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Sale No: 2009
Lot No: 112
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Cat No: 1928.1029
1928 (Oct 29) 1st American Flight (Sieger 22A//B), 22 envelopes and cards from Graf Zeppelin flight New York to Friedrichshafen; 12 were Si22A from Lakehurst with destinations including Palestine (on real photo postcard), Belgium, and France; and 5 were Si22B from CT, OH, VA (franked with #C1, C4-C9) and SC; attractive, Fine to Very Fine. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)
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Sale No: 2009
Lot No: 113
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Cat No: 1929.0324
1929 (Mar. 24), Orient Flight (Sieger 23IA//23IAa), 5 pieces (two envelopes and three cards) from the Graf Zeppelin trip to the Holyland; 12 different German adhesives on cover addressed to the Bronx, postcard of German ocean liner addressed to noted aerophilatelist Rudolph Dinnebier, postcard addressed to Jaffa and another to Italy; also drop mail with Er Ramle receiver to be forwarded to recipient in Jerusalem; a magical flight, Fine to Very Fine. (Image)
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Sale No: 2009
Lot No: 114
Symbol: C
Cat No: 1929.0515
1929 (May 15), America Flight Interrupted 1929 (Sieger 26A), A C Roessler cachet envelope depicting Dr Hugo Eckener on a postage stamp along with a cinderella label in the upper right corner; Scott # C37 postmarked in Freidrichshafen on May 15th, the flight being delayed so the New York receiver reads Aug 5th, Fine to Very Fine. (Image)
Estimate $130-200
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Sale No: 2009
Lot No: 115
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Cat No: 1929.0801
1929 (Aug. 1), Completed North American Flight (Sieger 26A//27A), 26 envelopes and cards from the 1929 North American trip; Si26A card from interrupted flight postmarked Danzig, Friedrichshafen, and finally New York; Si27A including ten cards franked with German #C36 and 15 franked with #C37 addressed to Akron, New York, Pittsburgh, Rochester, Long Island, Jersey City, Syracuse, Chicago, Newark, Cleveland, and St Albans; stamps alone catalog $2,200+, Fine to Very Fine. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)
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Sale No: 2009
Lot No: 116
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Cat No: 1929.0807
1929 (Aug. 7), Round the World Flight (Sieger 28A//29B), 37 interesting flown items from the Graf Zeppelin Round the World Flight; nine Si28A New York to Friedrichshafen items including Hugo Eckener autograph on large envelope to England, Marchant cover with plate number singles, and US Embassy Courier Service to Paris; Si28C with $3.52 franking from New York to Los Angeles (the long way); three Si28D consisting of uprated 1¢ postal card, worn postcard of von Hindenburg, and a round the world envelope from a collector to family in Philadelphia; twenty one Si29A from Los Angeles to New York (the short way); and three Si29B from California to Friedrichshafen with one addressed to South Africa; wonderful frankings, Fine to Very Fine. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)
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Sale No: 2009
Lot No: 117
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Cat No: 1929.0815
1929 (Aug. 15), World Flight (Sieger 30Aa//30Ad), trio of German covers from the Graf Zeppelin World Flight; Germany to Japan with #C37 franking (Si30Aa), Friedrichshafen to Lakehurst (Si30Ac) with both the 2RM and 4RM Zeppelin stamps, and complete (Si30Ad) Germany to Germany (then on to the US) with a pair of C37 (two are missing); wonderful postal history, Fine to Very Fine. (Image)
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Sale No: 2009
Lot No: 118
Symbol: C
Cat No: 1929.1102
