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The Yevhen Vyrovyi Collection of Ukrainian Tridents

The remarkable and most complete Collection of Ukrainian Tridents assembled by the famous philatelist Yevhen Vyrovyi.

May 26 - 29, 2026

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Ukrainian Tridents: Kiev, Part 1

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Ukrainian Tridents: Podolia

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Auction 53

Rare Stamps and Postal History of The World

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June, 2026

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Austria

June, 2026

Poland

June, 2026

Germany: German Empire, Weimar Republic, Third Reich

June, 2026

Germany: WWI & WWII Occupations

June, 2026

Germany: Danzig, Memel, Saar & Joinings

June, 2026

Germany: Colonies, German States, Courier Mail

June, 2026

Germany after 1945: Local Post, Occupation Zones

June, 2026

Third Reich Propaganda: Illustrated Postcards

June, 2026

Russian Empire

June, 2026

Zemstvo: Russian Rural Post

June, 2026

Russian Civil War

June, 2026

Russian Offices Abroad

June, 2026

The Soviet Union

June, 2026

RSFSR, Soviet Union, and Tannu Tuva Varieties

June, 2026

The World

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Displaced Persons Camps

June, 2026

Ukraine

June, 2026

China

June, 2026

Auction 54

The M. Kramarenko 'Russika' Collection of Imperial Russia

The Legendary 'Russika' Collection of M. Kramarenko - Imperial Russian Stamps, Varieties & Postal Stationery. The auction is currently in preparation, with new lots being added weekly.

June, 2026

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1918 50k Podolia Type 5 (3a), Ukrainian Tridents, Ukraine, Complete Sheet, Plate Number '5', Watermark on the Margin, Signed

Current bid:

$55

1918 4k Kiev (Kyiv) Type 3 B, Ukrainian Tridents, Ukraine, Block of Ten, Corner Margins

Current bid:

$85

1918 2k Kiev (Kyiv) Type 2d, Ukrainian Tridents, Ukraine, Corner Block of Four, MISSING Overprint

Current bid:

$65

1918 1r Odessa (Odesa) Type 6 (5b), Ukrainian Tridents, Ukraine, Part Sheet

Current bid:

$30

1918 1k Podolia Type 48 (14b), Ukrainian Tridents, Ukraine, SHIFTED Overprints, Sheet

Current bid:

$210

1942 Pskov, German Occupation of Russia, Germany, Souvenir Sheet

Current bid:

$95

1918 50k Kiev (Kyiv) Type 3 B, Ukrainian Tridents, Ukraine, Part of Sheet, Corner Margins, Partial SHIFTED OFFSET of the Frame

Current bid:

$75

1918 Austria-Hungary Field Post, Unissued Stamps

Current bid:

$75

1860 10k Poland Number One, First Issue, Certificate

Current bid:

$375

1918 20k on 14k Kiev (Kyiv) Type 2d, Ukrainian Tridents, Ukraine, Corner Block of Twenty Five

Current bid:

$25

1918 1r Odessa (Odesa) Type 9 (6a), Ukrainian Tridents, Ukraine, Part Sheet

Current bid:

$30

1918 Sarny Type 2 Local, Ukrainian Tridents, Ukraine, Small Stock

Current bid:

$20

1941 French Legion, Germany, Souvenir Sheet

Current bid:

$50

1918 5r Kiev (Kyiv) Type 3, Ukrainian Tridents, Ukraine, Official Reprint

Current bid:

$45

1918 1k Kiev (Kyiv) Type 3 B, Ukrainian Tridents, Ukraine, Strip, OFFSET of Overprint, Margin

Current bid:

$60

1918 7r Podolia Type 1 (1a), Ukrainian Tridents, Ukraine, Coupon

Current bid:

$40

1941 80k Raseiniai, Occupation of Lithuania, Germany, Signed

Current bid:

$40

1918 5r Yekaterinoslav Type 2, Ukrainian Tridents, Ukraine, Coupon, Strip, Corner Margins, KHARKIV Postmarks

