1920 sheetlet (165x102mm) containing 100r Lunacharsky and 100r Soviet Star with sickle & hammer, both in yellow and purple, inscriptions read "Workers of the world unite," printed on back of a New Year's presentation card (B.King, factory of aniline inks and lacquers in Moscow and St. Petersburg), two archival punches at left, v.f. and rare bicolor essay -
Estimate price: $10000-9500
Specialized Russia: The Igor Gorski Collection
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Cherrystone Auctions Specialized Russia: The Igor Gorski Collection
For a philatelist, the stamps of R.S.F.S.R are fascinating and challenging in many respects. During the period of five years, less than 200 stamps were issued, but postal rates changed at least 23 times. Some of the newly printed stamps were obsolete by the time they reached the post offices. Postmasters throughout the land had to contend not only with political strife, floods, epidemics and hunger, but also with staggering inflation and postal economics. Mr. Gorski assembled the most elusive varieties, errors and rarities available for each issue, along with properly used stamps on cover. Many of the items in this collection are illustrated in referenced handbooks (R.S.F.S.R, Specialized Catalogue of Postage Stamps 1918-1923, Standart Collection, 1997; Catalogue of Postage Stamps, Russia, R.S.F.S.R and U.S.S.R 1857-1940, A.V. Zverev, 2013; Postage Stamps Catalogue 1856-1991, Victor Liapine, 2010; and others). There are numerous items described as being only known examples or unique.
At Cherrystone, we have been privileged to offer many great collections of Russian Philately (including those formed by Z.Mikulski, Gordey Denisenko, Leonard Tann, Patrick Campbell, Andrew Cronin, Dr.Adolph Ackerman, Shlomo Shtern, Patrick Eppel, Alexander Sadovnikov, Dmitry Nikitin, The Aurora and Vladivostok collections). We now present the world renowned Gorski Collection. Recipient of Large Gold Medals at numerous FIP World and other Stamp Exhibitions, this monument to Russian Philately contains many iconic treasures, offered here for the first time.
We hope you will enjoy this collection and good luck in bidding.
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Lot #3065 - r.s.f.s.r. 1920 essays - unadapted designs
Lot #3066 - r.s.f.s.r. 1920 essays - unadapted designs
1920 unaccepted designs, sheetlet (165x102mm) containing 100r Lunacharsky (Education Commissar) and 100r Soviet Star with sickle & hammer, both in magenta and green, inscriptions read "Workers of the world unite," printed on back of an old (Imperial) New Year's presentation card (B.King, factory of aniline inks and lacquers in Moscow and St. Petersburg), two archival punches at left, v.f. and rare bicolor essay -
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Lot #3067 - r.s.f.s.r. 1920 essays - unadapted designs
1920 unaccepted designs, sheetlet (165x102mm) containing 100r Lunacharsky (Education Commissar) and 100r Soviet Star with sickle & hammer, both in ultramarine and yellow green, inscriptions read "Workers of the world unite," printed on back of an old (Imperial) New Year's presentation card (B.King, factory of aniline inks and lacquers in Moscow and St. Petersburg), two archival punches at left, v.f. and rare bicolor essay -
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Lot #3068 - r.s.f.s.r. 1920 essays - unadapted designs
1920 unaccepted designs for the first definitive issue,"Pochta Marka" 5r olive, red, gray blue and violet, four different perforated essays, with and without gum, one thin, others fine-v.f. -
Estimate price: $2500-2500
Lot #3069 - r.s.f.s.r. 1920 essays - unadapted designs
1920 unaccepted designs for the first definitive issue, "Pochta Marka" and Star, 20r olive, red, black violet, three different perforated and gummed essays, fine-v.f., rare -
Estimate price: $2500-2500
Lot #3070 - r.s.f.s.r. 1920 essays - unadapted designs
1920 1r-5r gray black, imperforate sheetlet of 14, showing Karl Marx (2r and 5r), Lenin (2r and 5r), New World Allegory (40r), Worker's Hand with Hammer (20r), R.S.F.S.R. (1r) and Symbols of Industry (5r), designed by the artists E.Lancerey, G.Reindorf and K.Hoppe, proposed but not accepted for general release; folded between stamps, marginal wrinkles, fine-v.f., signed Prof. Winterstein. A rarity -
Estimate price: $10000-9500
Lot #3071 - r.s.f.s.r. 1920 essays - unadapted designs
1920 1r-5r gray blue, imperforate and gummed sheetlet of 14, showing Karl Marx (2r and 5r), Lenin (2r and 5r), New World Allegory (40r), Worker's Hand with Hammer (20r), R.S.F.S.R. (1r) and Symbols of Industry (5r), designed by the artists E.Lancerey, G.Reindorf and K.Hoppe, proposed but not accepted for general release; folded between stamps, marginal thin, v.f. -
Estimate price: $15000-14000
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