U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
January 8-9, 2019

We are pleased to kick off the New Year with our January 8-9 sale, with 1,678 lots, including additional offerings of the Heinz Gappe (H.G.I. Company) inventory of Flight and Zeppelin covers of the world, as well as properties of numerous other vendors and estates sold by their order. Heinz was well known to Aero philatelists, having been active in this field since the 1960s and amassing a wonderful holding of this ever-popular and exciting area. There are selections of attractive United States, rarities from Albania, Austria, France, Germany and Colonies, Italy and Colonies, Russia, Saar, Scandinavian countries and Switzerland. Great Britain and British Commonwealth are well represented, featuring a strong selection of Batum, booklet from India with set of Gandhi stamps overprinted specimen and lots more. As always, our sale includes selections of better South America, with Colombia Air Post, Asia and rest of the world. We conclude with 100+ large lots and collections, which range from single country collections to multi-carton worldwide groups of stamps and covers, mostly offered intact. This entire sale is online at www.cherrystoneauctions.com. Please check with us often, as additional scans are continuously uploaded. A limited number of printed catalogues are available on request.

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #522
GERMANY Zeppelin Flights
1913 Delag picture postcard with special type II oval cachet (13.10.13), also another card 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
Price Realized
$325.00

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