Versailles Part IV; The G. Ackerman Collection of Russian Air Post
June 3-4, 2008
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | 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 |
