U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
July 10-11, 2007

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #1773
RUSSIA Flight Covers
1930 DO-X flight cover from Leningrad to Rio de Janeiro, attractively franked with 11 different Russian adhesives, used in combination with Germany South America Zeppelin Issue (Sc. No.C38-39), both cancelled on board of the airship, with appropriate cachets and arrival postmarks on both sides, unusually fresh and v.f. cover
Envelope
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #1774
RUSSIA Flight Covers
1930 DO-X flight cover from Leningrad, via Berlin and Rio de Janeiro to Traiguen (Chile), attractively franked with 12 different Russian adhesives, used in combination with Germany South America Zeppelin Issue (Sc. No.C38-39), both cancelled on board of the airship, also with three different Brazil Condor stamps, with appropriate cachets and arrival postmarks on both sides, unusually fresh and v.f. cover, rare three-country combination
Envelope
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #1775
RUSSIA Flight Covers
1931 two First Flight covers from Leningrad to Berlin, one used in combination with Colombian franking and further carried to Buenaventura and Cali, Colombia, some cover flaws, otherwise fine-v.f.
Envelope
Price Realized
$250.00

Lot #1776
RUSSIA Flight Covers
1932 Catapult flight cover from Leningrad via Berlin to New York, mixed franking with German 50pf Eagle added in Berlin, v.f. and attractive combination cover
Envelope
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #1777
RUSSIA Flight Covers
1932 Catapult flight cover from Leningrad via Berlin to New York, mixed franking with German adhesives, v.f. and attractive combination cover
Envelope
Price Realized
$325.00

Lot #1778
RUSSIA Flight Covers
1933 Catapult flight cover,Leningrad to USA, mixed franking with German stamps, October 1-2, 1933 violet cachet, v.f.
Envelope
Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #1779
RUSSIA Flight Covers
1933 DO-X flight cover from Leningrad, via Germany (with German stamps added on reverse and cancelled Passau 5 September, 1933), violet "Flughschiff Do.X Passau Schweiz" cachet, Staad 5.9.33 arrival pmk, little toning, otherwise fine DO-X flight to Switzerland
Envelope
Price Realized
$270.00

Lot #1780
RUSSIA Flight Covers
1935 San Francisco Surcharge, used on registered and flown ppc (Sigismund Levanevsky) from Moscow, addressed to Consul General of the USSR in San Francisco, with bilingual "Special Air Flight Moscow-San Francisco through the North Pole" cachets, with New York transit and San Francisco arrival pmks, v.f. and rare card
Envelope
Catalog #C68
Price Realized
$11,000.00

Lot #1781
RUSSIA Flight Covers
1939 Non-stop Transatlantic flight, Moscow-New York, by Soviet aviators Gen.Kokkinaki and Major Gordienko on their airplane "Moskva". After successfully crossing the Atlantic, the aviators were forced (due to bad weather over Labrador) to fly at 30,000 feet using oxygen masks. Their supply of oxygen was nearly depleted and at high altitude, the radio equipment froze up. Eventually, gen. Kokkinaki fainted and his navigator Gordienko took over the controls and managed an emergency landing at Miscou Island, off the coast of New Brunswick. After repairs, the "Moskva" proceeded to New York. This cover was one of only 32 (mostly postcards) carried on this flight and is only one of two known, actually autographed by both fliers. A rarity for an advanced collector of Trans-Oceanic aviation
Envelope
Catalog #AAMC TO1320
Price Realized
$9,000.00

Lot #1782
RUSSIA Flight Covers
1944 Moscow-Damascus, first flight cover from the "Free French Military Mission in Moscow", appropriate cachets, Poste Aux Armees 18 Jan. 1944" Consular datestamp and 21 Jan. 1944 F.F.L arrival pmk on back, fine
Envelope
Price Realized
$500.00

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