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1928-29, Trio of Roessler cards with "Kitty Hawk NC"-overprinted #C11, three illustrated "Holiday Greetings" cards, each addressed to East Orange, with double-bordered Airplane and "via/air mail" vignette; 1928 cover with solo franking of the overprinted stamp, untied by either blue Kitty Hawk Dec 17 four-bar or New York Dec 19 duplex cancel; 1929 cards each with single overprinted stamp, two #649 and a 1¢ or two ½¢ Fourth Bureau, all tied by Jan 5 Kitty Hawk four-bar cancels; one 1929 cover with overprint inverted; light toning but well sound, F.-V.F., a neat selection of the Wright stuff. Estimate $200 - 300 . (Image)
Estimate $200-300
Opening US$ 200.00
Sold...US$ 225.00
Closed..Sep-14-2021, 16:04:15 EST
Sold For 225
Record Flights
Sale No: 760
Lot No: 520
Symbol: C
Cat No: Jun. 28
1928 (Jun. 28), Mears-Collyer Round-the-World Flight,Roessler-illustrated 1¢ postal card canceled New York, Jun 28 and bearing two 1¢ Chinese stamps canceled Mukden, Jul 10; serially numbered "000053"; backstamped New York, Jul 22, with stamp removed (as is often the case), Very Fine. AAMC TO 1077. Estimate $250 - 350 . (Image)
Estimate $250-350
Opening US$ 130.00
Closed..Sep-14-2021, 16:04:46 EST
Sold For 0
Sale No: 760
Lot No: 521
Symbol: C
1925, Cal Rogers Record Flight Picture Post Card and Vin Fiz Label, striking black-on-red "coupon card" celebrating Rogers' non-stop record for seaplane flight from San Francisco to "vicinity of Honolulu" (included note states "Plane forced down 240 miles short of destination. Rescue by submarine R4."), plus a rarely seen Vin Fiz bottle label; the card with some edge wear commensurate with age, the label stained but an uncommon find, Good To Very Good. Estimate $200 - 300 . (Image)
Estimate $200-300
Opening US$ 200.00
Sold...US$ 200.00
Closed..Sep-14-2021, 16:05:14 EST
Sold For 200
First Flights
Sale No: 760
Lot No: 522
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
1922, Group of nine Experimental Flight covers, all flying into Indianapolis on Sep 6 and bearing the winged "Received, Via US Air Mail" handstamp; postmarked Sep 2: Hayward, Cal., Oakland, Cal. (2, one postmarked Hayward), Seattle, Wash.; Sep 5: Detroit, Mich. (postmarked Iron River), Des Moines, Ia. and Sioux City, Ia.; or Sep 6: Cleveland, O. (2) and Chicago, Ill.; all are endorsed "Arrived in Indianapolis Sept 6 1922, Arthur D. Grow, Asst Supt of Mails"; five of them are on Post Office Department Penalty Envelopes addressed to the Real Silk Hosiery Mills in Indianapolis: one of the two Cleveland, Hayward, Oakland, Seattle and Sioux City, however, the other four all bear 2¢ postage, Very Fine and rare. Unlisted by the AAMC, . Estimate $500 - 750 . (Image)
Estimate $500-750
Opening US$ 250.00
Sold...US$ 250.00
Closed..Sep-14-2021, 16:05:30 EST
Sold For 250
DO-X Flights
Sale No: 760
Lot No: 523
Symbol: C
Cat No: C38-C39
1930-31, Do.-X Europe-Pan-America Flight, Lisbon - Rio de Janeiro, 12 different stamps totaling 3r tied by Nov 27 Leningrad c.d.s.s on a cover, sent Registered to Friedrichshafen where German 2m & 4m South America Flight Zeppelins (C38-C39) were canceled by Jan 30 onboard cancels; red flight cachet on the front, with another strike on the back along with the Condor flight cachet and a Jun 22 Rio c.d.s.; addressed to Brooklyn, N.Y., but no receiver (handled as regular mail from Friedrichshafen onward, so no New York postmark was required); lightly toned, otherwise Very Fine. Estimate $350 - 500 . (Image)
