1914-15 Russian Empire, Russia, Charity Issue, Small Collection of Specimens, Varieties of Perforation

Current bid:

$45

1952 Ukrainian Youth Association CYM Congress, Ukraine, Underground Post (Gutter-Pairs, With Margin, Watermark)

Current bid:

$55

1945 60f on 20f Carpatho-Ukraine (Second Issue, Type I, Only 382 Issued, Signed)

Current bid:

$45

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Third Reich and Worldwide Propaganda

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Rare Stamps and Postal History

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Rare Stamps and Postal History Auction #45

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5549

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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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Colonies and Third Reich Propaganda

3332

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3332

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Feb 3 - 14, 2025

Rare Stamps and Postal History Auction #42

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$1,600

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Russian Postal History

3036

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1089

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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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$1,300

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Rare Stamps and Postal History Auction #38

6104

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5993

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1c Panama (INVERTED Center, Print Error)

$3,000

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

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

$1,400

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

$1,300

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

$2,000

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

$1,500

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

$2,500

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

$3,250

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

$2,400

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

$1,500

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

$2,100

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

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

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

$4,000

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

$3,250

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

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

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

$2,500

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

$3,000

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

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

$1,500

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

$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

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

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

$2,750

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

$9,000

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

$2,300

1919, 40gr on 2k 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

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

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

$1,500

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

$1,300

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

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

$2,200

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

$1,600

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

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

$1,400

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

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

$1,400

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

$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

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

$1,600

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

$1,400

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

$1,500

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

$1,600

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

$3,750

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

$1,500

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

$1,900

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

$1,400

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

$2,500

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

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

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

$3,750

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

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

$3,250

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

$3,500

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

$1,500

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