1929 4th Swiss Flight, Zürich and Zürich-Fluntern (Sieger 39 a), Germany 10pf and two 20pf Eagle tied by two strikes of "Friedrichshafen Bodensee Luftpost 2 Nov 29" circular datestamp with "Zürich Flugplatz Luftpost 3.XI.29" circular datestamp and magenta 53mm boxed "Mit Luftschiff "Graf Zeppelin" befördert" straightline cancel on private postcard to Lucerne, picture side with black and white image of the city with the alps in the background and a Zeppelin label affixed, few very light creases, still a Very Fine card. Sieger €375 ($400). (Image)
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Sale No: 2009
Lot No: 119
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Cat No: 1930.0518
1930 (May 18), South American Flight (Sieger 57/64), 8 covers and cards from the 1930 Graf Zeppelin South American voyage; unusual aerial postcard of Ellis Island with both the South American flight cachet (Si57) and the the Europe Pan-American Round Trip (Si64A) franked with US 65¢ Zepp (#C13), Special Delivery, and a pair of 2¢ reds; German #C39 on green business envelope addressed to Chile, two other pieces with C39 (one a cover and the other a postcard), C38 from Friedrichshafen to Pernambuco, card from Saarbruchen to Madrid via Seville, US penny postcard franked with German Airmail adhesive to pay the rate to Seville, and 5 Danzig stamps that travelled the South American route before settling at Lakehurst; stamps catalog alone exceeds $1,100, Fine to Very Fine. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)
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Sale No: 2009
Lot No: 120
Symbol: C
Cat No: 1930.0602
1930 (June 2), South America Flight Uprated 1¢ Grant Postal Card, 155x95mm card, uprated by five #C1 (single plus two pairs) plus singles of #537, C2 and C8; cancelled by Varick St. Station slogan, the #C1s and C8 by smudge cancels, two #C1 tied by red flight cachet; violet cachet and Friedrichshafen receiver (June 6) on front, reverse with New York June 18 green receiver; corner creases at top left, Fine to Very Fine, an unusual Zeppelin cover without a single Zeppelin stamp. (Image)
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Sale No: 2009
Lot No: 121
Symbol: C
Cat No: 1930.0603
1930 (June 3-6), South America Flight, Lakehurst-Friedrichshafen Return (Michel 68Ja), plain orange card with a 65¢ Zeppelin (C13) tied by a ZEPP, VA. duplex handstamp, May 31, then by the usual Lakehurst flag cancel, Jun 2; addressed to Chicago with all appropriate markings; minor corner crease at the upper left, otherwise Very Fine. A unique Zeppelin cover with the Zepp, Va. postmark. Sieger 64F. Michel €150 ($160). (Image)
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Sale No: 2009
Lot No: 122
Symbol: C
Cat No: 1930.0924
1930 Baltic Sea Flight, Postcard signed by Max Pruss (Sieger 88 C), self addressed in pencil to Friedrichshafen with Germany 1m Eagle (Scott No. C32) tied by "Luftschiff Graf Zeppelin 24.9.1930" circular datestamp, with green Zeppelin flown handstamp cachet and Helsinki same day cancel, on postcard with sepia image of Count von Zeppelin with facsimile signature in sepia 1930 Baltic Sea Flight, postcard signed by Max Pruss, Extremely Fine. (Image)
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Sale No: 2009
Lot No: 123
Symbol: C
Cat No: 1930.0924
1930 Baltic Sea Flight, Stockholm Drop (Michel 128 IV a), cover franked with a 2m South America Flight Zeppelin (C38) with all appropriate markings, Very Fine. An unusual franking. (Image)
Estimate $120-160
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Sale No: 2009
Lot No: 124
Symbol: C
Cat No: 1930.1116
1930 (Nov 16), Chemnitz Flight, Friedrichshafen - Chemnitz (Sieger 100 Ac var.), orange card franked with a 1m Eagle (C31) tied by a Nov 2 onboard cancel, that being the originally scheduled date of this flight, which, due to poor weather, had to be pushed back by two weeks; with additional frankings of Liechtenstein (canceled Vaduz, Oct 16), Austria (Bregen, Oct 30), and Switzerland (Romanshorn, Oct 31; each possibly handback cancels), the dates indicating they were also intended for the original Nov 2 flight; red flight cachet and Nov 16 Chemnitz receiver on the front, Very Fine and rare. Sieger only lists this flight with a Nov 2 Friedrichshafen c.d.s., not the onboard datestamp. And it's likely that the addition of the three other countries' stamp is unique. Michel 154 d. Michel €1,000+ ($1,080). (Image)
