Versailles Part IV; The G. Ackerman Collection of Russian Air Post
June 3-4, 2008
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
| Lot # | Unsold | |
 | Lot #4001 ALGERIA Air Post 1946 5fr red, "-10%" surcharge double, n.h., v.f., signed Calves, ** Catalog #Ceres PA1Ab Catalog Value € 750 | Price Realized $425.00 |
 | Lot #4002 ALGERIA Air Post 1949 Issue, 50fr-200fr two imperf. collective die proofs in black, showing different sizes and configurations of the three values, each with simulated die cuts penciled in at bottom, v.f., probably unique pair P Catalog #Ceres PA 9-11 | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #4003 ANDORRA (FRENCH) Air Post 1961 100fr-500fr black, imperf. artist collective die proof, with simulated die cuts penciled in at bottom, v.f., rare P Catalog #C2-4P | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #4004 CAMBODIA Air Post 1953 Kinnari, three different perforated and gummed souvenir sheets, each without price printed in the lower left corner, n.h., v.f. Only 15-20 sets exist; the souvenir sheets were issued to the public with imprinted price values at lower left corners ** Catalog #C1a,2a,6a,var | Price Realized $3,250.00 |
 | Lot #4005 FEZZAN French Occupation 1943 registered cover from Sebha to Fort-Lamy, Chad, cancelled "Fezzan Postes R.F.", dated 5/5/43, boxed "P.P." and charged 3frs in manuscript, also noted in the same handwriting "manqué figurines enfranchisement..", indicating stamps not available, censored in French Equatorial Africa, backstamped on arrival in Chad, various transit pmks, some toning on back, signed Bolaffi. A fine and rare provisional usage  | Unsold |
 | Lot #4006 FEZZAN French Occupation 1943 registered cover from Sebha, flown to Yaoundé, Cameroun, cancelled "Fezzan Postes R.F.", dated 8/5/43, boxed "P.P." and charged 9frs in manuscript, also noted in the same handwriting "manqué figurines enfranchisement..", indicating stamps not available, censored in Cameroun and French Equatorial Africa, backstamped on arrival in Bangui, Oubangui-Chari, various transit pmks, signed Bolaffi. A fine and rare Fezzan cover | Unsold |
 | Lot #4007 FEZZAN French Occupation 1943 registered cover from Sebha to Mourzuk, cancelled "Fezzan Postes R.F. 13 May, 1943", boxed "P.P." and charged 1fr in manuscript, also noted in the same handwriting "manqué figurines affranchisement..", indicating stamps not available, with violet arrival cancel, signed Bolaffi | Unsold |
 | Lot #4008 FEZZAN French Occupation 1943 surcharges, eight diff. (missing only 1fr on 10c), plus additional franking, used on two covers from Sebha 16 May, 1943 to Ghadames, some minor toning, mostly fine-v.f., signed Brun, Roumet etc. A rarity, only 79 printed of the 50fr surcharge (catalogued as used stamps, without any consideration for the cover premium) Catalog #Sass.1-2,4-10,A1-2 Catalog Value € 19,110 | Price Realized $8,500.00 |
 | Lot #4009 FEZZAN French Occupation 1943 Flown cover from Sebha (showing return address of the Lt. Col. Delange, military commandant of Fezzan) to Brazzaville franked with 50c violet, 3fr on 20c, plus air post 50c brown (three), fine-v.f., backstamped on arrival, with Bertrand Sinais cert. (catalogued as PA1 on cover, rest as used singles) Catalog #Sass,1,5,A1 Catalog Value € 1,190 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4010 FEZZAN French Occupation 1943 registered postal card franked with five different surcharges, Sebha departure handstamp, 16.5.43 date filled in by pen, v.f., signed Bolaffi Catalog #Sass.1,5,6,A1-2 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4011 FEZZAN French Occupation 1943 50c violet, horizontal pair on censored cover to Algeria, both tied by "R.F. Sebha 3.Juin.1943" cancels, with censor markings at left and Algiers arrival on reverse, fine, signed Diena (catalogued as single used on cover, plus single off cover) Catalog #Sass.1 Catalog Value € 750 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4012 FEZZAN French Occupation 1943 50c violet, surcharge double, n.h., v.f., with 1964 Bolaffi cert., ** Catalog #Sass.1a Catalog Value € 525 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4013 FEZZAN French Occupation 1943 surcharges on the stamps of Libya (Pictorial Issue), 50c-50fr complete set of nine, 2fr l.h., others n.h., fine-v.f., signed Brun, top three values with 1997 Raybaudi cert. Only 79 complete sets possible, ** Catalog #Sass.2-10 Catalog Value € 33,650 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4014 FEZZAN French Occupation 1943 surcharged 50c on 5c, block of four, n.h., v.f., signed Brun,  **Catalog #Sass.2 Catalog Value € 1,725 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4015 FEZZAN French Occupation 1943 2fr on 30c black & brown, surcharge double, n.h., v.f., signed Diena, with 1970 Bolaffi cert., rare, ** Catalog #Sass.4a Catalog Value € 2,400 | Price Realized $800.00 |
 | Lot #4016 FEZZAN French Occupation 1943 registered cover from Sebha to Brazzaville franked with 5fr on 50c, also provisional surcharges including 50c on 50c violet, 1fr on 25c blue, plus air post 50c on 50c brown, some usual toning, backstamped on arrival, fine-v.f., with Bertrand Sinais cert. (catalogued as PA3 on cover, rest as used singles) Catalog #Sass,7,11,12, A3 Catalog Value € 3,470 | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #4017 FEZZAN French Occupation 1943 surcharged 5fr, 10fr and 50fr, three different, used, last two on pieces, signed Brun, Bolaffi etc., very rare, O Catalog #Sass.7,8,10 Catalog Value € 10,080 | Price Realized $3,500.00 |
 | Lot #4018 FEZZAN French Occupation 1943 5fr on 50c, vertical pair, bottom stamp surcharge double, n.h., top stamp l.h., v.f., signed Bolaffi, *** Catalog #Sass.7,7a Catalog Value € 945 | Price Realized $425.00 |
 | Lot #4019 FEZZAN French Occupation 1943 5fr on 50c, vertical pair strip of three, top stamp with surcharge double, with red invalidating ink all over, n.h., signed Roumet, Bolaffi, ** Catalog #Sass.7,7a Catalog Value € 1,065 | Price Realized $425.00 |
 | Lot #4020 FEZZAN French Occupation 1943 cover franked with 5fr and 7.50fr surcharges, two of each, registered and flown from Sebha, with special handstamp "R.F. P.T.T. Fezzan Occupation Taxe Percue", v.f., rare provisional handstamp, signed Bolaffi, Calves Catalog #Sass.7,A2 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4021 FEZZAN French Occupation 1943 5fr on 50c, horizontal and vertical pairs, strong offsets of surcharge on back, n.h., signed Calves, ** Catalog #Sass.7e Catalog Value € 720 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4022 FEZZAN French Occupation 1943 cover franked with two different adhesives, usual toning around the perforations, fine-v.f., signed Brun, Catalog #Sass.11,12 Catalog Value € 2,250 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4023 FEZZAN French Occupation 1943 cover from Alger to Fezzan, franked by pair of 1.20fr Algeria, both tied by Alger cds, handstamped with large "T" and with Fezzan 1fr on 25c added on arrival, tied by Fezzan cds, some staining on reverse (affecting the stamp), otherwise fine and unusual application of Fezzan franking as postage due, signed Calves, Catalog #Sass.12 Catalog Value € 750 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4024 FEZZAN French Occupation 1943 1fr on 25c light blue, surcharge inverted variety, used in combination with 50c airpost on cover from Sebha to Souma, Algeria, where 50c Postage Due was applied, open by censors, v.f. This error is only known used and Enzo Diena states (in his 1989 certificate) that this is the only one he has seen on cover, also signed Calves, listed but unpriced in Sassone Catalog #Sass.12a | Price Realized $3,250.00 |
 | Lot #4025 FEZZAN French Occupation 1943 surcharges on Parcel Post stamps of Libya, the complete set of 7 pairs, plus extra 1fr on 50c, used on two registered covers, cancelled "Sebha, Fezzan" 17 July and 18 July, 1943, used locally, fine-v.f., signed Bolaffi. Only 35 sets printed, catalogued as used stamps off cover, Catalog #Sass.13-19 Catalog Value € 33,850 | Price Realized $19,000.00 |
 | Lot #4026 FEZZAN French Occupation 1943 1fr surcharges on parcel post of Libya, including 5c (2), 1L and 4L in pairs, plus halves of the 10c, 50c, 2L and 3L, also unadopted circular 50c surcharge on halves of 2L and 3L (which were issued only for the 50c violet and Air Post 50c brown), all affixed to official presentation folio, containing a smaller folio indicating the quantities overprinted, including 180 for the 5c-50c, 170 for the 1L, 80 for the 2L and 4L, and 70 for the 3L, postmarked "R.F. Sebha Fezzan", dated July 17, 1943 and bearing the pencil approval of Col. Delange, Commander of the Occupation Army. The 50c surcharges are mentioned in a footnote in Sassone but are unpriced. This folio is unique and represents the only complete set (including unadopted values) known. A major rarity of Fezzan, signed Calves, with 1970 Alberto Diena cert. (YT 21/27) (*) Catalog #Sass.13/19 Catalog Value € 59,400 | Price Realized $26,000.00 |
 | Lot #4027 FEZZAN French Occupation 1943 surcharges on Parcel Post stamps of Libya, four different pairs, l.h., fine-v.f., signed Brun, Calves, Bolaffi etc., with photocopy of Diena cert., only 90 of each printed, * Catalog #Sass.13-16 Catalog Value € 11,200 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4028 FEZZAN French Occupation 1943 surcharges on Parcel Post stamps of Libya, four different, each used on a military card from Sebha to Brazzaville, fine-v.f., backstamped on arrival, with separate Bertrand Sinais certificates (catalogued as used off cover) Catalog #Sass.13-16 Catalog Value € 6,400 | Price Realized $3,250.00 |
 | Lot #4029 FEZZAN French Occupation 1943 surcharges on Parcel Post stamps of Libya, 1fr on 10c ultramarine (also right half of the pair), 1fr on 2L green, plus horizontal pair of 5fr on 50c (Sass.7), all used on registered and flown cover from Sebha to Murzuk, minute toned spots, otherwise v.f., with appropriate markings, signed Calves, with 1989 Diena cert. (catalogued as used off cover) Catalog #Sass.14,17 Catalog Value € 9,160 | Price Realized $3,750.00 |
 | Lot #4030 FEZZAN French Occupation 1943 surcharged on Parcel Post stamps of Libya, 1fr on 2L green, horizontal pair with sheet margin at right, lightly hinged, fresh and v.f., signed Brun, Robineau, Behr etc., only 40 printed, very few exist unused, * Catalog #Sass.17 Catalog Value € 28,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4031 FEZZAN French Occupation 1943 surcharged on Parcel Post stamps of Libya, 1fr on 2L green, block of four (two horizontal pairs), cancelled by Sebha 18 July 1943 pmks on cover, little toned spot, otherwise v.f., signed Brun (catalogued as used off cover) Catalog #Sass.17 Catalog Value € 14,000 | Price Realized $4,750.00 |
 | Lot #4032 FEZZAN French Occupation 1943 surcharges on Parcel Post stamps of Libya, 1f on 3L yellow, l.h., fine, signed Brun, with 1989 Diena cert. A rarity, only 40 printed, very few exist unused, * Catalog #Sass.18 Catalog Value € 28,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4033 FEZZAN French Occupation Air Post 1943 two flown covers, one franked with surcharged 5fr on 50c (Sass.7), tied by "Poste Militaire" 19.9.43 pmk on cover to Algeria, with "Premier Service Avion Tunis Ghadames" hs, also "Sebha Poste Francaise" undated departure hs, another cover without franking, with "1ere Liaison postale d'etude Tunis-Sebha-Tunis", dated 19 October, 1943, fine-v.f., the former with 1970 Bolaffi cert. | Price Realized $270.00 |
 | Lot #4034 FEZZAN French Occupation Air Post 1943 50c brown, top margin single, used together with 7.50 on 50c carmine on airmail cover, tied by Fezzan cancels, fine-v.f., signed Raybaudi, Calves, Catalog #Sass.A1-2 Catalog Value € 1,350 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4035 FEZZAN French Occupation Air Post 1943 50c brown, top margin single, also another copy with double overprint, l.h., v.f., signed Brun, Raybaudi, * Catalog #Sass.A1,1a Catalog Value € 1,480 | Price Realized $575.00 |
 | Lot #4036 FEZZAN French Occupation Air Post 1943 50c brown, vertical pair, top stamp showing overprint triple and shifted variety, l.h., v.f. and possibly unique combination pair (Sassone notes only 10 single errors) , signed Brun, Diena * Catalog #Sass.A1b Catalog Value € 3,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4037 FEZZAN French Occupation Air Post 1943 50c on 50c brown, well centered, l.h., fresh and fine example of this rare stamp, with 1959 Brun cert. Of the 352 stamps issued, most are either defective or without gum, very few exist in perfect condition, * Catalog #Sass.A3 Catalog Value € 20,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4038 FEZZAN French Occupation Flight Covers 1943 50c on 50c brown, block of four, used in combination with 5fr on 50c marginal horizontal pair on registered cover sent from Sebha to Brazzaville, all tied by July 6 Fezzan cancels, examined by censor, with arrival on reverse, minor cover wear, fine and rare block, signed Diena, Bolaffi, etc. (catalogue value for single on cover plus used singles, without any premium for the block) Catalog #Sass.A3 Catalog Value € 8,000 | Price Realized $2,600.00 |
 | Lot #4039 FEZZAN French Occupation Zeppelin Flights 1932 8th SAF from Murzuk, franked on both sides with Libyan and Italian Colonial franking, stamps cancelled "Murzuk, Fezzan-Tripolitania", flown via Friedrichshafen to Pernambuco, with arrival pmk, little toned spots, otherwise v.f. and rare dispatch from Fezzan | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #4040 FEZZAN French Occupation Postage Dues 1943 Surcharges, complete set of five including 5fr on 1L orange, well centered, never hinged, v.f. and scarce complete set, as only 35 sets were printed, signed Brun, with 1990 Diena cert. A similar set brought $24,150 in the Cherrystone John Larson sale (September 2007) ** Catalog #Sass.S1-5 Catalog Value € 44,500 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4041 FEZZAN French Occupation Postage Dues 1943 1fr on 10c blue, vertical "strip" of three (rejoined between top and middle stamps), top two stamps with overprint double (one in black, the other in red), bottom stamp "normal", both errors h.r., bottom stamp n.h., usual crease affecting top stamp, otherwise fine and rare se-tenant "strip" (se-tenant pairs are quite scarce), signed Behr (catalogue value for singles) * Catalog #Sass.S2,2a Catalog Value € 11,100 | Price Realized $3,750.00 |
 | Lot #4042 FEZZAN French Occupation Postage Dues 1943 1fr on 10c blue, top margin vertical strip of three, top two stamps with overprint double (one in black, the other in red), bottom stamp "normal", used on Murzuk black and white ppc addressed to Sebha, additionally franked on reverse with 1fr on 10c (Sass.3), top error stamp with small tear, otherwise fine and scarce variety, which Diena notes that he has never seen se-tenant with the normal stamp, signed Calves, with 1989 E.Diena cert. The catalogue value is for used singles, without any premium for the usage on cover or for the se-tenant strip of three, Catalog #Sass.S2,2a Catalog Value € 8,800 | Price Realized $6,250.00 |
 | Lot #4043 FEZZAN French Occupation Postal Stationery 1943 7,50L Italian stationery piece, franked with three different surcharges, handstamped "R.F.Postes Fezzan", dated 25.7.43 by hand, addressed to Sebha, v.f., extremely rare combination with Italian entire | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #4044 FEZZAN Fezzan & Ghadames 1946-48 Issues complete, including air post, 17 imperf. deluxe proofs, fine-v.f. P Catalog #Sass.1-15,A1-2P | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #4045 FEZZAN Fezzan & Ghadames 1946 Landscapes etc., complete set of 15 imperf. deluxe sheets, fine-v.f.. This set was a gift from the Ambassador of France to Algeria to the French Foreign Minister, with an accompanying letter P Catalog #Sass.1-15P | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #4046 FEZZAN Fezzan & Ghadames 1946 Landscapes etc., three imperf. deluxe collective sheets, encompassing all 15 values, fine-v.f., rare P Catalog #Sass.1-15P | Price Realized $800.00 |
 | Lot #4047 FEZZAN Fezzan & Ghadames 1946-49 Landscapes, 2.50fr-10fr black, also second issue 1fr-20fr four imperf. deluxe collective sheet of two-three of each (representing nine values), each sheetlet with simulated die cuts penciled at bottom, little paper toning, otherwise v.f., probably unique P Catalog #Sass.6-10,16-24P | Price Realized $1,700.00 |
 | Lot #4048 FEZZAN Fezzan & Ghadames 1948-51 Issues, 20 different imperf. deluxe sheetlets incl. air post, v.f. P Catalog #Sass.27-40,A1-4P | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #4049 FEZZAN Fezzan & Ghadames 1949-50 Issues complete, 13 different imperf. deluxe proofs, also five different imperf. collective sheetlets of two or three, fine-v.f. P Catalog #Sass.16-26P | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #4050 FEZZAN Fezzan & Ghadames 1951 Issues complete, seven imperf. collective sheetlets of two or three, representing 18 different values (including Fezzan Air Post), fine-v.f., rare P Catalog #Sass.27-40,A1-4P | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #4051 FEZZAN Fezzan & Ghadames 1950-51 Issues complete, including air post and postage dues, 22 imperf. deluxe proofs, fine-v.f. P Catalog #Sass.27-40,A3-4,S1-6P | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #4052 FEZZAN Fezzan & Ghadames Semi-Postals 1950 large perforated and gummed sheetlet of two in black, with cuts at bottom penciled in at bottom, serial number at left and "1P1" in the middle, n.h., v.f., rare P Catalog #Sass.27-28P | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #4053 FEZZAN Fezzan & Ghadames Semi-Postals 1950 imperf. collective artist die sheetlet of two in black, simulated die cuts penciled in at bottom, v.f., probably unique P Catalog #Sass.27-28P | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #4054 FEZZAN Fezzan & Ghadames Semi-Postals 1950 perforated and gummed sheetlet of two, n.h., v.f., rare ** Catalog #Sass.27-28var | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #4055 FEZZAN Fezzan & Ghadames 1951 Issue, imperf. sheet corner margin "coin date" singles, complete set of 14, n.h., v.f., signed Bolaffi, ** Catalog #Sass.29-40,A3-4var Catalog Value € 1,100 | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #4056 FEZZAN Fezzan & Ghadames 1951 Bey Ahmed, 50fr orange & black, gray & black, two imperf. sheets of 25, gummed trial colors, n.h., v.f. PCatalog #Sass.40P | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #4057 FEZZAN Fezzan & Ghadames Air Post 1951 100fr and 200fr, perforated and gummed sheetlet of two, n.h., minor gum bends, otherwise v.f., rare ** Catalog #Sass.A3-4 | Price Realized $270.00 |
 | Lot #4058 FEZZAN Fezzan & Ghadames Postage Dues 1950 Oasis de Brak, large perforated and gummed sheet of six, all values in gray black, with simulated die cuts penciled in at bottom, also imperf. collective sheet, with die cuts penciled in at bottom, both v.f., probably unique PCatalog #Sass.S1-6 | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #4059 FEZZAN Fezzan & Ghadames Postage Dues 1950 Oasis de Brak, complete set of six imperf. deluxe sheets, plus collective sheet of six, fine-v.f., signed Bolaffi PCatalog #Sass.S1-6P | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #4060 FEZZAN Fezzan & Ghadames Postage Dues 1950 Oasis de Brak, perforated and gummed sheetlet of six, tiny hinge thin in margin, otherwise v.f., rare, signed Bolaffi *Catalog #Sass.S1-6P | Price Realized $650.00 |
 | Lot #4061 FEZZAN Ghadames 1949 Cross of D'agadem, 4f-100f, seven artist die proofs, mostly in black, plus the unissued 3fr value, the latter artist signed, v.f., rare P Catalog #Sass.41/48,A6P | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #4062 FEZZAN Ghadames 1949 Cross of D'agadem, 4f-100f, complete set of 10 imperf. deluxe sheets, v.f., P Catalog #Sass.41-48,A5-6P | Unsold |
 | Lot #4063 FEZZAN Ghadames Air Post 1949 Cross of D'agadem, 50fr and 100f, imperf. horizontal pairs, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #Sass.A5-6 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4064 FEZZAN Ghadames Air Post 1949 100fr lilac and rose, error of color, n.h., v.f., with 1988 Diena cert., ** Catalog #Sass.A6a Catalog Value € 2,800 | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #4065 FEZZAN Ghadames Air Post 1949 100fr lilac and rose, error of color, bottom corner sheet margin with "Coin Date", n.h., v.f., with 1999 Calves cert., ** Catalog #Sass.A6a Catalog Value € 2,800 | Price Realized $1,200.00 |
 | Lot #4066 FEZZAN Ghadames Air Post 1949 100fr gray and brown, error of color, top margin single, natural inclusion, v.f., with 1992 Diena cert., ** Catalog #Sass.A6b Catalog Value € 2,800 | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #4067 FRANCE 1923 Pasteur (without value) imperf. collective deluxe sheet, v.f. (Ceres 170,73,76) P Catalog #185,88,91P Catalog Value € 1,900 | Price Realized $800.00 |
 | Lot #4068 FRANCE 1923 Pasteur, imperf. collective sheetlet of three, v.f., rare (Ceres 170,73,76P) P Catalog #185,66,91P Catalog Value € 1,900 | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #4069 FRANCE 1924 Ronsard, 75c black, artist signed die proof, v.f., rare P Catalog #219P | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #4070 FRANCE 1924-25 Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs, imperforate and gummed collective deluxe sheet of seven (including postal stationery), minor corner creases and tiny marginal tears, otherwise fine-v.f., rare (Ceres 210-15)  PCatalog #220-25P Catalog Value € 1,150 | Price Realized $800.00 |
 | Lot #4071 FRANCE 1927 Strasbourg souvenir sheet, imperf. deluxe sheet, v.f., rare (Ceres Bloc No.2) P Catalog #241P Catalog Value € 2,750 | Price Realized $1,900.00 |
 | Lot #4072 FRANCE 1927 American Legion, three imperforate die proofs, one in carmine, others two different shades of ultramarine, each one colored background, values omitted, v.f., rare E Catalog #243-44E | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #4073 FRANCE 1927 American Legion, imperf. collective proof sheetlet of two, fine-v.f. (Ceres 244-45) P Catalog #243-44P Catalog Value € 675 | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #4074 FRANCE 1929 Le Havre, imperf. deluxe sheet, v.f. (Ceres 257A) P Catalog #246P Catalog Value € 1,800 | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #4075 FRANCE 1929-31 Pont du Gard, Cathedral of Reims, Mont Saint-Michel and Port de la Rochelle, 3fr, 5fr, 10fr and 20fr, four different imperf. deluxe sheets, fine-v.f. (Ceres 259/62) P Catalog #247/54P Catalog Value € 1,885 | Price Realized $800.00 |
 | Lot #4076 FRANCE 1930 B.I.T. Congress, imperf. deluxe sheet, v.f. (Ceres 264-65) P Catalog #256-57P Catalog Value € 650 | Price Realized $400.00 |
 | Lot #4077 FRANCE 1936 Pilatre de Rozier (Balloon), imperf. deluxe sheet, also two printer's trial color die proofs in carmine and black, v.f., rare (Dallay 316) P Catalog #308P Catalog Value € 1,875 | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #4078 FRANCE 1936 International Exposition, 1.50fr blue (8), also 1.50fr red brown (4), imperf. proof sheetlets, fine-v.f. E Catalog #320E | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
| Lot #4079 FRANCE 1937 Pexip souvenir sheet, n.h., v.f. (Ceres Bloc 3) **Catalog #329 Catalog Value € 900 | Price Realized $230.00 | |
| Lot #4080 FRANCE 1937 Pexip souvenir sheet, n.h., v.f. (Ceres Bloc 3) **Catalog #329 Catalog Value € 900 | Price Realized $210.00 | |
| Lot #4081 FRANCE 1937 Pexip, two souvenir sheets, n.h., v.f. (Ceres Bloc 3) **Catalog #329 Catalog Value € 1,800 | Price Realized $425.00 | |
| Lot #4082 FRANCE 1937 Pexip, seven souvenir sheets, n.h., occasional gum skips, post office fresh and v.f. (Ceres Bloc 3) **Catalog #329 Catalog Value € 6,300 | Price Realized $1,400.00 | |
 | Lot #4083 FRANCE 1937 Pexip souvenir sheet of four, imperf. deluxe sheet, fresh, v.f. (Ceres Bloc 3) PCatalog #329P Catalog Value € 1,150 | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #4084 FRANCE 1938-41 Type Mercure, 1c-75c complete set of 16 imperf. deluxe sheets, fine-v.f. (Ceres 404-16A) P Catalog #353/69P Catalog Value € 500 | Price Realized $190.00 |
 | Lot #4085 FRANCE 1939 Cezanne, 2.25fr ultramarine, type II, l.h., v.f., signed Calves etc., with Sismondo cert. (Ceres 421A) * Catalog #370var Catalog Value € 3,250 | Price Realized $2,000.00 |
 | Lot #4086 FRANCE 1939 Cezanne, 2.25fr blue green, type II, n.h., v.f., signed Brun, with Ceres cert. (Ceres 421B) ** Catalog #370var Catalog Value € 5,500 | Price Realized $3,750.00 |
 | Lot #4087 FRANCE 1939 Cezanne, 2.25fr ultramarine, type II, artist signed die proof, stained, otherwise fine, rare (Ceres 421A) P Catalog #370P | Unsold |
 | Lot #4088 FRANCE 1939 Cezanne, 2.25fr type II, printer's trial color die proof in orange brown, v.f., rare (Ceres 421A) P Catalog #370P | Price Realized $800.00 |
 | Lot #4089 FRANCE 1939 Cezanne, 2.25fr type II, unfinished design (1er etat), artist signed die proof in black, mounted in special booklet, v.f. (Ceres 421A Dallay Cat. Euro 2,000) P Catalog #370P | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #4090 FRANCE 1940 Guynemer (WWI Ace), imperf. deluxe sheet, also two printer's trial color die proofs in carmine and blue, plus artist signed die proof in black (unfinished "1er etat", with "Oeuvres de Guerre" inscription at top), also printer's trial color die proof in green, surcharged "1f+4f", v.f. and scarce lot (Ceres 461) P Catalog #396P | Price Realized $850.00 |
 | Lot #4091 FRANCE 1940 Marshal Petain, four different artist signed die proofs in black, also two printer's trial color die proofs of 1fr in purple and green, v.f. (Ceres 470-73) P Catalog #415-18P | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #4092 FRANCE 1944 Gallic Cock, 10c-20fr blue, imperf. and gummed sheetlet of nine, some gum toning, fine and interesting item ECatalog #477/95E | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #4093 FRANCE 1946 Third Coat of Arms Issue, perforated and gummed sheetlet of four, n.h., v.f. , only 13 printed (Ceres 755-58) **Catalog #562-65var Catalog Value € 1,250 | Price Realized $675.00 |
 | Lot #4094 FRANCE 1946 Paris Peace Conference, perforated & gummed sheetlet, l.h., v.f. (Ceres 761-62) * Catalog #566-67var Catalog Value € 625 | Price Realized $220.00 |
 | Lot #4095 FRANCE 1947 UPU, two sets of imperf. deluxe sheets, one smaller format, v.f. (Ceres 780-83) P Catalog #581-84P Catalog Value € 1,100 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #4096 FRANCE 1948-53 Narvik, LeClerc, two perforated and gummed sheetlets of two, n.h., v.f., only 17 of each printed (Ceres 815,942,922,925) ** Catalog #604,677,680.692var Catalog Value € 2,600 | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #4097 FRANCE 1948 United Nations, perforated & gummed sheetlet, n.h., v.f. (Ceres 818-19) ** Catalog #605-606var Catalog Value € 625 | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #4098 FRANCE 1949 imperf. deluxe sheetlets, small size, set of five, each with engraving at bottom left, v.f. (Ceres 830-33,841P) P Catalog #612-15,624P Catalog Value € 1,625 | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #4099 FRANCE 1949 imperf. collective deluxe sheetlet of five, v.f. (Ceres 830-33,841P) PCatalog #612-15,624P Catalog Value € 1,300 | Price Realized $650.00 |
