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Auction 55

Rare Stamps and Postal History of The World

Worldwide philately with strong sections of Germany, Russia, Poland, Austria, Mongolia, Ukraine, and Siberia & Far East.

June 23 - July 4, 2026

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Germany 1871-1945 & German States

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Germany: Colonies, Danzig, Memel, Saar & Plebiscites

Jun 25, Thu

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Germany: Sudetenland, Legions, Concentration Camps & Propaganda

Jun 26, Fri

4:00 PM

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Germany: WWI & WWII Occupations

Jun 26, Fri

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Germany after 1945: Local Posts & Occupation Zones

Jun 27, Sat

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Third Reich Propaganda Postcards

Jun 27, Sat

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Russian Empire, Wenden & Zemstvo

Jun 30, Tue

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Russian Offices Abroad

Jul 1, Wed

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Russian Civil War

Jul 1, Wed

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Russian Civil War: Far East & Siberia

Jul 2, Thu

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The Soviet Union

Jul 3, Fri

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Russia & Area: Cinderellas and Revenues

Jul 4, Sat

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Ukraine & Displaced Persons Camps

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The World & Catapult Mail

Closed on Jun 23

Austria, China, Mongolia, Poland

Closed on Jun 24

Auction 54

The M. Kramarenko 'Russika' Collection of Imperial Russia

The Legendary M. Kramarenko Collection of Imperial Russian Stamps, Varieties & Postal Stationery that became the foundation of the renowned Russika catalogue.

July 21 - 23, 2026

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Russika: Mint Varieties, Printing Errors & Proofs

Jul 21, Tue

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Russika: Mint Postal Stationery

Jul 22, Wed

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Russika: Used Varieties & Print Errors

Jul 23, Thu

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Russika: Russian Empire Postal History

Jul 23, Thu

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Russika: Used Postal Stationery

Jul 23, Thu

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Auction 55

Russian Picture Postcards, Covers & Bills of Exchange

An extensive collection of Russian picture postcards featuring Floods, Revolution, Views of Moscow, Charity, Advertising and Exhibition Postcards, Soviet Propaganda, and Bills of Exchange

July 29 - 30, 2026

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Russian Picture Postcards & Bills of Exchange

Jul 29, Wed

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The Soviet Union Military & Civil Propaganda

Jul 30, Thu

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1922 (18 Oct) Russia, Civil War, Cover franked with 7k, 14k, 2x15k, 2x20k, 20k on 14k, 25k, 35k (total 1r 71k) Priamur Rural Province (general Diterikhs), Far East, SHIFTED Center, VLASDIVOSTOK Postmarks, Signed, High Value

Current bid:

$45

1943 Vlasov Legion ROA, Russian Liberation Army, Field Post Feldpost, Complete Set

Current bid:

$140

1872 5gr German Empire, Small Breast Plate, Germany, Signed

Current bid:

$110

1920 Danzig Gdansk, Germany, Complete Set

Current bid:

$120

1888 - 1930 Russian Empire, Russia, Odessa Postal History and Picture Postcards Collection

Current bid:

$85

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

Current bid:

$70

1938 50h Occupation of Karlovy Vary (Karlsbad) on piece, Sudetenland, Germany, Margin, Signed

Current bid:

$95

1883 10k Alexandria Zemstvo, Russia

Current bid:

$50

1934 Third Reich, Germany, Airmail, Complete Set, Margins, Plate Numbers, Signed

Current bid:

$90

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

Current bid:

$130

1879 1/2k Donets Zemstvo, Russia

Current bid:

$90

1901-03 2k Wenden, Livonia, Russian Empire, Russia, PROOF, PROBE, Corner Margin, Imperforate, Block of 4

Current bid:

$120

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

Current bid:

$325

1945 Ravensburg, Germany Local Post, Unofficial Issue, Signed

Current bid:

$275

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

Current bid:

$170

1923 Memel, Germany, Complete Set

Current bid:

$70

1937 Danzig Gdansk, Germany, Airmail, Souvenir Sheet, Special Cancellations

Current bid:

$55

1933 1m Third Reich, Germany, Airmail, Signed

Current bid:

$325

1935 1r on 10k USSR Moscow - San-Francisco Flight Levanevskiy, Soviet Union, USSR, Russia, Raised Dot after 'Сев.' and no Leg of 'Р' in 'Сан-Франциско', Airmail, Signed, Certificate

Current bid:

$425

1930 Weimar Republic, Germany, Airmail, Complete Set

Current bid:

$80

1868-74 German States, Germany, Collection on Album pages

Current bid:

$50

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

Current bid:

$180

1920 Danzig Gdansk, Germany

Current bid:

$160

1872 1/2gr German Empire, Small Breast Plate, Germany

Current bid:

$210

1920 (16 Mar) Omsk Government, Admiral Kolchak, Siberia, Russia, Civil War, Postcard from Chita to Swedish Red Cross in Manchzhuriya (Manchouli, Chinese Eastern Railway) franked with 35k and 3 x 15k russian empire

Current bid:

$110

1879 5Sh/5M Heligoland, German States, Germany

Current bid:

$45

1889 2k Russian Empire, Russia, Proof on Paper with text, Imperforate pair, Double Print

Current bid:

