Sale No: 5147
Lot No:10119
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Suggested Bid $300

Germany, Empire Eagle in Shield Issue Collection on a Scott Specialty page, 1872-74 (Scott 1//28), from serious old-time condition-conscious used collector, sound and fault-free, carefully selected choice items which display the range of different hamdstamps from the period, many with circular date stamps, including: #1 with Hamburg "16/11/72" cds, #3a with Berlin "31/8/72" cds, #4 with Frankfurt "18/3/72" cds, and many other beautiful cds, coxed cancels, Bahnhof and other attratctive cancels (no premiums added for cancels); a few items with small or tiny flaws are NOT counted in total even though they are appealing, such as: #1 signed Sohmer (shorter perfs on R) with Helssingberg in antique letters double circle "31/VIII/73" handstamp, #5 (one short perf) with Bremen Bahnhof "19/8/72" cds, #19 (slight UR corner flaw) with part boxed cancel and #22 (Michel #24, €3,200) (slight paper blemish) with boxed cancel, Very Fine.
Michel €2,166 ($2,430).
Scott $1,317
Suggested Bid $300 (Image)

Scott $1,317
Suggested Bid $300

Germany, Classic Early Empire Collection on a Scott Specialty page, 1875-1900 (Scott 29-64, 65A), from serious old-time condition-conscious used collector, sound and fault-free, carefully selected through the years for choice and intereting cancels, mainly cds, virtually every stamp with a readable city and/or date stamp; also shades, etc., although no premiums for color or cancel are added, Very Fine appearance.
Scott $567
Suggested Bid $150 (Image)

Scott $567
Suggested Bid $150

Sale No: 5147
Lot No:10122
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Suggested Bid $300

Sale No: 5147
Lot No:10125
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Suggested Bid $300

Sale No: 5147
Lot No:10126
Symbol:Cat No:C38-C39

Germany, Zeppelin South American Overprints, 1930 (Scott C38-C39), 4 better examples showing the 2M or 4M German Zeppelin stamps on cover; Sieger 88AAa from Ostsee 1930 flight posted in Friedrichshafen with Scott C38 and flown to Berlin where it was further dispatched to the United States; Sieger 57C with proper red cachet of flight and 4M with South America overprint (C39) from Friedrichshafen to Pernambuco; a second Sieger 57C on a fanciful special privately cacheted envelope with 4M stamp; and a Sieger 57I from Germany to Seville in care of the American Counsul using the beautiful 2M (C38) stamp; catalog value of the uncommon overprints alone is $1200, Fine to Very Fine. Suggested Bid $500 (Image)

Suggested Bid $500

Sale No: 5147
Lot No:10127
Symbol:Cat No:Collection

Germany, Hindenburg Flight Collection, 1936, 13 envelopes carried on LZ-129; Sieger 410B Second North American Flight of 1936 with 8 colorful stamps; pair of registered covers with silver tinted cachets on May flight to America as well as one where the stamps are cancelled with an On Board mark; Sieger 406 registered envelope from Rotterdam to New York; interesting cover with 1M C39 and another airmail stamp with railway postmarks; registered envelope from Friedrichshafen to Lakehurst postmarked Stuttgart; Sieger 365B envelope flown during the 1936 Leipzig Fair; Sieger 426 on return of 3rd South American Flight of 1936 with 6 colorful stamps; Sieger 448 from Brazil to Germany in late Nov 1936; lastly three envelopes (Sieger 415, 428A and 441) where the frankings are ties with On Board cancels; a wonderful grouping, Fine to Very Fine.
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Suggested Bid $400