U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
August 9-10, 2016
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #1266 RUSSIA Air Post 1922 45r green, block of four, used with additional franking (block of four of 24r and pair of 100,000r/250r) on back of registered cover from Moscow to Berlin, with 8.12.22 arrival pmk, boxed "Mit Luftpost" handstamp on front, fine and scarce cover, ex-Boonshaft  Catalog #C1 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1267 RUSSIA Air Post 1923 (Jan) registered cover from Moscow to New York, franked on both sides with 26 stamps (paying total of 684r or 6r84k, underpaying the current 7r rate, a very small amount which was apparently overlooked by the postal clerk), including 45r (two), plus a variety of existing issues (mostly valued in 1922 rubles, as no stamps had yet been issued in 1923 rubles), with two complete sets of the Fifth Anniversary of the Revolution, non-denominated charity issue (including the scarce airplane), also regular issues, star surcharges, 100,000r on 250r (two) and 250r on 35k Philatelic Tax stamp, fine cover, with arrival (29 Jan) postmarks Catalog #C1 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #1268 RUSSIA Air Post 1924 10k on 5r green, variety full offset of surcharge on back, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #C7var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1269 RUSSIA Air Post 1926 (28 Aug) registered cover from Moscow to Switzerland, franked with three different surcharges including 10k (narrow "0" variety), 5k on 1k Foreign Exchange tax stamp on back, v.f., with Lysin arrival pmk. Although airmail stamps were not officially authorized for use on non-airmail covers until September 6, 1926, this cover, processed through the Philatelic Bureau, was obviously permitted to pass a week earlier Catalog #C6,7var,8 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #1270 RUSSIA Air Post 1926 (2 Sep) cover from Nizhny Novgorod, registered from Moscow to Austria, franked with a combination of Air Post, Definitives and Commemorative stamp, paying 38k (the correct foreign registered letter rate was 28k, hence this letter was probably overweight), with 5k on 1k Foreign Exchange tax stamp on back, contents indicated "2017" in pen, filing folds away from the stamps, fine Catalog #C7 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1271 RUSSIA Air Post 1927 Air Post Congress, 10k block of four, lower left stamp variety broken "7" in "1927", l.h. at top, others (including the variety) n.h., v.f.  */**Catalog #C10,10var | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #1272 RUSSIA Air Post 1930 40k dark blue, variety pre-print folds, unused without gum, fine (*) Catalog #C12var | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #1273 RUSSIA Air Post 1931 50k violet brown, imperforate trial color proof on gummed stamp paper, large margins all around, n.h., fresh and v.f., with Museum handstamp, signed Herbert Bloch. A major Soviet rarity, only 24 (!) printed, this one being position 13 (indicated in pencil), with 2009 Mandrovski certificate (Mi.400Fb) ** Catalog #C18var | Price Realized $4,750.00 |
 | Lot #1274 RUSSIA Air Post 1931 North Pole, 35k red, imperforate trial color proof, affixed by "PROEKT" 24 June 1931 overprint on small card, v.f., rare P Catalog #C27P | Price Realized $2,900.00 |
 | Lot #1275 RUSSIA Air Post 1933 Stratostat U.S.S.R. 5k carmine, imperforate and gummed trial color proof on watermarked stamp paper, h.r., v.f. * Catalog #C37P | Price Realized $2,300.00 |
 | Lot #1276 RUSSIA Air Post 1934 Civil Aviation, watermarked set of five, n.h., fine-v.f., ** Catalog #C40-44 Catalog Value $690 | Price Realized $425.00 |
 | Lot #1277 RUSSIA Air Post 1934 Soviet Civil Aviation, 80k purple, top sheet margin single, perf. 10 1/2 : 14 : 14 : 14, used, v.f., rare O Catalog #C44var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1278 RUSSIA Air Post 1934 Soviet Civil Aviation, 5k gray, imperforate trial color proof on unwatermarked paper, large margins, v.f. P Catalog #C45P | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #1279 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 Moscow-San Francisco, 1r on 10k Levanewsky, h.r., v.f., signed Goznak * Catalog #C68 | Price Realized $425.00 |
 | Lot #1280 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 Moscow-San Francisco flight, 1r on 10k brown, right sheet margin single, n.h., v.f., ** Catalog #C68 Catalog Value $1,275 | Price Realized $2,000.00 |
 | Lot #1281 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 Moscow-San Franscisco, 1r on 10k Levanewsky, small "f", hinge removed, v.f. * Catalog #C68b | Unsold |
 | Lot #1282 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 Moscow-San Francisco flight, 1r on 10k brown, lower case Cyrillic "f" (San Francisco), n.h., v.f., signed Goznak, with 1998 Mandrovski certificate, ** Catalog #C68b Catalog Value $2,250 | Price Realized $950.00 |
