U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
November 29-30, 2016
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #488 GERMANY Zeppelin Flights 1908 (6 Sep) pre-printed "thank you" card addressed to "His Excellency Count Dr. Ing. Ferdinand von Zeppelin" in Friedrichshafen, with arrival pmk. Posted in Stuttgart, the card depicts a verse in which the people thank Count Zeppelin for his contributions and wish him further successes. An interesting Zeppelin collateral item  | Unsold |
 | Lot #489 GERMANY Zeppelin Flights 1909 (29 July) pre-printed 5pf picture postcard (Zeppelin, new model), personally written and signed by Count Zeppelin, little toning at right, otherwise fine and extremely rare item | Price Realized $650.00 |
 | Lot #490 GERMANY Zeppelin Flights 1912 "Hansa" on board cachet (2 Sep) 5pf picture postal card, additionally franked and addressed to Buenos Aires, little toning, otherwise fine, scarce (Si.5x/6Ia) | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #491 GERMANY Zeppelin Flights 1919 (2 Sep) "Bodensee", specially prepared picture postcard, with 10pf regular franking, canceled by oval railroad departure postmark, round "An Bord Des Zeppelin Luftschiffes Bodensee" handstamp, sent by rail to Charlottenburg, fine (Si.19Ad, €1,650) | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #492 GERMANY Zeppelin Flights 1919 (24 Oct) "Bodensee", 7 1/2pf stationery card, additionally franked with 7 1/2pf orange and 10pf commemorative, canceled by Friedrichshafen pmks, round "An Bord Des Zeppelin Luftschiffes Bodensee" handstamp, addressed to Peter Ingradsen Steuermann (navigator) at airship airport, Staaken bei Berlin, fine (Si.19C, €900) | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #493 GERMANY Zeppelin Flights 1919 (28 Nov) "Bodensee", specially prepared picture postcard, with 15pf regular franking, canceled by Friedrichshafen departure postmark, round violet "An Bord Des Zeppelin Luftschiffes Bodensee" handstamp, fine return flight card (Si.19C, €900) | Price Realized $280.00 |
 | Lot #494 GERMANY Zeppelin Flights 1919 (1 Oct) "Bodensee", picture postcard (airship in flight), with 20pf regular franking, canceled by Friedrichshafen departure postmark, round violet "An Bord Des Zeppelin Luftschiffes Bodensee" handstamp struck on each side, addressed to Chicago ("travelling in this Zeppelin from Berlin to Switzerland in less than 6 hours. It is wonderful") (Si.19C, €900) | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #495 GERMANY Zeppelin Flights 1919 (25 Nov) "Bodensee", specially prepared picture postcard (of the airship), with 25pf franking, canceled by Friedrichshafen departure postmark, irregular violet "An Bord Des Zeppelin Luftschiffes Bodensee" handstamp, addressed to Malmo, Sweden, German censor strike "Freigegeben", with Malmo machine arrival datestamp on back. A rare Bodensee flight card to a foreign destination (Si.19C, €900+) | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #496 GERMANY Zeppelin Flights 1929 LZ 127 picture postcard (Graf Zeppelin), canceled on board, Kronstad drop (oval "Biblioteca Muzicala Brasov" in green) (16 Oct 1929), v.f., only 27 carried, signed Gappe (Si.42f) | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #497 GERMANY Zeppelin Flights 1929 card addressed to Madrid, stamps canceled on board "Graf Zeppelin" 23 October, red cachets (struck twice), with Madrid and Barcelona drop pmks on back, v.f., scarce | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #498 GERMANY Zeppelin Flights 1930 Roessler cacheted cover with German franking (2x2m South America), cancelled in Friedrichshafen (18 May) to Brazil, where three stamps were added and canceled Recife (24 May), red South America Cachet and "Via Nyrba Correspondencia Aerea" handstamps, arrival in Newark (31 May), with U.S. 2c adhesive added on back, some toning, otherwise fine, interesting three-country (Germany+Brazil+USA) | Unsold |
 | Lot #499 GERMANY Zeppelin Flights 1930 (2 Nov), short flight in Switzerland, picture card (Zurich), canceled on board (2.11.1930), addressed to Hannover, "Mit Graf Zeppelin uber Chemnitz beforden" endorsement, Friedrichshafen cds alongside, card tear at right, otherwise fine, rare card (the flight to Chemnitz was canceled due to bad weather and instead a short flight in Switzerland took place, with Dr.Eckener on board), signed Gappe (Si.96c, €1,900) | Price Realized $250.00 |
 | Lot #500 GERMANY Zeppelin Flights 1930 (19 May) South America flight cover (opened on all sides, reduced and re-glued), franked with 4M (C39), also Brazil Condor stamps, all canceled Berlin, with Santos arrival, some toning, interesting combination | Unsold |
