U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
January 10-11, 2017

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Lot #549
GERMANY Zeppelin Flights
1911 "Dem Fluge der Zeit" Schwaben advertising (J.Fischer Men's Clothing) postcard, without franking, red on-board "Luftschiffes Schwaben Zeppelin" (21 Sep 1911) cachet, overall toning, fine appearance (Si.€1,650)
Envelope
Catalog #Si.2C
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Lot #550
GERMANY Zeppelin Flights
1912 Schwaben, picture postcard (variety "Postkarte. imprint" inverted at bottom), with 5pf franking, tied by unreadable oval cancel, addressed to Karlsruhe, fine and unusual item
Envelope
Catalog #Si.2var
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Lot #551
GERMANY Zeppelin Flights
1912 "Viktoria Luise" special picture postcard, with 10pf franking, on-board (26 June) violet cachet, addressed to Davos, Switzerland, with Hamburg departure cds, fine and scarce Pioneer card
Envelope
Catalog #Si.3
Price Realized
$190.00

Lot #552
GERMANY Zeppelin Flights
1913 Delag picture postcard with 5pf Germania, tied by Frankfurt (20.11.13) cds, written by a crew-member of a "Marine Luftschiff Detachement", with on-board "Victoria Luise Zeppelin" (18 Nov) violet cachet applied on each side of the card, fine
Envelope
Catalog #Si.3x
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Lot #553
GERMANY Zeppelin Flights
1913 picture postcard with 5pf Germania, tied by Bieberich (13.5.13) cds, with on board "Victoria Luise Zeppelin" violet cachet alongside, fine
Envelope
Catalog #Si.3x
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Lot #554
GERMANY Zeppelin Flights
1913 Delag picture postcard with special type II oval cachet (13.10.13), also another with type I (Luftpost Zeppelin-Schiff Hansa) cachet, overprinted on the picture side "Hansa-Fahrt September 1912 Hamburg-Itzehoe" (special charter flight of the Nordmark-Verein company, originally planned for Sep 14 and changed to Sept 21), fine and scarce pair of early Zeppelin cards
Envelope
Catalog #Si.6 I,II
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Lot #555
GERMANY Zeppelin Flights
1913 "Sachsen", specially printed Austrian 5h picture card for flight to Haida, Zeppelin October 20 Haida-Bohemia type II handstamp, fine
Envelope
Catalog #Si.9Ac
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Lot #556
GERMANY Zeppelin Flights
1913 "Sachsen", picture postcard with 5pf franking, tied by Dresden cds, with on-board "Zeppelin Luftschiffes Sachsen" (9 Nov 1913) cachet alongside, minor toning, otherwise fine
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Catalog #Si.9Caa
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Lot #557
GERMANY Zeppelin Flights
1916 (23 March) Bulgarian picture postcard posted in Yambol (Jamboli), with "Feldpost-Station No.185" cds, also violet "Kgl. Preuss. Luftschifftrupp No.18" (Brief-stempel) cachet, sent to Germany, message reads (in part) "next week, the King of Bulgaria will visit us." A fine card (in 1917, Zeppelin LZ 104, construction number designated L59 by the German Imperial Navy, nicknamed "Das Afrika-Schiff" was launched from Jamboli and attempted a long-distance resupply mission to the beleaguered garrison of Germany's East Africa)
Envelope
Price Realized
$150.00

Lot #558
GERMANY Zeppelin Flights
1919 "Bodensee" picture postcard with lilac on-board 20 Sep 1919 cachet, franked with 10pf Germania, canceled Berlin (21.9.19) addressed to Bodensee, fine (Si.19A, €900)
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Lot #559
GERMANY Zeppelin Flights
1919 "Bodensee" picture postcard with violet on-board 27 Sep 1919 cachet, franked with 10pf Germania, canceled Friedrichshafen (28.9.19) addressed to Berlin, fine (Si.19C, €900)
Envelope
Price Realized
$260.00

