Feature Lot. Lot 598 - 1933 (November 30), cover from Tannu Tuva to Harbin, franked by four stamps, including O.K.T.E. surcharges 1k on 15k and 5k on 6k, as well as 35k/18k and 15(k) on fiscal stamp of 6k, tied by Turan date stamps (Ustinovsky No.2.7), addressed to Mr. Shulyak, who was prominent specialist and dealer in Tuvinian philately, Harbin 30.12.33'' arrival marking, minor cover bends, still VF and probably unique franking combination, Est. $4,000-$5,000.... Currently US$ 2,000 (Link to this Lot in the Catalog for Bidding)

Raritan Stamps, Inc. - Live Bidding Auction #104
Worldwide Air Post Stamps and Postal History, One Man Collection of Tannu Tuva, Philatelic Rarities of the World.
May 29 - 30, 2025.

Please note that the Sale will not be supported by video nor audio.

The Sale contains 1202 lots of Worldwide Air Post Stamps and Postal History, One Man Collection of Tannu Tuva, Philatelic Rarities of the World and represents the property of 24 owners.

Please note the new Starting Prices Policy. Most lots have conservative reserves, some are offered with no reserves, and nearly all lots have very low starting prices.

The Auction offers:

• Worldwide Air Post stamps and covers, including rare African and Middle East First Flights, Zeppelin Flight items with origins of Canal Zone, Honduras, Kuwait, British Palestine, Swaziland, Zanzibar, etc.;
• United States - Classic stamps, proofs, modern imperforate, and color omitted varieties;
• Nice selection of Great Britain and the British Commonwealth, with:
  • Rare Stamps, Proofs and Errors of British North America and Canada;
  • Valuable items of Australia and States, Malta, North Borneo, and Labuan, Never Hinged Collection of Zanzibar;
• The award-winning One Man Collection of Tannu Tuva, including exceptional philatelic rarities, such as proofs, perforation errors, elusive postal history, and three extremely rare stationery envelopes;
• Nice range of plate proofs from the Republic of Georgia;
• Desirable items from Finland, France and Territories, Liechtenstein, and Portuguese Colonies;
• Delightful Russian Imperial material with nice postal stationery items, outstanding proofs of 7k and 10k from 1908-1909, as well as Romanov Dynasty items, complete sheet of Telegraph stamp; Soviet Union never hinged sets from 1930's, complete Year Sets of 1941-60, valuable Semi-Postal, Air Post and various back of the book material;
• Beautiful Wenden, Offices in Levant, Locals of South Russia material, including rare stamps and nice positional pieces;
• Great single lots from Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Baltic States with rare stamps, and collections;
• Classic Ukraine includes a strong range of Trident Overprints from Kyiv, Kharkiv, Poltava, Odessa, and Podilia, representing material from Dr. Seichter, Dr. Zelonka, and other renowned Collections;
• Great rarities of Carpatho-Ukraine from the Jiří Majer Estate, representing inverted surcharges on the Chust issue (three-four copies were printed);
• Countries of the World presented with valuable lots from Afghanistan, Albania, Argentina, Austria, Bulgaria, Hungary, Republic of Korea, Liberia, Libya, Mexico, Monaco, Mongolia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Vatican City, Vietnam, Yugoslavia, and many more.

Worldwide Air Post Stamps and Postal History

• United States Lots (1-6) Selection of Pioneer Flights, Zeppelin Flight, Zeppelin Postal History - Group, First International Rocket Flight, Canal Zone - Zeppelin Flight.
  
• Alexandretta Lot 7
  
• Argentina Lots (8-9)
  
• Armenia as a part of Soviet Union Lot 10
  
• Austria Lots (11-12) Mainly Balloon Post.
  
• Belgium Lots (13-15) Pioneer Flights.
  
• Bolivia Lot 16 Zeppelin Flight.
  
• Brazil Lots (17-18) Zeppelin Flights.
  
