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 #1160 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1928 (22 July) cover registered and flown from Baku, via Moscow (24 July) to Osaka, Japan, attractively franked, with corresponding Air Mail label, v.f., with arrival (24.8) postmark on back  | Unsold |
 | Lot #1161 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1928 (11 July) registered and flown cover from Moscow to Kabul, Afghanistan, franked with the complete set of four surcharged Air Post adhesives and two definitives, tied by Moscow departure pmks, with additional pmks and Termez (21.7) transits 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), signed Ursul | Unsold |
 | Lot #1162 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1931 (23 July) Manila-Katsuura, Japan, flown by F. Chichester (and addressed to himself Poste Restante Petropaulovski, Kamchatka, U.S.S.R), No.466 of the 872 covers carried, signed by the pilot, with departure cds (the flight was delayed several weeks for repairs), and Japanese arrival on reverse, fine and scarce destination ("Petropavlovsk, Kamchatka") | Price Realized $220.00 |
 | Lot #1163 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 the final destination, Cali (28 May) v.f., with appropriate transit and arrival markings | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #1164 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1934 (1 May) first flight card from Stockholm to Leningrad, with cachet indicating "Helsingfors-Tallinn-Leningrad", with 1.5.34 arrival | Unsold |
 | Lot #1165 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1938 (16 Feb) Soviet Seach Expedition Flight (non-stop Aklavik-Edmonton) Canadian cover with corresponding departure and arrival pmks (round trip), signed by Hubert Wilkins and five members of his crew (Sir Hubert Wilkins returned in his Soviet-owned seaplane URSS L-2 to his base at Aklavik, Canada after searching 5,500 miles between Lat. 82 N. and Lat. 84:45 degrees N. and between Long. 139 degrees W, and Long. 150 degrees W. for Sigismund Levanevsky, the missing Russian aviator, and his five companions) | Price Realized $625.00 |
 | Lot #1166 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 Mr. B.N. Nikolsky, with "Miscou Lighthouse N.B." Apr 28, 39 arrival pmk, v.f. "Moscow to Miscou" card, with 2013 Hovest certificate Catalog #AAMC 1320 | Unsold |
 | Lot #1167 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1940 (21 Jan) first flight Berlin to Moscow, cover with Belgian franking, sent 17 January to Berlin and from there to Russia, with Danzig 1m surcharge (11 Jan) and Moscow arrival pmks on back | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #1168 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1940 (20 Jan) first flight Berlin to Moscow, with arrival pmk, sent by H.E.Sieger, German and Danzig (Deutsches Reich surcharge) franking | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #1169 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1941 (10 Feb) registered and flown cover Moscow to Riga, with "Mit Erstflug Moskau-Minsk-Vilnius-Kaunas-Riga" handstamp at top and Riga arrival pmk (11 Feb) on back | Unsold |
 | Lot #1170 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1944 (18 Jan) Moscow to Damascus, Syria, cover franked with set of two (907-908), with special bilingual cachet "Mission Militaire France Libre" and red First Flight Moscou-Damas at bottom, v.f., Poste Aux Armees B.P.M.2 F.F.L. arrival pmk on back | Price Realized $260.00 |
 | Lot #1171 RUSSIA Flight Covers 1944 (6 Jan) Damascus, Syria to Moscow, registered cover franked with set of Levant 6.50f and 10f, tied by "Poste Aux Armees F.F.L. B.P.M. 2" pmk, with special bilingual cachet "Mission Militaire France Libre" and red First Flight Moscou-Damas at bottom, v.f., framed "Poste Aux Armees S.P.: 99035" datestamp | Price Realized $270.00 |
