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Postal History continued...

Germany—World War I Airship Postal History continued...
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
161 CVR   imageLZ 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)

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162 CVR   imageLZ 98, 1917 (April 28), feldpost cover from an airship machinist to Baden-Baden, envelope endorsed Feldpostand, 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; the LZ-98 was commissioned on 28 April 1916, and was active in raids over England, reconnaissance in the East, and Western Front operations until decommissioning in July 1917. (Image 1)



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163 CVR   imageLZ 99, 1917, feldpost envelope from the Tønder naval Zeppelin base to Berlin, endorsed Feldpost and struck with a fine red circular "Kommando – V. Marine Luftschiff-Trupp Tondern" cachet alongside violet manuscript, the reverse bearing the sender’s designation “R. Westphal, Ob. Maschinist, Marine-Luftschiff L.54, Tondern,” identifying him as a senior machinist aboard the LZ 99, fresh and very fine; LZ 99, commissioned 13 August 1917 and active in reconnaissance and attack roles from Tønder, was destroyed less than a year later on 19 July 1918 when British aircraft carried out the famed Tondern Raid, the world’s first successful carrier-launched airstrike. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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164 CVR   imageLZ 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; the LZ-103, commissioned 16 August 1916 and employed chiefly in attack operations on the Western Front, crashed at Königsberg on 14 August 1917, ending an active service life of only one year. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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165 CVR   imageLZ 111, 1917 (April 29), picture postcard from Berlin, crew-mailed feldpost, struck with a clear violet circular Luftschiff Kommando L.Z.111 / Briefstempel alongside a Berlin c.d.s., the sender identifying himself in the upper margin as “Absender: … Luftschiffkommando L.Z.111” and signing the message “Theodor,” likely crewman or officer Theodor Hartmann (or Heimann) attached to the Zeppelin command of L.Z.111, trivial edge wear, else very fine; the L.Z.111, which completed no operational flights for the Army and was transferred to the Navy in the summer of 1917 for reconnaissance over the Ostsee, survived barely seven months before crashing at Dresden on 1 August 1917. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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166 CVR   imageLZ 113, 1917 (April 30), officer's feldpost cover to Halberstadt, endorsed Feldpost and struck with the circular violet Luftschiff-Kommando L.Z. 113 / Brief-Stempel alongside a clear feldpost c.d.s., the reverse bearing the sender’s manuscript “Oblt. Kadler, Obflpm. L.Z. 113,” an officer attached to the Zeppelin, a choice strike of this Zeppelin handstamp on a remarkably fresh cover1, ; the LZ 113, placed into service on 22 February 1917 and completing no operational army flights before its transfer to the navy in May 1917 for reconnaissance duties over the Ostsee, was handed over to France after the war in October 1920, where it made several unsuccessful flights prior to crashing. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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167 CVR   imageMarine-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 prior to the establishment of Nordholz, 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)

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168 CVR   imageMarine Luftschiff-Abteilung Leipzig-Mockau, 1915 (July 1), feldpost picture postcard to Biersbach, showing a view of Leipzig (Neues Rathaus) and bearing the violet circular "Marine Luftschiff-Abteilung / Leipzig-Mockau / Briefstempel alongside" a Leipzig-Eutritzsch machine cancel of the same date, the sender identifying himself as “Abs: Klein, II. Komp. Leipzig-Mockau,” the handwritten message dated 6 May 1915 and signed “Klein” with a possible second signature, fresh and very fine, with superb quality strikes; mail from Leipzig-Mockau, one of the major German naval Zeppelin bases of the First World War, is quite elusive. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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169 CVR   imageMarine-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. Peterson, K. Marine,” the reverse with intact red wax seal, very fine; Peterson, 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)

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170 CVR   imageMarine-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)