• Bulgaria Lots (19-20) Pioneer Flight, Zeppelin Flight.
  
• Canada Lots (21-27)
  
• Canada - Newfoundland Lots (28-29)
  
• Colombia Lots (30-33)
  
• Costa Rica Lot 34 Zeppelin Flight.
  
• Czechoslovakia Lots (35-36) Pioneer Flight during the World War II, Zeppelin Flight.
  
• Danzig Lot 37 Zeppelin Flight.
  
• Egypt Lot 38 Zeppelin Flight.
  
• Eritrea Lot 39 Zeppelin Flight.
  
• Estonia Lot 40 Zeppelin Flight.
  
• Finland Lot 41 Zeppelin Flight.
  
• Fezzan Lots (42-44)
  
• France Lots (45-50) Pioneer Flights, Zeppelin Flight.
  
• French Guinea Lot 51
  
• French Morocco Lot 52 Zeppelin Flight.
  
• Germany Lots (53-60) Zeppelin Flights.
  
• Germany Lot 61
  
• Gibraltar Lot 62 Zeppelin Flight.
  
• GB Offices in Morocco Lots (63-64) Zeppelin Flights.
  
• GB Offices in Morocco - Tanger Lot 65 Zeppelin Flights.
  
• Greece Lots (66-69) Zeppelin Flight, Prepared for Zeppelin Flight.
  
• Guatemala Lot 70 Zeppelin Flight.
  
• Honduras Lot 71 Zeppelin Flight.
  
• Iceland Lot 72 Zeppelin Flight.
  
• Iran Lots (73-74)
  
• Ireland Lot 75 Zeppelin Flight.
  
• Italy Lots (76-77) Zeppelin Flight.
  
• Italy - Aegean Islands Lots (78-79) Prepared for Zeppelin Flight.
  
• Italy Lot 80 Zeppelin Flight.
  
• Italy Lot 81 Zeppelin Flight.
  
• Italian Colonies Lot 82 General Issues.
  
• Jamaica Lot 83 Zeppelin Flight.
  
• Kuwait Lot 84 Zeppelin Flight.
  
• Latvia Lots (85-86) Pioneer Flight, Zeppelin Flight.
  
• Liberia Lot 87
  
• Libya Lots (88-89) Zeppelin Flight, Delayed for Zeppelin Flight.
  
• Liechtenstein Lots (90-93) Zeppelin Flights.
  
• Lithuania Lot 94
  
• Mexico Lots (95-96)
  
• Netherlands Lot 97 Zeppelin Flights.
  
• Netherlands Indies Lot 98 Zeppelin Flights.
  
• Palestine Lot 99 Zeppelin Flight.
  
• Poland Lot 100 Gordon Bennett Balloon Post.
  
• Poland Lot 101 Zeppelin Flight.
  
• Russia and Soviet Union Lots (102-113) Pioneer Flight, Zeppelin Flight.
  
• El Salvador Lot 114 Zeppelin Flight.
  
• Somalia Lot 115 Prepared for Zeppelin Flight.
  
• Somali Coast Lot 116 Zeppelin Flight.
  
• Spain Lots (117-118) Zeppelin Flight.
  
• Suriname Lot 119 Prepared for Zeppelin Flight.
  
• Swaziland Lot 120 Zeppelin Flight.
  
• Sweden Lot 121 Zeppelin Flight.
  
• Switzerland Lots (122-123) Zeppelin Flights.
  
• Syria Lot 124 Pioneer Flight.
  
• Syria - Alaouites Lot 125 Pioneer Flight.
  
• Thailand Lot 126 Pioneer Flights.
  
• Tripolitania Lot 127 Zeppelin Flight.
  
• Turkey Lot 128 Zeppelin Flight.
  
• Tunisia Lots (129-130) Pioneer Flights.
  
• Vatican City Lots (131-137) First Flights, Zeppelin Flight.
  
• Venezuela Lots (138-139) Pioneer Flights.
  
