1930 (10 Sept.) Moscow to Berlin Zeppelin return flight, cover and postal card with 80c (perf. 10.75) and 40c (perf. 12.5) respectively, tied along with other franking by pictorial Moscow cds, each received or bs at F’hafen on 11 Sept., the card with official 2-line hs (Sieger type II), very fine (Sieger 85 A-B) (Image)

1930 (Sept.) Zeppelin Return Flight, Moscow-F’hafen, two postal cards with add’l franking, one incl. 40k Zeppelin, other scarce ordinary franking only, stamps tied by pictorial Moscow ds (10.IX.30), each with F’hafen receiver (11.9.30), latter with minor corner toning else very fine (Sieger 85 Aa & D, € 250) (Image)

1930 (Sept. 10) Zeppelin flight, Moscow to F’hafen (Sieger type II cachet), postal card with supplementary franking incl. 40k Zeppelin issue tied by pictorial ds, F’hafen receiver, very fine, signed Champion (Sieger 85Aa) (Image)

1930 Zeppelin Moscow to F’hafen Return Flight cover, 80k Zeppelin issue (perf. 10.75) tied along with two other stamps by large pictorial Moscow cds, sent to Belgium, F’hafen bs (11 9 30), very fine (Sieger 85 Bb) (Image)

1931 (July) Zeppelin Polar Flight, two diff. reg’d covers franked by imperf 35k & 2R values, one from the icebreaker flown Archangel – North Pole – F’hafen with pictorial Malygiun ds and 31.7.31 F’hafen receiver, other with stamps tied at Leningrad with Malyguin pictorial transit and Berlin receiver, sent on to Rotterdam, very fine (Sieger 120 Ab & Bb) (Image)

1931 1R Polar Flight imperf strip of 5, CTO, two folds between stamps, very fine (Mi. € 300) (Image)

1931 (July 25) Zeppelin Polar Flight, reg’d cover to Moscow franked by complete PERFORATED special issue tied by Leningrad pictorial ds, “…Leningrad-Nordpol” and flight cachets, 26.8.31 Moscow receiver as well, a rare cover as nearly all the Russian despatches were franked by the imperf of this design, very fine (Sieger 120 Ca, € 1’500) (Image)

1931 (July 25) Zeppelin Polar Flight, reg’d ps 10k entire and crisp postcard, together franked by cplt. imperf special set, all tied by 25.VII.31 Leningrad pictorial ds, each with Icebreaker arrival (27.VII.31), very fine (Sieger 120 Ba + Bb, € 250) (Image)

1931 (2 Oct.) Three-country franking used on reg’d airmail cover from Leningrad with Russian franking tied by special pictorial cds for the Leningrad to Berlin leg, then next-day Berlin cds on reverse and red airmail cachet on face, with stamps of Ecuador (x3 diff.) and Colombia tied by Cali airmail service cds (29.X.1931) at destination, various Colombian bs, franking includes 20k Zeppelin, imperf pair of 2k Workers, etc., very fine (Image)

1931 50k Zeppelin ERROR OF COLOUR, gray blue instead of black brown, perfectly centred, lh, very fine (Standart € 500 but even Scott is higher!) (Image)

1932 1R Green single (lh) perf. 12 1/2, and block of 4 (two nh) perf. 10 1/2, usual gum wrinkles else very fine (Mi. € 800+) (Image)

1933 (Sept.) Zeppelin 6th South America Flight reg’d cover from Moscow with 3R franking (incl. 2R Lenin) tied at Moscow (August 31), Berlin connecting flight cachet plus 1.9.33 receiver, Pernambuco receiver (6.IX.33) when the airship arrived with only 7 passengers aboard, scarce and very fine (Sieger 229 B) (Image)

1930s Issues, 5 cplt sets on a card incl. perf and imperf versions, mostly lh, all but one are Zeppelin related, fine to very fine (20) (Scott $821) (Image)

1931 (May 5) MIXED FRANKING cover, FFC Leningrad-Berlin franked with five Russia stamps (total 48k) tied by pictorial special flight cds for May 5, bs at Berlin the same day, then sent onward to Cali with 6 Colombia adhesives tied by 25 May Buenaventura cds, also 4c ps imprint cancelled at Cali (the destination) on May 28, reverse with two Berlin bs and boxed Buenaventura ds, lovely, very fine (Image)

FAR EASTERN REPUBLIC (Vladivostock), 1923 Airmail cover to Spasskoe Prim. with surcharged 20k on 50k Lilac and Green tied by 28.7.23 Vladivostock cds, arrival cds alongside and on reverse as well, usage on the first and only date of issue and use, extremely rare and very fine. Expertise: signed Mikulski; 2010 RPS cert. (“…is Genuine”) and 1999 BPB cert. as well (“…genuine in every respect.”). Note: 100 of this stamp were printed (per Michel), and about a dozen covers with ANY of the Far Eastern Soviet Republic airmails are known. A great world and airmail rarity, having great condition and appearance. (Image)

1932 (Jul 7) Mattern & Griffin Round-the-world-flight, cover bearing US, German and Russian adhesives, signed by both pilots, only 10 covers flown, slight soiling from the envelope gum, fine and rare (Müller 50’000 points) (Image)