Versailles Collection Part III; U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
November 1-3, 2005
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #2874 Russian Air Post 1928 3k postal stationery card, additionally franked with five adhesives and two semi-official airmails, flown from Novorossijsk via Rostov, Moscow and Danzig to Warsaw, with Danzig 13.5.28 arrival pmk  | Price Realized $350.00 |
| Lot #2875 Russian Air Post 1930 Airships, set of two used on flown Zeppelin cover and card, Moscow to Friedrichshafen, some toning, otherwise fine-v.f. (Si.85Aa,85Bb) Catalog #C12-13 | Price Realized $110.00 | |
| Lot #2876 Russian Air Post 1930 Airships, set of two used on flown Zeppelin cover and card, Moscow to Friedrichshafen, each with official hs type II (lower case letters), plus additional cover with 80k, official hs type I (large caps), some toning and cover flaws away from the stamps, otherwise fine-v.f. Catalog #C12-13 | Unsold | |
 | Lot #2877 Russian Air Post 1930 Airships, imperf. set of two, n.h. and post office fresh, v.f., signed Mikulski, Soviet Philatelic Association (Mi.390-391C) ** Catalog #C12-13b Catalog Value Euro 3,000 | Price Realized $2,600.00 |
 | Lot #2878 Russian Air Post 1930 "Five Year Plan in Four Years", 80k Airship, large die proof in light orange carmine, on glazed card, v.f. and rare P Catalog #C13P | Unsold |
 | Lot #2879 Russian Air Post 1931 50k violet brown, imperf. horizontal pair, pos. 3-4, cancelled to order as always Tula 28.4.43, folded between stamps, handstamped "D" and signed Arthur Falk, with Mikulski cert. A major color variety from the Soviet Union, only 24 issued (Mi.400GbC) Catalog #C18var | Price Realized $5,250.00 |
 | Lot #2880 Russian Air Post 1931 10k dark blue, perf.12, affixed on gray presentation card and overprinted "IIpoekt 8 April, 1931", v.f. and scarce P Catalog #C20P | Price Realized $2,000.00 |
 | Lot #2881 Russian Air Post 1931 50k gray blue, error of color, h.r., v.f. (Mi.400BXb) * Catalog #C23a Catalog Value Euro 350 | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #2882 Russian Air Post 1931 50k gray blue, error of color, n.h., v.f. (Mi.400BXb) ** Catalog #C23a Catalog Value Euro 350 | Price Realized $270.00 |
 | Lot #2883 Russian Air Post 1931 50k gray blue, error of color, n.h., fine (Mi.400BXb) ** Catalog #C23a Catalog Value Euro 350 | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #2884 Russian Air Post 1931 15k gray blue perf. 101/2 used, also perf. 14, plus 50k blue (error), the last two l.h., fine-v.f. *u Catalog #C23a,25a,b Catalog Value Euro 480 | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #2885 Russian Air Post 1932 15k gray black, perf. 101/2 and 141/2 varieties, used, fine-v.f. (Mi.406B,C) Catalog #C25a,25b Catalog Value Euro 280 | Price Realized $180.00 |
 | Lot #2886 Russian Air Post 1932 15k gray black, perf. 101/2 and 141/2 varieties, used, fine-v.f. (Mi.406B,C) Catalog #C25a,25b Catalog Value Euro 280 | Price Realized $90.00 |
 | Lot #2887 Russian Air Post 1932 15k gray black, perf. 101/2, small h.r., well centered for this very difficult stamp, fine, signed Buhler (Mi.406C) * Catalog #C25a Catalog Value Euro 1,200 | Price Realized $800.00 |
 | Lot #2888 Russian Air Post 1932 15k gray black, imperf. sheet corner margin single, l.h., v.f., with handstamped guarantee mark (Mi.406U) * Catalog #C25c Catalog Value Euro 2,000 | Price Realized $2,500.00 |
| Lot #2889 Russian Air Post 1931 North Pole, perf. and imperf. sets, n.h., v.f. (Mi.402A-5B) ** Catalog #C26-33 Catalog Value Euro 360 | Price Realized $260.00 | |