• Yugoslavia Lot 140 Zeppelin Flight.
  
• Zanzibar Lot 141 Zeppelin Flight.
  
• Collection Lots (142-143)
  
  United States
  
• Classic stamps, proofs and multiples Lots (144-160)
  
• Classic stamps, proofs and multiples Lot 161
  
• Modern Errors And Varieties Lots (162-180)
  
• Modern Errors And Varieties Lots (181-200)
  
• Modern Errors And Varieties Lots (201-220)
  
• Modern Errors And Varieties Lots (221-231)
  
• Air Post Errors Lots (232-233)
  
• Special Delivery stamps Lot 234
  
• Postage Due stamps Lots (235-236)
  
• Hunting Permit stamps Lot 237
  
• Group of Double Paper Errors Lot 238
  
  Great Britain
  
• Great Britain Lots (239-240)
  
• Great Britain Lots (241-245)
  
• Remainder of a Consignment Lot 246
  
  British Commonwealth
  
• Aden Protectorate States Lot 247
  
• Australian States - New South Wales Lots (248-249) Official stamps.
  
• Australian States - Queensland Lot 250
  
• Australian States - South Australia Lot 251
  
• Australia Lots (252-257) Official stamps.
  
• Bahamas Lot 258
  
• Barbados Lots (259-260)
  
• Batum (British Occupation) Lots (261-264)
  
• Bechuanaland Protectorate Lots (265-266) Postage Due stamps.
  
• Bermuda Lot 267
  
• British Antarctic Territory Lot 268
  
• British Honduras Lot 269 War Tax stamps.
  
• Postage Due Multiples Lot 270
  
• British Occupation of Tripolitania Lot 271 Postage Due stamps.
  
  British North America
  
• New Brunswick Lots (272-275)
  
• Nova Scotia Lots (276-277)
  
• Newfoundland Lots (278-280)
  
• Newfoundland Lots (281-300) Discovery of Newfoundland issue, Royal Family issue, John Guy lithographed issue, Trail of the Caribou issue, ''Labrador'' Publicity, First Resources issue.
  
• Newfoundland Lots (301-320) First Resources issue, Sir Humphrey Gilbert issue, Long Coronation issue.
  
• Newfoundland Lots (321-326) Long Coronation issue, Royal Family issue, Second Resources issue, Birthday issue.
  
  Canada
  
• Pence issue Lots (327-332)
  
• First Cents issue Lots (333-337)
  
• Large Queen issue Lot 338
  
• Small Queen - Ottawa Printings Lots (339-340)
  
• Small Queen - Ottawa Printings Lots (341-343)
  
• Diamond Jubilee issue Lot 344
  
• Queen Victoria ''Maple Leaf'' issue Lots (345-346)
  
• Queen Victoria ''Numeral'' issue Lots (347-351)
  
• Imperial Penny Postage (Christmas issue) Lots (352-354)
  
• Provisional issue Lot 355
  
• King Edward VII issue Lots (356-357)
  
• King George V ''Admiral'' issue Lots (358-360)
  
• King George V ''Admiral'' issue Lots (361-370)
  
• 50th Anniversary of the Confederation Lot 371
  
• King George V ''Admiral'' Imperforate issue Lot 372
  
• King George V ''Scroll'' issue Lots (373-374)
  
• King George V ''Arch/Leaf'' issue Lot 375
  
• Imperial Economic Conference Lot 376
  
• King George V Silver Jubilee issue Lot 377
  
• King George V Pictorial issue Lots (378-380)
  
• King George V Pictorial issue Lots (381-383)
  
• King George VI issues Lots (384-391)
  
• Kings George V and George VI Five Complete Sets Lot 392
  
• Queen Elizabeth II Modern Errors and Varieties Lots (393-400)
  
• Queen Elizabeth II Modern Errors and Varieties Lots (401-420)
  
• Queen Elizabeth II Modern Errors and Varieties Lots (421-440)
  