Estimate $350-500
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Sale No: 2009
Lot No: 125
Symbol: C
Cat No: 1931.0510
1931 Nürnberg Flight (Sieger 107 Ca), Germany 1m Zeppelin (Scott No. C35) tied by "Nurnberg-Furth Flughafen 10.5.31" circular datestamp with "Friedrichshafen (Bodensee) 10.5.31" circular datestamp and red "Mit Luftschiff Graf Zeppelin Befördert" in oval handstamp, on card addressed to Kummer in Cottbus Germany, Very Fine. Sieger €500 ($540). (Image)
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Sale No: 2009
Lot No: 126
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Cat No: 1932.1030
1932 (Oct 30) South American Flights (Sieger 172//196), 20 envelopes and cards from Graf Zeppelin flights from Brazil and Uruguay during the 1932 season; includes pair of Si172 (Hugo Eckner postcard and Zeppelin stationery envelope), three Si178 (including a Hugo Eckner postcard and Zeppelin stationery envelope), three Si184, three Si190, Si192, four Si196 (one is to England), two Si196C, and Si196D; attractive, Fine to Very Fine. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)
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Sale No: 2009
Lot No: 127
Symbol: C
Cat No: 1933.0506
1933 1st South America and Spanish Flights (Sieger 202 Bb, 203), 10pf, 20pf, 50pf & 1m German Eagles (#C28, C30-C32) tied by two strikes of "Friedrichshafen (Bodensee) 6.5.33" circular datestamp with blue Zeppelin flown handstamp cachet and red "Friedrichshafen (Bodensee) - Barcelona" straightline handstamp on registered cover to Spain where backstamped with boxed Barcelona 7 May and Madrid 8 May and six Spain stamps affixed including strip of four tied by purple "Transportado Por Graf Zeppelin Sudamerika Barcelona 1933" Zeppelin flown handstamp cachet to Argentina with five strikes of "Buenos Aires Argentina 7 Jun 33" receiving circular datestamps and four violet handstamps on reverse, two Spanish stamps folded over edges, Very Fine, scarce cover flown on two Zeppelin flights. (Image)
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Sale No: 2009
Lot No: 128
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Cat No: 1933.0506
1933 (May 6), South American Post (Sieger 205//239A), 14 cards and covers for the South American flights in 1933; Si205 postcard of Hugo Eckener, Si216A, Si220A envelope to Switzerland, Si224A cover from San Paulo to Basel, Si230A to Hamburg, Si233A backstamped Friedrichshafen, and several Si239A to the United States; attractive, Fine to Very Fine. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)
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Sale No: 2009
Lot No: 129
Symbol: C
Cat No: 1933.0529
1933, Italy Flight (Sieger 207 Ab), On-Board strike on unusual Air Mail envelope to Rome, backstamp with pictorial cancel on reverse, Fine to Very Fine. Sieger €175 ($190). (Image)
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Sale No: 2009
Lot No: 130
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Cat No: 1933.1004
1933 (Oct. 4), Century of Progress Flight (Sieger 241//244C), 13 envelopes from the Century of Progress flight; Si241 seldom encountered definitive (in place of #C18 Baby Zepp) postmarked in New York pays rate from Germany to Brazil, pair of covers from Friedrichshafen to Rio and addressed to Ohio and New Jersey, and 50¢ block of four from Friedrichshafen to Chicago and back to Germany (Si241G); four examples of Si242B (including one with an attractive printed cachet) Miami to Chicago; Si243A from Akron to Chicago, and Si243D from Akron to Switzerland by way of Germany; and three Chicago to Friedrichshafen (Si244C) addressed to the US, England, and Germany; catalogs $2,525, Fine to Very Fine. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)
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Sale No: 2009
Lot No: 131
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Cat No: 1934.0526