Estimate $350-500
Opening US$ 300.00
Sold...US$ 300.00
Closed..Sep-14-2021, 16:05:52 EST
Sold For 300
Lindberghiana
Sale No: 760
Lot No: 524
Symbol: C
1926, C.A.M. 2 Flight, April 15, Springfield - Chicago, Ill., carried and signed by Lindbergh, "C.A. Lindburgh Pilot", also signed by Wm. H. Conkling, Springfield Postmaster; sent special delivery with magenta flight cachets, one as a cancel, tying 20¢ postage; sealed tear at the top, otherwise Very Fine. Estimate $1,000 - 1,500 . (Image)
1900 (Aug. 2), Zeppelin-themed Picture Post Card, Signed by the King of Württemberg, addressed to "Princess of Württemberg/Allrode/Harz", the multicolored card pictures LZ-1 in its floating shed off the Manzel on the Bodensee; posted at Friedrichshafen, received at Allrode Aug 5; this was just a month after the LZ-1's first flight; written and signed by William II, King of Württemberg; a wonderful postcard with a royal pedigree, F.-V.F. Estimate $200 - 300 . (Image)
Estimate $200-300
Opening US$ 100.00
Sold...US$ 110.00
Closed..Sep-14-2021, 16:06:32 EST
Sold For 110
Sale No: 760
Lot No: 526
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
1930-36, Group of seven Graf Zeppelin Covers from the Netherlands, carried by LZ-127 and LZ-129; Sieger #113 Iceland Flight posted Zierikzee then to Friedrichshafen and dropped over Reykjavik; Sieger #133 mailed at Zierikzee Oct 14, then to Friedrichshafen where it flew on the Graf Zeppelin across the Atlantic to Pernambuco, returned to Zierikzee where posted a second time on Nov 13; Sieger #412B mailed at 's-Gravenhage Holland and sent to Frankfurt where it received the flight cachet; dropped at Venlo with special cancel in violet after entering the mail stream at Zieriksee and traveling to Friedrichshafen (Sieger #99); envelope from Amsterdam dropped at Bergen (Sieger #74); Sieger #250B cover mailed at 's-Gravenhage on route to Uruguay; lastly a Graf Zeppelin flight to Upper Silesia where it landed at Gleiwitz to exchange mail; a wonderful group worthy of your collection, F.-V.F. Estimate $350 - 500 . (Image)
1929 Round-the-World Flight, Tokyo - Lakehurst (Michel 31Ea), special envelope franked with 3.10¥ tied by Aug 21 Tokyo c.d.s.s with red flight cachet and Lakehurst backstamp, Very Fine. Michel €750 ($840) . Estimate $300 - 400 . (Image)
1929 Round-the-World Flight, Tokyo - Lakehurst (Michel 31Ea), 3.10¥ postage tied by Aug 21 Tokyo c.d.s.s on a cover with a red flight cachet and a Lakehurst backstamp, F.-V.F. Michel €750 ($840) . Estimate $250 - 350 . (Image)
1930 (May 7), Roessler Graf Zeppelin South America Flight Cover, the near-pristine cover bearing his blue and red Air Mail border, plus a printed cachet of the airship above the Statue of Liberty with "Zeppelin Mail" above; franked by well-centered and sound #C15 tied by Varick Street slogan cancel; proper flight cachets on front, 23 MAI Pernambuca receiver on reverse, Very Fine. Estimate $750 - 1,000 . (Image)
Estimate $750-1,000
Opening US$ 375.00
Sold...US$ 400.00
Closed..Sep-14-2021, 16:08:00 EST
Sold For 400
Sale No: 760
Lot No: 530
Symbol: C
Cat No: Oct. 28
