Lot 1317

Description

Russia, eight volume collection to 19th -21st century (a few facsimiles included) of issues with a thematic theme, animals, flowers, trains, ships, stamps on stamps, vehicles, Polar issues including mint 1950 Polar Expedition (SG 1647-8); 1949 Bering Straight used (SG 1464-5); 1955 North Pole mint (SG 1921-2); aeroplanes including 1922 45r mint with plane overprint (SG 284); 1927 Air post congress (SG 499-500) mint; 1949 airs (incomplete); 1937 air force to 1r mint and used (SG 746-752); 1935 Moscow - San Francisco via North Pole Flight 1r on 10k (SG 706) used (facsimile); air rescue set used 1935 (SG 678-687); airships M & U 1930 pair (SG 574-5); 1931 'Graf Zeppelin' M & U (SG 584-7), used imperf set; air stratosphere set 1933 used (SG 634-6); airship travel propaganda 1934 (SG 662-666) 2x used sets; Philatelic Exhbn 1932 and 1933 O/P Mint (SG 601-2, 606-7); buildings, people including M/S death of Lenin 1949 (SG 1463a) (illustrated) etc mostly post 1960 and an extensive range of issues for WWII, others from Georgia etc. MUH, mint and used. (1000s)