RUSSIA – EARLY PERIOD SELECTION – 424503

RUSSIA – EARLY PERIOD SELECTION – Attractive high value early period selection of a few thousand mint and used issues with an expansive Imperial subsection, as well as early Soviet years in the runup to the Great Patriotic War presented neatly (mostly) stacked on Scott numbered pages. However, the very earliest designs, where distinction between varieties relies exclusively on paper, watermark, or varnish diamonds…those are grouped by major design types and denomination, although there is only one page that is presented in this manner: 1 kopek, 2 kopeks, and so on. Overall, duplication levels are relatively low, as the selection comes from an old school major US stamp dealer’s personal worldwide portfolio, which in many ways feels much more akin to collection rather than stock! Great resource for collectors looking to bolster early portion of their Russia portfolio! Huge catalog value as numerous key definitive sets from the 1930s are presented mint! Gen. VERY FINE, mint og, some NH