| Lot #2890 Russian Air Post 1931 Polar Flight, imperf. set, used on flown cover and card, fine-v.f. Catalog #C26-29 | Price Realized $120.00 | |
| Lot #2891 Russian Air Post 1931 North Pole Issue, imperf. set of four, used on flown Polar Flight cover (small tear at top) and card from Leningrad to Friedrichshafen or the Icebreaker Malygin (ppc), with appropriate cachets, all markings on front, v.f. (Si.120Ba,120Bb) Catalog #C26-29 Catalog Value Euro 250 | Price Realized $140.00 | |
 | Lot #2892 Russian Air Post 1931 North Pole, 35k violet brown, imperf. trial color proof affixed on gray presentation card and overprinted "IIpoekt 24 June, 1931", v.f. and scarce P Catalog #C27P | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #2893 Russian Air Post 1931 North Pole Issue, imperf. set of four, used on flown Polar Flight ppc from the Icebreaker Malygin to Friedrichshafen, with appropriate cachets, addressed to Moscow, with 3.8.31 arrival pmk, v.f. and scarce on one cover, with BPB cert.(Si.120Ac) Catalog #C26-29 Catalog Value Euro 1,500 | Price Realized $850.00 |
 | Lot #2894 Russian Air Post 1931 North Pole Issue, perf. set of four, used on flown Polar Flight cover from Leningrad, via Moscow to the Icebreaker Malygin, with appropriate cachets, all markings on front, v.f., scarce on one cover, with BPB cert. (Si.120Ca) Catalog #C30-33 Catalog Value Euro 1,300 | Price Realized $750.00 |
| Lot #2895 Russian Air Post 1932 Polar Year, set of two, plus additional 1r perf.12, n.h., fine-v.f. (Mi.410-11) ** Catalog #C34-35,35a Catalog Value Euro 320 | Price Realized $325.00 | |
 | Lot #2896 Russian Air Post 1932 Polar Year, set of two used on flown cover from Archangelsk 28.8.32 to Moscow, with First Flight triangular cachet, Moscow arrival pmk, v.f., scarce on one cover Catalog #C34-35 | Price Realized $270.00 |
 | Lot #2897 Russian Air Post 1932 Polar Year, set of two used on flown cover and card, via Berlin to Vienna, with First Flight triangular cachets, v.f., with arrival pmks Catalog #C34-35 | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #2898 Russian Air Post 1933 cover flown from Moscow to Vienna, attractively franked with two semi-official airmails etc., v.f. | Price Realized $300.00 |
| Lot #2899 Russian Air Post 1933 Balloon, set of three, n.h., v.f. (Mi.453-55) ** Catalog #C37-39 Catalog Value Euro 280 | Price Realized $210.00 | |
 | Lot #2900 Russian Air Post 1933 Transport Planes, 80k violet brown, perforated trial color proof, used in 1943 on cover from Samara to Tashkent, v.f., with 11.9.43 arrival pmk, scarce usage, signed Mikulski Catalog #C44P | Unsold |
 | Lot #2901 Russian Air Post 1933 Transport Planes, unwatermarked, 10k green, horizontal pair imperf. between, n.h., v.f., rare and undervalued unused (Mi.463AZ) ** Catalog #C46a Catalog Value Euro 1,000 | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #2902 Russian Air Post 1933 Transport Planes, unwatermarked, 10k green, sheet corner margin block of four, imperf. between, cancelled to order Moscow 25.3.34, with full original gum, n.h., v.f.  Catalog #C46a | Price Realized $1,300.00 |
 | Lot #2903 Russian Air Post 1934 Stratosphere Disaster, set of three, perf. 5k and 10k handstamped "Specimen" in gray black, affixed on piece, rare. These Specimens originate from the Portuguese archives and were handstamped Specimen on receipt from the UPU in Bernebefore sending to one its Colonial Post Offices S Catalog #C50-52S | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #2904 Russian Air Post 1934 5k Usyskin, perf. 14, n.h., v.f. (Mi.480YC) ** Catalog #C50a Catalog Value Euro 250 | Price Realized $210.00 |