 | Lot #4100 FRANCE 1949 Franco-American Friendship, selection of eight items including two composite dies of three in black, one with black surround, showing different stages of completion ("epreuves de decomposition"), three artist signed die proofs (various colors), imperf. deluxe sheet, printer's trial color die proof, plus a finished design proof on plastic film, v.f. and unique lot (Ceres 840) P Catalog #622P | Unsold |
 | Lot #4101 FRANCE 1949 C.I.T.T., two imperf. collective deluxe sheets, different distances between stamps, v.f. (Ceres 844-47,PA27) PCatalog #625-28,C28P Catalog Value € 1,650 | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #4102 FRANCE 1949 C.I.T.T. perforated sheetlet of four, regummed, v.f., only 15 printed (Ceres 844-47) (*)Catalog #625-28var Catalog Value € 1,650 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4103 FRANCE 1949 Emile Baudot, 25fr unissued "1848-1903" (instead of "1845-1903"), artist signed die proof in black, v.f. (Dallay 864A) P Catalog #627P Catalog Value € 6,500 | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #4104 FRANCE 1949 Sites & Monuments, perforated & gummed sheetlet of four, n.h., v.f., only 15 printed (Ceres 841A-43) **Catalog #630,23,31,32var Catalog Value € 1,250 | Price Realized $625.00 |
 | Lot #4105 FRANCE 1949 UPU, perforated & gummed sheetlet of three, n.h., v.f., only 16 printed (Ceres 850-52) ** Catalog #634-36var Catalog Value € 2,150 | Price Realized $1,600.00 |
 | Lot #4106 FRANCE 1949 UPU, set of imperf. deluxe sheets, v.f. (Ceres 850-53) P Catalog #634-36P Catalog Value € 825 | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #4107 FRANCE 1949 UPU, artist signed stage die proof in brown, value omitted, v.f., rare P Catalog #636P | Price Realized $210.00 |
 | Lot #4108 FRANCE 1949 Franco-American Friendship, imperf. single, also perforated variety, unicolor in blue only (red color omitted), n.h., tiny perf. stain at bottom, signed Behr, ** Catalog #Dallay 856a Catalog Value € 1,365 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4109 FRANCE 1950 Madame Decamier, perforated and gummed sheetlet of two, n.h., v.f., only 16 printed (Ceres 874-75) ** Catalog #641-42var Catalog Value € 1,250 | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #4110 FRANCE 1951 Poets, perforated and gummed sheetlet of three, n.h., disturbed gum and some creasing at upper left, small stain at right, otherwise fine, only 16 printed (Ceres 908-10) ** Catalog #666-68var Catalog Value € 1,300 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4111 FRANCE 1951 United Nations, unissued 18fr design, artist (Decaris) signed die proof in black, v.f. E Catalog #671E | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #4112 FRANCE 1952 Chambord etc., perforated & gummed sheetlet of four, n.h., v.f., only 17 printed (Ceres 905,916,917,924) **Catalog #658,673,674,678var Catalog Value € 1,300 | Price Realized $625.00 |
 | Lot #4113 FRANCE 1952 Marechal de Lattre de Tassigny, unissued 15fr design, two different artist die proofs in black, v.f. E Catalog #675E | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #4114 FRANCE 1952 Viaduct etc., perforated and gummed sheetlet of two, n.h., v.f. (Ceres 921,28) ** Catalog #676,683 Catalog Value € 1,350 | Price Realized $675.00 |
 | Lot #4115 FRANCE 1952 Council of Europe, 30fr artist (Decaris) signed die proof in black, also printer's trial color in yellow brown, fine-v.f. (Dallay 945P) P Catalog #679P Catalog Value € 2,150 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #4116 FRANCE 1952-54 18fr Château de Versailles, perforated and gummed sheetlet of two, n.h., v.f. (Ceres 939,988) ** Catalog #686,728var Catalog Value € 1,200 | Price Realized $650.00 |
 | Lot #4117 FRANCE 1953 Comedie Francaise, perforated and gummed sheetlet of four, n.h., v.f., only 18 printed (Ceres 943-44,956-57) ** Catalog #688-91var Catalog Value € 1,300 | Price Realized $625.00 |
 | Lot #4118 FRANCE 1954 Liberation, perforated and gummed sheetlet of three, n.h., v.f. (Ceres 982-84) ** Catalog #692A,717,718var Catalog Value € 1,350 | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #4119 FRANCE 1953 Coat of Arms (6th Series), perforated & gummed sheetlet of four, n.h., minor gum toning caused by corner mounts, still v.f. (Ceres 951-54) **Catalog #694,697-98var Catalog Value € 1,250 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4120 FRANCE 1953 Olympics, 25fr-75fr complete set of six artist signed die proofs in various colors, v.f. (Dallay 978-83P) P Catalog #700-705P Catalog Value € 1,000 | Price Realized $675.00 |
 | Lot #4121 FRANCE 1953 Olympics, 25fr-75fr complete set of six printer's trial color die proofs, various colors, v.f. P Catalog #700-705P | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #4122 FRANCE 1954 Objects of Art, six values in two perforated and gummed sheetlets, n.h., v.f., rare (Ceres 941,970-74) ** Catalog #687,711-15var Catalog Value € 2,000 | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #4123 FRANCE 1954 18fr Château de Versailles, unissued design, two diff. artist (Henry Cheffer) signed die proofs, also two printer's trial color dies in violet and yellow brown, fine-v.f. E Catalog #Ceres 988NE | Price Realized $575.00 |
 | Lot #4124 FRANCE 1955 Television (Eiffel Tower), eight different artist signed die proofs, four unadopted design (RTF at lower right), all artist (Decaris) signed, one hand-colored, v.f. P Catalog #766P | Unsold |
 | Lot #4125 FRANCE 1955 Inventors, five different printer's inspection die proofs in sepia (only four (!) of each produced), also 13 different artist (mostly signed) die proofs, various colors and stages (two indicated "etat unique"), v.f. P Catalog #757-62P | Price Realized $850.00 |
 | Lot #4126 FRANCE 1955 Inventors, set of two perforated and gummed sheetlets of three, n.h., some faint toning (caused by corner mounts), v.f., scarce (Ceres 1012-17) ** Catalog #757-65var Catalog Value € 1,700 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4127 FRANCE 1955 Sites & Monuments, seven different, complete set, two perforated & gummed sheetlets, n.h., v.f. (Ceres 1036-42) ** Catalog #774-79var Catalog Value € 1,700 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #4128 FRANCE 1955 Coat of Arms (9th Series), perforated & gummed sheetlet of four, n.h., v.f., with Bolaffi cert. (Ceres 1044-47) **Catalog #782-85var Catalog Value € 1,200 | Price Realized $575.00 |
 | Lot #4129 FRANCE 1955 Battle of Verdun, perforated and gummed sheetlet of two, n.h., v.f. (Ceres 1052-53) ** Catalog #788-89var Catalog Value € 1,050 | Price Realized $550.00 |
| Lot #4130 FRANCE 1955-58 Inventors and Famous Men, selection of 32 different imperf. deluxe sheets, plus 8 imperf. collective deluxe sheetlets of three or four each, v.f. (Ceres 1012/1149) PCatalog #757/872P Catalog Value € 3,000 | Price Realized $750.00 | |
 | Lot #4131 FRANCE 1956 Inventors, set of four different printer's inspection die proofs in sepia (only four (!) of each produced), also 10 different artist (mostly signed) die proofs, various colors and stages, fine-v.f. P Catalog #790-93P | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #4132 FRANCE 1956 Sports (2nd Series), perforated and gummed sheetlet of four, n.h., v.f. (Ceres 1072-75) ** Catalog #801-804var Catalog Value € 1,700 | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #4133 FRANCE 1956 Europa, set of two imperf. deluxe sheetlets, also collective sheet of two, fine-v.f. (Ceres 1076-77) P Catalog #805-06P Catalog Value € 1,600 | Price Realized $600.00 |
 | Lot #4134 FRANCE 1956 Great Achievements, perforated and gummed sheetlet of three, n.h., v.f. (Ceres 1078-80) ** Catalog #807-09var Catalog Value € 1,250 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4135 FRANCE 1956 Famous Men, selection of 18 different (2-4 of each value) artist signed die proofs, various colors and stages, few hand-colored, v.f. P Catalog #811-16P | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #4136 FRANCE 1956 Famous Men, complete set of six printer's inspection die proofs in sepia (only four such as printed), plus additional five printer's trial color die proofs, various paper and color varieties, v.f., scarce P Catalog #811-16P | Price Realized $650.00 |
 | Lot #4137 FRANCE 1956 Famous Men (Ben Franklin, Chopin, Van Gogh etc), perforated and gummed sheetlet of six, n.h., overall gum toning, otherwise v.f. (Ceres 1082-87) **Catalog #811-16var Catalog Value € 1,550 | Price Realized $800.00 |
 | Lot #4138 FRANCE 1956 Pierre de Coubertin (Olympics), two artist die proofs, in green, another in ultramarine, v.f. (Dallay 1110P) P Catalog #817P Catalog Value € 1,000 | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #4139 FRANCE 1956 Pierre de Coubertin (Olympics), printer's inspection die proof in sepia (only four printed), also two printer's die proofs in red, violet, v.f. P Catalog #817P | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #4140 FRANCE 1957 Victor Schoelcher, 18fr unissued horizontal design, two artist (one signed Pheulpin) die proofs in black and brown, also printer's inspection die proof in sepia (only four printed), v.f. (Dallay 1114E) E Catalog #819E Catalog Value € 1,500 | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #4141 FRANCE 1957 Inventors, perforated and gummed sheetlet of four, n.h., v.f. (Ceres 1095-98) ** Catalog #821-24var Catalog Value € 1,000 | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #4142 FRANCE 1957 Oemichen (Helicopter), selection including three artist signed die proofs (various colors), one with issued stamp added and tied by First Day Cancel, also printer's inspection die proof in sepia (only four printed), v.f. (Ceres 1098) P Catalog #824P | Unsold |
 | Lot #4143 FRANCE 1957 Heroes of the Resistance, perforated and gummed sheetlet of five, l.h., v.f. (Ceres 1100-04) * Catalog #826-30var Catalog Value € 1,200 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #4144 FRANCE 1957 Landscapes, perforated & gummed sheetlet of three, n.h., v.f. (Ceres 1105,1118-19) ** Catalog #831,838-39var Catalog Value € 1,150 | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #4145 FRANCE 1957 Tourist Issue, seven values, set of three perforated & gummed sheetlet of two and three, l.h., v.f. (Ceres 1125-31) * Catalog #837,850-56var Catalog Value € 1,700 | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #4146 FRANCE 1957 Europa, perforated & gummed sheetlet of two, n.h., v.f. (Ceres 1122-23) ** Catalog #846-47var Catalog Value € 2,250 | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #4147 FRANCE 1957 Famous Men, selection of 17 different artist die proofs (many signed), various colors incl. hand-colored and stages (incl. unfinished), one with some toning, others v.f. P Catalog #857-63P | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #4148 FRANCE 1957 Famous Men, six different (missing 12fr) printer's inspection die proofs in sepia, v.f., only four (!) of each produced P Catalog #857-63P | Unsold |
 | Lot #4149 FRANCE 1957 Famous Men (Copernicus, Rembrandt, Mozart etc), set of two perforated and gummed sheetlets of three and four, n.h., one with tiny marginal thins , otherwise v.f. (Ceres 1132-38) **Catalog #857-63var Catalog Value € 1,850 | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #4150 FRANCE 1958 Various Cities, perforated and gummed sheetlet of four, n.h., v.f. (Ceres 1152-55) ** Catalog #874-77var Catalog Value € 1,200 | Price Realized $625.00 |
 | Lot #4151 FRANCE 1958 Traditional Sports, perforated and gummed sheetlet of four, n.h., v.f. (Ceres 1161-64) ** Catalog #883-86var Catalog Value € 1,400 | Price Realized $800.00 |
 | Lot #4152 FRANCE 1958 National Sports, set of four artist signed die proofs, fine-v.f. (Ceres 1161-64) P Catalog #883-86P | Price Realized $210.00 |
 | Lot #4153 FRANCE 1958-59 Europa, two different perforated and gummed sheetlets of two, n.h., v.f. (Ceres 1173-74,1218-19) ** Catalog #888-90,929-30var Catalog Value € 3,150 | Price Realized $1,800.00 |
 | Lot #4154 FRANCE 1958 UNESCO, perforated and gummed sheetlet of two, n.h., v.f. (Ceres 1177-78) ** Catalog #893-94var Catalog Value € 1,300 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #4155 FRANCE 1958 Coat of Arms, perforated and gummed sheetlet of seven, n.h., v.f. (Ceres 1180-86) **Catalog #896/903var Catalog Value € 1,200 | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #4156 FRANCE 1959 Heroes of the Resistance, perforated & gummed sheetlet of five, n.h., v.f. (Ceres 1198-1202) ** Catalog #915-19var Catalog Value € 1,200 | Price Realized $625.00 |
 | Lot #4157 FRANCE 1959 Technical Achievements, perforated & gummed sheetlet of four, n.h., v.f. (Ceres 1198-1202) ** Catalog #920-23var Catalog Value € 1,050 | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #4158 FRANCE 1961 French Theatre, complete set of five different printer's inspection die proofs in sepia (only four (!) of each produced), also four different artist (Decaris etc) signed die proofs in black, v.f. P Catalog #997-1001P | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #4159 FRANCE 1961 Art Series, set of four artist signed die proofs, various colors, v.f. (Dallay 1344-47) P Catalog #1014-17P Catalog Value € 2,600 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #4160 FRANCE 1961 Art Series, set of four printer's inspection die proofs in sepia (only four of each produced), plus three negative impressions (missing only 65c), v.f., extremely rare P Catalog #1014-17P | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #4161 FRANCE 1961 Art Series, 1fr blue, also negative impression in red, printed se-tenant on thin card, v.f. artist signed (Rene Cottet) die proof, v.f., rare P Catalog #1017P | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #4162 FRANCE 1961 20c Marianne de Cocteau, imperf. sheet margin pair, red color shifted, leaving the left stamp in blue only, n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #Ceres 1282w Catalog Value € 1,400 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4163 FRANCE 1962 Art (second series), set of three imperf. sheets of 25, gummed trial colors, n.h., v.f. (Ceres 1363-65 catalogue value for imperf. stamps) PCatalog #1049-51P Catalog Value € 8,125 | Price Realized $1,700.00 |
 | Lot #4164 FRANCE 1962 Art Series, set of three artist signed die proofs in black, v.f. (Dallay 1394-96) P Catalog #1049-51P Catalog Value € 1,650 | Price Realized $400.00 |
 | Lot #4165 FRANCE 1962 Art Series, 65c and 1fr four printer's inspection die proofs (positive and negative of each), v.f., only four of each produced P Catalog #1050-51P | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #4166 FRANCE 1963 Art Series, selection of 15 different artist signed die proofs, positive and negative impressions, various colors, mostly v.f. (Dallay 1407-10P) P Catalog #1054-55,1076-77P Catalog Value € 9,000 | Price Realized $800.00 |
 | Lot #4167 FRANCE 1963 Art Series, selection of 8 printer's inspection die proofs in sepia (positive and negative of each, complete), v.f. Only four of each produced P Catalog #1054-55,1076-77P | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #4168 FRANCE 1963 Art (third series), set of two imperf. sheets of 25, gummed trial colors, n.h., v.f. (Ceres 1376-77 catalogue value for imperf. stamps) PCatalog #1054-55P Catalog Value € 5,750 | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #4169 FRANCE 1964-65 Art Issues, four different imperf. sheets of 25, gummed trial colors, n.h., v.f. (catalogue value for imperf. stamps) PCatalog #Ceres 1424-27 Catalog Value € 9,500 | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #4170 FRANCE 1965 Art Issues, three different imperf. sheets of 25, gummed trial colors, n.h., v.f. (catalogue value for imperf. stamps) PCatalog #Ceres 1457-59 Catalog Value € 7,250 | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #4171 FRANCE 1966 Art Issues, five different imperf. sheets of 25, gummed trial colors, n.h., v.f. (catalogue value for imperf. stamps) PCatalog #Ceres 1478-9,92-94 Catalog Value € 11,250 | Price Realized $1,700.00 |
 | Lot #4172 FRANCE 1966 Art Issues, set of three imperf. sheets of 25, n.h., v.f., **Catalog #Ceres 1492-94 Catalog Value € 6,500 | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #4173 FRANCE 1967-82 Art Issues, ten different imperf. sheets of 25, gummed trial colors, n.h., v.f. (catalogue value for imperf. stamps) PCatalog #Ceres 1517/1574,1789,2213 Catalog Value € 24,250 | Price Realized $4,250.00 |
 | Lot #4174 FRANCE 1968-69 Lascaux, Château de Hautefort (2), special "Homage du Ministre de Postes" booklets, v.f., P Catalog #Ceres 1554,1589 Catalog Value € 1,170 | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #4175 FRANCE 1970 De Gaulle, imperf. deluxe sheet, v.f. (Ceres 1696-997) P Catalog #1322-25P Catalog Value € 700 | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #4176 FRANCE 1978-90 Regular Issues, Type "Sabine", selection of 72 imperf. deluxe sheets, incl. collectives, also 68 imperf. singles, mostly sheet margin copies, n.h., v.f. **P Catalog #Ceres 1990/2601 | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #4177 FRANCE 1980 Art Series, 4fr Agam, sheet corner margin single, black inscriptions omitted, n.h., v.f., signed Calves (Ceres 2107a) ** Catalog #1713var Catalog Value € 2,500 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4178 FRANCE 1986 Art Series, 5fr Magnelli, horizontal strip of three, middle stamp without black inscriptions, n.h. but with gum soak caused by a mount, v.f., signed Calves (Ceres 2410b) ** Catalog #2004var Catalog Value € 3,000 | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #4179 FRANCE 1996 Football, set of four artist signed die proofs in black, v.f. P Catalog #2530-33P | Price Realized $190.00 |
 | Lot #4180 FRANCE 1997 Art Series, 6,70fr Oeuvre de Tavant, upper left sheet corner margin vertical pair, top stamp without face value and inscriptions, n.h., v.f., rare se-tenant pair, signed Calves (Ceres 3030b) ** Catalog #2559var Catalog Value € 4,250 | Price Realized $1,800.00 |
 | Lot #4181 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1917-19 Orphans, 5c+5c red brown, imperf. die essay on thin paper, v.f. E Catalog #B4E | Unsold |
 | Lot #4182 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1927 Caisse D'Amortissement overprints, imperf. collective deluxe sheetlet of three, v.f. (Ceres 246-48) P Catalog #B24-26P Catalog Value € 900 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #4183 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1928-31 Le Travail and "Provinces Francaises", imperf. deluxe sheets, fine-v.f. (Ceres 252,269) P Catalog #B27,38P Catalog Value € 1,315 | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #4184 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1928 Le Travail, perforated trial color proof, three different in gray, blue and gray black, v.f. P Catalog #B27P | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #4185 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1928 Industry & Agriculture, three die proofs, two in black, both signed Abel Mignon (one on thin card), another in issued color, some toning, mostly fine-v.f., scarce P Catalog #B27P | Price Realized $675.00 |
 | Lot #4186 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1928 Caisse D'Amortissement overprints, imperf. collective deluxe sheetlet of three, v.f. (Ceres 249-51) P Catalog #B28-30P Catalog Value € 950 | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #4187 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1929 Caisse D'Amortissement overprints, imperf. collective deluxe sheetlet of three, v.f. (Ceres 253-55) P Catalog #B31-33P Catalog Value € 950 | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #4188 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1930 Smile of Reims, unaccepted design (the so-called "souire satanique), three different imperf. die essays on cards, showing slightly changing stages, with penciled "1er, 2e and 3e essai", fine-v.f., rare (Dallay 263) E Catalog #B34E Catalog Value € 2,850 | Price Realized $2,900.00 |
 | Lot #4189 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1930 Smile of Reims, imperf. deluxe sheet, v.f. (Ceres 256) P Catalog #B34P Catalog Value € 650 | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #4190 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1930 Smile of Reims, two different imperf. printer's trial color die proofs in orange and purple, reduced at top, v.f., scarce (Ceres 256) P Catalog #B34P | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #4191 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1930 Caisse D'Amortissement overprints, imperf. collective deluxe sheetlet of three, v.f. (Ceres 266-68) P Catalog #B35-37P Catalog Value € 950 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #4192 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1931 Caisse D'Amortissement 1.50fr+3.50fr unissued design ("au panier de fruits"), selection of six die essays, various colors, one on gummed paper, minor flaws, generally fine-v.f. (Dallay 272ep) E Catalog #B38E Catalog Value € 6,600 | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #4193 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1931 Caisse D'Amortissement overprints, imperf. collective deluxe sheetlet of three, v.f. (Ceres 275-77) P Catalog #B39-41P Catalog Value € 950 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #4194 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1936-37 Intellectuals, selection of 7 artist (mostly signed) die proofs, plus 7 printer's trial color die proofs, variety of stages and colors, some unfinished designs, paper varieties and sizes, some toning. mostly fine-v.f. (Ceres 343/85) P Catalog #B48/57P | Price Realized $850.00 |
 | Lot #4195 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1936-38 Intellectuals, complete set of 12 imperf. deluxe sheets, one with a small stain, others v.f. (Ceres 330-33,343-44,380-85) P Catalog #B48-59P Catalog Value € 1,300 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #4196 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1937 Samothrace, six complete sets, cancelled on four Museum of Louvre maximum cards and four special gummed presentation cards, mostly diff. dates, fine-v.f. (Ceres 354-55) Catalog #B66-67 Catalog Value € 860 | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #4197 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1937 Samothrace, two complete sets, used with additional franking on flown cover from Paris, 10.2.38 to Prague, also a Museum of Louvre maximum card franked with 30c green, used to Vienna, v.f. (Ceres 354-55) (catalogue value for used off cover) Catalog #B66-67 Catalog Value € 405 | Price Realized $190.00 |
 | Lot #4198 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1937 Samothrace, set of two imperf. deluxe sheets, v.f. (Ceres 354-55) P Catalog #B66-67P Catalog Value € 700 | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #4199 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1937 Samothrace, four die proofs, one printer's trial color in red brown (30c), others in black, including one without value, another signed by the artist (Delzers), fine-v.f. (Ceres 354-55) P Catalog #B66-67P | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #4200 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1937 Samothrace, imperf. deluxe sheets, set of two, fine-v.f. (Ceres 354-55) P Catalog #B66-67P Catalog Value € 700 | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #4201 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1938 Marie Curie, artist (Jules Piel) signed die proof in black, v.f. P Catalog #B76P | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #4202 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1938-39 Radio, unissued 65c+35c value, artist signed die proof, also PTT, artist (Jules Piel) signed die proof on wood, v.f. P Catalog #B79,83P | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #4203 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1939 Postal Museum, six artist (Jules Piel) signed die proofs, various colors, paper varieties and stages (one marked "etat unique"), some peripheral toning, mostly v.f., scarce P Catalog #B92P | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #4204 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1939 Postal Museum, 40c+60c variety, numerals and inscriptions in carmine, n.h., v.f., signed Calves, with Ceres Cert. (Dallay 454a) ** Catalog #B92var Catalog Value € 665 | Price Realized $425.00 |
 | Lot #4205 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1940 Map of "La France D'Outremer", unissued 90c+35c value, with "1939" instead of "1940" date, two artist signed die essays, fine-v.f. The stamp was issued in 1940 with "1fr+35c" and in 1941 with "1fr+1fr" denominations E Catalog #B96E | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #4206 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1941 Paquebot "Pasteur", artist (Decaris) signed die proof in black, without surcharge, v.f., rare (Dallay 510) P Catalog #B114P Catalog Value € 5,650 | Price Realized $2,500.00 |
 | Lot #4207 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1941 Coat of Arms, complete set of imperf. deluxe sheets, v.f. (Ceres 526-37) P Catalog #B117-28P Catalog Value € 480 | Price Realized $200.00 |
 | Lot #4208 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1941 Coat of Arms, corner sheet margin imperf. blocks of four, n.h., v.f. (Ceres 526-37) **Catalog #B117-28var Catalog Value € 860 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4209 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1942 Coat of Arms, imperf. deluxe sheets, complete set, fine-v.f. (Ceres 553-64) P Catalog #B135-46P Catalog Value € 480 | Price Realized $200.00 |
 | Lot #4210 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1942 Coat of Arms, corner sheet margin imperf. blocks of four, n.h., v.f. (Ceres 553-64) **Catalog #B135-46var Catalog Value € 860 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4211 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1942 Legion Tricolor, imperf. vertical sheet margin strip of five, n.h., v.f. (Ceres 565-66) ** Catalog #B147-48var Catalog Value € 1,500 | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #4212 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1943 Bande Francisque, imperf. horizontal sheet margin strip of five, n.h., v.f. (Ceres 568-71) ** Catalog #B149-52var Catalog Value € 1,250 | Price Realized $575.00 |
 | Lot #4213 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1943-44 Marshal Petain, six different artist signed die proofs, various colors & sizes, fine-v.f. (Ceres 568/606) P Catalog #B150/175P | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #4214 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1943 Famous Men of the 16th Century, set of six artist signed die proofs, various colors, stages and sizes, fine-v.f. (Ceres 587-92) P Catalog #B161-66P | Unsold |
 | Lot #4215 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1943 Famous Men of the 16th Century, complete set of imperf. deluxe sheets, also large imperf. collective deluxe sheetlet of six, insignificant toning, otherwise v.f. (Ceres 587-92) PCatalog #B161-66P Catalog Value € 750 | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #4216 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1943 Costumes, selection of 12 artist (mostly signed) die proofs, various colors, stages and paper varieties, including 5 unissued designs, occasional toning, mostly fine-v.f. (Ceres 593-98) P Catalog #B167-72P | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #4217 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1943 Regional Costumes, complete set of imperf. deluxe sheets, also large imperf. collective deluxe sheetlet of six, v.f. (Ceres 593-98) PCatalog #B167-72P Catalog Value € 750 | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #4218 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1944 Tourville, unaccepted design, original large size engraving, signed by Lemagny (engraver), penciled "premier maquette" notation at bottom, only 3 (!) produced, also artist signed die proof in black E Catalog #B173E | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #4219 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1944 Famous Men of the 17th Century, complete set of imperf. deluxe sheets, also large imperf. collective deluxe sheetlet of six, v.f. (Ceres 612-17) PCatalog #B179-84P Catalog Value € 775 | Price Realized $290.00 |
