U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
February 2-3, 2021

Our February 2-3, 2021 Auction will be held live via CherrystoneLIVE. This 1,400 lot sale features United States and European countries, including Austria, France and Colonies, Germany, Italy and Colonies, Poland, Russia, Switzerland, Western Ukraine, and many others. Great Britain and British Commonwealth are well represented. Also featured are large die proofs from the American Bank Note Company, issued for various South and Central American countries. The auction concludes with a strong selection of 130+ large lots and collections ranging from single country albums to specialized collections, multi-carton worldwide properties and large cover lots.

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #877
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.,
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Catalog #C7a
Catalog Value $2,500
Unsold
Lot #878
RUSSIA Air Post
1924 10k on 5k green, wide "5" variety, used (canceled to order), v.f.,
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Catalog #C7a
Catalog Value $700
Price Realized
$375.00

Lot #879
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
Price Realized
$2,400.00

Lot #880
RUSSIA Air Post
1931 Airships, imperforate blocks of four, set of five, fine-v.f. (Zverev $5,000)
Box */**
Catalog #C15-19
Unsold
Lot #881
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)
Box */**
Catalog #C23a
Unsold
Lot #882
RUSSIA Air Post
1932 15k gray black, imperforate horizontal pair, n.h., folded between stamps, v.f., signed Stolow (Zverev $15,000)
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Catalog #C25c
Unsold
Lot #883
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)
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Catalog #C37var
Unsold
Lot #884
RUSSIA Air Post
1934 Civil Aviation (unwatermarked), 10k green, horizontal pair imperf. between, used (canceled to order), v.f.,
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Catalog #C46a
Catalog Value $1,250
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #885
RUSSIA Air Post
1934 5k Usyskin, perf. 13 3/4, well centered, large margins all around, l.h. (if at all), v.f.,
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Catalog #C50a
Catalog Value $135
Unsold
Lot #886
RUSSIA Air Post
1934 Airships, 10k lilac, block of four, upper left stamp l.h., others n.h., fine-v.f.
Box */**
Catalog #C54
Price Realized
$250.00

Lot #887
RUSSIA Air Post
1934 Airships, 20k black, block of four, n.h., v.f.
Box **
Catalog #C56
Price Realized
$270.00

Lot #888
RUSSIA Air Post
1935 Chelyuskin Rescue, complete set, n.h. and post office fresh, 15k with a tiny gum disturbance (from mount), v.f.,
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Catalog #C58-67
Catalog Value $2,058
Price Realized
$1,000.00

Lot #889
RUSSIA Air Post
1935 Moscow to San Francisco 1r on 10k (Levanevsky), variety showing incomplete Cyrillic "P" in fourth word from top, h.r., v.f., signed Goznak,
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Catalog #C68
Catalog Value $500
Price Realized
$270.00

Lot #890
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
Envelope
Catalog #C68
Price Realized
$800.00

Lot #891
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)
Box *
Catalog #C68,68b
Unsold
Lot #892
RUSSIA Air Post
1935 Moscow to San Francisco 1r on 10k (Levanevsky), two different, one with lower case Cyrillic "f", first one h.r., the latter n.h., but with tiny adhesion and faint overall toning, signed Goznak,
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Catalog #C68,6b
Catalog Value $2,750
Price Realized
$800.00

Lot #893
RUSSIA Air Post
1937 Jubilee Aviation Exhibition, 40k violet brown & black, vertical pair imperf. between, used (canceled to order), v.f. (Zverev $2,000)
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Catalog #C72var
Price Realized
$550.00

Lot #894
RUSSIA Air Post
1937 50k black & violet, vertical pair imperf. between, used, v.f. (Zverev $3,000)
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Catalog #C73var
Price Realized
$700.00

Lot #895
RUSSIA Air Post
1937 50k black & violet, vertical pair imperf. between, used (canceled to order), l.h., fine-v.f. (Zverev $3,000)
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Catalog #C73var
Unsold

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