1935, red surcharge 1r on 10k dark brown, a single with small ''f'' variety printed on paper with horizontal position of watermark Borders and Rosettes, surcharge position 9 of 25-stamp setting, full OG, very light trace of hinge, VF, Soviet Philatelic guarantee on reverse, L. Melnikov certificate
Live Bidding Auction #83
By: Raritan Stamps Inc.
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Sep 13, 2019 America/New_York
Raritan Stamps Inc. Live Bidding Auction #83
Friday Sep 13, 2019 10:00 to Saturday Sep 14, 2019 17:00 America/New_York
Last date for bids:
Friday Sep 13, 2019 09:30 America/New_York
Raritan Stamps, Inc. - Live Bidding Auction #83, September 13 - 14, 2019.
Our Specialized Sale contains 842 lots, representing two Collections:
* The Dr. John H. Avtsin Collection of Postal Advertising labels of 1923-29;
* The Michael Pipe Collection of Soviet Union stamps of 1923-91.
Among the highlights of the collections are:
- various scarce labels, including rare covers, bearing label multiples;
- the first-class rarities acquired within several decades of active collecting, including a dozen items, which had never been offered to the public.
Auction will be held within two sections.
September 13, 2019 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM Lots #1 - 433
September 14, 2019 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM Lots #434 - 842
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Lot #826 - The Michael Pipe Collection of Soviet Union Air Post stamps and covers 1935 - Surcharges for Moscow-San Francisco Flight
Lot #827 - The Michael Pipe Collection of Soviet Union Air Post stamps and covers 1935 - Surcharges for Moscow-San Francisco Flight
1935, red surcharge 1r on 10k dark brown, three singles from positions 20, 23 and 6, the last one has small ''f'' variety, some flaws mentioned, first one is expertly regummed, second one with some perf irregularities at the bottom, the last one has perforation tips yellowing, still F/VF and high potential group
Lot #828 - The Michael Pipe Collection of Soviet Union Air Post stamps and covers 1935 - Surcharges for Moscow-San Francisco Flight
1935, Moscow - San Francisco Flight, red surcharge 1r on 10k dark brown, position 2 (no leg of ''r'' in ''Francisco''), used on registered Express Mail cover from Moscow to Berlin, tied by Moscow Post Office No.9 ''19.9.35'' ds, postmarked on arrival ''21.9.35'', VF so-called Rosenberg cover
Lot #829 - The Michael Pipe Collection of Soviet Union Air Post stamps and covers 1937 - Aviation Exhibition Issue
1937, 70 mostly mint (two - used) stamps and three souvenir sheets, representing stamps on white and creamy paper, complete set of unfolded blocks of four (NH, but one stamp of 40k with tiny blue stain on the face), marginal 20k with watermark ''1'' and more, mainly full OG, NH or LH, F/VF
Lot #830 - The Michael Pipe Collection of Soviet Union Air Post stamps and covers 1937 - Aviation Exhibition Issue
1937, 1r black, brown and buff, left sheet margin (44mm) vertical imperforated pair, nice margins at three other sides, absolutely flawless quality item, no gum as produced, NH, VF and extremely rare
Lot #831 - The Michael Pipe Collection of Soviet Union Air Post stamps and covers 1937 - Aviation Exhibition Issue
1937, 1r black and red brown, imperforated single from a souvenir sheet, used on registered cover from Moscow to Philadelphia together with 30k of Ethnographic set, tied by Moscow ''11.1.38'' ds, NYC transit of January 21 and Philadelphia the same day arrival marking, mostly VF
Lot #832 - The Michael Pipe Collection of Soviet Union Air Post stamps and covers 1939 - Aviation Day Issue
1939, 17 mainly mint (two - used) stamps, representing three varieties of basic stamps, also stamp of 1r with double overprint (questionable), nice quality, full OG or expertly regummed, F/VF
Lot #833 - The Michael Pipe Collection of Soviet Union Air Post stamps and covers 1944 - Air Post Issues of 1941-91
1944, Pavel Fedoseyenko, 1r deep blue, raster square, unfolded block of four, full OG, NH, VF
Lot #834 - The Michael Pipe Collection of Soviet Union Air Post stamps and covers 1949 - Air Post Issues of 1941-91
1949, Air Mail Routes, 50k-3r, complete set of eight, unfolded blocks of four, minor gum waves on 50k block, nice quality unit, full OG, NH, VF
Lot #835 - The Michael Pipe Collection of Soviet Union Air Post stamps and covers 1949 - Air Post Issues of 1941-91
1949, Airplane over Farm Scene, 60k gray brown on buff colored paper, left sheet margin single imperforated on the left, full OG, NH, VF
Lot #836 - The Michael Pipe Collection of Soviet Union Air Post stamps and covers 1949 - Air Post Issues of 1941-91
1955, North Pole - Moscow Flight, red overprint on definitive stamps of 1r and 2r, complete set in horizontal pairs, left stamp of each pair without dash variety of overprint, full OG, NH, VF
Lot #837 - The Michael Pipe Collection of Soviet Union Air Post stamps and covers 1949 - Air Post Issues of 1941-91
1955, North Pole - Moscow Flight, red overprint on definitive stamps of 1r and 2r, first one in block of four, the other one in horizontal pair, top right or right stamps have no dash variety, while top left or left stamps have wide space between ''Sev.'' and ''Polyus'' varieties (length 15mm), full OG, NH, VF
Lot #838 - The Michael Pipe Collection of Soviet Union Air Post stamps and covers 1949 - Air Post Issues of 1941-91
1955, North Pole - Moscow Flight, strongly shifted to the bottom red overprint (14.2 mm) on definitive stamp of 2r green and black, perforation L12 1/2, top sheet margin horizontal pair, full OG, NH, VF and very scarce double variety
Lot #839 - The Michael Pipe Collection of Soviet Union Air Post stamps and covers 1949 - Air Post Issues of 1941-91
1956, Airplane over Arctic Camp at North Pole Station, 1r multicolored, yellow color omitted, left sheet margin unfolded block of four, full OG, NH, VF
Lot #840 - The Michael Pipe Collection of Soviet Union Air Post stamps and covers First Flight ''Dobrolet'' Cover on-line ''Moscow - Irkutsk''
September 19, 1928, registered cover franked by three values, tied by Moscow ''17.9.28'' postal marking, violet Dobrolet cachet on reverse, Irkutsk ''22.9.28'' arrival ds, then forwarded from Irkutsk to Moscow on November 9, 1928 with ''22.11.28'' Moscow backstamp, mostly VF and scarce round trip cover
Lot #841 - The Michael Pipe Collection of Soviet Union Air Post stamps and covers Zeppelin Flight Cover
September 30-October 3, 1933, 8th South America Flight registered cover to Paraguay, franked by a complete set of 8k surcharges on commemorative stamps (it was not in official postal circulation) and two other adhesives, tied by Flight ''Leningrad-Berlin. 27.IX.33'' marking, red Berlin connection and confirmation cachet, Asuncion arrival ds on reverse, mostly VF and very scarce item
Lot #842 - The Michael Pipe Collection of Soviet Union Air Post stamps and covers special delivery stamps
1932, Postal Transports, 5k-80k, 19 mint stamps, including complete set in blocks of four (10k folded along vertical perforation), some small varieties, generally nice quality unit (minor gum waves mentioned), full OG, NH or LH, F/VF
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