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Lot 2480 |
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Great Britain 1932 South America Flights (Michel 241b, 273b, 279b), two covers and a card from the 4th, 5th and 7th South America flights, all with Berlin connecting flight cachet, Very Fine.
Michel €560+ ($600)
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Lot 2481 |
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Hungary 1931 Polar Flight, Friedrichshafen - Leningrad (Michel 203a), cover franked with two 2p airmail multiple franking tied by Budapest cdss, 20.7.31, two purple Hungarian Zeppelin flight cachets, Friedrichshafen transit postmark and red German flight cachet, Leningrad arrival and Basel forwarding postmark, Very Fine. Sieger 119 E.
Michel €500 ($540)
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Lot 2482 |
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Hungary 1931 Polar Flight, Friedrichshafen - Leningrad (Michel 203a), postcard franked with: 3 x 72f multiple franking tied Budapest c.d.s., 19.7.31, purple Hungarian Zeppelin flight cachet, Friedrichshafen 24.7.31 transit, red German flight cachet and Leningrad 25.7.31 arrival postmark, F-VF. Sieger 119 E.
Michel €500 ($540)
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Lot 2483 |
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Hungary 1931 Polar Flight, Friedrichshafen - Malyguin (Michel 204 a), Zeppelin picture postcard franked with 1p and 2p airmails tied by Budapest c.d.s.s, 22.7.31, purple Hungarian Zeppelin cachet, Friedrichshafen 24.7.31 transit postmark, red German flight cachet and Malyguin receiver on front, Very Fine. Sieger 119 F.
Michel €650 ($700)
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Lot 2484 |
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Iceland 1931 Iceland Flight, Reykjavik - Friedrichshafen (Michel 193a-d), set of four covers and cards: two each regular mail and registered, each with appropriate Zeppelin stamps, cachet and receiver, Very Fine.
Michel €765 ($830)
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Lot 2485 |
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Italy 1933 Rome Flight, Rome - Friedrichshafen (Michel 304Aa), card franked with 3L Zeppelin and 60c Faschist Anniversary, both tied by type I Zeppelin handstamp c.d.s. contrary to government regulation, which required that the no-Zeppelin stamp be cancelled with a normal Rome c.d.s., Very Fine.
Estimate 400 - 600
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Lot 2486 |
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Italy 1933 Rome Flight, Rome - Friedrichshafen (Michel 304Aa), cover with 5L Zeppelin and 1L Fascist Anniversary., both tied by Rome Zeppelin c.d.s., 29 May, green flight cachet, backstamped green Friedrichshafen Zeppelin receiver, Fine-Very Fine and very scarce. The 1L stamp was supposed to be cancelled by a normal Rome cancel, regulations required that the Zeppelin cancels only be used on the Zeppelin stamps.
Estimate 400 - 600
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Lot 2487 |
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Italy 1933 Rome Flight, Rome - Friedrichshafen (Michel 304Aa, 304Ca, 304Fa), three covers: 5L Zeppelin with 1.25L Faschist Anniversary, violet flight cachet; 3L San Marino Zeppelin (card) with 1.75L post office, 5L Tripolitania Zeppelin with Libia 1.25 blue; Very Fine.
Michel €480 ($520)
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Lot 2488 |
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Liechtenstein 1931 Upper Silesia flight, Friedrichshafen - Gleiwitz (Michel 194a), cover franked with three stamps (103a, 104, 105), tied by Vaduz c.d.s.s., 4 July, Friedrichshafen transit and violet flight cachet, backstamped Gleiwitz, Very Fine (stamps cat. $661).
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 2489 |
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Liechtenstein 1931 Polar Flight, Friedrichshafen - Leningrad (Michel 203a), cover with a pair each of 45c and 1fr airpost (C5-6). Tied by Vaduz c.d.s.s., 21 July, Friedrichshafen transit red flight cachet, and Leningrad receiver, all on front, Very Fine, unusual franking.
Estimate 150 - 200
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Lot 2490 |
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Liechtenstein 1931 Polar Flight, Friedrichshafen - Malyguin (Michel 204a), cover franked with ten stamps (96, 97,102, 107b, C1-6), tied by Schaan c.d.s.s., 22 July, Friedrichshafen transit, red flight cachet, and "Malyguin" receiver, all on front, Very Fine.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Liechtenstein 1931 Second South America Flight, Friedrichshafen - S. Vincent (Michel 221Ia), cover franked with five stamps (104, 105, 107b, C5-6), tied by Vaduz c.d.s.s., 11 Sept, Friedrichshafen transit and violet flight cachet, backstamped S. Vincent, Extremely fine (stamps cat. $785).
