1930 (May) Zeppelin 1st South America Flight, “Behrens” pc with a total of 16 diff. stamps incl. 1928 Airmails, 5Fr high value, etc. all tied by Saarbrucken 2 cds (15.5.30) with light inverted Lakehurst pictorial receiver (May 31), dramatic franking, very fine (Sieger 57, € 185++ as similar 57 N is € 650!) Note: slightly overfranked (1Fr) for 24Fr special rate for Zeppelin cards to USA (Image)

1930 (Sept. 28) Zeppelin Vogtland Flight cover, only 16 flown, variety of franking incl. 10Fr Madonna (Mi. 103) and 1928 Airs set all tied by 27.9.30 cds, superb cachet and Reichenbach (Vogtl) 2 bs (28.9.30), very fine (Sieger 90, € 185+) (Image)

1930 Postcard prepared and flown on the 1931 Do-X trans-Atlantic flight, two 50c airs on face plus two 10Fr Madonnas on reverse plus 3Fr Pictorial, all tied by Saarbrücken cds (8.11.30), with F’hafen arrival (13.XI.30) and superb “on board” cds (30 JAN. 31.), dropped at Horta with 2 – MA. 31 cds of Puerto de la Luz on face and 25 MAY 31 cds of same on back, fine and quite elusive (Image)

1930-34, Three Zeppelin Flight items (2 covers, 1 pc), attractive frankings and well-struck cachets, one 1930 1st S.A. Flight Seville Drop, other two 1933 Saar and 1936 Germany Flight, very fine lot (Sieger 57, 218C, 246; € 680) (Image)

1931 Graf Zeppelin Polarfahrt cover franked by pair of 10F Madonna and single 5F all with Saarbrücken 5 / (Burbach) cds (21.7.31) and sent via Berlin (23.7 & 25.7.31) on round trip to Icebreaker Malyguin, then sent on from F’hafen to USA, a rare usage attested by 2003 Dieter Leder cert, very fine (Image)

1932 (July) Zeppelin Danzig “Luposta” Flight, 5Fr Factory plus two 5Fr airs tied at Saarbrucken on July 28, F’hafen transit (30.7.32), endorsed for trip to Danzig with sharp July 31 Danzig bs, Luposta flight cachet and final Basel (Switz.) bs (Aug. 1), slight cover fold through large 5Fr else very fine, only 144 flown (Sieger 169 Aa, € 200) (Image)