Russia
February 11, 2009
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #445 RUSSIA Air Post 1916 (20.12) picture postcard (Station Baikal), sent free-frank and bearing a violet Airfleet Dirigible battalion (Eastern Siberian det.) handstamp, fine and scarce World War I usage  | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #446 RUSSIA Air Post 1922 45r green, red propeller variety "broken tail", used in combination with others stamps (paying a total of 100,825r) on back of a registered cover from Chimki (31.1.23) to Rome, fine-v.f., with arrival pmk Catalog #C1var | Price Realized $2,700.00 |
 | Lot #447 RUSSIA Air Post 1924 Surcharges, set of four, sheet margin blocks of four, n.h. (few hinged in margin), v.f.  **Catalog #C6-9 | Price Realized $190.00 |
 | Lot #448 RUSSIA Air Post 1924 surcharged 10k on 5r green, basic stamp wide "5", left sheet margin single, l.h., v.f., signed Romeko * Catalog #C7a | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #449 RUSSIA Air Post 1924 15k on 1r brown, surcharge inverted, l.h., v.f., signed Dr.P.Jemchouhin etc. (Standard $2,500) * Catalog #C8a | Unsold |
 | Lot #450 RUSSIA Air Post 1924 15k on 1r brown, lower left sheet corner margin single, surcharge inverted, never hinged, v.f. ** Catalog #C8a | Price Realized $2,400.00 |
 | Lot #451 RUSSIA Air Post 1924 20k on 10r red, surcharge inverted, l.h., fresh and v.f. example of this rarity, signed Dr.P.Jemchouhin * Catalog #C9a | Price Realized $19,000.00 |
 | Lot #452 RUSSIA Air Post 1927 Map over the World, set of two, perforated "Obrazets", unused, fine and very rare S Catalog #C10-11S | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #453 RUSSIA Air Post 1927 10k Map over the World, two varieties incl. broken "7" of "1927" and dot under the letter "II" of "Pochta", fine-v.f. (Standard $800) * Catalog #C10var | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #454 RUSSIA Air Post 1927 10k Map over the World, variety broken "7" of "1927", sheet margin single, l.h., v.f. (Standard $370) * Catalog #C10var | Price Realized $210.00 |
 | Lot #455 RUSSIA Air Post 1927 10k Airplane and map, variety broken "7" of "1927" and white dot before "A" of "Avio" (position 26) sheet margin single, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #C10var | Price Realized $575.00 |
 | Lot #456 RUSSIA Air Post 1930 40k and 80k Airships, set of two used with additional franking on registered and flown cover from Leningrad (29.11.36) to Czechoslovakia, some toning, otherwise fine and unusual franking Catalog #C12-13 | Unsold |
 | Lot #457 RUSSIA Air Post 1930 Zeppelin 40k and 80k imperforate, h.r., the former with tiny thin, v.f., signed Goznak, Elliot etc., with Diena cert. * Catalog #C12b-13b | Price Realized $2,500.00 |
 | Lot #458 RUSSIA Air Post 1930 Zeppelin, 40k and 80k imperforate sheet margin singles, l.h. and post office fresh, v.f., signed Mikulski * Catalog #C12b-13b | Unsold |
 | Lot #459 RUSSIA Air Post 1931 Airships, perf. and imperf. sets of five, mostly l.h., few perf. n.h., fine-v.f. * Catalog #C15-24 | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #460 RUSSIA Air Post 1931 Airships, perf. and imperf. sets of five, h.r., fine-v.f. * Catalog #C15-24 | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #461 RUSSIA Air Post 1931 Airships, imperf. set, used on registered and flown cover from Moscow (7.6) to Germany, v.f., with arrival pmks Catalog #C15-19 | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #462 RUSSIA Air Post 1931 50k violet brown, imperforate trial color proof on gummed stamp paper, large margins all around, l.h., fresh and v.f., with Museum handstamp. A major Soviet rarity, only 24 (!) printed * Catalog #C18var | Price Realized $9,500.00 |
 | Lot #463 RUSSIA Air Post 1931 Airships, perforated set of five, used on registered and flown cover from Moscow (17.7) to Germany, v.f., with arrival pmks Catalog #C20-24 | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #464 RUSSIA Air Post 1931 50k gray blue (error), left sheet margin single, n.h., well centered, v.f. (Standard $950) ** Catalog #C23a | Price Realized $800.00 |
