U.S. and Worldwide Stamps
May 7-8, 2008
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #1760 RUSSIA Air Post 1870 Ballon Monte, small FL with "Par Ballon Monte" imprint, sent from Paris to St.Petersburg, franked with single 80c Laureated, tied by "15" large Paris star canc, supported by 17 Nov. departure cds, flown on "Le General Uhrich", with boxed "P.D." and blue crayon collected by Prussia, v.f.  | Price Realized $4,750.00 |
 | Lot #1761 RUSSIA Air Post 1870 Ballon Monte, FL endorsed "Par Ballon Monte", boxed "Vernes & Cie" company handstamp, sent from Paris to St.Petersburg, franked with single 80c Laureated, tied by large Paris star canc, supported by 31 December departure cds, flown on "Le Newton", with boxed "P.D." and blue crayon collected by Prussia, v.f. | Price Realized $4,750.00 |
 | Lot #1762 RUSSIA 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 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1763 RUSSIA 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 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1764 RUSSIA Air Post 1930 Zeppelin 40k and 80k imperf. sheet margin singles, h.r, v.f. * | Price Realized $5,250.00 |
 | Lot #1765 RUSSIA Air Post 1930 Zeppelin 40k and 80k imperf. singles, l.h. or n.h., pencil signed, v.f., with Raybaudi cert. (Mi.390-91C) *** | Price Realized $3,500.00 |
 | Lot #1766 RUSSIA Air Post 1930 Zeppelin 40k and 80k imperf. singles, l.h., signed Sanabria etc., v.f., with Raybaudi cert. (Mi.390-91C) * | Price Realized $3,250.00 |
 | Lot #1767 RUSSIA Air Post 1930 Zeppelin 40k and 80k imperf. singles, l.h., signed Soviet Philatelic Assn etc., v.f., with Raybaudi cert. (Mi.390-91C) * | Price Realized $3,250.00 |
 | Lot #1768 RUSSIA Air Post 1932 15k gray, perf. 10 1/2, well centered, used, v.f. (Mi.406C) O | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #1769 RUSSIA Air Post 1934 5k Usyskin, perf.14, very lightly hinged, v.f. * | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #1770 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 Chelyuskin, 1k-50k, complete set, hinge remnants, some inclusions and minor wrinkles, fresh, fine-v.f. * | Price Realized $1,600.00 |
 | Lot #1771 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 San Francisco surcharge, h.r., v.f., signed Goznak (Standard $1,000) * Catalog Value 375 | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #1772 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 San Francisco surcharge, n.h., v.f., signed Goznak, Diena etc. (Standard $1,600) ** Catalog Value 800 | Price Realized $1,900.00 |
 | Lot #1773 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 San Francisco surcharge, position 1 of the sheet (setting of 25), cancelled on piece by Moscow cds, v.f., signed Mikulski, rare positional piece (Standard $800) O Catalog Value 375 | Price Realized $1,200.00 |
 | Lot #1774 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 San Francisco surcharge, block of four, both bottom stamps small Cyrillic "f" in "San Francisco", hinged, slight toning, mostly at top otherwise v.f., signed Mikulski (a similar, but never hinged block realized $40,250 in the Cherrystone September 2007 auction)  * | Price Realized $35,000.00 |
 | Lot #1775 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 San Francisco surcharge inverted, never hinged and post office fresh, tiny natural inclusion at top left, v.f., with 1992 Mikulski certificate. Only two sheets (50 stamps) of the inverted surcharge were printed (40 with the regular overprinted, 10 with small "f"). A rarity. Last example sold by us realized $48,875 in the Cherrystone July 2006 sale (Standard $120,000+) ** | Price Realized $170,000.00 |
 | Lot #1776 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 San Francisco surcharge, small Cyrillic "f" in "San Francisco", surcharge inverted, small hinge remnant, various pencil signatures, also signed Calves and Mikulski, with his 1985 certificate. Only two sheets (50 stamps) of the inverted surcharge were discovered. The small "f" occurs five times per sheet, which means that only 10(!) of this double error can exist. Including this copy, we have recorded a total of six inverted small "f" varieties, of which two are contained in a unique combination block of four. A major Soviet and air post rarity, ex-Mikulski collection (Standard $400,000+) * | Price Realized $525,000.00 |
