Rare Stamps & Postal History of the World
January 9-10, 2024
Welcome to our January 9-10 Sale of U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Postal History. The sale contains 1,508 lots and will be offered in four sessions, beginning with United States and U.S. Possessions. Worldwide sections include France, Germany, Italian Area, with many individual rarities. British Commonwealth, with a further selection of G.R.I. errors and varieties. There are solid selections from rest of the world, with additional items from the Carl A. Kilgas and Martin Stempien estates, plus nearly 200 Large Lots and Collections, ranging from single country albums, specialized holdings and featuring a comprehensive collection of British Commonwealth (estimated to realize $100,000), multi-carton worldwide groups and large cover lots offered intact.
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #1150 RUSSIA Air Post 1932 International Polar Year, 50k carmine, 1r green, perf. 12, blocks of four, n.h., v.f.  **Catalog #C34-35 | Price Realized $1,100.00 |
 | Lot #1151 RUSSIA Air Post 1933 Stratostat Balloon, set of three, n.h., post office fresh, v.f., ** Catalog #C37-39 Catalog Value $463 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1152 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 | Price Realized $1,400.00 |
 | Lot #1153 RUSSIA Air Post 1934 Stratosphere Disaster, set of three blocks of four, used, fine-v.f. Catalog #C50-52 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1154 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 Moscow-San Francisco 1r on 10k surcharge in red, basic stamp unusually long, l.h., fine, signed Goznak * Catalog #C68 | Price Realized $450.00 |
 | Lot #1155 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 Moscow-San Francisco, 1r on 10k brown, Cyrillic "p" of (San Francisco) deformed, disturbed gum, well centered, fine (Zverev 424cd, $1,100) * Catalog #C68 Catalog Value $500 | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #1156 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 Moscow-San Francisco 1r on 10k surcharge in red, canceled on piece, v.f., with 2000 Raybaudi certificate, O Catalog #C68 Catalog Value $475 | Price Realized $240.00 |
 | Lot #1157 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 Moscow-San Francisco 1r on 10k surcharge in red, used, v.f., O Catalog #C68 Catalog Value $475 | Price Realized $230.00 |
 | Lot #1158 RUSSIA Air Post 1935 Moscow-San Francisco, 1r on 10k brown, Cyrillic "p" of (San Francisco) deformed, Moscow cds, well centered, v.f. (Zverev 424cd, $1,000) O Catalog #C68 Catalog Value $475 | Price Realized $290.00 |
