1922 5,000r blue, trial color proof on watermarked (vertical) and gummed paper, n.h., v.f. -
Estimate price: $500-450
Specialized Russia: The Igor Gorski Collection
By: Cherrystone Auctions
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 #3200 - r.s.f.s.r. definitives - march 4 - 1922
Lot #3201 - r.s.f.s.r. definitives - march 4 - 1922
1922 5,000r violet, horizontal watermark, h.r., v.f., -
Estimate price: $250-230
Lot #3202 - r.s.f.s.r. definitives - march 4 - 1922
1922 5,000r violet, horizontal watermark, overprinted red "O" (Obrazets), l.h., v.f., rare -
Estimate price: $500-450
Lot #3203 - r.s.f.s.r. definitives - march 4 - 1922
1922 5,000r violet, horizontal watermark, horizontal gutter, tete-beche pair, folded between stamps, n.h., v.f., stated to be unique(!) -
Estimate price: $10000-9000
Lot #3204 - r.s.f.s.r. definitives - march 4 - 1922
1922 5,000r violet, proof on gummed, unwatermarked cream-colored paper, upper left sheet corner margin block of four, n.h., v.f. -
Estimate price: $1000-900
Lot #3205 - r.s.f.s.r. definitives - march 4 - 1922
1922 5,000r violet, proof on gummed, unwatermarked cream-colored paper, overprinted in red "O" (Obrazets), left sheet margin single, n.h., v.f. -
Estimate price: $250-230
Lot #3206 - r.s.f.s.r. definitives - march 4 - 1922
1922 5,000r violet, unwatermarked proof on gummed, cream-colored paper, horizontal gutter, tete-beche pair, folded between stamps, n.h., v.f., stated to be unique(!) -
Estimate price: $10000-9000
Lot #3207 - r.s.f.s.r. definitives - march 4 - 1922
1922 7,500r blue, horizontal watermark, horizontal tete-beche pair, n.h., folded between stamps, v.f. One of only six (!) known tete-beche pairs (Zverev $20,000) -
Estimate price: $15000-14000
Lot #3208 - r.s.f.s.r. definitives - march 4 - 1922
1922 7,500r blue, horizontal watermark, gutter tete-beche block of four with sheet margin, never hinged and post office fresh, folded twice (vertically) in gutter, just touching two stamps in margin, otherwise v.f. These stamps were printed in large gutter panes and cut along the gutters by the postmasters. They were not sold in philatelic shops and only six tete-beche pairs survive. This is believed to be the only known gutter tete-beche...
Lot #3209 - r.s.f.s.r. definitives - march 4 - 1922
1922 7,500r blue, unwatermarked, red letter overprint (Obrazets), variety double impression, also a vertical gutter strip of four, paying 30,000r on back of a registered cover from Ufa (24 April 22) via Moscow (2 May) to Austria, fine lot, mounted on exhibition page -
Estimate price: $500-450
Lot #3210 - r.s.f.s.r. definitives - march 4 - 1922
1922 10,000r light blue, unwatermarked proof on gummed, cream-colored paper, also regularly issued stamp, each with red "O" (Obrazets), v.f. -
Estimate price: $1000-900
Lot #3211 - r.s.f.s.r. definitives - march 4 - 1922
1922 10,000r deep blue, light blue, proofs on gummed, watermarked paper, v.f. -
Estimate price: $500-450
Lot #3212 - r.s.f.s.r. definitives - march 4 - 1922
1922 10,000r light blue, unwatermarked proof on gummed, cream-colored paper, l.h., v.f. -
Estimate price: $500-450
Lot #3213 - r.s.f.s.r. definitives - march 4 - 1922
1922 10,000r light blue, unwatermarked proof on gummed, cream-colored paper, horizontal gutter, tete-beche pair, folded between stamps, n.h., v.f., unique(!) -
Estimate price: $10000-9000
Lot #3214 - r.s.f.s.r. definitives - march 4 - 1922
1922 22,500r violet, pane of 25, position 6 with defective cliche, also small plate flaw (position 4), v.f. -
Estimate price: $250-230
Lot #3215 - r.s.f.s.r. definitives - march 4 - 1922
1922 22,500r violet, defective cliche (position 6 of the setting), n.h., v.f., -
Estimate price: $150-140
Lot #3216 - r.s.f.s.r. definitives - march 4 - 1922
1922 22,500r violet, horizontal pair overprinted with three letters of Obrazets, v.f. -
Estimate price: $500-450
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