 | Lot #4220 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1944-47 Cathedrals (1st and 2nd series), complete set of imperf. deluxe sheets, also large imperf. collective deluxe sheetlet of six of the former, fine-v.f. (Ceres 663-67,772-76) PCatalog #B185/217P Catalog Value € 1,125 | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #4221 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1944-53 Stamp Day, imperf. collective deluxe sheetlet of 10, v.f., rare, PCatalog #Ceres 668/940 Catalog Value € 800 | Price Realized $600.00 |
 | Lot #4222 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1946 Fournier, imperf. collective deluxe sheet in black, also another in issued colors, v.f., rare (Ceres 748,789) P Catalog #B201-02P Catalog Value € 1,250 | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #4223 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1946 Celebrities of the 15th Century, imperf. collective deluxe sheetlet of six, v.f. (Ceres 765-770) PCatalog #B207-12P Catalog Value € 475 | Price Realized $270.00 |
 | Lot #4224 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1946 Celebrities of the 15th Century, perforated and gummed sheetlet of six, n.h., v.f. (Ceres 765-770) **Catalog #B207-12var Catalog Value € 1,700 | Price Realized $800.00 |
 | Lot #4225 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1946-54 Famous Men, three different sets, total of 18 imperf. deluxe sheets, v.f. (Ceres 765-70, 853-58, 989-94) P Catalog #B207/290P Catalog Value € 1,025 | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #4226 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1947 Cathedrals (2nd Series), imperf. collective deluxe sheetlet of five, v.f. (Ceres 772-76) PCatalog #B213-17P Catalog Value € 475 | Price Realized $200.00 |
 | Lot #4227 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1947 Cathedrals (2nd Series), perforated and gummed sheetlet of five, unused (regummed), v.f. (Ceres 772-76) (*)Catalog #B213-17var Catalog Value € 1,750 | Price Realized $425.00 |
 | Lot #4228 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1948 Centenary of the Revolution, complete set of 8 printer's trial color die proofs, all in ultramarine, v.f., rare (Ceres 795-802) P Catalog #B224-31P | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #4229 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1948 Centenary of the Revolution of 1848, complete set of imperf. deluxe sheets, also large imperf. collective deluxe sheetlet of six, some overall toning, otherwise v.f. (Ceres 795-802) PCatalog #B224-31P Catalog Value € 975 | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #4230 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1949 Workers, perforated & gummed sheetlet of four, n.h., natural inclusions, v.f., only 14 printed (Ceres 823-26) **Catalog #B233-36var Catalog Value € 1,250 | Price Realized $675.00 |
 | Lot #4231 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1949 Famous Men of the 18th Century, imperf. collective deluxe sheetlet of six, v.f. (Ceres 853-58) PCatalog #B238-43P Catalog Value € 650 | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #4232 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1949 Famous Men of the 18th Century, perforated and gummed sheetlet of six, n.h., v.f. (Ceres 853-58) **Catalog #B238-43var Catalog Value € 1,450 | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #4233 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1949 Seasons, perforated and gummed sheetlet of four, n.h., v.f. (Ceres 859-62) **Catalog #B244-27var Catalog Value € 1,450 | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #4234 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1949 Seasons, complete set of printer's inspection die proofs in sepia, v.f., only four sets printed (Ceres 859-62) P Catalog #B244-47P | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #4235 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1949 Seasons, selection of 10 artist (mostly signed) die proofs, plus 3 printer's trial color die proofs, variety of stages and colors, some unfinished designs, paper varieties and sizes, v.f. and scarce lot (Ceres 859-62) P Catalog #B244-47P | Price Realized $850.00 |
 | Lot #4236 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1949 Seasons, set of deluxe sheets, also imperf. collective deluxe sheetlet of four, v.f. (Ceres 859-62) PCatalog #B244-47P Catalog Value € 850 | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #4237 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1950 Famous Men, complete set on cacheted, Paris FDC, v.f. (Ceres 867-72) Catalog #B249-54 Catalog Value € 875 | Price Realized $270.00 |
 | Lot #4238 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1950 Famous Men (Revolutionary Convention), set of deluxe sheets, also imperf. collective deluxe sheetlet of six, v.f. (Ceres 867-72) PCatalog #B249-54P Catalog Value € 1,000 | Price Realized $625.00 |
 | Lot #4239 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1950 Famous Men, imperf. sheet margin horizontal pairs, n.h., v.f. (Ceres 867-72) ** Catalog #B249-54var Catalog Value € 630 | Price Realized $200.00 |
 | Lot #4240 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1950 Famous Men (Revolutionary Convention), perforated and gummed sheetlet of six, n.h., v.f. (Ceres 867-72) **Catalog #B249-54var Catalog Value € 1,450 | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #4241 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1950 Red Cross, collective die proof in black, printed on large card, dated at bottom, with die cuts and frame area penciled in, v.f., extremely rare (Ceres 876-77) P Catalog #B255-56P | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #4242 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1950 Red Cross, perforated and gummed sheetlet of two, n.h., v.f., only 16 printed (Ceres 876-77) ** Catalog #B255-5var Catalog Value € 1,850 | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #4243 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1951 Napoleon etc., complete set on cacheted FDC, v.f. (Ceres 891-96) Catalog #B258-63 Catalog Value € 650 | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #4244 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1951 Napoleon etc., complete set on cacheted, registered FDC, v.f. (Ceres 891-96) Catalog #B258-63 Catalog Value € 650 | Price Realized $425.00 |
 | Lot #4245 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1951 Famous Men (Napoleon etc.), complete set of deluxe sheets (few with minor toning), plus imperf. collective deluxe sheetlet of six, v.f. (Ceres 891-96) PCatalog #B258-63P Catalog Value € 1,000 | Price Realized $1,800.00 |
 | Lot #4246 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1951 Famous Men (Napoleon etc.), perforated and gummed sheetlet of six, n.h., v.f. (Ceres 891-96) **Catalog #B258-63var Catalog Value € 1,450 | Price Realized $2,500.00 |
 | Lot #4247 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1951 Red Cross, six different imperforate sets, gummed trial colors, all matched lower right sheet corner margins, n.h., v.f., probably unique P Catalog #B264-65P | Unsold |
 | Lot #4248 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1951 Red Cross, perforated and gummed sheetlet of two, n.h., v.f., only 17 printed (Ceres 914-15) ** Catalog #B264-65var Catalog Value € 1,700 | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #4249 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1952 Famous Men of the 19th Century (2nd Series), complete set of deluxe sheets, also imperf. collective deluxe sheetlet of six, v.f. (Ceres 930-35) PCatalog #B267-72P Catalog Value € 950 | Price Realized $1,250.00 |
 | Lot #4250 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1952 Famous Men of the 19th Century (2nd Series), perforated and gummed sheetlet of six, n.h., v.f. (Ceres 930-35) **Catalog #B267-72var Catalog Value € 1,450 | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #4251 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1952 Red Cross, perforated and gummed sheetlet of two, n.h., v.f., only 18 printed (Ceres 937-38) ** Catalog #B273-74var Catalog Value € 1,750 | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #4252 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1951 Red Cross, imperforated horizontal pairs, also 10 imperf. trial colors with gum, n.h., v.f., catalogue value for issued stamps (Ceres 914-15) ** Catalog Value € 1,680 | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #4253 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1953 Celebrities, complete set of deluxe sheets, also imperf. collective deluxe sheetlet of six, fine-v.f. (Ceres 945-50) PCatalog #B276-81P Catalog Value € 975 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #4254 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1953 Celebrities, perforated and gummed sheetlet of six, n.h., v.f. (Ceres 945-50) **Catalog #B276-81var Catalog Value € 1,450 | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #4255 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1953 Red Cross, perforated and gummed sheetlet of two, overall toning as often, n.h., v.f., only 18 printed (Ceres 966-67) ** Catalog #B282-83var Catalog Value € 2,150 | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #4256 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1954 Celebrities, perforated and gummed sheetlet of six, n.h., v.f. (Ceres 989-94) **Catalog #B285-90var Catalog Value € 1,400 | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #4257 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1954 Red Cross, perforated and gummed sheetlet of two, n.h., v.f., only 20 printed (Ceres 1006-07) ** Catalog #B291-92var Catalog Value € 1,700 | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #4258 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1954 Red Cross, four uncut imperf. booklet panes, gummed trial colors in green, carmine, dark blue, n.h., v.f., rare (Ceres 1006-07) PCatalog #B291aP | Price Realized $600.00 |
 | Lot #4259 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1955 Stamp Day (Balloon), selection including two imperf. deluxe sheets (one from Algeria), two artist die proofs (different colors, one signed), plus imperf. trial color proof sheet corner margin block of 10 (n.h.), v.f. (Ceres 1018) PCatalog #B293P | Price Realized $575.00 |
 | Lot #4260 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1955 Celebrities, perforated and gummed sheetlet of six, l.h., v.f. (Ceres 1027-32) *Catalog #B294-99var Catalog Value € 1,400 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #4261 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1955 Celebrities, complete set of deluxe sheets, also imperf. collective deluxe sheetlet of six, v.f. (Ceres 1027-32) PCatalog #B294-99P Catalog Value € 1,075 | Price Realized $850.00 |
 | Lot #4262 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1955 Red Cross, perforated and gummed sheetlet of two, n.h., v.f., only 22 printed (Ceres 1048-49) ** Catalog #B300-01var Catalog Value € 1,700 | Price Realized $800.00 |
 | Lot #4263 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1956 Celebrities, complete set of deluxe sheets, also imperf. collective deluxe sheetlet of six, v.f. (Ceres 1066-71) PCatalog #B303-08P Catalog Value € 640 | Price Realized $425.00 |
 | Lot #4264 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1956 Celebrities, perforated and gummed sheetlet of six, l.h., v.f. (Ceres 1066-71) **Catalog #B303-08var Catalog Value € 1,350 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #4265 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1956 Red Cross, perforated and gummed sheetlet of two, n.h., v.f., only 22 printed (Ceres 1089-90) ** Catalog #B309-10var Catalog Value € 1,700 | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #4266 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1957 Celebrities, set of two perforated and gummed sheetlets of three, n.h., v.f. (Ceres 1108-13) ** Catalog #B312-17var Catalog Value € 1,350 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4267 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1957 Celebrities, set of deluxe sheets, also two imperf. collective deluxe sheetlets of three, v.f. (Ceres 1108-13) P Catalog #B312-17P Catalog Value € 585 | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #4268 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1957 Red Cross, perforated and gummed sheetlet of two, n.h., v.f., only 22 printed (Ceres 1140-41) ** Catalog #B318-19var Catalog Value € 1,400 | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #4269 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1958 Celebrities, complete set of imperf. deluxe sheets, also imperf. collective deluxe sheetlet of six, v.f. (Ceres 1166-71) PCatalog #B321-26P Catalog Value € 455 | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #4270 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1958 Celebrities, perforated and gummed sheetlet of six, n.h., v.f. (Ceres 1166-71) **Catalog #B321-26var Catalog Value € 1,150 | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #4271 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1958 Red Cross, perforated and gummed sheetlet of two, n.h., v.f., only 20 printed (Ceres 1187-88) ** Catalog #B327-28var Catalog Value € 1,450 | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #4272 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1959 Celebrities, complete set of imperf. deluxe sheets, also imperf. collective deluxe sheetlet of six, v.f. (Ceres 1207-12) PCatalog #B330-35P Catalog Value € 500 | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #4273 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1959 Celebrities, perforated and gummed sheetlet of six, n.h., v.f. (Ceres 1207-12) **Catalog #B330-35var Catalog Value € 1,200 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #4274 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1959 Red Cross, perforated and gummed sheetlet of two, l.h., v.f., only 20 printed (Ceres 1226-27) * Catalog #B337-38var Catalog Value € 1,500 | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #4275 FRANCE Semi-Postals 1990-91 Winter Olympics, complete set of 10 imperf. deluxe sheets, v.f. (Ceres 2604/67) P Catalog #B621/37P Catalog Value € 930 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #4276 FRANCE Air Post 1905 Pigeon Post, special postal card "La Poste par Pigeons" organized by "Le Matine", sent from the SS Arianne off the coast of France to Cherbourg, with a flimsy message, originally enclosed in the small envelope attached to the card, franked with 5c Sower on back, v.f. | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #4277 FRANCE Air Post 1927 Overprints, set of two, excellent centering (unusual for this issue), n.h., v.f., signed Calves etc. (Ceres PA1-2) ** Catalog #C1-2 Catalog Value € 750 | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #4278 FRANCE Air Post 1927 surcharges, well centered set of two cancelled 25.6.27 (First Day of Issue) on cacheted postal card, registered from Marseille to Lesigne, v.f., with Ceres cert. (Ceres PA1-2) Catalog #C1-2 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #4279 FRANCE Air Post 1927 Issue, imperf. collective sheetlet of two, fresh, v.f. (Ceres PA1-2) P Catalog #C1-2P Catalog Value € 2,850 | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #4280 FRANCE Air Post 1927 Overprints, 2fr broken shield variety, perfectly centered, n.h., v.f., signed Roumet and signed Calves (Ceres PA1a) ** Catalog #C1var Catalog Value € 1,950 | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #4281 FRANCE Air Post 1928 10fr on 90c and 10fr on 1.50fr surcharges, set of two, each well centered, used with additional franking on individual covers, registered and flown via SS "Ile de France", cancelled 23.8.28 (FDC), v.f., the latter with 1947 Brun cert. (Ceres PA3-4) Catalog #C3-4 Catalog Value € 12,150 | Price Realized $8,000.00 |
 | Lot #4282 FRANCE Air Post 1928 "Ile de France" 10fr on 90c red, l.h., v.f., signed "Docouest", Herbert Bloch etc. (Ceres PA3) * Catalog #C3 Catalog Value € 2,150 | Price Realized $1,200.00 |
 | Lot #4283 FRANCE Air Post 1928 5fr "Ile de France", unissued design, imperf. sheet corner margin block of four in gray, v.f. ECatalog #Dallay 4A Catalog Value € 440 | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #4284 FRANCE Air Post 1930 View of Marseille, unfinished design, no carrier pigeon at left of "Poste Aerienne", airplane is smaller (than the issued stamp) die essay on bristol card, with two impressions of 1.50fr struck on black background, v.f., rare E Catalog #C5-6E | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #4285 FRANCE Air Post 1930 View of Marseille, unfinished design, no carrier pigeon at left of "Poste Aerienne", airplane is smaller (than the issued stamp), two bi-colored die essays on bristol cards, one carmine and red brown, the other ultramarine and aqua, fine-v.f., signed Calves E Catalog #C5-6E | Price Realized $850.00 |
 | Lot #4286 FRANCE Air Post 1930 View of Marseille, unfinished design, no carrier pigeon at left of "Poste Aerienne", airplane is smaller (than the issued stamp), three bi-colored die essays on thin paper, various shades of ultramarine and blue, two with die cuts at top or bottom, signed Calves, one on tissue paper, without die cuts, fine E Catalog #C5-6E | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #4287 FRANCE Air Post 1930 View of Marseille, imperf. de-luxe sheets, v.f. (Ceres PA5-6) P Catalog #C5-6P Catalog Value € 1,100 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #4288 FRANCE Air Post 1930 View of Marseille, 1.50fr printer's trial color die proofs, selection of eight, five are full size with die cuts at bottom, two are slightly reduced with die cuts trimmed off at bottom, one reduced to die size, various colors including light and yellow green, brown, Prussian blue, rose, ultramarine, some light toning, generally fine-v.f., mostly signed Calves. A scarce holding P Catalog #C5P | Price Realized $1,600.00 |
 | Lot #4289 FRANCE Air Post 1930 1.50fr ultramarine, also same perforated "E.I.P.A. 30" (reversed), n.h., v.f., signed Calves, with Ceres cert. (Ceres PA6a,6C) ** Catalog #C6a,b Catalog Value € 825 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #4290 FRANCE Air Post 1934 Louis Bleriot, imperf. artist signed die proof in violet, also imperf. deluxe sheet, v.f. (Ceres PA7) P Catalog #C7P | Price Realized $425.00 |
 | Lot #4291 FRANCE Air Post 1936 Plane over Paris, 85c-50fr complete, imperf. deluxe sheets, v.f. (Ceres PA8-14) P Catalog #C8-14P Catalog Value € 4,200 | Price Realized $2,000.00 |
 | Lot #4292 FRANCE Air Post 1936 Plane over Paris, 3fr red brown, printer's deluxe trial color proof, v.f., scarce P Catalog #C12P | Price Realized $190.00 |
 | Lot #4293 FRANCE Air Post 1936 Plane over Paris, 3fr gray blue, artist signed die proof, die sunk on card, v.f. P Catalog #C12P | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #4294 FRANCE Air Post 1936 50fr green, n.h., v.f., signed Roger Calves etc. (Ceres PA14) ** Catalog #C14 Catalog Value € 1,450 | Price Realized $850.00 |
 | Lot #4295 FRANCE Air Post 1936 Plane over Paris, 50fr black, artist signed die proof, die sunk on card, v.f. P Catalog #C14P | Price Realized $850.00 |
 | Lot #4296 FRANCE Air Post 1936 Plane over Paris, 50fr gray blue, artist signed die proof, die sunk on card, v.f. P Catalog #C14P | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #4297 FRANCE Air Post 1936 Plane over Paris, 50fr brown violet, printer's trial color die proof on horizontally laid paper, die sunk on thin card, small spots, very rare P Catalog #C14P | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #4298 FRANCE Air Post 1936 50fr Burelage, two bottom sheet corner margin singles, one with date and inverted burelage, n.h., v.f. (Ceres PA15,15b) ** Catalog #C15 Catalog Value € 2,200 | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #4299 FRANCE Air Post 1936 unissued 100fr brown, with gray burelage, imperforate die proof, v.f., rare (Dallay PA16a) E Catalog #C15E Catalog Value € 12,000 | Price Realized $6,000.00 |
 | Lot #4300 FRANCE Air Post 1936 unissued 100fr ultramarine, without burelage, imperforate die proof, v.f., signed Roger Calves, rare (Dallay PA16a) E Catalog #C15E Catalog Value € 12,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4301 FRANCE Air Post 1936 50fr imperf. deluxe sheet from the Institute de Gravure-Paris, with the special folder (rare), (Ceres PA15) P Catalog #C15P Catalog Value € 3,000 | Price Realized $1,900.00 |
 | Lot #4302 FRANCE Air Post 1936 South Atlantic, set of two original watercolors/ pen & ink finished, signed by the artists, v.f. and unique pair P Catalog #C16-17E | Price Realized $3,250.00 |
 | Lot #4303 FRANCE Air Post 1936 South Atlantic, set of two imperf. deluxe sheets, v.f. (Ceres 320-21) P Catalog #C16-17P Catalog Value € 1,675 | Price Realized $850.00 |
 | Lot #4304 FRANCE Air Post 1936 South Atlantic, set of two artist signed die proofs, one in black, matted, with little toning, other in blue black, both on thin card, v.f. (Ceres 320-21) E Catalog #C16-17P | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #4305 FRANCE Air Post 1936 10fr South Atlantic, single used on flown cover from Bastia (Corsica) 26.8.37 to Paraguay, v.f., with arrival pmk Catalog #C17 | Price Realized $190.00 |
 | Lot #4306 FRANCE Air Post 1942 Battleship Richelieu overprints (issued for use of its crew, while anchored in New York), 1.50fr brown, sheet margin block of six, two stamps at bottom with double overprints, n.h., fine-v.f., signed Calves (Dallay 4,4b) **Catalog #Ceres 15A Catalog Value € 2,110 | Price Realized $800.00 |
 | Lot #4307 FRANCE Air Post 1942 1.50fr brown, inverted overprint, l.h., fine, signed Kessler, * Catalog #Ceres 15Aa Catalog Value € 550 | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #4308 FRANCE Air Post 1942 1fr red, n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #Ceres 15C Catalog Value € 1,000 | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #4309 FRANCE Air Post 1942 50c on 75c brown, sheet margin single, n.h., v.f., signed Calves, ** Catalog #Ceres 15D Catalog Value € 1,200 | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #4310 FRANCE Air Post 1942 Stamps of Mauritania overprinted, set of two, n.h., fine-v.f., ** Catalog #Ceres 15H-I Catalog Value € 1,000 | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #4311 FRANCE Air Post 1942 Stamps of Mauritania overprinted, sheet margin horizontal pairs, 2fr se-tenant, one with double overprint in bottom margin, 3fr right stamp with triple overprint, n.h., v.f., signed Calves (catalogued as normal stamps), ** Catalog #Ceres 15H-I Catalog Value € 2,000 | Price Realized $800.00 |
 | Lot #4312 FRANCE Air Post 1942 Stamps of Senegal overprinted, 1fr brown, horizontal pair, right stamp with double overprint, n.h., v.f., signed Calves (catalogued as normal stamps), ** Catalog #Ceres 15Jvar Catalog Value € 1,100 | Price Realized $400.00 |
 | Lot #4313 FRANCE Air Post 1942 Stamps of Senegal overprinted, 1fr brown, left sheet corner margin block of six, one stamp without overprint, n.h., v.f., signed Calves (catalogued as five normal stamps), **Catalog #Ceres 15Jvar Catalog Value € 2,750 | Price Realized $850.00 |
 | Lot #4314 FRANCE Air Post 1945 50fr unissued "France-Amerique" Statue of Liberty, two artist signed die proofs in black and in carmine, v.f. E Catalog #San.Ed | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #4315 FRANCE Air Post 1945 100fr, unissued "Liberation par L'armee Americaine", two artist signed die proofs in green and in carmine, v.f. E Catalog #San.Eda | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #4316 FRANCE Air Post 1945 100fr unissued "Aide a La France" (showing portrait of FDR), also 500fr "France-Amerique" (two, one in black, another magenta), a total of three artist signed die proofs, v.f. E Catalog #San.Edb | Price Realized $425.00 |
 | Lot #4317 FRANCE Air Post 1945 500fr unissued "France-Amerique", two artist signed die proofs, bicolor, v.f. E Catalog #San.Edc | Price Realized $270.00 |
| Lot #4318 FRANCE Air Post 1945 500fr unissued "France-Amerique", two artist signed die proofs, bicolor, v.f. E Catalog #San.Edc | Price Realized $280.00 | |
 | Lot #4319 FRANCE Air Post 1945 Mermoz, set of six perforated and gummed souvenir sheets, various colors, v.f. E Catalog #San.Edd | Price Realized $200.00 |
 | Lot #4320 FRANCE Air Post 1945 unissued 100fr die proofs, two diff. in black, one signed by Gandon (artist), another by J.Piel (engraver), v.f. E Catalog #San.Edf | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #4321 FRANCE Air Post 1946 Mythological Allegories, 40fr (2), 50fr (2), 100fr (2) and 200fr, selection of seven die proofs (five artist signed), including "1er etat", one hand-colored, plus 100fr printer's trial color die proof in carmine, fine-v.f., scarce P Catalog #C18-21P | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #4322 FRANCE Air Post 1946 Mythological Allegories, perforated and gummed collective souvenir sheet, n.h., v.f., only 13 (!) printed (Ceres PA16-19) **Catalog #C18-21var Catalog Value € 2,250 | Price Realized $1,300.00 |
 | Lot #4323 FRANCE Air Post 1946 100fr Zeus, horizontal pair, one showing offset only; also top sheet margin single with offset doubled, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #C20var | Price Realized $200.00 |
 | Lot #4324 FRANCE Air Post 1946-48 Mythological Allegories, also Saint-Exupery, Dagnaux, Ader, imperf. deluxe sheets, complete sets, v.f. (Ceres PA16-19,21-23) P Catalog #C18-21,CB1-3P Catalog Value € 1,475 | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #4325 FRANCE Air Post 1947 UPU, unissued design, 500fr artist signed die proof in black, very rare E Catalog #C22E | Price Realized $800.00 |
 | Lot #4326 FRANCE Air Post 1947 UPU, 500fr red brown, printer's trial color die proof (marginal hinge toning), also two different artist signed die proofs (ultramarine and sepia), v.f. P Catalog #C22P | Price Realized $600.00 |
 | Lot #4327 FRANCE Air Post 1947 UPU, 500fr imperforate deluxe sheets, small and large sizes, fine-v.f. (Ceres PA20) P Catalog #C22P Catalog Value € 1,250 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #4328 FRANCE Air Post 1947 UPU, 500fr Prussian Green, perforated and gummed sheetlet, n.h., v.f., only 20 (!) issued (Ceres PA20) ** Catalog #C22var Catalog Value € 2,300 | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #4329 FRANCE Air Post 1947 UPU, 500fr Prussian Green, imperforate and gummed sheetlet, n.h., v.f., only 20 issued (Ceres PA20) ** Catalog #C22var Catalog Value € 2,300 | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #4330 FRANCE Air Post 1947 unissued 30fr Ader and 30fr Dagnaux, artist signed die proofs in blue or black, fine-v.f. E Catalog #San.Eea,Eeb | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #4331 FRANCE Air Post 1949 UPU, unissued 1000fr, artist signed die proof, minor inclusions, otherwise fine-v.f. E | Price Realized $2,100.00 |