1934 (May 26) 1st South American Flight 1934 (Sieger 247//256), 1934 flown mail from the first South American trip of the season; destinations include Zurich, Amsterdam (front), Berlin, Greece, Friedrichshafen, Hamburg (commercial), Coburg, and Pernambuco; 14 pieces from the Graf Zeppelin, Fine to Very Fine. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)
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Sale No: 2009
Lot No: 132
Symbol: C
Cat No: 1935.1117
1935 (Nov. 15), Recife-Bathurst Flight, Crew Mail From the Airship (Sieger 330B), picture postcard of the airship in flight; card mailed to Sieger in Lorch, Fine to Very Fine. (Image)
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Sale No: 2009
Lot No: 133
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Cat No: 1938.1201
1938 (Dec. 1), Trip to the Sudetenland (Sieger 455IX//462), 32 pieces related to the Graf Zeppelin II flight in 1938 and 1939; 9 commemoratives postmarked in Rhein-Main and addressed to Costa Rica, lovely postcard of the Graf Zeppelin II in flight, postcard commemorating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Count von Zeppelin, wonderful stylized poster postcard from Deutsche Lufthansa; attractive lot, Fine to Very Fine. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)
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Sale No: 2009
Lot No: 134
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Worldwide, Graf Zeppelin Flights, 1929-34, 58 better flown covers from the world circling airship; Si24B On Board card to Barcelona, Si24AGraf Zeppelin in flight postcard, Si24A Roessler card to Cairo, Si24B On Board envelope to Spain, Si24Aa to Seville, Si24A to Barcelona; Si41A to Rotterdam; Si54A to Munich; Si55A postcard of the Graf Zeppelin, Si55C On Board during trip to England; Si68Ab On Board German Flight; Si72B On Board at Koln; Si88ABb On Board in Finland, Si88Ec through Berlin to the United States; Si98Ab On Board to Holland, Si98 manuscript cancel, Si98Ba to Frankfurt, Si98Aa to Amsterdam; Si100Bb card from Chemnitz; Si102Ab to Budapest; Si104b On Board card to Cairo, Jerusalem, and Germany; Si105Ax printed card to Germany; Si108Bg card, Si108Bc 9 stamp cover to Berlin; Si129Ba mixed franking to Brazil, Si129Ea from Vienna to New York, Si129Ba Swiss to Brazil, Si129D #C37 used for round trip, Si129Aa with Hungarian postage; Si138Aa reduced and foxed from Italy to San Paulo, Si138Aa with Hungarian adhesives to Rio, and Si138Aa from Switzerland to Rio; Si164Aa postcard of airship in hanger at night; Si143Aa card to Recife, Si143Aa commercial to Argentine bank; Si177Aa with Italian postage to Rio, Si177Aa with Swiss stamps to Recife; Si183C with 26 Latvian adhesives; Si202Aa Austrian stamps to Rio; Si214Aa with #C35 to Chile, Si214Aa with C36 to Rio, Si214Aa with Latvian triangles to Brazil, Si214B mixed frank Berlin to Recife; Si218C Saar complete set; Si229Ab On Board to Huelva, Si229B Registered Sweden to Rio; Si232B London-Berlin-Argentina; Si233A on Registered card; Si235Aa French commercial to Rio; Si254Ca commercial London to Sao Paulo; Si186Ba Mannheim to Sao Paulo; Si254Ba Registered Vaduz to Buenos Aires; Si268A from England to Brazil; Si271A England to Brazil; Si283Aa England to Brazil; occassional rough opening and foxing, Fine to Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 0.8 lbs. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)
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Sale No: 2009
Lot No: 135
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Worldwide, Graf Zeppelin South American Flights, 1930-35 (Sieger 58//319), 58 cards and envelopes carried during South American voyages of the Graf Zeppelin; Si58Ad commercial Sevvile to Rio, and four Si58B to the US (including business mail); Si59A-C set of covers from Rio to Recife (#4CL1-4CL3), two Si59D to the US (4CL8), pair of Si59E (4CL9) on cover, two 4CL2 envelopes from Recife to America, and Si59H (4CL5) from Buenos Ares to Saint Louis; pair of 4CL2 covers addressed to Germany with cachet of Si64 from Sao Paul and Rio; Si63B with 8 adhesives, Si63D addressed to