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171 CVR   imageMarine-Luftschiff-Abteilung, 1917 (February 3), Seddin (Pommern) to Berlin, feldpost cover dispatched from Seddin bei Stolp by Leutnant der Reserve F. Fielitz, Marine Luftschiffer, attached to a Marine Zeppelin detachment, cancelled by clear double-ring Seddin (Kr. Stolp) 3.2.17 c.d.s. in black with violet circular unit cachet Kommando der Kaiserlichen Marine / Briefstempel / 7. Marine-Luftschifftruppe / Seddin Krs. Stolpalongside, endorsed “S.M.L. ‘Stettin’,” a fine usage from an airship base. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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172 CVR   imageSchütte-Lanz S.L.8, 1917 (12 April), feldpost postcard from Seddin (Kreis Stolp) to Hannover, written by Ober-Masch. Maat Blaue, crewman of the Kaiserliche Marine airship S.L.8, endorsed Feldpost and cancelled Stolp i. Pom. in black, with a fine violet circular unit handstsm "Kaiserliche Marine / Marine-Luftschiff-Trupp / Briefstempel / Seddin Krs. Stolp" and the sender’s two-line violet handstamp, light corner crease, but a scarce naval airship usage from the smaller Seddin station. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$160.00
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173 CVR   imageSchütte-Lanz SL 11, 1916 (September 3), genuine Zeppelin relic from the “Cuffley Zeppelin,” a piece of aluminium wire mounted to the original British Red Cross souvenir card printed with red cross and legend This is a piece of genuine Zeppelin wire, from the first Zeppelin brought down at Cuffley in Essex, Sept. 3rd 1916. Given by H.M. War Office exclusively to the British Red Cross Society, the War Office–issued card part of an official fundraising effort commemorating the destruction of SL 11 by 2nd Lt. William Leefe Robinson VC during the night raid of 3 September 1916, fresh and very fine; an authentic wartime souvenir of the first rigid German airship destroyed over Britain, the dramatic fall of the “Cuffley Zeppelin” marking a pivotal moment in the home-front air war and signalling the end of the invincibility myth that had surrounded the night raiders. (Image 1)



SOLD for C$190.00
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174 CVR   imageSchütte-Lanz SL-13, 1916 (13 December), feldpost cover from Wildeshausen to Lehnwasser, military envelope with red Feldpost label at upper left, cancelled Wildeshausen and struck front and back with the violet circular cachet Kommando S.L. XIII / Brief-Stempel, the sender (unnamed) indicating service with the Wildeshausen airship station attached to Schütte-Lanz SL-13, a German Army rigid airship of the Schütte-Lanz series that served only briefly from October 1916 before withdrawal to Leipzig and destruction in an explosion; surviving postal material from SL-13 is notably scarce. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$375.00
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175 CVR   imageZeppelin Detachment, 1915 (November 6), feldpost from Jüterbog to Spandau, real photo postcard showing a full group portrait of Zeppelin detachment personnel, endorsed Feldpost and cancelled Jüterbog, with violet circular cachet "Königl. Preuss. Luftschiffer-Ersatz-Abteilung Nr. 1," the sender identifying himself as an airman of this Zeppelin reserve unit, unusually select quality, very fine; the Luftschiffer-Ersatz-Abteilung at Jüterbog served as the principal training and replacement formation for Germany’s airship and balloon troops, supplying crews to frontline Zeppelin commands. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$160.00
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176 CVR   imageZeppelin Military Construction Detachment, 1916 (13 February), Feldpost card from Kowno to Berlin, official military service card headed Fahrt im Dienste der Heeresleitung, sent by a soldier of the Luftschiffhallenbau-Kommando (Airship Hangar Construction Command) at Kowno, struck with a clear black Feldpoststation Nr. 209(13/2/16) circular datestamp, violet oval cachet Luftschiffhallenbau-Kommando Kowno, and violet circular seal of the Königlich Preußisches XIV. Armeekorps, picture side showing a contemporary view of Kowno, a fine and scarce Feldpost item from a Zeppelin construction detachment operating under the XIV Army Corps. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$40.00
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Germany
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
177 CVR   image1925 (April 20), registered glider-mail cover from the Segelflüge am Büchelberg near Pforzheim, bearing black-and-red Mühlhausen (Amt Pforzheim) registration label and boxed red Mit Segelflugpost befördert Hausen a.d. Würmhandstamp, franked at upper right with 10 Pf eagle definitive and 10 Pf airmail issue tied by black triple-circle "Segelflüge am Büchelberg / Mühlhausen (Amt Pforzheim)" (20 Apr) cancellations, additionally franked with three 5 Mark airmail stamps with 10 Pf Segelflüge Pforzheim overprints, the pair with variety overprint inverted, each cancelled by blue double-circle "Flugpost-Club Pforzheim / Fluggebühr bezahlt" strikes, the reverse bearing black double-circle Pforzheim (24 Apr) receiver, a striking and desirable specialised glider-mail franking, very fine. (Mi. 13dk) (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$275.00
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178 CVR   image1930 (March 18), registered DO-X First Flight cover, Bremen to New York, adhesives tied by Dusseldorf despatch c.d.s., framed rose "Mit Luftpost befordert / Postmant 5 Bremen", carried thence on the first DO-X trip from Bremen to New York, then onto Cleveland, with c.d.s. arrival backstamp (26 Mar), fresh and very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$50.00
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179 CVR   image1933 (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)

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180 CVR   image1933 (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+) (Image 1) (Image 2)

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