 | Lot #4332 FRANCE Air Post 1949 French Cities, 100fr-1,000fr original artist (Decaris) drawings, six different including two unissued designs (500fr Marseille and 1,000fr Paris), each with a penciled "Maquette Originale" and signature of the artist at bottom, v.f. and unique E Catalog #C23-26E | Price Realized $4,250.00 |
 | Lot #4333 FRANCE Air Post 1949 French Cities, selection of seven different printer's trial color proofs (one of 300fr, two of each of the others), various papers and colors, fine-v.f. P Catalog #C23-26P | Price Realized $600.00 |
 | Lot #4334 FRANCE Air Post 1949 French Cities, selection of eight different artist (Decaris) signed die proofs (one set of four in black, two each of 300fr and 500fr hand-colored), fine-v.f., rare and beautiful group P Catalog #C23-26P | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #4335 FRANCE Air Post 1949 French Cities, perforated and gummed sheetlet of four, n.h., v.f., only 15 printed (Ceres PA24-27) **Catalog #C23-26var Catalog Value € 2,000 | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #4336 FRANCE Air Post 1949 French Cities, set of four imperf. deluxe sheets, also imperf. collective deluxe sheet of four, v.f. (Ceres PA24-27) PCatalog #C23-26P Catalog Value € 1,525 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #4337 FRANCE Air Post 1949 500fr (Paris), also 500fr (Marseille), unissued artist signed (Decaris) die proofs in black, little toning, otherwise fine-v.f. E Catalog #C26E | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #4338 FRANCE Air Post 1949 French Cities, 1000fr (Paris), unissued design, artist (Decaris) signed die proof in black, also another in brown (not signed), v.f. E Catalog #C27E | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #4339 FRANCE Air Post 1949 French Cities, 500fr and 1,000fr (Paris), four different artist (Decaris) signed pencil sketches, v.f., unique E Catalog #C27E | Price Realized $3,000.00 |
 | Lot #4340 FRANCE Air Post 1949 1000fr View of Paris, artist signed die proof in black, also two imperf. deluxe sheets, one on blue paper (Dallay PA29), v.f., P Catalog #C27P Catalog Value € 4,500 | Price Realized $850.00 |
 | Lot #4341 FRANCE Air Post 1949 1000fr used on registered & flown cover from Fort de France, Martinique, 14.1.1950 to USA, v.f., with New York arrival pmk. The official issue date for this stamp was 16.1950, this cover predates FDC by two days Catalog #C27 | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #4342 FRANCE Air Post 1949 Paris, unissued 1000fr, artist (Renee Decaris) signed die proof in brown, v.f. E Catalog #C27E | Price Realized $180.00 |
 | Lot #4343 FRANCE Air Post 1949 C.I.T.T., 100fr Alexander Bridge, selection of five artist signed die proofs, various colors including one beautifully hand colored, v.f. P Catalog #C28P | Price Realized $850.00 |
 | Lot #4344 FRANCE Air Post 1949 C.I.T.T., 100fr Alexander Bridge, imperf. deluxe sheet, also two printer's trial color die proofs in green and in gray brown, v.f. P Catalog #C28P | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #4345 FRANCE Air Post 1949 C.I.T.T. perforated and gummed sheetlet, n.h., v.f., only 14 printed (Ceres PA28) ** Catalog #C28var Catalog Value € 1,900 | Price Realized $1,200.00 |
 | Lot #4346 FRANCE Air Post 1950 Air France, four unissued designs (view of Paris, to USA, Flying Boat to Latin America and to French Colonies), each artist signed, fine-v.f., rare E Catalog #San.Eja-d | Price Realized $400.00 |
 | Lot #4347 FRANCE Air Post 1951 United Nations, "00Fr" unissued design, four die proofs, various colors, three on horizontally laid paper, v.f. E Catalog #San.EK | Price Realized $800.00 |
 | Lot #4348 FRANCE Air Post 1954 Issue, 100fr-1000fr set of four, each on cacheted FDC, v.f. (Ceres PA30-33) Catalog #C29-32 Catalog Value € 850 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #4349 FRANCE Air Post 1954 Jet Planes, unissued 100fr "Simoun" (two), 500fr "Fleuret" (one), 500fr "Armagnac" (two), five die proofs, all but one artist signed, various colors, fine-v.f. E Catalog #C29/32E | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #4350 FRANCE Air Post 1954 100fr-1000fr Jet Planes, imperf. deluxe sheets, set of four, also a collective deluxe sheet, v.f. (Ceres PA30-33) P Catalog #C29-32P Catalog Value € 1,625 | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #4351 FRANCE Air Post 1954 100fr-1000fr Jet Planes, group of eight printer's trial color die proofs, two of each value, different colors, one with some toning, others v.f. (Ceres PA30-33) P Catalog #C29-32P | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #4352 FRANCE Air Post 1954 100fr-1000fr Jet Planes, imperf. & gummed trial color proofs, singles and vertical strips of three, plus additional strip of 3x200fr (total of 19 stamps), n.h., v.f. (catalogued as four imperf. sets) P Catalog #C29-32P Catalog Value € 2,100 | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #4353 FRANCE Air Post 1954 100fr-1000fr Jet Planes, group of five artist signed die proofs (2x500fr, one of each of the other values), different colors, v.f. (Ceres PA30-33) P Catalog #C29-32P Catalog Value € 950 | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #4354 FRANCE Air Post 1954 500f Jet Plane, printer's inspection die proof in sepia, v.f., only four printed P Catalog #C31P | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #4355 FRANCE Air Post 1954 500fr Caravelle, imperf. deluxe sheetlet, brown color omitted, with pencil notation "tirage 3 exemplaires" (three issued), fine, signed Calves (Ceres PA 36) P Catalog #C31P | Price Realized $1,300.00 |
 | Lot #4356 FRANCE Air Post 1954 500fr Caravelle, perforated and gummed sheetlet, n.h., v.f., only 20 printed (Ceres PA 36) ** Catalog #C31var Catalog Value € 1,850 | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #4357 FRANCE Air Post 1955 United Nations, 50fr red brown, unissued design, imperf. single, also artist die proof, v.f., the former signed Calves E | Price Realized $625.00 |
 | Lot #4358 FRANCE Air Post 1956 Maryse Bastie, 50f imperf. deluxe sheet, also printer's inspection die proof in sepia (only four printed), v.f. P Catalog #C33P | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #4359 FRANCE Air Post 1956 Maryse Bastie, 50f imperf. & gummed vertical strip of three, trial color proofs, also two different artist die proofs (one signed), v.f. P Catalog #C33P | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #4360 FRANCE Air Post 1957-59 Issues, 300fr, 500fr (2) and 1000fr Helicopter (4), selection of seven artist signed die proofs, variety of colors and stages including unfinished "1er etat", fine-v.f., rare P Catalog #C34-36P | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #4361 FRANCE Air Post 1957-60 Issues, 300fr and 10fr Helicopter, printer's inspection die proofs in sepia, v.f., only four of each printed P Catalog #C34,40P | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #4362 FRANCE Air Post 1957-98 Issues complete, imperf. deluxe sheets, 28 different, v.f. (Ceres PA35-62) P Catalog #C34-61P Catalog Value € 3,895 | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #4363 FRANCE Air Post 1960 Issue, imperf. collective deluxe sheet of four, v.f. (Ceres PA38-41) P Catalog #C37-40P Catalog Value € 775 | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #4364 FRANCE Air Post 1965-2003 Issues, selection of 13 artist die proofs (12 diff.), all but one signed, v.f. sheet of four, v.f. (Ceres PA42/66) P Catalog #C41/65P Catalog Value € 775 | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #4365 FRANCE Air Post 1965-70 Concord, imperf. & gummed strip of five, also 20fr Mermoz, imperf. horizontal pair, trial color proofs, n.h., v.f. (catalogue value for imperf. singles) (Ceres PA43,45) P Catalog #C42,43P Catalog Value € 1,265 | Price Realized $170.00 |
 | Lot #4366 FRANCE Air Post Semi-Postals 1930s Famous Aviators, three unexploded booklets, two valued 2fr, another in Canadian currency (for the benefit of French Red Cross), v.f., rare | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #4367 FRANCE Air Post Semi-Postals 1948 Saint-Exupery, Dagnaux, perforated and gummed collective souvenir sheet of two, n.h., v.f., only 15 printed (Ceres PA21-22) ** Catalog #CB1-2var Catalog Value € 1,850 | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #4368 FRANCE Air Post Semi-Postals 1948 Saint-Exupery etc., imperf. collective deluxe sheet of two, v.f. (Ceres PA21-22) P Catalog #CB1-2P Catalog Value € 625 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #4369 FRANCE Air Post Semi-Postals 1948 Saint-Exupery, Ader, set of three artist signed die proofs, also three different printers' deluxe trial color dies, some hinge toning on back, otherwise fine-v.f. (Ceres PA21-23) P Catalog #CB1-3P | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #4370 FRANCE Air Post Semi-Postals 1948 Saint-Exupery etc., imperf. collective deluxe sheetlet of three, v.f. (Ceres PA21-23) P Catalog #CB1-3P Catalog Value € 650 | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #4371 FRANCE Air Post Semi-Postals 1948 Saint-Exupery, Ader, perforated and gummed collective souvenir sheet, n.h., v.f., only 15 printed (Ceres PA21-23) **Catalog #CB1-3var Catalog Value € 1,850 | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #4372 FRENCH COLONIES Omnibus Series 1937 Paris Exposition souvenir sheets, complete set of 24 diff., n.h., v.f., Ceres ** Catalog Value € 360 | Price Realized $180.00 |
 | Lot #4373 FRENCH COLONIES Omnibus Series 1949 UPU, imperf. horizontal pairs, complete set of 12, n.h. but with gum adhesions, otherwise v.f. ** | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #4374 FRENCH COLONIES Omnibus Series 1954 Liberation, set of 12 different, imperf. sheet margin "coin date" singles, n.h., v.f. ** | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #4375 FRENCH COLONIES Omnibus Series 1965 U.I.T., complete set of nine, n.h., v.f., Ceres ** Catalog Value € 530 | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #4376 FRENCH COLONIES French Morocco Air Post 1935 Marshal Lyautey, imperf. and gummed composite sheetlet in green, n.h., v.f. P | Price Realized $200.00 |
 | Lot #4377 FRENCH COLONIES French Morocco Air Post 1946 Marshall Lyautey, imperf. Collective deluxe sheetlet of four, trial setting in black on card, some overall toning, fine and rare P | Unsold |
 | Lot #4378 FRENCH COLONIES French Morocco Air Post 1948 100fr+200fr, imperf. collective deluxe sheetlet of two, trial setting in black on card, some overall toning, v.f. Only four printed P | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #4379 FRENCH COLONIES French Morocco Air Post 1949 Solidarity Issue, imperf. preliminary die proof of the souvenir sheet, printed in the approximately the colors in which the stamps were to be issued, on thick card, with serial number and dated at bottom, pencil lines drawn to indicate the size of the sheetlets, with die cuts and one-line text, fine and probably unique item P | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #4380 FRENCH COLONIES French Morocco Air Post 1952 Unissued "Monument du General Leclerc a Temara", imperf. collective deluxe sheetlet of four, v.f., P Catalog #Ceres PA 89-92 Catalog Value € 1,250 | Price Realized $575.00 |
 | Lot #4381 FRENCH COLONIES French Morocco Air Post 1952 Unissued "Monument du General Leclerc a Temara", imperf. collective artist die proof in black, die cuts penciled in at bottom, little stains, otherwise v.f., rare P Catalog #Ceres PA 89-92 | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #4382 FRENCH COLONIES French Morocco Air Post 1952 Monument at Temara, unissued set of four, n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #Ceres PA 89-92 Catalog Value € 960 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #4383 FRENCH COLONIES French Morocco Air Post 1954 Issue, complete set of four Printer's Inspection Die Proofs in sepia, further handstamped "bon a tirer", v.f. Only for of each value produced P Catalog #C47-50P | Unsold |
 | Lot #4384 FRENCH COLONIES French Offices in the Turkish Empire Air Post 1918 2fr "Poste Avion en Orient" semi-official, unused without gum as issued, v.f. (*) Catalog #San.502 | Price Realized $210.00 |
 | Lot #4385 FRENCH COLONIES French Offices in the Turkish Empire Air Post 1918 2fr "Poste Avion en Orient" semi-official, sheet corner margin block of four, also seven additional blocks, progressive stages of design and color, all matching corners, unused without gum as issued, some peripheral toning, v.f. and rare (*)Catalog #San.502 | Price Realized $3,500.00 |
 | Lot #4386 FRENCH COLONIES French Cameroun 1940 Surcharged and overprinted "General Gaulle", set of two blocks of four, usual dried gum, v.f., **Catalog #Ceres 245-46 Catalog Value € 960 | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #4387 FRENCH COLONIES French Cameroun Semi-Postals 1940-41 Surcharged and overprinted "Spitfire", set of four, also two values surcharged "10fr" and overprinted "General De Gaulle", cancelled on two covers, the latter unaddressed, fine-v.f. (catalogue value for used stamps) Catalog #Ceres 236-39,245-46 Catalog Value € 650 | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #4388 FRENCH COLONIES French Cameroun Semi-Postals 1940-41 Surcharged and overprinted "Spitfire", four sets of four, also two values surcharged "10fr" and overprinted "General De Gaulle", cancelled on four covers, the latter on piece, usual toning, otherwise fine-v.f. (catalogue value for used stamps) Catalog #Ceres 236-39,245-46 Catalog Value € 2,000 | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #4389 FRENCH COLONIES French Congo 1910 Native Woman, nine imperf. proofs, various stages and colors, all mounted on exhibition page, fine-v.f. P | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #4390 FRENCH COLONIES French East Africa Air Post 1940-41 Afrique Francaise Libre, complete set, usual dried gum, top two values signed Calves, fine-v.f., * Catalog #Ceres 14-21 Catalog Value € 675 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #4391 FRENCH COLONIES French East Africa Air Post 1940-41 Afrique Francaise Libre, complete set used on registered and flown cover from Brazzaville, 20 Jan.43 to USA, opened by censor, with some toning on back, fine-v.f., with New York arrival pmks (catalogue value for used stamps off cover) Catalog #Ceres 14-21 Catalog Value € 650 | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #4392 FRENCH COLONIES French East Africa Air Post 1940-41 Afrique Francaise Libre, 1,50fr-50fr on 10,75fr, eight different, each without the accent "cedille" on "c" of "Francaise", n.h., usual dried (Colonial) gum, top three values signed, ** Catalog #Ceres 14a-21a Catalog Value € 1,957 | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #4393 FRENCH COLONIES French East Africa Air Post 1940-41 Afrique Francaise Libre, 2,50fr two copies, one with inverted overprint, used on registered, flown and censored cover from Port Gentil to Douala, Cameroun, v.f., with arrival pmk, BPA cert. (cat. value for used off cover) Catalog #Ceres 15,15a Catalog Value € 300 | Price Realized $170.00 |
 | Lot #4394 FRENCH COLONIES French East Africa Air Post 1940-41 Afrique Francaise Libre, 2,50fr with double overprint, also 6,50fr vertical pair, shifted overprint, n.h., usual dried gum, signed Brun (catalogue value for double overprint only), ** Catalog #Ceres 15b,18var Catalog Value € 300 | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #4395 FRENCH COLONIES French East Africa Air Post 1940-41 Afrique Francaise Libre, 3,75fr red brown & green, upper right sheet corner margin block of four, one stamp without the accent "cedille" on "c" of "Francaise", n.h., usual dried gum, perf. separations at top, Port Gentil 1 March 1943 cds in margin, signed Calves, **Catalog #Ceres 16,16a Catalog Value € 1,525 | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #4396 FRENCH COLONIES French Equatorial Africa 1937-38 Issue, special imperforate and gummed sheetlet of nine different designs, master die in red brown, value tablets blank, v.f., rare P | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #4397 FRENCH COLONIES French Equatorial Africa 1937-38 Issue, special imperforate and gummed sheetlet of nine different designs including air post and postage due, master die in red & green, value tablets blank, v.f., rare P | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #4398 FRENCH COLONIES French Equatorial Africa 1937-38 Issue, special imperforate and gummed sheetlet of nine different designs including air post and postage due, silhouette master die in red, value tablets blank, v.f., rare P | Unsold |
 | Lot #4399 FRENCH COLONIES French Equatorial Africa Air Post 1937-38 Issue, three imperf. sheets of 25, yellow, blue green and black & green, value tablets blank, n.h., v.f., **Catalog #Ceres PA 31/41 Catalog Value € 1,500 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4400 FRENCH COLONIES French Guinea Air Post 1942 Issue, two die proofs in ultramarine and carmine, each without center and value, v.f. ** Catalog #Ceres PA 15a/17a | Unsold |
 | Lot #4401 FRENCH COLONIES French Guinea Air Post 1942 Issue, three vertical pairs, each without center and value, n.h., fine-v.f., listed but unpriced ** Catalog #Ceres PA 15a-17a | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #4402 FRENCH COLONIES French Guyana Air Post 1921 Mercury 75c black on gray, unused without gum as issued, v.f., signed Calves, (*) Catalog #YT PA6A Catalog Value € 1,400 | Price Realized $850.00 |
 | Lot #4403 FRENCH COLONIES French Guyana Air Post 1921 Mercury 75c black on gray, used with additional franking on flown cover from Cayenne, 4 March, 1922 to St.Laurent du Maroni, v.f., with 1987 Diena cert., Catalog #YT PA6A Catalog Value € 2,000 | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #4404 FRENCH COLONIES French Guyana Air Post 1933 View of Cayenne, 3fr black, value omitted, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #YT PA15var | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #4405 FRENCH COLONIES French Guyana Air Post 1943 Overprinted "France Libre", complete set of eight tied by Cayennes 9.6.43 cds and sent to St.Georges, with censor cachet and arrival pmk, fine-v.f., signed Edmond Queroy, Catalog #Dallay 29A-H Catalog Value € 1,500 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #4406 FRENCH COLONIES French Guyana Air Post 1943 View of Cayenne, 1.50fr dark blue, vertical gutter pair, overprinted "France Libre" in a tete-beche form, one inverted, folded between stamps, n.h., v.f., signed Kessler, Calves etc. Only five (!) could exist ** Catalog #San.28b | Price Realized $2,800.00 |
 | Lot #4407 FRENCH COLONIES French Indochina 1931 Issue, group of 14 large die proofs (five different), printed on different papers, three master dies, value tablets blank, all showing various denominations at bottom, some toning, mostly fine-v.f. A spectacular and rare lot P | Price Realized $2,000.00 |
 | Lot #4408 FRENCH COLONIES French Indochina Air Post 1941-44 Issue, 14 different (complete as issued), each without denomination, n.h., occasional fingerprints on gum, v.f., signed Brun, ** Catalog #Ceres PA 24-38var Catalog Value € 2,450 | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #4409 FRENCH COLONIES Gabon 1932 De Brazza, Views and Indigenous Female, two imperf. and gummed sheetlets of five, also imperf. sheetlet of seven, various colors, value tablets blank, v.f., scarce P | Unsold |
 | Lot #4410 FRENCH COLONIES Gabon Postage Dues 1932 Indigenous Female, three imperf. artist signed die proofs, different colors, value tablets blank, 5c-2fr printed for values along sides, v.f., scarce P | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #4411 FRENCH COLONIES Ivory Coast Air Post 1942 Issue, master die proof in purple, wither center or value, also three imperf. and gummed horizontal pairs, each without value, plus single plate proof on card in blue, value omitted, v.f. P Catalog #Ceres PA 10/14 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4412 FRENCH COLONIES Latakia Air Post 1953 50c yellow brown, inverted overprint, n.h., gum little dried as often, v.f., signed Calves with Ceres cert., ** Catalog #C1a Catalog Value € 700 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #4413 FRENCH COLONIES New Caledonia Air Post 1932 Paris-Noumea overprints, set of two, n.h. but disturbed gum, well centered, v.f., signed Brun, with Ceres cert. (Ceres PA 1-2) * Catalog #180-81 Catalog Value € 1,100 | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #4414 FRENCH COLONIES French Polynesia 1913 5c green & yellow green, double center, v.f. * Catalog #Ceres 24a Catalog Value € 525 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #4415 FRENCH COLONIES French Polynesia 1929 Tahitian Youth, composite die proof in black, center at right, frame at left with black background, also three single dies, two in black, one in color (artist signed), fine-v.f. P | Price Realized $400.00 |
 | Lot #4416 FRENCH COLONIES French Polynesia 1931 1.40fr-20fr eight different, each handstamped "Specimen", fine-v.f., scarce S Catalog #Ceres 57-60,74,76-79S | Price Realized $180.00 |
 | Lot #4417 FRENCH COLONIES French Polynesia 1941 Overprinted "France Libre", 11 diff., used on cover to France, censor hs, little toning, otherwise fine-v.f. (Ceres 140-49,PA3) Catalog #126-25,C2 | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #4418 FRENCH COLONIES French Polynesia 1942 80c brown red, value omitted, n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #Ceres 160a Catalog Value € 425 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #4419 FRENCH COLONIES French Polynesia 1942-45 Issues, including surcharged values, complete set of 22 imperf. deluxe sheets, fine-v.f. (Dallay 156-69,177-84) P Catalog #136-49,152-59P Catalog Value € 625 | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #4420 FRENCH COLONIES French Polynesia 1948 Issue, complete set of 19 imperf. deluxe sheets, each with tissue overleaf, fine-v.f. (Dallay 187-205) P Catalog #160-78P Catalog Value € 400 | Price Realized $270.00 |
 | Lot #4421 FRENCH COLONIES French Polynesia 1960 Dancers and Fisherman, perforated and gummed sheetlet of two, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #193-94var | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #4422 FRENCH COLONIES French Polynesia 1962 Fish, set of four printer's inspection die proofs in sepia, v.f. and rare, only four printed P Catalog #199-202P | Unsold |
 | Lot #4423 FRENCH COLONIES French Polynesia 1962 Fish, set of four artist signed die proofs, various colors, v.f. P Catalog #199-202P | Price Realized $220.00 |
 | Lot #4424 FRENCH COLONIES French Polynesia 1973 unissued 50fr polychrome, n.h., v.f., signed Calves, with 1995 cert. A rare stamp, ** Catalog #Ceres 93A Catalog Value € 7,000 | Price Realized $2,600.00 |
 | Lot #4425 FRENCH COLONIES French Polynesia Air Post 1934-44 5fr violet, also 20fr orange, value omitted, the latter signed Brun, fine-v.f. * Catalog #Ceres PA1,16var | Price Realized $180.00 |
 | Lot #4426 FRENCH COLONIES French Polynesia Air Post 1942-1987 (Oceania and Polynesia) Issues, apparently complete, including souv. sheets, few early stamps hinged, mostly n.h., v.f. (Oceania Ceres PA7/32, Polynesia Ceres PA 1/198) *** Catalog #C1/226 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4427 FRENCH COLONIES French Polynesia Air Post 1942 1.50+3.50 green, value omitted, n.h., v.f., signed Brun, ** Catalog #Ceres PA4a Catalog Value € 525 | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #4428 FRENCH COLONIES French Polynesia Air Post 1959 Native Subjects, collection of 23 different artist die proofs (many signed), variety of colors (incl. hand-colored), stages and papers, all values represented, occasional toning, mostly v.f. and beautiful group P Catalog #C24-27P | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #4429 FRENCH COLONIES French Polynesia Air Post 1959 Native Subjects, two perforated and gummed sheetlets of two, n.h., v.f., rare (Ceres PA 1-4) ** Catalog #C24-27var Catalog Value € 1,150 | Price Realized $800.00 |
 | Lot #4430 FRENCH COLONIES French Polynesia Air Post 1960-62 Airport and Satellite, perforated and gummed sheetlets, n.h., v.f., rare, ** Catalog #Ceres PA 5-6var Catalog Value € 775 | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #4431 FRENCH COLONIES French Polynesia Air Post 1962-63 Fish, imperf. collective deluxe sheet, also perf. and gummed sheetlet of four, n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #Ceres 18-21var Catalog Value € 660 | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #4432 FRENCH COLONIES Reunion Air Post 1937 Roland Garros overprint, l.h., v.f., signed Calves (Ceres PA 1) * Catalog #C1 Catalog Value € 300 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4433 FRENCH COLONIES Reunion Air Post 1937 Roland Garros, vertical pair, bottom stamp without overprint, n.h., v.f., signed Calves (Ceres PA 1a) ** Catalog #C1a Catalog Value € 1,850 | Price Realized $1,050.00 |
 | Lot #4434 FRENCH COLONIES Reunion Air Post 1938 Issue, five imperf. trial color die proofs, each value omitted, different colors, v.f. * Catalog #Ceres PA 2-5 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4435 FRENCH COLONIES Reunion Air Post 1938 Issue, set of four, each with numerals double, one hinged, others n.h., usual dried gum, fine-v.f., signed Brun, * Catalog #Ceres PA 2c-5c Catalog Value € 900 | Price Realized $210.00 |
 | Lot #4436 FRENCH COLONIES Reunion Air Post 1942 Issue, imperf. block of four, frame only and airplane in blue, value and background omitted, unused without gum, some creases at bottom, otherwise v.f. P | Unsold |
 | Lot #4437 FRENCH COLONIES Reunion Air Post 1954 200fr on 500fr Magister, vertical strip of three, surcharged in black, red and blue, n.h., v.f. P Catalog #Ceres PA 54 | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #4438 FRENCH COLONIES St.Pierre & Miquelon Air Post 1956 500fr Port of St.Pierre, artist die proof in black, also unissued design (airplane facing right), two artist (Decaris) signed die proofs in red brown and black, v.f. and scarce lot PE Catalog #Ceres PA 23 | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #4439 FRENCH COLONIES St.Pierre & Miquelon Air Post 1957 50fr Dog, unfinished design, artist signed die proof in black, v.f. P Catalog #Ceres PA 24 | Price Realized $210.00 |
 | Lot #4440 FRENCH COLONIES St.Pierre & Miquelon Air Post 1958 Constitution and Flowers, perforated and gummed sheetlets, n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #Ceres PA 26-27var Catalog Value € 1,100 | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #4441 FRENCH COLONIES St.Pierre & Miquelon Air Post 1962 Telstar, printer's inspection die proof in sepia, v.f., only four printed P Catalog #Ceres PA 29 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4442 FRENCH COLONIES St.Pierre & Miquelon Air Post 1962 Telstar, perforated and gummed sheetlet, n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #Ceres PA 29var Catalog Value € 650 | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #4443 FRENCH COLONIES St.Pierre & Miquelon Air Post 1965-66 Space, U.I.T., Satellite A1 and D1, selection of five artist signed die proofs, various colors, v.f. P Catalog #Ceres PA 32-35 | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #4444 FRENCH COLONIES Senegal Air Post 1935-40 Issues, selection of 13 imperforate singles, each without value at bottom right, colors written by pen on reverse, v.f. and unusual group P | Unsold |