Current bid:

$120

1918 70k Kiev (Kyiv) Type 3 A, Ukrainian Tridents, Ukraine, Block of Four, INVERTED Overprint, Corner Margins, Signed

Current bid:

$70

1918 35k Kiev (Kyiv) Type 3 B, Ukrainian Tridents, Ukraine, Part of Sheet, Plate Number '5'

Current bid:

$70

1918 35k Yekaterinoslav Type 1, Ukrainian Tridents, Ukraine, Part of Sheet, 5-x Handstamps

Current bid:

$240

1918 15k Berezno Local, Ukrainian Tridents, Ukraine, Violet Overprint

Current bid:

$55

1918 10r Kiev (Kyiv) Type 2g, Ukrainian Tridents, Ukraine, Strip, Typographical Control Sign 'V', Watermark on the Margin

Current bid:

$210

1918 2k Kiev (Kyiv) Type 2d, Ukrainian Tridents, Ukraine, Corner Strip, DOUBLE Overprints

Current bid:

$95

1918 1k Kiev (Kyiv) Type 3 A, Ukrainian Tridents, Ukraine, Strip, Corner Margins

Current bid:

$50

1884 3.5r Russian Empire, Russia, Vertical Watermark, Perforation 13.25, Certificate

Current bid:

$75

1918 1k Kiev (Kyiv) Type 3 A, Ukrainian Tridents, Ukraine, Block of Twenty, Corner Margins, Signed

Current bid:

$65

1918 3.5r Kiev (Kyiv) Type 2gg, Ukrainian Tridents, Ukraine, Signed

Current bid:

$40

1918 15k Kharkov (Kharkiv) Type 1, Ukrainian Tridents, Ukraine, Complete Sheet, SHIFTED Print, Brown spot, Plate Number '3', Blue Control Strips, Watermark on the Margin

Current bid:

$275

1938 Occupation of Netherlands, Sudetenland, Germany

Current bid:

$70

1918 70k Kiev (Kyiv) Type 3 A, Ukrainian Tridents, Ukraine, Block of Ten, Broken Trident, Corner Margins

Current bid:

$70

1918 Chernigov (Chernihiv) Type 2 Local, Ukrainian Tridents, Ukraine, Stock

Current bid:

$75

1941 Lithuania, German Occupation, Germany, Complete Set, Signed

Current bid:

$25

1943 Albania, German Occupation, Germany, Complete Set

Current bid:

$65

1918 1r Kharkov (Kharkiv) Type 3, Ukrainian Tridents, Ukraine, Corner Strip, 3-x handstamp, Control Brown Vertical Strips, Plate Number '2' and '8', Signed by Vyrovyi

Current bid:

$170

1918 7k Kherson Local, Ukrainian Tridents, Ukraine, Complete Sheet, Plate Number '6', Blue Control Strips

Current bid:

$85

1918 1k Kiev (Kyiv) Type 2g, Ukrainian Tridents, Ukraine, Corner Pair, KIEV Postmark

Current bid:

$55

1918 1r Kiev (Kyiv) Type 2d on piece, Ukrainian Tridents, Ukraine, Block of Four, SEMENOVKA Postmarks

Current bid:

$45

1949 70th Anniversary of the Birth of I. Stalin, Soviet Union, USSR, Russia, White Paper, Souvenir Sheet

Current bid:

$80

1918 7k Podolia Type 44 (13c), Ukrainian Tridents, Ukraine, Corner Block of Ten, Plate Number '7', Blue Control Strip, Watermark on the Margin, with private violet sign

Current bid:

$130

1918 50k Odessa (Odesa) Type 3, Ukrainian Tridents, Ukraine, Complete Sheet, Plate Number '5'

Current bid:

$30

1918 15k Kiev (Kyiv) Type 2 a-e, Ukrainian Tridents, Ukraine, Corner Part of Sheet, 5-x Handstamps, SHIFTED Center

Current bid:

$45

1918 15k Kiev (Kyiv) Type 3 A, Ukrainian Tridents, Ukraine, Block 5x3, INVERTED overprint on back

Current bid:

$85

1918 35k Kiev (Kyiv) Type 3 A, Ukrainian Tridents, Ukraine, SHIFTED OFFSET of the Frame

Current bid:

$25

1918 50k Podolia Type 39 (12e), Ukrainian Tridents, Ukraine, Complete Sheet, Plate Number '5', Watermark on the Margin, Signed

Current bid:

$150

1918 1k Kiev (Kyiv) Type 3 B, Ukrainian Tridents, Ukraine, Block of Twenty, LUCHYNETS MINSK Postmarks, Corner Margins, Orange Control Strip

Current bid:

$30

1918 10r Kiev (Kyiv) Type 3, Ukrainian Tridents, Ukraine, Official Reprint, Signed

Current bid:

$40

1918 7r Odessa (Odesa) Type 9 (6a), Ukrainian Tridents, Ukraine, Coupon, Signed

Current bid:

$40

1918 1r Odessa (Odesa) Type 4, Ukrainian Tridents, Ukraine, Part Sheet, Plate Numbers '3' and '2'

Current bid:

$25

1941 (15 Aug) Vilnius, Lithuania, German Occupation, Germany, Registered Cover locally addressed in Vilnius with Registration Handstamp franked with 5k, 10k, 15k, 20k, 30k, 50k, 60k and 80k

Current bid:

$110

1918 7r Kharkov (Kharkiv) Type 3, Ukrainian Tridents, Ukraine, Strip, INVERTED Overprints, Coupon, 3-x handstamp, Signed by Vyrovyi

Current bid:

$475

1918 10r Kiev (Kyiv) Type 2g, Ukrainian Tridents, Ukraine, Typographical Control Sign 'V', Watermark on the Margin

Current bid:

$130

1918 3k Kiev (Kyiv) Type 2f, Ukrainian Tridents, Ukraine, Strip, INVERTED Overprints, Margins, Signed

Current bid:

$140

1918 Podolia Type 18 (8d), Ukrainian Tridents, Ukraine, Signed

Current bid:

$25

1918 3.5r Podolia Type 24 (10c), Ukrainian Tridents, Ukraine, BOROVKA Postmark, Signed

Current bid:

$55

1918 10r Odessa (Odesa) Type 9 (6a) on piece, Ukrainian Tridents, Ukraine, ODESSA (ODESA) Postmark, Signed

Current bid:

$45

1941 50k Rokiskis, Occupation of Lithuania, Germany, Signed, 's' in 'Laisvas' is Missing

Current bid:

$90

1918 5k Kiev (Kyiv) Type 2gg, Ukrainian Tridents, Ukraine, Black Overprints, Reprints, Part of Sheet

Current bid:

$75

1918 50k Kiev (Kyiv) Type 3 B, Ukrainian Tridents, Ukraine, Sheet, High CV

Current bid:

$35

1918 4k Kiev (Kyiv) Type 2ee, Ukrainian Tridents, Ukraine, Block of Ten, PROSKUROV Postmarks, Margin

Current bid:

$110

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

$1,900

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

$2,100

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

$3,250

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

$2,000

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

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

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

$4,250

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

$2,300

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

$9,000

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

$1,500

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

$1,500

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

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

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

$2,500

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

1c Panama (INVERTED Center, Print Error)

$3,000

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

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

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

$4,000

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

$2,750

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

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

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

$3,750

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

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

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

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

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

$3,000

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

$3,250

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

$1,700

1912 German Empire, Germany, Semi-Official Airmail Stamp

$4,750

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

$2,400

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

$2,500

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

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

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

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

$1,500

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

$2,200

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

$1,600

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

$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

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

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

$2,100

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

$2,300

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

$1,600

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

$1,600

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

$1,500

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

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

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

$1,500

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

$1,800

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

$1,500

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

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

$1,500

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

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