1922, red Airplane overprint on 45r green and black, block of four, Moscow First Day "8.11.22" cancellation, VF and scarce multiple

300.00

1924, "Fokker 111", surcharged issue, complete set in blocks of four, bottom right stamp of 15k block has slight second impression of surcharge, full OG, NH, VF

200.00

1930, Zeppelin issue, 40k dark blue, perforation 10 1/2, 80k carmine, perforation 12 1/2, both are sheet margin copies, full OG, NH, VF

100.00

1931, Airship over Kremlin, 20k dark carmine, nice margins imperforated copy, vertical position of watermark variety, full OG, very light trace of hinge, appears NH, VF

500.00

1931, Airship over the Arctic Region, 50k indigo blue, error of color, excellent centering, full OG, NH, VF

500.00

1931, Ice-Breaker "Malygin", imperforated complete of four, full OG, mostly LH, F/VF, C.v. $100

60.00

1932, International Polar Year, complete set of two, stamp of 1r with perforation 10 1/2, full OG, NH, VF

150.00

1932, International Polar Year, complete set of two, stamp of 1r with perforation 10 1/2, full OG, NH, VF

150.00

1934, Civil Aviation, complete set of five, printed on watermarked paper, full OG, LH or previously hinged, VF, C.v. $500

200.00

1934, Civil Aviation, trial color imperforated proof of 80k in orange, printed on paper without watermark, full OG, previously hinged, VF

1936, Airships issue, set of four stamps used on flown cover from Leningrad to Czechoslovakia, no backstamp, fresh and VF

200.00

1935, Chelyuskin Rescue, complete set of ten, perfect set in every respect, full OG, NH, VF and scarce in this condition

1935, Moscow - San Francisco Flight, red surcharge 1r on 10k dark brown, perfect condition, full OG, NH, VF, Soviet Philatelic guarantee hs, C.v. $3,250

1000.00

1935, Moscow - San Francisco Flight, red surcharge 1r on 10k dark brown, full OG, LH, VF, C.v. $1,250

500.00

1937, Aviation Exhibition, complete set of seven, full OG, NH, VF, C.v. $350

100.00

1937, Aviation Exhibition, 1r black, brown and buff, bottom sheet margin (24mm) vertical imperforated pair, printed on white thickened paper, no gum as produced, NH, VF and rare, N. Mandrovski certificate

1937, Aviation Exhibition, imperforated souvenir sheet of four, perfect condition, full OG, NH, VF, C.v. $400

200.00

1937, Aviation Exhibition, imperforated souvenir sheet of four, minute gum disturbance on the left, fresh, full OG, NH, VF, C.v. $400

150.00

1937, Aviation Exhibition, imperforated souvenir sheet of four, full OG, very light trace of hinge mark (appears NH), VF, C.v. $200

100.00

1944, 10th Anniversary of the Stratosphere Disaster, complete set in blocks of four, full OG, NH, VF

75.00

1944, Pavel Fedoseenko, 1r dark blue, raster square, full OG, NH, VF

100.00

1955, red overprint "North Pole - Moscow" on 2r black and green, block of four, three stamps with partial double impression of the overprint, full OG, NH, VF and scarce multiple

500.00

Air Post Official stamps

1922, red surcharge (type I) 1200m on Consular stamp of 2.25r, surcharge position 17, full OG, LH, VF, expertized by Mikulski, A. Rendon certificate, C.v. $2,500

Soviet Pioneer Flights

1924-32, four covers and one postcard delivered by various Early Flights, including two from Rostov-on-Don to Paris (via Konigsberg and Berlin) and Riga, both nicely franked by complete sets, postcard from Moscow to Senegal via Berlin, minor conveyance flaws should be expected, still F/VF
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150.00

August 26-28, 1932, First Polar Flight "Franz Josef Land - Arkhangelsk" postcard and cover, franked by International Polar Year stamps of 50k and 1r respectively, triangle red flight cachet and all appropriate markings, VF

150.00

Zeppelin Flight

September 10-11, 1930, Zeppelin Moscow Flight stationery illustrated postcard 5k brown, uprated with four non-Zeppelin stamps, cancelled by special ds, Friedrichshafen "11.9.30" arrival marking, VF, Sieger #85D

120.00