Specialized Russia; U.S. and Worldwide Stamps
January 8-10, 2008

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #450
RUSSIA Air Post
1922 registered cover (opened for display), with 45r green on front and block of 15x10r black & brown (Scott's No.212) on back, paying the total rate of 195r from Moscow, 15.11.1922 to Berlin, with 21.11.22 Charlottenberg and Berlin transit and arrival pmks. The cover bears a bilingual endorsement "Mit Lufpost", also boxed handstamp plus Moscow registration label, fine cover, ex-Liphshutz
Envelope
Price Realized
$950.00

Lot #451
RUSSIA Air Post
1924 10k on 5r, 15k on 1r and 20k on 10r inverted surcharges, set of three, used, signed Romeko, Brun, with Mikulski certificates for first and last and Dr.E. Diena cert. for 15k on 1r, v.f. and rare
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Price Realized
$5,250.00

Lot #452
RUSSIA Air Post
1924 10k on 5r green, wide "5" variety, full margins all around, h.r., v.f., signed Soviet Phil. Assn.
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Price Realized
$1,600.00

Lot #453
RUSSIA Air Post
1924 10k on 5r green, wide "5" variety, full margins all around, barest trace of a hinge, signed Calves, Soviet Phil Assn., etc.,
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Price Realized
$2,100.00

Lot #454
RUSSIA Air Post
1924 15k on 1r, surcharge inverted, l.h., v.f., signed Romeko, with 2001 Raritan guarantee
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Unsold
Lot #455
RUSSIA Air Post
1924 15k on 1r, surcharge inverted, n.h., usual gum wrinkles, otherwise v.f., rare, pencil signed
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Price Realized
$2,700.00

Lot #456
RUSSIA Air Post
1930 Airships, imperforate singles, n.h., v.f. set of two, signed Stolow and Goznak
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Price Realized
$4,500.00

Lot #457
RUSSIA Air Post
1930 Zeppelin, imperf. set of two, margins all around, some gum missing from hinge removal, v.f., signed Soviet Phil. Assn. (Mi.390-391C)
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Catalog Value € 3,000
Price Realized
$2,800.00

Lot #458
RUSSIA Air Post
1930 unissued artist's die essay (73:112mm) showing an "airplane over industry", inscribed "air mail", descriptive tablet at bottom blank, fine and unique
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Unsold
Lot #459
RUSSIA Air Post
1930 unissued artist's die essay (65:120mm) in black on gray, fine and unique
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Unsold
Lot #460
RUSSIA Air Post
1931 50k gray blue (color error), n.h., v.f.
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Price Realized
$525.00

Lot #461
RUSSIA Air Post
1931 50k gray blue (color error), block of four, n.h., bottom pair with naturally irregular gum, excellent color and centering, v.f.
Box **
Price Realized
$14,000.00

Lot #462
RUSSIA Air Post
1932 15k gray black, perf. 10 1/2, l.h., fine example of this rare perforation, with 2000 Raritan guarantee (Mi.406C)
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Catalog Value € 1,000
Price Realized
$1,900.00

Lot #463
RUSSIA Air Post
1932 15k gray black, imperforate sheet margin single, hinge remnant, couple of natural yellow inclusion spots on gum only, fresh and v.f., signed Stolow etc., with 1983 Mikulski certificate. A rare stamp, only 100 printed (Mi.406U)
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Price Realized
$4,500.00

Lot #464
RUSSIA Air Post
1931 North Pole (polar bear), imperf. set of four, blocks of four, each with one stamp l.h., balance n.h., some natural paper inclusions, v.f.
Box */**
Price Realized
$4,250.00

Lot #465
RUSSIA Air Post
1931 North Pole, perforated set of four, blocks of 15, cancelled to order (n.h.), fine-v.f.,
Box

Catalog Value $ 2,400
Price Realized
$750.00

Lot #466
RUSSIA Air Post
1932 International Polar Year, 50k perf. 12, 1r perf. 10 1/2, four sets, n.h., the latter with natural cracked gum, v.f.,
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Catalog Value $ 400
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #467
RUSSIA Air Post
1932 International Polar Year, 50k perf. 12, 1r perf. 10 1/2, blocks of four, n.h., the latter with natural cracked gum, v.f.,
Box **

Catalog Value $ 400
Price Realized
$1,900.00

Lot #468
RUSSIA Air Post
1932 International Polar Year, set of two, perf.12, blocks of four, top stamps hinged, bottom stamps n.h., fine-v.f.
Box */**
Price Realized
$1,300.00

Lot #469
RUSSIA Air Post
1932 International Polar Year, 50k carmine rose, left margin single, perf. 10 1/2, lightly hinged (slightly dried) with few natural gum creases. A v.f. example of this scarce stamp, considered to be one of the major rarities of the former Soviet Union (Mi.410B)
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Price Realized
$26,000.00

Lot #470
RUSSIA Air Post
1933 Stratosphere Balloon, set of three, l.h., fine-v.f.
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Price Realized
$140.00

Lot #471
RUSSIA Air Post
1933 Stratosphere Balloon, 5k ultramarine, horizontal pair imperf. between, used as always, v.f. and scarce variety, with 2002 Raritan guarantee (Mi.453UMs)
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Price Realized
$1,700.00

