1938, North Pole Flight, 40k dark green and carmine, 80k red and carmine, imperforated set of two values, balanced margins (40k) or bottom sheet margin examples, full OG, tiny reversal traces from an old stockbook, F/VF, C.v. $1,600 as hinged, Est. $1,000- $1,300

750.00

1938, 20th Anniversary of the Red Army, 80k gray black and dark red, printed on ordinary (thinned) paper, size 32.3x22.5mm, nicely centered, full OG, NH, VF, Est. $150-$200

100.00

1938, 20th Anniversary of the Red Army, 1r black and red, horizontal imperforated pair, wide margins all around, full OG, NH, VF and scarce, Raritan Stamps guarantee, C.v. $3,800++, Est. $2,500-$3,000

1938, First Trans-Atlantic Flight, 20k, 40k and 50k, set of three imperforated singles, 20k with balanced margins, 40k and 50k with enlarged margin at bottom or top respectively, all with full OG, NH (20k and 40k) or LH with minor adhesion, VF, each one with Z. Mikulski guarantee hs, C.v. $4,800, Est. $4,000-$5,000

1938, Second Trans-Atlantic Flight, 10k claret and 10k gray black, set of two imperforated singles, first one with balanced margins, the other one with enlarged margins at top and on the right, full OG, 10k is VLH, 20k is NH with minor usual gum waves, VF, each stamp with Z. Mikulski guarantee hs, Est. $900-$1,200

600.00

1938, Papanin's North Pole Expedition, 50k ultramarine, horizontal imperforated pair with beautiful margins all around, full OG, NH, VF and rare in sound condition, Raritan Stamps guarantee C.v. $4,700++, Est. $3250-$4,000

1939, Views of New Moscow, 10k-1r, complete set of seven, full OG, NH, mostly VF, C.v. $255, Est. $100-$150

75.00

1939, definitive issue, foundry-man 15k blue, horizontal imperforated pair, nice margins and post office fresh, full OG, NH, VF and rare, Raritan Stamps guarantee, C.v. $6,000, Est. $4,000-$5,000

1939, Non-Stop Flight to the Far East, 15k-60k, imperforated complete set of three, each one with enlarged margins, full OG, LH or previously hinged, VF and very rare, only 50 imperforated stamps of each denomination were printed, two with E. Kessler guarantee hs, Raritan Stamps guarantee for the complete set, Est. $6,000-$8,000

1939, Agricultural Exhibition, Horses, 50k red brown, right sheet margin imperforated single, slight gum creases at top margin and minor paper foxing, full OG, small hinge remnant on margin, F/VF and extremely rare legitimate imperforated error, which is unlisted in Catalogs, Est. $750-$1,000

500.00

1939, definitive issue, miner 5k red, solder 15k gray green and aviator 30k blue, complete set of three, typo printing, perforation L12½, full OG, NH, VF, Est. $120-$150

75.00

1947, definitive issue, soldier 15k gray green, offset printing, top right corner sheet margin block of four on thick over 0.1mm paper, full OG, NH or LH (top left stamp), VF and scarce multiple, Est. $600-$750

400.00

1939, definitive issue, aviator 30k blue, typo printing, horizontal imperforated pair, nice margins all around, full OG, NH (right stamp) or hinged, VF, Est. $1,000-$1,200

750.00

1946, definitive issue, aviator 30k blue, litho printing, top sheet margin single with a pre-printed paper fold (pli l'accordeon), full OG, NH, VF and outstanding variety on this rather rare stamp, Est. $1,200-$1,500

750.00

1939, Nikolai Chernyshevsky, Russian Writer and Critic, 30k violet and 60k blue green, both with perforation L12½, first one with raster vertical diamonds, the other one - horizontal diamonds, both with full OG, NH, VF, Est. $600- $800

400.00