California; Si125B to Berlin; Si130A on Condor stationery, Si130B to Germany, Si130C to Holland, Si130B Registered to Berlin; Si134A sent to Sieger; Si137 from Uruguay; two Si139A Eckener postcards, seven Si139A cards and letters; marvelous Rio postcard Registered to Chicago; four more Si139A including commercial mail; beautiful uprated Registered postal card from Paraguay (Si148) to Toledo and a Registered envelope mailed to Berlin; three Si149 postcards sent from the Uruguay Post; Si173C complete set on cover, and two envelopes (Si173B) with the 90¢ value; Registered card and letter from Si149; Si3211 Registered envelope; and several more; stamps along catalog $2,000+, Fine to Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 4 lbs. (Video for this lot) (Video2 for this lot) (Image)
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Sale No: 2009
Lot No: 136
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Cat No: Collection
Germany, Graf Zeppelin Balance Collection Plus, 1928-36, 30 Graf Zeppelin flown covers plus commemorative envelopes; eight Si21A postcards each bearing the 2RM Zeppelin stamp (#C36), and six Si21B with the 4RM stamp (C367); uprated Swiss postal card (Si46) to Germany; Si51C On Board to Basel; postcard of Graf Zeppelin in flight on Si55B On Board postcard; Si68Bc On Board at Munchen; Si78Cb Darmstadt postcard; Registered Reykjavik with valuable 2Kr and 30Aur overprints (Si114D); scarce 4RM Polar Flight overprint (#C42) on drop mail during Arctic flight (Si119La) and addressed to Canada!; Si246Ba Berlin-Konigsberg, Si246Aa on uprated Nazi postal card sent to Mexico (with receiver mark); Si366 to Dresden; a pair Nazi envelopes (Si365Aa and Si365B) addressed to Adolf Hitler Street; also pair of Graf Zeppelin II covers from 1939 flights, LZ-11 card from Darmstadt (with Semi postal) dated Jun 17, 1912; pair of Si20N carried on Los Angeles to Bermuda; and more than a dozen other interesting items; real value here, Fine to Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 0.6 lbs. Sieger 21//365. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)
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Hindenburg Collateral Material
Sale No: 2009
Lot No: 194
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Cat No: films
United States, Hindenburg on TV and Movies, Hindenburg video in both DVD and VHS formats; Detroit Edison "The Hindenburg" on Good Morning America, Today Show, and Eyewitness News (1987 VHS); MCA "The Hindenburg" with George C Scott and Anne Bancroft (1990 VHS); The History Channel "The Hindenburg" Vol I&II (1996 VHS); and Classic Pictures "The Hindenburg Disaster" (DVD); hours of entertainment for those with both a VCR and DVD player. Shipping charges apply - weight 3 lbs. (Image)
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Hindenburg Flights
Sale No: 2009
Lot No: 137
Symbol: C
Cat No: 1936.0506
1936 (May 6) 1st North America Flight (Sieger 406), Registered Airmail envelope from Hamburg from passenger on the SS Manhattan; enclosed were Irish Sweepstakes tickets mailed to someone in California; NY and CA registry marks noted on the reverse, Fine to Very Fine. (Image)
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Sale No: 2009
Lot No: 138
Symbol: C
Cat No: 1936.0506
1936 (May 6) 1st North American Flight (Sieger 406A), postcard sent from Berlin and addressed to MA; Missent auxiliary marking difficult to decipher, Fine to Very Fine. (Image)
Estimate $100-130
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Sale No: 2009
Lot No: 139
Symbol: C
Cat No: 1936.0506
1936 (May 6) 1st North American Flight (Sieger 406A), lovely commercial mail addressed to Sao Paulo Brazil; bold backstamp; Si €250, Fine to Very Fine. (Image)
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Sale No: 2009
Lot No: 140
Symbol: C
Cat No: 1936.0506
1936 (May 6) 1st North American Flight (Sieger 406C), homemade Airmail postcard mailed from the Foreign Office in Frankfurt to an addressee in MA; using a US 3¢ stamp the card was forwarded to a new address in Wiesbaden Germany; curious, Fine to Very Fine. (Image)
