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Lot 272 |
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Germany Zeppelin Covers, selection of 23 different, 1929-1933: Michel 35 Ij-k, 104 Ib (card & cover), 125, 125, 147, 175b, 185c, 222, 227, 230b, 252, 257, 259, 266, 270, 275a var. (commercial registered cover with 2m Polar Flight Zeppelin not cancelled), 291, 302 Ic, 309, 321 and 322; clean and F-VF. Michel €7,800+/$9,700+.
Estimate 2,000 - 3,000
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Lot 273 |
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Switzerland Zeppelin Covers, selection of seven different, 1930-1931: Michel 84 Ia, 107a, 148a, 177 Ia, 218 Ia var. (sent to addressee in St. Gallen by Lake Constance ship post), 221a var. (Germany/Switz. mixed franking) and 231 Ia; clean and F-VF. Michel €2,450+/$3,050+.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
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Lot 274 |
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Balance of the "Gauss" collection of Zeppelin covers, Collection of several hundred covers in cover albums and on auction lot cards. Includes a high percentage of German covers but also some unusual foreign treaty acceptances from European countries. The first years start with some nice pieces from the America Flights 1924 and 1929 and the Orient Flight followed by drop mail and mail from short local or European flights. Lots of this mail was written on board the airship by crew members or passengers and is addressed to Alexander Berezowki in Görlitz. The 1930 Pan-America Flight is well represented as well as the following Germany flight. 1931 brings Zeppelin mail from Egypt, Hungary, Liechtenstein and of course from the Polar Flight and the subsequent commercial South America Flights with some foreign acceptances from Switzerland, Poland, Vatican, Gibraltar, Denmark or Dutch East Indies. South American mail is also well represented with some interesting Paraguayan dispatches. The collection finishes with dropped leaflets from 1938 and signed postcards from the Zeppelin commanders Eckener and Pruss, as well as a nice selection of Zeppelin collateral including a couple of Hindenburg Menus, some baggage claim checks and several vintage picture postcards.
Estimate 6,000 - 8,000
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Lot 275 |
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Zeppelin Covers, Unmounted collection of more than 200 covers, 1925-36, about half are U.S. including Akron and Macon commemorative covers, the balance foreign, primarily Germany and South America, a few better German frankings, a Belgian despatch on a 1932 1st South America flight, and some nice South American frankings but mostly more common material.
Estimate 3,000 - 4,000
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Lot 276 |
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Zeppelin Covers, Unmounted collection of about 45 covers from the 1933 Century of Progress Flight, includes a Saar and a Switzerland despatch with about 20 Germany and the balance Brazil. The Germany includes covers franked with 1m C43 (1), 2m C44 (11), 1m + 2m (2), and three with complete set 1m-4m (C43-45); generally F-VF but several of the better stamps have small faults.
Estimate 1,500 - 2,000
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Lot 277 |
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DO-X Covers, Group of 19 covers from the 1930-32 America flight, seven are Brazil, the rest Germany including one franked with pair of 2m South America Flight Zeppelin (C38); F-VF.
Estimate 750 - 1,000
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Lot 278 |
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North Atlantic Catapult mail collection, The balance of the Werner Helms international award-winning collection of approximately 500 cards and covers flown by catapult airplane between 1929 and 1935 from the SS Bremen or the SS Europa plus a small number flown by supplementary airmail from Cologne to Cherbourg. The collection includes many treaty (foreign) acceptances from both sides of the Atlantic with mail from Cuba, Australia and Canada going eastward and most European countries like Austria, Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Danzig and Great Britain going westward. Also the German and the U.S. material is highly specialized showing unusual rates, routes and markings with rare special reduced or commercially used multiple rates, combined air mail services to connect to or from the catapult service with the Zeppelin or the trans-continental airmail network, often showing incorrect usages of the catapult flight cachets on the wrong trip or in the wrong color. Many attractive frankings including a German "Ten-Year" souvenir sheet used on a seapost dispatch catapulted to New York, German or U.S. Zeppelin stamps used on catapult mail, invalid postage and non-permitted official postage, to mention only a few. In addition to the covers, the collection also features about 50 ephemera items like menus and stationery from the Bremen and the Europa, as well as picture postcards. This spectacular collection was built over decades and showcase the enormous knowledge and expertise accumulated over the years by Mr. Helms.
Estimate 40,000 - 60,000
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Lot 279 |
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Catapult Covers, Collection of about 150 covers, 1929-1935, virtually all Bremen or Europa and all either German or U.S. dispatches, mostly all are in sleeves as purchased beginning over 50 years ago; also includes a little collateral material including an 1931 Bremen menu. Excellent lot.
Estimate 2,000 - 3,000
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Lot 280 |
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Worldwide Airmail Covers, Collection of about 350 covers, mainly First flights, from 1941 (Australia Melbourne-Sydney flight) and 1918 (two South Africa Red Cross flight cards) to the 1960s, loaded with better covers from the 1920s and 30s from a wide range of countries, mostly in sleeves just as the owner purchased them beginning in the 1950s;F-VF.
Estimate 3,000 - 4,000
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