 | Lot #4445 FRENCH COLONIES Somali Coast Air Post 1960-62 100fr gazelle, 200fr birds, 500fr Caravan, also 100fr Obock, four diff. perforated and gummed sheetlets, n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #Dallay Block 2,5-7 Catalog Value € 3,000 | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #4446 FRENCH COLONIES French Southern and Antarctic Territories 1956 5fr+8fr and 10fr+15fr, two perforated and gummed sheetlets of two, l.h. or n.h., v.f. (Ceres 4-7) *** Catalog #4-7var Catalog Value € 1,900 | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #4447 FRENCH COLONIES French Southern and Antarctic Territories 1945-86 Issues, selection of 109 artist (mostly signed) die proofs, various issues, colors and stages, with many rare items incl. unissued 25fr Kerguelen (printer's inspection die proof in sepia) with inscription at bottom, 20fr Albatross, 20fr Rocket and others, mostly v.f., seldom offered P Catalog #Ceres 2/122P | Price Realized $7,500.00 |
 | Lot #4448 FRENCH COLONIES French Southern and Antarctic Territories 1957 International Geophysical Year, perforated and gummed sheetlet of three, n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #Ceres 8-11 Catalog Value € 900 | Price Realized $2,200.00 |
 | Lot #4449 FRENCH COLONIES French Southern and Antarctic Territories 1959-60 8fr Walrus and 25fr Kerguelen, perforated and gummed sheetlets, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #Ceres 13C, 18 Catalog Value € 900 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #4450 FRENCH COLONIES French Southern and Antarctic Territories 1957-69 Issues, selection of 14 imperf. strips of five, incl. 20fr Albatross (2), all gummed trial color proofs, two horizontal strip of five, also other issues incl. 30fr Dumond d'Urville, Fish, Penguins etc., n.h., v.f. n.h., v.f. P Catalog #Ceres 10/20 | Price Realized $1,300.00 |
 | Lot #4451 FRENCH COLONIES French Southern and Antarctic Territories 1968 20fr Albatross, imperf. and gummed trial color proofs, horizontal strip of five, n.h., v.f. (catalogue value for imperf. stamps) P Catalog #28P Catalog Value € 3,250 | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #4452 FRENCH COLONIES French Southern and Antarctic Territories 1968 20fr Albatross, imperf. and gummed trial color proofs, horizontal strip of four, n.h., v.f. (catalogue value for imperf. stamps) P Catalog #28P Catalog Value € 2,600 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4453 FRENCH COLONIES French Southern and Antarctic Territories 1968 20fr Albatross, imperf. and gummed trial color proofs, horizontal strip of three, n.h., v.f. (catalogue value for imperf. stamps) P Catalog #28P Catalog Value € 1,950 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4454 FRENCH COLONIES French Southern and Antarctic Territories 1968 Albatross, 20fr imperf. bottom sheet margin block of ten with date and control numbers, gummed trial color proof, n.h., v.f. PCatalog #28P | Price Realized $850.00 |
 | Lot #4455 FRENCH COLONIES French Southern and Antarctic Territories 1967 Rocket, 20fr imperf. sheet of 25, gummed trial color proof, n.h., v.f. (Ceres 23) PCatalog #29P | Price Realized $850.00 |
 | Lot #4456 FRENCH COLONIES French Southern and Antarctic Territories 1969-87 Selection of 35 mostly diff. artist signed die proofs, various colors, minor duplication, few high values, occasional toning, mostly v.f. P | Unsold |
 | Lot #4457 FRENCH COLONIES French Southern and Antarctic Territories 1971 Fish, large imperf. and gummed collective sheet of five, n.h., v.f. PCatalog #Ceres 34-38var | Price Realized $270.00 |
 | Lot #4458 FRENCH COLONIES French Southern and Antarctic Territories 1972 Fish, 22fr-135fr, six imperf. sheets of 25 (two different of each value) gummed trial colors, n.h., v.f. (Ceres 43-45) PCatalog #40/44P | Price Realized $1,300.00 |
 | Lot #4459 FRENCH COLONIES French Southern and Antarctic Territories 1987-91 Issues, selection of 44 different artist (mostly signed) die proofs, including Antarctic Flora (14, four hand-colored), ships, birds, fish etc., v.f. (Ceres 125/162) P Catalog #126/165P | Price Realized $3,750.00 |
 | Lot #4460 FRENCH COLONIES French Southern and Antarctic Territories Air Post 1948-50 Madagascar, 100fr with red overprint "Terre Adelie", six covers, each franked with the overprinted adhesive, various handstamps incl. "Batiment Polaire/Command Charcot", also identical markings on cover with Madagascar stamps, cancelled "Terre Adelie Antarctique 15.2.49", some toning, otherwise fine-v.f., scarce group, Dalay Catalog Value € 4,270 | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
 | Lot #4461 FRENCH COLONIES French Southern and Antarctic Territories Air Post 1958-70 Issues complete, selection of 27 imperf. deluxe sheets, with 7 collective sheets included, first one (C1-2) with staining caused by corner mounts, others fresh and mostly v.f. (Ceres PA2-21) P Catalog #C1-23P Catalog Value € 6,075 | Price Realized $2,250.00 |
 | Lot #4462 FRENCH COLONIES French Southern and Antarctic Territories Air Post 1956 Penguins, perforated and gummed sheetlet of two, n.h., corner mount toning on gum, otherwise v.f. (Ceres PA2-3) ** Catalog #C1-2var Catalog Value € 950 | Price Realized $850.00 |
 | Lot #4463 FRENCH COLONIES French Southern and Antarctic Territories Air Post 1956 50fr Penguins, three artist die proofs, one in black, another in gray black, last one hand colored, v.f. P Catalog #C1P | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #4464 FRENCH COLONIES French Southern and Antarctic Territories Air Post 1959 200fr Albatross, also 20fr Arms, perforated and gummed sheetlet of two, n.h., v.f., rare (Ceres PA4+Poste 15) ** Catalog #C3var Catalog Value € 1,000 | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #4465 FRENCH COLONIES French Southern and Antarctic Territories Air Post 1959 200fr Albatross, two artist die proofs in black, thin & thick papers, the latter artist signed, v.f. P Catalog #C3P | Price Realized $190.00 |
 | Lot #4466 FRENCH COLONIES French Southern and Antarctic Territories Air Post 1959 200fr Albatross, six artist die proofs in gray black, light blue, ultramarine, red brown, also two hand colored, various sizes and papers, four artist signed, v.f. P Catalog #C3P | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #4467 FRENCH COLONIES French Southern and Antarctic Territories Air Post 1963 50fr Penguins, perforated and gummed sheetlet, n.h., v.f., rare (Ceres PA5) ** Catalog #C4var Catalog Value € 450 | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #4468 FRENCH COLONIES French Southern and Antarctic Territories Air Post 1963 50fr Penguins, artist signed die proof on watermarked (B.F.K. Rives) card, hand-colored, v.f. P Catalog #C4P | Price Realized $425.00 |
 | Lot #4469 FRENCH COLONIES French Southern and Antarctic Territories Air Post 1963 50fr Penguins, perforated and gummed sheetlet, n.h., v.f. (Ceres PA5) ** Catalog #C4var Catalog Value € 450 | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #4470 FRENCH COLONIES French Southern and Antarctic Territories Air Post 1963-95 Issues, selection of 87 different artist signed die proofs, various colors, also 50fr Telstar, printer's inspection die proof in sepia, fresh and v.f. group P Catalog #C5/133P | Price Realized $7,500.00 |
 | Lot #4471 FRENCH COLONIES French Southern and Antarctic Territories Air Post 1963 50fr Telstar, perforated and gummed sheetlet, n.h., v.f., rare (Ceres PA6) ** Catalog #C5var Catalog Value € 450 | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #4472 FRENCH COLONIES French Southern and Antarctic Territories Air Post 1964 100fr "Soleil Calme", two artist signed die proofs, red brown and ultramarine, v.f. P Catalog #C6P | Price Realized $270.00 |
 | Lot #4473 FRENCH COLONIES French Southern and Antarctic Territories Air Post 1964 International Quiet Sun Year, 100fr imperf. block of four, also two vertical imperf. strips of five, all gummed trial colors (14 stamps), sheet margins, n.h., v.f. PCatalog #C6P | Price Realized $575.00 |
 | Lot #4474 FRENCH COLONIES French Southern and Antarctic Territories Air Post 1964 International Quiet Sun Year, 100fr imperf. sheet of 25, gummed trial colors, n.h., v.f. PCatalog #C6P | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #4475 FRENCH COLONIES French Southern and Antarctic Territories Air Post 1965 50fr Dumont D'Urville, three artist signed die proofs, in gray black, red brown, and one hand-colored, fine-v.f. P Catalog #C7P | Price Realized $425.00 |
 | Lot #4476 FRENCH COLONIES French Southern and Antarctic Territories Air Post 1965 30fr U.I.T., two artist signed die proofs, in gray blue, carmine brown, v.f. P Catalog #C8P | Price Realized $400.00 |
 | Lot #4477 FRENCH COLONIES French Southern and Antarctic Territories Air Post 1965 125th Anniversary of discovery by Dumont d'Urville, 50fr imperf. sheet of 25, gummed trial colors, n.h., v.f. PCatalog #C7P | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #4478 FRENCH COLONIES French Southern and Antarctic Territories Air Post 1965 I.T.U., 30fr imperf. sheet of 25, gummed trial colors, n.h., v.f. (catalogue value for imperf. stamps) PCatalog #C8P Catalog Value € 10,000 | Price Realized $1,600.00 |
 | Lot #4479 FRENCH COLONIES French Southern and Antarctic Territories Air Post 1973-75 Ships, 100fr-200fr, 11 sheets of 25 including two of each of 1974 issue, different colors (275 stamps) gummed trial colors, n.h., v.f. (catalogue value for imperf. stamps) PCatalog #Ceres PA29,33-36,40-41 Catalog Value € 5,750 | Price Realized $1,600.00 |
 | Lot #4480 FRENCH COLONIES Tahiti 1893 Registered cover franked with 25c and 75 overprints, used from Papeete to Oran, Algeria, fine, with arrival pmk Catalog #Ceres 27,29 | Price Realized $270.00 |
 | Lot #4481 FRENCH COLONIES Tahiti Newspaper Stamps 1884 Handstamped 5c and 10c on Newspaper wrappers "La Cloche" and "Le Messager de Tahiti", four items, fine-v.f., Ceres Catalog Value € 640 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4482 FRENCH COLONIES Wallis & Futuna Air Post 1960-62 21+33fr, 100fr snorkeling, 12fr Telstar, three diff. perforated and gummed sheetlets, n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #Dallay Bloc 2,4,5 Catalog Value € 1,400 | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #4483 MONACO 1947 FDR and Centenary of US Postage Stamps, two imperf. collective sheetlets of 6 and 9, v.f., PCatalog #Ceres 295-300,PA19-27 Catalog Value € 750 | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #4484 MONACO 1948 Bosio, postage and air post, two imperf. collective deluxe sheetlets, v.f., PCatalog #Ceres 314-18,PA28-31 Catalog Value € 475 | Price Realized $200.00 |
 | Lot #4485 MONACO 1948-73 Postage and air mails, selection of 30 artist die proofs (mostly signed), values to 1000fr, also some art series, several hand-colored, few duplicates, occasional toned spots, mostly fine-v.f. P | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #4486 MONACO 1956 Marriage, perf. and imperf. collective deluxe sheetlets of five and three, the former n.h., v.f., **P Catalog #Ceres 473-77,PA 63-65 Catalog Value € 1,230 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4487 MONACO 1964 Olympics, imperf. and gummed souv. sheet of five, n.h., v.f., **Catalog #Ceres Bloc 6C Catalog Value € 700 | Price Realized $220.00 |
 | Lot #4488 MONACO 1973-80 Art Series, selection of 11 different imperforate gutter sheetlets of 10, gummed trial colors, each with the Museum of Post handstamp on back, n.h., v.f. P | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #4489 MONACO 1974 Europa, sheetlet of 10, inscriptions omitted, n.h., v.f., **Catalog #Ceres Bloc 8b Catalog Value € 1,000 | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #4490 MONACO 1975 Europa, imperf. sheetlet of 10, n.h., v.f., **Catalog #Ceres Bloc 10a Catalog Value € 350 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4491 MONACO Semi-Postals 1939 Princes, imperf. deluxe sheetlets, complete set, low value stained, others v.f. (Ceres 185-94) P Catalog #B26-35P Catalog Value € 700 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4492 MONACO Semi-Postals 1939 Princes, imperf. deluxe sheetlets in black only, complete set, v.f. (Ceres 185-94) P Catalog #B26-35P Catalog Value € 900 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #4493 MONACO Semi-Postals 1939 Princes, imperf. collective sheetlet of nine, fine-v.f. (Ceres 185-94) PCatalog #B26-35P Catalog Value € 1,200 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #4494 MONACO Semi-Postals 1939 Princes, imperf. horizontal pairs, n.h., v.f. (Ceres 185-94) ** Catalog #B26-35var Catalog Value € 1,700 | Price Realized $625.00 |
 | Lot #4495 MONACO Semi-Postals 1942 Princes, imperf. collective sheetlet of 15, fine-v.f. (Ceres 234-48) PCatalog #B61-75P Catalog Value € 650 | Price Realized $400.00 |
 | Lot #4496 MONACO Semi-Postals 1944-46 two diff. issues, imperf. collective sheetlets of nine and six, fine-v.f. (Ceres 265-73. 287-92) PCatalog #B76-90P Catalog Value € 525 | Price Realized $180.00 |
 | Lot #4497 MONACO Air Post 1933 1.50 on 5fr surcharge, imperf. sheet corner margin single, n.h., v.f. (Ceres PA1a) ** Catalog #C1var Catalog Value € 425 | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #4498 MONACO Air Post 1945 Surcharges, imperf. collective sheetlet of five, v.f. (Ceres PA8-12) PCatalog #CB1-5P Catalog Value € 400 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4499 MONACO Air Post 1954 Birds, imperf. horizontal pairs, gummed trial colors, n.h., v.f. P Catalog #C41-44P | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #4500 MONACO Postage Dues 1953-54 10fr Triangles (Rocket etc), group of 11 different printer's trial color die proofs, various colors, also perf. and imperf. blocks of 8, v.f. P Catalog #Ceres T48-49 | Unsold |
 | Lot #4501 SAAR 1954 Madonna, imperf. deluxe sheets (Ministerblocks), complete set of three, v.f. Only 200 sets printed (Mi.351-53M) P Catalog #250-52P Catalog Value € 600 | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #4502 SAAR 1954 Madonna, incredible group of 17 different artist signed die proofs and 8 printer's trial color die proofs, various colors including nine hand-colored, v.f. and beautiful assembly P Catalog #250-52P | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
 | Lot #4503 SAAR Semi-Postals 1949 Folk Art, imperf. deluxe sheets (Ministerblocks), complete set of five, v.f. Only 100 sets printed (Mi.267-71M) P Catalog #B69-73P Catalog Value € 1,400 | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #4504 SAAR Semi-Postals 1951-56 Art Series, selection of 47 different, including 29 artist (mostly signed) die proofs, plus 18 printer's trial color die proofs, variety of stages and colors, generally v.f. and beautiful group of die proofs from Saar, rare P Catalog #Mi.308/378P | Price Realized $6,250.00 |
 | Lot #4505 SAAR Semi-Postals 1954 Art Series, 10+5f gray blue, die proof printed on silk, v.f. and rare (Mi.355P) P | Price Realized $180.00 |
 | Lot #4506 SAAR Semi-Postals 1954-56 Paintings, three diff. sets of three, imperf. deluxe sheets (Ministerblocks), v.f. Only 200 sets printed (Mi.354-56,365-67.476-78M) P Catalog Value € 1,560 | Price Realized $650.00 |
 | Lot #4507 SAAR Semi-Postals 1956 Volkshilfe, imperf. set of three, gummed trial colors, n.h., v.f. P | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #4508 SAAR Semi-Postals 1956 Folk Art, set of three imperf. bottom sheet margin strips of three, gummed trial color proofs, with penciled notations and date imprints, v.f, signed S.Ray, P Catalog #Mi.376-78 Catalog Value € 1,350 | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #4509 SAAR Air Post 1948 Issue, set of imperf. deluxe sheets, also imperf. collective deluxe sheetlet of three, v.f., rare (Mi.252-54) P Catalog #C9-11P Catalog Value € 2,750 | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #4510 SAAR Air Post 1948 Issue, imperf. collective deluxe sheetlet of three in black, with penciled die cuts at bottom, v.f., probably unique (Mi.252-54) P Catalog #C9-11P | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #4511 SAAR Air Post 1948 Issue, imperforate singles, set of three, n.h., v.f. (Mi.252-54U) ** Catalog #C9-11var Catalog Value € 750 | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #4512 SAAR Air Post 1948 25fr artist signed die proof in black, v.f. P Catalog #C9P | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #4513 SYRIA Air Post 1920-79 Collection of 550+ stamps and 15 souvenir sheets, plus 100+ covers, with better items incl. Scott's No. C1-9 on and off cover, C10-44 with many varieties incl. inverted, double, reversed, with & without overprints, also C41a, C57-66, C145a, C156a, imperf. C72-79, C103-106 (pairs), C107-8, 117-23 (pairs), C124-34, C158-61 (blocks), C187-91 and many others, with first flights, good frankings on cover etc. An exceptional collection * | Price Realized $2,700.00 |
 | Lot #4514 TUNISIA 1949 UPU, set of three artist signed die proofs, also imperf. collective sheetlet on blue paper, plus two artist collective die proofs, one in gray black, another on white card, hand-colored and signed Stephen ("only this one exists"), v.f. P Catalog #208-09,C13P | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #4515 TUNISIA Air Post 1919 three different errors incl. inverted, double and double inverted surcharges, fine-v.f., signed Brun, Calves etc., * Catalog #Ceres PA1a,b,d Catalog Value € 575 | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #4516 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS FRANCE 1927-1992 Balance of issues, in two albums, with 120+ die proofs (both artist and Printer's Trial Color dies), some varieties, unissued items, also stamps (semi-postal issues), 45+ imperf. deluxe or collective sheets, mostly aviation/space related, many better items, occasional toning, mostly fine-v.f. P | Price Realized $5,500.00 |
 | Lot #4517 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS FRANCE 1930-2000's Imperf. deluxe sheets, hundreds (no duplication) in two cartons, mostly on auction lot sheets, as purchased over the last 10 years, with good representation of the pre-WWII items, later issues fairly complete, with semi-postals, airpost, pre-cancelled, regular issues, collective sheetlets, mostly v.f., high cost and catalogue value P | Price Realized $20,000.00 |
 | Lot #4518 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS FRANCE 1930-2000's Imperf. singles, sets, occasional blocks, hundreds (minor duplication), with some pre-WWII items, later issues fairly complete, with semi-postals, airpost, regular issues, mostly n.h., v.f., high catalogue value P | Price Realized $10,000.00 |
 | Lot #4519 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS FRANCE 1949-51 selection of 112 different proofs, including 81 artist (mostly signed) die proofs and 31 printer's trial color die proofs, some better items including UPU, UNESCO, United Nations, hand-colored etc., mostly fine-v.f. P Catalog #415/643P | Price Realized $5,500.00 |
 | Lot #4520 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS FRANCE 1950-80s Artist (mostly signed) die proofs, including Art Series (Paintings), selection of 80 different, various incl. Europa, Famous Men, Red Cross etc., mostly v.f. P | Price Realized $3,000.00 |
 | Lot #4521 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS FRANCE 1950s-60s Small group of imperf. stamps, early Art (Paintings) series and Red Cross, singles, pairs and couple of blocks, some duplication, mostly n.h., v.f., Ceres ** Catalog Value € 12,000 | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #4522 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS FRANCE 1950s-70s Small group of imperf. deluxe sheets, early Art (Paintings) series and Red Cross, including collective sheets, minor duplication, v.f., Ceres P Catalog Value € 8,000 | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #4523 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS FRANCE 1950s-70s Red Cross, small box with hundreds of booklets, stamps, FDCs, maximum cards, some imperfs and gummed trial color proofs, fine-v.f. ** | Price Realized $800.00 |
 | Lot #4524 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS FRANCE 1956-68 Issues, balance of the period, collection of 332 different proofs, including 42 printer's inspection die proofs in sepia (only four (!) of each produced), also 274 artist (mostly signed) die proofs, various colors and stages included, few hand-colored, 16 printer's trial color die proofs, plus miscellaneous items which were not counted, fine-v.f. P Catalog #799/1226P | Price Realized $14,000.00 |
 | Lot #4525 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS FRANCE 1957-1960 Issues, collection of 109 different proofs, with 93 artist (mostly signed) die proofs, and 16 Printer's Inspection Die Proofs in sepia (only four of each were produced), colors and stages of Personalities, Unesco, Europa, Cathedrals, Heroes of the Resistance etc., occasional toning, mostly v.f. P Catalog #864/965P | Price Realized $3,000.00 |
 | Lot #4526 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS FRANCE 1961-1998 Art Series, missing colors and other varieties, selection of 34+ different, each with a regular stamp enclosed for comparison, some rather impressive errors, few not catalogued, mostly signed Calves or Ceres, n.h., fine-v.f. (Ceres 1319k/3240a) ** Catalog #1014/2640var Catalog Value € 13,500 | Price Realized $2,600.00 |
 | Lot #4527 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS FRANCE 1961-1998 Art Series (Paintings), issues virtually complete, collection of perforate and imperforate sheet corner margin singles, plus imperf. deluxe sheets, n.h., v.f. (perforated stamps not counted), **P Catalog #Ceres 1319/3170 Catalog Value € 36,400 | Price Realized $9,000.00 |
 | Lot #4528 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS FRANCE 1961-64 Art Series, special album, beautifully bound in green leather, with gold "Republique Francaise" inscription on spine and slipcase, presented to a dignitary (Communication Minister from Morocco), prepared by Eduard Berck, with 35 artist signed (Gandon, Cottet etc) die proofs of the early paintings sets, typically three of each value (black, issued color and negative), pages are 200x245mm in size, with some peripheral toning (after being in a tropical climate), which can be trimmed away. A rare, if not unique album P Catalog #1014/1084P | Price Realized $3,000.00 |
 | Lot #4529 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS FRANCE 1961-78 Art Issues, imperf. and gummed trial color proofs, selection of 340+ stamps, mostly in imperf. strips of five, occasional blocks and singles, nice variety incl. early first and second sets, n.h., v.f. P | Price Realized $4,000.00 |
 | Lot #4530 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS FRANCE 1961-88 Issues, balance in three albums, 377 different artist die proofs (mostly signed), variety of colors, stages, occasional positive & negative impressions, better items and topicals left intact, mostly v.f. A nice lot of French die proofs, seldom offered P Catalog #1249/B562P | Price Realized $14,000.00 |
 | Lot #4531 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS FRANCE 1964-74 Art Series, selection of 144+ different artist signed die proofs, positive and negative impressions, various colors, paper varieties, some watermarked, also additional not counted items, different stages of engravings. Some mounted on special presentation cards, mostly v.f. A beautiful group P Catalog #1084/1394P | Price Realized $9,000.00 |
 | Lot #4532 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS FRANCE 1976-2003 Art Series, artist signed die proofs, collection of 168 different items, variety of colors, many positive and negative of each, some varieties with occasional first day cancels, mostly v.f. and beautiful collection P | Price Realized $10,000.00 |
 | Lot #4533 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS FRANCE 1987-2001 Issues, selection of 138 different artist (mostly signed) die proofs, including semi-postals, souvenir sheets, positive and negative impressions, few with issued stamp attached and cancelled First Day of Issue, various thematics including Fish, Birds, Art, Europa, Personalities etc., v.f. and beautiful lot (Ceres 2488/3359) P | Price Realized $2,800.00 |
 | Lot #4534 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS FRANCE Semi-Postals 1935-1990 Issues, balance in album, 123 different die proofs incl. 89 artist (mostly signed) and 34 printer's trial color dies, various stages, few faults, occasional toning, mostly fine-v.f. P Catalog #B42/621P | Price Realized $3,750.00 |
 | Lot #4535 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS FRANCE Semi-Postals 1939-1998 Red Cross, collection of 129 imperf. deluxe and collective sheets, virtually complete, also a few Reunion items (not counted in the catalogue value), mostly v.f. (Ceres 422/3162) P Catalog #B81/690P Catalog Value € 15,625 | Price Realized $2,400.00 |
 | Lot #4536 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS FRANCE Semi-Postals 1940-1996 Red Cross, collection of 90 different die proofs, including 52 artist (mostly signed) die proofs, variety of colors (some hand-colored) and stages including "etat unique", unfinished designs etc., also 20 printers trial color die proofs of various issues, plus a unique assembly of 18 printer's inspection die proofs in sepia (only four of each printed). In addition, there is a collection of perf. stamps and 79 imperf. stamps representing most of the sets issued (n.h.), as well as four imperf. booklet panes of 10 (1993-1996), mostly fine-v.f. A beautiful and scarce collection P Catalog #B101/676P | Price Realized $7,000.00 |
 | Lot #4537 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS FRANCE Semi-Postals 1944-1998 Stamp Day, collection of 68 artist (mostly signed) die proofs, 28 printer's trial color die proofs, plus 58 imperf. deluxe sheets (including Algeria, Tunisia and Reunion overprints), variety of colors, some unfinished stages, also perf. and many imperf. stamps, booklets etc., occasional toned spots, mostly v.f. PCatalog #Ceres 668/2730 Catalog Value € 800 | Price Realized $3,500.00 |
 | Lot #4538 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS FRANCE Semi-Postals 1944-51 Famous People, also Cathedrals, selection of 100+ including 81 artist (mostly signed) die proofs, variety of stages and colors incl. hand colored, also 19 printer's trial color die proofs including five printer's inspection die proofs in sepia (only four of each printed), non-issued 25fr+1fr Napoleon (artist signed die proof in black, also printer's trial color in red), occasional toned spots, mostly fine-v.f. An impressive lot (Ceres 612/896) P Catalog #B179/263P | Price Realized $3,750.00 |
 | Lot #4539 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS FRANCE Semi-Postals 1952-60 Celebrities, spectacular collection of 114 different artist (mostly signed) die proofs, variety of stages and colors, including hand-colored items, also 10 printer's trial color die proofs, plus 35 (!) printer's inspection die proofs in sepia (only four of each printed), all values represented, mostly v.f. (Ceres 930/1262) P Catalog #B267/346 | Price Realized $3,500.00 |
 | Lot #4540 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS FRANCE Semi-Postals 1960-98 Celebrities, issues apparently complete, with imperf. deluxe sheets and imperf. collective deluxe sheetlets of three or four, also gummed blocks etc., v.f. (Ceres 1257/1861) PCatalog #Ceres 1257/3158 Catalog Value € 27,300 | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