 | Lot #465 RUSSIA Air Post 1931 50k gray blue (error), used with additional franking on registered and flown cover from Leningrad (9.9.33), via Berlin to Switzerland, fine and rare cover, with appropriate transit and arrival pmks, rare on cover Catalog #C23a | Price Realized $6,000.00 |
 | Lot #466 RUSSIA Air Post 1931 15k gray, perf. 14, used with additional franking on registered and flown cover from Leningrad (23.12.35) to France, fine and rare cover, with appropriate transit and arrival pmks, rare on cover Catalog #C25b,52 | Unsold |
 | Lot #467 RUSSIA Air Post 1931 15k gray black, sheet margin imperf. single, l.h., v.f., signed Stolow etc., only 100 printed, * Catalog #C25c Catalog Value $ 4,000 | Price Realized $5,000.00 |
 | Lot #468 RUSSIA Air Post 1931 15k gray, imperforate horizontal pair, l.h., v.f., signed Stolow, with Mandrovski cert. A rare pair, only 100 imperf. stamps printed, * Catalog #C25c Catalog Value $ 8,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #469 RUSSIA Air Post 1931 North Pole, perf. and imperf. sets, h.r., fine-v.f. * Catalog #C26-33 | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #470 RUSSIA Air Post 1931 North Pole, 30k perf. 12 1/4, variety imperf. at left, l.h., v.f., with Mandrovski cert. * Catalog #C30var | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #471 RUSSIA Air Post 1931 North Pole, 2r deep ultramarine, perforated "OBRAZETS", h.r., v.f. S Catalog #C33S | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #472 RUSSIA Air Post 1932 International Polar Year, blocks of four, n.h., v.f. **Catalog #C34-35 | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #473 RUSSIA Air Post 1932 Polar Year, set of two used on flown cover and card from Archangelsk to Moscow etc., appropriate markings and cachets, fine-v.f. Catalog #C34-35 | Unsold |
 | Lot #474 RUSSIA Air Post 1932 Polar Year, set of two used on cover from Franz Josef Land to Archangelsk and to Moscow, v.f., with appropriate markings Catalog #C34-35 | Unsold |
 | Lot #475 RUSSIA Air Post 1933 Stratosphere Balloon, two sets of three, one l.h., other regummed, fine-v.f., *(*) Catalog #C37-39 Catalog Value $ 600 | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #476 RUSSIA Air Post 1933 Stratosphere Balloon, two sets of three, l.h., fine-v.f. * Catalog #C37-39 Catalog Value $ 600 | Price Realized $425.00 |
 | Lot #477 RUSSIA Air Post 1933 Stratosphere Balloon, set of three, n.h., fine-v.f. ** Catalog #C37-39 | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #478 RUSSIA Air Post 1934 Civil Aviation, imperforate sheet margin singles in issued colors (extremely rare), complete set, all horizontal watermarks, unused with original gum, h.r., v.f. * Catalog #C40-44var | Price Realized $18,000.00 |
 | Lot #479 RUSSIA Air Post 1934 Civil Aviation, watermarked issue, 80k violet, perforated 10:13 3/4:13 3/4:13 3/4, sheet margin at top, cancelled Moscow 25.3., v.f., rare O Catalog #C44var | Unsold |
 | Lot #480 RUSSIA Air Post 1933 Civil Aviation (unwatermarked) complete set of five, n.h., fine-v.f. ** Catalog #C45-49 | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #481 RUSSIA Air Post 1933 Civil Aviation, unwatermarked, imperf. trial color proofs, complete set of five, without gum as issued, v.f. P Catalog #C45-49P | Price Realized $8,000.00 |
 | Lot #482 RUSSIA Air Post 1934 Stratosphere Disaster ("Sirius") set of three, n.h., fine-v.f. ** Catalog #C50-52 | Price Realized $210.00 |
 | Lot #483 RUSSIA Air Post 1934 Stratosphere Disaster, blocks of four, cancelled to order, fine-v.f. Catalog #C50-52 | Unsold |
 | Lot #484 RUSSIA Air Post 1934 Stratosphere Disaster, 5k Usyskin, perf. 14, top sheet margin block of four, vertical position of the watermark, n.h. and post office fresh, fine-v.f., rare **Catalog #C50a | Unsold |
 | Lot #485 RUSSIA Air Post 1934 Stratosphere Disaster ("Sirius"), 5k Usyskin perforated 14, block of four, n.h., v.f. **Catalog #C50a | Unsold |
 | Lot #486 RUSSIA Air Post 1934 5k lilac brown, imperforate sheet margin single, vertical watermark, l.h. at top, v.f., signed Sanabria * Catalog #C50var | Unsold |
 | Lot #487 RUSSIA Air Post 1934 Stratosphere Disaster, 10k brown, perf. 14, cancelled to order (as always), v.f., extremely rare (Standard $6,000) O Catalog #C51a | Price Realized $4,750.00 |
