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Lot

Symbol

Catalog No.

Descrip

Opening

11043

1924 (1 July) 1st Trans-Continental Night Flight cover with 8c airmail (Sc. C4) tied at San Francisco, addressed to Rock Springs, Wyoming (a better destination) very clean, very fine (Mü. 194k, 1’500pts), also New York to San Francisco “Roessler” cover, somewhat affected by damp, with 20c Franklin tied at Newark and pair of 2c Washingtons tied on back at New York on day of flight (1 July), fine (Mü. 194, 194k)

CLOSED
Closing..May-04, 12:00 PM

11044

1925 Zeppelin ZR3, the “Los Angeles,” group of flown covers incl. New York – Lakehurst – Hamilton BERMUDA “Steinmetz” cover, Roessler cacheted cover (to St. George’s) and return cover with Bermuda franking; Lakehurst to Mayaguez, Porto Rico cacheted Roessler cover, also return from San Juan with printed cachet, good group in very fine condition overall (Sieger 20 M, N, P, T & U; € 535) (5)

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CLOSED
Closing..May-04, 12:00 PM

11045

1928 (June 28 – July 22) New York – Mukden – New York world record “around the world” flight by Mears and Collyer, US 1c postal card with NY cds (June 28) with China 1c Junk pair tied at Moukden, reverse with all-over cartoon imprint of Mears, his plane and flight details plus NY bs (with a stamp neatly removed), card numbered 65 (of 190 flown), rather scarce, very fine (Mü. 247, 7’500pts)

CLOSED
Closing..May-04, 12:00 PM

11046

1929 (July 13) Trans-Atlantic Flight by French pilots Assollant, Lefèbvre and Lotti, personal souvenir cover with USA and French label franking with each stamp cancelled by autograph of one of the pilots, the reverse shows a long ms account of their achievement. The plane reached Comillas, Spain on the 14th and left there on the 16th, reaching Bourget Field in Paris after stops at Mimizan and Cazeaux. Although 113 items were carried, this personal souvenir is thought to be extremely rare, and is a very fine showpiece (despite minimal perf toning) of the continued attempts to make progress across “the pond.” (Mü. 278, 17’500pts)

CLOSED
Closing..May-04, 12:00 PM

11047

1929 (July 13) Trans-Atlantic Flight by French pilots Assollant, Lefèbvre and Lotti, franked by 2c Red tied by Old Orchard, Maine duplex of June 13, with Comillas (Spain) bs on arrival (14 June) and Paris Bourget Aviation final bs (16.6.29) tying France 2Fr Postage Due. Boxed cachet at TL with autographs of the pilots, one of only 113 items carried, and accompanied by unused ppc of their plane, the “Canary Bird,” and the pilots, very fine showpiece (Mü. 278, 17’500pts)

CLOSED
Closing..May-04, 12:00 PM

11048

1929 (July 13) Trans-Atlantic Flight by French pilots Assollant, Lefèbvre and Lotti, 5c airmail entire with add’l 5c Beacon airmail, both tied by Old Orchard, Maine duplex of June 13, with Comillas (Spain) bs on arrival (14 June) and Paris Bourget Aviation final bs (16.6.29). Boxed cachet at BL with autographs of the pilots, one of only 113 items carried, a very fine showpiece of the continued attempts to make progress across “the pond.” (Mü. 278, 17’500pts)

CLOSED
Closing..May-04, 12:00 PM

11049

1929-37, Seven Zeppelin covers or pcs beginning with LZ129 Round-the-World Flight LA to Lakehurst leg, and ending with Hindenburg Disaster cover prepared for the return flight and posted only 5 hours before the tragedy, good variety of non-Zeppelin issue frankings, also original Hoffman press photo of the flaming wreck of the Hindenburg (scarce), very fine overall (Sieger 29A, 32, 64K, 241A, 241C, 409 III & 454, € 790)

CLOSED
Closing..May-04, 12:00 PM

11050

C13-15

1930 Graf Zeppelin set, decent centring, og, minor gum creases as usual, very fine (Sc. $1,155)

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CLOSED
Closing..May-04, 12:00 PM

11051

C13-14

1930 (May-June) Zeppelin 1st Pan American America Flight ppc with special $0.65 & $1.30 values tied at Donna, TEXAS, sent to F’hafen and cariied on complete round trip (with two special cachets), F’hafen receiver (June 6) and both flight cachets, very unusual franking, very fine (Sieger 64)

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SOLD for € 650.00
Closing..May-04, 12:00 PM

