U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
June 10-11, 2014

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #1340
RUSSIA Zeppelin Flights
1929 Round-the-World flight card (Graf Zeppelin on picture side), franked with 2m ultramarine, cancelled on board, Yakutsk (18 Aug) drop, fine and rare card, only 73 carried (Sieger 30.p, €1,350)
Envelope
Price Realized
$1,600.00

Lot #1341
RUSSIA Zeppelin Flights
1930 Moscow-Friedrichshafen, registered cover paying 1.15k (with ordinary franking), sent from Moscow (10 Sep), via Friedrichshafen and Brem to Dresden, scarce usage of non-Zeppelin adhesives, ex-Taylor
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Unsold
Lot #1342
RUSSIA Zeppelin Flights
1930 Moscow-Friedrichshafen, specially prepared cover with attractive franking, delivered too late to be accepted at the Moscow General Post Office and receive the special Zeppelin cancellation; taken instead to the Moscow 40th City Post Office for cancellation (10 Sep) and returned in time for the Zeppelin acceptance, as confirmed by the cachet and Friedrichshafen arrival pmk, fine cover, ex-Taylor
Envelope
Price Realized
$250.00

Lot #1343
RUSSIA Zeppelin Flights
1930 Moscow-Friedrichshafen, return flight picture postcard, franked with 40k, used with additional 10k, sent from Moscow (10 Sep), via Friedrichshafen to Zurich without the customary cachet, v.f. Only 20 cards recorded (Sieger 85E, €350)
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Catalog #C10
Price Realized
$170.00

Lot #1344
RUSSIA Zeppelin Flights
1930 Baltic Sea Flight, picture postcard addressed to Zurich, franked with 40k Zeppelin adhesive and two additional stamps, paying 50k, sent from Moscow (19 Sep), delivered too late for the return flight from Russia, dropped at Helsinki, with Berlin (21 Sep) transit, appropriate triangular cachet, fine (Lukanc 26a) (Sieger 85Ga, €1,500)
Envelope
Catalog #C10
Price Realized
$950.00

Lot #1345
RUSSIA Zeppelin Flights
1930 Moscow-Friedrichshafen flight cover and card, with 40k and 80k specially issued adhesives, used in combination with additional franking, fine-v.f.
Envelope
Catalog #C10-11
Price Realized
$170.00

Lot #1346
RUSSIA Zeppelin Flights
1930 Moscow-Friedrichshafen flight cover and card, with 40k and 80k specially issued adhesives, used in combination with additional franking, the cover is signed by the Captain (F.Schiller), fine-v.f., ex-Taylor
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Catalog #C10-11
Price Realized
$190.00

Lot #1347
RUSSIA Zeppelin Flights
1931 Polar Flight cover to Germany, franked with the imperforate set of four, cancelled Leningrad (25 July), with Icebreaker Malyguin (27 July) pmk alongside, fine-v.f., with Brunswick (27 Aug) arrival on back
Envelope
Catalog #C26-29
Unsold
Lot #1348
RUSSIA Zeppelin Flights
1931 Polar Flight cover to Moscow, franked with the imperforate set of four, cancelled Leningrad (25 July), with Icebreaker Malyguin (27 July) pmk alongside, arriving in Moscow (26 Aug), tape stains at top and bottom, otherwise fine
Envelope
Catalog #C26-29
Price Realized
$300.00

Lot #1349
RUSSIA Zeppelin Flights
1931 (18 July) card and cover addressed to Friedrichshafen, Icebreaker "Malyguin" departure pmks, franked with the imperforate set of four, appropriate matching "Archangelsk-Nordpol-Friedrichshafen" cachets, fine-v.f.
Envelope
Catalog #C26-29
Price Realized
$150.00

Lot #1350
RUSSIA Zeppelin Flights
1931 (18 July) card and cover addressed to Friedrichshafen, Icebreaker "Malyguin" departure pmks, franked with the imperforate set of four (2r 35k registered letter includes 2r airmail surcharge and 1r 30k registered postcard and 1r airmail surcharge), appropriate matching "Archangels-Nordpol-Friedrichshafen" cachets, filing folds away from the stamps, fine-v.f.
Envelope
Catalog #C26-29
Price Realized
$170.00

