RUSSIA Flight Covers - Stamp Auctions
 Lot 1346 - RUSSIA Flight Covers - Cherrystone Auctions Rare Stamps & Postal History of the World1931 (5 May) flown cover from Leningrad to Berlin, with arrival pmk, mixed franking with Colombian adhesives, forwarded to Buenaventura, Colombia (25.5.) and to Cali, with 28 May arrival in Berlin, fine and attractive Russia/Colombia cover Cherrystone Auctions Rare Stamps & Postal History of the WorldRUSSIA Flight Covers |
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 Lot 1004 - RUSSIA Flight Covers - Cherrystone Auctions Worldwide Rare Stamps and Postal History1931 (2 Oct) Leningrad-Berlin and on to Colombia, flown 4c stationery entire, with Russian franking, via Berlin (3 Oct), Cali (29 October) arrival, green "Via Scadta" label, v.f. Cherrystone Auctions Worldwide Rare Stamps and Postal HistoryRUSSIA Flight Covers |
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 Lot 1005 - RUSSIA Flight Covers - Cherrystone Auctions Worldwide Rare Stamps and Postal History1935 (1 Sep) first flight card Moscow to Prag, with Moscow Airport departure and Prag arrival pmks, fine Cherrystone Auctions Worldwide Rare Stamps and Postal HistoryRUSSIA Flight Covers |
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 Lot 1006 - RUSSIA Flight Covers - Cherrystone Auctions Worldwide Rare Stamps and Postal History1939 (28 Apr) Non-stop Transatlantic flight, Moscow-New York, by Soviet aviators Gen.Kokkinaki and Major Gordienko on their airplane "Moskva". After successfully crossing the Atlantic, the aviators were forced (due to bad weather over Labrador) to fly at 30,000 feet using oxygen masks. Their supply of oxygen was nearly depleted and at high altitude, the radio equipment froze up. Eventually, Gen. Kokkinaki fainted and his navigator Gordienko took over the controls and managed an emergency landing at Miscou Island, off the coast of New Brunswick. After repairs, the "Moskva" proceeded to New York. This postcard (Lenin Mausoleum) is one of only 32 carried on this flight, with Registry label No.67, addressed to B.N. Nikolsky, with Miscou Lighthouse N.B. Apr 28, 39 arrival pmk, v.f. "Moscow to Miscou" card Cherrystone Auctions Worldwide Rare Stamps and Postal HistoryRUSSIA Flight Covers |
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 Lot 1001 - RUSSIA Flight Covers - Cherrystone Auctions Worldwide Rare Stamps and Postal History1928 (11 July) registered and flown cover from Moscow to Kabul, Afghanistan, with Termez (21.7) transit pmk on back, v.f. Active air service between USSR and Afghanistan began in 1928. Route extended from Tashkent via Termez across mountain range to Kabul (1,140 miles) Cherrystone Auctions Worldwide Rare Stamps and Postal HistoryRUSSIA Flight Covers |
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 Lot 1007 - RUSSIA Flight Covers - Cherrystone Auctions Worldwide Rare Stamps and Postal History1941 (10 Feb) registered first flight cover "Moscow-Minsk-Vilnius-Kaunas-Riga", with Riga (11 Feb) arrival pmk, fine and scarce Cherrystone Auctions Worldwide Rare Stamps and Postal HistoryRUSSIA Flight Covers |
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 Lot 1002 - RUSSIA Flight Covers - Cherrystone Auctions Worldwide Rare Stamps and Postal History1928 (22 July) registered and flown cover from Baku, via Moscow (24.7) to Osaka, Japan, v.f., with transit and arrival markings Cherrystone Auctions Worldwide Rare Stamps and Postal HistoryRUSSIA Flight Covers |
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 Lot 1003 - RUSSIA Flight Covers - Cherrystone Auctions Worldwide Rare Stamps and Postal History1931 (5 May) Leningrad-Berlin and on to Colombia, flown 4c stationery entire, with Russian and Colombian adhesives added in Buenaventura (25 May) to pay local charges for delivery to final destination, Cali (28 May) v.f. Cherrystone Auctions Worldwide Rare Stamps and Postal HistoryRUSSIA Flight Covers |
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 Lot 1015 - RUSSIA Flight Covers - Cherrystone Auctions U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History1926 (13 July) first flight cover from Bourget, Seine to Omsk, Siberia, with arrival pmk (15.7.26) alongside, v.f., only 15 carried Cherrystone Auctions U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal HistoryRUSSIA Flight Covers |
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 Lot 1016 - RUSSIA Flight Covers - Cherrystone Auctions U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal History1931 (12 July) first Non-Stop flight from Bourget Seine to Japan, with appropriate cachet, showing NIZHNE-UDINSK (14.7.31) cds, the plane made a stop in Siberia, due to equipment problems, v.f. Cherrystone Auctions U.S. & Worldwide Stamps & Postal HistoryRUSSIA Flight Covers |
