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Auction 58

George Werbizky Zemstvo Collection

An outstanding selection of rare Zemstvo stamps, postal history, and postal stationery, formed over decades of dedicated collecting.

September 22 - 27, 2026

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G. Werbizky Zemstvo Collection: Stamps, Part 1

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G. Werbizky Zemstvo Collection: Stamps, Part 2

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G. Werbizky Zemstvo Collection: Stamps, Part 3

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G. Werbizky Zemstvo Collection: Revenues & Labels

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G. Werbizky Zemstvo Collection: Postal Stationery & Postal History

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G. Werbizky Zemstvo Collection: Postmarks, Part 1

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G. Werbizky Zemstvo Collection: Postmarks, Part 2

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Auction 58

Rare Stamps and Postal History of The World

Rare Stamps and Postal History of the World. The auction is currently in preparation, with new lots being added weekly.

October, 2026

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The World

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Great Britain & British Colonies

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Postal History of The World

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Germany 1871-1945

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Germany: WWI & WWII Occupations

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Germany: Colonies and Offices Abroad

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Germany after 1945: Local Posts & Occupation Zones

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Russian Civil War: South Russia

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Russian Civil War

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Yevhen Vyrovyi Collection of Ukrainian Tridents

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Ukraine: Underground Post & Plast

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Post of Concentration and Forced Labor Camps

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Third Reich, Italy & Olympic Games Propaganda

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1883 5k on piece Bogorodsk Zemstvo, Imperforate Type 2, #SG1 Circular Datestamp '5 Oct 1884'

Current bid:

$55

1878 2k Belozersk Zemstvo, Imperforate, Certificate, 'R' Rarity, Only 24 Recorded

Current bid:

$1,300

1905 2k Belebei Zemstvo, Imperforate Block 4x2, Rose

Current bid:

$75

1880 3k Atkarsk Zemstvo, Type 2, Rare, 'R' Rarity Only 16-25 Recorded

Current bid:

$350

1908 3k on 2k Belozersk Zemstvo, Overprint 14.75x12.5, INVERTED Overprint

Current bid:

$110

1895 3k Gadyach Zemstvo, Imperforate

Current bid:

$30

1885 3k Volsk Zemstvo, WITHOUT Blue Circle in Bottom Left Corner

Current bid:

$200

1895 4k Totma Zemstvo Postal Stationery Cover, 147 x 123 mm, Paper 0.050-0.052 mm. Postally used, Cancelled with a stroke of the pen, Illustration from the catalog, Extremely rare, Error in the denomination "четыри" instead of "четыре"

Current bid:

$230

1873 3k Chern Zemstvo, Imperforate, Watermark, Signed

Current bid:

$50

1893 3k Bezhetsk Zemstvo, Imperforate Tete-beche Se-tenant Part of Sheet, All Types

Current bid:

$130

1897 5k Belebei Zemstvo, Imperforate Pair, Unrecorded Violet Cancellation, Unpriced, Certificate, Ex Ferrari Faberge

Current bid:

$150

1872 10k Berdyansk Zemstvo, Margin, Imperforate, Circular Datestamp '26 Nov 188?'

Current bid:

$80

1910 3k Ardatov Zemstvo, Marginal Imperforate Vertical Pair, Types 1+2

Current bid:

$110

1894 20k Bogorodsk Zemstvo, Certificate, 'RRR' Rarity Only 5-8 Recorded

Current bid:

$325

1894 2k on piece Bogorodsk Zemstvo, Margin, Imperforate, Orange-Yellow, #SG1 Violet Circular Datestamp '3 Jan 1894'

Current bid:

$65

1883 10k Bogorodsk Zemstvo, Perforated, Type 3 - Dot in 'A' in 'ПОЧТА'

Current bid:

$55

1892 3k Bezhetsk Zemstvo, Imperforate, Type 4

Current bid:

$120

1882 5k Arzamas Zemstvo, Imperforate Complete Sheet 5x5, All 2 Types, Signed

Current bid:

$325

1917 10k on 3k Bugulma Zemstvo, Shifted Background and Perforation, Certificate, 'RRR' Rarity, Only 5 Recorded

