Auction #94 WORLDWIDE AIR POST STAMPS AND POSTAL HISTORY

SELECTION OF 4 PIONEER FLIGHT ITEMS: 1924-32, Moscow to Paris via Koenigsberg and Berlin (1924), Moscow to Leipzig via Berlin, meter mail (1930), stationery postcard from Moscow to Senegal via Berlin(1931), stationery envelope Leningrad to Essen via Berlin, mostly F/VF, Est. $150-$200

AVIATION PIONEERS AND POLAR RESEARCHERS: 1934-36(c), Heroes of Soviet Union Alexander Belyakov, Mikhail Vodopyanov and Ivan Papanin, Arctic Aviator Yakov Moshkovsky and Arctic Explorer Georgy Ushakov, 7 black-and-white or real photo postcards, very fresh, unused, VF and scarce, printing run of 10,000-20,000 copies, Est. $250-$300

1930 (September 10-11), Moscow Return Flight stationery postcard and cover, franked by Zeppelin stamps of 40k ultra and 80k carmine respectively together with other values, tied by Moscow ''10-IX-30'' special date stamp, violet two-line confirmation cachet and Friedrichshafen ''11.9.30'' receiver, cover has slight fold away from the stamps, still VF, Est. $100-$150

1933 (August 5-8), 4th SAF registered cover from Leningrad to Brazil, franked by four Airship values, delivered by flight Leningrad - Berlin with connection ''29.7.33'' ds on reverse, two confirmation markings in red and Curitiba arrival hs, F/VF and scarce, Est. $450-$500

GROUP OF 5 ITEMS: 1931-52, FFC Khartoum - London of 1931, Flight cover from Port Sudan to Trieste of 1938, Flight cover from Khartoum to US of 1952 and two reprinted covers of L.N.A. Marc Pourpe Flight of 1914, minor conveyance flaws, still F/VF, Est. $250-$300

1929 (December 15), Pioneer Ad Astra Aero Pioneer Flight to Khartoum, stationery postcard 20c red, uprated by three stamps, including the Mythen 3fr red, boxed confirmation cachet and arrival ds is alongside, mostly VF, Est. $100-$150

1924 (October 12-15), Airship Z.R.3 First Flight to America mixed franking postcard, sent from Luzerne to NYC, upon arrival to Germany uprated by pigeon 50(pf) orange, tied by Friedrichshafen ''9-Sep.24'' ds, oval flight marking in violet and arrival ds on reverse, VF and scarce, Sieger #20, €400 without a premium for mixed franking, Est. $250-$300

SOUTH AMERICA FLIGHTS OF: 1932 (September 12 - October 27), four postcards, representing 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th SAF of the year, appropriately franked and cancelled at Romanshorn, bearing Friedrichshafen connections, confirmation markings in various colors and arrival ds, mostly VF, Sieger #177, 183, 189, 195, €490 without a premium for franking, Est. $250-$300

1921 (June 30-July 4), cover from Alexandretta to Aleppo with boxed bilingual ''Poste par Avion'' in violet, franked by 6 stamps with O.M.F. surcharges, including 2pi on 25c blue in strip of five, Aleppo arrival ds on reverse, vertical fold, still F/VF, Est. $250-$300

1926, red Airplane bilingual surcharge 2p over black overprint ''Secours aux Réfugiés'' on 3p orange brown, vertical pair, bottom stamp without ''2'' at left variety, full OG, NH (error stamp) or LH, VF, Dallay #A31, a, C.v. €380 as singles, Est. $100-$150

1934 (February 9), Airplane over Homs, bisect of 50p black used on registered cover from Al-Salihiyah, Damascus to Berkhamsted (England), blue crayon marking, registered label has been lost during delivery, arrival ''17.FEB.34'' ds on reverse, fine and scarce usage, Est. $150-$200