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LotNo.

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

641

208 A//208 L

1933 (May 29-30), Rome Flight, Group of 9 cards or covers (Sieger 208 A//208 L), eight different, all franked with Zeppelins (C42/C47) including a cover with a complete set, Fine to Very Fine.
Sieger €3,150 ($3,400). (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5)

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642

208 Va

1933 Rome Flight, Rome-Friedrichshafen (Sieger 208 Va), picture postcard franked with a 75c Vatican stamp canceled May 27 and an Italian 3L Zeppelin (C42) tied by the green Friedrichshafen receiver, Very Fine. Card is an aerial view of San Marino.
Michel 304C Ia; €1,500 ($1,620). (Image) (Image2)

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643

216/237

1933 South America Flights, Group of 13 cards or covers (Sieger 216/237), eight are Brazil, five Paraguay, Fine to Very Fine.
Sieger €3,270 ($3,530). (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7)

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644

218 A-D

1933 (Jun 25), Saar Flight, three cards and a cover (Sieger 218 A-D), including a Luxembourg franking with both flight cachets and a Saar cover franked with the complete set B44-46, Very Fine.
Sieger €1,330 ($1,440). (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

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645

219 b denmark

1933 Third South America Flight, Berlin-Friedrichshafen-Pernambuco (Sieger 219 B var.), registered cover franked with 2.50k Airmail postage (C4 & 2x C5) canceled Copenhagen, May 27; properly cacheted and backstamped (Berlin connecting flight cachet on the reverse); reduced just a tad at the right, Fine to Very Fine. An exceptional franking; used stamps catalog $915! .
Michel 315b; €300+ ($320). (Image) (Image2)

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646

231 a austria

1929 Orient Flight, Friedrichshafen-Palestine Drop (Sieger 231 A var.), cover franked with 3.40s postage canceled Vienna, Mar 22; rubberstamped flight cachet, addressed to Jerusalem and backstamped (handstamped) there on Mar 27; vertical file fold and one stamp slightly damaged, otherwise Fine to Very Fine. A rare cover.
Michel 18 IIh; €3,500 ($3,780). (Image) (Image2)

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647

238/240

1933 Oct 14-Nov 2), Chicago Flight, Group of 19 covers (Sieger 238/240), two are Brazil and two Paraguay dispatches; the German dispatches include five each of the 1m, 2m & 5m Zeppelins (C43-45), Fine to Very Fine.
Scott $6,375.
Sieger €7,510 ($8,110). (PDF for this Lot) (Image)

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648

238 Bc

1933, Chicago Flight, Friedrichshafen-Chicago (Sieger 238 Bc), cover with a Lawrence Smith printed Century of Progress cachet franked with 2.75m postage ingg a 2m Chicago Flight Zeppelin (C44) canceled Friedrichshafen, Oct 14; properly cacheted and backstamped, Very Fine.
Scott $800. Michel 352a; €1,050+ ($1,130). (Image) (Image2)

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649

241/244

1933 Oct 14-Nov 2), Chicago Flight, Group of 15 covers (Sieger 241/244), 13 different, including one double franking, two triple, and one quadruple; four are New York FDCs, Fine to Very Fine.
Sieger €3,800 ($4,100). (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9)

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650

246//286

1934 Zeppelin Flights, 32 cards or covers (Sieger 246//286), all German dispatches, nearly all different including a few premium frankings (one with a 1m South America Flight Zeppelin); all identified by Sieger number, Fine to Very Fine.
Sieger €3,100 ($3,350). (PDF for this Lot) (Image)

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651

248//288

1934 South America Flights, Group of 19 cards or covers (Sieger 248//288), 14 different composed of comprises Brazil (6), Argentina (4), and Paraguay (9), Fine to Very Fine.
Sieger €1,915 ($2,070). (PDF for this Lot) (Image)

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652

290//379

1935-37 Flights, Group of 16 cards or covers (Sieger 290//379), mostly South America Flights including 1936 South America Flight franked with a complete set of 1935 Costumes (B69-B78), Fine to Very Fine.
Sieger €1,275 ($1,380). (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9)

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653

291//379

1935 South America Flights, Group of 16 cards or covers (Sieger 291//379), comprises Argentina (3), Brazil (6), and Paraguay (7), Fine to Very Fine.
Sieger €1,730 ($1,870). (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8)

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654

297//331

1935, South America/Shuttle Flights, Group of 8 cards or covers (Sieger 297//331), seven different, all with Uruguayan cachets, Fine to Very Fine.
Sieger €1,730 ($1,870). (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

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655

209nIA//213 B

1933 (May 29-30), Rome Flight, Group of 10 cards or covers (Sieger 209nIA//213 B), comprises Aegean Islands (2), Cyrenaica (3), San Marino (2), and Tripolitania (2); also one Greece; all with Zeppelin frankings.
Sieger €2,750 ($2,970). (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6)

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656

60//63

1930 (May 24-May 31) South America Flight, Group of 10 different (Sieger 60//63), comprises Bolivia: card & cover to Friedrichshafen; Uruguay: cover to Lakehurst & two to Friedrichshafen; Argentina: two cards to Friedrichshafen, two covers to Lakehurst, and a legal size cover to Friedrichshafen with the complete blue overprint set; the last with two vertical file folds not affecting stamps otherwise F-VF.
Sieger €1,460 ($1,580). (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6)

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Hindenburg Flights

LotNo.

