1872 6d Pale blue, no watermark, good to huge margins, used with 1872 (Oct 17) "GAMBIA / UNPAID" c.d.s. A superb example of this distinctive and very scarce shade with an unusual cancel. S.G. 4, £1,100. Photo included on Front Cover. (Image1)
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Zeppelin Mail. 1935 Postcard from Brazil to Bathurst franked 4200r, with "Por Zeppelin / RECIFE-BATHURST" label and circular "SERVICO AEREO TRANSOCEANICO / CONDOR / ZEPPELIN / LUFTHANSA / BRASIL - EUROPA", Bathurst arrival c.d.s (Nov 16), carried on the first of three Graf Zeppelin pendulum flights between Brazil and Gambia in November when the usual Deutsche Lufthansa service was suspended whilst the service ships in the Atlantic were being repaired. Fine and scarce. Sieger 331A. Photo on Page 168. (Image1)
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Zeppelin Mail. 1935 (Nov 21) Cover from Pernambuco to Bathurst franked 4200r, with "Por Zeppelin / RECIFE-BATHURST" label and circular "SERVICO AEREO TRANSOCEANICO / CONDOR / ZEPPELIN / LUFTHANSA / BRASIL - EUROPA", Bathurst arrival c.d.s (Nov 25) carried on the second of three Graf Zeppelin pendulum flights between Brazil and Gambia in November when the usual Deutsche Lufthansa service was suspended whilst the service ships in the Atlantic were being repaired. Fine and scarce. Sieger 334A. Photo on Page 168. (Image1)