1928 (Oct. 28), Graf Zeppelin First Flight Cover with Roessler 1¢ green "Graf Zeppelin", the first US-to-Germany flight, on hand-addressed Roessler cover with attractive cachet at left; franked by $1 Lincoln Memorial, 5¢ Beacon, plus 1¢ "Graf Zeppelin"-overprinted Fourth Bureau; stamps tied by two Lakehurst, NJ duplexes, with flight cachet on front (struck twice, one also tying stamps), plus Friedrichshafen 1.11.28 receiver on reverse, Very Fine. Estimate $400 - 600
Roessler created this overprint to make up for what he considered an serious oversight by the U.S. Post Office in failing to issue a stamp to commemorate the first flight of the Airship to the U.S. He was nearly sent to jail for creating and using printed items "in similitude of obligations of the United States". He pleaded guilty, but had his two-year sentence suspended in lieu of three years probation. (Image)
1930 (June 2), Graf Zeppelin Flight Cover, sent Lakehurst, NJ, to Barcelona, Spain, franked by horizontal pair of #C13 tied by Lakehurst, NJ, June 2 1930 flag machine cancel, and endorsed at upper left "VIA 'GRAF ZEPPELIN'/LAKEHURST TO SEVILLE." and addressed to Barcelona; front with violet flight cachet; reverse with Sevilla 5 JUN 30 roller (extolling the purity of exported Spanish olive oil), plus Barcelona 7 JUN 30 bridge-type receiver; unopened, with heavy filler still within, Very Fine, a near-pristine cover to a destination not often seen. Estimate $500 - 750 . (Image)
1930 (May 5), Graf Zeppelin South America Flight Cover, endorsed "Via Friedrichshafen and/GRAF ZEPPELIN to Lakehurst", franked by block of four #C13, tied by two May 5 Washington, DC duplexes as well as by the violet Round Flight and magenta South America Flight cachets; reverse with green Lakehurst May 31 1930 pictorial receiver; signs of minor water damage around edges not affecting stamps or front cachets (green back slightly gurgly), still a Very Fine usage. Estimate $1,000 - 1,500 . (Image)
Estimate $1,000-1,500
Opening US$ 500.00
Closed..Sep-14-2021, 16:09:02 EST
Sold For 0
Sale No: 760
Lot No: 533
Symbol: C
Cat No: Apr. 29
1930 (Apr. 29), Graf Zeppelin South America Flight Cover to Seattle, Washington, fresh airmail envelope with solo franking of #C15, the stamp tied by Varick Street Station slogan cancel; pristine and full strikes of the flight cachets on face, with a bold green Lakehurst, NJ May 31 1930 flight cancel on reverse; the adhesive with an apparent centering of VF-XF 85 per the accompanying certificate, Very Fine, with 2016 P.S.E. certificate. Estimate $750 - 1,000 . (Image)
Estimate $750-1,000
Opening US$ 400.00
Closed..Sep-14-2021, 16:09:23 EST
Sold For 0
Sale No: 760
Lot No: 534
Symbol: C
Cat No: Collection
1930 (Apr. 30), Graf Zeppelin 'Round-the-World Flight Cover, franked with complete set of US Zeppelins (#C13-C15, each sound and Very Fine or better), tied by two New York Varick Street Station duplexes; front additionally displays violet Round Flight and bright red South America Flight cachets, along with smaller violet "This article made the complete round trip/via/Graf/Zeppelin" handstamp; reverse shows Philip H. Ward, Jr. address on flap plus black Friedrichshafen (6.VI.30) and green Zeppelin-themed New York JUN 18/1930 postmarks, the latter suggesting that this was a two-part cancel as the zeppelin design is doubled but the c.d.s. is not; slight edge wear but otherwise sound, Very Fine, a grand addition to any Zeppelin collection, with 2009 P.S.E. certificate. Estimate $3,000 - 4,000 . (Image)
