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Rare Stamps and Postal History

Our December auction features a record 7,500 lots of rare stamps and covers starting at $1.

December 16 - 27, 2025

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Russian Cinderellas: Charity Stamps

Dec 26, Fri

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Russian Postcards & Covers: Exhibition, Charity, Advertisement

Dec 26, Fri

7:30 PM

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Russian Cinderellas: Exhibitions & Advertisement

Dec 27, Sat

5:00 PM

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Russian Cinderellas & Revenues: Odessa and Other Issues

Dec 27, Sat

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The World & Rocket Mail

Closed on Dec 16

United States

Closed on Dec 16

Germany: German Empire, Weimar Republic, Third Reich

Closed on Dec 17

Germany: WWI & WWII Occupations, Legions, Field Post

Closed on Dec 18

Germany after 1945: Local Post, Occupation Zones

Closed on Dec 18

Carpatho-Ukraine

Closed on Dec 19

Ukrainian Tridents

Closed on Dec 19

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

Closed on Dec 20

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

Closed on Dec 20

Russian Empire: Print Errors & Postal History

Closed on Dec 21

Zemstvo: Russian Rural Post

Closed on Dec 21

Russian Civil War: Armies, Republics, Caucasus

Closed on Dec 22

Russian Postal History & Mint Postcards

Closed on Dec 22

Russian Offices Abroad

Closed on Dec 23

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

Closed on Dec 23

Auction 49

Worldwide Proofs, Varieties & Rare Stamps

Worldwide proofs, trials, specimens, and varieties of stamps and postal covers.

January, 2026

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1910 Odessa Art and Industry Exhibition 1910, Second Issue, Russian Empire

Current bid:

$110

Flag Days, for the Suffering Airmen, Charity Cinderella, Russian Empire

Current bid:

$45

1-25k Multi-Value Sheet, Gold Imperf. 21 Sheets Printed, Charity Cinderella, Russian Empire

Current bid:

$100

1916 Alexandrovsk Flag Days, for the Unfortunate Children of the Soldiers from the Employees of the Alexandrovsk Rly, Charity Cinderella, Russian Empire

Current bid:

$40

1916 Loan, 5 12% War Loan 1916, Charity Cinderella, Russian Empire

Current bid:

$210

1-25k Multi-Value Sheet, Black Changed to Claret. Imperf. on thin Card, 15 sheets printed, Charity Cinderella, Russian Empire

Current bid:

$90

Separators, Diabolo, Advertising label, Russian Empire

Current bid:

$85

1901 Riga Exhibition, Latvian, Russian Empire

Current bid:

$55

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

Current bid:

$50

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

Current bid:

$35

1916 5k Poltava Town Council, Charity Cinderella, Russian Empire

Current bid:

$40

Cinderella, Russia, Stock of Stamps

Current bid:

$50

Moscow Philatelic Society, 50th Anniversary of First Postage Stamp, Advertising Cinderella, Russian Empire

Current bid:

$40

1906 Rostov on Don Industrial and Agricultural Management Exhibition in Rostov on Don September 1906-Imperial Don-Kuban-Terek Agricultural Society, Russian Empire

Current bid:

$95

1916 Loan, 5 12% War Loan 1916, Charity Cinderella, Russian Empire

Current bid:

$220

1901 Odessa Bavaria Restaurant, Used from Odessa 1.11.01 to Emden, Germany, Illustrated Advertising Postcard, Russian Empire

Current bid:

$325

Russian-Swedish Co. Vesteros, Agricultural Machinery and Tools Moscow, Riga and Cheliabinsk, Advertising label, Russian Empire

Current bid:

$230

1914 5r St. Petersburg, for the Soldiers and their Families, Charity Cinderella, Russian Empire

Current bid:

$85

1915 In Favor of Homeless Children, Odessa, Russian Empire Cinderella, Ukraine

Current bid:

$60

Krivoi Rog Exhibition Date Unknown, Rural Management Society of Krivoi Rog, Russian Empire

Current bid:

$55

1901 Riga Exhibition, Russian, Russian Empire

Current bid:

$60

3k Orenburg, Sacrifice to the Galicians, Charity Cinderella, Russian Empire

Current bid:

$100

1914 Lodz Industry and Crafts Fair, Russian Empire

Current bid:

$90

Moscow Philatelic Society, 50th Anniversary of First Postage Stamp, Advertising Cinderella, Russian Empire

Current bid:

$75

1904 5k Tomsk Stock Exchange Company, Committee for Aid for the Lower Ranks, Charity Cinderella, Russian Empire

Current bid:

$70

1910 Yekaterinoslav Exhibition 1910 Held 1st July-25th September First Issue, Souvenir card showing the Engineering Construction Pavilion, Rare Exhibition Postmark, Illustrated Postcard, Russian Empire

Current bid:

$230

1914 Lodz Industry and Crafts Fair, Russian Empire

Current bid:

$85

1-25k Mulli-Value Sheet, Claret Imperf. on Card 30 Sheets Printed, Charity Cinderella, Russian Empire

Current bid:

$90

1915 Riga Red Cross, Charity Cinderella, Russian Empire

Current bid:

$65

1913 Khabarovsk, Amur Territory Exubition, Held on the 300th Anniversary of the Romanov Dynasty, With 300th Anniversary included in the inscription, Russian Empire

Current bid:

$55

1911 Odessa, Card cancelled Odessa Exhibition to Moravia Austria. The Exhibition opened again during 1911, Extremely Rare Exhibition Postmark, Illustrated Postcard, Russian Empire