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

657

401//464

Hindenburg and Graf Zeppelin II, 1936-39. Balance of collection (Sieger 401//464), More than 130 cards or covers, more than 100 being Hindenburg, and 63 of those are German dispatches; the rest being Brazil (13), Liechtenstein (5, all with C15/C16), United States (21), and U.S./German combinations (6); then 19 are Graf Zeppelin II or 1937 Zeppelin commemorative items. A great lot, all identified by Sieger number and virtually all clean and F-VF. Shipping charges apply - weight 4 lbs.
Sieger €5,300 ($5,720). (PDF for this Lot) (Image)

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658

406 c italy

1936 First North America Flight, Frankfurt-Friedrichshafen-Lakehurst (Sieger 406 C var.), cover franked with two 1.25L Milan Trade Fair (358) canceled Rome, May 4, with Frankfurt "c" flight cachet backstamped Frankfurt and New York, Very Fine.
Michel 12a; €500 ($540). (Image) (Image2)

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659

406 F

1936 First North America Flight, Stuttgart-Friedrichshafen-Lakehurst (Sieger 406 F), prestty illustrated Gillespie County Texas Centennial cover franked with 50pf & 75pf Hindenburgs (C57-C58) canceled Stuttgart, May 6, with Stuttgart "f" flight cachet; upon arrival in New York, a 16¢ Air Special Delivery was applied and canceled on May 9 for delivery to the addressee in Fredericksburg, Tex.; backstamped Fredericksburg; enclosed are two Centennial promotional cards (text only), Very Fine.
Michel 12g; €40 ++ ($40). (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

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660

406 h belgian congo

1936 First North America Flight, Friedrichshafen-Lakehurst (Sieger 406 H var.), card franked with 3.40fr canceled Leopoldville, Apr 23, then carried to Brussels (basic set complete May 2), then Friedrichshafen, where a 50pf Hindenburg Airmail (57) was added and canceled May 6; red Lorch "e" flight cachet, backstamped New York on May 9, Very Fine and rare.
Michel 12e; €1,500 ($1,620). (Image) (Image2)

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661

409 D

1936 (May 9), First North America Flight Cover, TIPEX-franked (Sieger 409 D), Registered Exhibition cover bearing two TIPEX souvenir sheets plus #C20 and CE2 addressed to Milton Sabin in New York City; stamps all cancelled by Expo cancel with violet flight cachet, reverse with all proper backstamps including Frankfurt receiver Type 1; damp staining at bottom, Fine to Very Fine. (Image) (Image2)

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662

411 C

Hindenburg, 1936 (May 21-23) Second North America Flight, Lakehurst-Frankfurt (Sieger 411 C), Registered cover franked, front & back, with 11 6¢ Airmails (C5) and a 4¢ George V totaling 70¢, canceled Montreal, May 18, and backstamped New York, May 19, and Frankfurt, May 23; typewritten cachet and address to Sieger, Very Fine.
Sieger €500 ($540). (Image) (Image2)

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663

411 D

Hindenburg, 1936 (May 21-23) Second North America Flight, Lakehurst-Frankfurt (Sieger 411 D), Registered cover franked with 2.05p postage canceled Mexico City, May 18, and backstamped New York, May 20, and Frankfurt, May 23; also bears a Mexican Post Office Seal on the back flap, Very Fine.
Sieger €650 ($700). (Image) (Image2)

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664

419

Hindenburg, 1936 (Jun 19-26) Third North America Flight (Sieger 419), Registered card with one of three strikes of the Special Flight Cachet/cancel having the incorrect date, "1935", the "5" being corrected to "6" by hand; the other two strikes, which cancel the stamps, have the correct date, Fine to Very Fine.
Sieger €935 ($1,010). (Image) (Image2)

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665

441

1936 Tenth North America Flight, Frankfurt/Main-Lakehurst (Sieger 441), registered cover franked with a 4m Chicago Flight Zeppelin (C45) canceled Lorch, Oct 3, properly cacheted and backstamped.
Scott $600. Michel 33a; €700 ($760). (Image) (Image2)

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Zeppelin Collateral Material

LotNo.

