Specialized Russia; U.S. and Worldwide Stamps
January 8-10, 2008

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #1719
GERMANY Zeppelin Flights
1919 large cover franked with 3x10pf Germania (perfin "W & C"), addressed to Stockholm, with green "Bodensee 8 Okt. 1919" (actually appears to read "1914"), filing fold away from the stamps, fine and scarce flight,
Envelope

Catalog Value € 2,500
Price Realized
$1,400.00

Lot #1720
GERMANY Zeppelin Flights
1929 Orient Flight from Friedrichshafen, franked with 2x1m Eagle, Jerusalem drop, with "27 March, 1929 Jerusalem 2PM Visit the Palestine & Near East Exhibition Tel Aviv, April 1929" arrival pmk, v.f.,
Envelope
Price Realized
$290.00

Lot #1721
GERMANY Zeppelin Flights
1929 large cover franked with German and U.S. adhesives, round-the-world flight to Tokyo, Friedrichshafen and Los Angeles, with 10 additional cachets and forwarding markings on back, filing fold away from the stamps, fine and rare,
Envelope

Catalog Value € 6,500
Price Realized
$5,750.00

Lot #1722
GERMANY Zeppelin Flights
1930 South America round-trip card originating from Brazil, with 2m South America flight adhesive, canc. on board 25.5.1930 to Lakehurst where USA 65c Zeppelin was added to pay for the return trip to Friedrichshafen, appropriate cachets incl. "This article made the Complete Round Trip via Graf Zeppelin" cachet, v.f., rare three-country franking
Envelope
Price Realized
$2,900.00

Lot #1723
GERMANY Zeppelin Flights
1932 9th SAF card to Brazil, attractively franked with 1M Polar Flight, missing hyphen variety, v.f. and rare franking
Envelope

Catalog Value € 2,200
Price Realized
$800.00

Lot #1724
GERMANY Zeppelin Flights
1937 Hindenburg disaster, ppc slated for the return flight, still franked with three diff. adhesives, burned at left, with New York, May 10, 1937 Paquebot pmk. This card flew on the "Hindenburg" from Germany to New York, was damaged by fire and sent back to Germany by ship, signed Sieger, with his cert. A rare card,
Envelope

Catalog Value € 5,000
Price Realized
$4,000.00

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