U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
February 28-March 1, 2017
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | 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 |
