U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
February 28-March 1, 2017
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #1180 RUSSIA Air Post 1922 45r black on green, vertical gutter sheet of 50, two stamps (positions 35 and 45) varieties missing parts of tail of the airplane, mostly n.h., v.f., signed Mikulski. A rare sheet, one of only a handful still in existence  */**Catalog #C1 | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
 | Lot #1181 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 #1182 RUSSIA Air Post 1923 5k deep green, wide "5" variety, right sheet margin single, l.h., usual natural gum bends, incredibly fresh and v.f., signed Goznak, Romeko, also Mikulski, with his 1984 certificate. Only one sheet of 25 printed (Zverev $50,000) * Catalog #C4a Catalog Value $40,000 | Price Realized $23,000.00 |
 | Lot #1183 RUSSIA Air Post 1924 10k on 5k green, sheet of 25, position 12 showing thin "0" in "10" (kop), n.h., natural gum creases at bottom, v.f. **Catalog #C7 | Price Realized $425.00 |
 | Lot #1184 RUSSIA Air Post 1924 10k on 5k deep green, wide "5" variety, l.h., incredibly fresh and v.f., with 2016 Zagorsky certificate, * Catalog #C7a Catalog Value $1,250 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1185 RUSSIA Air Post 1924 10k on 5k green, wide "5" variety, two distinct colors (green and yellow green), l.h. or h.r., fresh and v.f., signed Romeko, Mikulski, etc., * Catalog #C7a Catalog Value $2,500 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1186 RUSSIA Air Post 1924 10k on 5k green, wide "5" variety, position 12 of setting (of 25), surcharge thin "0" on "10" (kop), used, v.f., rare, with regular stamp added for comparison O Catalog #C7a,var | Price Realized $800.00 |
 | Lot #1187 RUSSIA Air Post 1924 10k on 5k green, wide "5" variety, position 12 of setting (of 25), surcharge thin "0" on "10" (kop), used, v.f., signed Eichental, rare, with regular stamp added for comparison O Catalog #C7a,var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1188 RUSSIA Air Post 1924 10k on 5k green, wide "5" variety, used (canceled to order), v.f. O Catalog #C7a | Unsold |
 | Lot #1189 RUSSIA Air Post 1924 10k on 5r green, variety full offset of surcharge on back, n.h., v.f. ** Catalog #C7var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1190 RUSSIA Air Post 1924 15k on 1r red brown, inverted surcharge, used 30.12.30 on cover from Moscow to Berlin, filing fold away from the stamp, fine, signed Stolow, with 1969 Diena certificate Catalog #C8a | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #1191 RUSSIA Air Post 1924 15k on 1r red brown, double surcharge (!), unused without gum, small toned spot at right margin, still a v.f. example of this rarity, with 2016 Zagorsky certificate. Only a few recorded (Zverev 62w, $12,500) (*) Catalog #C8var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1192 RUSSIA Air Post 1927 First International Aviation Conference, set of two, also 10k variety defective "7" of "1927", plus set of horizontal pairs (one 10k with broken landing gear) on 1927 FDC (1 Sep) flown from Moscow to Paris, fine-v.f. *Catalog #C10-11,var | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #1193 RUSSIA Air Post 1927 10k variety defective "7" of "1927", three examples, one showing missing brown color in the red background (without gum), another with additional white spot on "A" of "Avio" (pos.66), one used (pos.26), plus another variety with white dot under "P" (pos.27) *(*)O Catalog #C10var | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #1194 RUSSIA Air Post 1927 First International Aviation Conference, 10k variety defective "7" of "1927", used on registered cover (opened for display) from Moscow (27 Mar 1929) to Palestine, with Foreign Exchange adhesive added on back, Haifa transit and Jaffa arrival pmks, scarce usage of this variety on cover Catalog #C10var | Price Realized $525.00 |
 | Lot #1195 RUSSIA Air Post 1930 Five Years in Four, Graf Zeppelin, 40k dark blue, 80k rose red, perf. 12 1/2, blocks of four, first one n.h., the latter hinged at top, bottom stamps n.h., fine-v.f. (Zverev $2,500) */**Catalog #C12-13 | Price Realized $650.00 |
 | Lot #1196 RUSSIA Air Post 1930 80k red, perforated 10 3/4, block of four, n.h., fine-v.f. **Catalog #C13a | Price Realized $550.00 |