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Sale No: 2009
Lot No: 141
Symbol: C
Cat No: 1936.0506
1936 (May 6) 1st North American Flight (Sieger 406C/D), four envelopes and a picture postcard from the First North American Flight all underpaid; auxiliary markings relay the shortpay as no Postage Due stamps were used; three are commercial covers, Fine to Very Fine. (Image)
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Sale No: 2009
Lot No: 142
Symbol: C
Cat No: 1936.0506
1936 (May 6) 1st North American Flight (Sieger 406C/D), commercial mail sent on first Hindenburg crossing of the year; has both the "c" and "d" flight cachets; unusual, Fine to Very Fine. (Image)
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Sale No: 2009
Lot No: 143
Symbol: C
Cat No: 1936.0506
1936 (May 6) 1st North American Flight (Sieger 406D), envelope that entered the mail stream at the railway station at Frankfurt was sent to New York and then across the Pacific Ocean to Hawaii; returned as unclaimed, Fine to Very Fine. (Image)
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Sale No: 2009
Lot No: 144
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Cat No: 1936.0511
1936 (May 11) First North American Flight (Sieger 409A//D), 53 examples of the United States to Germany portion of the Hindenburg's first flight from Lakehurst; pair of Si409A Registered legal-sized, and postcard of "New Flying Leviathan"; 10 examples of Si409B including business corner card and cancel from Danbury CT, several Registered, and sepia postcard of Hindenburg Music Room; 38 covers and cards of Si409C including mail to Switzerland and Italy; Si409D TIPEX souvenir sheet and National Parks adhesives on business-sized Warner Bros Pictures corner card; and Si409F addressed to Holland; nice selection, Fine to Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 0.8 lbs. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)
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Sale No: 2009
Lot No: 145
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Cat No: 1936.0514
1936 (May 14) 1st North America Flight, US Post Office Department Form 5-11654 Return Receipt form; it confirms that a parcel was sent from Bell Harbor Long Island and received by family in Budapest Hungary; New York Registry markings and the Hindenburg flight cancel confirms the transmission; wonderful postal history from the 1st North American return flight, Fine to Very Fine. Sieger 406. (Image)
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Sale No: 2009
Lot No: 146
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Cat No: 1936.0801
1936 (Aug. 1), Olympics Flight (Sieger 427B//428D), 12 cards and covers from the triumphant Hindenburg trip to the Berlin 1936 Summer Olympics; includes a postcard to Switzerland, Austria, a complete Olympic set (one of two) addressed to Holland, an uprated sepia Olympic postal card, and a Registered label from the Berlin Olympic Station; catalog $1,545, Fine to Very Fine. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)
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Sale No: 2009
Lot No: 147
Symbol: C
Cat No: 1936.0805
1936 (Aug 5) 6th North American Flight (Sieger 428), intriging commercial overweight envelope from Berlin to MA (Postage Due 2¢) from the Military Attache in the US Embassy to a military officer in the United States; US postage on reverse confirms shortfall paid, Fine to Very Fine. (Image)
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Sale No: 2009
Lot No: 148
Symbol: C
Cat No: 1936.0819
1936 8th North America Flight, USA franking (Sieger 438 A), 10¢ Monroe Perf 11x10 (Scott No. 642) vertical block of six with "Wilton N.Y. Aug. 19, 1936" duplex cancel on small registered cover to Frankfurt Germany, black registry and violet "Air Mail" and "retour" handstamps, red label "Mail via Airship Hindenburg" at top left, returned to sender with 13 backstamps including "Flug- und Luffschiffhafen Rhein-Main" double circle datestamp, three different Frankfurt receiving, German purple two-line cancel New York registry ovals (4 strikes/3 different dates) two strikes of the Wilton NY cancel and two strikes of East Rutherford receiving, Very Fine. (Image)
