S. Shtern Collection of Soviet Union
October 29-30, 2008
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #659 RUSSIA - AIR POST 1922 45r Airplane, gutter sheet of 50 containing two panes of 25, position 45 showing the damaged propeller, n.h., v.f. and rare (catalogue value for singles)  **Catalog #64,64var Catalog Value $ 5,160 | Price Realized $5,750.00 |
 | Lot #660 RUSSIA - AIR POST 1922 registered and flown cover from Moscow, 17.11.22 to Berlin, franked with single 45r green & black, used together with block of 15x100,000r on 250r (counted as 150r) on back, fine-v.f., with Charlottenburg 24.11.22 arrival on back  **Catalog #64 | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #661 RUSSIA - AIR POST 1924 10k on 5r, type II, wide "5", barest trace of a hinge, v.f., signed Goznak, * Catalog #60II Catalog Value $ 2,080 | Price Realized $1,300.00 |
 | Lot #662 RUSSIA - AIR POST 1927 10k deep blue and yellow brown, broken "7" in "1927", l.h., heavy gum toning, otherwise fine, * Catalog #185var Catalog Value $ 415 | Price Realized $120.00 |
 | Lot #663 RUSSIA - AIR POST 1928 (18.9) first flight cover from Moscow to Irkutsk, with Dobrolet cachet on back, fine-v.f., backstamped 22.9.28 on arrival | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #664 RUSSIA - AIR POST 1930 Airships, imperf. set of two, 40k with some gum missing, 80k with sheet margin at bottom, l.h., v.f., * Catalog #256-257 Catalog Value $ 5,000 | Price Realized $3,000.00 |
 | Lot #665 RUSSIA - AIR POST 1931 Airships, perf. and imperf. sets, l.h. (few n.h.), fine-v.f., * Catalog #266-275 Catalog Value $ 380 | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #666 RUSSIA - AIR POST 1931 Airships, perf. and imperf. sets of five, mostly n.h., fine-v.f. *** Catalog #266-275 | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #667 RUSSIA - AIR POST 1931 Airships, imperf. set of five, used on registered and flown cover from Moscow to Berlin Catalog #266-270 | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #668 RUSSIA - AIR POST 1931 50k gray blue (color error), used together with additional franking on registered (window) envelope, flown from Moscow (24.8.35) to Switzerland, fine-v.f., rare usage, with arrival pmks Catalog #276 | Price Realized $2,200.00 |
 | Lot #669 RUSSIA - AIR POST 1931 North Pole, perf. and imperf. sets, n.h., fine-v.f., ** Catalog #286-293 Catalog Value $ 700 | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #670 RUSSIA - AIR POST 1931 North Pole, line perf. 12 1/2 and comb-perf. 12:12 1/4 sets of four complete, mostly n.h., (30k and 35k l.h.), fine-v.f., *** Catalog #290-93,290A-93A Catalog Value $ 1,300 | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #671 RUSSIA - AIR POST 1931 Polar Flight to the Icebreaker Malyguin, franked with the complete perf. set of four, some usual cover toning, otherwise fine-v.f., scarce on one cover Catalog #290-293 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #672 RUSSIA - AIR POST 1931 (4.5) first flight ppc from Leningrad to Berlin, v.f., with transit and arrival pmks | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #673 RUSSIA - AIR POST 1932 International Polar Year, 50k and 1r perf. 12 1/4, plus 1r perf. 10 1/2, l.h., fine-v.f., * Catalog #297-298,298A Catalog Value $ 240 | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #674 RUSSIA - AIR POST 1932 International Polar Year, set of two used on flown, cacheted cover from Archangelsk to Moscow, small stain at upper right, otherwise v.f., with arrival pmk Catalog #297-298 | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #675 RUSSIA - AIR POST 1932 International Polar Year, 50k carmine rose, perf. 10 1/2, n.h., usual dried and slightly toned gum, with natural creases, v.f. One of the major rarities of the former Soviet Union, ** Catalog #297A Catalog Value $ 54,000 | Price Realized $26,000.00 |
 | Lot #676 RUSSIA - AIR POST 1932 15k gray black, perf. 10 1/2, exceptionally well centered for this difficult stamp, small h.r., fresh and v.f., * Catalog #301B Catalog Value $ 1,250 | Price Realized $2,600.00 |
 | Lot #677 RUSSIA - AIR POST 1932 15k gray black, perf. 10 1/2, l.h., fine example of this rare perforation, * Catalog #301B Catalog Value $ 1,250 | Price Realized $1,900.00 |