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 2492 |
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Luxembourg 1932 England Flight, Friedrichshafen - London (Michel 253), card franked with 1fr airpost tied by June 20 Luxembourg c.d.s., 10pf, 15pf & 50pf eagles tied by Friedrichshafen c.d.s., brown flight cachet, Very Fine.
Michel €320 ($350)
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Lot 2493 |
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Luxembourg 1933 Saar Flight, Saarbruchen - Friedrichshafen return (Michel 314AB), card with 6.50fr postage (Luxembourg only), both green flight cachets and Friedrichshafen receiver on front, Very Fine.
Michel €600 ($650)
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Lot 2494 |
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Netherlands 1930 Königsberg Flight, Friedrichshafen - Königoberg (Michel 108), card franked with 62½c postage, tied by Amsterdam c.d.s.s., 28 July, red flight cachet and Königsberg receiver, 24.8.30.20-21, Rotterdam receiver for addressee, Very Fine (listed but not priced).
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 2495 |
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Netherlands 1931 Polar Flight, Friedrichshafen - Malyguin (Michel 204a), three cards and one cover: two cards franked with definitves, third card and cover franked by airmail issues including 7.50g airmail on the cover; one card with faults (Dr. Simon BPP certificate), otherwise Very Fine. Sieger 119 F.
Michel €1,600 ($1,730)
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Lot 2496 |
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Peru 1932 8th South America Flight, Recife - Friedrichshafen by Argentine despatch (Michel 285B var), 40c in Peruvian postage tied Lima, 5 Oct; 7.70p Chile postage tied Valparaiso, 10 Oct, purple Argentine flight cachet, backstamped at Valparaiso 8 Oct, upon arrival from Lima, Friedrichshafen receiver, 19 Oct, and Apolda, 20 Oct for addresses, Very Fine.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Lot 2497 |
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Russia 1931 Polar Flight, Leningrad - Malyguin (Michel 204Ae), registered postcard franked with 35k and 1r imperforate Zeppelins (C27-28), red flight cachet, Malyguin arrival and Berlin forwarding cachet on front. Very unusual franking combination, very rare, Very Fine. The 35k normally paid the registered letter rate; it was used here to pay the 30k registered postcard rate. Sieger 120 Ba.
Michel €2,500 ($2,700)
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Lot 2498 |
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Russia 1931 Polar Flight, Leningrad - Malyguin (Michel 204Ae), registered cover franked by 1r and 2r imperforate Zeppelins (C28-29) tied Leningrad c.d.s., 25.7.31, red flight cachet and Malyguin 27.7.31 arrival postmark on front, Meissen 27.8.31 forwarding postmark on reverse, very rare combination, Very Fine. The correct rate would have been 2.35r; the normal franking would have been a 2r and a 35k Zeppelin stamp. Sieger 120 Bb.
Michel €2,500 ($2,700)
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Lot 2499 |
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Russia 1931 Polar Flight (Michel 204Aa, b, 205Aa, b), two cards and two covers franked together with two complete sets of the imperforate Zeppelin issue (C26-29), one set on card and cover flown from Leningrad to Friedrichshafen, one set on card and cover flown from the icebreaker Malyguin to Friedrichshafen. Very Fine. Sieger 120 A/B.
Michel €330 ($360)
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Saar 1930 South America Flight, Friedrichshafen - Lakehurst, card franked with 16 stamps (front & back) including B10-14, tied by Saarbrücken c.d.s.s., 15 May, red flight cachet and green Lakehurst Zeppelin receiver; Very Fine.
Estimate 200 - 300
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Switzerland 1930 South America Flight, Friedrichshafen - Havana (Michel 66I), 10c postal card franked with six stamps totaling 4.75fr tied by Romanshorn c.d.s.s., German and U.S. flight cachets, Havana receiver, Very Fine. The Lakehurst-Havana leg was cancelled and mail was carried to Havana by plane.
Michel €450 ($490)
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Lot 2502 |
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Switzerland 1931 Polar Flight (Michel 202 [2], 204 [2]), group of three cards and one cover: cover and one card Friedrichshafen - Berlin, other two cards Friedrichshafen - Malyguin, all franked with corresponding airmail postage; cover and one card F-VF, two cards Very Fine. Sieger 119 D/F.
Michel €940 ($1,020)
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Lot 2503 |
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United States 1930 South America Flight, Friedrichshafen - Friedrichshafen (Michel 68Ga/b), tied by New York duplex, May 7, 1930, on dual-cacheted card with violet round trip cachet, Very Fine.