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Sale No: 2009
Lot No: 149
Symbol: C
Cat No: 1936.1005
1936 (Oct. 5) 10th North American Flight (Sieger 441), other mail (Si 441B) carried on 10th crossing having missed the sail date for the 9th; interesting auxiliary marking on reverse, Fine to Very Fine. (Image)
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Sale No: 2009
Lot No: 150
Symbol: C
Cat No: 1937.0324
1937 1st South America Flight (Sieger 450), two cards with German stamps tied by two strikes of "Deutsche Luftpost Europa-Sudamerika Luftschiff Hindenburg 24.3.1937" Type VIII double circle datestamp, one cover with five different stamps and printed cachet at top left, other with six different stamps to Rio de Janeiro and backstamped "Correio Aero Districto Federal 20 Mar. 1937" double circle datestamp and privately applied Sieger red handstamp, Extremely Fine. (Image)
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Sale No: 2009
Lot No: 151
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Cat No: Collection
Worldwide, Hindenburg First Postal Flight Collection, 1936-37 (Sieger 401//453), 92 envelopes and cards flown on the Hindenburg; six Si401Aa, two Si401Ab, and five Si401Ba; three Si402A (including commercial), and five Si402B On Board; six Si403B; Si405A postcard of Frankfurt, and four Si405B On Board; four Si407A On Board including Dr Eckener autograph and postcard addressed to Clara Adams; three of Si410A On Board, and Si410C trio; Si408A/B Registered to New York; Registered Si418; Si417 with complete Olympic set; Si414 with a dozen adhesives; Si417B postcard; Si417A On Board; Si422A On Board autograhed by Hans Hoffman on sepia postcard; Si423B envelope to Detroit, and Si423A to New York; three Si428B, and four Registered envelopes from the Olympic Stadium (Si428C); pair of Si431A covers to Germany; Si437A On Board color postcard showing the Hindenburg lounge; Si441A color postcard of Hindenburg dining room; pair of Si441A postcard number1 sold on the flight; two Si441B with attractive frankings; Si443A to Brazil; Si445A to Bern; and two envelopes from Si453B (including full Olympic set; beautiful, Fine to Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 1.6 lbs. (PDF for this Lot) (PDF2 for this Lot) (Image)
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Sale No: 2009
Lot No: 152
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Cat No: May 6
1936 (May 6), 1st North American Flight (Sieger 406A//406G), 96 pieces of mail from the Hindenburg first 1936 trip of the season to America; pair of covers (Si406A) from Berlin; Si406C includes Frankfurt train station, Zeltz, Frankfurt (Main), Kaiserslautern, Siegburg, Friedrichshafen, Habitzheim, and Stuttgart; Si406D from Berlin NW, Berlin W, Berlin Biesdorf, Frankfurt, Frankfurt (Main), Rheinbischofsheim, Hamburg; Si406E from Lorch, Friedrichshafen; Si406F from Stuttgart; and Si406G from Stuttgart; large percentage are Registered, some with printed cachets, and one addressed to the US Embassy in Berlin with American Consulate General receiving mark on reverse; wonderful for resale, Fine to Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 1.6 lbs. (PDF for this Lot) (PDF2 for this Lot) (Image)
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Sale No: 2009
Lot No: 153
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Cat No: Mar 31
1936 (Mar 31) 1st South American Flight 1936 (Sieger 404//448), 21 envelopes and cards from Hindenburg flights from Brazil and Paraguay during the 1936 season; includes 13 Si404 Registered from Brazil to Germany, Si404I, two Si413, two Si426A, two Si433 (one to London), and one Si448; colorful, Fine to Very Fine. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)
- Wholesale Value: 0 Estimate $40
Opening US$ 200.00
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1847 Issue
Sale No: 2009
Lot No: 205
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Cat No: 1 var.
