U.S. and Worldwide Stamps
September 25-26, 2002
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
| Lot #2336 Russian Military Aviation Russo-Japanese War. 1904 (Sep.), Aeronautics Unit soldier postcard mailed en route to the War Theater (ms note "...in Harbin in 4 days..."), free frank seal of East Siberian Aeronautics Battalion, arguably the earliest aeronautics-relatedRussian postal history item recorded. Observation balloons were used by both sides in the conflict; world's first balloon launch from a ship dates to this period (Russian Colonel F.A. Post, from a Vladivostok based cruiser)  | Unsold | |
| Lot #2337 Russian Military Aviation Russo-Japanese War. 1917 World's First Strategic Bombers Unit, free-frank postcard (Soldier mail) sent in Nov. 1917 to Kerbelshof station of Valk-Pernov Railway (Estonia), free frank military seal of the Flying Ships Squadron (Escadra Vozdushnykh Korablev-EVK), and the elite small unit formed in 1915 from 15 Sikorsky's "Ilya Muromets" 4-motor airplanes, EVK was operated under direct control of the Supreme Command; rare post-October Revolution usage | Price Realized $600.00 | |
| Lot #2338 Russian Military Aviation Military Pigeon Mail. 1917 soldier's mail, unfranked postcard with free frank strike of Ossoviets Military Pigeon Mail Station. Ossoviets Fortress protected the Supreme Headquarters of the Russian Army in nearby Mogilov; because of its strategic significance, an Aeronautic unit was also provided, very rare | Unsold | |
| Lot #2339 Russian Military Aviation Ossoviets Fortress Aeronautic Company. 1917 censored soldier's mail cover to Saratov, free frank Aeronautics Company seal, v.f. and scarce. A sizeable aeronautic unit was deployed, partly to protect the Headquarters in Mogilov from the feared German airplane or Zeppelin raids (Nicholas II correspondence with Alexandra contains multiple references to his generals not allowing him to travel to the front lines for fear of a Zeppelin raid) | Unsold | |
| Lot #2340 Russian Military Aviation Military Aviation Assembly. 1917 failed attempt to organize a National Assembly of Military Aviators after the February Revolution in Russia; postcard with free frank seal of the All Russian Military Aviation Assembly - Organizing Committee. The event, planned for 1917, never took place (a similarly named event was organized by the Bolshevik government during the Civil War) | Unsold | |
| Lot #2341 Russian Military Aviation Military Aviation Assembly. 1917 First Russian Airplane Carrier, soldier's mail postcard with free frank seal reading "Aviation Ship Orlitsa." July 4, 1916 is regarded as the birthday of Russian Naval Aviation, when Grigorovich M-9 Russian seaboats launched from "Orlitsa" actually engaged German airplanes over the Baltic Sea, very rare | Unsold | |
| Lot #2342 Russian Military Aviation Military Aviation Assembly. 1917 Naval Aviation in Azerbaijan, unfranked postcard (soldier mail) with excellent free frank strike of Baku Branch of the Naval Aviation School for Officers. Opened in 1915 on the largest wharf of the city, the school used M-5 and M-9 seaplanes, later used by the Red Army in defense of Baku in 1918. Possibly the earlies aviation-related postal history item from the Caucases on record | Unsold | |
| Lot #2343 Russian Military Aviation Military Aviation Assembly. 1917 French Aviation Mission to Russia, Military Mail (F.M.) cover to France sent by the mision member (Paul Vitre, Mission Francaise d'Aviation en Russe); faint but legible free frank mission seal strike, scarce | Unsold | |
| Lot #2344 Russian Military Aviation Zeppelin Flights. 1930 Germany Flight cover, franked with pair of 10k definitives, fine-v.f., with Friedrichshafen arrival pmk. Covers on this flight were supposed to be franked only with the specially issued set of two stamps(C12-13); all other type of franking is rare | Price Realized $200.00 | |
| Lot #2345 Russian Military Aviation Catapult Flights. 1933 Leningrad-Berlin-Passau, with violet "DO-X" cachet and appropriate markings inc. Staad arrival, v.f. and scarce DO-X cover from Russia | Unsold | |
| Lot #2346 Russian Military Aviation Catapult Flights. 1933 Leningrad-Berlin-Passau, with violet "DO-X" cachet and appropriate markings inc. Staad arrival, mixed franking with German stamps on reverse, v.f. | Price Realized $450.00 | |
| Lot #2347 Russian Military Aviation Russian Postage Dues. 1924-25 specialized collection on pages, used and unused, with perf. varieties, inverted surcharges, imperf. etc. *u | Price Realized $450.00 | |
| Lot #2348 Russian Military Aviation Official Stamps. 1918 15k with red "For use by Mailman" inscription, used, v.f. | Price Realized $80.00 | |
| Lot #2349 Russian Military Aviation Officially Sealed. 1859-1915 collection of 57+ covers and FLs, each with a diff. "officially sealed" label on reverse, various usages incl. foreign destinations, diff. cities incl. Odessa, Warszawa, Kazan, Siberian Railway, Simbirsk etc.,also various Zemstvo usages, mounted & written up exhibition style on pages, fine-v.f., ex-Liphschutz | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