Current bid:

$800

1868 5k Borovichi Zemstvo, Imperforate, SHIFTED Background, 8th Stamp - '5' Without Circle in Bottom Left Corner, Signed

Current bid:

$90

1878 2k Belozersk Zemstvo, Imperforate Block 5x2, All 10 Types

Current bid:

$180

1897 4k Gryazovets Zemstvo, Type 1, INVERTED Center

Current bid:

$275

1904 2k Belozersk Zemstvo, Imperforate Block of Four, Types 2+3

Current bid:

$180

1882 2k Belozersk Zemstvo, Imperforate Block 5x2

Current bid:

$130

1878 2k Belozersk Zemstvo, Imperforate Block 5x2, All 10 Types

Current bid:

$170

1917? 10r Manuscript Surcharge on 1r Simbirsk Zemstvo, Manual Repricing, Revenue Fiscal Stamp, Rural Horse Fee, Unrecorded and Extremely Rare

Current bid:

$275

1904 2k Belebei Zemstvo, Marginal Corner Horizontal Strip of 5, Types 2+1, Dots at the Bottom

Current bid:

$55

1888 3k Rzhev Zemstvo Postal Stationery Cover, 144 x 81 mm, Watermark /// 7 lines per 1 cm with transverse stripes every 25 mm, Paper 0.083-0.085 mm

Current bid:

$50

1896 20k Bogorodsk Zemstvo, Imperforate, Signed

Current bid:

$80

1919 1r Belozersk Zemstvo, Imperforate Tete-beche Part of Sheet, 'ББЛОЗ.' INSTEAD OF 'БЕЛОЗ.', Type 2

Current bid:

$130

1869-71 3k Chern Zemstvo, Imperforate, Certificate, Ex Lenz-Liadow-Faberge

Current bid:

$140

1904 2k Belozersk Zemstvo, Marginal Imperforate Block of Four, Types 2+1

Current bid:

$190

1883 5k Bogorodsk Zemstvo, Imperforate Type 2 - Deformed 'A' in 'ПОЧТА' #SG1 Circular Datestamp '4 Oct 1884'

Current bid:

$70

1908 3k on 2k Belozersk Zemstvo, Overprint 15.75x14

Current bid:

$130

1908 3k on 2k Belozersk Zemstvo, Horizontal Pair

Current bid:

$85

1910 3k Ardatov Zemstvo, Marginal Imperforate Vertical Pair, Types 1+2

Current bid:

$200

1911 3k Ardatov Zemstvo, Complete Sheet 5x2, All 5 Types

Current bid:

$130

1905 5k Belebei Zemstvo, Marginal Imperforate Block 4x2

Current bid:

$70

1881 3k Atkarsk Zemstvo, Type 4, 'RR' Rarity Only 9-15 Recorded

Current bid:

$700

1869-71 3k Chern Zemstvo, Imperforate, Certificate, 'RRR' Rarity, Only 6-20 Recorded

Current bid:

$275

1874 5k Arzamas Zemstvo, Imperforate, Pen Cancel

Current bid:

$65

1869-71 3k Chern Zemstvo, Imperforate, Certificate, Color Variety, 'RRR' Rarity, Only 6-20 Recorded, Color Variety

Current bid:

$230

5k Dneprovsk Zemstvo, Imperforate, Іssue for Сollectors

Current bid:

$40

1903 1k Kobelyaki Zemstvo, Postmark #SHG2, Imperforate, Violet Oval Datestamp

Current bid:

$45

1878 2k Belozersk Zemstvo, Imperforate, Without Watermark, Type 3

Current bid:

$100

1892 10k Bogorodsk Zemstvo, Complete Sheet 3x5

Current bid:

$450

1880 5k Arzamas Zemstvo, Imperforate, Type 2

Current bid:

$130

1869-71 3k Chern Zemstvo, Imperforate, Certificate, 'RR' Rarity, Only 9-15 Recorded

Current bid:

$200

1881 3k Atkarsk Zemstvo, Type 4, Pen Cancellation, Certificate, 'RRR' Rarity Only 6 Recorded