1847, 5¢ brown (Scott 1 var.), four nice margins, lightly tied by a red grid on a folded letter to Whitinsville, Mass. with weak partial strike of a "Boston & Albany R.R., Jun 19" (1848); stamp has a tinynick/corner crease at the upper left, Fine to Very Fine. Scott $700. (Image)
- Wholesale Value: 0 Estimate $20
Opening US$ 100.00
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Sale No: 2009
Lot No: 206
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Cat No: 2
1847, 10¢ black (Scott 2), a pretty stamp with a full left sheet margin tied by a faint blue grill on a folded cover from Nashville to Philadelphia with a blue "Nashville, Te., Jul 3" c.d.s.; stamp with good top & bottom margins, but just cut in at the right, Fine to Very Fine. Scott $1,250. (Image)
- Wholesale Value: 0 Estimate $50
Opening US$ 250.00
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1851 Issue
Sale No: 2009
Lot No: 207
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Cat No: 7
1851, 1¢ blue, type II (Scott 7), Pos 84R1E; cetered steam 5 in circle cancel (a holdover from the stampless period) with stitch watermark possibly unique with this cancel and watermark combination; stong color and crisp detail, Fine. Scott $150. (Image)
Estimate $150-200
Opening US$ 80.00
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Sale No: 2009
Lot No: 208
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Cat No: 9
1852, 1¢ blue, type IV (Scott 9), fresh example, position 23R1L, grid-canceled on a folded circular, dated June 15, 1852, from the Bank of Virginia in Portmouth, offering a $10,000 reward for the return of the $66,000 in money & species stolen in a bank robbery in January; stamp cut in at the right and top, but otherwise everything in fresh and Very Fine, with a 2015 certificate from the One Cent Franklin Plating Project. (Image)
- Wholesale Value: 0 Estimate $35
Opening US$ 180.00
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Sale No: 2009
Lot No: 209
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Cat No: 11A
1852, 3¢ dull red, type II, two on-cover uses (Scott 11A), the first on attractive "Freehold/Young Ladies'/Seminary,/Monmouth Co. N.J." corner card envelope with blind-embossed frame, the stamp with three clear margins (just in at right) and tied by lightly struck Freehold postmark (June 1?); the second, with margins close to in at sides, on folded letter sheet (statement of accounts datelined Feby 12th 1852) from Norwich, CT, to South Windham, Conn.; stamp tied by blue cork cancel with Norwich Feb. 13 postmark at left, the cover with vertical file folds not affecting stamp; a pretty twosome for the shade specialist, Fine to Very Fine. (Image)
Estimate $150-200
Opening US$ 80.00
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Sale No: 2009
Lot No: 210
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Cat No: 11Ax2 & LO2
3¢ dull red, type II & 1¢ blue U.S.P.O. Dispatch Eagle (Scott 11Ax2 & LO2), #11A pair, blue 'PHILADELPHIA/PA' cds, Very Fine. Scott $294. (Image)
- Wholesale Value: 0 Estimate $25
Opening US$ 130.00
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Sale No: 2009
Lot No: 211
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Cat No: 14
1855, 10¢ green, type II (Scott 14), four-margined example in strong color, tied by "Benicia/Jun/19/Cal." postmark on folded address sheet to Yorkville, New York; stamp with faint corner creases top right and bottom left, otherwise sound, Very Fine to Extremely Fine looking stamp on Fine-Very Fine cover. Scott $190. (Image)
