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Specialized U.S. Collections, Air Post, Foreign Stamps & Covers continued...

Air Post and Flight Covers (Foreign Flight Covers: Worldwide and Zepps)
Lot Sym. Lot Description  
5129° c "Picks of the Orchard" Around the World Flight Covers, 1935-47. Very large handmade album with leather and cloth covers containing about 100 covers, so-named "Picks of the Orchard" since most of the covers are addressed to a Mr. Orchard of Freshwater Bay, Isle of Wight, England, all are large-size covers as to accommodate the various multiple mixed frankings, several unusually high values noted, all painstakingly and beautifully hand-written, each flight is described by route and time it took to accomplish, some with drawn maps of routes and some with contemporary clippings, the rest of the album is devoted to two parts: first is German Zeppelins with Liechtenstein C15-C16 sets on two covers (one with additional German and U.S. franking), Germany with a set of Chicago Flight covers, South America Flight covers and a beautiful unused set of Polar Flight stamps (1991 Schlegel certificate), last is a group of Steve Fossett 1994-2006 record balloon and Virgin Atlantic "Global Flyer" covers, all signed and with flight information, a magnificent collection and album all housed in its own special cloth covered box, the cost of the album, lettering, box, etc. must have been a very tidy sum, unique!, viewing recommended E. 4,000-5,000

SOLD for $6,500.00
Will close during Public Auction
5130 c Zeppelin and Airship Covers. Collection in four volumes, perhaps 100 covers, incl. some ZR3, Los Angeles, Akron and Macon, Round The World Flight (LZ 127), several better frankings and origins, Hindenburg (LZ 129) and Graf Zeppelin II (LZ 130), nice variety, virtually all Fine-Very Fine

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 E. 1,500-2,000

SOLD for $1,600.00
Will close during Public Auction
5131 c Zeppelin Flight Covers. Twelve, couple large-size, all but one are either 1928 First Graf Zeppelin and 1929 Round The World cacheted flown covers, many better frankings incl. Nos. 547 (two) and 572 (three), also 1923 Air Post, the twelfth cover is 1936 Hindenburg Flight with Nos. C1 and C3 plus other franking, also incl. 1929 Roessler Catapult Flight card, virtually all Fine-Very Fine, scarce lot E. 1,000-1,500

SOLD for $500.00
Will close during Public Auction
5132 c Eastern Europe Zeppelin Fight Covers. Well over 30 covers and cards, virtually all better flights or frankings, nice variety, incl, two Albania, five Czechoslovakia, one Estonia (Century of Progress flight to Brazil), five Hungary with C26-C34 "set" cover and three Zeppelin ovpts., three Latvia, seven Poland with scarce 395gr meter stamp (1933 2nd South America Flight), three Romania and eight Russia, also one Turkey, generally Fine-Very Fine, very interesting group of mostly scarce material

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 E. 2,000-3,000

SOLD for $6,750.00
Will close during Public Auction
5133 c South American Zeppelin Flight Covers. Approximately 60 covers and cards, largely Brazil with a wide variety of frankings and some of the Semi-Official stamps as well, also some nice Argentina plus a few Chile and Paraguay, great range of markings, generally Fine-Very Fine

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 E. 2,000-3,000

SOLD for $1,400.00
Will close during Public Auction
5134 c Western Europe Zeppelin Flight Covers. Over 30 covers and cards (no Germany), nice variety of frankings and markings, incl. six Austria, four Belgium, two Liechtenstein, three San Marino, four Spain and nine Switzerland, also two Greece (one a Zepp set souvenir unflown card), virtually all Fine-Very Fine

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 E. 1,500-2,000

SOLD for $3,500.00
Will close during Public Auction

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