Current bid:

$650

1909 St. Petersburg, International Exhibition of the Latest Inventions April-June 1909, Russian Empire

Current bid:

$275

1915 For Soldiers and Their Families, Odessa, Russian Empire Charity Cinderella, Ukraine

Current bid:

$55

1903 Kharkov, All-Russian Cattle-Breeding Exhibition, Russian Empire

Current bid:

$230

Einem Confectionery Co., Moscow Views Series, Advertising label, Russian Empire

Current bid:

$30

1911 Rare '1911' Overprint on Odessa Art and Industry Exhibition 15th May-1st October 1910 First Issue, In Russian, Russian Empire

Current bid:

$120

Turkish flags taken to Erzurum, Charity Cinderella, Russian Empire

Current bid:

$70

1-25k Multi-Value Sheet Blue, Green and Claret Omitted Imperf, 87 Sheets Printed, Charity Cinderella, Russian Empire

Current bid:

$80

1910 Yekaterinoslav Exhibition, Second Issue, Russian Empire

Current bid:

$160

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

Current bid:

$35

1916 Vyborg Red Cross, for the Sick and Wounded Soldiers, Russian Empire

Current bid:

$110

1k Volynia Kopeck Society, Left Side of Sheet of 100 with an Extract from the Society's Rules, which Says that the Object of the Society is to Aid War Victim, Charity Cinderella, Russian Empire

Current bid:

$325

1915 Our Trophies War Exhibition Arranged with Special Permission of Flis Majesty by the Emperors Society of the Crusaders of History Held, Russian Empire

Current bid:

$45

1916 Vyborg Red Cross, for the Sick and Wounded Soldiers, Russian Empire

Current bid:

$110

1917 Flag Days, All Russian Union of Towns-Kharbin Committee, Charity Cinderella, Russian Empire

Current bid:

$55

1923 Bohuslav, In Favor of the Starving, USSR Charity Cinderella, Ukraine

Current bid:

$110

Heavier-than-Air Vehicles, Early Soviet Aviation PC. Air Traffic Moscow, Kharkov, Artemovsk, Rostov, Poltava, Kiev, Odessa

Current bid:

$150

Flag Days, for the Aid of the Wounded, Charity Cinderella, Russian Empire

Current bid:

$75

1910 Odessa Art and Industry Exhibition 1910, Second Issue, Russian Empire

Current bid:

$80

1910 Yekaterinoslav Exhibition, A privately produced souvenir card used Yekaterinoslav 7.9.10, Rare Exhibition Postmark, Illustrated Postcard, Russian Empire

Current bid:

$80

1917 1r North Caucasian Oblast Committee of the Voluntary Revolutionary Army, to the formation of a Shock Batallion, Russian Empire

Current bid:

$325

1917 50k North Caucasian Oblast Committee of the Voluntary Revolutionary Army, to the formation of a Shock Batallion, Russian Empire

Current bid:

$140

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

Current bid:

$70

1918 Austria-Russia-Ukraine, Vienna WWI Brest-Litowsk Peace Treaty Propaganda Commemorative Vignette Label, Cinderella

Current bid:

$16

1917 3r North Caucasian Oblast Committee of the Voluntary Revolutionary Army, to the formation of a Shock Batallion, Russian Empire

Current bid:

$300

1898 Kamenets-Podolsk Sisters of Mercy of the Red Cross, Visiting Card Envelope Priced at 5k. Pre-cancelled, Russian Empire

Current bid:

$35

1906 Rostov on Don Industrial and Agricultural Management Exhibition in Rostov on Don September 1906-Imperial Don-Kuban-Terek Agricultural Society, Russian Empire

Current bid:

$90

1913 Kiev Exhibition, Russian Empire

Current bid:

$160

1896 Nizhni Novgorod All-Russian Industrial and Art Exhibition 1896, Russian Empire

Current bid:

$160

1-25k Multi-Value Sheet, Black Changed to Silver. Imperf. 39 Sheets Printed, Charity Cinderella, Russian Empire

Current bid:

$90

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Germany and Worldwide Propaganda

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Rare Stamps and Postal History

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Jun 16 - 27, 2025

Rare Stamps and Postal History Auction #45

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May 26 - 31, 2025

Russian Cinderellas and Third Reich Propaganda

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Mar 24 - 29, 2025

Colonies and Third Reich Propaganda

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3332

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Feb 3 - 14, 2025

Rare Stamps and Postal History Auction #42

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Dec 10 - 13, 2024

Russian Postal History

3036

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1089

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Nov 11 - 23, 2024

Rare Stamps and Postal History Auction #40

6172

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

$2,300

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

$3,750

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

$1,500

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

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

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

$2,000

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

$1,800

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

$3,000

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

$2,750

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

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

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

$1,500

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

$3,250

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

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

$3,000

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

$1,500

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

$1,400

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

$1,500

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

$1,500

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

$2,750

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

$1,600

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

$3,250

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

$1,500

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

$2,400

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

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

$1,500

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

$1,900

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

$1,600

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

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

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

$2,500

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

$1,400

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

$4,250

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

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

$4,000

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

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

$1,400

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

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

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

$1,400

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

$1,500

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

$2,300

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

$3,250

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

$3,750

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

1c Panama (INVERTED Center, Print Error)

$3,000

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

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

$2,100

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

$1,600

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

$3,500

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

$2,200

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

$2,750

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

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

$2,100

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

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

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

$9,000

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

$2,500

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