U.S. & Worldwide Stamps
September 11-12, 2013
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #1011 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 Moscow-San Francisco 1r on 10k surcharge, block of six (positions 11-13, 16-187), two stamps (upper right and upper left) l.h., others n.h., v.f., signed Goznak, Brun etc. A rare positional multiple (Zverev Catalogue $20,000)  */**Catalog #C68 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1012 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 Moscow-San Francisco 1r on 10k surcharge, right sheet corner margin block of four (positions 4-5,9-10), bottom stamps lower case "f", marginal wrinkles and hinge reinforcements (with two arrows adhered on margin), stamps n.h., occasional natural inclusions, v.f., signed Roumet. While single stamps with sheet margin command significant premiums, this is the first time we have the pleasure to offer a combination block of four with sheet margin (Zverev Catalogue $45,000) **Catalog #C68,68b | Price Realized $28,000.00 |
 | Lot #1013 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 Moscow-San Francisco, surcharged 1r on 10k, small "f" (in San Francisco), used on registered and flown cover from Moscow (August 2), with letter ("I send you with this letter our rarest stamp - with flight of Levanevsky through the North Pole to S.Francisco. Now every man here could buy only one stamp, but I get for you one on the envelope") addressed to Mr. W.C.Steiger in New York, with bilingual "Special Air Flight Moscow-San Francisco through the North Pole" cachet, v.f., signed Mikulski and Diena. Three Soviet fliers, Sigismund Levanevsky, George Baidukov and Victor Levchenko, took off from Schlovsky Military Airport near Moscow in the red-winged Soviet monoplane "O 25" at 6:30 A.M. on a 6,000 mile non-stop flight to San Francisco, via the North Pole. Flying over Siberia and 700 miles across the Arctic Ocean, the plane developed problems, and on radio instructions, the fliers returned to their base. This cover was actually carried by Levanevsky on this ill-fated flight and returned to Moscow. A ce  Catalog #C68b | Unsold |