 | Lot #488 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 Chelyuskin Rescue, complete set, l.h. or h.r., usual gum wrinkles, fine-v.f. (Standard $1,200) * Catalog #C58-67 | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #489 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 Chelyuskin Rescue, complete set never hinged, post office fresh, v.f. (Standard $2,700) ** Catalog #C58-67 | Price Realized $1,700.00 |
 | Lot #490 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 Chelyuskin Rescue, complete set of 10, n.h., some with dried gum, otherwise fine-v.f. ** Catalog #C58-67 | Unsold |
 | Lot #491 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 Chelyuskin, blocks of four, cancelled to order, fine-v.f., rare Catalog #C58-67 | Price Realized $625.00 |
 | Lot #492 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 Chelyuskin, 50k ultramarine, used with additional franking on registered, "Express" cover (15.4.36) from Moscow to Stockholm Catalog #C52,67 | Unsold |
 | Lot #493 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 Moscow-San Francisco, 1r surcharge, l.h., v.f., signed Goznak, * Catalog #C68 Catalog Value $ 1,250 | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #494 RUSSIA Air Post 1936 Moscow-San Francisco, 1r surcharge on 10k brown, h.r., v.f., signed Romeko, Goznak * Catalog #C68 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #495 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 Moscow-San Francisco, 1r surcharge, n.h. but disturbed (glazed from mount) gum, v.f., signed Goznak, ** Catalog #C68 Catalog Value $ 2,500 | Unsold |
 | Lot #496 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 Moscow-San Francisco, 1r surcharge, n.h., v.f., signed Goznak, ** Catalog #C68 Catalog Value $ 2,500 | Unsold |
 | Lot #497 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 Moscow-San Francisco, 1r surcharge, small "f" variety, l.h., minor horizontal crease, otherwise v.f., * Catalog #C68b Catalog Value $ 1,800 | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #498 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 Moscow-San Francisco, 1r surcharge, small "f" variety, l.h., v.f., signed Goznak, * Catalog #C68b Catalog Value $ 1,800 | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #499 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 Moscow-San Francisco, 1r surcharge, small "f" variety, central Moscow cds, v.f., signed Goznak, O Catalog #C68b Catalog Value $ 2,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #500 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 Moscow-San Francisco, 1r surcharge, small "f" variety, Moscow cds, v.f., O Catalog #C68b Catalog Value $ 2,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #501 RUSSIA Air Post 1937 Airplanes, 10k, 30k, 40k, 50k and 80k, five different imperforate singles, all with adequate margins all around, n.h., occasional slight creasing, v.f. and incredibly rare assemble, first four with Mandrovski certificates ** Catalog #C69a,71,72,73,74var | Unsold |
 | Lot #502 RUSSIA Air Post 1937 Airplanes, 30k red brown & black, vertical pair imperf. between, cancelled to order, v.f., signed Forrester O Catalog #C71var | Price Realized $1,800.00 |
 | Lot #503 RUSSIA Air Post 1937 Airplanes, 40k violet brown & black, vertical strip of four, middle pair imperf. between, used, v.f., signed Forrester O Catalog #C72var | Price Realized $2,000.00 |
 | Lot #504 RUSSIA Air Post 1937 Airplanes, 50k dark violet & black, vertical pair imperf. between, cancelled to order, v.f., signed Forrester O Catalog #C73var | Price Realized $2,600.00 |
 | Lot #505 RUSSIA Air Post 1937 Airplanes, 1r souvenir sheet of four, two used copies, fine-v.f. Catalog #C75a Catalog Value $ 300 | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #506 RUSSIA Air Post 1937 Airplanes, 50k dark violet & black, vertical pair imperf. between, cancelled to order, v.f. O Catalog #C73var | Price Realized $1,300.00 |
 | Lot #507 RUSSIA Air Post 1949 50k-3r, complete set, blocks of four, n.h., natural gum winkles, fine-v.f. **Catalog #C83-90 | Price Realized $1,700.00 |
 | Lot #508 RUSSIA Air Post 1955 North Pole overprints, 1r and 2r vertical blocks of six, each showing a variety "missing dash" from year date, n.h., v.f. **Catalog #C95-96,var | Unsold |