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

666

dinnerware cocktail shaker henckels

J A Henckels "Zeppelin" Cocktail Shaker, 1928 Art Deco shaker (12¼ inches tall) shaped like a Zeppelin; includes a cocktail shaker, flask and stopper, strainer, corkscrew, funnel, four shot cups and four spoons produced by J.A. Henckels in Solingen: silver-plated brass, each piece impressed MADE IN GERMANY. Shipping charges apply - weight 2.6 lbs. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

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667

literature

Better Airship-Related Titles, two 1st Ed copies of The Aerial Age by Walter Wellman (1911), Aerial Navigation of Today by Charles Turner (1910), My Airships by A Santos-Dumont (1904) as well as a 1973 paperback reprint, Dirigible Balloons (soft cover in French) by Gaston Tissandier (1885), The Aeromobiles (soft cover in French) by Robert Goldschmidt (1911), two copies of Story of the Airship by Hugh Allen (1931), two copies with one autographed What About the Airship by C E Rosendahl (1938), My Airship Flights 1915-1930 by George Meager (1970), ZRS-4 Ring Laying by Goodyear-Zeppelin (1929), Graf Zeppelin autographed by Gordon Vaeth (1958), Zeppelin and the United States of America by Hans Knausel (1981), The British Rigid Airship 1908-1931 by Robin Higham (1975), 1st Ed The House of Goodyear by Hugh Allen (1936), and The Rigid Airship by E H Lewitt (1925); also includes 10 editions of The National Geographic Magazine between 1918 and 1930, and a dozen British technical reports (in excellent condition). Shipping charges apply - weight 34.4 lbs. (Image)

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668

toy

Zeppelin Lead and Cast Iron Toys, 11 vintage cast metal airship toys for those that require rugged construction; pair of 8" cast iron Graf Zeppelins with wheels; 6" iron "Pony Blimp" on wheels; 6" fire engine red zeppelin car; 6" metal airship on wheels with nose ring as pull toy; and a half dozen "baby zeps" from 3"-5" in length with similar robust construction; plastic need not apply. Shipping charges apply - weight 8.2 lbs. (Image)

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Great Britain

LotNo.

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

669

1840, Queen Victoria First Issue, 1d black (Scott 1), position I-A, on folded letter sheet from London to Dublin, datelined 21st Novem. 1840, the stamp cleanly tied by clear red Maltese Cross; brown black "T/NO—21/1840" postmark on top panel, red diamond "4E/NO 22/40" on back; stamp with straight edge at right, separated by rough tears other three sides, but still an overall attractive first-year use, Fine to Very Fine.
SG 2.
Scott $850. (Image)

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670

1840, Queen Victoria First Issue, 1d black (Scott 1), red Maltese Cross cancel, Very Fine, with 2018 P.S.E. certificate.
SG 2.
Scott $375. (Image) (Image2)

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671

109b

1884, Queen Victoria, 10s ultramarine on bluish paper, Anchor watermark (Scott 109b), exceptionally well centered; but heavily canceled with a light corner crease and a few shorter perfs at the top.
SG 177; £7,000 ($8,890).
Scott $8,500. (Image)

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672

706 var.

1973, 10p Westminster Palace from Millband, proof of the gold color only (Scott 706 var.), the palace and the text, on thick bond paper with blue rulled lines on the reverse; also on the reverse: red manuscript "Lexxy"(?), Very Fine and rare.
SG 940 var. (Image) (Image2)

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Aden

LotNo.

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

673

1947 U.P.U. Congress Presentation booklet, two-page heavy card folder in gold-embossed maroon faux-leather containing 50 mint, then-current stamps from Aden & States affixed to the pages, Very Fine. (Image) (Image2)

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Anguilla

LotNo.

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

674

231 var.

1976, 3¢ on 40¢ New Constitution, "3c" omitted (Scott 231 var.), the bottom right stamp in a sheet margin block of 10, o.g., never hinged, Very Fine.
SG 226a; £500 ($640). (Image) (Image2)

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Australian States

LotNo.

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

675

13a

1857, "Van Diemen's Land", 4d blue, imperf. (Scott 13a), Double-lined Numeral watermark, o.g., small hinge remnants, Very Fine.
SG 37.
Scott $425. (Image)

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Barbados

LotNo.

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

676

55a

1875, "Britannia", 6d yellow, perf 14, watermark sideways (Scott 55a), unused without gum, Very Fine.
SG 80.
Scott $400. (Image)

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British Central Africa

LotNo.

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

677

1896, Arms of the Protectorate, £1 black & blue (Scott 40), Crown CC watermark, regummed; tiny, faint stain bottom margin noted, Fine to Very Fine, with 2010 Weiss certificate.
SG 40.
Scott $1,350. (Image) (Image2)

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British East Africa

LotNo.

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

678

105

1897, Queen Victoria, 4r carmine (Scott 105), o.g., hinge remnant, Extremely Fine.
SG 95.
Scott $500. (Image)

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679

106

1897, Queen Victoria, 5r deep sepia (Scott 106), o.g., hinge remnant, Fine, with 2010 Weiss certificate.
SG 96.
Scott $450. (Image) (Image2)

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680

108

1897, Queen Victoria, 20r pale green (Scott 108), purple fiscal cancel, Fine to Very Fine.
SG 98. (Image)

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