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Ligher-Than-Air Flights continued...

Graf Zeppelin LZ 127 Flights: Non-German continued...

LotNo.

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

181

217 var.

Uruguay, 1931 (Aug 29-Sep 1), First South America, Recife - Friedrichshafen (Michel 217 var.), cover franked with 38c postage tied by Montevideo c.d.s.s with red Zeppelin cachet and Friedrichshafen backstamp; the cover is addressed to Reichenbach and redirected to Paris with backstamps of both those cities, Fine to Very Fine. A great Zeppelin Rarity—Sieger notes that five covers were carried; an accompanying article notes that the sender and addressee, Mr. Hermann Simon, claims that there were only three.
Sieger 126I; €1,500 ($1,600).
Estimate $750 - 1,000

The Montevideo postmarks are dated September 4 at 3:00 p.m., by which time the Airship would have already been 12 hours into her return Flight. The accompanying article from the Uruguay Philatelist, written by its editor, Herman Kerst, theorizes that, since all markings are genuine, the cover was probably mailed from Montevideo on September 1, the clerk having mistakenly read the "4" as a "1" when he set his canceller. The only other recorded cover is identical to this one (illustrations of both covers are included in the article). (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5)

Suggested Bid $750-1,000
SOLD for $900.00
Will close during Public Auction

182

234b/235C

Worldwide, 1932 (Mar 20-29), First South America Flight (Michel 234b/235C), seven covers or cards: Germany card Friedrichshafen - Recife with Berlin connecting flight cachet, and card Recife - Friedrichshafen with 28 Mar onboard cancel; Great Britain Friedrichshafen - Recife with Berlin connecting flight cachet; Brazil, two cards and a cover to Friedrichshafen, each with a different color cachet; and Paraguay to Friedrichshafen, Very Fine.
Sieger 138/141; €945 ($1,010).
Michel €525 ($560).
Estimate $200 - 300. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5)

Suggested Bid $200-300
SOLD for $400.00
Will close during Public Auction

183

241/285

Worldwide, 1932, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth & Eighth South America Flights (Michel 241/285), 20 covers or cards; Fourth: Germany card & cover to Recife (onboard cancels), and return flights from Argentina and Bolivia - Friedrichshafen (2); Fifth: Germany card to Recife canceled onboard, cover Recife - Friedrichshafen (onboard mail), France cover to Recife; Brazil Round Trip with mixed German & Brazilian franking, and return flights from Argentina, Brazil (2), Chile & Uruguay; Sixth: Friedrichshafen - Recife with Stuttgart connecting flight cachet, and Argentina card & cover Recife - Friedrichshafen; and Eighth: return flights from Argentina and Brazil (2); F-VF.
Sieger 157, 171, 177.
Estimate $400 - 600. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10)

Suggested Bid $400-600
SOLD for $650.00
Will close during Public Auction

184

279, 281

Worldwide, 1932 (Sep 26-Oct 4), Seventh South America Flight (Michel 279, 281), 11 covers or cards including a card Austria to Recife via Stuttgart, a Round Trip card with mixed German & Brazilian franking, and return flights from Argentina, Brazil (3), Chile, Paraguay, and a card with German franking posted onboard.
183.
Michel €970 ($1,030).
Estimate $200 - 300. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6)

Suggested Bid $200-300
SOLD for $500.00
Will close during Public Auction

185

286/291

Worldwide, 1932 (Oct 24-Nov 3), Ninth South America Flight (Michel 286/291), nine covers or cards including Germany to Recife with Berlin connecting flight cachet, Germany to Rio (onboard card), a cover Great Britain to Buenos Aires and a Round Trip cover with mixed German & Brazilian franking; also three other Brazil and two Argentina; a couple with minor toning, Fine to Very Fine.
Sieger 195/196; €860 ($920).
Michel €660 ($700).
Estimate $200 - 300. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5)