Current bid:

$1,700

1889 3k on piece Gadyach Zemstvo, Imperforate Pair, Postmarks #RG2 Pen Cancel '28 Nov 1890' + #SHGM1 VEPRYK Blue Circular Cancellation

Current bid:

$55

1879 3k Bobrov Zemstvo, Imperforate, Type 2

Current bid:

$75

1881 10k Alexandria Zemstvo, Imperforate, Type 1

Current bid:

$190

1913 5k Bronnicy Zemstvo, Margin

Current bid:

$550

1878 3k Bobrov Zemstvo, Imperforate, Type 3

Current bid:

$150

1892 3k on piece Bezhetsk Zemstvo, Imperforate, Type 1, Circular Datestamp '5 Jan 1893'

Current bid:

$60

1893 5k Bronnicy Zemstvo, Additional Perforation, Block 5x4, #RG1a Annulate

Current bid:

$170

1893 3k Buzuluk Zemstvo, Imperforate 2 Couche Block

Current bid:

$350

1878 2k Belozersk Zemstvo, Imperforate Block 3x4, Watermark, All 12 Types

Current bid:

$600

1897 2k Belozersk Zemstvo, Imperforate Block 3x2

Current bid:

$150

1894 4k Gryazovets Zemstvo, Type 2, Signed

Current bid:

$95

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The M. Kramarenko 'Russika' Collection of Imperial Russia

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John McMahon Collection of Russian Cinderellas

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$130

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Worldwide Proofs, Varieties, Rare Stamps & Postal History

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

$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

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

$2,100

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

$9,000

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

$2,400

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

$1,600

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

$2,400

1922 (2 Jul) Russia, Civil War, 2k Vladivostok, Far Eastern Republic (DVR), Romanovs Issue Registered Postal Stationery Wrapper from Vladivostok to Suresnes (France) via London with two Cyrillic registration labels overlaid by a Latin-script registration label 'Vladivostok. Siberia. Asian Russia', red London transit cds and violet private handstamp, additionally franked with 2x35k on 2k (total franking 72k)

$1,800

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

$1,800

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

$1,600

1882 3k Starobelsk Zemstvo, Russia

$1,900

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

$2,750

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

$4,250

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

$2,750

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

$3,750

1922 (15 Oct) 3k on 4k, 35k on 2k and 70k on 1k Priamur Rural Province (general Diterikhs), Far East Vladivostok, addressed to Mr. D. Scherbinin, Certificate of authenticity of secretary of the Consulate, with violet Consulate handstamp, Signature Rene Andre (Consul of France in Vladivostok) and Red Wax seal, сhecked at the French Consulate in Vladivostok

$1,900

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

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

$2,100

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

$2,300

1921 10k Verkhneudinsk Provisional Zemstvo Government Postal Stationery Cover from Selenginsk to Zhigalovo, franked with 2x7r on Imperial stamps and 2x70k on RSFSR stamps (total franking 15r 50k), Russian Civil War

$3,500

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

$3,250

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

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

$1,600

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

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

$2,750

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

$1,900

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

$4,000

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

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

$1,700

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

1912 German Empire, Germany, Semi-Official Airmail Stamp

$4,750

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

$1,600

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

$3,000

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

$2,500

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

$3,750

1922 (30 Jan) Chita, Vladivostok, Far Eastern Republic (DVR), Russia, Civil War, Registered Cover from Trading House in Vladivostok to Paris with Cyrillic registration label overlaid by a Latin-script registration label 'Vladivostok. Siberia. Asian Russia' and blue registration handstamp, mixed franking with THREE different issues: pair of 10k and 5k of Vladivostok, Far Eastern Republic (DVR) issue, and 4 x 1k, 2 x 3k, 5k, and overprinted 4k (1922 issue) of Chita, Far Eastern Republic (DVR) issue

$7,000

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

$2,300

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

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

$2,000

1c Panama (INVERTED Center, Print Error)

$3,000

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

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

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

$1,700

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

$1,900

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

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

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

$1,600

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

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

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

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

$2,750

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

$3,000

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

$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

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

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

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

$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

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