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Auction 60

Auction 61

French Area Proofs & Deluxe Sheets

A premier auction showcasing rare Trial Colors, Die Proofs, and Deluxe Sheets from France and the French Area. Scarce, desirable, and rarely offered.

November 9 - 13, 2026

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France Proofs & Deluxe Sheets: Special Issues

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Auction 60

Rare Stamps and Postal History of The World

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

December, 2026

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Postal History of The World

December, 2026

Worldwide

December, 2026

Germany: Courier Mail

December, 2026

Germany 1871–1945

December, 2026

Germany after 1945: Local Posts & Occupation Zones

December, 2026

RSFSR, Soviet Union, and Tannu Tuva

December, 2026

The Soviet Union: Chronology

December, 2026

Polish Legions and Army 1914-1918

December, 2026

Auction 61

George Werbizky Zemstvo Collection

The second part of an outstanding collection of rare Zemstvo stamps, postal history, and classic philatelic rarities, assembled over decades. The auction is currently being prepared, with new lots added weekly.

December, 2026 - January, 2027

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G. Werbizky Zemstvo Collection: Postmarks

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1923 The Second Issue of the USSR 'Gold Currency Definitive Set', Soviet Union, USSR, Russia, Perforation 13,50, Complete Set

Current bid:

$30

1942 Tank-man, Polish Forces in Great Britain, Polish Field Post, WWII, Poland, Marginal Corner Imperforate Pair, Color Trial Proof, Green Frame

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$18

1875-84 3k Kremenchuk Zemstvo, Signed

Current bid:

$25

1922 5,000r on 2r RSFSR, Russia, INVERTED Red Overprint

Current bid:

$90

1871 (ca.) Local cover from Kabul (Afghanistan), franked with 1sh (Afghanistan), canceled by tearing. Dated 1288

Current bid:

$60

1938 The Air Sport in the USSR, Soviet Union, USSR, Russia, Complete Set

Current bid:

$50

1934 The 10th Anniversary of Soviet Civil Aviation, Soviet Union, USSR, Russia, Airmail, Complete Set

Current bid:

$150

1942 Parachutist, Polish Forces in Great Britain, Polish Field Post, WWII, Poland, Marginal Corner Imperforate Pair, Proof, Without Frame

Current bid:

$18

1922 5,000r on 20r RSFSR, Russia, Thin Paper, INVERTED and SHIFTED Black Overprint, Margin

Current bid:

$150

1948 British and American Zones of Occupation, Allied Occupation, Germany, Signed

Current bid:

$16

1934 10th Anniversary of the Lenin Death, Soviet Union, USSR, Russia, Complete Set

Current bid:

$90

1922 10,000r on 40r RSFSR, Russia, Design Size 38.5x23 mm, SHIFTED Red Overprint, Margin, Signed

Current bid:

$225

1921 200r RSFSR, Russia, Brown, Ordinary Paper, DOUBLE Print

Current bid:

$175

1921 100r RSFSR, Russia, Brown, Thin Paper, DOUBLE Print

Current bid:

$175

1928 50k on 1000r Philatelic Exchange Tax Stamps, Soviet Union, USSR, Russia, MISSING Perforation on Both Sides

Current bid:

$40

1933 The Stratosphere Flight, Soviet Union, USSR, Russia, Airmail, Complete Set

Current bid:

$50

1945 Coswig, East Saxony, Soviet Russian Zone of Occupation, Complete Set

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$18

1945 8pf Berlin and Brandenburg, Soviet Zone of Occupation, Germany, Fleck above on 'IN' in 'BERLIN'

Current bid:

$30

1938 Crimea and Caucasus, Soviet Union, USSR, Russia, Complete Set

Current bid:

$50

1934 The Airships of the USSR, Soviet Union, USSR, Russia, Airmail, Complete Set

Current bid:

$60

1897 2k Osa Zemstvo, Marginal Block 3x2, Missing Perforation

Current bid:

$55

1891 3k Zenkov Zemstvo, Corner Margin, Postmark #RG3 Date Pen Cancel '27 Nov 1892'

Current bid:

$14

1942 Parachutist, Polish Forces in Great Britain, Polish Field Post, WWII, Poland, Marginal Corner Imperforate Pair, Color Trial Proof, Red Frame

Current bid:

$18

1840 (ca) Local Mulready letter sheet Great Britain to Westerham, Kent (Great Britain), "postage two pence" Mulready postal stationery (Great Britain), canceled by Maltese Cross postmark. Postmark on back side B/?E/14/????

Current bid:

$80

1915 1k Nolinsk Zemstvo, Tete-beche, Postmark #SHG4 Oval Datestamp '1915'

Current bid:

$40

1937 Third Reich, Germany, Souvenir Sheet

Current bid:

$16

1924 12k+40k on 500r To Help the Population of Leningrad Affected by the Flood, Soviet Union, USSR, Russia, INVERTED Overprint, Margin, Signed

Current bid:

$70

1921 1000r RSFSR, Russia, Thin Paper, DOUBLE Print

Current bid:

$100

1924 3k+10k on 100r To Help the Population of Leningrad Affected by the Flood, Soviet Union, USSR, Russia, Ordinary Paper, INVERTED Overprint, Signed

Current bid:

$125

1924 7k+20k on 200r To Help the Population of Leningrad Affected by the Flood, Soviet Union, USSR, Russia, INVERTED Overprint, Signed

Current bid:

$150

1937 Aviation of the USSR, Soviet Union, USSR, Russia, Airmail, Complete Set

Current bid:

$18

1946 West Saxony, Soviet Russian Zone of Occupation, Souvenir Sheet

Current bid:

$16

1942 Airman, Polish Forces in Great Britain, Polish Field Post, WWII, Poland, Marginal Corner Imperforate Pair, Color Trial Proof, Brown Center

Current bid:

$18

1930 The Visit of Airship 'Graf Zeppelin' (ЛЦ-127) in Moskow, Soviet Union, USSR, Russia, Perforation 12.25, Complete Set

Current bid:

$50

1935 Moscow Subway, Soviet Union, USSR, Russia, Watermark, Complete Set

Current bid:

$60

1875 2k Yelisavetgrad Zemstvo, Imperforate

Current bid:

$65

1937 1r The First Congress of Soviet Architects, Soviet Union, USSR, Russia, Souvenir Sheet

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$70

1921 250r RSFSR, Russia, Thin Paper, SHIFTED DOUBLE Print, Margin

Current bid:

$80

1885-96 2k Yelisavetgrad Zemstvo, Imperforate, Group of Stamps

Current bid:

$50

1897 2k Ust-Sysolsk Zemstvo on piece, Type I, Postmarks #SHGM1-1 'УСТЬНЕМСКОЕ Волост. Прав.' and #SHG5, Blue Rectangular and Blue-Green Oval '17 Aug 1897' Cancellations

Current bid:

$14

1921 100r RSFSR, Russia, Yellow-Brown, Ordinary Paper, OFFSET on Reverse and DOUBLE Print, Margin

Current bid:

$200

1928 The 10th Anniversary of Red Army Soviet Union, USSR, Russia, Complete Set

Current bid:

$30

1905 1k Kobelyaki Zemstvo, Imperforate Marginal Corner Horizontal Pair, Types 1+2

Current bid:

$75

1934 The 15th Anniversary of Sverdlov's Death and The 10th Anniversary of Nogin's Death, Soviet Union, USSR, Complete Set

Current bid:

$60

1948 British and American Zones of Occupation, Allied Occupation, Germany, Complete Set, Signed

Current bid:

$30

1938 The 20th Anniversary of the Red Army, Soviet Union, USSR, Russia, Complete Set

Current bid:

$50

1879 3k Bobrov Zemstvo, Imperforate, Type 4

Current bid:

$130

1890 2k Osa Zemstvo

Current bid:

$60

1902 5k Pereyaslav Zemstvo, Margin

Current bid:

$60

1898 3k Zenkov Zemstvo, Marginal Horizontal Pair, Thick Paper, Missing Perforation, Signed

Current bid:

$45

1942 Sailor, Polish Forces in Great Britain, Polish Field Post, WWII, Poland, Marginal Corner Imperforate Pair, Color Trial Proof, Orange Frame

Current bid:

$18

1950 Moscow Skyscrapers, Soviet Union, USSR, Russia, Margin, Complete Set

Current bid:

$70

1894 2k Krasnoufimsk Zemstvo, Dark Red, Shifted Perforation

Current bid:

$45

1930 The Visit of Airship 'Graf Zeppelin' (ЛЦ-127) in Moscow, Soviet Union, USSR, Russia, Perforation 10.75, Airmail, Complete Set

Current bid:

$60

1948 British and American Zones of Occupation, Allied Occupation, Germany, Complete Set, Signed

Current bid:

$40

1915 1k Nolinsk Zemstvo, Tete-beche, Shifted Perforation

Current bid:

$60

1890 4k Osa Zemstvo, Type 1, Signed

Current bid:

$60

1922 5,000r on 20r RSFSR, Russia, Ordinary Paper, DOUBLE Black Overprints

Current bid:

$150

1946 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Soviet Russian Zone of Occupation, Germany, Complete Set

Current bid:

$40

1919 1r Reissue of 1917, RSFSR, Russia, Proof, STRONGLY SHIFTED Grey Black Background, Imperforate, Marginal Corner Pair

Current bid:

$225

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Rare Stamps and Postal History of The World

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George Werbizky Zemstvo Collection

104

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$3,000

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Sep 1 - 5, 2026

Thematics, Space & Worldwide Varieties

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$475

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Jul 29 - 30, 2026

Russian Picture Postcards, Covers & Bills of Exchange

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$850

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The M. Kramarenko 'Russika' Collection of Imperial Russia

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$2,750

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Jun 23 - Jul 4, 2026

Rare Stamps and Postal History of The World

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$7,000

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May 26 - 29, 2026

The Yevhen Vyrovyi Collection of Ukrainian Tridents

76

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$1,100

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Apr 28 - 30, 2026

John McMahon Collection of Russian Cinderellas

103

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1753

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$1,000

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$160

$140

$130

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Rare Stamps and Postal History of The World

616

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7683

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$4,750

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Feb 17 - 20, 2026

Worldwide Proofs, Varieties, Rare Stamps & Postal History

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$550

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

$2,300

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

$2,400

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

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

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

$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

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

$1,800

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

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

$2,100

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

1882 3k Starobelsk Zemstvo, Russia

$1,900

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

$1,900

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

$2,400

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

$1,700

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

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

$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

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

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

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

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

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

$1,600

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

$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

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

$1,600

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

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

$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

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

$3,250

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

$3,250

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

$4,250

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

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

$1,900

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

$1,600

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

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

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

$2,750

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

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

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

$3,000

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

$3,000

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

$3,250

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

$2,100

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

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

$2,750

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

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

$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

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

$1,600

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

$2,000

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

$2,500

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

$4,000

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

$2,500

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

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