Worldwide Stamps & Postal History continued... Germany continued... LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description 141   1930 (May 18), Graf Zeppelin South America Flight postal card to Seville, Spain, franked with 1M Air Post tied by Friedrichshafen c.d.s., with Seville 19 May machine arrival cancellation on front and neatly struck circular flight confirmation cachet, fresh and very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Estimate C$ 100 Currently...C$70.00 Will close during Public Auction 142   1931 (June 14), Graf Zeppelin Hannover Flight, on-board despatch, real photo postcard depicting the Zeppelin franked with 1RM Graf Zeppelin, tied by Luftschiff/Graf Zeppelin on-board c.d.s., to Hannover, with crisp same-day c.d.s., with 1972 Roger Koerber certificate noting the provenance as the collection of Hermann Sieger, with "ex Sieger" handstamp at lower left of card, very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Germany Collection] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Estimate C$ 100 Currently...C$60.00 Will close during Public Auction 143   1931 (June 30), Graf Zeppelin Iceland Flight airship postcard to Reykjavik, franked with 1RM Graf Zeppelin tied by Friedrichshafen c.d.s., with Reykjavik 1 Jul arrival c.d.s. and neatly struck green triangular “Islandfahrt” confirmation cachet, lovely strikes, fresh and very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Estimate C$ 100 Currently...C$70.00 Will close during Public Auction 144   1933 (June 3), Graf Zeppelin Second South America Flight cover from Essen to Santa Cruz, Brazil, endorsed in violet manuscript “Mit Luftschiff ‘Graf Zeppelin’” at upper left, franked with vertical strip of three 50pf orange Eagle airmails (150pf. rate) tied by Essen c.d.s., with Friedrichshafen (3 Jun) airmail transit alongside, bearing green flight cachet “2. Luftschiff Graf Zeppelin / 2. Südamerikafahrt / 1933” and blue airmail etiquette, reverse with Porto Alegre (7 Jun) transit (two strikes), light edge wear only otherwise very fine. (Sieger 214Aa). (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Estimate C$ 100 Currently...C$60.00 Will close during Public Auction 145   1933 (October 28), Graf Zeppelin Chicago Flight on-board cancellation postcard to Barcelona, postcard depicting the Graf Zeppelin in flight, franked with 40pf Hindenburg and 1M Graf Zeppelin Chicago Flight, each tied by Luftschiff Graf Zeppelin on-board c.d.s., neatly-struck triangular confirmation cachet, to Barcelona, Spain, with Seville arrival backstamp, lovely quality. (Mi. 354d, €750+) Estimate C$ 300 Currently...C$200.00 Will close during Public Auction 146 C45 B88(3) 1936 (March 13), 4m Chicago Flight Zeppelin franking on cover from Düsseldorf to Buenos Aires, commercial envelope franked with strip of three 25+15pf Olympic semi-postals of 1936 and 4m “Chicagofahrt Weltausstellung 1933 – Graf Zeppelin” airmail, all tied by Düsseldorf c.d.s., with blue “Mit Luftpost / Par Avion” etiquette at left, reverse with Buenos Aires (18 Mar) machine receiver, light normal handling otherwise very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Get Market Data for [Germany C45 B88(3)] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Estimate C$ 150 Currently...C$90.00 Will close during Public Auction 147   1937 (November 9) Brown Ribbon overprinted souvenir sheet on registered cover to Tilsit, affixed alongside 10pf Air Post, each cancelled with black Berlin ‘C’ double-circle c.d.s, to present-day Sovetsk, Russia, with c.d.s. arrival backstamp (Dec 9), light vertical crease that does not break the paper fibres, and creases at lower right clear of souvenir sheet, a scarce on-cover usage, fine-very fine. (Sc. B105a, C28) (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Estimate C$ 120 Currently...C$70.00 Will close during Public Auction 148 46II 1949, 30pf dark blue, Type II, International Engineering Congress in Constance, never hinged, bright colour, handstamped Schlegel BPP on reverse, fine-very fine. (Mi. 46II, €650). (Image 1) Get Market Data for [Germany 46II] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Mi. € 650 Currently...C$100.00 Will close during Public Auction 149 O B6 1949, 50pf + 4.50dm Goethe souvenir sheet, used with Weimar special event c.d.s., bright colour, very fine. (Mi. B6, €300). (Image 1) Get Market Data for [Germany B6] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Mi. € 300 Currently...C$50.00 Will close during Public Auction 150 6N1/6N15 French Occupation Zone, Rhineland-Palatinate, 1947, 2pf grey to 1m brown, complete 1947 issue in full panes, never hinged, excluding the 30pf cerise and 50pf blue issued in 1948, unchecked for Michel-listed types and flaws, panes folded with some perforation separation, overall fine or better. (Sc. 6N1/6N15, excluding 6N9 and 6N11). (Image 1) Get Market Data for [Germany 6N1/6N15] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Estimate C$ 150 Currently...C$70.00 Will close during Public Auction 151 8N1-8N13 French Occupation Zone, Württemberg, 1947/1948, 2pf grey to 1m dark brown, complete set in full panes, never hinged, unchecked for Michel-listed types and flaws, panes folded with some perforation separation, overall fine or better. (Sc. 8N1–8N13). (Image 1) Get Market Data for [Germany 8N1-8N13] View Visual Pricing Guide Make Sample Census Estimate C$ 150 Currently...C$70.00 Will close during Public Auction Germany (World War I Zeppelins) LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description 152   Luftschiff-Trupp Nr. 18, 1916 (June 2), feldpost cover to Berlin-Wilmersdorf, bearing a bold violet circular Königlich Preussischer Luftschiff-Trupp / Briefstempel / Nr. 18 alongside a clear Feldpoststation Nr. 177 c.d.s., mailed by a member of this specialised Prussian airship detachment whose personnel supported key Army Zeppelins in active reconnaissance and bombing operations during 1916, some irregular trimming at top though