U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
February 6-7, 2018
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #1372 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) O Catalog #C18var | Price Realized $7,500.00 |
 | Lot #1373 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)  **Catalog #C25 Catalog Value $12,000 | Price Realized $2,900.00 |
 | Lot #1374 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 Catalog #C25a | Price Realized $4,500.00 |
 | Lot #1375 RUSSIA Air Post 1932 15k gray black, imperf. left sheet margin single, l.h., v.f., signed Stolow, only 100 printed * Catalog #C25c | Price Realized $2,800.00 |
 | Lot #1376 RUSSIA Air Post 1932 International Polar Year, set of two blocks of four, n.h., v.f. (Zverev $2,250) **Catalog #C34-35 | Price Realized $900.00 |
 | Lot #1377 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, rare combination block of four **Catalog #C42var | Price Realized $19,500.00 |
 | Lot #1378 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) **Catalog #C58-67 | Price Realized $24,000.00 |
 | Lot #1379 RUSSIA Air Post 1939 Overprints, set of five blocks of four, n.h., v.f. (Zverev $750) **Catalog #C76-76D | Price Realized $325.00 |