 | Lot #1197 RUSSIA Air Post 1930 Five Years in Four, 40k and 80k imperforate singles, l.h., v.f. * Catalog #C12b-13b | Price Realized $1,900.00 |
 | Lot #1198 RUSSIA Air Post 1930 Five Years in Four, Graf Zeppelin, 40k dark blue and 80k carmine, imperforate horizontal pairs, l.h., 40k left stamp showing cracked plate variety, 80k slight gum creases, still v.f. set of pairs, signed Goznak (Zverev $10,000) * Catalog #C12b-13b | Unsold |
 | Lot #1199 RUSSIA Air Post 1930 Five Years in Four, Graf Zeppelin, 40k dark blue and 80k carmine, imperforate blocks of four from the first printing (the thin white enclosing frame is sharp, letters and numerals show full outline), the former with sheet margin at right, hinged at top, bottom pairs n.h., post office fresh, v.f., signed Goznak, Stolow, also Mikulski, with his 1985 certificate ("the stamps are from the first printing! Imperforate stamps from the first printing are extremely rare, this being the only known set of imperf. blocks of four from the first printing"). A rarity for a discerning collector of Soviet Union and Russian Air Post (Zverev $50,000+) */**Catalog #C12b-13b | Price Realized $45,000.00 |
 | Lot #1200 RUSSIA Air Post 1930 Five Years in Four, 40k and 80k imperforate singles, canceled 10.9.30, large margins all around, v.f., signed Kessler and I. Heiman (used imperforate sets originate from the 10 covers prepared by P. and I. Shchapov company, well known Moscow dealers. Only a couple of genuine used imperf. sets exist off cover) O Catalog #C12b-13b | Unsold |
 | Lot #1201 RUSSIA Air Post 1931-32 Airships, perf. and imperf. sets complete, also imperf. 50k variety brown spot in top "O" (pos.44, Zverev 272d, $450), fine-v.f. * Catalog #C15-25,C18var | Price Realized $290.00 |
 | Lot #1202 RUSSIA Air Post 1931 Airships, imperforate blocks of four, set of five, fine-v.f. (Zverev $5,000) */**Catalog #C15-19 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1203 RUSSIA Air Post 1931 50k gray blue, bright color and perfectly centered (rare), h.r., v.f., signed Champion, * Catalog #C23a Catalog Value $500 | Price Realized $575.00 |
 | Lot #1204 RUSSIA Air Post 1931 50k gray blue, bright color, block of four, centered to top, lightly hinged at top, bottom stamps n.h., scarce block (Zverev $25,000) */**Catalog #C23a | Unsold |
 | Lot #1205 RUSSIA Air Post 1932 15k gray black, perf. 12 1/4 and perf. 14, blocks of four, n.h., fine-v.f. (Zverev $900) **Catalog #C25,25b | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #1206 RUSSIA Air Post 1932 15k gray black, imperforate horizontal pair, n.h., folded between stamps, v.f., signed Stolow (Zverev $15,000) ** Catalog #C25c | Unsold |
 | Lot #1207 RUSSIA Air Post 1931 North Pole, imperforate (n.h.), also perf. 12x12 1/2 and perf. 12 1/2 sets of four (one 30k value unwatermarked), both perforated sets l.h., v.f. (Zverev $1,000) */** Catalog #C26-33 | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #1208 RUSSIA Air Post 1931 North Pole, imperf. and perf. 12 1/4 sets of four, blocks of four, n.h., occasional perf. separations, inclusions specks, mostly fine-v.f. (Zverev $10,500) **Catalog #C26-33 | Price Realized $4,750.00 |
 | Lot #1209 RUSSIA Air Post 1931 North Pole, imperforate blocks of four, l.h., v.f. (Zverev $4,000) *Catalog #C26-29 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #1210 RUSSIA Air Post 1931 North Pole, 35k violet, imperforate trial color proof, affixed to a small card by "IIPOEKT 24 June 1931" overprint in red, v.f. (Zverev $7,500) P Catalog #C27P | Price Realized $4,750.00 |
 | Lot #1211 RUSSIA Air Post 1932 International Polar Year, 50k carmine rose, perforated 10 1/2 x 12 1/4, Franz-Josef Land 26 VIII 32 cancel, centered to bottom, fine example of this Air Post rarity, with 2001 Mandrovski certificate, O Catalog #C34b Catalog Value $20,000 | Price Realized $9,500.00 |
 | Lot #1212 RUSSIA Air Post 1933 Stratostat U.S.S.R., two sets, l.h. or regummed, fine-v.f., * Catalog #C37-39 Catalog Value $328 | Price Realized $140.00 |
 | Lot #1213 RUSSIA Air Post 1933 Stratostat "U.S.S.R" set of three blocks of four, 5k-20k canceled Leningrad, Odessa and Kiev (resp.), fine-v.f. Catalog #C37-39 | Price Realized $190.00 |