Lot #560
GERMANY Zeppelin Flights
1919 "Bodensee" picture postcard with violet on-board 20 Oct 1919 cachet, franked with 15pf Germania, RPO cancel Berlin-Hannover Railroad (21.10.19), addressed to St.Gallen, minor corner card discolorations, fine (Si.19Ad, €1,650)
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Lot #561
GERMANY Zeppelin Flights
1919 "Bodensee" picture postcard with black on-board 6 Oct 1919 cachet, franked with 15pf Germania, canceled Staaken (6.10.19), addressed to Potsdam, with manuscript arrival, fine (Si.19B, €1,000)
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Lot #562
GERMANY Zeppelin Flights
1919 "Bodensee" picture postcard with black on-board 28 Sep 1919 cachet, franked with 10pf Germania, canceled Charlottenburg (28.9.19), addressed to Krefeld, fine (Si.19Aa, €1,250)
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Lot #563
GERMANY Zeppelin Flights
1919 "Bodensee" picture postcard, last flight without the on-board cachet, franked with three Airmail stamps canceled 14 Nov 1919 Friedrichshafen, addressed to Stuttgart, fine (Si.19G, €400)
Envelope
Price Realized
$220.00

Lot #564
GERMANY Zeppelin Flights
1919 "Bodensee", small cover from Berlin (7.11.19) to Bellinzona, Switzerland, official Berlin Central Censor office cachet alongside, fine and scarce Zeppelin Pioneer flight
Envelope
Catalog #Si.19H
Price Realized
$190.00

Lot #565
GERMANY Zeppelin Flights
1928 America Flight return, drop mail, card canceled Radolfzell (31 October), on-board cachet, fine, only 12 (!) carried (Si.21l, €500)
Envelope
Price Realized
$210.00

Lot #566
GERMANY Zeppelin Flights
1928 (28 Sep and 8 Oct) South Germany, two different postcards, each canceled on-board, Munich and Ravensbruck departure cds, v.f.
Envelope
Catalog #Si.O21 IV b, VI a
Price Realized
$250.00

Lot #567
GERMANY Zeppelin Flights
1928 (3 Oct and 8 Oct) Germany flight, two different postcards, each canceled on-board, Berlin and Konstanz departure cds, the former signed by Capt. C.E. Rosendahl ("greetings from Berlin") v.f.
Envelope
Catalog #Si.O21 V b, VI b
Price Realized
$500.00

Lot #568
GERMANY Zeppelin Flights
1928-1929 America and Germany Flights, selection of 11 mostly different cards and covers, all canceled on-board, various departures including Konstanz, Dusseldorf, Dortmund, Munster, Brunswick (only 22 carried), Brand, Oldenburg, Eschweiler, Osnabruck and Oldenburg, mixed condition, with some toning or creases, markings intact, mostly fine or better (Si.21a, 33a, 33b, 33d, 33g, 34d, 34f-h, 34k, €4650)
Envelope
Price Realized
$475.00

Lot #569
GERMANY Zeppelin Flights
1929 Round-the-world flight, three picture cards, franked with German Zeppelin adhesives, different stages of the flight to Tokyo, including Friedrichshafen to Lakehurst, Los Angeles, round trip, etc., fine-v.f.
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Lot #570
GERMANY Zeppelin Flights
1929 Germany Flight, selection of five different, each addressed to F.Staiger in Zurich, franked with 25pf, all canceled on-board, various departures including Dusseldorf, Bamberg (only 12 carried), Munchen-Gladbach, Eschweiler and Osnabruck, mixed condition, with some toning or creases, markings intact, mostly fine or better (Si.33a, 33n,34f, 34ga, 34h, €2,950)
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Lot #571
GERMANY Zeppelin Flights
1929 Orient Flight postcard (LZ 127 "Graf Zeppelin" in flight), sent without franking, canceled on-board (27 March), with "T" and "Roma Centro Posta Aerea" drop cancel, charged "30" in blue crayon, fine and rare dispatch, signed Gappe
Envelope
Catalog #Si.23bb
Price Realized
$1,400.00

Lot #572
GERMANY Zeppelin Flights
1929 Orient Flight cover addressed to Athens, franked with 2M Eagle, tied by Friedrichshafen cds, with appropriate cachets, 30 March Athens arrival pmk, v.f. (this cover was included in the "semi Official" mail bag drop over Athens, which was found by a shepherd in the vicinity of Athens) (listed but unpriced in Sieger)
Envelope
Catalog #Si.23c
Price Realized
$140.00

Lot #573
GERMANY Zeppelin Flights
1929 Orient Flight card from Friedrichshafen, canceled on-board, Spalato (Split) drop, with arrival pmk, v.f., signed Gappe
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Catalog #Si.23d
Price Realized
$1,200.00