| Lot #2905 Russian Air Post 1934 Airships, cplt set, n.h., v.f. (Mi.483-87) ** Catalog #C53-57 Catalog Value Euro 360 | Price Realized $375.00 | |
 | Lot #2906 Russian Air Post 1935 Chelyuskin, 50k dark blue, used in combination with 5k Anti-War and 30k Zeppelin on registered and flown cover from Moscow 21.2.35 to Berlin, v.f., with arrival pmk Catalog #C57,67 | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #2907 Russian Air Post 1935 San Francisco Surcharge, h.r., v.f., signed Soviet Phil. Association (Mi.527I) * Catalog #C68 Catalog Value Euro 650 | Price Realized $270.00 |
 | Lot #2908 Russian Air Post 1935 San Francisco surcharge, n.h., v.f., signed Soviet Philatelic Assn. ** Catalog #C68 | Price Realized $425.00 |
 | Lot #2909 Russian Air Post 1935 San Francisco surcharge, used on registered and flown cover from Moscow 20.9.35 to Berlin, with 21.9.35 arrival pmk on back, some mount toning and filing fold away from the stamp, fine and scarce on cover Catalog #C68 | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #2910 Russian Air Post 1935 San Francisco surcharge, small "f" variety, l.h., v.f., signed Soviet Philatelic Assn. (Mi.527I) * Catalog #C68b Catalog Value Euro 900 | Price Realized $600.00 |
 | Lot #2911 Russian Air Post 1937 Jubilee Aviation Exhibition, 20k marginal single, imperf. at left, cancelled to order, v.f. Catalog #C70var | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #2912 Russian Air Post 1937 Jubilee Aviation Exhibition, 30k vertical pair, imperf. between, cancelled to order, v.f. Catalog #C71var | Price Realized $750.00 |
| Lot #2913 Russian Air Post 1944 Stratosphere Disaster, set of three used on registered cover 3.3.44 from Moscow to USA, opened by censor, with 23.5.44 New York arrival pmk Catalog #C77-79 | Price Realized $110.00 | |
| Lot #2914 Russian Air Post Flight Covers. 1922-48 selection of 15 covers, variety of frankings incl. C1 (part of cover), 1924 first flight Moscow-Teheran, others to Germany, Australia etc., few with Foreign Exchange stamps on back, generally fine-v.f. | Unsold | |
 | Lot #2915 Russian Air Post Flight Covers. 1932, July 5, Mattern and Griffin Round the World Flight cover, with all Russian franking, cancelled Moscow 7.7.32, with "Special Despatch July 7, 1932 Round the World Fliers Moscow-America via Pacific Ocean" typewritten cachet,v.f., signed Mikulski. The fliers attempted to beat the round-the-world record held by Post and Gatty. They landed in Berlin and reached Moscow on 7.7.32, only 10 covers carried Catalog #AAMC TO1167 | Price Realized $850.00 |
 | Lot #2916 Russian Air Post Flight Covers. 1939 (28.4) attempted non-stop flight from Moscow to World's Fair, New York. The flight was from Moscow to Miscou Lighthouse, New Brunswick, where the Russian aviators (Brig. Gen. Vladimir Kokkinaki and Maj. Gen. Mikhail Gordienko) crackedup after a successful flight across Europe and the Atlantic Ocean, ppc with appropriate franking and markings, v.f., with Miscou Lighthouse, N.B. arrival. Only 32 carried Catalog #AAMC TO1320 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #2917 Russian Air Post Flight Covers. 1975 6kop Postal Stationery entire envelope, prepared for Soyuz-Apollo joint venture (USSR-USA), but never issued, v.f., extremely rare, only a few known to exist | Unsold |
 | Lot #2918 Russian Air Post Consular Air Post. 1922 surcharged 1200m on 2.25r, sheet margin single, n.h., v.f., signed Soviet Philatelic Association ** Catalog #CO7 | Price Realized $1,600.00 |
