U.S. and Worldwide Stamps
February 18-19, 2004
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
| Lot #2283 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 (Col.F.A. Post, from a Vladivostok based cruiser), card tears, still fine  | Price Realized $4,500.00 | |
| Lot #2284 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 | Price Realized $450.00 | |
| Lot #2285 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) | Price Realized $240.00 | |
| Lot #2286 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) | Price Realized $350.00 | |
| Lot #2287 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 | Price Realized $700.00 | |
| Lot #2288 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 earliest aviation-related postal history item from the Caucasus on record | Price Realized $650.00 | |
| Lot #2289 Russian Military Aviation Military Aviation Assembly. 1917 French Aviation Mission to Russia, Military Mail (F.M.) cover to France sent by the mission member (Paul Vitre, Mission Francaise d'Aviation en Russe); faint but legible free frank mission seal strike, scarce | Unsold | |
| Lot #2290 Russian Military Aviation Military Aviation Assembly. 1918 flight plan, headed "Aviation Park", dated 22 June, 1918 Kiev, with additional attachement from the Austrian "K.u.k. Flieger Kourierline Flugstation Kiew", dated and signed by the commanding officer, fine and very rare | Price Realized $450.00 |