Lot #472
RUSSIA Air Post
1933 Stratosphere Balloon, 5k blue, variety imperf. at right, used, v.f., extremely rare
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Unsold
Lot #473
RUSSIA Air Post
1934 Civil Aviation, complete set, horizontal watermarks, sheet margin imperforate singles, h.r., v.f., extremely rare
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Price Realized
$16,000.00

Lot #474
RUSSIA Air Post
1934 Civil Aviation, unwatermarked, complete set, blocks of four, top stamps l.h., bottom stamps n.h., 50k with disturbed gum, fine-v.f. and rare set of blocks
Box */**
Unsold
Lot #475
RUSSIA Air Post
1934-44 Stratosphere disaster, both issues in blocks of four, with additional set of singles from the first set, cancelled to order (n.h.), also 1944 Issue, 21 sets including four sets of blocks of four, n.h., fine-v.f.
Box **O
Price Realized
$240.00

Lot #476
RUSSIA Air Post
1934 5k lilac brown, vertical watermark, imperforate sheet margin single, l.h. at top, v.f., signed Sanabria
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Unsold
Lot #477
RUSSIA Air Post
1934 10k brown, vertical watermark, imperforate sheet margin single, h.r., v.f., rare
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Price Realized
$11,000.00

Lot #478
RUSSIA Air Post
1935 Chelyuskin, 1k-50k, complete set, hinged, some toning, otherwise fine-v.f.,
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Catalog Value $ 375
Price Realized
$850.00

Lot #479
RUSSIA Air Post
1935 Chelyuskin, 1k-50k, complete set, n.h. (15k l.h.), few minor wrinkles or ink offsets, fine-v.f. (Mi.499-508)
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Catalog Value € 850
Price Realized
$1,400.00

Lot #480
RUSSIA Air Post
1935 Chelyuskin, 1k-50k, complete set in horizontal or vertical pairs, n.h., occasional natural gum glazing, gum creases or skips, one 30k with a tiny inclusion, few perf. separations, fine-v.f. (Mi.499-508)
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Catalog Value € 1,700
Price Realized
$3,000.00

Lot #481
RUSSIA Air Post
1935 Chelyuskin, 1k-50k, smaller size, cplt set of perforated trial color proofs (red), each affixed on a bristol card, adhesive staining as often, other small faults, otherwise mostly fine-v.f., rare (Mi.499-508)
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Unsold
Lot #482
RUSSIA Air Post
1935 Chelyuskin, 1k-50k, smaller size, cplt set of perforated trial color proofs (green), each affixed on a bristol card, with adhesive staining as often, other small faults, otherwise fine-v.f., rare (Mi.499-508)
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Unsold
Lot #483
RUSSIA Air Post
1935 Chelyuskin, 1k-50k, smaller size, cplt set of perforated trial color proofs (violet brown), each affixed on a bristol card, with adhesive staining as often, other small faults, otherwise fine-v.f., rare (Mi.499-508)
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Unsold
Lot #484
RUSSIA Air Post
1935 Chelyuskin, 1k-50k, smaller size, cplt set of perforated trial color proofs (ultramarine), each affixed on a bristol card, with adhesive staining as often, other small faults, otherwise fine-v.f., rare (Mi.499-508)
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Unsold
Lot #485
RUSSIA Air Post
1935 Chelyuskin, 1k-50k, smaller size, cplt set of perforated trial color proofs (black), each affixed on a bristol card, with adhesive staining as often, other small faults, otherwise fine-v.f., rare (Mi.499-508)
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Unsold
Lot #486
RUSSIA Air Post
1935 Moscow-San Francisco surcharge, n.h., but dried gum, slight overall toning and minor crease, otherwise fine, signed Goznak,
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Catalog Value $ 800
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #487
RUSSIA Air Post
1935 San Francisco Surcharge, n.h., fresh and v.f., signed Goznak
**
Price Realized
$950.00

Lot #488
RUSSIA Air Post
1935 San Francisco Surcharge, small "F" variety, l.h., v.f., signed Goznak
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Price Realized
$1,100.00

Lot #489
RUSSIA Air Post
1935 San Francisco Surcharge, small "f" variety, n.h., v.f., signed Goznak
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Price Realized
$2,300.00

Lot #490
RUSSIA Air Post
1949 60k Plane Over Farm, variety imperf. at left, h.r., few creases, otherwise v.f. and rare
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Unsold
Lot #2434
RUSSIA Air Post
1933 Watermarked set of five, used on registered cover from Moscow 28.5.40, addressed to Riga, filing creases, otherwise fine-v.f., without arrival pmk, scarce set on one cover
Envelope
Price Realized
$1,000.00

Lot #2435
RUSSIA Air Post
1935 Chelyuskin, complete set, l.h. or n.h. (incl. 30k, 40k, 50k), fresh, v.f.,
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Catalog Value $ 375
Price Realized
$1,300.00

Lot #2436
RUSSIA Air Post
1935 Moscow-San Francisco surcharge, used in 1935 on registered and flown cover from Moscow to Paris, faint departure and arrival pmks, small piece of backflap missing, v.f.
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #2437
RUSSIA Air Post
1935 San Francisco surcharge, vertical pair with sheet margin at right, bottom stamp small "f", stamps n.h. (bottom margin h.r.), v.f., signed Goznak. A rare positional item
**
Price Realized
$29,000.00

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