 | Lot #4541 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS FRANCE Air Post 1909-45 Semi-Official Aviation Meets, adhesives, labels, covers and proofs, collection in album, nice varieties incl. errors, flights, many interesting items, nice lot * | Price Realized $2,600.00 |
 | Lot #4542 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS FRANCE Air Post 1917-36 Collection of 200 early picture postcards, aviation meetings, pioneer flights etc., many franked with semi-official adhesives, various towns and regions, many quite scarce, fine-v.f. and seldom offered | Price Realized $4,250.00 |
 | Lot #4543 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS FRANCE & COLONIES 1930-2000's Balance of the collection, housed in two cartons, hundreds of perf. and imperf. varieties, proofs, deluxe sheets, errors, modern imperfs in quantities from New Caledonia and Wallis, also some Polynesia souv. sheets, plus French Red Cross booklets, Paintings, plus variety of miscellaneous items, worth careful inspection P | Price Realized $21,000.00 |
 | Lot #4544 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS FRANCE & COLONIES 1940s-60s covers and FDCs, hundreds in four cartons, mostly air post incl. omnibus series, high value frankings, French Antarctic, better France FDCs, many interesting items, Vichy frankings, Reunion (2xC1), first flights etc., nice lot | Price Realized $6,000.00 |
 | Lot #4545 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS FRENCH COLONIES Air Post 1940s-50s Artist Die Proofs, small box with 90+ different, mostly Morocco, also Algeria, Andorra etc., plus additional 70+ printer's trial color die proofs, reduced to smaller size, also miscellaneous printer's trial color die proofs, some printer's inspection die proofs in sepia, also collective sheetlets, some imperf. multiples, many better items, generally fine-v.f. P | Price Realized $1,700.00 |
 | Lot #4546 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS FRENCH COLONIES Air Post 1940s-50s Algeria-West Africa, collection in three binders consisting of 160+ different artist die proofs (mostly signed), 400+ imperf. deluxe sheets, 16+ imperf. collective deluxe sheetlets, 39 printer's trial color die proofs (including ten in sepia, only four of each printed), plus 19 perforated and gummed sheetlets, plus a few miscellaneous items. Collection is mostly offered intact with many better items from New Caledonia, St.Pierre, Indochina, Somali Coast, Tunisia, Wallis and more, with many Vichy items, omnibus sets etc., generally v.f. P | Price Realized $12,000.00 |
 | Lot #4547 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS FRENCH POLYNESIA 1900-70s Covers and postal history, 500+ incl. early material, errors, flights, FDCs, some stationery etc., many better items, great specialist lot | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
 | Lot #4548 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS FRENCH POLYNESIA 1934-87 Die proofs, collection of 89 different artist die proofs (mostly signed), also 10 printer's trial color die proofs, variety of colors, stages and papers, few of the early items include postage dues, with master die proofs (value tablets blank), many better topicals incl. sports, costumes, ships, flowers, occasional toning, mostly v.f. P Catalog #80/470P | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
 | Lot #4549 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS FRENCH POLYNESIA 1934-87 (Oceania and Polynesia) Issues, selection of 22 artist die proofs, interesting items incl. Paintings, Sports, Flowers, Olympics etc., v.f. P | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #4550 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS FRENCH POLYNESIA 1945-2000 Imperf. deluxe sheets, collection of 450+ including imperf. collectives, all topicals represented, fine-v.f., high catalogue value P | Price Realized $2,800.00 |
 | Lot #4551 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS FRENCH POLYNESIA 1945-2000 Imperf. stamps, and souv. sheets, mostly gummed trial colors, etc., accumulation of 800+ stamps, n.h., v.f. P | Price Realized $1,900.00 |
 | Lot #4552 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS FRENCH POLYNESIA 1945-2000 Balance of the collection, with hundreds of perf. and Imperf. stamps, blocks, sheets, gummed trial colors, occasional errors and varieties and much more, all topicals represented, fine-v.f., high catalogue value ** | Price Realized $1,900.00 |
 | Lot #4553 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS FRENCH POLYNESIA Air Post 1942-1987 (Oceania and Polynesia) Issues, selection of 151 different proofs, including 85 artist (mostly signed) die proofs, 18 Printers Trial Color die proofs (including three inspection dies in sepia), plus 48 imperf. deluxe sheets, including several collectives, some earlier items hand-colored, many high values, Sports, Art, Seashells, Fish etc., occasional toning, mostly v.f. (Oceania Ceres PA7/32, Polynesia Ceres PA 1/198) P Catalog #C1/226P | Price Realized $6,000.00 |
 | Lot #4554 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS FRENCH SOUTHERN ANTARCTIC TERRITORIES (TAAF) 1956-2000 Imperf. and gummed trial colors, stock of 2,200+ stamps incl. blocks of four, sheetlets of 10, sheets of 25, with a great deal of air post, high values, topicals etc., n.h., v.f. P | Price Realized $16,000.00 |
| Lot #4555 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS FRENCH SOUTHERN ANTARCTIC TERRITORIES (TAAF) 1956-2000 perforated issues, stock of hundreds, with blocks of four, sheetlets of 10, sheets of 25, with high value air post, n.h., fine-v.f. ** | Price Realized $2,400.00 | |
 | Lot #4556 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS FRENCH SOUTHERN ANTARCTIC TERRITORIES (TAAF) 1956-81 Perforated Issues, collection complete in blocks of four, mostly corner sheet margin, with all better stamps and air post included, n.h., v.f., Ceres **Catalog Value € 9,780 | Price Realized $7,000.00 |
 | Lot #4557 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS FRENCH SOUTHERN ANTARCTIC TERRITORIES (TAAF) 1956-86 Imperf. stamps, stock of hundreds, with blocks of four, sheetlets of 10, sheets of 25, with a great deal of air post, high values, n.h., v.f., Ceres **Catalog Value € 49,000 | Price Realized $19,000.00 |
 | Lot #4558 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS FRENCH SOUTHERN ANTARCTIC TERRITORIES (TAAF) 1956-91 Imperf. stamps, collection complete in blocks of four, mostly corner sheet margin, with all better stamps and air post included, n.h., v.f., Ceres **Catalog Value € 22,500 | Price Realized $18,000.00 |
 | Lot #4559 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS FEZZAN 1944-47 Balance of a postal history collection, 41 covers cards, mostly French Occupation, with military, negative cachets, French Scientific Expedition markings, censor strikes, post-WWII U.S. censor markings, various destinations, flights, frankings incl. Ghadames, few supporting documents, mostly mounted and written up (in Italian) on pages, fine-v.f. and interesting lot | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
 | Lot #4560 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS FEZZAN 1946-50 Issues, balance of the specialized collection, 130 die proofs, with artist signed and printers trial color dies, with commemoratives and postage dues, variety of colors, stages, also issued stamps, plus some imperf. varieties, mostly fine-v.f. A wonderful collection, seldom offered P | Price Realized $4,750.00 |
 | Lot #4561 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS MONACO 1939-84 Issues, selection of 130+ different artist (mostly signed) die proofs, mostly the Art series, many represented with both positive and negative impressions, various colors and paper varieties, generally v.f. An impressive and beautiful group P | Price Realized $5,750.00 |
 | Lot #4562 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE TOPICALS 1930s-90s Art (Paintings) on stamps, hundreds of stamps, covers, maximum cards, divided by art school, artist, country etc., housed in nine cartons, with stamps, blocks, imperf. singles, pairs, Deluxe sheets, some artist die proofs etc. Some better items incl. Belgium Minister blocks, German "Muster" handstamps and much specialized material * | Price Realized $5,500.00 |
 | Lot #5001 AUTOGRAPHS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE 1735 Empress Anna of Russia, proclamation signed, presented to a Russian guard member, with full intact seal, fine and rare. Empress Anna directed the Russian Academy of Science to organize and implement the Great Northern Expedition (1732-1742) to chart the Northern Coast and Siberian Far North | Price Realized $20,000.00 |
 | Lot #5002 RUSSIA 1938 North Pole Issue, set of four used on a registered and flown cover from Moscow to New York, v.f. Catalog #625-28 | Price Realized $400.00 |
 | Lot #5003 RUSSIA 1937 North Pole, 40k green & red, 80k red, imperforate singles, h.r., v.f. (Standard $2,750+) * Catalog #627a. 628a | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
 | Lot #5004 RUSSIA 1937 North Pole, 40k green & red, imperforate horizontal pair, h.r., v.f., signed Diena, Sanabria (Standard $5,000+) * Catalog #627a | Price Realized $6,500.00 |
 | Lot #5005 RUSSIA Air Post 1924 10k on 5r green type II, basic stamp wide "5", complete pane of 25 showing diagonal shift of surcharge, never hinged and post office fresh, natural gum creases and gum skips at bottom right, each stamp with a double "Goznak" handstamp on back, also signed in pencil and by Mikulski. A major museum-quality rarity from the Soviet Union, ex-Mikulski collection. Of considerable Air Post and world-wide importance, undoubtedly unique! (Standard Cat. $105,000+ for singles) **Catalog #C7a | Price Realized $700,000.00 |
 | Lot #5006 RUSSIA Air Post 1924 10k on 5r green type II, basic stamp wide "5", upper left sheet corner single, l.h., v.f., signed "Goznak" etc. (Standard Cat. $2,100) * Catalog #C7a | Price Realized $1,700.00 |
 | Lot #5007 RUSSIA Air Post 1924 10k on 5r green type II, basic stamp wide "5", used, v.f., rare O Catalog #C7a | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #5008 RUSSIA Air Post 1924 10k on 5r, also 15k on 1r, each with inverted surcharge, used, fine-v.f., the latter with Diena cert. O Catalog #C7b,8a | Unsold |
 | Lot #5009 RUSSIA Air Post 1924 15k on 1r brown, surcharge inverted, h.r., v.f., signed Champion etc. (Standard $2,500) * Catalog #C8a | Price Realized $1,600.00 |
 | Lot #5010 RUSSIA Air Post 1924 20k on 10r carmine, block of four, lower right stamp with part of the overprint missing and printed on back of the fold-over variety, hinge reinforcements, fine and unusual item *Catalog #C9var | Price Realized $5,250.00 |
 | Lot #5011 RUSSIA Air Post 1930 Graf Zeppelin, set of two perforated and gummed proofs in issued colors, each overprinted "IIPOEKT 8 September 1930" in red Cyrillic letters and adhered on gray card, v.f., signed Mikulski, probably unique P Catalog #C12-13P | Price Realized $62,500.00 |
 | Lot #5012 RUSSIA Air Post 1930 Graf Zeppelin, imperf. sheet margin singles, set of two, l.h., v.f., signed Diena etc. * Catalog #C12b-13b | Price Realized $5,000.00 |
 | Lot #5013 RUSSIA Air Post 1931 Airships, perf. and imperf. sets of five, used in 1946 and 1947 on two registered and flown covers from Moscow to England, v.f. and late usage, one with arrival pmk Catalog #C15-24 | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #5014 RUSSIA Air Post 1931 Airships, perf. and imperf. sets of five, used on two registered and flown First Day covers from Moscow (15.5 and 8.6) to Berlin, fine-v.f., each with appropriate transit and arrival pmks Catalog #C15-24 | Price Realized $600.00 |
 | Lot #5015 RUSSIA Air Post 1931 Airships, perf. and imperf. sets of five, used on two registered and flown covers from Moscow (8.6 and 13.7) to Berlin, fine-v.f., each with appropriate transit and arrival pmks Catalog #C15-24 | Price Realized $575.00 |
 | Lot #5016 RUSSIA Air Post 1931 Airships, 10k gray black, perforated 10 1/2, adhered on gray card and tied by red "IIPOEKT 22 March 1931" Cyrillic letters, v.f., probably unique P Catalog #C15P | Price Realized $24,000.00 |
 | Lot #5017 RUSSIA Air Post 1931 Airships, 15k gray blue, partly perforated proof adhered on gray card and tied by red "IIPOEKT 2 April 1931" Cyrillic letters, v.f. P Catalog #C16P | Price Realized $14,500.00 |
 | Lot #5018 RUSSIA Air Post 1931-32 50k gray blue, bottom sheet margin single, l.h., v.f. * Catalog #C23a | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #5019 RUSSIA Air Post 1931-32 50k gray blue, sheet margin block of four, one stamp n.h., others l.h., fresh, v.f., rare block ***Catalog #C23a | Price Realized $21,000.00 |
 | Lot #5020 RUSSIA Air Post 1931-32 15k gray, imperforate horizontal pair, l.h., v.f., signed Sanabria. A rare pair, only 100 imperf. stamps printed (Standard $8,300+ for two singles) * Catalog #C25c | Price Realized $10,000.00 |
 | Lot #5021 RUSSIA Air Post 1931 North Pole Issue, perf. and imperf. sets used on large registered and flown cover from Moscow (11.9) to Berlin (12.9), filing fold away from the stamps, cover roughly opened at right, fine. These stamps were issued for Graf Zeppelin/Icebreaker Malyguin North Pole Expedition flights and are not commonly found on commercial mail. This is probably the only known cover franked with both perf. and imperf. sets Catalog #C26-33 | Price Realized $6,500.00 |
 | Lot #5022 RUSSIA Air Post 1931 North Pole, 30k dark violet, perf. 12, variety imperf. at left, l.h., v.f., signed Romeko * Catalog #C30var | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #5023 RUSSIA Air Post 1931 North Pole, 30k dark violet, perf. 12, variety imperf. at left, l.h., v.f. * Catalog #C30var | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #5024 RUSSIA Air Post 1932 International Polar Year, set of two perf. 12 1/4, blocks of four, n.h., natural gum creases, v.f. **Catalog #C34-35 | Price Realized $2,700.00 |
 | Lot #5025 RUSSIA Air Post 1932 Polar Year, cover and card from Franz Josef Land to Archangelsk to Berlin, fine-v.f., signed Mikulski Catalog #C34-35 | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #5026 RUSSIA Air Post 1932 International Polar Year, set of two, used on flown cover from Franz Josef Land (27.8.32) via Archangelsk to Moscow, v.f., with 30.8.32 arrival pmk on back, signed Diena Catalog #C34-35 | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #5027 RUSSIA Air Post 1932 Polar Year, set of two used on cover from Franz Josef Land to Archangelsk to Moscow, fine-v.f., with appropriate markings Catalog #C34-35 | Price Realized $290.00 |
 | Lot #5028 RUSSIA Air Post 1933 Stratostat Balloon, set of three, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #C37-39 | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #5029 RUSSIA Air Post 1933 Stratostat Balloon, set of three, plus additional 20k, used on flown cover from Moscow (4.6.34) to Germany, fine-v.f., with arrival pmk Catalog #C37-39 | Price Realized $1,900.00 |
 | Lot #5030 RUSSIA Air Post 1933 Stratostat Balloon, 5k indigo blue, imperf. trial color proof, watermarked and gummed paper, v.f. P Catalog #C37P | Price Realized $5,250.00 |
 | Lot #5031 RUSSIA Air Post 1933 Stratostat Balloon, 5k ultramarine, imperforate horizontal pair, h.r. and small gum disturbance, fresh and v.f. pair, ex-Small collection, rare * Catalog #C37var | Price Realized $12,000.00 |
 | Lot #5032 RUSSIA Air Post 1933 Civil Aviation, 5k olive green, 10k brown, 20k dull blue, 50k carmine and 80k magenta, imperf. trial color proofs on watermarked and gummed paper, complete set of five, l.h., fresh and v.f., signed Mikulski P Catalog #C40-44P | Price Realized $8,000.00 |
 | Lot #5033 RUSSIA Air Post 1933 Civil Aviation, 5k-80k orange, imperf. proofs on watermarked and gummed paper, complete matching set of colors, l.h., fresh and v.f., rare P Catalog #C40-44P | Price Realized $9,500.00 |
 | Lot #5034 RUSSIA Air Post 1933 Civil Aviation, 50k and 80k green, imperf. proofs on watermarked and gummed paper, matching colors, l.h., fresh and v.f. P Catalog #C43,44P | Price Realized $3,500.00 |
 | Lot #5035 RUSSIA Air Post 1933 Civil Aviation, unwatermarked set of five, used on registered and flown cover from Moscow (14.9.34) to Berlin, fine-v.f., with arrival cds Catalog #C45-49 | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #5036 RUSSIA Air Post 1933 Civil Aviation, 5k orange (small crayon mark), 10k violet, 20k brown, 50k purple and 80k blue black, imperf. trial color proofs, unwatermarked paper, without gum, complete set of five, fresh and v.f. P Catalog #C45-49P | Price Realized $7,250.00 |
 | Lot #5037 RUSSIA Air Post 1933 Civil Aviation, 5k-80k brown, complete set of imperf. trial color proofs, unwatermarked paper, each used in 1949, in combination with with additional franking on registered covers from Moscow to England, fine-v.f., rare set of "J.Barry" covers, signed Mikulski Catalog #C45-49P | Price Realized $4,750.00 |
 | Lot #5038 RUSSIA Air Post 1933 Civil Aviation, 5k ultramarine, 20k carmine, imperf. singles, without watermark, n.h., v.f., signed Mikulski ** Catalog #C45,47var | Price Realized $7,000.00 |
 | Lot #5039 RUSSIA Air Post 1933 Civil Aviation, 5k brown, imperf. trial color proof, used in 1957 on registered cover, with additional franking, from Riga to Switzerland, v.f., with Speicher arrival pmk, signed Mikulski Catalog #C45P | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #5040 RUSSIA Air Post 1933 10k green, horizontal pair, imperf. between, h.r., natural gum wrinkles, v.f., signed Diena, very rare unused * Catalog #C46a | Price Realized $2,800.00 |
 | Lot #5041 RUSSIA Air Post 1933 10k green, sheet margin block of four containing two pairs imperf. between, cancelled to order (25.3.34), v.f., signed Mikulski Catalog #C46a | Price Realized $3,750.00 |
 | Lot #5042 RUSSIA Air Post 1933 10k green, corner sheet margin block of four containing two pairs imperf. between, cancelled to order (25.3.34), v.f., signed Mikulski Catalog #C46a | Price Realized $4,250.00 |
 | Lot #5043 RUSSIA Air Post 1933 Civil Aviation, 10k brown, imperf. trial color proof, unwatermarked paper, without gum, bottom portion of design partially omitted, v.f., signed Mikulski P Catalog #C46P | Price Realized $1,350.00 |
 | Lot #5044 RUSSIA Air Post 1933 Civil Aviation, 20k ultramarine, imperf. trial color proof, used in 1957 on registered cover, with additional franking, from Riga to Switzerland, v.f., with Speicher arrival pmk, signed Mikulski Catalog #C47P | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #5045 RUSSIA Air Post 1933 Stratosphere Disaster, set of three, plus additional 20k Fedoseinko, used on registered and flown cover from Moscow (21.9.34) to Switzerland, fine-v.f. The 55k franking underpaid the letter by 20k and was charged 40rp penalty rate, with postage due added on back Catalog #C50-52 | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #5046 RUSSIA Air Post 1934 Stratosphere Disaster, 5k violet brown, perf. 14, horizontal sheet margin pair, n.h., tiny perf. separations, v.f. ** Catalog #C50a | Price Realized $850.00 |
 | Lot #5047 RUSSIA Air Post 1934 Airships ("Pravda", "Lenin" etc.), complete set of five blocks of four, n.h. and post office fresh (5k with tiny perf. separations), v.f. (a similar set sold for $35,000 plus commission in our September 2007 auction) **Catalog #C53-57 | Price Realized $55,000.00 |
 | Lot #5048 RUSSIA Air Post 1934 Airships, set of five used on registered and flown cover from Moscow (31.1.35) to Germany, fine-v.f., with arrival pmk Catalog #C53-57 | Price Realized $1,200.00 |
 | Lot #5049 RUSSIA Air Post 1934 Airships, set of five used on registered and flown cover from Moscow (16.11.35) to Germany, fine-v.f., with arrival pmk Catalog #C53-57 | Price Realized $1,300.00 |
 | Lot #5050 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 Chelyuskin, complete set, h.r., fresh, fine-v.f. * Catalog #C58-67 | Price Realized $1,700.00 |
 | Lot #5051 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 Moscow-San Francisco, selection of 25 singles (including five with small "f" ), many different and distinct positions of the overprint, originally intended as a reconstruction of the original setting of 25, all are l.h., v.f., signed Mikulski, Brun, Goznak and others. A rare opportunity to obtain a holding of this popular issue (Standard $33,000+) * Catalog #C68,68b | Price Realized $29,000.00 |
 | Lot #5052 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 Moscow-San Francisco, block of four, positions 4-5, 9-10, both of the bottom stamps small "f", never hinged, v.f., signed Goznak **Catalog #C68,68b | Price Realized $52,500.00 |
 | Lot #5053 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 Moscow-San Francisco, block of four, positions 6-7, 11-12, both of the top stamps small "f" , lightly hinged, bottom stamps n.h., v.f., signed Goznak ***Catalog #C68,68b | Price Realized $47,500.00 |
 | Lot #5054 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 Moscow-San Francisco, vertical block of six, positions 3-4, 8-9, 13-14, both of the middle stamps small "f", n.h., v.f., signed Romeko, with 1982 Trachtenberg certificate. A unique combination block showing the small "f" in the middle **Catalog #C68,68b | Price Realized $170,000.00 |
 | Lot #5055 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 Moscow-San Francisco, position 1,h.r., v.f., signed Goznak etc. * Catalog #C68 | Price Realized $1,200.00 |
 | Lot #5056 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 Moscow-San Francisco, position 1, l.h., v.f., signed Goznak, with Mikulski cert. * Catalog #C68 | Price Realized $1,600.00 |
 | Lot #5057 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 Moscow-San Francisco, position 25, right sheet margin single, stamp n.h., v.f., signed Goznak ** Catalog #C68 | Price Realized $5,250.00 |
 | Lot #5058 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 Moscow-San Francisco, position 15, variety period after the word "CEB." in the form of oval, n.h., v.f., signed Diena etc. ** Catalog #C68 | Price Realized $2,800.00 |
 | Lot #5059 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 Moscow-San Francisco, position 15, variety period after the word "CEB." in the form of oval, used on piece, v.f. O Catalog #C68 | Price Realized $800.00 |
 | Lot #5060 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 Moscow-San Francisco, position 21, left half of the letter "M" in "Moscow" defective, l.h., v.f., signed Goznak * Catalog #C68 | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
 | Lot #5061 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 Moscow-San Francisco, horizontal pair, left stamp short "p" in "San Francisco", l.h., with some pencil notations and minor gum toning, v.f., with Trachtenberg cert. * Catalog #C68 | Price Realized $2,800.00 |
 | Lot #5062 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 Moscow-San Francisco, position 5, sheet margin at right, cancelled to order "Moscow 3.8.35", creases in margin only, v.f., signed Goznak, great positional piece O Catalog #C68 | Price Realized $3,250.00 |
 | Lot #5063 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 Moscow-San Francisco, used on registered and flown cover from Moscow (27.8) to J.Rosenberg in Berlin, with arrival pmk the next day, v.f. While this stamp was prepared for exclusive use on mail carried on the special Air Flight from Moscow to San Francisco through the North Pole (by Levanevsky on August 2), some were used on commercial mail to Germany. A rare cover, with Rossica cert. Catalog #C68 | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
 | Lot #5064 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 Moscow-San Francisco, used on registered and flown ppc (Sigismund Levanevsky) from Moscow, addressed to Mr. Troyanovsky, Ambassador of the USSR in Washington, with bilingual "Special Air Flight Moscow-San Francisco through the North Pole" cachets, with New York and San Francisco transits, also Washington 18.9.35 arrival pmks, v.f. Three Soviet fliers, Sigismund Levanevsky, George Baidukov and Victor Levchenko, took off from Schlovsky Military Airport near Moscow in the red-winged Soviet monoplane "O 25" at 6:30 A.M. on a 6,000 mile non-stop flight to San Francisco, via the North Pole. Flying over Siberia and 700 miles across the Arctic Ocean, the plane developed problems, and on radio instructions, the fliers returned to their base Catalog #C68 | Price Realized $17,000.00 |
 | Lot #5065 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 Moscow-San Francisco, used on registered and flown ppc (Sigismund Levanevsky) from Moscow, addressed to Mr. Troyanovsky, the Ambassador of the USSR in Washington, with bilingual "Special Air Flight Moscow-San Francisco through the North Pole" cachets, with New York and San Francisco transits, Washington Sept.18 arrival pmks (on both sides), v.f. and rare card Catalog #C68 | Price Realized $19,000.00 |
 | Lot #5066 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 Moscow-San Francisco, cancelled 21.9.35, v.f., signed Mikulski O Catalog #C68 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #5067 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 Moscow-San Francisco, inverted overprint, l.h., v.f., signed Diena, with Mikulski and Trachtenberg certificates. Only two sheets (50 stamps) were printed with inverted overprint (10 with small "f"). A rarity, ex-Mikulski collection (Standard $62,500+) * Catalog #C68a | Price Realized $105,000.00 |
 | Lot #5068 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 Moscow-San Francisco, surcharge inverted, lightly hinged and post office fresh, v.f., signed Brun, Romeko and Mikulski. Only two sheets (50 stamps) of the inverted surcharge were printed (40 with the regular overprinted, 10 with small "f"). A rarity, with Mikulski certificate (Standard $62,500+) * Catalog #C68a | Price Realized $145,000.00 |
 | Lot #5069 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 Moscow-San Francisco, surcharge inverted, l.h., v.f. and post office fresh, signed Diena, Roig, Brun and Diena (Standard $62,500+) * Catalog #C68a | Price Realized $140,000.00 |
 | Lot #5070 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 Moscow-San Francisco, small "f", h.r. and post office fresh, v.f., signed Mikulski, Goznak * Catalog #C68b | Price Realized $2,000.00 |
 | Lot #5071 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 Moscow-San Francisco, small "f", l.h., v.f., signed Mikulski, Goznak * Catalog #C68b | Price Realized $1,900.00 |
 | Lot #5072 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 Moscow-San Francisco, small "f" variety, l.h., v.f., signed Mikulski, Goznak * Catalog #C68b | Price Realized $2,100.00 |
 | Lot #5073 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 Moscow-San Francisco, small "f" variety, l.h., v.f., signed Mikulski, Goznak * Catalog #C68b | Price Realized $2,100.00 |
 | Lot #5074 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 Moscow-San Francisco, small "f" variety, n.h., v.f., signed Mikulski, Goznak ** Catalog #C68b | Price Realized $4,000.00 |
 | Lot #5075 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 Moscow-San Francisco, small "f" variety, l.h., v.f., signed Mikulski * Catalog #C68b | Price Realized $2,400.00 |
 | Lot #5076 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 Moscow-San Francisco, small "f" variety, n.h., v.f., signed ** Catalog #C68b | Price Realized $4,250.00 |
