Rare Stamps & Postal History of the World
May 3-4, 2022
Welcome to our May 3-4 Sale which will take place live in our Galleries as well as via CherrystoneLIVE. This 1,306 lot sale features United States and Possessions, with 19th & 20th Century single rarities, graded items, proofs, essays and back of the book material. A-Z countries include specialized Austria, Egypt, France, as well as Germany with a selection of WWII Occupation Issues and mail from POW Camps. Great Britain and British Commonwealth include rare singles, high values, BNA and British Africa. There are numerous rarities from Iran, Italy (with Old States and Italian Colonies), Israel, with sheets of 7-9 and J1-5, Korea, Latvia and many other collecting areas. The auction concludes with a solid section of Large Lots and Collections ranging from single country albums to specialized collections, multi-carton worldwide groups and large cover lots offered intact.
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #1001 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1928 (11 July) registered and flown cover from Moscow to Kabul, Afghanistan, with Termez (21.7) transit pmk on back, v.f. Active air service between USSR and Afghanistan began in 1928. Route extended from Tashkent via Termez across mountain range to Kabul (1,140 miles)  | Price Realized $1,650.00 |
 | Lot #1002 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1928 (22 July) registered and flown cover from Baku, via Moscow (24.7) to Osaka, Japan, v.f., with transit and arrival markings | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #1003 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1931 (5 May) Leningrad-Berlin and on to Colombia, flown 4c stationery entire, with Russian and Colombian adhesives added in Buenaventura (25 May) to pay local charges for delivery to final destination, Cali (28 May) v.f. | Price Realized $400.00 |
 | Lot #1004 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1931 (2 Oct) Leningrad-Berlin and on to Colombia, flown 4c stationery entire, with Russian franking, via Berlin (3 Oct), Cali (29 October) arrival, green "Via Scadta" label, v.f. | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #1005 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1935 (1 Sep) first flight card Moscow to Prag, with Moscow Airport departure and Prag arrival pmks, fine | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #1006 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1939 (28 Apr) Non-stop Transatlantic flight, Moscow-New York, by Soviet aviators Gen.Kokkinaki and Major Gordienko on their airplane "Moskva". After successfully crossing the Atlantic, the aviators were forced (due to bad weather over Labrador) to fly at 30,000 feet using oxygen masks. Their supply of oxygen was nearly depleted and at high altitude, the radio equipment froze up. Eventually, Gen. Kokkinaki fainted and his navigator Gordienko took over the controls and managed an emergency landing at Miscou Island, off the coast of New Brunswick. After repairs, the "Moskva" proceeded to New York. This postcard (Lenin Mausoleum) is one of only 32 carried on this flight, with Registry label No.67, addressed to B.N. Nikolsky, with Miscou Lighthouse N.B. Apr 28, 39 arrival pmk, v.f. "Moscow to Miscou" card Catalog #AAMC TO1320 | Price Realized $2,200.00 |
 | Lot #1007 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1941 (10 Feb) registered first flight cover "Moscow-Minsk-Vilnius-Kaunas-Riga", with Riga (11 Feb) arrival pmk, fine and scarce | Price Realized $350.00 |