Lot #1351
RUSSIA Zeppelin Flights
1931 (25 July) card and cover addressed to Professor W.J. Wiese and Icebreaker "Malyguin", franked with the imperforate set of four, appropriate matching "Leningrad-Nordpol" cachets, fine-v.f.
Envelope
Catalog #C26-29
Price Realized
$140.00

Lot #1352
RUSSIA Zeppelin Flights
1931 (25 July) card and cover addressed to Professor W.J. Wiese and Icebreaker "Malyguin", franked with the imperforate set of four, appropriate matching "Leningrad-Nordpol" cachets, fine-v.f.
Envelope
Catalog #C26-29
Price Realized
$140.00

Lot #1353
RUSSIA Zeppelin Flights
1931 Polar Flight card to Germany, franked with imperforate 35k and 1r (unusual combination, as they were normally franked with 35k and 2r), cancelled Leningrad (25 July), with Icebreaker Malyguin (27 July) pmk alongside, fine-v.f., with Bremen (27 Aug) arrival, v.f.
Envelope
Catalog #C27,28
Price Realized
$270.00

Lot #1354
RUSSIA Zeppelin Flights
1931 (25 July) card and cover addressed to Professor W.J. Wiese and Icebreaker "Malyguin", franked with the perforated set of four (scarce usage), appropriate matching "Leningrad-Nordpol" cachets, card defective and heavily taped, otherwise fine-v.f.
Envelope
Catalog #C30-33
Unsold
Lot #1355
RUSSIA Zeppelin Flights
1932 5th SAF from Moscow to Colombia, franked with 15k, 20k and 50k Airships, paying 85k rate, with two Colombian stamps below, Friedrichshafen transit postmark (tying one of the Colombian stamps, which indicates the stamps were added either in Russia or in Germany), arriving in Pernambuco on 1st September, with additional transit and 14 October Bogota arrival pmks, three different labels including Registry (faulty), Par Avion and Scadta, v.f. and unusual combination flight, ex-Taylor
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #1356
RUSSIA Zeppelin Flights
1932 6th SAF from Leningrad to Colombia, v.f., with numerous transit markings (including Pernambuco, Barbados), unusual destination
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Unsold
Lot #1357
RUSSIA Zeppelin Flights
1932 7th SAF card to Brazil, v.f., with Berlin connecting cachet
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Unsold
Lot #1358
RUSSIA Zeppelin Flights
1932 7th SAF card to Brazil, v.f., with Berlin connecting cachet
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #1359
RUSSIA Zeppelin Flights
1932 8th SAF to Brazil, fine, with Berlin connecting cachet, all cachets somewhat faint, signed Mikulski
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #1360
RUSSIA Zeppelin Flights
1933 4th SAF card from Moscow to Brazil, attractively franked, with cachet on front and Berlin-Friedrichshafen connecting handstamp and arrival pmks on back, v.f., ex-Taylor
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #1361
RUSSIA Zeppelin Flights
1933 5th SAF from Moscow to Brazil, distinct red cachets, including the Berlin-Friedrichshafen connecting handstamp, v.f.
Envelope
Unsold
Lot #1362
RUSSIA Zeppelin Flights
1933 Century of Progress flight cover with attractive franking on both sides (including 2r Lenin and two German labels), with appropriate registration handstamp and label, red Berlin connecting cachet and Pernambuco arrival pmk, v.f., scarce (Lukanc 119)
Envelope
Price Realized
$800.00

Lot #1363
RUSSIA Zeppelin Flights
1934 11th SAF card to Brazil, franked with the entire set of five stamps, also two perf. North Pole adhesives (30k and 1r) on the picture side, v.f., with arrival pmk (realized $1,840 in our February 2011 sale)
Envelope
Unsold

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