U.S. & Worldwide Stamps
October 31-November 1, 2012
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #1395 RUSSIA Air Post 1917 French Aviation Mission to Russia, Military Mail (F.M.) cover to France sent by the mission member (Paul Vitre, "Mission Francaise d'Aviation en Russe"); faint but legible free frank mission seal strike, scarce  | Unsold |
 | Lot #1396 RUSSIA Air Post 1924 (14 Aug) registered cover from Baku to Italy with regular issue franking on front & 10r Air Defense League label on reverse, v.f., rare | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1397 RUSSIA Air Post 1927 Air Post Congress, four sets, n.h., some perf. creases, mostly fine-v.f. ** Catalog #C10-11 | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #1398 RUSSIA Air Post 1927 Air Post Congress, blocks of four, n.h., some perf. separations, fine-v.f.  **Catalog #C10-11 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1399 RUSSIA Air Post 1927 Air Post Congress, blocks of four, n.h., some perf. separations, fine-v.f. **Catalog #C10-11 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1400 RUSSIA Air Post 1927 Air Post Congress, blocks of four, n.h., fine-v.f. **Catalog #C10-11 | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #1401 RUSSIA Air Post 1930 Zeppelin, 40k and 80k, imperf. singles, margins all around, l.h., handstamp guarantees on reverse, v.f., with 2012 Buchsbayew cert., * Catalog #C12b-13b Catalog Value $5,500 | Price Realized $2,200.00 |
 | Lot #1402 RUSSIA Air Post 1933 80k violet, sheet margin single, gummed on both sides, v.f. * Catalog #C49var | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1403 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 Moscow-San Francisco over the North Pole, overprinted and surcharged in red 1r on 10k brown, raised stop after "ceb", h.r., small gum inclusion, v.f., signed Goznak etc., * Catalog #C68 Catalog Value $1,250 | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #1404 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 Moscow-San Francisco 1r surcharge, h.r., small gum inclusion, v.f., signed Goznak etc., * Catalog #C68 Catalog Value $1,250 | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #1405 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 Moscow-San Francisco 1r surcharge, n.h., v.f., signed Goznak, Stolow, Mikulski etc., ** Catalog #C68 Catalog Value $3,250 | Price Realized $800.00 |
 | Lot #1406 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 Moscow-San Francisco 1r surcharge, lower case "f" ("small f") in "San Francisco", disturbed original gum, some marginal toning, otherwise fine, signed Goznak, * Catalog #C68b Catalog Value $1,800 | Price Realized $700.00 |
 | Lot #1407 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 Moscow-San Francisco 1r surcharge, lower case "f" ("small f") in "San Francisco", cancelled on piece, v.f., O Catalog #C68b Catalog Value $2,000 | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #1408 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 Moscow-San Francisco 1r surcharge, lower-case "f" ("small f") in "San Francisco" surcharge inverted, well centered, with full original gum, small hinge remnant, various pencil signatures, also signed Calves, Mikulski and others, with 2012 Paul Buchsbayew certificate. Only two sheets (50 stamps) of the inverted surcharge were discovered. "Small f" occurs five times per sheet, which means that only 10(!) examples 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. This is a major Soviet and world-class rarity, ex-Mikulski collection. Last offered in our May 2008 sale (lot 1776) this copy realized $603,750, premium included. Another example was sold in our June 2008 Ackerman Sale for $718,750 including buyer's commission. A rare opportunity to obtain this gem of Russian philately (Standart 420Ka Tb, catalogue value Euro 600,000) * Catalog #C68c Catalog Value $600,000 | Unsold |
