U.S. and Worldwide Stamps; Specialized Russia
March 12-13, 2008 and March 26-27, 2008
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #3313 RUSSIA Air Post 1923 5r green, wide "5" at bottom, large margins all around, very lightly hinged, without the usual natural gum creases, pencil signed on reverse, a fresh and v.f. example of this premier Soviet rarity (A similar example, with natural crease brought $69,000 in our September 2007 auction) * Catalog #C4a | Price Realized $60,000.00 |
 | Lot #3314 RUSSIA Air Post 1924 10k on 5r green, basic stamp wide "5" variety, large margins all around, n.h., signed Soviet Phil., Romeko, Roig, etc., minor toning, otherwise v.f. ** Catalog #C7a | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #3315 RUSSIA Air Post 1924 10k on 5r green, basic stamp wide "5", used, usual light creases, v.f., with Diena cert. O Catalog #C7a | Unsold |
 | Lot #3316 RUSSIA Air Post 1924 15k on 1r red brown, surcharge inverted, large margins all around including sheet margin, lightly hinged, fresh and v.f., signed Richter, Kessler, etc. * Catalog #C8a | Unsold |
 | Lot #3317 RUSSIA Air Post 1924 20k on 10r carmine, surcharge inverted, large margins all around, very lightly hinged, fresh and v.f., signed P.Jem, Mikulski * Catalog #C9a | Price Realized $12,500.00 |
 | Lot #3318 RUSSIA Air Post 1930 Zeppelin, both perf. 12 1/2 and perf. 10, complete sets in blocks of four, used or CTO, fine-v.f.  Catalog #C12-13,C12-13a | Price Realized $200.00 |
 | Lot #3319 RUSSIA Air Post 1930 Zeppelin, set of two used on flown cover and card, fine-v.f.  Catalog #C12-13 | Price Realized $210.00 |
 | Lot #3320 RUSSIA Air Post 1930 Zeppelin, imperforate singles, set of two, n.h., v.f., signed Soviet Philatelic Assn, with 1992 Ebnet cert. (Mi.390C-91C) ** Catalog #C12b-13b | Price Realized $4,000.00 |
 | Lot #3321 RUSSIA Air Post 1930 Zeppelin, set of two, imperforate horizontal pairs, full margins all around, bright color, never hinged, fresh and v.f., especially rare in pairs, signed Goznak ** Catalog #C12b-13b | Price Realized $16,000.00 |
 | Lot #3322 RUSSIA Air Post 1931-32 Airships, perforated (5) and imperforate (5) blocks of four, complete set, n.h., couple of natural gum irregularities, post office fresh, fine-v.f. **Catalog #C15-24 | Price Realized $7,250.00 |
 | Lot #3323 RUSSIA Air Post 1931 Airships, perf. Set of five, used on flown cover from Moscow to Germany, v.f., with arrival pmk Catalog #C15-19 | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #3324 RUSSIA Air Post 1931 50k gray blue (color error), n.h., v.f., signed Brun, Romeko ** Catalog #C23a | Price Realized $850.00 |
 | Lot #3325 RUSSIA Air Post 1931 50k gray blue (color error), n.h., fine ** Catalog #C23a | Price Realized $425.00 |
 | Lot #3326 RUSSIA Air Post 1931 North Pole, perforated set of four, perf. 12x12 1/2, l.h., v.f. * Catalog #C30-33 | Unsold |
 | Lot #3327 RUSSIA Air Post 1932 International Polar Year, set of two, tied by Franz Josef Land pmks on single cover (rare thus) via Archangelsk to Moscow, v.f. Catalog #C34-35 | Unsold |
 | Lot #3328 RUSSIA Air Post 1932 50k International Polar Year used together with 15k "Great Russians" on 1935 cover to Belgium, tied by Physiological Congress cds, fine-v.f. Catalog #C34 | Price Realized $130.00 |
 | Lot #3329 RUSSIA Air Post 1932 International Polar Year, 50k carmine rose, perf. 10 1/2 variety, lightly hinged, natural gum creases which are common to this issue, v.f. This stamp is considered to be one of the major rarities of the former Soviet Union (a similar copy realized $29,900 in our January 8, 2008 sale) * Catalog #C34a | Price Realized $32,500.00 |
 | Lot #3330 RUSSIA Air Post 1933 Civil Aviation, 5k-80k complete set of five imperf. photo proofs, v.f. and rare P Catalog #C40-44P | Price Realized $3,000.00 |
 | Lot #3331 RUSSIA Air Post 1933 Civil Aviation, watermarked, set of five, imperf. sheet margin singles in issued colors, with gum, h.r., v.f. and extremely rare * Catalog #C40-44var | Unsold |
 | Lot #3332 RUSSIA Air Post 1933 10k green, horizontal pair, imperf. between, upper right sheet corner margin pair, cancelled to order (stamps n.h.), v.f. O Catalog #C46a | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #3333 RUSSIA Air Post 1934 Stratosphere Disaster ("Sirius" Balloon), 5k-20k, set of three imperf. photo proofs, 20k with marginal surface scrape, v.f. and rare P Catalog #C50-52P | Price Realized $3,000.00 |
 | Lot #3334 RUSSIA Air Post 1934 Stratosphere, 5k-20k, set of three imperforate sheet margins singles in issued colors, with gum, large margins all around, h.r. and pencil signed on reverse, v.f. and extremely scarce complete set, a premier Air Post rarity * Catalog #C50-52var | Price Realized $37,500.00 |
 | Lot #3335 RUSSIA Air Post 1934 5k lilac, perf. 14, h.r., v.f., with Raybaudi cert. * Catalog #C50a | Price Realized $190.00 |
 | Lot #3336 RUSSIA Air Post 1934 5k lilac, perf. 14, l.h., v.f., with Raybaudi cert. * Catalog #C50a | Price Realized $190.00 |
 | Lot #3337 RUSSIA Air Post 1934 Stratosphere, 5k violet brown, perf.14, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #C50a | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #3338 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 Chelyuskin, cplt set, mostly l.h., fine-v.f. * Catalog #C58-67 | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #3339 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 San Francisco Surcharge, n.h., small toned spot on gum, otherwise v.f., signed Diena, Soviet Phil. Assn. ** Catalog #C68 Catalog Value $ 800 | Price Realized $1,700.00 |
 | Lot #3340 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 San Francisco surcharge, n.h., v.f., signed Diena, Goznak, with Raybaudi cert. ** Catalog #C68 | Price Realized $2,100.00 |
 | Lot #3341 RUSSIA Air Post 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 Catalog #C68 | Price Realized $15,000.00 |
 | Lot #3342 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 San Francisco, small "f" variety, v.f. used on piece, signed Diena etc., O Catalog #C68b Catalog Value € 1,500 | Price Realized $1,300.00 |
 | Lot #3343 RUSSIA Air Post 1937 Jubilee Aviation Exhibition, 20k marginal single, imperf. at left, h.r., v.f. and rare * Catalog #C70var | Price Realized $5,500.00 |
 | Lot #3344 RUSSIA Air Post 1937 Jubilee Aviation Exhibition, 40k violet brown and black, left margin vertical pair, imperf. between, top stamp l.h., bottom stamp n.h. with natural inclusion, v.f. and scarce unused, signed Stolow *** Catalog #C72var | Price Realized $7,250.00 |
 | Lot #3345 RUSSIA Air Post 1939 Soviet Aviation Day, complete set, blocks of four, one stamp hinged, balance n.h., fine-v.f. ***Catalog #C76-76D | Price Realized $600.00 |