 | Lot #5077 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 Moscow-San Francisco, small "f", position 6, n.h., v.f., signed Goznak (Standard $3,500+) ** Catalog #C68b | Price Realized $4,000.00 |
 | Lot #5078 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 Moscow-San Francisco, small "f", never hinged, post office fresh, v.f., signed Mikulski ** Catalog #C68b | Price Realized $4,750.00 |
 | Lot #5079 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 Moscow-San Francisco, small "f", lightly hinged on piece, v.f., signed Goznak etc. (Standard $2,300) O Catalog #C68b | Price Realized $1,200.00 |
 | Lot #5080 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 Moscow-San Francisco, small "f", used with additional franking on piece, cancelled 'Vozdushnaya Pochta Leningrad-Berlin 12.X.36", v.f., rare and unusual usage O Catalog #C68b | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #5081 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 Moscow-San Francisco, small "f", v.f. used, signed Mikulski (Standard $2,300) O Catalog #C68b | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #5082 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 Moscow-San Francisco, small "f" used on registered and flown ppc (Sigismund Levanevsky) from Moscow, addressed to Mr. Arens, Consul General of the USSR in New York, with bilingual "Special Air Flight Moscow-San Francisco through the North Pole" cachets, with New York September 17 arrival pmks, v.f., with Diena certificate. Only a few small "f' on flown cards are known. A major rarity Catalog #C68b | Price Realized $67,500.00 |
 | Lot #5083 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 Moscow-San Francisco, small Cyrillic "f" in "San Francisco", surcharge inverted, small hinge remnant, various pencil signatures, also signed Romeko, Brun and Mikulski, with his 1985 certificate, also with 1989 Diena cert. 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+) * Catalog #C68c | Price Realized $625,000.00 |
 | Lot #5084 RUSSIA Air Post 1937 Jubilee Aviation Exhibition, 40k violet brown & black, vertical pair, imperf. between, h.r., little toning on back, otherwise v.f., signed Kessler (a similar item brought $7,250 plus commission in our March 25-26, 2008 sale) * Catalog #C72var | Price Realized $6,750.00 |
 | Lot #5085 RUSSIA Air Post 1937 Aviation Jubilee souvenir sheet, used on flown cover from Moscow (23.11) to Vienna, fine-v.f., scarce Catalog #C75a | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #5086 RUSSIA Air Post 1939 Aviation Day overprints, complete set tied by 25.8.39 cds on registered cover to New York, v.f., with 21.9.39 arrival pmk Catalog #C76-76D | Price Realized $400.00 |
 | Lot #5087 RUSSIA Air Post Officials 1922 Selection of 12 different, incl. 12m on 2.25r (4), 24m on 3r (3), 120m on 2.25r (2), 600m on 3r (2), also 1200m on 10k, all different types, last one type I, l.h. or n.h., fine-v.f., signed by various experts incl. Mikulski etc. *** Catalog #CO1-5 | Price Realized $3,500.00 |
 | Lot #5088 RUSSIA Air Post Officials 1922 1,200m on 2.25r type III, l.h., v.f., with Mikulski cert. * Catalog #CO7 | Unsold |
 | Lot #5089 RUSSIA Air Post Officials 1923-34 Aviation Propaganda Issues, collection of 150+ mostly different labels and vignetts, incl. general issues, surcharges, Central Asian issues, Crimea, Moscow Locals, Northwest Section, Rostov-on-Don, Novocherkask, Siberia, Samarkand, for the construction of Dirigibles, Aerochemical Defense Society and others, mixed condition, some faults to be expected, rare *O | Unsold |
 | Lot #5090 RUSSIA Air Post Officials 1922-41 Airfleet issues, collection of 42 covers or cards, variety of frankings and combinations, used from Tashkent, Leningrad, Zlatoust, Kharkov etc., also five early flight covers, some faults, mostly fine, scarce lot | Price Realized $14,000.00 |
 | Lot #5091 RUSSIA Air Post Officials 1923 (2.11) cover from Moscow to Berlin (7.11), franked on back with 1r, 3r and 5r Aviakhim adhesives, used in combination with regular franking, some faults, rare | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #5092 RUSSIA Air Post Officials 1924 Soviet Red Cross/Sanitary Defense Committee certificate ("Gramota"), member achievement award of the Kharkov Committee, properly signed, some faults, rare | Price Realized $425.00 |
 | Lot #5093 RUSSIA Air Post Officials 1924 Soviet Red Cross/Sanitary Defense Committee certificate ("Gramota"), member achievement award of the Kharkov Committee, properly signed, some faults, rare | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #5094 RUSSIA Air Post Officials 1924 Certificate Membership in Moscow O.D.V.F. (Friends of the Airfleet), properly signed, fine | Price Realized $425.00 |
 | Lot #5095 RUSSIA Air Post Officials 1925 (2.10) registered and flown cover from Tashkent to Germany, franked with three diff. "D.T.K." and one Aviakhim adhesive, used in combination with regular franking, fine-v.f., with 11.10.25 arrival pmk, rare | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #5096 RUSSIA Air Post Officials 1925 (13.7) registered and flown cover from Tashkent to Germany, franked with three diff. labels, used in combination with regular franking, fine-v.f., with 19.7 arrival pmk | Unsold |
 | Lot #5097 RUSSIA Air Post Officials 1925 (24.9) registered and flown cover from Tashkent, Moscow-Riga-Konigsberg line to Berlin (30.9), franked with the Lenin Mausoleum set of four, also 5k D.T.K. and 10r charity label, v.f. | Price Realized $575.00 |
 | Lot #5098 RUSSIA Air Post Officials 1926 (14.7) registered and flown cover from Kursk to Germany, attractively franked on both sides, incl. the complete perf. set of Lenin, Moscow transit and Berlin arrival pmks, also "B" label and 3k O.D.V.F. adhesive, v.f. | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #5099 RUSSIA Air Post Officials 1931 (7.10) cover franked with 3x5k Aviakhim (society for the development of Aviation and chemical defense) adhesives, used from Perm to Swerdlowsk, with arrival pmk. Since the Aviakhim stamps were not valid for postage, the cover was initially charged "30k" penalty postage due (boxed handstamp), later voided, since the sender was probably a Red Army officer, rare item | Unsold |
 | Lot #5100 RUSSIA Air Post Officials 1933 Osoaviakhim Russian S.F.S.R. Issue, 10k Gorky, sheet of 50, folded between stamps, fine-v.f. * | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #5101 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1917 (13.7) ppc bearing double circle and eagle emblem of the State of Moscow free frank with text "Organizing Committee of the All-Russian Aviation Congress" (because of the Bolshevik Revolution, the planned conference never took place), sent by G.Kalinin (a member of the Aviation Congress Committee) to his father, G.V. Kalinin, Murmansk Railway Administration warehouse in Petrograd. This Kalinin family were related to Mikhail Kalinin and to the Kalinins who designed aircraft in the 1920s-30s | Unsold |
 | Lot #5102 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1918 (5.7) Military Telegram form, with handstamp "K.u.K. Luftahrtruppen k.u.k. stabile Fledwetterstation Kiew", with the Field depot Proskurow and appropriate markings, very Mil. Fluglinienstation Kiew" , rare | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
| Lot #5103 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1918 (1.10) Military mail/flight document from Kiev flight station with an official 2-line "K.u.K. Luftverkht Mit Fluglinienstation Kiev" handstamp. The Austrian military-civil air mail service connection, Vienna-Lemberg line, began in the summer of 1918. This line was extended to its most eastern outpost in Kiev in July, 1918. The Kiev connection via Proskurov (Ukraine) to Lemberg was operational for only three months and was closed before the end of World War I. This document provides flight data and amount of post (1kg) carried on flight from Kiev/Proskurov to Lemberg, rare | Price Realized $400.00 | |
 | Lot #5104 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1918 (24.10) Military mail/flight document from Kiev flight station, pre-printed official "K.u.K. Luftfahrtruppen Mil. Fluglinienstation Kiew" also "Mit dem nachsten Postflugzeug an Flugstation Kiew senden", fine and rare document detailing the military transport acitivities, stops in Proskurow and Baroviszcze | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #5105 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1918 Military mail/flight document from Aspern flight station with an official 2-line "K.u.K. Fliegerkourierlinie Wien-Kiew" handstamp. The Austrian military-civil air mail service connection, Vienna-Lemberg line, began in the summer of 1918. This line was extended to its most eastern outpost in Kiev in July, 1918. The Kiev connection via Proskurov (Ukraine) to Lemberg was operational for only three months and was closed before the end of World War I. The flight station Aspern was located on the outskirts of Vienna | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #5106 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1918 (11.10) Military Telegram from Kiev flight station, to a commercial stop at Berdiczew, with three-line handstamp "K.u.K. Mil. Fluglinienstation Kiew", rare | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #5107 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1922 (12.6) registered and flown cover (opened for display) from Moscow to Germany, franked on both sides, paying 60r (proper registered air mail rate for June 1922), with faint "Mit Luftpost befordert Konigsberg" air transit handstamp in red, Berlin 16.6. and Munich 18.6. 22 arrival pmks, fine. Moscow-Konigsberg line operated from June-December, with two flights per week. Covers flown during the first month (June) of commercial operation are scarce | Price Realized $2,400.00 |
 | Lot #5108 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1922 (27.6) registered and flown cover from Moscow to Germany, franked on reverse with Imperial stamps (imperf. block of 4x5k and 4x10r), paying 60r (proper registered air mail rate for June 1922), with red "Mit Luftpost befordert Konigsberg (Pr.) 1" air transit handstamp, Berlin 29.6 arrival pmk, two stamps torn on opening, otherwise fine | Price Realized $575.00 |
 | Lot #5109 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1922 (1.7) registered and flown cover from Moscow to Germany, franked on reverse with Imperial stamps (9x5k and 7x10r), paying 115r (the correct registered air mail rate for July1-24 Oct 1922 was 135r), with red "Mit Luftpost befordert Konigsberg (Pr.) 1" air transit handstamp, Berlin 4.7 arrival pmk, one stamp defective, otherwise fine | Price Realized $425.00 |
 | Lot #5110 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1922 (18.10) registered and flown cover (opened for display) from Moscow to Germany, franked on reverse with Imperial stamps (21x5k, 10k, and 2x10r), paying 135r (the correct registered air mail rate for July1-24 Oct 1922r), with boxed "Mit Luftpost" handstamp, Berlin 22.10 arrival pmk, some usual flaws, otherwise fine letter posted during the last of the 135r air postal rate | Price Realized $270.00 |
 | Lot #5111 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1922 (30.10) cover franked with 12x10k dark blue, registered and flown from Moscow to Danzig, with 4 Nov. 22 arrival datestamp, fine | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #5112 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1922 (13.11) registered cover from Moscow to Berlin (20.11) franked on back with 45r airmail overprint, used together with additional franking paying 197r (the correct rate was 195r), filing fold away from the stamps, fine Catalog #C1 | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #5113 RUSSIA Air Post 1922 45r green & black (7 copies including a single, horizontal pair and vertical strip of four), used in combination with 3x100,000r on 250r violet, on both sides of a registered and flown cover (opened for display and trimmed at top and bottom) paying from Moscow, 23.11.22 to Postorna (Czechoslovakia), fine and rare, actually flown cover, signed Mikulski Catalog #C1 | Price Realized $4,000.00 |
 | Lot #5114 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1922 (21.11) registered cover (opened for display) from Moscow to Riga (27.11) franked on both sides back with 45r airmail overprint, used together with additional franking paying 449r (the correct rate in mid-November was 375r), despite the boxed "Mit Lufpost" handstamp, and "Vozdushnoj Pochtouj Zakaznoye" (registered air mail) endorsements, the cover was probably not flown Catalog #C1 | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #5115 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1922 (14.11) registered cover (opened for display) from Moscow to London, England (22.11) franked on both sides back with 45r airmail overprint, used together with additional franking paying 195r (correct rate for registered air mail was 375r but 195r rate continued to be accepted until mid-November), despite the boxed "Mit Lufpost" handstamp, and "Vozdushnoj Pochtouj Zakaznoye" (registered air mail) endorsements, the cover was probably conveyed by rail to Berlin and flown from there to London, filing folds away from the stamps, fine Catalog #C1 | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #5116 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1923 (23.4) cover (opened for display), franked with 50r and 13x100r on 15k Star surcharges, flown from Petrograd to Germany, with Baden-Baden arrival cds, fine | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #5117 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1924 (22.8) registered and flown cover ("Rohrpost Brief") from Krasnodar to Berlin (27.8), franked on both sides and paying 60k (correct registered international air letter rate), inscription at bottom indicates "request transmission to Berlin", v.f. | Unsold |
 | Lot #5118 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1924 Moscow-Konigsberg and Berlin, selection of six covers, each franked with four surcharged adhesives, various markings and destinations, two with foreign exchange stamps on back, fine-v.f. Catalog #C6-9 | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #5119 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1925 (26.9) registered and flown cover from Tashkent to Berlin (2.10) endorsed "Par avion via Moskou-Riga-Konigsberg", attractively franked, with red "Mit Luftpost befordert Bahnpostamt" hs, three charity labels (one Imperial) on both sides, v.f. An isolated air network formed in Central Asia in 1924 connecting several regional cities. No air connection existed to other regions of the USSR until 1930 when Tashkent-Kuybyshev-Moscow route began | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #5120 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1926 cover from Italy, originally on the Transpolar flight of the "Norge" (special label on back), with 1,25L cancelled 10.4.26, carried to Trotzk, where it was franked with 2x14k Russian adhesives, cancelled 20.4.26 and registered to Milan, where it arrived on April 26th. A rare combination franking, Russia-Italy-Norge, with appropriate cachets and arrival pmks, with Diena and Raybaudi certificates | Price Realized $45,000.00 |
 | Lot #5121 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1926 (14.10) Cablegram (opened for display) flown from London to Moscow (16.10), with "Polucheno z Vozdushnoy Pochtoj" (received by air mail) and 8-line boxed instructional Air Express Reply hs on back; also 1925 (26.10) flown cover from Liverpool to Leningrad, carried on the London-Berlin-Konignsberg-Moscow route | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #5122 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1926 (3.8) flown cover from Verkhneudinsk to Urga - Ulan Bator, Mongolia (3.8) to Harbin, Manchuria (16.8), paying 35k (air mail letter rate to Mongolia was 29k), filing folds away from the stamps, with appropriate markings on back, fine example of this isolated international air link between Verkhneudinsk (Ulan Ude) in eastern Siberia and Ulan Bator. Mongolia did not permit outgoing mail to be sent by air until 1929. One of 10 known covers carried on first flight to Ulan Bator, returned by courier to Verkhneudinsk and forwarded by Chinese Eastern Railroad to Harbin, signed Field | Price Realized $7,500.00 |
 | Lot #5123 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1926 (5.6) registered and flown cover from Merv (Turkmenistan), via Moscow (14.6) to Berlin (14-15.6), attractively franked, with red "Mit Luftpost befordert.." on back, fine-v.f. This cover was probably flown to Tashkent, carried by rail to Moscow and from there via Riga to Berlin | Price Realized $575.00 |
 | Lot #5124 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1926 (18.8) registered and flown cover from Baku to Tiflis (21.8), paying 35k (actually overpaying by 1k for registered internal airletter), fine, signed Mikulski | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #5125 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1926 (25.6) registered and flown cover from Kaunas, Lithuania to Moscow, with "Polucheno z Vozdushnoy Pochtoj" (received by air mail) and 8-line boxed instructional Air Express Reply hs on back, v.f., ex-Field, Rolfe | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #5126 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1926 (30.4) registered and flown cover from Berlin to Moscow (3.5), with "Polucheno z Vozdushnoy Pochtoj" (received by air mail) and 8-line boxed instructional Air Express Reply hs on back, v.f. | Unsold |
 | Lot #5127 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1926 (30.4) registered and flown cover from Moscow to Copenhagen (2.5), via Moscow-Konigsberg-Berlin (1.5) line which opened on 1 May, inaugurating the boxed bilingual "Vozdushnaya Pochta" label. These labels replaced post office handstamps. The use of this label is the earliest recorded, as flight season began the next day Catalog #C6-9 | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #5128 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1926 (22.5) registered and flown cover from Moscow to Paris (27.5), with tri-lingual air mail handstamp, used in addition to the bilingual label Catalog #C6-9 | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #5129 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1927 (1.10) registered and flown cover from Moscow to Shanghai, paying 45k with 3x15k Air Post Congress issue on back, with transit and arrival pmks, filing folds away from the stamps, fine | Price Realized $2,600.00 |
 | Lot #5130 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1927 (14.9) registered and flown cover from Moscow to Berlin (15.9), franked with 3x10k (one broken "7" in "1927" variety) and 15k, fine-v.f. Catalog #C10-11,10var | Price Realized $2,500.00 |
 | Lot #5131 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1928 (17.9) first flight cover from Moscow to Irkutsk, paying 15k with three diff. stamps (underpaid by 8k for normal air letter to Asian sector) on both sides, with Irkutsk (22.9) arrival pmk, also violet circular First Flight cachet of "Dobrolet" on front, fine and unusual non-philatelic franking. After this first flight event, there was no further air mail until Spring, 1929. | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #5132 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1928 (15.9 and 17.9) two Interbank covers (one registered) from Moscow to Harbin flown with "Dobrolet" on the first flight Moscow-Irkutsk, from there by rail to Manchuria, fine-v.f., one with arrival pmk | Price Realized $2,200.00 |
 | Lot #5133 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1928 (10.8) registered first flight cover from Moscow, via Verkhneudinsk to Altan-Bulak, Mongolia (without arrival markings) paying 68k (correct rate to Mongolia), filing folds away from the stamps, fine, signed Mikulski, rare | Price Realized $1,300.00 |
 | Lot #5134 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1928 (11.7) registered and flown cover from Moscow to Kabul, Afghanistan, with Termez (21.7) transit pmk, minor cover creases, otherwise v.f. Active air service between USSR and Afghanistan began in 1928. Route extended from Tashkent via Termez across mountain range to Kabul (1,140 miles) | Unsold |
 | Lot #5135 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1928 (24.7) Red Cross cover, sent registered, Express from Moscow to Samarkand, Uzbekistan (30.7) paying 70k (proper express mail rate as of 1924), filing folds away from the stamps, fine. Regional surface transport in South Central Asia was by horse/camel, with limited access to rail. Local air service began in 1924 but an air connection with other regions of USSR did not start until 1930. Since it only took four days for this cover to arrive in Samarkand, it was probably carried by rail from Moscow to Tashkent and flown from there, or flown from Moscow to Baku and southward by train to Samarkand | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #5136 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1928 (24.5) flown card from Tashkent to Samarkand (25.3), paying 18k, endorsed "Poste Aerienne", fine example of flown regional intercity air service | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #5137 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1928 (3.10) cover from Frunze (Kyrgistan) to Moscow (4.10), paying 70k (internal air express rate from Central Asia), endorsed "Speshnoye", also boxed "Bolshaya Speshnost" (great urgency) and "B" label (for urgent), fine. This cover was probably flown from Frunze to Tashkent and from there by rail to Moscow. Express service would have been by fastest mode available at time of posting by rail or plane. In any case, overnight delivery from Frunze to Moscow is probably difficult even today | Price Realized $875.00 |
 | Lot #5138 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1928 (29.8) registered and flown cover from Kabul, paying 105p via Tashkent (4.9) where 20k Russian franking was added for further transmission to Moscow (10.9), minor filing fold, otherwise v.f. | Price Realized $675.00 |
 | Lot #5139 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1928 (31.7) registered first flight cover from Moscow to Novosibirsk, paying 45k with set of Air Post Congress and 20k Lenin, with Moscow actual departure (1.8) and Novo-Sibirsk (2.8) arrival pmks on back, filing fold resulting in small cover tear at top, away from the stamps, fine. Only 10 (!) covers reported carried on this flight Catalog #C10-11 | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #5140 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1928 (18.9) registered first flight cover from Moscow to Irkutsk, paying 45k with set of Air Post Congress and 5k & 15k surcharges, with Moscow actual departure (19.9) and Irkutsk (22.9) arrival pmks, also violet circular First Flight cachet of "Dobrolet", all on back, v.f. After this first flight event, there was no further air mail until Spring, 1929. Catalog #C10-11 | Unsold |
 | Lot #5141 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1928 (14.10) registered and flown cover from Leningard to Berlin (16.10), flown during the first months of the air service Leningrad-Moscow, v.f. | Unsold |
 | Lot #5142 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1929 (28.10 and 5.11) two flown cards from Irkutsk to Sydney, Australia (15.12), attractively franked, carried via Moscow-Berlin-Lourdes-Naples to Sydney, with air and routing endorsements, fine-v.f. | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #5143 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1929 (21.6) registered and flown cover from Osaka, Japan, via Irkutsk to Turin, Italy (7.7), with three-line "Poluchen. z Vosdushnoj Pochtoj" (received by air mail) handstamp, v.f. The Trans-Siberian air line eastward to Irkutsk became operational in 1929. Mail to and from the Orient was linked to the Chinese Eastern Railroad and to Russia's Far East by the Trans-Siberian Railroad to Khabarovsk and Vladivostok. This cover was transferred from Japan to Chinese Eastern Railroad, flown from Irkutsk to Moscow and from there to Italy | Price Realized $625.00 |
 | Lot #5144 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1929 (4.6) registered and flown cover from Leipzig, Germany, via Moscow (6.6), with three-line "Poluchen. z Vosdushnoj Pochtoj" (received by air mail) handstamp, to Japan, with Tsuruga (21.6) and Tokyo (22.6) arrival pmks, with "via Siberia" endorsement at top. The Trans-Siberian air line eastward to Irkutsk became operational in 1929. Mail to and from the Orient was linked to the Chinese Eastern Railroad and to Russia's Far East by the Trans-Siberian Railroad to Khabarovsk and Vladivostok. This cover was flown from Moscow to Irkutsk and transferred via the Chinese Eastern Railroad to Japan, filing folds, and cover flaws, otherwise fine | Unsold |
 | Lot #5145 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1929 (19.5) registered and flown cover from Irkutsk to Moscow (3.6), via Berlin (4.6) to Sydney, Australia (8.7), paying 97k with all adhesives on front, fine. Although the cover bears a first flight endorsement, the postmarks suggest that it was sent on a second flight out of Irkutsk, scarce destination | Unsold |
 | Lot #5146 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1929 (September 29) - special flight from Moscow to New Jersey (7.8) to promote Soviet Aviation. The flight paralleled the Trans-Siberian RR to Khabarovsk and northeast to Seward, Alaska, to Seattle and the East Coast. The plane - "Land of the Soviets" covered the distance of 13,300 miles in 70 days. Two covers, one to East Orange, NJ; other from Seward, Alaska to Seattle, bearing an inscription "this letter was carried to Seattle, Wash, by Russian airplane "Land of Soviets" through the courtesy of Commander Shestakoff" and signed by postmaster of Seward. Only 10 covers were carried on the "Land of the Soviets" from Seward, nine to New York, only one to Seattle, v.f. Catalog #AAMC TO1095,1095a | Price Realized $6,250.00 |
 | Lot #5147 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1927 (23.8) registered and flown cover from Irkutsk to Sydney, Australia (30.9), via Moscow and Berlin (30.8) attractively franked, fine-v.f. Catalog #C6-9 | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #5148 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1930 (26.6) registered and flown 5k postal card from Irkutsk to Moscow (30.6), via Berlin (30.6) and Paris (1.7) to Sydney, Australia, paying 70k with all adhesives on front, fine and scarce destination | Unsold |
 | Lot #5149 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1930 (15.1) registered and flown cover from Ulan Bator, Mongolia (via Verkhneudinsk where the Cyrillic "Vozdushnaya Pochta" was applied) to Harbin, paying 80m, charged 50c postage due on arrival in China, with strip of 5x10c dark blue added in Harbin, fine. This cover was carried on the Ulan Bator-Verhneudinsk route soon after outgoing air mail was permitted (late 1929). From there, the letter passed by rail to Chinese Eastern Railroad to Harbin | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #5150 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1930 (13.8) flown cover from Leningrad to Tashkent (19.3), paying 70k (internal air express rate to Central Asia), endorsed "Speshnaya Pochta" (Express Mail), probably flown via Moscow (air route to Tashkent opened in 1930), with appropriate markings, fine | Unsold |
