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Rare Stamps and Postal History of The World

Auction presents an exceptional selection of highly specialized collections - Germany, Russia, Poland, Ukraine, China, Mongolia, and The World.

April 14 - 25, 2026

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Ukraine: All Periods

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Ukraine: DP Camps, Underground Post, Unofficial Issues

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The World

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Italy & Italian Territories

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Mongolia Rare Stamps & Postal History

Closed on Apr 15

China - Manchurian Local Overprints

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Germany 1871-1945: Varieties, Semi-Official Airmails, Postal History

Closed on Apr 16

German Colonies & Offices Abroad

Closed on Apr 16

German States

Closed on Apr 16

Germany: Danzig, Memel, Saar & Joinings

Closed on Apr 17

Germany: WWI & WWII Occupations, Post War Issues

Closed on Apr 17

Third Reich Propaganda Stamps & Other

Closed on Apr 18

Third Reich & Italy Propaganda: Illustrated Postcards

Closed on Apr 18

Odessa: Charity Covers & Cinderellas

Closed on Apr 21

Russia & Area Cinderellas and Revenues

Closed on Apr 21

Russian Offices Abroad

Closed on Apr 22

Russian Empire, Wenden, Zemstvo

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Russian Civil War: Armies, Republics, Czechoslovak Legion

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Russian Postal History

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Soviet Union & Russia: Chronology, Varieties, Miniature Sheets

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Poland

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Auction 51

John McMahon Collection of Russian Cinderellas

An extraordinary assembly of Russian Cinderella stamps from the distinguished John McMahon Collection.

April 28 - 30, 2026

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Russian Cinderellas: Military Charity

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Russian Cinderellas: Advertisement and Exhibitions

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Russian Cinderellas: Credit & Society Revenues

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Auction 52

Yevhen Vyrovyi Collection of Ukrainian Tridents

The remarkable and most complete Collection of Ukrainian Tridents assembled by the famous philatelist Yevhen Vyrovyi. The auction is being prepared. New lots are added each week.

May, 2026

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Ukrainian Tridents - Kiev

May, 2026

Ukrainian Tridents - Postmarks

May, 2026

Postal History (Covers and Postcards)

May, 2026

Podolia

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Odessa

May, 2026

Kharkov

May, 2026

Locals

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Yekaterinoslav

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1919 60h on 20h Romanian Occupation of Kolomyia CMT, Complete Sheet

Current bid:

$300

1919 10hrn Stanislav, West Ukrainian People's Republic, Ukraine, DOUBLE Overprint, Signed

Current bid:

$55

1919 10k Stanislav, West Ukrainian People's Republic, Ukraine, Imperforate

Current bid:

$18

1919 4sh Stanislav, West Ukrainian People's Republic, Ukraine, Pair, MISSING 'Реп', Signed

Current bid:

$45

1919 1hrn Stanislav, West Ukrainian People's Republic, Ukraine, Signed

Current bid:

$20

1919 Stanislav, West Ukrainian People's Republic, Ukraine, Registered Cover locally addressed in Stanislav (Ivano-Frankivsk), mixed franked with West Ukrainian People's Republic 15h, 25h and Austria-Hungary Postage Due 50h on 42h, Certificate

Current bid:

$85

1919 50fen on 20hr Ukrainian State Rare Kowel Local Issue, Polish Occupation of Ukraine, Poland, Signed

Current bid:

$170

1941 (2 Sep) Ukraine, German Occupation, Kolomyia County Administration, Provisional Issue of Kolomyia, 50sot Postal Stationery Postcard from Kolomyia to Sanok, mixed franking with 10k Soviet Union and 12gr General Government stamps

Current bid:

$100

1919 50s Kolomyia, West Ukrainian People's Republic, Ukraine

Current bid:

$60

1919 3hrn Stanislav, West Ukrainian People's Republic, Ukraine, SHIFTED Overprint

Current bid:

$25

1920 10hrn on 40sh Ukraine, Courier-Field Mail, Pair, Type I, Position №8, 13, 18, Broken 'П' and 'р', SHIFTED Overprints