• Queen Elizabeth II Modern Errors and Varieties Lots (441-460)
  
• Queen Elizabeth II Modern Errors and Varieties Lots (461-465)
  
• Air Mail Special Delivery stamps Lot 466
  
• Special Delivery stamps Lots (467-472)
  
• Registration stamps Lots (473-475)
  
• Postage Due stamps Lots (476-478)
  
• War Tax stamps Lots (479-480)
  
• War Tax stamps Lots (481-482)
  
• Post Office Seals Lot 483
  
• Federal Wildlife Habitat Conservation Lot 484
  
  British Commonwealth
  
• Falkland Islands Lots (485-487) Dependencies, Falklands (Malvinas) War.
  
• Ghana Lots (488-489)
  
• Gibraltar Lot 490
  
• Ireland Lots (491-493)
  
• Jamaica Lot 494
  
• Malaysia and Federated States Lot 495
  
• Malta Lots (496-500)
  
• Malta Lot 501
  
• Morocco Agencies - Tangier Lot 502
  
• New Zealand Lots (503-506) Postal Fiscal stamps.
  
• North Borneo Lots (507-509)
  
• North Borneo - Labuan Lots (510-511)
  
• Oman Lot 512
  
• Pakistan - Bahawalpur Lot 513
  
• Pitcairn Islands Lot 514
  
• Qatar Lot 515
  
• Saint Helena Lot 516
  
• Saint Vincent Lot 517
  
• Saint Vincent - Grenadines Lot 518
  
• Somaliland Protectorate Lots (519-520)
  
• South Africa Lots (521-523)
  
• Southern Rhodesia Lot 524 Postage Due stamps.
  
• Tonga Lot 525
  
• Virgin Islands Lot 526
  
• Zanzibar - Mint Never Hinged Collection Lots (527-540)
  
• Zanzibar - Mint Never Hinged Collection Lots (541-555) Postage Due stamps.
  
• Collections Lots (556-557)
  
  An One Man Collection of Tannu Tuva
  
• Tannu Tuva as a Part of Soviet Russia Lot 558
  
• Wheel of Eternity issue Lots (559-560)
  
• Wheel of Eternity issue Lots (561-562)
  
• Surcharges on the Wheel of Eternity issue Lots (563-569)
  
• Pictorial issue Lots (570-580)
  
• Pictorial issue Lots (581-585)
  
• Black, Brown or Blue Surcharges on the Pictorial i Lots (586-592) Provisional surcharges.
  
• Tuvan Fiscal stamps Lots (593-594)
  
• O.K.T.E. surcharges on Fiscal stamps Lots (595-598)
  
• Provisional surcharges on Fiscal stamps Lots (599-600)
  
• Provisional surcharges on Fiscal stamps Lots (601-607)
  
• Animals and Scenes inscribed ''Registered'' Lots (608-611) Provisional issue.
  
• Scenic issue Lots (612-620)
  
• Domestic and Wild Animals issue Lots (621-633)
  
• 15th Anniversary of Independence Lots (634-640)
  
• 15th Anniversary of Independence Lots (641-642)
  
• Changed Colors and Modified Design issue Lot 643
  
• 21st Anniversary of Independence Lots (644-645)
  
• 22nd Anniversary of Independence Lots (646-652)
  
• First Air Post issue Lots (653-660)
  
• Second Air Post issue Lots (661-664)
  
• Postal Stationery Envelopes Lots (665-667)
  
• Paper Money Lot 668
  
• Collection Remainders and Balances Lots (669-673)
  
  Worldwide Stamps and Postal History
  
• Afghanistan Lots (674-676) Parcel Post stamps.
  
• Albania Lots (677-679) Nice Multiples Accumulation.
  
• Argentina Lot 680 Cover Collections.
  
• Argentina Lot 681 Cover Collections.
  
• Armenia Lots (682-692) Non-Postal Stamps and Documents, Collection of Modern Issues.
  
• Austria Lots (693-698) Semi - Postal issues, Air Post stamps.
  