 | Lot #1214 RUSSIA Air Post 1933 Stratostat U.S.S.R., set of three, used in combination with 5k Arms on registered cover from Karaklis (29 Dec 1933) to Germany, Frankfurt arrival (4.1.34) on back, filing fold through 10k, otherwise a fine cover franked with the complete set, used from a city in present-day Armenia Catalog #C37-39 | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #1215 RUSSIA Air Post 1933 Stratostat U.S.S.R., 5k ultramarine, horizontal pair imperf. between, canceled Leningrad, v.f., O Catalog #C37b Catalog Value $2,500 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1216 RUSSIA Air Post 1933 Stratostat U.S.S.R., 5k ultramarine, imperforate single, h.r., tiny natural inclusion at upper left, v.f. (Zverev $6,000) * Catalog #C37var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1217 RUSSIA Air Post 1933 Stratostat Balloon, 5k violet, imperforate single with large margins all around, h.r., v.f., signed Mikulski (Zverev $6,000) * Catalog #C37P | Unsold |
 | Lot #1218 RUSSIA Air Post 1933 Stratosphere Balloon, 5k indigo blue, ultramarine, dark brown, three different imperforate and gummed trial color proofs on watermarked stamp paper, h.r. or l.h., v.f., last one signed Mikulski. A rare group (Zverev $18,000) * Catalog #C37P | Price Realized $9,500.00 |
 | Lot #1219 RUSSIA Air Post 1934 Civil Aviation watermarked and unwatermarked, complete sets of five, the former l.h., latter n.h., fine-v.f., */** Catalog #C40-49 Catalog Value $880 | Price Realized $475.00 |
 | Lot #1220 RUSSIA Air Post 1934 Civil Aviation (unwatermarked), complete set of five, n.h., fine-v.f., ** Catalog #C45-49 Catalog Value $530 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1221 RUSSIA Air Post 1934 Civil Aviation (unwatermarked), 10k green, horizontal pair imperf. between, used (canceled to order), v.f., O Catalog #C46a Catalog Value $1,250 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1222 RUSSIA Air Post 1934 Civil Aviation (unwatermarked), 10k green, horizontal pair imperf. between, used (canceled to order), v.f., O Catalog #C46a Catalog Value $1,250 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1223 RUSSIA Air Post 1934 20k violet, 20k red, imperforate trial color proofs on ungummed, unwatermarked paper, v.f., the latter signed Mikulski (Zverev $4,250) P Catalog #C47,48P | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #1224 RUSSIA Air Post 1934 Stratosphere Disaster (perf. 11), 5k lilac, 10k brown and 20k dark blue, set of three, n.h., usual perforations, fine-v.f., ** Catalog #C50-52 Catalog Value $295 | Price Realized $170.00 |
 | Lot #1225 RUSSIA Air Post 1934 Stratosphere Disaster (perf. 11), 5k lilac, 10k brown and 20k dark blue, set of three blocks of four, h.r. at top, bottom stamps n.h., v.f. (Zverev $9,000) */**Catalog #C50-52 | Price Realized $3,500.00 |
 | Lot #1226 RUSSIA Air Post 1934 5k Usyskin, perf. 13 3/4, well centered, large margins all around, l.h. (if at all), v.f., * Catalog #C50a Catalog Value $135 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1227 RUSSIA Air Post 1934 5k Usyskin, imperforate and gummed trial color proof in brown, h.r., v.f. (Zverev $6,000) P Catalog #C50P | Price Realized $3,000.00 |
 | Lot #1228 RUSSIA Air Post 1934 10k Vasenko, perf. 13 3/4, well centered, large margins all around, used (canceled to order, bilingual "Kazan Pochtampt 10/21-5-35"), with full original gum, h.r., v.f., rare, with 2008 Mandrovski certificate. This rare perforation exists only used, O Catalog #C51a Catalog Value $4,500 | Price Realized $2,400.00 |
 | Lot #1229 RUSSIA Air Post 1934 10k Vasenko, imperforate and gummed trial color proof in olive green, h.r., v.f., signed Mikulski (Zverev $6,000) P Catalog #C51P | Unsold |
 | Lot #1230 RUSSIA Air Post 1934 20k Fedosenko, perf. 13 3/4, well centered, large margins all around, disturbed gum, fresh and v.f. example of this rare and undervalued rarity, with 1998 Mandrovski certificate, * Catalog #C52a Catalog Value $10,000 | Price Realized $8,000.00 |