Lot #574
GERMANY Zeppelin Flights
1929 four picture postcards, each with on-board cachet, including Southwest Germany flight from Mannheim, plus three Austria flights, two from St.Polten (each with erroneous "1928" instead of "1929" year-date cachet), one from Rosenheim, fine lot
Envelope
Catalog #Si.O23 Id,25b,25d
Price Realized
$1,000.00

Lot #575
GERMANY Zeppelin Flights
1929 (27 July) Workshop Flight picture postcard with red on-board cachet, Saulgau Railroad datestamp, fine and scarce item
Envelope
Catalog #Si.O26 II aa
Price Realized
$250.00

Lot #576
GERMANY Zeppelin Flights
1929 (28 July) Flight in the Occupied Territory, four cards, each canceled on-board, departures from Stuttgart, Pforzheim, Durmersheim and Kaiserslautern, fine-v.f., scarce group
Envelope
Catalog #Si.O26 IIIa,b,g,h
Price Realized
$900.00

Lot #577
GERMANY Zeppelin Flights
1929-1935 selection of 29, mostly different covers and cards, variety of franking and flights, with different South America dispatches to Brazil, Peru and Argentina, better items include Larache (Morocco) drops, connecting cachets and much more, mostly fine-v.f.
Envelope
Price Realized
$850.00

Lot #578
GERMANY Zeppelin Flights
1929-1935 selection of 27 covers and cards, minor duplication, good variety of frankings and flights, with different South America dispatches to Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina, fine-v.f.
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Lot #579
GERMANY Zeppelin Flights
1930 Spitzbergen and Nordland Flights, three different cards and cover to Norway, two canceled on-board, also "Luftschiff Graf Zeppelin 2.Nordlandfahrt 1930" Menu, v.f.
Envelope
Catalog #Si.73A,,B,74C
Price Realized
$240.00

Lot #580
GERMANY Zeppelin Flights
1930 Switzerland flight card (special commemorative card for Dr.Eckener), franked with the block of four from the IPOSTA souvenir sheet, canceled on board, with red Basel-Flugplatz cachet and Zurich arrival pmk
Envelope
Catalog #Si.95
Price Realized
$140.00

Lot #581
GERMANY Zeppelin Flights
1931 3rd SAF cover and card, each with German and Brazilian franking, appropriate bilingual cachets, fine-v.f., Pernambuco arrival pmks
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Lot #582
GERMANY Zeppelin Flights
1931 Egypt Flight, unfranked picture postcard canceled on board (10.4.31) to Cairo, with Pyramid cachet and arrival pmk, handwritten "affranchissement percu 1RM" (payment received 1 Reichsmark), v.f., rare (Si.104 I)
Envelope
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Lot #583
GERMANY Zeppelin Flights
1931 3rd SAF card franked with 1m Polar Flight, with Rio arrival, sent to Colorado Springs, small card tear away from the stamps, otherwise fine
Envelope
Catalog #C40
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Lot #584
GERMANY Zeppelin Flights
1931-33 nine different flights, covers and cards, mostly South America flights, variety of cachets and markings, fine-v.f.
Envelope
Price Realized
$260.00

Lot #585
GERMANY Zeppelin Flights
1934 11th SAF card to Brazil, mixed franking with Brazilian stamps, v.f., with Condor-Zeppelin-Lufthansa cachet
Envelope
Price Realized
$200.00

Lot #586
GERMANY Zeppelin Flights
1938 selection of 13, mostly different leaflets on yellow, green and lilac paper, occasional flaws, mostly fine-v.f.
Envelope
Catalog #Si.0456 I-II
Price Realized
$170.00

Lot #587
GERMANY Zeppelin Flights
1938 Sudetenland flight, 50h green overprinted "Wir Sind Frei", with appropriate cachet and arrival pmk, v.f., signed Huegner
Envelope
Catalog #Si.456
Price Realized
$230.00

Lot #588
GERMANY Zeppelin Flights
1938-39 LZ 130 flights, selection of 22 covers or cards, variety of markings and flights, some combination cachets, occasional duplication, mostly fine-v.f.
Envelope
Catalog #Si.444/463
Price Realized
$200.00

Lot #589
GERMANY Zeppelin Flights
1939 LZ 130 flight to Wurzburg, cover with attractive franking and appropriate cachet, small stain at left, otherwise fine, signed Gappe
Envelope
Catalog #Si.461
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