 | Lot #678 RUSSIA - AIR POST 1933 15th Anniversary of the Air Force and Military, 3k-35k unaccepted designs, set of seven photo essays commemorating the Red Army, Navy and Air Force, each stamp showing two different designs - an episode from 1918 on the left and progress achieved by 1933 on the right, v.f. and rare set E | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
 | Lot #679 RUSSIA - AIR POST 1933 15th Anniversary of the Red Army's Air Force (PKKA), original artist drawing (143x99mm) on card, with airplanes and dirigibles surrounded by laurels and stars, denominated 20k, also an additional large die essay (151x105mm) of the two central vignettes depicting Political Propagandists and Red Army soldier; those to be eventually used on a 35k value to be released alongside with 20k, both corrected with chinese ink and signed by the artists. In addition, there is a signature of a member of the People's Post Commissariat, dated and "no objection" noted to these proposed designs, v.f., unique. E | Price Realized $7,000.00 |
 | Lot #680 RUSSIA - AIR POST 1933 Stratosphere Balloon, set of three, n.h., usual wrinkles, fine-v.f., ** Catalog #341-343 Catalog Value $ 575 | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #681 RUSSIA - AIR POST 1933 Stratosphere Balloon, set of three, each with sheet margin at right, n.h. (hinged in margin), 20k with faint gum skips, v.f., ** Catalog #341-343 Catalog Value $ 560 | Price Realized $400.00 |
 | Lot #682 RUSSIA - AIR POST 1933 Stratostat Balloon, 5k single and pair used with additional franking on flown cover from Moscow 8.7.34 to Germany, fine-v.f., with arrival pmk Catalog #341 | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #683 RUSSIA - AIR POST 1934 Civil Aviation, complete sets with and without watermark, n.h., few minor gum skips, fine-v.f., ** Catalog #350-359 Catalog Value $ 1,700 | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #684 RUSSIA - AIR POST 1934 Civil Aviation (unwatermarked), imperf. trial color proofs on ungummed stamp paper, vertical pairs, se-tenant bottom stamps without groundwork, the complete set of five in various colors incl. (5k green (top stamp with crayon mark), 10k violet, 20k blue, 50k orange and 80k blue black), fresh and v.f., extremely rare multiples P Catalog #350-354P | Price Realized $23,000.00 |
 | Lot #685 RUSSIA - AIR POST 1934 Civil Aviation (unwatermarked), imperf. trial color proofs on ungummed stamp paper, the complete set of five in brown, some faint toning, v.f. and rare set P Catalog #350-354P | Price Realized $8,000.00 |
 | Lot #686 RUSSIA - AIR POST 1934 Civil Aviation, 10k green, horizontal pair, imperf. between, cancelled to order, v.f. O Catalog #351var | Price Realized $800.00 |
 | Lot #687 RUSSIA - AIR POST 1934 Civil Aviation (watermarked), imperf. trial color proofs on ungummed stamp paper, complete set of vertical pairs, se-tenant, bottom stamps without groundwork, various colors (5k red, 10k violet, 20k blue, 50k green and 80k blue black), fresh and v.f., extremely rare set of combination pairs P Catalog #355-359P | Price Realized $22,000.00 |
 | Lot #688 RUSSIA - AIR POST 1934 Civil Aviation (Watermarked), imperf. trial color proofs on gummed stamp paper, set of five, all in orange except 50k violet, v.f. and rare P Catalog #355-359P | Price Realized $7,000.00 |
 | Lot #689 RUSSIA - AIR POST 1934 Civil Aviation, watermarked set of five, used on registered and flown cover from Moscow (10.6.34) to Vienna via Berlin, fine-v.f., with arrival cds Catalog #355-359 | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #690 RUSSIA - AIR POST 1934 Civil Aviation, 20k imperf. trial color proof in violet, large margins including sheet margin at left, watermarked and gummed paper, l.h., v.f. P Catalog #357P | Price Realized $1,300.00 |
 | Lot #691 RUSSIA - AIR POST 1934 Stratosphere Disaster, 5k Usyskin, perf. 14, n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #373A Catalog Value $ 290 | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #692 RUSSIA - AIR POST 1934 Stratosphere Disaster, 10k ultramarine (Vasenko) imperforate trial color proof on watermarked and gummed paper, natural gum creases, otherwise v.f. P Catalog #374P | Price Realized $5,250.00 |
 | Lot #693 RUSSIA - AIR POST 1934 Stratosphere Disaster, 10k brown, perf. 14, cancelled to order (as always), v.f., extremely rare, with Mandrovsky cert., O Catalog #374A Catalog Value $ 6,800 | Price Realized $6,000.00 |
