Nov 10, 2008 - Sale 2161

Sale 2161 - Lot 25

Unsold
Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 7,500
A. MELNIKOV (DATES UNKNOWN) [UKRVOZDUKHPHUT / SCHEDULED AIR TRANSPORTATION / AIR MAIL / CARGO.] 1928.
28x21 inches, 71x53 cm.
Condition B+: restored losses, repaired tears, creases and restoration in margins and image; vertical and horizontal folds; tape residue in margins and corners. Japan.
In 1927, Hugo Junkers, the German aircraft manufacturing pioneer, signed a service contract with the Russian company Ukrvozdukhphut to run flights along the line between Baku (in Azerbaijan) and Tehran (in Iran). Aeroflot p. 33.