Current bid:

$220

1919 30fen on 30sh Kowel Local Issue, Polish Occupation of Ukraine, Poland, Signed

Current bid:

$140

1919 Stanislav, West Ukrainian People's Republic, Ukraine, Complete Set

Current bid:

$50

1949 5pf Neu-Ulm, Ukraine, DP Camp, Displaced Persons Camp, Imperforate

Current bid:

$130

1910 May 15 - October 1 Exhibition in Odessa, Exhibition, Russian Empire Cinderella

Current bid:

$60

1918 (6 Nov) Ukraine, Insured cover to Yekaterinoslav via German Field Post (Feldpost), mixed franking with 50sh Ukrainian People’s Republic and 10pf German Empire adhesives, bearing Yekaterinoslav Type 1 Ukrainian Trident overprints, all tied by black Fieldpost datestamp, official violet handstamp “German High Command Kyiv” alongside, rare

Current bid:

$160

1919 1.20k on 1k Romanian Occupation of Kolomyia CMT, Signed

Current bid:

$40

1923 Semi-Postal Issue, Ukrainian SSR, Ukraine, Complete Set, Watermark

Current bid:

$95

1919 50fen on 1r Kowel Local Issue, Polish Occupation of Ukraine, Poland, Signed

Current bid:

$180

10k Gift to the Hungry, In Favor of Poor, Hunger, Unemployed, Handicapped, Soviet Russia Charity Cinderella

Current bid:

$35

1920 40hrn on 30sh Ukraine, Courier-Field Mail, Type I

Current bid:

$160

1953 Munich, Ukrainian National Council, Ukraine, DP Camp, Displaced Persons Camp, Souvenir Sheet, Watermark

Current bid:

$70

1923 Semi-Postal Issue, Ukrainian SSR, Ukraine, Complete Set, Imperforate

Current bid:

$160

1919 2hrn Stanislav, West Ukrainian People's Republic, Ukraine, INVERTED Overprint, Signed

Current bid:

$100

1910 Art and Industrial Exhibition, Odessa, Exhibition, Russian Empire Cinderella

Current bid:

$40

1919 10hrn Stanislav, West Ukrainian People's Republic, Ukraine, OFFSET of Overprint, Signed

Current bid:

$350

To the Injured Pilots, Russian Empire Cinderella in Favor of Soldiers

Current bid:

$20

1919 3hrn Stanislav, West Ukrainian People's Republic, Ukraine, MISSING 'У' in 'Укр'

Current bid:

$30

1919 (15 May) Stanislav, West Ukrainian People's Republic, Ukraine, Registered Cover from Stanislav (Ivano-Frankivsk), franked with 30h, 3h and 15h Pairs, 6h Block of Four, Certificate, 'Aba Moldauer – Stanislau' Grey Oval Handstamp

Current bid:

$85

1919 3hrn Stanislav, West Ukrainian People's Republic, Ukraine, Signed

Current bid:

$85

1918 1k Kherson Local, Ukrainian Tridents, Ukraine (Margin)

Current bid:

$30

1919 60h on 15h Romanian Occupation of Kolomyia CMT

Current bid:

$35

1919 50sh Stanislav, West Ukrainian People's Republic, Ukraine, DOUBLE Overprint, Signed

Current bid:

$300

1r For the Formation of Shock Battalions, Russian Civil War Charity Cinderella

Current bid:

$60

5r For the Formation of Shock Battalions, Russian Civil War Charity Cinderella

Current bid:

$180

1919 50fen on 15k Kowel Local Issue, Polish Occupation of Ukraine, Poland, Signed, Certificate

Current bid:

$140

To the Injured Pilots, Russian Empire Cinderella in Favor of Soldiers

Current bid:

$25

1919 1sh Stanislav, West Ukrainian People's Republic, Ukraine, Signed

Current bid:

$35

1920 20hrn on 30sh Ukraine, Courier-Field Mail, Type I, Position №21, Broken Letters, Signed

