U.S. and Worldwide Stamps
January 23-24, 2002

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #1360
German Zeppelin Flights
1911 Forerunners, "Deutschland", ppc franked with 5pf, with a special violet cachet "An Bord Des Zeppelin Luftschiffes 10 Apr. 1911 Deutschland", Frankfurt 10.4.1911 cds, card and stamp defective,fine appearaing example of this first Zeppelin flight card, signed Sieger
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Catalog #Si.1A
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Lot #1361
German Zeppelin Flights
1912 Forerunners, "Hansa", official 5pf ppc additionally franked with 5pf, with a special cachet in violet "An Bord Des Zeppelin Luftschiffes 19 Sep. 1912 Hansa", minor stains, otherwise v.f.
Envelope
Catalog #Si.5B
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Lot #1362
German Zeppelin Flights
1913 Forerunners, "Sachsen", two ppcs, one with a special printed cachet, another with red "An Bord Des Zeppelin Luftschiffes Sachsen", fine-v.f. and rare pair of forerunners
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Lot #1363
German Zeppelin Flights
1913 Forerunners, "Sachsen", Austrian stationery card canc. 20 October 1913 and addressed to Munich, v.f.
Envelope
Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #1364
German Zeppelin Flights
1919 Forerunners, "Bodensee", ppc franked with 15pf, with a special cachet in black "An Bord Des Zeppelin Luftschiffes 8 Okt. 1919 Bodensee", minor toned spots, otherwise v.f. and extremely rare card
Envelope
Catalog #Si.19I
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Lot #1365
German Zeppelin Flights
1924 ppc with oval "Mit Luftschiff Z.R.3 Befordert" cachet and sent to New York, additional "R III" label, v.f.
Envelope
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #1366
German Zeppelin Flights
1929 America Flight, Basel arrival 1.8.29, with 2M franking canc. on board, album page matting adhering to the picture side of the card, otherwise v.f.
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Catalog #Si.27a
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Lot #1367
German Zeppelin Flights
1929 America Flight ppc franked with 2M ultramarine, canc. on board 2.8.1929, "Ponta Delgada" Aug.10 drop, sent to Germany, with arrival pmk and appropriate cachets
Envelope
Catalog #Si.27bII
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Lot #1368
German Zeppelin Flights
1929 card franked with 2M blue, canc. on board, rare Ponta Delgada drop, v.f.
Envelope
Catalog #Si.27bII
Price Realized
$700.00

Lot #1369
German Zeppelin Flights
1929 Orient Flight ppc canc. to Jerusalem, franked with 1M Eagle, red lilac "Orientfahrt" cachet and 27 March 1929 arrival cds, v.f.
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Lot #1370
German Zeppelin Flights
1930 United States to Germany, with set of South America Flight (C38-39) canc. on board, to Brazil where two stamps were canc. in Recife 28 May, 1930, Seville and Lakehurst arrival pmks on reverse, roughly opened at left and slight tear atbottom, still fine-v.f. and rare three country combination cover
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Lot #1371
German Zeppelin Flights
1931 Polar Flight card, franked with 1M carmine, canc. on board, with Leningrad arrival pmk, signed by Umberto Nobile, the famous Italian aviator
Envelope
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Lot #1372
German Zeppelin Flights
1932 South America Flight cover franked with 4M brown (C42) in combination with French stamps, green cachet & appropriate markings, v.f. and rare cover
Envelope
Price Realized
$750.00

Lot #1373
German Zeppelin Flights
1932 SAF, Naval Post from the Light cruiser "Karlsruhe", franked with 12pf Hindenburg, tied by "Deutsche Marine Schiffpost Nr.28" 21.9.32 pmk, also with Trans-Atlantic Condor-Zeppelin 3rd Flight cachet, addressed to Berlin, filing fold awayfrom the stamp, v.f. and extremely rare flight cover, signed Sieger
Envelope
Catalog #Si.184B
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Lot #1374
German Zeppelin Flights
1933 Catapult flight cover to USA, mixed franking with Russian adhesives added in Leningrad, v.f., with appropriate markings
Envelope
Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #1375
German Zeppelin Flights
1933 DO-X flight cover to Switzerland, mixed franking with Russian adhesives added in Leningrad, minor cover stains, otherwise v.f., with appropriate markings
Envelope
Price Realized
$350.00

Lot #1376
German Zeppelin Flights
1937 Hindenburg disaster, ppc (dining room on board Hindenburg), addressed to Zurich, dated "Hindenburg 4.5.37" and signed "Hirchfeld" (the passanger ?), burned at top right, with no franking apparent, card is enclosed in plastic, with sealing tape on back bearing US Officially Sealed label, signed "Schaeffer", also with Swiss arrival datestamp "Angekommen, Zurich 27 May, 1937 Erledigt", fine and scarce Hindenburg disaster card, sold as is
Envelope
Price Realized
$1,600.00

Lot #1377
German Zeppelin Flights
1948 100Pf airletter, typewritten and addressed to USA, v.f.
Envelope
Catalog #Mi.LF1/II
Catalog Value DM 250
Price Realized
$80.00

Lot #1378
German Zeppelin Flights
Revenues.
1925 Stock Transfer Tax, set of 13 unsevered pairs, the 5pf, 10pf, 20pf and 50pf values in yellowish brown and black, the higher values in blue and black, affixed to large presentation card with fine impressed Reichsdruckerei Direktion, a very rare and fine presentation item (Erter-Norton B126-138) each item being overprinted "wertloss" (canceled)
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Lot #1379
German Zeppelin Flights
Revenues.
1928 Bill of Exchange Tax, set of 16 with values expressed in Reichspfenning and Reichsmark 0.10Rm to 0.80Rm in light green, 1Rm to 50Rm bright blue and 100Rm to 500Rm in brown orange, blue and dark green, affixed to thick cardand each diagonally overprinted "Wertlos" (Erler-Norton AJ 267-282), fine impressed "Reichsdruckerei Direktion" at base, v.f. and appealing
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Lot #1380
German Zeppelin Flights
Official Stamps.
1920-21 2M steel blue, imperf. pair, n.h., v.f.
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Catalog #O12var
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Lot #1381
German Zeppelin Flights
American and British Zone.
1945 specially produced card bearing 5pf, 6pf, 8pf and 12pf blocks of 8 cancelled by First Day cancels of Aachen 19.3.45. The army authorized the manufacture of 3000 of these sheets, the first wassent to President Roosevelt and the remainder given to various military and civilian officials, only a few still known to exist, the rarest of the Aachen sheets
Box
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