 | Lot #694 RUSSIA - AIR POST 1934 Stratosphere Disaster, 10k red brown (Vasenko), variety imperf. at left, unused without gum, creased, otherwise fine and rare (*) Catalog #374var | Price Realized $5,000.00 |
 | Lot #695 RUSSIA - AIR POST 1934 Airships, complete set of photo proofs in black, v.f. P Catalog #376-380P | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #696 RUSSIA - AIR POST 1934 Airships, set of five, l.h., fine-v.f., * Catalog #376-380 Catalog Value $ 400 | Price Realized $625.00 |
 | Lot #697 RUSSIA - AIR POST 1934 Airships, set of five, l.h., fine-v.f., * Catalog #376-380 Catalog Value $ 400 | Price Realized $625.00 |
 | Lot #698 RUSSIA - AIR POST 1934 Airships, complete set on registered cover, tied by First Day "20.10.34" Moscow cancels and sent locally, staining away from the stamps, otherwise v.f. Catalog #376-380 | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #699 RUSSIA - AIR POST 1934 Airships, 10k red brown, 20k olive brown and 30k olive brown, trial color proofs, perf. 11, on watermarked, ungummed stamp paper, v.f. and rare P Catalog #377P,379-380P | Price Realized $8,000.00 |
 | Lot #700 RUSSIA - AIR POST 1935 Chelyuskin Rescue, complete set of perforated trial color proofs in various colors, each reduced size, unused without gum, fresh and v.f., a rare set P Catalog #392-401P | Price Realized $26,000.00 |
 | Lot #701 RUSSIA - AIR POST 1935 Chelyuskin Rescue, complete set, l.h., fresh, fine-v.f., * Catalog #392-401 Catalog Value $ 12,500 | Price Realized $1,200.00 |
 | Lot #702 RUSSIA - AIR POST 1935 Chelyuskin Rescue, complete set, never hinged (except 5k green very lightly hinged), fresh, mostly v.f., *** Catalog #392-401 Catalog Value $ 3,950 | Price Realized $2,000.00 |
 | Lot #703 RUSSIA - AIR POST 1935 Chelyuskin Rescue, complete set on registered and flown cover from Moscow (9.2.35) to Lithuania, fine-v.f., with Kaunas arrival pmk on back, rare on one cover Catalog #392-401 | Price Realized $4,250.00 |
 | Lot #704 RUSSIA - AIR POST 1935 Moscow-San Francisco, 1r surcharge, position 1, showing broken "P" variety, l.h., v.f. * Catalog #420 | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #705 RUSSIA - AIR POST 1935 Moscow-San Francisco, 1r surcharge, l.h., v.f., signed Goznak, * Catalog #420 Catalog Value $ 1,040 | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #706 RUSSIA - AIR POST 1935 Moscow-San Francisco,1r surcharge, variety with raised period after "CEB", n.h., v.f., signed Goznak, * Catalog #420 Catalog Value $ 1,660 | Price Realized $1,200.00 |
 | Lot #707 RUSSIA - AIR POST 1935 Moscow-San Francisco 1r surcharge, used on registered and flown cover from Moscow (26.8.35) to J. Rosenberg in Berlin, with arrival on reverse, filing fold away from the stamp, otherwise v.f. Catalog #420 | Price Realized $2,800.00 |
 | Lot #708 RUSSIA - AIR POST 1935 Moscow-San Francisco, 1r surcharge, small "f" variety, n.h., natural corner gum bend, v.f., signed Goznak, ** Catalog #420ka Catalog Value $ 3,540 | Price Realized $2,800.00 |
 | Lot #709 RUSSIA - AIR POST 1937 Airships, 80k "Maxim Gorky", sheet margin block of four, bottom stamp with small white dot over the letter "II", n.h., v.f. The original plate had the name of the plane "Maxim Gorky" removed, still partially showing at upper right **Catalog #478var | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #710 RUSSIA - AIR POST 1937 imperf. souvenir sheet of four, used on registered cover from Moscow 26.1.38 to USA, fine-v.f., with arrival pmk Catalog #Bl. 3 | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #711 RUSSIA - AIR POST 1939 Aviation Day, 1r brown, double overprint, used, v.f., rare O Catalog #605var | Price Realized $1,700.00 |
 | Lot #712 RUSSIA - AIR POST 1955 North Pole-Moscow overprints, 1r and 2r, horizontal pairs, each se-tenant with variety missing "-" before Moscow at right, n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #1755-56Kar Catalog Value $ 1,450 | Price Realized $1,000.00 |
 | Lot #713 RUSSIA - AIR POST 1955 North Pole-Moscow overprints, 2r perf. 12 1/2, n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #1756A Catalog Value $ 212 | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #714 RUSSIA - AIR POST 1961 Helicopter, 6k surcharge, upper right sheet corner margin block of four, bottom right stamp without "6", other stamps types I and II, n.h. (hinged in margin), v.f. and rare block **Catalog #2564Ta | Price Realized $5,750.00 |
