Extensive collection with lots of pre-Soviet material, many better mint early Soviet issues including 1930 Zeppelin both perfs, 1932 Polar Flight, 1933-34 Martyrs CTO & Stratosphere **, 1934 Balloon Disaster, 1934 Zeppelins, 1934 Lenin CTO, 1937 Air Force M/S, 1938 Aviation Records, 1941 Surikov **, 1946-47 Postal Service M/Ss (no gum), 1946 Revolution M/S (no gum), 1947 Moscow M/S Type I with Heading 61½mm Long * & Type II with Heading 60mm Long (no gum), 1948 Transport Plan **, 1949 Airs, 1949 Stalin's Birthday M/S (no gum), etc, some quality problems but generally fine to very fine, issues to 1955-only Cat £6000+; then 1956-91 issues appear to be virtually complete mainly mint with many **. Weighs 20kg. (Qty 1000s) (Image1)

Estimate AU$2,000