Current bid:

$90

For Bread for Prisoners of War, Russian Empire Cinderella in Favor of Soldiers

Current bid:

$35

1919 50fen on 50sh Kowel Local Issue, Polish Occupation of Ukraine, Poland, Signed

Current bid:

$190

1k 1915 in Favor of the Families of Reservists and Militia Soldiers Called Up for War and the Population of Poland Affected by Military Action, Russian Empire Cinderella in Favor of Soldiers

Current bid:

$80

1919 50fen on 15k Kowel Local Issue, Polish Occupation of Ukraine, Poland, Signed

Current bid:

$95

1920 'Ukrainian Galician Army in the fight against the Muscovites. The Republican armored car 'Vilna Ukraina' during a test run of the U.S.S. UKRAINE battalion, Shalashka, in September 1919', Сourier Field Post Card franked with 20sh Ukrainian Peoples Republic and tied by black official courier handstamp, Rare Anti-Russia Propaganda Postcard

Current bid:

$45

1918 20h Lviv, West Ukrainian People's Republic, Ukraine

Current bid:

$50

1946 Rimini, Ukraine, DP Camp, Displaced Persons Camp, Complete Sheet, Readable Postmarks

Current bid:

$130

1904 (14 Jul) Cover locally sent in Kharkov (Kharkiv), franked with semi-postal stamps: two 10+10 karb, two 20+20 karb, 90+30 karb, 150+50 karb, canceled with Kharkov postmark

Current bid:

$350

1910 Art and Industrial Exhibition, Odessa, Exhibition, Russian Empire Cinderella

Current bid:

$40

1919 4hrn Stanislav, West Ukrainian People's Republic, Ukraine, Signed

Current bid:

$90

1946 Rimini, Ukraine, DP Camp, Displaced Persons Camp, Complete Sheet

Current bid:

$190

1919 3hrn Stanislav, West Ukrainian People's Republic, Ukraine, Signed

Current bid:

$30

1-10k 1914 Soldier's Kopeck, Russian Empire Charity Cinderella

Current bid:

$40

1919 60h on 20h Romanian Occupation of Kolomyia CMT, Signed

Current bid:

$30

1919 4hrn Stanislav, West Ukrainian People's Republic, Ukraine, Stanislav Postmark, Signed

Current bid:

$110

1919 3hrn Stanislav, West Ukrainian People's Republic, Ukraine, OFFSET of Overprint, Signed

Current bid:

$90

1919 3hrn Stanislav, West Ukrainian People's Republic, Ukraine, Signed

Current bid:

$90

1918 30s Kolomyia, West Ukrainian People's Republic, Ukraine, Signed

Current bid:

$180

1919 50fen on 15k Kowel Local Issue, Polish Occupation of Ukraine, Poland, Signed, Imperforate

Current bid:

$95

1918 30s Kolomyia, West Ukrainian People's Republic, Ukraine, Signed

Current bid:

$95

1919 60h on 30h Romanian Occupation of Kolomyia CMT, Signed

Current bid:

$35

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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 (Type III, CV $5400, MNH, Signed)

$1,600

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

$1,900

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

$2,300

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

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

$1,800

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

$2,100

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

$2,500

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

$1,500

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

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

$2,300

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

$3,000

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

$3,000

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

$1,400

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

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, 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

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

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

$2,400

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

$1,500

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

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

$3,250

1919, 40gr on 3k 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

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

$1,400

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

$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

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

$2,200

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

$1,900

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

1919, 40gr on 2k 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

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

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

$3,250

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

$3,750

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

$1,400

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

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

$2,750

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

$1,400

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

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

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

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

$1,500

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

$2,500

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

1c Panama (INVERTED Center, Print Error)

$3,000

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

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

$1,600

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

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

Mute Postmark of Ostrov of the Warsaw Province, Advertising Postcard, Pharmacy, Censorship Ostrov #1 (Ostrov, Levin #544.01)

$1,400

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

$2,100

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

$1,500

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

$4,000

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

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

$3,250

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