Suggested Bid $200-300
SOLD for $350.00
Will close during Public Auction

186

294/343

Worldwide, 1933, South America Flights (Michel 294/343), 22 cards or covers comprising First (5); Second (6) including one Moscow - Brazil via Berlin 29/31 May, but with no Zeppelin markings or Brazilian receiver (not counted in the catalog value); Third (7), Seventh (5) and Eighth (2); of the 12 German covers, eight are onboard postings; one of the Friedrichshafen postings on the Third South America Flight is mounted on a colorful, professionally handmade album page (text in Dutch).
Sieger 202/235.
Michel €1,800 ($1,920).
Estimate $400 - 600. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13)

Suggested Bid $400-600
SOLD for $650.00
Will close during Public Auction

187

362/413

Worldwide, 1934, South America Flights (Michel 362/413), 41 nearly all different covers or cards plus several Zeppelin picture postcards; mostly Germany and Brazil plus a few Argentina and Uruguay as well as two Great Britain to South America; includes a number of Recife - Rio or Rio - Recife flights, Fine to Very Fine.
Sieger 247/280.
Michel €2,350 ($2,500).
Estimate $500 - 750. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15) (Image16) (Image17) (Image18) (Image19) (Image20) (Image21) (Image22) (Image23)

Suggested Bid $500-750
SOLD for $950.00
Will close during Public Auction

188

443/504

Worldwide, 1935, South America Flights (Michel 443/504), 30 covers or cards; mostly Germany and Brazil plus a few Argentina and Chile; the German covers are all onboard postings, both to and from Recife, the Brazil are mostly Rio - Friedrichshafen; an excellent lot, Very Fine.
Sieger 299/329.
Michel €2,335 ($2,490).
Estimate $500 - 750. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15) (Image16) (Image17)

Suggested Bid $500-750
SOLD for $1,100.00
Will close during Public Auction

189

499I/501IBa

Worldwide, 1935 (Nov 15-Dec 2), Sixteenth South America Flight, Bathurst Shuttle Flights (Michel 499I/501IBa), eight cards or covers including a Sieger matched set of three Brazil View Cards, one carried on each Shuttle Flight Recife - Bath with Bath receivers; a Uruguay card to Germany carried on the 2nd Shuttle Flight with Agency flight cachet; and a cover and card from Spain to Recife carried on the return of the 2nd & 3rd Shuttle Flights from Bathurst, respectively.
Sieger 331/339.
Estimate $250 - 350. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5)

Suggested Bid $250-350
SOLD for $700.00
Will close during Public Auction

190

Worldwide, 1936-37, Flights, about 25 covers or cards, all German or Brazilian despatches including a 1936 "Election Flight" (plus a Nazi propaganda leaflet dropped from that flight) and a 1936 Second South America Flight Round Trip cover with both German & Brazilian franking; also includes a few photos. A marvelous lot, Very Fine.
Michel 507/585; €2,300 ($2,450).
Estimate $500 - 750. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15) (Image16) (Image17) (Image18)

Suggested Bid $500-750
SOLD for $900.00
Will close during Public Auction

Graf Zeppelin Collateral Material

LotNo.

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

191

[Airship Material] Hull fabric, group of four small pieces of the hull fabric, 60 x 120 mm, labeled individually "Hull/ exterior shell", "Hull/ raw", "Gas cell/ Hindenburg" and "Gas cell/ gold beater skin".
Estimate $150 - 200. (Image)

Suggested Bid $150-200
SOLD for $200.00
Will close during Public Auction

192

[Airship Material] Hull fabric, two small pieces of fabric approximately 30 x 35 mm and 60 x 40 mm, the latter said to be from the Clara Adams estate.
Estimate $100 - 150. (Image) (Image2)

Suggested Bid $100-150
SOLD for $140.00
Will close during Public Auction

193

[Airship Material] Piece of duralumin ribbon, "part of the damaged port fin of the Graf Zeppelin damaged during a gale in mid ocean on her first trans-Atlantic flight to United States", attested to in the accompanying photocopy of a letter to collector Fred Hambrock, Jr. on N.A.S. Lakehurst letterhead dated Dec 30, 1929, and signed by H.M. Dietzman, Production Engineer:
Estimate $150 - 200. (Image)