 | Lot #1231 RUSSIA Air Post 1934 Airships, 10k lilac, block of four, upper left stamp l.h., others n.h., fine-v.f. */**Catalog #C54 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1232 RUSSIA Air Post 1934 Airships, 20k black, block of four, n.h., v.f. **Catalog #C56 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1233 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 Chelyuskin, complete set, h.r., fine-v.f., * Catalog #C58-67 Catalog Value $1,032 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1234 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 Chelyuskin Rescue, complete set, l.h. or regummed, also souvenir sheet of four, fine-v.f., * Catalog #C58-67,75a Catalog Value $1,207 | Price Realized $350.00 |
 | Lot #1235 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 Chelyuskin Rescue, complete set, n.h. and post office fresh, 15k with a tiny gum disturbance (from mount), v.f., ** Catalog #C58-67 Catalog Value $2,058 | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #1236 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 1r on 10k (Levanevsky), l.h., v.f., signed Goznak, * Catalog #C68 Catalog Value $725 | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #1237 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 1r on 10k (Levanevsky), used, v.f., O Catalog #C68 Catalog Value $525 | Price Realized $170.00 |
 | Lot #1238 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 1r on 10k dark brown (Levanevsky), Moscow-San Francisco, red overprint and surcharge, position 1, used 20.8.35 on registered and flown cover from Moscow to H.Rosenberg in Berlin, v.f., with arrival (29.8.35) pmk on back Catalog #C68 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1239 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 1r on 10k (Levanevsky) Moscow-San Francisco overprint, used on registered and flown picture postcard (Sigismund Levanevsky) from Moscow, via San Francisco, addressed to Mr. Arens, Consul General of the U.S.S.R. in New York, with bilingual "Special Air Flight Moscow-San Francisco through the North Pole" cachets, with New York (Sep 17) arrival pmks, minor card creases and little toning at right, otherwise v.f. (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. Mail was later forwarded by airmail) Catalog #C68 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1240 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 1r on 10k dark brown (Levanevsky), Moscow-San Francisco, red overprint and surcharge, block of four, positions 1-2, 6-7, bottom pair small "f", stamps hinged at top and bottom, one with natural gum glazing, well centered, post office fresh, v.f., rare combination se-tenant block (Zverev $35,000) *Catalog #C68,68b | Unsold |
 | Lot #1241 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 1r on 10k dark brown (Levanevsky), Moscow-San Francisco, red overprint and surcharge inverted, position 21, l.h., well centered, v.f., signed Champion, Calves, etc., with 1985 Trachtenberg certificate. A rarity - only two sheets (50 stamps) of the inverted surcharge were printed, * Catalog #C68a Catalog Value $90,000 | Price Realized $45,000.00 |
 | Lot #1242 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 1r on 10k (Levanevsky), small "f" variety, h.r., fresh, v.f., signed Goznak, * Catalog #C68b Catalog Value $1,500 | Price Realized $500.00 |
 | Lot #1243 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 1r on 10k (Levanevsky), small "f" variety, used, v.f., signed Goznak, Stolow, etc., O Catalog #C68b Catalog Value $1,450 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1244 RUSSIA Air Post 1937 20k black & green, variety imperf. at left, used, v.f. (Zverev $1,000) O Catalog #C70var | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #1245 RUSSIA Air Post 1937 Jubilee Aviation Exhibition, 40k violet brown & black, vertical pair imperf. between, l.h., v.f., signed Soviet Philatelic Association, ex-Small collection, with 2016 Zagorsky certificate (Zverev $5,000) * Catalog #C72var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1246 RUSSIA Air Post 1937 Jubilee Aviation Exhibition, 40k violet brown & black, vertical pair imperf. between, used (canceled to order), v.f. (Zverev $2,000) O Catalog #C72var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1247 RUSSIA Air Post 1937 50k black & violet, vertical pair imperf. between, used, v.f. (Zverev $3,000) O Catalog #C73var | Unsold |
 | Lot #1248 RUSSIA Air Post 1937 50k black & violet, vertical pair imperf. between, used (canceled to order), l.h., fine-v.f. (Zverev $3,000) O Catalog #C73var | Unsold |