$120

1900 3m German Empire, Germany, Signed

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$180

1938 (4 Oct) Occupation of Karlovy Vary (Karlsbad), Sudetenland, Germany, Cover from Karlovy Vary to Asch franked with pair of 50h

Current bid:

$160

1938 Occupation of Netherlands, Sudetenland, Germany

Current bid:

$160

1920 Danzig Gdansk, Germany, Complete Set

Current bid:

$200

RSFSR, Soviet Union, Russian Empire, Collection of Different Issues, Complete Sets and Single Stamps

Current bid:

$140

1922 (23 Nov) Chita, Far Eastern Republic (DVR), Russia, Civil War, Cover from Chita to Moscow with Violet 'DALTA company' Cachet franked with strip of 1k

Current bid:

$180

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

Current bid:

$950

1935 Chelyuskin Rescue, Soviet Union, USSR, Russia, Complete Set

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$210

1919 10 Pf + 5 Pf Bavaria, Inverted Overprint, German States, Germany

Current bid:

$65

1882 10k Alexandria Zemstvo, Russia

Current bid:

$70

1941 20k Rokiskis, Occupation of Lithuania, Germany, Block, Corner Margin, Green Control Strip, Sheet Inscriptions, Without hyphen after 'VI', Without hyphen before and only one hyphen after 'VI'

Current bid:

$160

1920 Joining of Marienwerder, Germany, Complete Set

Current bid:

$130

1899 4k Gryazovets Zemstvo, Russia

Current bid:

$60

1900 German Empire, Germany, Complete Set

Current bid:

$130

1951 German Federal Republic, Germany, Complete Set

Current bid:

$130

1904 3m German Empire, Germany, Signed

Current bid:

$80

1920 10.000r on 10r Wrangel Issue Type 1, Russia, Civil War, Signed

Current bid:

$75

1945 (13 Jul) Glauchau (Saxony), Germany Local Post, Registered Cover locally addressed in Glauchau with Red Registration Label franked with complete set of 10pf - 80pf

Current bid:

$230

1919 70k In Memory of the Liberation of Russia, Admiral Kolchak, Russia, Civil War, Gray Green ESSAY, Unissued, Extremely Rare

Current bid:

$95

1900 2m German Empire, Germany, Signed

Current bid:

$130

1872 5k Yekaterinoslav Zemstvo, Russia, Signed

Current bid:

$85

54pf + 96pf 'Hermann Goring Behind the Bars', Anti-German Propaganda Forgery, Souvenir Sheet

Current bid:

$110

1942 French Legion, Germany, Picture Postcards loccally adressed in Bordeaux franked with 1f French stamps and with French Legion Coupons

Current bid:

$55

1933 Third Reich, Germany, Souvenir Sheet, Signed

Current bid:

$325

1872 2kr German Empire, Large Breast Plate, Germany

Current bid:

$110

1933 (22 Sep) USSR - Third Reich - USA, Rare Interwar Aerophilately, Airmail Registered Catapult 'Treaty Fligh' Cover from Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg) to Bronxville (New York) via Berlin by Ocean Liner 'Bremen' Catapult Flight with Schiller Definitives, Violet registration handstamp and Violet special on-board handstamp of catapult flight franked with 6pf Gutter Pair, 6pf with SHIFTED Perforation and 12pf Tete-beche and 10k, 18k, 20k and 30k Soviet Union stamps

Current bid:

$150

1872 2kr German Empire, Small Breast Plate, Germany, Signed

Current bid:

$60

1857-58 20k Russian Empire, Russia, Perforation 14.5x15, Trial Color Proof

Current bid:

$100

1900 5m German Empire, Germany, Signed

Current bid:

$450

1913 Russian Empire, Russia, Romanovs, Complete Set, Certificate

Current bid:

$600

1930 Weimar Republic, Germany, Airmail, Complete Set, Signed

Current bid:

$230

1945 3 Pf American and British Zones (Bizone), Rare Variation of Perforation, Allied Occupation, Germany, Certificate

Current bid:

$100

1891 - 1919 Russian Empire, Russia, Collection of Covers and Postcards

Current bid:

$60

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The Yevhen Vyrovyi Collection of Ukrainian Tridents

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Apr 28 - 30, 2026

John McMahon Collection of Russian Cinderellas

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$1,000

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Rare Stamps and Postal History of The World

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Worldwide Proofs, Varieties, Rare Stamps & Postal History

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Germany and Worldwide Propaganda

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Russian Cinderellas and Third Reich Propaganda

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Colonies and Third Reich Propaganda

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

$1,500

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

$3,000

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

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

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

$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

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

$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

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

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

$3,750

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

$1,600

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

$3,250

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

$1,600

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

$1,500

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

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

$1,500

1c Panama (INVERTED Center, Print Error)

$3,000

1912 German Empire, Germany, Semi-Official Airmail Stamp

$4,750

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

$1,900

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

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

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

$4,250

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

$2,000

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

$2,750

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

$1,500

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

$2,200

1882 3k Starobelsk Zemstvo, Russia

$1,900

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

$2,750

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

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

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

$2,100

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

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

$2,100

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

$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

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

$3,000

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

$1,900

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

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

$1,500

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

$2,750

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

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

$2,300

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

$4,000

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

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

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

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

$1,600

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

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

$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

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

$1,700

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

$3,750

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

$3,250

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

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

$2,300

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

$3,250

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

$9,000

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

$2,400

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