Rare Stamps and Postal History of the World
May 7-8, 2024
The May 7-8, 2024 Sale of Rare Stamps and Postal History of the World will take place at our Teaneck, N.J. Galleries, via CherrystoneLIVE. There are 1,562 lots, offered in four sessions, beginning with United States, followed by a diverse worldwide holding formed by Dikran Taner. There are solid sections of Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy and Italian States, Switzerland, Turkey, as well as British Commonwealth, featuring John Pedneault's postal history of Ireland, extensive Bermuda, British Africa and various individual rarities. In addition, there are selections of China, with Red Revenues, numerous Flight and Zeppelin covers, rare booklets and more. Finally, the last session is highlighted by Large Lots and Collections, with 184 lots ranging from single country albums, specialized holdings, multi-carton worldwide groups and large cover lots offered intact.
| Images | Description | Current Bid |
 | Lot #181 United States - Air Post Zeppelin Flights 1929 Round-the-World flight cover from New York to Friedrichshafen, Maybach Motor Company stationery imprint on backflap, with "F.W. von Meister, Special U.S. Representative Luftschiffbau Zeppelin G.M.B.H." handstamp, cover signed by Dr.Eckener and most of the crew members,  | Price Realized $270.00 |
 | Lot #182 United States - Air Post Zeppelin Flights 1930 (15 May) card from Panama City, via Havana, Cuba (18 May Flag cancel on back) to New York, where U.S. 65c Zeppelin stamp was added for further transmission to Germany, with Europe-Pan-America Round Flight cachet and Friedrichshafen (6.6.) arrival pmk, all on front, v.f., signed I. Heiman, rare (Sieger 64X) Catalog #C13 | Price Realized $950.00 |
 | Lot #183 United States - Air Post Zeppelin Flights 1935 G.W.Bartlett triple combination flight cover, United States 50c Century of Progress (May 8) to Brazil, from Brazil (24 May) to Germany, From Germany (30 May) to United States via Catapult "SS Europa-New York", additional franking and red cachet on back, fine and remarkable cover | Price Realized $750.00 |
 | Lot #184 United States - Air Post Zeppelin Flights 1936 (24 Apr) cover from Mexico to USA, attractively franked, unclaimed, with U.S. franking added on reverse and flown from New York (May 11) on the Hindenburg to Germany, with violet cachet and Frankfurt arrival pmk, fine and unusual cover, rare (Si.409T) | Price Realized $375.00 |
 | Lot #185 United States - Air Post Zeppelin Flights 1936 Hindenburg flight cover from Port-Au-Prince to Germany, mixed franking with U.S. adhesives added in New York (May 11), with violet cachet and Frankfurt arrival pmk, minor adhesive toning, v.f. and scarce (Si.409Q) | Unsold |
 | Lot #186 United States - Air Post Zeppelin Flights 1937 (6 May) cover addressed to Hermann Sieger, with red "Mail Via Airship Hindenburg" label, franked with 2x20c green, canceled New York, May 6, 1937, handstamped "Return to Sender", with four-line "intended for the first eastbound trip of Airship :Hindenburg" in 1937. Could not be forwarded on account of accident to Airship, May 6, 1937" (this cover was posted only 5 hours before the destruction of the "Hindenburg") (Si.454Ea) | Price Realized $210.00 |
 | Lot #187 United States - Air Post Zeppelin Flights 1939 legal-size cover franked with 30c (C24), flown from New York to Germany, with "First Trans-Atlantic Air Mail Services by Imperial Airways" and "LZ 130 Graf Zeppelin" printed cachets, German 3M adhesive added in Frankfurt, carried to Eger on the Sudeten-flight, with corresponding cachet and arrival pmk on back, fine and impressive mixed franking cover (Si.462) | Price Realized $425.00 |