1930 (May 18), Two Graf Zeppelin Europe-Pan America Round Flight Covers, beautiful pair of US Zeppelins; the postcard (franked with #C13) celebrates the Graf Zeppelin May 1930 flight to South America, postmarked in New York and Friedrichshafen with red South American tour cachet and the violet First Europe Pan-American Round Flight diamond rubber stamp; the #C14-franked cover is pristine and has a June 6 receiver on the reverse; a worthwhile pairing; faint hinge remnants on postcard, Very Fine. Sieger 64 G. Estimate $350 - 500 . (Image)
Estimate $350-500
Opening US$ 200.00
Sold...US$ 200.00
Closed..Sep-14-2021, 16:10:04 EST
Sold For 200
Sale No: 760
Lot No: 536
Symbol: C
Cat No: Oct. 26
1928 (Oct. 26), First Graf Zeppelin Flight from Lakehurst to Friedrichshafen, two cards, the first with private label and rubber stamp and 60¢ mixed franking on a postcard published by J. Koehler of New York showing LZ-127 and Commander Hugo Eckener, with Lakehurst and Ueberlingen postmarks; the second a delightful Roessler blue cachet with red text cachet (Sieger #22B) addressed to Germany, postage paid by 15¢ Fourth Bureau plus #C2 and C3; stray adhesive marks on reverse of Roessler card, Fine, a wonderful pair to document this important first flight. Estimate $200 - 300 . (Image)
1930 (May 7), Roessler Graf Zeppelin South America Flight Cover, franked by nicely margined #C15 tied by Varick Street Station slogan cancel; the cover with printed cachet of the airship in yellow, plus violet Round Trip and magenta South America Flight cachets; proper Pernambuco backstamps; cover opened for display and with some foxing (a few spots touching stamp's perforations), still an attractive Zeppelin cover, F.-V.F. Estimate $500 - 750 . (Image)
1930 (May 31), Graf Zeppelin South America Flight Cover, sent New York to Untersteinbach, Germany, lovely linen envelope franked by #C13 and C15, tied by New York, N.Y. Grand Central Sta. duplexes and endorsed lower left "Via Graf Zeppelin/Lakehurst/N.J."; appropriate flight cachets on front, Friedrichshafen 6.6.30 receiver on reverse; #C13 with small tear at left top, otherwise stamps fresh and Fine-Very Fine, F.-V.F., an attractive bicolor franking from this iconic set. Estimate $1,500 - 2,000 . (Image)
Estimate $1,500-2,000
Opening US$ 750.00
Closed..Sep-14-2021, 16:11:23 EST
Sold For 0
Worldwide A-Z Brazil
Sale No: 760
Lot No: 539
Symbol: C
Cat No: Mar. 24
1932 (Mar. 24), Graf Zeppelin First South American Flight Cover, signed by the captain, Sieger #139B flown on the return leg of the Graf Zeppelin's First South American Flight of 1932; posted in Brazil Mar 24 for the Pernambuco-to-Friedrichshafen flight, where it was backstamped Mar. 29; redispatched back to Brazil using the Colombian franking until its final destination at Cali, Colombia; Sieger considered this "Forwarding-Post" and listed the mixed franking of the two countries; expertized by Sieger, it is signed by Captain Ernst Lehmann; posted in Cali for completion of the trip; unusual mixed franking and Zeppelin Commander's signature, F.-V.F. Estimate $200 - 300 . (Image)
Estimate $200-300
Opening US$ 100.00
Sold...US$ 100.00
Closed..Sep-14-2021, 16:11:43 EST
Sold For 100
Postal History Airmail Postal History Zeppelin Covers: Graf Zeppelin LZ 127 Flights
Sale No: 760
Lot No: 540
Symbol: C
