U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
September 13-14, 2006

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #2063
Russian Air Post
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)
Envelope
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #2064
Russian Air Post
1917 First Russian Aircraft 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
Envelope
Price Realized
$800.00

Lot #2065
Russian Air Post
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
Envelope
Price Realized
$750.00

Lot #2066
Russian Air Post
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
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #2067
Russian Air Post
1924 registered cover from Baku to Italy with regular issue franking on front & 10r Air Defense League label on reverse, v.f., rare
Envelope
Price Realized
$400.00

Lot #2068
Russian Air Post
1930 Zeppelin 40k and 80k imperf. singles, l.h. or n.h., pencil signed, v.f., with Raybaudi cert. (Mi.390-91C)
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Catalog #C12b-13b
Catalog Value Euro 3,500
Price Realized
$2,000.00

Lot #2069
Russian Air Post
1930 Zeppelin 40k and 80k imperf. singles, l.h., signed Soviet Philatelic Assn etc., v.f., with Raybaudi cert. (Mi.390-91C)
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Catalog #C12b-13b
Catalog Value Euro 3,000
Price Realized
$2,000.00

Lot #2070
Russian Air Post
1930 Zeppelin 40k and 80k imperf. singles, l.h., signed Sanabria etc., v.f., with Raybaudi cert. (Mi.390-91C)
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Catalog #C12b-13b
Catalog Value Euro 3,000
Price Realized
$2,000.00

Lot #2071
Russian Air Post
1932 15k gray, perf. 101/2, well centered, used, v.f. (Mi.406C)
Catalog #C25a
Catalog Value Euro 220
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #2072
Russian Air Post
1933 Stratosphere Balloon, blocks of four, n.h., v.f., with Diena cert. (Mi.453-55)
Box **
Catalog #C37-39
Catalog Value Euro 1,440+
Price Realized
$3,000.00

Lot #2073
Russian Air Post
1933 Civil Aviation, unwatermarked, n.h., fine-v.f. (Mi.462-66z)
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Catalog #C45-49
Catalog Value Euro 280
Price Realized
$240.00

Lot #2074
Russian Air Post
1934 Airships, two complete sets, one n.h., other h.r., fine-v.f. (Mi.483-87)
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Catalog #C53-57
Catalog Value Euro 1,140
Price Realized
$525.00

Lot #2075
Russian Air Post
1935 San Francisco, 1r on 10k surcharge, l.h., v.f., signed Soviet Philatelic Assn (Mi.527)
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Catalog #C68
Catalog Value Euro 500
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #2076
Russian Air Post
1935 San Francisco Surcharge, n.h., v.f., signed Soviet Philatelic Assn (Mi.527)
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Catalog #C68
Catalog Value Euro 750
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #2077
Russian Air Post
1935 San Francisco surcharge, block of four, n.h., v.f., each stamp signed Soviet Philatelic Ass. (Mi.527X)
Box **
Catalog #C68
Catalog Value Euro 3,000+
Price Realized
$5,250.00

Lot #2078
Russian Air Post
1935 San Francisco, 1r on 10k surcharge, block of four, n.h., fine-v.f., signed Soviet Philatelic Assn etc.
Box **
Catalog #C68
Catalog Value Euro 3,000
Price Realized
$5,000.00

Lot #2079
Russian Air Post
Air Post Officials.
1922 Consular Mail, five diff., n.h., v.f., with handstamped guarantee marks
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Catalog #CO1-5
Price Realized
$1,250.00

Lot #2080
Russian Air Post
Air Post Officials.
1922 surcharged 1,200m on 2,25r, l.h., v.f.
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Catalog #CO7
Price Realized
$1,200.00

Lot #2081
Russian Air Post
Air Post Officials.
1922 surcharged 1,200m on 2.25r, n.h., v.f., signed Kessler, Soviet Philatelic Assn
**
Catalog #CO7
Price Realized
$2,800.00

Lot #2082
Russian Air Post
Air Post Officials.
1922 surcharged 1,200m on 3r, sheet margin example, n.h., v.f., rare
**
Catalog #CO8
Price Realized
$8,500.00

Lot #2083
Russian Air Post
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 types of franking is rare
Envelope
Price Realized
$200.00

Lot #2084
Russian Air Post
Catapult Flights.
1933 Leningrad-Berlin-Passau, with violet "DO-X" cachet and appropriate markings including Staad arrival, v.f. and scarce DO-X cover from Russia
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #2085
Russian Air Post
Catapult Flights.
1933 DO-X flight from Leningrad, via Berlin to Passau and to Staad, Switzerland, with special "Passau-Schweiz Do.X" cachet, v.f.
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #2086
Russian Air Post
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
Envelope
Price Realized
$4,500.00

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