• Azerbaijan Lots (699-700)
  
• Azerbaijan Lots (701-708) Neat Collection on Stockpages.
  
• Baltic States Lot 709
  
• Belgium Lots (710-712) Semi-Postal issues.
  
• Bosnia and Herzegovina Lot 713 Early Imperforate issues.
  
• Bulgaria Lots (714-717) Postage Due stamps.
  
• Cambodia Lot 718 Collection.
  
• Chile Lot 719 Collection.
  
• China Lot 720
  
• China Lots (721-723)
  
• People's Republic of China Lots (724-728)
  
• Crete - Russian Administration Lots (729-732)
  
• Denmark Lot 733
  
• Dominican Republic Lot 734
  
• Estonia Lots (735-737) Semi - Postal issues.
  
• Finland Lots (738-740) Nice Selection, City Posts.
  
• Finland Lots (741-746) Ship Mail.
  
• France Lots (747-751) Collection.
  
• French Colonies - Guinea Lots (752-753)
  
• French Colonies - Morocco Lots (754-756) Postage Due stamps.
  
• French Colonies - New Hebrides Lots (757-758)
  
• French Colonies - Saint Pierre and Miquelon Lot 759
  
• French Colonies - Sudan Lot 760
  
• France and Colonies Lot 761
  
  Republic of Georgia
  
• Republic of Georgia Lot 762
  
• Soviet issue Lots (763-770) Plate and Trial Color Proofs Collection.
  
• Fiscal stamps used for Semi-Postal issue Lots (771-776) Plate and Trial Color Proofs Collection.
  
  Worldwide Stamps and Postal History
  
• Germany - West Berlin Lot 777 Complete Sheets Unit.
  
• German Occupation of the World War I and II Lots (778-780) Baltic States, France - Saint Nazaire, Belgium - Flemish Legion.
  
• Greece Lot 781
  
• Hungary Lots (782-783) Collections.
  
• Indonesia Lot 784 Collection.
  
• Italy Lots (785-787) Aegean Islands - Rhodes.
  
• Italian Colonies Lot 788
  
• Italian Colonies - Fezzan Lots (789-795) Semi-Postal issues, Postage Due stamps.
  
• Republic of Korea Lots (796-799)
  
• Latvia Lot 800
  
• Latvia Lots (801-802) Air Post stamps, West Army.
  
• Lebanon Lots (803-804) Valuable Selection.
  
• Liberia Lots (805-812) President Tubman's Visits to Europe.
  
• Libya Lots (813-814) Collection.
  
• Liechtenstein Lots (815-820)
  
• Liechtenstein Lots (821-825) Semi - Postal issues, Collections.
  
• Lithuania Lots (826-830) Postal Stationery Items.
  
• Luxemburg Lot 831
  
• Mexico Lots (832-834) Group of Classic stamps.
  
• Monaco Lots (835-836)
  
• Mongolia Lots (837-838)
  
• North Ingermanland Lot 839
  
• Norway Lot 840 Collection.
  
• Panama Lot 841
  
• Peru Lots (842-843)
  
• Philippines Lot 844 Group of Errors.
  
• Poland Lot 845 Local issue.
  
  Portuguese Colonies
  
• Angola Lot 846
  
• Macao Lots (847-852) Collection.
  
• Nyassa Lots (853-858) Postage Due stamps.
  
  Russia and Soviet Union
  
• Imperial Russia Lots (859-860) Postal stationery items.
  
• Imperial Russia Lots (861-880) Postal stationery items, Stationery Advertising Letter-Sheets, Stamps and Postal History.
  
• Imperial Russia Lots (881-900) Stamps and Postal History, Official Correspondences, Officially Sealed, Small Selection, Balance of a Consignment, Telegraph stamps.
  
• Imperial Russia Lot 901 For Mailman (V Pol'zu Pochtaliona).
  
