U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Postal History
February 23-24, 2016

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #1157
RUSSIA Air Post
1931 50k violet brown (instead of dark brown), imperf. horizontal pair, pos. 7-8, cancelled to order as always "Tula 28.4.43", handstamped "D", with 1997 Mikulski certificate. A major color variety from the Soviet Union, only 24 issued (Mi.400GbC) (Liapine 334 P1, €20,000)
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Catalog #C18var
Price Realized
$7,500.00

Lot #1158
RUSSIA Air Post
1932 15k gray black, 25 sheets of 40 (1,000 stamps), n.h., fine-v.f. (Zagorsky 301, $16,000, Zverev 304, $25,000)
Box **
Catalog #C25
Catalog Value $12,000
Price Realized
$1,800.00

Lot #1159
RUSSIA Air Post
1932 15k gray black, perforated 10 1/2, entire sheet of 40, cancelled to order "Roshal Moscow 17.7.1933," with full original gum (never hinged), fresh and fine-v.f. Multiples of this rare perforation are virtually non-existent; this is probably the only sheet still intact. A fabulous rarity,
Box
Catalog #C25a
Catalog Value $8,000
Price Realized
$4,500.00

Lot #1160
RUSSIA Air Post
1932 15k gray black, imperf. left sheet margin single, l.h., v.f., signed Stolow, only 100 printed,
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Catalog #C25c
Catalog Value $5,750
Price Realized
$2,800.00

Lot #1161
RUSSIA Air Post
1931 North Pole, imperforate blocks of four, n.h., v.f. set (Zverev $4,000)
Box **
Catalog #C26-29
Price Realized
$2,400.00

Lot #1162
RUSSIA Air Post
1932 International Polar Year, set of two blocks of four, n.h., v.f. (Zverev $2,250)
Box **
Catalog #C34-35
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #1163
RUSSIA Air Post
1934 Civil Aviation (watermarked), 20k carmine, right stamps perforated 13 3/4:10 1/4:13 3/4:13 3/4, right sheet margin block of four, n.h. and post office fresh, v.f. A splendid rarity, only a few examples of this compound perforation exist, possibly the only known combination block of four
Box **
Catalog #C42var
Unsold
Lot #1164
RUSSIA Air Post
1935 Chelyuskin, 1k-50k blocks of four, complete set, n.h. and post office fresh, unfolded and in absolutely perfect condition, very fine (last auction realization recorded by us was June 2012, where a similar set realized $65,000 plus buyer's premium)
Box **
Catalog #C58-67
Unsold
Lot #1165
RUSSIA Air Post
1939 Overprints, set of five blocks of four, n.h., v.f. (Zverev $750)
Box **
Catalog #C76-76D
Price Realized
$280.00

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