1932, Fourth and Sixth Graf Zeppelin South American Flight Covers, lovely pair of covers sent from Brussels; Sieger #157A initially dispatched in Belgium Apr. 23 and posted in Friedrichshafen May 2, from the 4th South American Flight with proper cachet of the flight in orange; Sieger #177 (actually sent by Sieger) posted in Brussels, then on to Friedrichshafen where it was postmarked Sept. 9, underpaid "T" noted but no evidence of postage due collected; very attractive couple, F.-V.F. Estimate $250 - 350 . (Image)
1930, South America Flight, Friedrichshafen - Lakehurst (Michel 66a), a 2m and two 4m South America Flight Zeppelins (C38-C39) tied by May 18 Friedrichshafen c.d.s.s on a cover with an A.C. Roessler pictorial Zeppelin cachet, a red flight cachet and a Lakehurst backstamp, Very Fine. Scott $975. Michel €1,500 ($1,680) . Estimate $400 - 600 . (Image)
1930, South America Flight, Friedrichshafen - Lakehurst (Michel 66a), two 2m and a 4m South America Flight Zeppelin (C38-C39), plus an additional 50pf (C31) for Airmail postage to the addressee in New York, tied by May 18 Friedrichshafen c.d.s.s on a cover with a red flight cachet and a Lakehurst backstamp; includes the original letter telling the addressee that he has sent a second cover that he would like mailed back to him under separate cover., Very Fine. Scott $975. Michel €1,500 ($1,680) . Estimate $350 - 500 . (Image)
1930, South America Flight, Friedrichshafen - Lakehurst (Michel 66a), two 2m and a 4m South America Flight Zeppelin (C38-C39) tied by May 18 Friedrichshafen c.d.s.s on a cover with a red flight cachet and a Lakehurst backstamp, Very Fine. Scott $975. Michel €1,350 ($1,510) . Estimate $350 - 500 . (Image)
1930, South America Flight, Friedrichshafen - Lakehurst (Michel 66a), a 2m and two 4m South America Flight Zeppelins (C38-C39) tied by an May 18 Friedrichshafen c.d.s. on a cover with a red flight cachet and a Lakehurst backstamp, Very Fine, signed Aisslinger BPP. Scott $975. Michel €1,500 ($1,680) . Estimate $350 - 500 . (Image)
1930, South America Flight, Round Trip, Friedrichshafen - Friedrichshafen (Michel 66a), a 2m and a 4m South America Flight Zeppelin (C38-C39) tied by May 18 Friedrichshafen c.d.s.s on a Zeppelin picture postcard with both flight cachets, Friedrichshafen & Berlin receivers, and a red boxed Berlin Airmail handstamp, Very Fine. Scott $675. Michel €900 ($1,010) . Estimate $250 - 350 . (Image)
1930, South America Flight, Friedrichshafen - Lakehurst (Michel 66a), a 2m and two 4m South America Flight Zeppelins (C38-C39) tied by May 18 Friedrichshafen c.d.s.s on a cover with a red flight cachet and a Lakehurst backstamp, Very Fine. Scott $975. Michel €1,500 ($1,680) . Estimate $350 - 500 . (Image)
1930, South America Flight, Round Trip, Friedrichshafen - Friedrichshafen (Michel 66a), three 4m South America Flight Zeppelins (C39) tied by May 18 Friedrichshafen c.d.s.s on a cover with both flight cachets and a Friedrichshafen backstamp, Very Fine. Scott $975. Michel €1,500 ($1,680) . Estimate $350 - 500 . (Image)
1930, South America Flight, Friedrichshafen - Lakehurst (Michel 66a), a 2m and two 4m South America Flight Zeppelins (C38-C39) tied by May 18 Friedrichshafen c.d.s.s on a cover with a red flight cachet and a Lakehurst backstamp, Very Fine. Scott $975. Michel €1,500 ($1,680) . Estimate $350 - 500 . (Image)
