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The Development of Aircrafts, 1913/2000 (ca.): "Wings of Man" Large collection, showing a wide range of unmounted og./unused, used and covers, illustrating various aircraft types and the development of air connections, demonstrating
fine research into miltary and propeller aircrafts from the Douglas and Lockheed families, balloons, British and French jets, Convair jet, Zeppelin, supersonic transports and more; noted a fine selection of early pioneer vignettes
with "Hamburg Lockstedt 1913", "Autumn Aviation 1913" and "Flugspende Bern 50 cts"; some scarcer and better items with 1913 First Flight Burgdorf-Bern 5 cts stationery card used with semi-postal vignette cancelled with handstamp (30
March 1913); Turkey 1930 "Bes Lira" 5L green & yellow (Mi.-Nr. B11, Scott-Nr. RAC23) unused (certificate FAPT), Russia 1935 Moscow San Francisco Flight 10 k. black (Mi.-Nr. 527) unused and signed SPA (small crease); a fine
group of Zeppelin material with Danzig 1932 registered envelope bearing combination franking with "LUPOSTA-DANZIG 1932", USA 1930 Graf Zeppelin 65c.-2,60$ complete set (Scott-Nr. C13-C15) unused/unmounted og. (1,30$ twice), Germany 1931 Polar-Fahrt 1 m.-4m. complete (Mi.-Nr. 456-458) unused, 1933 Chicago-Fahrt 1m.-4m. complete (Mi.-Nr, 496-498) unused, also SCADTA with many multiples, early flight from Tahiti, and more. A delighful and most-appealing
collection, neatly housed in 31 albums.
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Currently...CHF 500.00
Closing..Jun-04, 11:59 PM |