all markings remain intact and sharply legible, very fine strikes. (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Estimate C$ 75 Currently...C$40.00 Will close during Public Auction 153   LZ 103, 1917 (March 11), picture postcard from Trier to Plauen, cancelled by Trier c.d.s. with a violet unit cachet alongside, the card a view of the Hauptmarkt at Trier, written the previous day (10 March) and addressed to Plauen, the sender’s manuscript details at upper left giving rank and surname, apparently reading “Oblt. [Lindhorst?], per Luftschiffe,” identifying the writer as an airship officer, fresh and very fine. LZ103 first flew on August 23, 1916. Its operational career included a bombing raid on Calais, during which it dropped 1,530kg of bombs, while several other planned attacks were cancelled or abandoned because of poor weather. (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Estimate C$ 100 Currently...C$70.00 Will close during Public Auction 154   LZ 39, 1915 (24 December), feldpost postcard from Thorn to Berlin, propaganda postcard issued by the Presseverwaltung Warschau inscribed "Russische Kultur," written with Christmas greetings and cancelled Thorn, bearing the violet circular Kommando L.Z.39 / Brief-Stempel, usual edge wear, else fine and scarce; with 1980 Horst Aisslinger certificate. LZ 39, commissioned in April 1915 and decommissioned that December, saw service on both Eastern and Western Fronts including the attack on Rovno where it sustained anti-aircraft damage. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4) (All Images) Estimate C$ 150 Currently...C$90.00 Will close during Public Auction 155   LZ 98, 1916 Commander’s postcard from Namur with Kommando LZ-97 cachet, to Friedrichshafen, picture postcard of the Namur Citadel written 29.5.16 and addressed to Friedrichshafen, the manuscript sender line reading “Der Kommandeur Luftschiff Z.98, Namur,” struck at right with the violet circular Kommando L.Z.97 / Brief-Stempel cachet, an interesting example of inter-unit handling between the two Zeppelins, the LZ-98, commissioned April 1916, and LZ-97, commissioned the same month and active in raids over England, the Western Front, and Romania, stain at lower left, else very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Estimate C$ 120 Currently...C$70.00 Will close during Public Auction 156   LZ 98, 1917 (April 28), feldpost cover from an airship machinist to Baden-Baden, envelope endorsed Feldpost, written by Offizier-Maschinist Damm of Kommando L.Z.98 (manuscript sender line at upper left), struck with a violet circular "Luftschifftrupp Nr. 3 / Dienst-Stempel" alongside a clear K.D. Feldpost c.d.s. in black, fresh and very fine. LZ98 first flew on April 28, 1916, exactly one year before this cover was posted. Following a bombing raid on London and several missions curtailed by poor weather, it transferred to the Navy in November 1916, undertaking fifteen Baltic reconnaissance flights before being decommissioned in August 1917. (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Estimate C$ 100 Currently...C$70.00 Will close during Public Auction 157   Marine-Luftschiff Station Seddin, 1916 (January 5), picture postcard from Jeseritz to Frankfurt a/M, cancelled by a clear Jeseritz feldpost c.d.s. in black with a faint but significant violet circular "Kaiserliche Marine / Briefstempel / Marine-Luftschiff-Station Seddin b. Stolp" alongside, the message written in violet pencil on 3 January opening signed by a Luftschiffer, the station cachet confirming the sender’s attachment to the naval Zeppelin detachment at Seddin, fresh and very fine; Seddin, near Stolp in Pomerania was established in late 1915 as a major Imperial German Navy airship base for reconnaissance and patrols over the Ostsee. (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Estimate C$ 100 Currently...C$60.00 Will close during Public Auction 158   Marine-Luftschiff-Abteilung Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel, 1914 (December 1), naval Zeppelin feldpost cover to the Marine School at Flensburg, struck with a Kgl. Bahnhof railway cancel alongside a bold violet "Kaiserliche Marine / Briefstempel / Marine-Luftschiff", the reverse showing the sender’s return address “Abs. [Schiller?], Marine-Luftschiff-Abteilung Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel,” sent from the Imperial Navy Zeppelin detachment at this early operating base, fresh and very fine, a scarce early-war Zeppelin-related 1914 example from the formative months of German naval airship operations. (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Estimate C$ 120 Currently...C$70.00 Will close during Public Auction Germany (Berlin) LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description 159   Marine-Luftschiff-Abteilung Norden, 1915 (July 7), feldpost cover to Bad Pyrmont, struck with the violet circular "Kaiserliche Marine / Luftschiff Detachement Norden" cachet alongside a clear Norden c.d.s., the sender’s endorsement at left reading “Oblt. Petersen, K. Marine,” the reverse with intact red wax seal, very fine; Petersen, then serving with the naval Zeppelin detachment at Norden, would later become commander of the naval airship L-32, shot down and destroyed during a raid over London on 24 September 1916 by 2nd Lt. Frederick Sowrey of the RFC, making this an evocative piece of correspondence linked to a future Zeppelin commander who perished in action. (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Estimate C$ 100 Currently...C$70.00 Will close during Public Auction 160   1948 (July 8), "3 BERLIN 8" set on registered cover, all affixed to front of registered cover, postmarked Berlin W, with further strike on reverse, striking and scarce, very fine. (Mi. 166-181) (Image 1) (Image 2) (All Images) Estimate C$ 250 Currently...C$120.00 Will close during Public Auction Previous Page, Next Page or Return to Table of Contents

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