Suggested Bid $150-200
SOLD for $110.00
Will close during Public Auction

194

[Autograph] "Mrs. Peter Holland, The Flying Grandmother" on the 1933 Chicago Flight, bold autograph on the inside cover of a tri-fold advertising folder used by Mrs. Holland to promote her speaking tour. Also includes two photos of the Zeppelin over prominent buildings in Akron. Mrs. Holland, at the age of 74, and unbeknownst to her family, flew on the Zeppelin on its return voyage from Akron to Seville and Friedrichshafen, thus becoming the oldest person to cross the ocean by air. She even received a certificate from Dr. Eckener acknowledging that accomplishment.
Estimate $100 - 150. (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

Suggested Bid $100-150
SOLD for $60.00
Will close during Public Auction

195

[Clara Adams] Autograph on DZR promotional leaflet, on ca. 1936 DZR (German Zeppelin Transport Co.) tri-fold leaflet "Freight for South America"; additionally inscribed by Adams, "Passenger 1928, First Flight (USA to Germany), ‘64 Men’ and Clara Adams". A unique form of Mrs. Adams’ autograph; also includes Adams’ Carte de Visite.
Estimate $200 - 300. (Image)

Suggested Bid $200-300
SOLD for $225.00
Will close during Public Auction

196

[Clara Adams] Autograph on DZR postcard, along with the eight other signatures of passengers (and/or crew), including (readable names) Frida Berner, Hanspaul Berner, G. Wenk von Borowsky and Helmüt Wentz; dated Oct 27, 1935, at the Insel Hotel in Konstanz; at the bottom is a hand drawn cartoon by another passenger, Helmüt Berner, entitled "Garrison Day in Konstanz". A unique piece of Zeppelin memorabilia.
Estimate $200 - 300. (Image)

Suggested Bid $200-300
SOLD for $200.00
Will close during Public Auction

197

[Clara Adams] 1928 America Flight, letter to Adams, letter dated Oct 26 to Mrs. Adams from an admirer, a "Pennsylvania Dutch man", offering congratulations to the passengers accepted for the return flight, especially "one brave Lady from old keystone state" and "wishing you, and praying for your success"; included is the sender's Lebanon Pa. flour mill business card.
Estimate $100 - 150. (Image) (Image2)

Suggested Bid $100-150
SOLD for $70.00
Will close during Public Auction

198

P 6a-3

[Clara Adams] 1929, Otto Amtsberg Zeppelin-Eckener Fund card from Clara Adams (Frost P 6a-3), franked with 8pf Ebert tied by Berlin-Charlottenburg Festival slogan cancel, May 23, written (in German) to friends in Augsburg and signed simply "Clara", Very Fine.
Estimate $150 - 200. (Image) (Image2)

Suggested Bid $150-200
SOLD for $150.00
Will close during Public Auction

199

[Clara Adams] 1936, First North America Flight, Clara Adams autograph, "Clara Adams, Cabin 19, Hindenburg" on 1936 Zeppelin Transport Co. illustrated 12-page promotional pamphlet entitled 2½ Days to Europe.
Estimate $350 - 500. (Image) (Image2)

Suggested Bid $350-500
SOLD for $250.00
Will close during Public Auction

200

[Clara Adams] 1936 First North America Flight, autograph on N.Y. Reception Seating List, 16-page booklet, about 5½" x 8½", containing the complete guest list and table arrangement for a May 10 reception and dinner in honor of Dr. Eckener, Capt. Lehmann and the Crew of the Graf Zeppelin, given by the Board of Trade for German-American Commerce, Inc.; on page 9, below table no. 21, Mrs. Adams has inserted "Mrs. Clara Adams" in pencil next to the name of a relative, Mr. William Merton - apparently she had not made the original guest list. Another unique Hindenburg collectible.
Estimate $200 - 300. (Image) (Image2)

Suggested Bid $200-300
SOLD for $110.00
Will close during Public Auction