Booklets of the World; U.S. and Worldwide; Russia
April 6-7, 2011 and April 11-12, 2011
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #3380 RUSSIA - AIR POST 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 $550.00 |
 | Lot #3381 RUSSIA - AIR POST Air Post 1923 5r deep green, white paper, type II unissued wide "5", never hinged and post office fresh, without the usual creases which plague this issue, signed Goznak, also Diena, Sorani etc., with Mikulski cert. A rarity, only one sheet of 25 printed, probably the finest known (Standard 011 II, catalogue value for hinged) ** Catalog #C4a Catalog Value $ 103,000 | Price Realized $70,000.00 |
 | Lot #3382 RUSSIA - AIR POST Air Post 1924 10k on 5r (wide "5") variety, lightly hinged (if at all, possibly a natural gum skip), absolutely flat gum, without the usual gum creases, v.f., signed Sorani, Goznak (twice), Diena etc., with Mikulski cert. (Standart 60 II) * Catalog #C7a Catalog Value $ 1,725 | Price Realized $1,700.00 |
 | Lot #3383 RUSSIA - AIR POST Air Post 1930 Zeppelin 40k and 80k imperforate, h.r., the former with tiny thin, v.f., signed Goznak, Elliot etc., with Diena cert. (Standart 0256-257) * Catalog #C12b-13b Catalog Value $ 4,100 | Price Realized $2,000.00 |
 | Lot #3384 RUSSIA - AIR POST Air Post 1930 Zeppelin, 40k and 80k imperforate sheet margin singles, l.h. and post office fresh, v.f., signed Mikulski * Catalog #C12b-13b | Price Realized $3,250.00 |
 | Lot #3385 RUSSIA - AIR POST Air Post 1930 80k red, interesting pre-print variety showing plate flaws along the entire design, v.f. * Catalog #C13var | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #3386 RUSSIA - AIR POST Air Post 1931 Airships, 20k carmine, vertical watermark, top sheet margin single, h.r., v.f. and scarce variety, with 2005 Raritan guarantee (Liapine 333) * Catalog #C17var Catalog Value €500 | Unsold |
 | Lot #3387 RUSSIA - AIR POST 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 (Liapine 334 P1) * Catalog #C18var Catalog Value €10,000 | Price Realized $10,000.00 |
 | Lot #3388 RUSSIA - AIR POST Air Post 1932 15k gray black, perf. 10 1/2, small h.r., well centered for this very difficult stamp, fine, signed Buhler (Standart 301b) * Catalog #C25a Catalog Value $ 1,550 | Price Realized $1,600.00 |
 | Lot #3389 RUSSIA - AIR POST Air Post 1932 15k gray black, perf. 10 1/2, three copies, used, fine-v.f., O Catalog #C25a Catalog Value 600 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #3390 RUSSIA - AIR POST Air Post 1932 15k gray black, perf. 10 1/2, two distinct sizes, both exceptionally well centered, used, v.f., O Catalog #C25a Catalog Value 400 | Price Realized $290.00 |
 | Lot #3391 RUSSIA - AIR POST Air Post 1931 15k gray black, sheet margin imperf. single, l.h., v.f., signed Stolow etc., only 100 printed (Standart 301Pa) * Catalog #C25c Catalog Value $ 4,100 | Price Realized $5,000.00 |
 | Lot #3392 RUSSIA - AIR POST Air Post 1931 North Pole, 2r deep ultramarine, perforated "OBRAZETS", h.r., v.f. S Catalog #C33S | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #3393 RUSSIA - AIR POST Air Post 1934 Civil Aviation, 10k green, horizontal pair, imperf. between, used, v.f. (Standart 351) O Catalog #C46a | Unsold |
 | Lot #3394 RUSSIA - AIR POST Air Post 1934 5k lilac brown, imperforate sheet margin single, vertical watermark, l.h. at top, v.f., signed Sanabria (Lipaine 433 P2) * Catalog #C50var Catalog Value €10,000 | Unsold |
 | Lot #3395 RUSSIA - AIR POST Air Post 1934 5k violet brown, perf. 14, right sheet margin block of four, n.h., v.f., rare in blocks  **Catalog #C50a | Unsold |
 | Lot #3396 RUSSIA - AIR POST Air Post 1934 10k ultramarine (Vasenko) imperforate trial color proof on watermarked and gummed paper, natural gum creases, otherwise v.f., signed Mikulski P Catalog #C51P | Price Realized $4,750.00 |
 | Lot #3397 RUSSIA - AIR POST Air Post 1934 10k red lilac (Vasenko) imperforate trial color proof on watermarked and gummed paper, with red inscriptions on back in Cyrillic letters indicating that this color should be on the 5k value, v.f. P Catalog #C51P | Price Realized $4,750.00 |
