Lot
3198 
/o
Russia, Collection, 1857-99, virtually all used on album pages with basic completion for the period; starting with nice 4-margin #1 and complete 1858 issues (#1-4, cat $5,750), later sets appear to be complete including the 1884, 3.50r & 7r issues with neat town cancels (#39-40, cat $1,450), similar completion in back-of-the-book issues including Wenden locals, Offices including complete China and Levant with mint #1, complete used 1865 issues (Sc. #2-3, cat $1,600) and later missing the scarcer 1879 7k surcharges; condition above the norm overall. Estimate $1,500 - 2,000.
Realized: $2,300