Auction #94 WORLDWIDE AIR POST STAMPS AND POSTAL HISTORY

1935, Moscow - San Francisco Flight, red surcharge 1r on 10k dark brown, small ''f'' variety, position 10 of 25-stamp setting, nicely centered, full OG, very light trace of hinge, VF, Soviet Philatelic guarantee hs, Rossica certificate, C.v. $1,500, Est. $700-$800

1938 (March 4), Aviation Exhibition, 10k, 20k and stamp from a souvenir sheet of 1r used on registered cover from Moscow to London, blue crayon cross as typical for incoming registered correspondences, mostly VF, Est. $150-$200

1955, definitive issue, Airplane over the Globe, 2r deep blue, right sheet margin single with strong vertical perforation shift, full OG, NH, VF and a spectacular piece, Est. $100-$150

1922, red surcharge (type II) 24m on Russian Consular stamp of 3r dark green on rose and light green network, previously bottom sheet margin single (separated during preservation), position 23 of 25-stamp setting, full OG, NH, VF, A. Zverev certificate, Est. $150-$200

1922, red surcharge (type II) 1200m on Russian Consular stamp of 10k brown violet on green and buff network, position 16 of 25-stamp setting, full OG, LH, VF, expertized by Z. Mikulski, C.v. $975, Est. $500-$600

1922-39, 86 mint stamps and 1 souvenir sheet, starting with RSFSR Airplane overprint, including Airships issues of 1931 and 1934, both Civil Aviation sets, Chelyuskin issue and many more, just several stamps are missing for the period, fresh condition overall, mainly full OG (several stamps are regummed), NH (marked **) or LH/hinged, F/VF, Est. $2,000-$2,400

1754, Octagonal Shield 1k, paper with Double- Headed Eagle and text ''Bumaga'' watermark, size 182x317mm, unused, mostly VF and scarce, Est. $100-$150

1866-72, three items of 20 silver kop, watermark types of 1865, 1871 and 1872, representing contract of Lebedin Uezd (Kharkov Gub.), official document issued in Moscow on a half with indicia (written in German) and a certificate issued in Kherson, usual folds and some wear, still F/VF, Est. $150-$200

1832, In Nomine Domini, Amen!, 50 kop, a copy of the Birth certificate issued in 1828 in Podolia Gub., watermark type of 1831, written in Latin and Polish, usual folds, otherwise fresh and F/VF, Est. $150-$200

1872-73, four items of 70 silver kop, representing three health certificates for military service (one - on a half paper) and one request to Emperor Alexander II, watermark types of 1865, 1866 and two of 1872, usual folds, F/VF, Est. $250-$300

1900-28, Bond Revenue Papers (Aktovaya Bumaga), five different items of Imperial Russia 40k, 80k, 1.20r, 1.60r (unused with additional overprint in red) and Soviet Union 1r of 1928, Double Headed Eagle obliterated by Star and concentric circles with C.C.C.P. overprint in black, usual folds, mostly F/VF and an interesting group, these papers confirmed proof of sale and ownership of land or property, Est. $250-$300