 | Lot #3398 RUSSIA - AIR POST Air Post 1934 10k gray black (Vasenko) imperforate trial color proof on watermarked and gummed paper, v.f. P Catalog #C51P | Price Realized $4,750.00 |
 | Lot #3399 RUSSIA - AIR POST Air Post 1934 10k brown (Vasenko), variety imperf. at bottom, h.r., fingerprints and marginal crease, otherwise v.f., rare (Standart 374Pb) * Catalog #C51var Catalog Value $ 10,300 | Price Realized $5,250.00 |
 | Lot #3400 RUSSIA - AIR POST Air Post 1934 Airships, complete set, horizontal position of the watermark (except 20k vertical), fresh, fine-v.f. (Standart 376-80) * Catalog #C53-57 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #3401 RUSSIA - AIR POST Air Post 1934 Airships, cplt set, n.h. and post office fresh, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #C53-57 | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #3402 RUSSIA - AIR POST Air Post 1935 Chelyuskin Rescue, complete set of 10, n.h., some with dried gum, otherwise fine-v.f. ** Catalog #C58-67 | Price Realized $1,500.00 |
 | Lot #3403 RUSSIA - AIR POST Air Post 1935 Chelyuskin Rescue, complete set of perforated trial color proofs in green, each reduced size, card mounted, some toning and minor discolorations, otherwise fine-v.f., rare P Catalog #C58-67P | Unsold |
 | Lot #3404 RUSSIA - AIR POST Air Post 1935 Moscow-San Francisco, 1r surcharge, l.h., v.f., signed Goznak, * Catalog #C68 Catalog Value $ 1,250 | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #3405 RUSSIA - AIR POST Air Post 1935 Moscow-San Francisco Flight, 1r on 10k surcharge, l.h., v.f., signed Goznak etc. * Catalog #C68 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #3406 RUSSIA - AIR POST Air Post 1935 Moscow-San Francisco Flight, 1r on 10k surcharge, h.r., v.f., signed Mikulski etc. * Catalog #C68 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #3407 RUSSIA - AIR POST Air Post 1935 Moscow-San Francisco, l.h., v.f., signed Goznak etc. * Catalog #C68 | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #3408 RUSSIA - AIR POST Air Post 1935 Moscow-San Francisco, 1r surcharge, pos. 12, oval dot variety, horizontal position of the watermark (extremely rare), n.h. and post office fresh, v.f., signed Goznak, with 2006 Buchsbayew cert. ** Catalog #C68 | Unsold |
 | Lot #3409 RUSSIA - AIR POST Air Post 1935 Moscow-San Francisco Flight surcharge, block of four, both bottom stamps small Cyrillic "f" in "San Francisco", hinged, slight toning, mostly at top otherwise v.f., signed Mikulski *Catalog #C68,68b | Price Realized $28,000.00 |
 | Lot #3410 RUSSIA - AIR POST Air Post 1935 Moscow-San Francisco, used on registered and flown cover from Moscow (31.8) to Herrn J.Rosenberg in Berlin, with arrival pmk (2.9), 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 Catalog #C68 | Price Realized $4,750.00 |
 | Lot #3411 RUSSIA - AIR POST Air Post 1935 Moscow-San Francisco Flight surcharge, small "f" in "San Francisco", horizontal watermark, l.h., v.f. and rare, signed Goznak *Catalog #C68b | Unsold |
 | Lot #3412 RUSSIA - AIR POST Air Post 1937 Jubilee Aviation Exhibition, 40k violet brown and black, left margin vertical pair, imperf. between, top stamp l.h., bottom stamp n.h. with natural inclusion, v.f. and scarce unused, signed Stolow, with Buchsbayew cert. (Standart 476) */** Catalog #C72var Catalog Value $ 6,900 | Unsold |
 | Lot #3413 RUSSIA - AIR POST Air Post 1937 Airplanes, 1r souvenir sheet of four, two used copies, fine-v.f., Catalog #C75a Catalog Value $ 600 | Price Realized $200.00 |
 | Lot #3414 RUSSIA - AIR POST 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 | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #3415 RUSSIA - AIR POST Air Post 1955 North Pole overprints, 1r and 2r vertical blocks of six, each with a missing dash variety, n.h., v.f. and rare, with 2008 Buchsbayew cert. **Catalog #C95-96var | Unsold |
 | Lot #3416 RUSSIA - AIR POST Air Post 1963 40th Anniversary of the founding of Aeroflot, 10k black color omitted (both "Pochta CCCP" and "10k"), vertical pair, n.h., v.f. and extremely rare, with 2007 Buchsbayew cert. (Standart 2727Ta) ** Catalog #C101var Catalog Value $ 10,300 | Price Realized $5,000.00 |
