U.S. and Worldwide Stamps; Specialized Russia
September 16-18, 2008
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #2465 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1928 (14.9) first flight cover from Rostov-on-Don to Vladivostok, paying 20k with two diff. stamps (one defective), with arrival pmk (28.9), also violet circular First Flight cachet of "Dobrolet", fine and scarce departure origin (most flights were from Moscow). After this first flight event, there was no further air mail until Spring, 1929.  | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #2466 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1928 (18.9) first flight cover from Moscow to Irkutsk, attractively franked with four different stamps incl. 10k & 15k set of two, with Irkutsk (22.9) arrival pmk, also violet circular First Flight cachet of "Dobrolet" on back, fine philatelic franking. After this first flight event, there was no further air mail until Spring, 1929. | Unsold |
 | Lot #2467 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1928 (14.9) first flight, registered cover from Kharkov to Harbin, with Dobrolet cachet, some creases, otherwise fine and rare | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #2468 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1928 (30.4) 3k stationery card, additionally franked with 10k and "Aviopochta Dobrolet" label, with "136" registration number filled in crayon, flown from Alma-Ata to Tashkent (5.5.28 arrival), overall toning and stains, otherwise fine, scarce, with N.Mandrovski cert. | Price Realized $800.00 |
 | Lot #2469 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1930 (11.1) 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 10c, 2x20c dark blue added (on reverse) in Harbin, some cover stains and flaws, otherwise fine and rare, with Holcombe cert.. 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 $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #2470 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1931 postal stationery cards, four incl. 5k, 10k (two diff. papers) unused, also 1932 card used in Leningrad, all with "Zeppelin" theme, fine-v.f. | Price Realized $210.00 |
 | Lot #2471 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1931 (June) registered and flown cover from Sverdlowsk to England, with special bilingual "Sverdlovsk Par Avion" cachet, franked with three stamps (one defective), paying 90k, with Berlin transit (17.6) on back. This distinctive air mail handstamp was applied on special freight-exchange air mail letters sent to Moscow 1928-1931, very rare | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #2472 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 | Unsold |
 | Lot #2473 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 | Unsold |
 | Lot #2474 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1932 (31.8) flown ppc (actually a photograph of "Zeppelin over Leningrad"), handstamped "Otkrytoye Pismo" and "cena 40k", paying 50k to Berlin, v.f. | Price Realized $400.00 |
 | Lot #2475 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1932 (July 5), Mattern and Griffin Round the World Flight. The U.S. pilot Jimmy Mattern, together with Lt. Griffin, took off from Floyd Bennet Field in an attempt to beat round-the-world record held by Post and Gatty. The fliers landed in Berlin after a trip of 31 hours and 41 minutes, from New York, via Harbor Grace. They later reached Moscow, but cracked up on their hop to Siberia. Cover franked with 5c U.S. (New York July 5), 4pf Germany (July 7) and 15k Russia (cancelled Minsk 7.7), addressed to Clarence E. Page and autographed by both pilots, some usual minor flaws and toning, of no consequence. One of only 10(!) covers carried on this flight Catalog #AAMC TO 1167 | Unsold |
 | Lot #2476 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1934 (7.6) postcard (Kremlin) from Moscow to Germany, franked with 10k Maxim Gorky adhesive, used with regular franking, fine-v.f. | Unsold |
 | Lot #2477 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1935 (7.7) flown ppc (Zeppelin "Klim Voroshilov") from Leningrad to Freiberg, Germany (9.7), carried on the Leningrad-Riga-Berlin line, attractive franking on both sides, little toning and creases | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #2478 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1944 (18 Jan) Moscow to Damascus, Syria, cover franked with set of two (30k defective) with special bilingual cachet "Mission Militaire France Libre" and red First Flight Moscou-Damas at bottom, fine | Unsold |
