Auction #94 WORLDWIDE AIR POST STAMPS AND POSTAL HISTORY

1895, Residence Permit, five large die proofs with value tablet blank, colors: carmine, brown, blue, orange and green, last two with gray background, approximate size 52-55x90-96mm, perfect condition, VF and scarce, Barefoot #11, Est. $1,000-$1,200

1917, Kazan issue, ''For Heroes of the Rebellion on June 18, 1917'', set of ten, black or red text on colored paper, fresh and nice, no gum as produced, mostly VF, Est. $100-$150

1930, Leningrad Workers' Society for Connecting the City with the Countryside, heavy cardboard cover in beige with text in black, bearing two stamps of 5k blue and three of 25k red, mostly VF and scarce, Est. $100-$150

BALANCE OF A CONSIGNMENT: 1885-1960's, over 400 different fiscal, charity and promotion labels, starting with General revenues of Imperial Russia, Civil War and early Soviet period, Judicial, Consular, Tobacco and many other fees, promotion of Exhibitions, War Charity and. etc., occasional flaws possible, generally F/VF, Est. $150-$200

1920, blue trial surcharge 2c on 2k green, full OG, previously hinged, VF and scarce, expert's sign on reverse, M. Kramarenko Cat. #2, C.v. $350, Est. $150-$200

1904, red surcharge 1pi on 10k dark blue on vertically laid paper, used on pre-printed cover from Trebizond (now Trabzon) to Constantinople, postmarked on arrival, light cover fold at bottom did not affect the stamp, F/VF, Est. $100-$150

1909 (December 1), black ''Constantinople'' overprint on R.O.P.i T. Jubilee issue 5pa/1k-70pi/7r, complete set of nine (stamp with blue overprint was issued in 1910), used on registered cover from Constantinople to Berlin, paper seal on reverse, VF, Est. $150-$200

1911, Imperial stamps (without Levant surcharges) of 1k and 3k x3 franking on reverse of pre-printed cover from Constantinople to Smyrna, tied by R.O.P.iT. Constantinople ds, postmarked on arrival, roughly opened at bottom, still F/VF, Est. $150-$200

1913, black surcharge 50pi on 5r dark blue, green and pale blue used on registered cover from Constantinople to Germany, Nuremberg arrival ds on reverse, in addition unsevered two-part postal receipt of Russian PO in Levant, black text on green paper, both items are VF, Est. $150-$200

1921, trial blue surcharge 20,000r on 7r black and yellow, printed on vertically laid paper, top left corner sheet margin block of four with control text ''A 04 B'' in black, additional surcharges on selvage, full OG, NH (hinged on margin far away from the stamps), VF and definitely unique positional multiple, only one sheet of 25 stamps with blue surcharge had been produced, each stamp with Romeko guarantee hs, Est. $5,000-$6,000

1887, registered cover from Ashgabat to Vyborg (then Russian Finland), franked by three stamps of 7k blue (issue of 1883), Finnish ANK arrival is alongside, flap is missing, still fine, Est. $150-$200

1912, pre-printed cover from Old Bukhara to Peshawar (then India) franked on reverse by four adhesives, tied by Old Bukhara ''8.5.12'' and postmarked on arrival at Peshawar on ''16.JU.12'', minor conveyance flaws, still F/VF, Est. $150-$200