• RSFSR Issues 1918-23 Lots (902-903)
  
• Soviet Union Lots (904-920) Postal Stationery Items, Stamps and Postal History.
  
• Soviet Union Lots (921-940) Stamps and Postal History.
  
• Soviet Union Lots (941-960) Stamps and Postal History.
  
• Soviet Union Lots (961-980) Stamps and Postal History.
  
• Soviet Union Lots (981-1000) Stamps and Postal History.
  
• Soviet Union Lots (1001-1020) Stamps and Postal History, Collections and large Lots, Collection of Large and Miniature Sheets.
  
• Modern issues of Post-Soviet Countries Lots (1021-1025) Russian Federation, Other New Republics.
  
• Semi - Postal issues Lots (1026-1033)
  
• Air Post Stamps Lots (1034-1036)
  
• Postage Due stamps Lots (1037-1038)
  
• Non-Postal Stamps Lots (1039-1040)
  
• Non-Postal Stamps Lot 1041
  
• Wenden Lots (1042-1048)
  
• Army of the North Lot 1049
  
• Offices in the Turkish Empire Lots (1050-1054)
  
• Wrangel's Army Issues Lots (1055-1056)
  
• Locals of the Civil War period - Kharkov Lots (1057-1060)
  
• Locals of the Civil War period - Kharkov Lots (1061-1062)
  
• Locals of the Civil War period - Kiev Lot 1063
  
• Locals of the Civil War period - Kustanay Lot 1064
  
• South Russia -Yekaterinodar issue Lots (1065-1070) Selection of Varieties.
  
• South Russia - Crimea issue Lot 1071
  
• South Russia Lot 1072 Collection on Pages.
  
• Zemstvo (Rural Post) Locals Lots (1073-1080) Belebey, Bielozersk, Bogorodsk, Lokhvitsa, Luga, Perm Soviet, Poltava.
  
• Zemstvo (Rural Post) Locals Lots (1081-1087) Rzhev, Shadrinsk, Soroki, Tot'ma, Vessiegonsk.
  
  Worldwide Stamps and Postal History
  
• Saudi Arabia Lots (1088-1090) Kingdom of the Hejaz.
  
• Somalia Lot 1091
  
• Switzerland Lot 1092
  
• Turkey Lots (1093-1099) Semi - Postal issues, Nice Collection on Pages.
  
• Turkey - Hatay Lot 1100
  
  Ukraine
  
• Trident Overprints - Kyiv Lots (1101-1114)
  
• Trident Overprints - Kharkiv Lots (1115-1116)
  
• Trident Overprints - Katerynoslav Lot 1117
  
• Trident Overprints - Poltava Lots (1118-1120)
  
• Trident Overprints - Odessa Lots (1121-1132)
  
• Trident Overprints - Podilia Lots (1133-1140)
  
• Trident Overprints - Podilia Lots (1141-1153)
  
• Local Trident Overprints Lots (1154-1159) Chernihiv (type 1), Berezno, Chernihiv Type 2, Nova Pryluka, Novosybkiv, Sarny - Type 2.
  
• Semi - Postal issues Lot 1160
  
• Vienna issue Lot 1161
  
• Western Ukraine Lots (1162-1163)
  
• Carpatho - Ukraine Lots (1164-1175) Surcharges over Chust overprints.
  
  Worldwide Stamps and Postal History
  
• Uruguay Lot 1176
  
• Vatican City Lots (1177-1180)
  
• Vatican City Lots (1181-1192) Semi - Postal issues, Special Delivery stamps, Postage Due stamps, Collection.
  
• South Vietnam Lot 1193 Postage Due stamps.
  
• Vietnam Lots (1194-1196) Collection.
  
• Yugoslavia Lots (1197-1198) Collection.
  
• Yugoslavia - Trieste (Zone B) Lot 1199 Collection.
  
• Yugoslavia - Local issue Lot 1200 Cetinje.
  
  Worldwide Collections
  
• Worldwide Collections Lots (1201-1202)