1898-1911 Balloon Flights and Aerial events, 6 ppcs, the unused incl. 1898 Munich, 1902 Düsseldorf and 1903 Dresden, while the used incl.1908 Berlin Balloon expo (special cds front and back), 1910 Metz-Montigny event and 1911 Ulm, mostly very fine (Image)

Zeppelin LZ4 (or ZII), special metallic postcard with embossed image of the airship in flight plus bust of Count Zeppelin in circle, reportedly made from part of the wreckage of the LZ4 (crashed and burned in August 1908), together with the original imprinted envelope for the card, a wonderful collateral / display class item, very fine, see Sieger, page 15 of 22nd edition (Image)

1909 Double picture postcard of a Zeppelin in flight over Lake Constanz (aka the Bodensee), opened up to reveal a booklet about the Zeppelins entitled, “Zeppelins Erfindung” by Herbert Schanz (and issued in conjunction with the National Fund for Graf Zeppelin), franked with pair of Bavaria 5pf tied at Lindau and sent to Portugal (Lisboa bs), slight faults but a most unusual item, fine collateral / display item (Image)

1909 International Air Expo (“ILA”) at Frankfurt, excellent lot incl. Official Postal Cards 1 (x2 used, one with ILA special cds), 2 (used), 4 (the spectacular fold-out and “pop-up” card, used with ILA cds), and 5 (used, stamp roughly removed), also unofficial but gorgeous “Gruss von…” card (unused), and two ILA adhesive labels (no gum), a touch lot to assemble, gen. very fine (Image)

1909 “ILA” Prospectus and application forme (in French) with extensive info on the goals and practices of the expo, 8 pages, plus unused return envelope, rare aerial ephemera and probably unique today, see web, very fine overall (Image)

1912 Bork-Brück issue, very fresh, og, fine, signed Champion (Mi. € 650) (Image)

1912 50pf Margareten-Folksfest issue in both colours, both mint and neatly tied to piece, very fine (Mi. € 480) (Image)

1912 (May 19) Heidelberg-Mannhein flight, special official “Erste Deutsche Luft-post” ppc with 5pf Germania tied by special cds, scarce and very fine (Mü. 30, 3’000pts) (Image)

1912 Rhein-Main flights, olive pcs with 20pf single franking (with 5pf Germania) tied by Frankfurt special cds (23.6.12) and another with three 30pf values (plus 5pf) tied by Darmstadt special cds (22.6.12), latter addressed to “Altes Palais Darmstadt,” former to “Luftpostamt Darmstadt,” very fine (Mi. € 500) (Image)

1912 “Gelber Hund” surcharge, two examples, one without gum, other with full og and faint gum toning but signed G.P.F., fine (Mi. € 1’200) (Image)

1912 “Gelber Hund,” two orange flight cards, one franked with single, the other franked with two examples (plus each with 5pf Germania), all tied by 19.6.12 Darmstadt cds, fresh and very fine (Mi. ca € 760) (Image)

1912 “Gelber Huna” plate variety tied by 19.6.12 Darmstadt cds to orange flight card to Mainz (with 5pf Germania), fresh and very fine (Mi. € 500) (Image)

1912 “Gelber Hund,” red airpost card, reg’d, with single on front (plus 5pf Germania) and pair on reverse, all tied by Darmstadt event cds (14.6.1912), ms address and message (on back), minor card creasing else very fine (Mi. € 680+) (Image)

1912 “Gelber Hund,” red airpost card, reg’d, with single on front (plus 5pf Germania) and pair on reverse, all tied by Darmstadt event cds (22.6.1912), printed address to the “Altes Palais” in Darmstadt (no message on back), very fine (Mi. € 680+) (Image)

1912 “Gelber Hund,” two orange airpost cards with single or double franking of this issue (plus 5pf Germania as required), tied by Darmstadt event cds (19.6.1912 & 18.6.1912 respectively), printed addresses to the Palace in Mainz, minor card creasing else very fine (Mi. € 760+) (Image)

1912 Rhein-Main “E. EL. P.” ovpt. set of two, full og and very fresh, lh, very fine, each signed Champion (?) (Mi. € 1’030) (Image)

1912 Regensburger Flier Day and Airmail, 10pf Black and 20pf Red-brown, og with 1st lh, fine and scarce, 2nd signed Kosack (Mi. € 2’800) (Image)

1913 25pf Mulhausen- Feldberg special issue tied by “Erste Flugpost” cds to ppc (signed photo of A. Faller with part of his plane), 5pf Germania tied at Mulhausen (19.9.13 cds), Hotel Feldbergerhof cachet, very fine (Mi. € 900) (Image)

1913 25pf Mulhausen- Feldberg special issue tied by “Erste Flugpost” cds to 5pf German ps pc tied at Mulhausen (18.9.13 cds), Hotel Feldbergerhof cachet, very fine (Mi. € 900) (Image)

1919 Bork-Brück (no gum) and 10pf Gotha (natural corner creasing), fine and scarce (Mi. € 1’150) (Image)

1921-22, Group of 5 airmail covers sent within Germany, with Luftpost cancellations from Nuremberg, Munich, Berlin and Weimar, range of frankings and rates, fine and attractive group (Image)

1925 (ca.) ZEPPELIN-DENKMAL FÜR DAS DEUTSCHE VOLK, HB, first edition HB, folio size with dark blue cloth binding with Zeppelin family arms on cover in gold, other gold imprints (frames and title on spine) slightly worn, an amazing book with both the biography of Count Zeppelin (part one) and a copiously illustrated history of his airships to 1925 (ending with the LZ 126 and her flight to the USA, where she became the ZR3). Extremely scarce, fine example, internally perfect with many illustrations worth copying for exhibits (Est. € 160/200) (Image)

1928 Graf Zeppelin South West Germany Flights, Zeppelin-Eckener-Spende official pc, flown Offenburg (20.9.28 cds) to F’hafen, unfranked and with boxed “Nachgebühr” hs with “15” in blue crayon, red “on board” cds (same date), very fine and rare, plus similar ppc (of Dr. Eckener) used with Berlin “…Spende” cds tying 5pf Pigeon and special “…Spende” label, very fine (Sieger 021 IIb, € 500+, etc.) (2) (Image)

1928-38 Graf Zeppelin (LZ127 & LZ130) Flights, meaty lot of 20 covers and cards with better frankings (incl. 2RM South America ovpt), 9 show “on board” cds, also one propaganda drop card (Sieger 0456 IIb), many elusive items and very fine overall (Sieger 21A/456 incl. 30Ac, 33a, superb 41B & 42B, 57c, revolutionary censored 235B, etc.; circa € 3,500+) (Est. € 1’000/1’400) (Image)

1929 (24 March) Graf Zeppelin Orient Flight cover to HAIFA with 2m Blue tied at F’hafen, lilac-red flight cachet, Haifa / B / 28 MR / 29 bs, very fine, signed and cert. Muentz (1981) (not listed by Sieger to Haifa and no Er Ramle or Jerusalem transit) (Image)