11052

1930 $1.30 Zeppelin tied to Pan-American Flight pc by May 7, 1930 New York duplex, superb round trip (type I) and circular flight cachets, green Lakehurst pictorial duplex ds (May 31) inverted at foot, thus did not return to F’hafen (addressed to New York), exceptional quality showpiece, very fine (Sieger 64 B, € 650+)

CLOSED
Closing..May-04, 12:00 PM

11053

1930 Zeppelin 1st Pan America Flight, ppc franked by 65c Zeppelin special issue (SC. C13) tied in Cincinnati (19 May), sent to Germany and with both round and diamond cachets, latter for the Lakehurst to F’hafen leg, bs at F’hafen (6 June), very fine (Sieger 64 F, € 375)

CLOSED
Closing..May-04, 12:00 PM

11054

1930 Graf Zeppelin issue (Scott C13-15) individually tied to three items, all flown on the Lakehurst to F’hafen return flight and bs 6.6.30 there, each with Type II return flight cachet and circular cachet, the 65c on pc, the other two tied to covers ($1.30 to Berlin, $2.60 to Paris), fine and matching usage group (Sieger 64 F, G & H, € 1’925) (3)

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CLOSED
Closing..May-04, 12:00 PM

11055

1930 Zeppelin Return Flight ppc (of New York), Lakehurst to F’hafen, with 65c (Scott C13) tied by Lakehurst machine cancel, with round S.A. Flight and diamond cachet (T II), F’hafen arrival on front, sent on to France, couple names neatly erased else fine (Sieger € 375)

CLOSED
Closing..May-04, 12:00 PM

11056

1931 Round-the-World flight by Wiley Post and Harold Gatty in their “Winnie Mae,” cover with 2c franking tied by Mineola duplex (June 21) and by Berlin transit (24.6.31), with large Russian cachet in centre of env., plus a different one (plane at centre) at right, inverted Mineola arrival of July 1 at BL, very fine (Mü. 340, 10’000pts)

CLOSED
Closing..May-04, 12:00 PM

RUSSIA » SOVIET UNION

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11057

1932 (Jul 7) Mattern & Griffin Round-the-world-flight, cover bearing US, German and Russian adhesives, signed by both pilots, only 10 covers flown, slight soiling from the envelope gum, fine and rare (Müller 50’000 points)

SOLD for € 310.00
Closing..May-04, 12:00 PM

UNITED STATES

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11058

1933 (Oct.) Zeppelin “Century of Progress” (Chicago) Flight, “round trip” cover franked with block of four 50c “Baby Zepps” tied by New York FIRST DAY duplexes (Oct. 2; Sieger 200% premium), with both the German and the USA cachets, F’hafen pictorial bs (2.11.33) and final NY bs (Nov. 18) as addressed there, very fine (Sieger 241 G variety, € 600++)

CLOSED
Closing..May-04, 12:00 PM

11059

1933 (2 Oct.) Zeppelin Chicago Flight cover originating from New York with two 50c Zeppelins (Sc. C18) tied there (used on First Day), sent from F’hafen (per official cachet) to MIAMI, Florida (23 Oct. slogan bs), a scarce leg of this flight, very fine (Sieger 241 C, € 250+)

CLOSED
Closing..May-04, 12:00 PM

11060

1935 Coast-to-Coast non-stop attempts by Wiley Post, cover with bold cachet and 16c air special delivery issued tied on 20 August at Los Angeles (as were all the covers). The attempts, with varying success, were actually flown on 22 Feb, 15 March, 14 April and 15 June; none succeeded. Second cachet (on back) gives flight details; bs 22 August. Scarce, very fine (old AAMC “souvenir historical flight” n° 693)

CLOSED
Closing..May-04, 12:00 PM

11061

1936 (23 Feb.) First American Rocket Plane flight to Hewitt, NY by pioneer rocketeer Willy Ley, cacheted cover and ppc (of the rocket plane), former with airmail special delivery 16c tied, each also franked by imperf green or red special label tied by cachet, scarce and fine (AAMC 699). Note: though the rocket exploded, a few items of the mail were recovered (2)

CLOSED
Closing..May-04, 12:00 PM

11062

1936 Sikorsky “Amphibion” (S-43), world airplane altitude record flight covers for “no load” and 500 kilos (April 14) and for 1000 and 2000 kilos (April 25), diff. cachets, each signed by pilot Boris Sergievsky and his “passenger,” Igor Sikorsky. Rare, the first is a long cover (central fold), very fine (6c Orange airmail on each is oxidized)

SOLD for € 320.00
Closing..May-04, 12:00 PM