1930, South America Flight, Friedrichshafen - Lakehurst (Michel 66a), two 2m and a 4m South America Flight Zeppelin (C38-C39) tied by May 18 Friedrichshafen c.d.s.s on a cover with a red flight cachet and a Lakehurst backstamp, Very Fine. Scott $975. Michel €1,350 ($1,510) . Estimate $350 - 500 . (Image)
1930, South America Flight, Friedrichshafen - Lakehurst (Michel 66a), a 2m and two 4m South America Flight Zeppelins (C38-C39) tied by May 18 Friedrichshafen c.d.s.s on a smallish cover with a red flight cachet and a Lakehurst backstamp, Very Fine. Scott $975. Michel €1,500 ($1,680) . Estimate $350 - 500 . (Image)
1930, South America Flight, Friedrichshafen - Lakehurst (Michel 66a), two 2m and a 4m South America Flight Zeppelin (C38-C39) tied by May 18 Friedrichshafen c.d.s.s on a cover with a red flight cachet and a Lakehurst backstamp, Very Fine. Scott $975. Michel €1,350 ($1,510) . Estimate $350 - 500 . (Image)
1930, South America Flight, Round Trip, Friedrichshafen - Friedrichshafen (Michel 66a), a 2m and a 4m South America Flight Zeppelin (C38-C39) tied by May 18 Friedrichshafen c.d.s.s on a plain card with both flight cachets, a Friedrichshafen receiver, and a red boxed Gera (destination) Airmail handstamp, Very Fine. Scott $675. Michel €900 ($1,010) . Estimate $200 - 300 . (Image)
1930, South America Flight, Round Trip, Friedrichshafen - Friedrichshafen (Michel 66a), a 2m and a 4m South America Flight Zeppelin (C38-C39) tied by May 18 Friedrichshafen c.d.s.s on a Zeppelin picture postcard with both flight cachets, Friedrichshafen & Berlin receivers, and a red boxed Berlin Airmail handstamp, Very Fine. Scott $675. Michel €900 ($1,010) . Estimate $200 - 300 . (Image)
1930, South America Flight, Friedrichshafen - Lakehurst (Michel 66a), a 2m and two 4m South America Flight Zeppelins (C38-C39) tied by May 18 Friedrichshafen c.d.s.s on a cover with an A.C. Roessler pictorial Zeppelin cachet, a red flight cachet and a Lakehurst backstamp, Very Fine. Scott $975. Michel €1,500 ($1,680) . Estimate $400 - 600 . (Image)
1930, South America Flight, Friedrichshafen - Lakehurst (Michel 66a), a 2m and two 4m South America Flight Zeppelins (C38-C39) - the 2m with the "Moon over the Airship" variety - tied by May 18 Friedrichshafen c.d.s.s on a cover with a red flight cachet and a Lakehurst backstamp, Very Fine. Scott $975. Michel €1,900 ($2,130) . Estimate $350 - 500 . (Image)
1930, South America Flight, Friedrichshafen - Lakehurst (Michel 66a), a 2m and two 4m South America Flight Zeppelins (C38-C39) tied by May 18 Friedrichshafen c.d.s.s on a cover with an A.C. Roessler pictorial Zeppelin cachet, a red flight cachet and a Lakehurst backstamp, Very Fine. Scott $975. Michel €1,500 ($1,680) . Estimate $400 - 600 . (Image)
1930, South America Flight, Friedrichshafen - Lakehurst (Michel 66a), a 2m and two 4m South America Flight Zeppelins (C38-C39) tied by May 18 Friedrichshafen c.d.s.s on a cover with a red flight cachet and a Lakehurst backstamp, Very Fine. Scott $975. Michel €1,500 ($1,680) . Estimate $350 - 500 . (Image)
1930, South America Flight, Round Trip, Friedrichshafen - Friedrichshafen (Michel 66a), a 2m and a 4m South America Flight Zeppelin (C38-C39) tied by May 18 Friedrichshafen c.d.s.s on a plain card with both flight cachets and a Friedrichshafen backstamp, Very Fine. Scott $675. Michel €900 ($1,010) . Estimate $200 - 300 . (Image)