 | Lot #5151 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1930 (26.7) registered and flown cover from Batum to Kuopio, Finland (6.8), paying 68k (actually underpaid by 7k for registered airletter), with transit and arrival pmks, flown on four different routes: Batum-Tiflis-Baku, Baku-Moscow, Moscow-Leningrad, Leningrad-Tallinn-Helsinki, rare | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #5152 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1930 (27.1) flown cover from Archangelsk to Ustsysolsk (6.2), fine-v.f., only 30 covers carried on this flight Catalog #C10-11 | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #5153 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1930 (27.1) flown cover from Archangelsk to Ustsysolsk (6.2), fine-v.f., only 30 covers carried on this flight Catalog #C10-11 | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #5154 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1931 (Aug) registered and flown cover from Sverdlowsk to Moscow, with special bilingual "Sverdlovsk Par Avion" cachet, stamps removed from cover, with Moscow arrival (11.8) on back. This distinctive air mail handstamp was applied on special freight-exchange air mail letters sent to Moscow 1928-1931, rare | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #5155 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1931 (2.5) flown ppc (Zeppelin "Klim Voroshilov") from Leningrad to Berlin (5.5), carried on the Leningrad-Riga-Berlin line, paying 30k (flown postcard rate), little toning, rare | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #5156 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1931 (24.6) registered and flown cover from Verkhneudinsk to Switzerland, paying 1.15r (international registered airmail letter rate), via Berlin (2.7) and with Trogen (3.7) arrival pmks. The Moscow-Irkutsk section of the Trans-Siberian airline began commercial operations in the Spring of 1929, with additional sections eastward toward the Pacific added during the next three years. These include Irkutk-Chita-Verkhneudinsk-Khabarovsk-Vladivostok | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #5157 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1931 (29.7) commercial cover from Bremen to Kabul, Afghanistan, endorsed "par avion au dela de Moscow", with red bilingual "Par Avion" label applied in Moscow, sent via Tashkent (6.8) arriving in Kabul (9.8), filing folds and some toning. The Tashkent-Kabul route, via Termez and Mazar-e-Sharif provided weekly service. This is the only known cover flown on this route | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #5158 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1931 Colombian stationery entire envelope franked with five Russian adhesives, used in combination with six Colombian stamps cancelled from the first flight in 1931 and re-opening Leningrad-Berlin line, forwarded to Buenaventura where it was consigned to Scadta for the internal delivery within Colombia, v.f., with Cali arrival pmk | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #5159 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1931 (30.6) flown cover from London, via New York (9.7) to Yokohama (14.8), returned to London from Japan, via Changchun, China (18.8), via Siberia, Moscow to Berlin (31.8), franked with English, U.S. and Japanese adhesives, bearing appropriate labels and markings. A well traveled "around the world" in 62 days item, covering 18,000 miles (London to New York by ship, across USA by air, to Japan by ship, returned by air from Japan to China, rail to Chita, flown Irkutsk-Moscow-Berlin-London), v.f. | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #5160 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1931 (13.6) flown cover from Japan to Gotebord, Sweden, with unusual "Par Avion de Chita et au dela Via Moscou" handstamp, also "Via Siberia", flown Chita-Irkutsk-Moscow route, v.f. | Price Realized $850.00 |
 | Lot #5161 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1931 (16.6) flown cover from Berlin to Wuchang, China (4.7), endorsed "Par Avion au dela de Moscou et en Chine" handstamp, via Moscow to Irkutsk, rail to Manchouli (25.6) with Kuling, Kiuchang and Nanking (29.6) pmks on back | Unsold |
 | Lot #5162 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1931 (Aug-Sept), three registered and flown covers from Sverdlowsk to Moscow, each with special bilingual "Sverdlovsk Par Avion" cachet, stamps removed, covers damaged, but the markings are quite good, with Moscow arrival pmks, These distinctive air mail handstamps was applied on special freight-exchange air mail letters sent to Moscow 1928-1931, rare | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #5163 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1931 (5.5) flown cover (opening day of Leningrad-Berlin flight line), forwarded to Colombia, with Cali arrival pmks on back, mixed franking with Colombian stamps, v.f. | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #5164 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1931 (21.6) flown cover from Batum to Berlin (3.7), paying 85k (registered airmail rate to Germany), with red transit and arrival pmks, flown on the Tiflis-Baku-Moscow-Berlin line | Price Realized $425.00 |
 | Lot #5165 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1931 (10.6) registered and flown cover from Leningrad to Khabarovsk (27.6), via Moscow-Irkutsk on Trans-Siberian air route, paying 85k (airmail rate), with additional 5k collected at destination (boxed postage due handstamp), rare | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #5166 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1931 (31.5) registered first flight cover from Shanghai to Dieppe, France, carried on the Eurasia Line via Manchouli, Irkutsk, Moscow-Berlin (11.6), with arrival pmk, endorsed "via Siberia", filing fold away from the stamps, fine | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #5167 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1931 (21.6) record Round the World flight by Wiley Post and Harold Gatty, cover cancelled Mineola, New York, Berlin (24.6), Moscow (29.6), with July 1, Mineola arrival cds. The route was from New York, via Harbour Grace, Chester, England, Hanover, Berlin, Moscow, Novo-Sibirsk, Irkutsk, Blagoveschensk, Khabarovsk, Nome, Edmonton and back to New York, signed by both pilots, with Russian "Dobrolet" cachet, v.f Catalog #AAMC TO 1141 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #5168 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1932 (30.10) registered and flown cover from Tiflis to Belgium, paying 1.30r (correct franking for air express registered mail was 1.35r), with red Cologne Germany rail transit hs, bilingual "Par Avion" label on back, fine | Unsold |
 | Lot #5169 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1933 (31.5) registered first flight cover from Leningrad to Vytegra (1.6), a small city in the Vologda oblast, 1250 miles NE of Leningrad, rare | Price Realized $650.00 |
 | Lot #5170 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1933 (4.7) reported First Flight from Birmingham, England to Tokyo, Japan (8.7), via the Trans-Siberian air route, endorsed via Berlin-Irkutsk, with two Air Mail handstamps in Cyrillic (applied in Moscow), v.f., signed Field, ex-Joffe | Price Realized $240.00 |
| Lot #5171 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1933 (24.8) home made flown cover from Verkhoyansk (Yakut ASSR) to Nizhnekolymsk (8.9), franked with a combination of stamps depicting Siberian and North native people. An interesting cover flown during the first five months of a sporadic air service in the coldest region on earth - the Siberian Far North above the Arctic Circle, from a small city (population 1700), a region known for fur trapping, gold mining, reindeer herding and Gulag labor camps | Unsold | |
 | Lot #5172 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1933 (7.8) registered and flown cover from Karaganda (Kazahstan) via Aktyubinsk to Moscow (14.8), franked on back with 8x15k (one defective), rare. The Moscow-Penza-Samara (Kuibyshev)-Aktyubinsk route was in operation by late 1920s. In the 1930s, two separate lines continued eastward to Karaganda and the other 1,000 miles southeastward to Tashkent | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #5173 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1934 (September 2) Pan-American Airways Survey Flight cover from Tellier, Alaska to Uelen (Siberia), USSR and from there to Nome, Alaska, with U.S. franking cancelled Petropavlovsk 22.10.34 (Kamchatka), with a notation "this letter was mailed by me at Uelen, Siberia", signed Harlee Branch, 2nd Asst. P.M.G. In addition "was carried via Vladivostok, Moscow, Scandinavia, across the Atlantic, the United States to Nome, Alaska". One of the few covers carried on the Survey flight to evaluate best Trans-Pacific route to Russia. Approved for posting by the U.S. Postmaster General (a member of the flight crew), this cover was carried from Uelen (Northeastern tip of Russia) by ship ("Around the World") to Petropavlovsk, then Vladivostok and flown westward across Russia and beyond | Price Realized $2,000.00 |
 | Lot #5174 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1935 (12.11) registered and flown cover from Kharkov to Vienna, paying 85k with attractive franking, v.f. The Kharkov-Rostov-Baku-Tiflis route provided the trunk line south from Moscow during the 1920s and 30s | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #5175 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1935 (10.7) Hamamatsu, Japan to Leipzig, Germany, via Irkutsk and Berlin, flown Tokyo-Sinking, China, from there via Chinese Eastern Railway to Chita, USSR and flown Irkutsk-Moscow-Berlin, v.f. Airmail routed to and from Japan was usually transported through China/Manchuria on the Chinese Eastern Railroad from Eastern Coast to Chita, which was the western terminus of this rail line | Unsold |
 | Lot #5176 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1936 (3.7) reported First Flight from Brussels, Belgium to Vladivostok (19.7), via Irkutsk, pc with "premier pli" and "ou del de Moscou" endorsements, unclaimed and returned to sender | Price Realized $425.00 |
 | Lot #5177 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1937 (12.5) registered and flown cover from Ulan Bator, Mongolia (via Verkhneudinsk where the boxed "Aviopochta" was applied) to United States, with New York (1.6) arrival pmk, fine. This cover was carried on the Ulan Bator-Verhneudinsk and transferred eastward to Vladivostok and forwarded to USA | Price Realized $850.00 |
| Lot #5178 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1937 (3.6) registered and flown cover from Bryansk to Mukachevo (8.6), attractively franked on both sides, v.f. | Unsold | |
 | Lot #5179 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1938 (10.7) record Round the World flight by Howard Hughes, cover from New York, with U.S., French and Russian adhesives, with appropriate cancels and cachet. Howard Hughes made stops at Paris, Omsk, Yakutsk, Fairbanks, Minneapolis and returned to New York. Covers were not sold to the public and only given to persons connected with the flight, v.f. Catalog #AAMC TO 1307 | Price Realized $2,000.00 |
 | Lot #5180 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1939 (22.9) registered and flown cover from Ulan Bator, Mongolia (via Verkhneudinsk) to USA, with New York (23.10) arrival pmks, v.f. | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #5181 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1939 (April 28) - Attempted non-stop Trans-Oceanic Flight from Moscow to the World's Fair in New York. The actual flight was to Miscou Lighthouse, New Brunswick, where the Russian aviators (Brig. Gen. Vladimir Kokkinaki and Maj. Gen. Mikhail Gordienko) crashed after a successful flight across Europe and the Atlantic Ocean. A picture postcard (Lenin Mausoleum), with usual franking and appropriate markings, v.f. Only 32 (!) carried Catalog #AAMC TO1320 | Price Realized $1,900.00 |
 | Lot #5182 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1939 (April 28) - Attempted non-stop Trans-Oceanic Flight from Moscow to the World's Fair in New York. The actual flight was to Miscou Lighthouse, New Brunswick, where the Russian aviators (Brig. Gen. Vladimir Kokkinaki and Maj. Gen. Mikhail Gordienko) crashed after a successful flight across Europe and the Atlantic Ocean. Intercontinental air communication between Soviet Union and North America was viewed as an important step in future development. Difficulties with Transpolar flights made it necessary to seek alternative routes. A straight line course was chosen - Moscow, crossing Stockholm and Oslo, along southern Iceland and Greenland, along the coast of Newfoundland and Maine to New York. A coverfront , paying 2r30k (international registered air letter rate) addressed to President Franklin Roosevelt at the White House, sent by pilot Kokkinaki. This flight is considered an aviation milestone, only three covers and 32 postcards were carried. After the plane's forced landing at Miscou Lighthouse, the Catalog #AAMC TO1320 | Price Realized $20,000.00 |
 | Lot #5183 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1944 (18 Jan) Moscow to Damascus, Syria, cover franked with set of two, with special bilingual cachet "Mission Militaire France Libre" and red First Flight Moscou-Damas at bottom, v.f., ex-Boris Joffe collection | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #5184 RUSSIA Zeppelin Flights 1930 Moscow (10 Sept) to Prague, cover franked with 80k Graf Zeppelin, plus additional 35k franking (paying 1.15r), unusual combination, re-addressed to Berlin, with Friedrichshafen transit and appropriate arrival pmks | Price Realized $270.00 |
 | Lot #5185 RUSSIA Zeppelin Flights 1930 Moscow (10 Sept) to Berlin, cover paying 1.15r (without the use of the special Graf Zeppelin stamp) addressed to Dresden, with Friedrichshafen connecting cds, fine, unusual franking, with arrival pmk | Price Realized $180.00 |
 | Lot #5186 RUSSIA Zeppelin Flights 1930 (30.8) New York to Leningrad, cover carried on the final leg of Graf Zeppelin (Lakewood-Friedrichshafen), sent to Berlin and forwarded to Moscow on Berlin-Konigsberg-Moscow line. From Moscow by air or train to Leningrad, v.f. | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #5187 RUSSIA Zeppelin Flights 1930 Berlin Flight, cover and card franked with the two Graf Zeppelin adhesives, fine-v.f., signed Roger Koerber Catalog #C12-13 | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #5188 RUSSIA Zeppelin Flights 1930 Selection of eight covers or cards, mostly franked with 40k and 80k Graf Zeppelin, various combinations and markings, also two "Russlandfahrt 1930" flights (cover and card) from Germany and Netherlands to Moscow, fine-v.f. Catalog #C12-13 | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #5189 RUSSIA Zeppelin Flights 1930 Graf Zeppelin set of two, used with additional franking on cover and card, carried on East-Sea Flight from Moscow (19.3.30) via Berlin (21.9) to Helsinki (24.9), each with appropriate cachet, v.f., rare (Lucanc 26a) Catalog #C12-13 | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
 | Lot #5190 RUSSIA Zeppelin Flights 1931 Polar Flight card franked with imperf. 2r, Leningrad to the Icebreaker "Malyguin", addressed to Germany, signed by general Umberto Nobile (famed arctic explorer, pilot of the "Norge" flight to the North Pole. He was at the time, member of the expedition on board the "Malyguin"), rare | Price Realized $3,500.00 |
 | Lot #5191 RUSSIA Zeppelin Flights 1931 Polar Flight, imperf. set of four, used on flown cover and card from Leningrad to the Icebreaker "Malygin", v.f. Catalog #C26-29 | Price Realized $210.00 |
 | Lot #5192 RUSSIA Zeppelin Flights 1931 Polar Flight, cover franked with the complete perforated set of four (scarce on one cover), Leningrad to the Icebreaker "Malyguin", addressed to Moscow, appropriate cachets, some usual toning, fine-v.f., with 24.8.31 arrival pmk Catalog #C30-33 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #5193 RUSSIA Zeppelin Flights 1932 8th SAF card from Moscow to Brazil, with corresponding Berlin cachet (the regular SAF cachet applied also on back), v.f. and rare usage of the 10k propaganda (aviation) card on Zeppelin mail | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #5194 RUSSIA Zeppelin Flights 1933 8th SAF from Leningrad to Brazil, v.f., with Berlin connecting cachet | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #5195 RUSSIA Zeppelin Flights 1933 Chicago Flight from Moscow (10.10.33) to Brazil, mixed franking with Germany (1m Chicago and three additional stamps) on stop-over in Konigsberg (13.10.33) to Brazil, with Berlin-Friedrichshafen connecting cachet (additionally struck on reverse), appropriate transit and arrival pmks, v.f., rare | Price Realized $3,500.00 |
 | Lot #5196 RUSSIA Zeppelin Flights 1933 7th South America Flight from Leningrad (18.9.33) via Berlin to Brazil, with red Berlin forwarding cachet, mixed franking with four Colombian stamps cancelled in Barranquilla, and forwarded via Scadta to Bogotá, appropriate transit and arrival pmks, v.f., rare mixed franking actually flown via Zeppelin | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
 | Lot #5197 RUSSIA Zeppelin Flights 1933 missed North America Flight card addressed to New York, via Berlin (14.10) with postal slip indicating the article missed the Zeppelin Flight and returned to sender, with "Received by Air Mail" Cyrillic handstamp, v.f. and unusual item | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #5198 RUSSIA Zeppelin Flights 1934 Argentina Flight from Moscow to Brazil, with appropriate transit and arrival pmks, v.f. | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #5199 RUSSIA Zeppelin Flights 1934 Christmas Flight from Moscow 29.11.34 to Brazil, attractively franked with the entire set of five Airships, green cachet and air post label, with German franking (complete set of B59-67) added on back, cancelled 8.12.34, with Condor markings and arrival pmk on back, overall toning, otherwise fine and attractive combination cover Catalog #C53-57 | Price Realized $1,900.00 |
 | Lot #5200 RUSSIA Zeppelin Flights 1936 Hindenburg First North America Flight, cover franked with 1k/40k Chelyuskin, cancelled Moscow 9.2.35, carried by hand to Germany where it was franked with 75pf adhesive, cancelled Friedrichshafen 6.5.36 and placed on board the Zeppelin, some usual toning, otherwise v.f., with New York (May 9) arrival | Price Realized $12,000.00 |
 | Lot #5201 RUSSIA Catapult Flights 1930 Do-X flight cover from Leningrad to Brazil, attractively franked, with additional Germany 4m South America Flight cancelled "Dornier Flugschiff 30 Jan. 31" (another German stamp, probably 2m South America is missing from back of the cover), v.f., with appropriate transit and Rio de Janeiro arrival pmks | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #5202 FAR EASTERN REPUBLIC Air Post 1923 Issue, overprinted "Vladivostok 1923" and surcharged "20 kop" on Russian Imperial stamps (1909-19), the complete set of 16 values (four imperf., others perf.), l.h. or h.r., fresh, signed Lissiuk, Bloch etc., with 1997 Mikulski cert. Only 25-300 of each value were prepared, hence 25 (!) complete sets can possibly exist, * Catalog #Mi.45A-58 Catalog Value € 24,200 | Price Realized $35,000.00 |
 | Lot #5203 FAR EASTERN REPUBLIC Air Post 1923 Issue, overprinted "Vladivostok 1923" and surcharged "20 kop" on Russian Imperial stamps (1909-19), 1k, 15k, 35k, 50k and 35k on 2k, five different, mostly n.h., signed Goznak, only 50-300 of each of these values were prepared, *** Catalog #Mi.45A,52A,55A,56A,58 Catalog Value € 6,100 | Price Realized $2,900.00 |
 | Lot #5204 FAR EASTERN REPUBLIC Air Post 1923 Issue, overprinted "Vladivostok 1923" and surcharged "20 kop" on Russian Imperial stamps (1909-19), the four imperf. values, first two cut two shape at upper corners, n.h., v.f., signed Bloch, Goznak, Mikulski. Only 25 (!) of each of these values were prepared, ** Catalog #Mi.45B,46B,47B,52B Catalog Value € 8,500 | Price Realized $7,500.00 |
 | Lot #5205 FAR EASTERN REPUBLIC Air Post 1923 20k on 15k, 20k on 20k, 20k on 50k and 20k on 35k on 2k, four different, all tied by Vladivostok 29.7.23 postmarks on registered and flown cover, paying 80k to Pervaya Rechka, with "Pervaya Rechka Poch. Otd. Prim. 29.7.23" arrival cancels on front and back of the cover which is slightly reduced at left, with filing fold away from the stamps. This is the only known cover with 80k franking, ex-Marquis de Butte and Mikulski collections, signed Dr.P.Jemchouhin, with 1985 Mikulski certificate "eine der grossten Flugpostseltenheiten" - truly a great air post rarity Catalog #Mi.52A,53,56,58 | Price Realized $50,000.00 |
 | Lot #5206 FAR EASTERN REPUBLIC Air Post 1923 20k on 15k lilac & blue, also 20k on 35k on 2k green, tied by Vladivostok 29.7.23 postmarks on flown cover to Nikolsk-Ussuriijsk (80km away), with "Nikolsk-Ussurijskii 29.7.23" arrival cds on back, cover little reduced at right and with folding file away from the stamps, fine, signed Mikulski, with BPB cert. Catalog #Mi.52A,58 | Price Realized $16,000.00 |
 | Lot #5207 FAR EASTERN REPUBLIC Air Post 1923 20k on 4k carmine, tied by Vladivostok 28.7.23 postmark on flown cover to Nikolsk-Ussuriijsk (80km away), with oval "Nikolsk-Ussurijskii Vokz. 28.7.23" Railway arrival cancel struck on both front and back, fine, signed Mikulski, with BPB cert. Catalog #Mi.52A,58 | Price Realized $10,000.00 |
 | Lot #5208 FAR EASTERN REPUBLIC Air Post 1923 20k on 20k blue & carmine (rounded upper left corner), tied by Vladivostok 28.7.23 postmark on flown cover to Spassk (190km away), with "Spasskoye Prim. 28.7.23" arrival cds struck on both front and back of the cover, signed Mikulski, ex-Ilya Braunstein collection, with BPB cert. It is generally believed that only 12 or so genuine covers exist Catalog #Mi.53A | Price Realized $7,250.00 |
 | Lot #5209 FAR EASTERN REPUBLIC Air Post 1923 20k on 50k brown lilac & green, tied by Vladivostok 28.7.23 postmark on flown cover to Spassk (190km away), with "Spasskoye Prim. 28.7.23" arrival cds struck on both front and back of the cover, signed Mikulski, with BPB cert. It is generally believed that only 12 or so genuine covers exist Catalog #Mi.56A | Price Realized $11,500.00 |
 | Lot #5210 FAR EASTERN REPUBLIC Air Post 1923 20k on 35k on 2k green, tied by Vladivostok 28.7.23 postmark on cover headed Paul P. Stankoff, addressed to Spassk (190km away), with "Spasskoye Prim. 5.9.23" arrival cds struck on back of the cover, with "Vozdushnaya Pochta" and "polucheno 7/8/ 11:45" (received 7 August at 11:45 a.m.) in manuscript, part of the backflap missing, with Mikulski cert. Paul Stankoff was the regional postmaster and was instrumental in arranging for these special surcharges. This cover was most probably flown to Spassk and held there until he retrieved it 10 days later. A rarity! Catalog #Mi.58 | Price Realized $20,000.00 |
 | Lot #5211 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS RUSSIA Flight Covers 1922-38 Collection of 100+ covers or cards, written up exhibition style on pages, from the early stages of the exhibit prepared by Dr.Ackerman, nice variety of air routes and destinations, mostly the European sector, internal and international flights outbound from Moscow, many better items, generally fine-v.f. | Price Realized $5,250.00 |
| Lot #5212 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS RUSSIA Flight Covers 1922-23 Moscow-Konigsberg and Western Europe Route, selection of 17 covers written up exhibition-style on pages, with inflationary frankings, Moscow-Berlin, also Moscow-Konigsberg and other destinations incl. Netherlands, Czechoslovakia, France, interesting study of rates, markings, labels, all properly explained and documented, mostly fine | Price Realized $2,300.00 | |
 | Lot #5213 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS RUSSIA Flight Covers 1922-23 Selection of 24 flown covers or cards, covering the beginning of Soviet Civil Commercial Aviation, all written up exhibition style on pages, with Imperial stamps, inflationary frankings, first Air Post Stamp (two covers plus one part cover, all somewhat defective) mostly Moscow-Konigsberg and Western Europe, mostly fine | Price Realized $21,000.00 |
 | Lot #5214 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS RUSSIA Flight Covers 1924-41 Balance of the exhibit, 130 covers written up on pages with different air routes clearly identified and annotated, including Moscow-Konigsberg and Western Europe, Moscow-Western Europe and beyond, Ukraine and Southwestern USSR, Baku-Teheran, East to the Urals, Leningrad-Riga, Moscow-Warsaw and more. There are many different frankings, rate, destinations, with interesting markings, fine-v.f. An excellent nucleus for further study and expansion | Price Realized $8,000.00 |
 | Lot #5215 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS RUSSIA Flight Covers 1925-44 selection of 69 covers written up exhibition-style on pages, variety of routs including Ukraine and Southwestern USSR, Moscow-Konigsberg and Western Europe, Moscow-Kharkov-Rostov-Baku, Leningrad-Riga-Berlin, the Lithuanian route Moscow-Konigsberg, via Kovno, Moscow-Vienna, Leningrad-Stockholm, Moscow-Cluj (Romania) to Prague (Czech route), Baku (Azerbaijan) to Teheran, East to the Urals, West and Central Siberia (Sverdlowsk to Vienna, Krasnoyarsk to USA), Transcontinental route linking the Far East to the Western USSR (Ussuriysk to Moscow), etc., interesting and mostly fine-v.f. | Price Realized $8,000.00 |
 | Lot #5216 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS RUSSIA Flight Covers 1928-41 Siberia and the Far East, selection of 30 covers (one front) written up on pages, with excellent descriptions of routes, frankings, rates, destinations and origins, many from and to small towns in West and Central Siberia incl. the Trans-Siberian air route from Sverdlovsk to Novosibirsk, Verkhneudinsk-Khabarovsk-Vladivostok, Ussuriysk-Vladivostok, Berlin to Philippines, via Moscow, Berlin to Wuchang, via Moscow-Irkutsk, Tientsin via Manchouli and Moscow-Berlin via the Euro-Asian Line, South Central Asia including the Alma-Ata-Hami, China (less than 10 known) and others | Price Realized $17,000.00 |
| Lot #5217 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS RUSSIA Flight Covers 1929-41 Northern Siberia and the Far North, selection of seven covers written up on pages, with excellent descriptions of routes, frankings, rates, destinations and origins, including Bodiabo (gold-mining town near the Arctic circle) via Irkutsk to Moscow, Moscow-Yakutsk, Aviaarktika air link from Krasnoyarsk to Igarka/Dudinka (17.3 - apparently one of the earliest carried on this route), Nizhne Kolymsk to Verkhoyansk and another to Yakutsk, Sredne Kolymsk, Olenek to Allayka (Yakut ASSR), mostly fine. A rare group of flown covers from the Russian Far North | Unsold | |
 | Lot #5218 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS RUSSIA Flight Covers 1922-39 Moscow-Leningrad, selection of 17 covers written up on pages, with various frankings and destinations, including Palestine, Buenos Aires, Switzerland and Germany, fine-v.f. and interestin lot | Price Realized $7,500.00 |
 | Lot #5219 LARGE LOTS & COLLECTIONS RUSSIA Air Post 1922-39 Balance of the collection, used and unused singles and sets, also souvenir sheet and cover, fine-v.f. *O Catalog #C1/C75a | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
