1938 (March 27), The MacGregor Arctic Expedition Promotional postcard, franked by Admirals 4c gray, Reindeer Point Greenland "March 27. 1938" violet marking, Newark"Oct. 5. 1938" arrival ds, VF, Est. $100- $150

75.00

      Antarctic Exploration Collection on Pages
1947-65, 17 items, including pairs, blocks of 4, 6 or 12, representing blocks of issued stamps, several plate varieties, printing on both sides or on gum side only, imperforated pairs and blocks, neatly arranged on exhibition style pages, fresh quality, full OG, mainly NH, F/VF, Est. $300-$400

200.00

1949-87, Animals and Ships, 6 mint stamps, 6 epreuves de luxe and 13 trial color proofs, representing items from France, Monaco, St. Pierre and Miquelon and French Antarctic, in addition Centennial of Southland of New Zealand in two strips of 4 (former block of 8), fresh quality, full OG or no gum as produced, NH or LH (4 stamps), VF, Est. $150-$200

100.00

1928, pre-printed cover in Memory of Roald Amundsen, famous Norwegian Polar Explorer, who tragically died in 1928 while searching for the wrecked the Umberto Nobile Polar Expedition, sent in Oslo, addressed to Jens P. Heyerdahl, well-known lawyer and investor, franked by Arms stamp of 10o green, machine cancellation, opened roughly, still F/VF, Est. $150-$200

100.00

     Heroic SS "Chelyuskin" Voyage to North Pole
1935, Illustrated History of the Voyage, complete set of 34 postcards in a booklet, representing Expedition departure, shipwreck in ice, camping at North Pole, rescue of the Expedition by airplanes and "red carpet welcome" at Kremlin, some booklet repairs, cards are in perfect condition, VF and rare with 5000 sets produced, only a handful complete sets survived, Est. $1,500-$2,000

1918-72, 13 items, 8 representing various research expeditions, including two different postcards of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, U.S.S. Richmond and Lexington North Pole Voyages, Doctor Fridtj of Nansen Committee letter, three German and one Norway items, occasional flaws possible, generally F/VF, Est. $250-$300 (website photo)

150.00

1957-80, 53 postcards or covers, representing 8 items from French or British Antarctic and 45 from Soviet Union, including 10 Arctic items with 4th-10th North Pole Stations, 8 Antarctic Exploration covers and 27 various postal history pieces with cancellations of Ice-Breakers and Tankers of Murmansk and Vladivostok Shipping Companies, many signed by ship captains, generally fresh quality, mostly VF, Est. $800-$1,200

600.00

1948-54, 18 items, including Monaco - 7 FDC strong with F.D. Roosevelt issue, 8 different maximum cards, two Air Mail FDC from San Marino and Israel mixed franking FDC with Switzerland, generally fresh and VF, Est. $150-$200 (website photo)

100.00

     Black Stockbook
1930-70's, over 1200 mint stamps representing close to 350 different issues, which about 250 complete sets, including stamps of 125 countries all around the World, the unit consists some items, which in addition to Flowers include Animals and Birds themes, generally full OG, vast majority is LH, F/VF or better, Est. $300-$400 (website photo)

200.00

     Strong Collection in Large Stockbook and on Stockpages
1924-2000, about 1300 stamps, 47 miniature and 150 souvenir sheets, representing material of over 60 countries and Olympic issues from Paris 1924 to Sydney 2000, strong in Soviet Union, former Belgian, British and French Colonies, Middle East, Albania, Hungary, North Korea, Paraguay, Romania and others, perfect quality unit, full OG, NH, mostly VF, owner's retail is over $3,600 (beginning of 2000's), Est. $1,500-$2,000

     Moscow Olympic Games of 1980,
nine different issues, including three of Central African Republic, Republic of Chad, two of People's Republic of Congo, Ecuador, North Korea and Libya, most units include imperforated set and set of de luxe souvenir sheets, perfect quality, full OG, NH, VF, Est. $150-$200

150.00

     Soviet Union Participation in Olympic Games - Postal History Unit
1960-80, starting with Squaw Valley and Rome Winter and Summer Olympic First Day covers, including Innsbruck and Tokyo Games of 1964, Grenoble and Mexico City of 1968, most powerful with Moscow Olympic Games of 1980, the total is more then 110 items, which generally went through the mail, in addition 5 different space covers, placed on stockpages or mounted on pages, mostly VF, Est. $150-$200

100.00

     Various Chess Competitions
1951-60, group of ten envelopes, bearing special cancellations of various chess matches - World Chess Match "Botvinnik - Tal", World Cup Championships, Match "USSR-USA",Chess Olympiad, All-Union Championships and etc., perfect quality group, VF, Est. $250-$300

150.00

1964 (November 2-25), Mikhail M. Botvinnik, the 6th World Chess Champion competed for the Soviet Union, autograph on Israeli FDC issued for 16th All-World Chess Olympiad, were Soviet Union won gold medals and Botvinnik was the captain of the team, VF, Est. $100-$150

75.00

     ICCF (International Correspondence Chess Federation) Items
1974-86, five pre-printed for chess moves postcards sent from Germany, Sweden, Netherlands, Denmark and Czechoslovakia to Odessa and addressed to Grandmaster ICCF A. Zilberberg, in addition postcard from Rematch Kasparov-Karpov of 1986, one card with conveyance crease, others mostly VF, Est. $150-$200

100.00

     Collection of Hotel's Luggage Stickers or Labels
1930's- 70's, over 475 pieces of all over the World, minor duplications, most with gum or holes for laces, many scarce items, occasional flaws possible, still F/VF and very unusual holding, Est. $250-$300

150.00