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1930 Graf Zeppelin Issue continued...

C14 First Day / Flown - Unusual Usages
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
221 C14 imageAirmail, 1930, $1.30 Graf Zeppelin (Scott C14), First Day and Flown on Postal Card, delivered to Germany, used with a block of 4 of the 3¢ Nebr. overprint (672) and tied by April 19 Station "5" duplex cancels on an airmail envelope to Saxony, Germany; flown on return voyage, Lakehurst to Friedrichshafen; with all appropriate markings including the type I U.S. flight cachet applied in error and not corrected. The return flight with the uncorrected type I cachet is quite rare. The block of 3¢ Nebr. was philatelic.
Michel 68Je; €2,000 ($2,240).
Scott $900 ++.
Estimate $1,500 - 2,000. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $1,500-2,000
SOLD for $1,100.00
Will close during Public Auction
222 C14 imageAirmail, 1930, $1.30 Graf Zeppelin (Scott C14), First Day and Flown, RPO transit backstamp of Elmer W. Mathewson, 1930 June 18, BOS & NY RPO, tied on an airmail envelope by an April 19 Washington D.C. slogan cancel; flown on Zeppelin's return voyage, Lakehurst to Friedrichshafen, with all appropriate markings including corrected type I U.S. flight cachet; minor discoloration upper left corner, Fine to Very Fine.
Scott $900+.
Estimate $600 - 800. (Image)

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Suggested Bid $600-800
SOLD for $350.00
Will close during Public Auction
223 C14 imageAirmail, 1930, $1.30 Graf Zeppelin (Scott C14), First Day Officially Sealed, tied on cover by an April 19 Washington D.C. slogan cancel, handstamped for "Return to Writer" as "Unclaimed" and "Unknown", with Post Office Seal applied over top opening and "Opened by mistake by Esther M. Carter" written in pencel on reverse with name of original addressee blacked-out; top flap missing and small tear at right, Fine to Very Fine. An exceedingly rare—likely unique—$1.30 Zeppelin First Day Cover.
Scott $900.
Estimate $1,500 - 2,000. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $1,500-2,000
SOLD for $2,100.00
Will close during Public Auction
224 C14 imageAirmail, 1930, $1.30 Graf Zeppelin (Scott C14), First Day Flown sent to Russia by mistake and returned, mail damage, tied by an April 19 Washington D.C. Station "5" duplex cancel on an airmail envelope; flown on Zeppelin's return voyage, Lakehurst to Seville, with all appropriate markings including type II U.S. flight cachet; faded address label to St. Petersburg, Fla., but apparently inadvertently sent to St. Petersburg, Russia, as indicated by the June 12 Moscow backstamp; marked with the equivalent of "missent" and presumably sent on to the addressee., Very Fine. A most unusual Zeppelin cover.
Scott $900+.
Estimate $1,500 - 2,000. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $1,500-2,000
SOLD for $2,100.00
Will close during Public Auction
225 C14 imageAirmail, 1930, $1.30 Graf Zeppelin (Scott C14), First Day, Flown and Steamer Postmark, New York, tied on a picture postcard (ND Lloyd Steamer Europa) by an April 19 New York Grand Central Station duplex cancel; flown on Zeppelin's westbound voyage, Friedrichshafen to Lakehurst, with all appropriate markings including a second strike of the German flight cachet tying the stamp; card with some lt creasing, mostly visible on the picture side, Very Fine, a great posting, with 1999 A.P.S. certificate.
Scott $900 ++.
Estimate $1,500 - 2,000. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $1,500-2,000
SOLD for $950.00
Will close during Public Auction
226 C14 imageAirmail, 1930, $1.30 Graf Zeppelin (Scott C14), First Day and Special Delivery Usage, with a 10¢ Special Delivery, both tied on airmail envelope by an April 19 Washington D.C. Station "5" duplexes; Special Delivery "Fee Claimed…" handstamp and neat typed address, Very Fine, a most unusual and scarce usage.
Scott $900.
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500. (Image)

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Suggested Bid $1,000-1,500
SOLD for $650.00
Will close during Public Auction
227 C14 imageAirmail, 1930, $1.30 Graf Zeppelin (Scott C14), First day and Flown, Special Delivery Usage, with a 10¢ Special Delivery on a plain card tied by an April 19 Washington D.C. cancel, the Zeppelin by a machine cancel, the Special Delivery by a Station "5" duplex; no indication of the special delivery marking, flown on Zeppelin's westbound voyage, Friedrichshafen to Lakehurst, with all appropriate markings; light vertical bend and minor corner bends/wrinkles, otherwise Very Fine.
Scott $900.
Estimate $800 - 1,200. (Image)