Estimate 400 - 600
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United States 1930 South America Flight, Friedrichshafen - Lakehurst (Michel 66Gb), 1¢ postal card franked with $1.30 Zeppelin (C14) tied by New York machine cancel, April 25, German and U.S. flight cachets, green Lakehurst receiver at lower left, Very Fine.
Michel €600 ($650)
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United States 1930 South America Flight, Friedrichshafen - Lakehurst (Michel 66Gc), cover franked with $2.60 Zeppelin (C15), tied by New York machine cancel, April 29, German and U.S. flight cachets, green Lakehurst receiver on reverse, Fine-Very Fine.
Michel €1,800 ($1,940)
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United States 1930 South America Flight, Friedrichshafen - Rio de Janeiro (Michel 64Gc), cacheted cover with $2.60 Zeppelin (C15), tied by New York machine cancel, april 30, U.S. and German flight cachets, backstamped Rio, Very Fine.
Michel €1,500 ($1,620)
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United States 1930 South America Flight, Friedrichshafen - Lakehurst (Michel 68Ge), cover franked with $1.30 Zeppelin (C14), tied by Lakehurst machine cancel, June 2, attractive printed cachet featuring an artist's conception of a Zeppelin postcard, German and U.S. flight cachets, Friedrichshafen receiver on reverse, Very Fine.
Michel €350+ ($380)
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United States 1930 South America Flight, Lakehurst - Friedrichshafen, cover franked with $2.60 Zeppelin (C15), tied by New York duplex, May 26, German and U.S. flight cachets, Friedrichshafen receiver on reverse, Fine-Very Fine.
Michel €2,000 ($2,160)
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Lot 2509 |
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United States 1930 Münster Flight, Friedrichshafen - Münster, pair of 1m Eagle (C32) tied by onboard cancel, 15.6 on A.C. Roessler Zeppelin envelope, backstamped Münster, 7¢ U.S. postage then cancelled by New York duplex, June 24, for airmail delivery to Roessler and E.Orange, N.J. (erased pencil address), Very Fine and perhaps unique Roessler cover. Michel 69 var.
Estimate 150 - 200
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Lot 2510 |
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United States 1931 Polar Flight, July 24-31, Friedrichshafen - Malyguin, cover franked with 15¢ postage tied by Sept 4 Chicago c.d.s., carried to Friedrichshafen where a pair of 4m Polar Flight zeppelins (C42) was applied, tied by Friedrichshafen 24 July c.d.s., red flight cachet and Malyguin 27 July receiver, Very Fine and exceedingly rare. Michel 204a var.
Estimate 2,000 - 3,000
Originally marked to be sent to the submarine "Nautilus" but redirected to the "Malyguin" when the trip to the "Nautilus" was cancelled.
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Lot 2511 |
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United States 1933 Chicago Flight, Friedrichshafen - Friedrichshafen (Michel 355Ca), cover with 50¢ Zeppelin (C18), block of four with plate #, about Friedrichshafen, cancelled New York duplex handstamp, Oct 2, day of issue, German and U.S. flight cachets, backstamped green Friedrichshafen Zeppelin receiver and New York duplex Nov 18 to addressee, Fine-Very Fine.
Estimate 300 - 400
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Lot 2512 |
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United States 1933, 50¢ "Chicago" Zeppelin (C18), tied by Chicago machine cancel and duplex handstamp, Oct 7, day of issue in Chicago, on flown card addressed to Czechoslovakia, Chicago to Friedrichshafen with green Friedrichshafen receiver at bottom, Very Fine.
Estimate 200 - 300
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United States 1933, 50¢ "Chicago" Zeppelin (C18), group of six covers with the proper Century of Progress cachet, comprising two first days from Chicago mailed on Oct 7, 1933, first is destined for Germany with dual cachets, and the second to Wash., D.C., the remaining four covers were mailed from Chicago on Oct 26, 1933 to Wisconsin or Germany with one having a fault, F.-V.F. group.
Scott $820
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United States 1933 Chicago Flight Zeppelin (Michel 347C/355Cd), 14 flown Zeppelin covers or cards, all franked with the 50¢ Zeppelin (C18), a total of 23 stamps in all including three singles on a New York FDC, all different flights/legs as follows: Michel #347C, 348C, 350C, 351Cb, 352Ca-c, 353Ca-b, 354Cc-d, 355Ca, -d; Fine-Very Fine.
Michel €4,760 ($5,140)
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