Worldwide Air Post Stamps and Postal History, Philatelic Rarities of the World. Part 3

Lot 1248:

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Soviet Union

This auction ended on October 29, 2022.

Start price: $750

Buyer's Premium: 15%

Sold for: $750

Description

1933, Ethnographic issue, Armenians, perforated (11½) proof of 15k in indigo, size 50×23.5mm instead of 48×22.5mm and raster (square) printing instead of phototype for issued stamps, watermarked Borders and Rosettes paper, tiny spot of disturbed gum from hinge removal, still large part of OG, VF and very rare, ex- Vadim Ustinovsky, Est. $1,200-$1,500, Sc. # 502