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Suggested Bid $800-1,200
SOLD for $550.00
Will close during Public Auction
228 C14 imageAirmail, 1930, $1.30 Graf Zeppelin (Scott C14), First Day and Flown, Short Paid Usage, $1.30 tied on an airmail envelope by an April 19 Washington D.C. slogan cancel; flown on Zeppelin's westbound voyage, Friedrichshafen to Pernambuco, with all appropriate markings, short paid by $1.30 and charged $1.35 Postage Due but flown anyway, Fine to Very Fine. A very scarce leg for a first day cover with the added bonus of the short payment.
Scott $900+.
Estimate $800 - 1,200. (Image)

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Suggested Bid $800-1,200
SOLD for $850.00
Will close during Public Auction
229 C14 imageAirmail, 1930, $1.30 Graf Zeppelin (Scott C14), First Day and Flown to Brazil, tied by an April 19 Washington D.C. Station slogan cancel on a cover to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; flown on Zeppelin's westbound voyage, Friedrichshafen to Rio de Janeiro, Extremely Fine. The postage for this leg of the voyage should have been $2.60; somehow this cover made the trip for $1.30 without being charged for the underpayment.
Scott $900+.
Estimate $750 - 1,000. (Image)

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Suggested Bid $750-1,000
SOLD for $800.00
Will close during Public Auction
C15 First Day / Flown - Unusual Usages
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
230 C15, 665 block imageAirmail, 1930, $2.60 Graf Zeppelin (Scott C15, 665 block), First Day Johnson-Clark Stamp Co., airmail envelope and Flown, used with a block of 4 of the 7¢ Kansas Ovpt (665) tied on Johnson-Clark Stamp Co. airmail envelope by an April 19 Washington D.C. duplex cancels; flown on Zeppelin's westbound voyage, Friedrichshafen to Lakehurst, with all appropriate markings, Very Fine, manuscript notation "Lakehurst To Germany By Boat/ Germany By Graf Zeppelin To Spain,/ South America, To Lakehurst/ To Germany. Return To Us By Boat".
Scott $1,110+.
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500. (Image)

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Suggested Bid $1,000-1,500
SOLD for $1,100.00
Will close during Public Auction
231 C15 imageAirmail, 1930, $2.60 Graf Zeppelin (Scott C15), First Day and Flown, tied, alongside a 15¢ Special Delivery (E13), by an April 19 Washington D.C. Station "5" duplex cancel on a C.E. Nickles airmail envelope, flown on Zeppelin's westbound voyage, Friedrichshafen to Lakehurst, with all appropriate markings and delivered by Special Delivery to Bayonne, N.J. (backstamped May 31).
Scott $1,000+.
Estimate $750 - 1,000. (Image)

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Suggested Bid $750-1,000
SOLD for $650.00
Will close during Public Auction
232 C15 imageAirmail, 1930, $2.60 Graf Zeppelin (Scott C15), First Day and Flown, Addressed to Capt. Walter R. Cupp, Forwarded NY to Washington DC, $2.60 tied on a plain envelope with an airmail label also tied by cachet, by an April 19 Washington D.C. slogan cancel; flown on Zeppelin's westbound voyage, Friedrichshafen to Lakehurst, with all appropriate markings, redirected to the addressee from New York City to Washington D.C., Very Fine.
Scott $1,000.
Estimate $600 - 800. (Image)

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Suggested Bid $600-800
SOLD for $375.00
Will close during Public Auction
C13-C15 First Day / Flown Sets
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
233 C13-C15 imageAirmail, 1930, Graf Zeppelin complete (Scott C13-C15), First Day and Flown, delivered to Cuba, matched set, C13 tied by an April 19 Washington D.C. slogan cancel on a plain card to Frederick Hobarth (comptroller of the Miranda Sugar Fields), Miranda, Orienta, Cuba; flown on Zeppelin's return voyage, Lakehurst to Friedrichshafen, with all appropriate markings including type II U.S. flight cachet; backstamped Miranda on June 22; C14 tied by an April 19 Washington D.C. slogan cancel on an airmail envelope to Frederick Hobarth (comptroller of the Miranda Sugar Fields), Miranda, Orienta, Cuba; flown on Zeppelin's return voyage, Lakehurst to Friedrichshafen, with all appropriate markings including corrected type I U.S. flight cachet; backstamped Miranda on June 21; C15 tied by an April 19 Washington D.C. slogan cancel on an airmail envelope to Frederick Hobarth (comptroller of the Miranda Sugar Fields), Miranda, Orienta, Cuba; flown on Zeppelin's westbound voyage, Friedrichshafen to Lakehurst, with all appropriate markings; backstamped Havana on June 2 and Miranda on June 4; lower right corner of cover creased, Very Fine.
Scott $2,600 ++.
Estimate $2,500 - 3,500

