1929 Graf Zeppelin Orientfahrt cover with German 2RM “Eagle” tied by 24.3.29 F’hafen cds, rubber hs cachet and Er Ramle drop cds (26 March, code letter “C” centred), sent on to USA with hs cachet “(NOT) IN THE AIR MAILS” (the word “NOT” scratched out when applied), bs 13 April in Minnesota, very fine (Sieger 23I Aa, € 175) (Image)

1933 (May-June) Zeppelin 2nd South America Flight (green cachet), reg’d cover from Jerusalem with 3m & 20m tied by oval ds (27 MY 33), sent via Haifa (28 May TPO cds) to London where GB 6d KGV pair was tied (2 JY cds) and then via Berlin (connecting flight cachet) to Buenos Aires (several bs), an unusual and rare combination franking and usage, very fine (Sieger 214, € 2’450) (Image)

1937 Airmail cover from Haifa PALESTINE to Berlin, crashed at Pharaon Bay, Greece, cover with German official seal on reverse tied by Munich 14.10.37 cds (with swastika) and “Aus verunglücktem Flugzeug / durchn ässt. geborgen.” hs, franking washed away, very fine for this Imperial Airways crash (Nierinck 371001c) (Image)