Russia, 1934, 5k - 20k Mendeleev Centenary, fresh set, bold colors, o.g., never hinged, Very Fine. Scott No. 536-539  $750. $0 (Image)

Russia, Airmail, 1931, 1r Polar Flight Zeppelin, Imperf, in combination with Airmail, 1931, 30k Polar Flight Zeppelin, imperf on registered flight card addressed to the Malygin, tied by "Leningrad 25.VII.31" zeppelin cds, registry etiquette and red flight cachet, Malygin receiving postmark, Very Fine and choice. Scott No. C28+C26  Estimate $75 - 100. $0 (Image)

Russia, Collection, 1857-1973, in bulging Scott Specialty album & several additional albums, mostly used, very strong & quite complete, including #1, 2-4, near complete thereafter, with additional varieties, group of numeral cancels including Moscow Local Postal Service in circle, star, triangle, square, etc; various paper & plate varieties, including vertically laid 24a, 26a; nice 39-40; various multiples thru 1912; interesting Army of the Northwest including red overprint on 1r, 3.5r, 5r & 7r all signed twice, also another group of forgeries; continuing with commemoratives and regulars complete thereafter for the period; also good souvenir sheets Lenin's Tomb, Stalin Birthday and others complete; 1950 Buildings; semipostals complete with varieties; airmails also complete lacking San Francisco Flight C68; another bulging volume with Zemstvos, Soviet Republics, Armenia, Wenden, Georgia, Siberia, Ukraine including many Trident overprints, Czech Legion Poat, Crete, Batum, South Russia, Tannu Tuva, Podolia; and much more; also another album with Russian Offices in China, extensive Offices in Turkish Empire including ROPIT railroad cancels, many other cancels, a few interesting covers, Wrangel Issues with many varieties; a seldom seen display of much very elusive material, a closer evaluation by the specialist will reveal many surprises. Estimate  $7,500 - 10,000. $0

Russia, Collection, 1857-99, virtually all used on album pages with basic completion for the period; starting with nice 4-margin #1 and complete 1858 issues (#1-4, cat $5,750), later sets appear to be complete including the 1884, 3.50r & 7r issues with neat town cancels (#39-40, cat $1,450), similar completion in back-of-the-book issues including Wenden locals, Offices including complete China and Levant with mint #1, complete used 1865 issues (Sc. #2-3, cat $1,600) and later missing the scarcer 1879 7k surcharges; condition above the norm overall. Estimate  $1,500 - 2,000. $0 (Image)