 | Lot #501 GERMANY Zeppelin Flights 1930 (14 Apr) large-size cover originating in New York, with 5c franking (Roosevelt), used in combination with Germany South America Flight 2M and 4M set of two (Mi.438-439), canceled on board (22 May), with Seville drop cancel on back, forwarded to Brazil, where additional franking was added for the return trip back to USA, some faults, otherwise a fine three-country combination cover Catalog #C38-39 | Unsold |
 | Lot #502 GERMANY Zeppelin Flights 1930 South America Flight, two covers, one franked with 2x2m and 4m, the other with 2x4m, both flown to Lakehurst, with appropriate cachets and arrival pmks, fine-v.f., Catalog #C38-39 Catalog Value $2,000 | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #503 GERMANY Zeppelin Flights 1930 South America 2m and 4m, four complete sets, used on individual covers and cards, various destinations, each with red "Sudamerikafahrt" cachet, addressed to USA and Brazil, with appropriate arrival pmks, fresh, v.f. group, Catalog #C38-39 Catalog Value $3,400 | Price Realized $575.00 |
 | Lot #504 GERMANY Zeppelin Flights 1931 2nd SAF card to Pernambuco, franked with 2m Zeppelin, canceled on board, with Brazilian adhesives added on arrival, with appropriate bilingual directional markings, v.f. | Price Realized $160.00 |
 | Lot #505 GERMANY Zeppelin Flights 1933 Chicago Flight, set of three used on round-trip cover from Ulm to Friedrichshafen, cover defective at bottom, stamps fine-v.f. Catalog #C43-45 | Unsold |
 | Lot #506 GERMANY Zeppelin Flights 1934 Argentina Flight cover, registered from Berlin, franked with 1M and 2M Chicago Flight, used in combination with 20pf and 40pf Wagner Operas, tied by cds, with corresponding cachet and Buenos Aires arrival pmks, cover folds away from the stamps, fine and extraordinary combination franking | Price Realized $170.00 |
 | Lot #507 GERMANY Zeppelin Flights 1934 round-flight with German and Brazilian franking, Christmas flight cachet, Condor-Zeppelin markings on back, little perf. toning, otherwise fine, signed Gappe Catalog #Si.286Ba | Unsold |
 | Lot #508 GERMANY Zeppelin Flights 1935 (14 Nov) Shuttle Flight cover addressed to Captain Max Pruss, on board the "Graf Zeppelin" Stuttgart, v.f., signed Gappe (Si.330Avar, this date not listed) | Price Realized $150.00 |
 | Lot #509 GERMANY Zeppelin Flights 1936 cover posted on three different (First, Second and Third) North America Flights, all on-board cancels, addressed and signed by Clara Adams, to New York City, with May 9, 1936 arrival pmk, little toning at top, otherwise fine and interesting item | Price Realized $300.00 |
 | Lot #510 GERMANY Zeppelin Flights 1936 First North America Flight via "Hindenburg" to Manila, picture postcard (color Zeppelin caricature), addressed to U.S. Naval Base carried from the East Coast by Air Mail to San Francisco and from there by Pan-American clipper to the Philippines, v.f. | Price Realized $270.00 |
 | Lot #511 GERMANY Zeppelin Flights 1936 Zeppelin/Glider combination flight card, with Germany (stamp with little toning at top) and Austrian stamps, Sopron drop, fine and scarce, with appropriate cachets, only 10 carried | Unsold |
 | Lot #512 GERMANY Zeppelin Flights 1937 Hindenburg (LZ 129) flight from Buttstadt (scarce Horse-Market cachet) to Brazil, attractively franked with the souvenir sheet and blocks of four; also return trip from Brazil to Germany, with Brazil-Europa Condor Zeppelin Lufthansa cachet, addressed to Hermann E. Sieger, with 27 March, 1937 arrival pmk. This was the last South America Flight of the Hindenburg, colorful franking, v.f. (Si.450B,451) | Price Realized $200.00 |
 | Lot #513 GERMANY Zeppelin Flights 1937 Rhineland Flight, picture postcard (Gesellschaftsraum on Luftschiff "Hindenburg"), addressed to Lt.Col (Oberts-Leutnant) Breithaupt at the Reichs-Luftfahrt-Ministry in Berlin, delivered on board the Hindenburg and canceled "Luftschiff Hindenburg 27.4.1937". A rare card from the 2nd trial flight ("2. Probefahrt LZ129 Hindenburg 27.4.1937") and "27.IV.37 Nachmitags", minor corner card crease, otherwise v.f., rare card (less than 10 carried), ex-Kofler (realized SFr 805 in 2001) (Si.452B) | Price Realized $325.00 |
 | Lot #514 GERMANY Zeppelin Flights 1937 Hindenburg, picture postcard (Rauchsalon LZ 129 "Hindenburg"), addressed to Frankfurt, delivered on board the Hindenburg and canceled "Luftschiff Hindenburg 27.4.1937", with arrival pmk alongside. Also included picture postcard (Capt. Ernst Lehmann), with notation dated 6 May, 1937 (although Max Pruss was the commanding officer of the last flight of the Hindenburg, Captain Lehmann was the most senior officer on board, but was there only as an observer. He was fatally burned when the ship caught fire at Lakehurst on 6 May 1937 and died the following day) | Price Realized $325.00 |
