1917, St. George Defeated Dragon, essay of unissued design in orange brown, no value indicated on white paper, artist R. Zarins, size 51x67mm, full OG, LH, VF and very rare, ex-I. Gorski, this proof had been sold at Cherrystone Auction in 2014 for $8,000 plus appropriate commission
Live Bidding Auction #84
By: Raritan Stamps Inc.
Raritan Stamps Inc. Live Bidding Auction #84
Raritan Stamps, Inc. - Live Bidding Auction #84, February 7 - 8, 2020.
The Sale contains 1168 lots, including modern Canadian printing errors and varieties, valuable Italy, Italian Colonies and territories, the first class rarities of Russia from all regimes, rare worldwide stamps and postal history.
This Sale represents the property of 51 owners.
Among the highlights are:
- Great Britain Queen Victoria high values on bluish paper;
- PR of China Mei Lan-fang souvenir sheet in perfect condition;
- practically complete collections of Italian Colonies - Eritrea, Libya and Somalia
- Imperial Russia with unused No.2, 3 and 4, numerous perforated and imperforated errors and varieties.
Auction will be held within two sections.
February 7, 2020, 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM Lots #1 - 548
February 8, 2020, 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Lots #549 - 1168
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Lot #504 - russia - rsfsr issues 1918-23
1917, Double-Headed Eagle, essay of unissued design of 5(k) in light green, artist S. Chekhonin, printed on chalky paper, size 121x150mm, marginal tears (up to 10mm) at the bottom with no importance, pencil sign on reverse, no gum as produced, VF and very rare, ex-I. Gorski Collection
Lot #505 - russia - rsfsr issues 1918-23
1918, ''Sword Breaking Chain'', 70k brown, four-side margins imperforated single, strong color, full OG, light trace of hinge, VF and rare, Soviet Philatelic guarantee hs, N. Mandrovski certificate
Lot #506 - russia - rsfsr issues 1918-23
1920, ''Symbols of the New World'', Portraits of Karl Marx and Vladimir Lenin by E. Lancere, essays of unissued design for 2r in gray black, horizontal se-tenant pair, printed on thick paper, no gum as produced, VF
Lot #507 - russia - rsfsr issues 1918-23
1921, ''The Liberated Proletarian'', unaccepted design imperforated essay of 100r in olive green, left sheet margin block of four, vertical fold between stamps, no gum as produced, NH, VF and scarce
Lot #508 - russia - rsfsr issues 1918-23
1921, 500r blue and 1000r carmine, two stamps with double impression printed on ordinary paper, both with full OG, NH (500r) or previously hinged, VF
Lot #509 - russia - rsfsr issues 1918-23
1921, New Russia Triumphant, proof of 40r in gray violet, small size stamp (small angle of watermark - down), right margin block of four, no gum as produced, VF and rare multiple, SC #Pr(7 I)
Lot #510 - russia - rsfsr issues 1918-23
1921, New Russia Triumphant, proof of 40r in gray violet, large size stamp (small angle of watermark to the right), block of four, full OG, NH or VLH (top stamps), VF, SC Pr (7 II)
Lot #511 - russia - rsfsr issues 1918-23
1922, black over red (double) surcharge 5000r on 1r orange, nice margins, full OG, LH, VF, expert's hs on reverse, C.v. $800
Lot #512 - russia - rsfsr issues 1918-23
1922, black surcharge 5000r on 2r light brown, vertical pair, upper stamp has missing part of the design due to foldover, full OG, NH, VF
Lot #513 - russia - rsfsr issues 1918-23
1922, inverted black surcharge 5000r on 2r light brown, nice and fresh single, full OG, NH, VF
Lot #514 - russia - rsfsr issues 1918-23
1922, two stamps with black or red inverted surcharges 5000r on 2r light brown, full OG, LH or previously hinged (first one with several expert's hs on reverse), VF
Lot #515 - russia - rsfsr issues 1918-23
1922, two stamps with inverted black surcharge 10,000r on 40r slate, one of which has surcharge strongly shifted to the bottom, both basic stamps are small size, full OG, LH, VF, a common surcharged stamp of small size is included
Lot #516 - russia - rsfsr issues 1918-23
1922, inverted red surcharge 10,000r on 40r slate, small size stamp, full OG, LH, VF, C.v. $160
Lot #517 - russia - rsfsr issues 1918-23
1922, double red surcharge 10,000r on 40r slate, small size stamp, full OG, LH, VF, tiny black hs on reverse
Lot #518 - russia - rsfsr issues 1918-23
1922, double red surcharge (one placed vertically) 10,000r on 40r slate, small size stamp, full OG, LH, VF and scarce
Lot #519 - russia - rsfsr issues 1918-23
1922, black diagonal surcharge 7500r on 250r violet, two singles, one with triple (one inverted) surcharge on ordinary paper (NH), another one with double surcharge on chalk-surfaced paper (LH), both with full OG, VF
Lot #520 - russia - rsfsr issues 1918-23
1922, black diagonal surcharge (7500r) on (250r) violet, printed on chalk-surfaced paper, only negligible part of surcharge at top and ¼ of the stamp design remained due to foldover, full OG, LH, VF
Lot #521 - russia - rsfsr issues 1918-23
1922, blue black litho diagonal surcharge 7500r on 250r violet, printed on ordinary paper, right sheet margin single, full OG, NH, VF
Lot #522 - russia - rsfsr issues 1918-23
1922, blue black litho diagonal surcharge (shifted to the bottom right) 7500r on 250r violet, printed on ordinary paper, full OG, NH, VF, I. Kirzhner certificate
Lot #523 - russia - rsfsr issues 1918-23
1922, blue black litho diagonal surcharge 7500r on 250r violet, printed on ordinary paper, bottom margin block of four, post office fresh quality, full OG, NH, VF and scarce multiple
Lot #524 - russia - rsfsr issues 1918-23
1922, shifted to the top right triple black or black brown diagonal surcharge (one inverted) 7500r on 250r violet, bottom left corner margin block of four printed on ordinary paper, full OG, NH, VF
Lot #525 - russia - rsfsr issues 1918-23
1922, inverted black diagonal surcharge 100,000r on 250r violet, two stamps on ordinary or thin paper, in addition stamp with additional ghost impression of the design, full OG, LH, VF
Lot #526 - russia - rsfsr issues 1918-23
1922, 5th Anniversary of the October Revolution, 5r ocher and black, three stamps, one with double impression of black color and two with color shifts, full OG, NH (1) or LH, VF
Lot #527 - russia - rsfsr issues 1918-23
1922, 5th Anniversary of the October Revolution, 10r brown and black, which is printed twice, left margin single, natural gum loss at side, otherwise full OG, LH, VF
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