1922 Worker, large master die proof in lilac (color of 70r), thick card, value tablets blank, dated and signed, with corrections noted for color, archival staple holes at left, fine and probably unique -
Estimate price: $2500-2300
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 #3270 - r.s.f.s.r. 1922 workers and soldiers issue
Lot #3271 - r.s.f.s.r. 1922 workers and soldiers issue
1922 Worker, large master die proof in the approved color (blue), thick card, value tablets blank, signed, with notations at top, creases and archival staple holes at left, fine and probably unique -
Estimate price: $2500-2300
Lot #3272 - r.s.f.s.r. 1922 workers and soldiers issue
1922 Worker, 10r blue imperforate (38), also later definitives perforated 3r (2), used in combination with Soviet Union First Industrial Exhibition imperf. 1r and 7r, on back of a cover from Kiev (12 Sep 23) to Leysin, Switzerland, minor peripheral flaws, otherwise fine, extremely rare RSFSR mixed franking with the first issue of the Soviet Union (on sale Aug 19) -
Estimate price: $2500-2300
Lot #3273 - r.s.f.s.r. 1922 workers and soldiers issue
1922 Red Army Soldier, unissued value 25r dark violet, 25r red brown imperforate, irregular "block of three" and block of five, dated and signed, fine-v.f. -
Estimate price: $1000-900
Lot #3274 - r.s.f.s.r. 1922 workers and soldiers issue
1922 Red Army Soldier, large master die proof in lilac (color of 70r), thick card, value tablets blank, dated and signed in red, light creases, fine and unique proof -
Estimate price: $2500-2300
Lot #3275 - r.s.f.s.r. 1922 workers and soldiers issue
1922 Red Army Soldier, 50r imperf. single, double impression, imperf. horizontal pair, right stamp fold-over variety, design partly omitted (left stamp thin), also a used single, privately perf. 10 1/2, fine lot -
Estimate price: $250-230
Lot #3276 - r.s.f.s.r. 1922 workers and soldiers issue
1922 70r Red Army Soldier, imperforate error in cliche of 100r in sheetlet of 25, lightly hinged in top and bottom margins only, slight adhesions affect both the error and the adjoining stamp at left, minor and natural gum creases, v.f. Without a doubt, this is considered to be one of the greatest rarities of Russian Philately. Only four (!) complete sheetlets of 25 are known to exist (including one in the Popov Museum of Communication in St...
Lot #3277 - r.s.f.s.r. 1922 workers and soldiers issue
1922 Red Army Soldier, 100r orange, imperf. horizontal strip of three, double impression, one inverted, hinged in margin, stamps n.h., v.f. -
Estimate price: $250-230
Lot #3278 - r.s.f.s.r. 1922 workers and soldiers issue
1922 Red Army Soldier, 100r orange, imperf. block of four, top stamps double impression, n.h., v.f. -
Estimate price: $250-230
Lot #3279 - r.s.f.s.r. 1922 workers and soldiers issue
1922 Red Army Soldier, 100r orange, single overprinted in red "O" (Obrazets), also a used pair, right stamp plate flaw in bottom right value, "110" for "100", fine -
Estimate price: $250-230
Lot #3280 - r.s.f.s.r. 1922 workers and soldiers issue
1922 Red Army Soldier, 100r orange plate flaw in bottom right value, "110" for "100", used in combination with additional franking on back of a registered "Dr. Brender" cover from Pogrebische (Kiev gov.), via Moscow (27 Apr) to Berlin, vertical filing fold not affecting the variety. One of only four recorded "110" varieties on cover -
Estimate price: $1500-1400
Lot #3281 - r.s.f.s.r. 1922 workers and soldiers issue
1922 Red Army Soldier, 100r orange (16), also later definitives 5r blue (2), used in combination with the first Soviet definitives imperf. 3k (2) and 10k (3), on back of a registered cover (opened for display) from Sevastopol (31 Oct 1923) to Latvia, with Libava arrival (7 November) postmark, fine. This is one of only three recorded covers, with mixed franking RSFSR and the first Soviet Union definitives (on sale from 11 Oct 23 to 31 Jan 24...
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