The intended Havana mail drop had to be canceled due to poor weather. As a result, Cuban mail was off-loaded in Lakehurst and sent on to Cuba. However, printed routing instructions on this card indicate that it was intended for Lakehurst anyway. (Image)

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Suggested Bid $2,500-3,500
SOLD for $3,750.00
Will close during Public Auction
234 C13-C15 imageAirmail, 1930, Graf Zeppelin complete (Scott C13-C15), First Day, Chicago, IL, Unofficial City, each tied on a small piece by an April 19 duplex cancel, the $1.30 with a partial return address of pioneer Airpost dealer, Theodore Champion, a Very Fine set. A very rare First Day city, each with 1985 P.F. certificate.
Scott $1,050 ++.
Estimate $1,500 - 2,000. (Image)

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Suggested Bid $1,500-2,000
SOLD for $1,700.00
Will close during Public Auction
235 C13-C15 imageAirmail, 1930, Graf Zeppelin complete (Scott C13-C15), First Day, AeroPhilatelic Club of Chicago cachet, matched set or corner cards, C13 tied by an April 19 Washington D.C. slogan cancel on an airmail postcard with an Aero Philatelic Society - Chicago corner card, sent by Special Delivery to Madison, Wis. with an Apr 21 Madison receiver at the lower left; C14 tied by an April 19 Washington D.C. slogan cancel on an airmail envelope with Aero Philatelic Society/ Chicago corner card, addressed to Chicago via Seville Forwarding Agents, Baquera, Kusche & Martin; flown on Zeppelin's westbound voyage, Friedrichshafen to Seville (1st landing), with all appropriate markings including Baquera, Kusche & Martin oval on reverse; C15 on an airmail envelope with Aero Philatelic Society of Chicago imprint and prominent Chicago collector, J. Max Golding's handstamp, tied by an April 19 Washington D.C. slogan cancel; flown on Zeppelin's westbound voyage, Friedrichshafen to Lakehurst, with all appropriate markings, Very Fine.
Scott $2,900+.
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000. (Image)

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Suggested Bid $2,000-3,000
SOLD for $3,250.00
Will close during Public Auction
236 C13-C15 imageAirmail, 1930, Graf Zeppelin complete (Scott C13-C15), First Day, multicolored hand-drawn Cachets, matched set of Washington D.C. machine cancel FDCs with hand drawn, attractive, hand-lettered cachets and address labels, Very Fine.
Brookman C13-C15; $9,000.
Scott $2,900.
Estimate $2,500 - 3,500. (Image)

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Suggested Bid $2,500-3,500
SOLD for $1,600.00
Will close during Public Auction
237 C13-C15 imageAirmail, 1930, Graf Zeppelin complete (Scott C13-C15), First Day C.L. Elliott Cachet and Flown, matched set of C.L. Elliott Washington D.C. First Day Covers, the 65¢ (card) and the $1.30 flown on Zeppelin's a return trip card, Lakehurst to Friedrichshafen, the $2.60 flown westbound, Friedrichshafen to Lakehurst; all with Elliott's handstamped pictorial Zeppelin cachet on the back, Very Fine.
Planty C13-C15-2. Brookman C13-C15; $9,000.
Scott $2,900.
Estimate $3,000 - 4,000. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $3,000-4,000
SOLD for $1,600.00
Will close during Public Auction
238 C13-C15 imageAirmail, 1930, Graf Zeppelin complete (Scott C13-C15), First day Gorham cachets matched ebvelopes, plate number singles on a matched set of Gorham generic Capitol Dome cacheted First Day covers; addressed to Gorham himself, the 65¢ signed by Washington D.C. Postmaster, W.W. Moody, Extremely Fine.
Planty C13-C15-4. Brookman C13-C15; $9,000.
Scott $2,900.
Estimate $3,000 - 4,000

THE ULTIMATE SET OF GRAF ZEPPELIN FIRST DAY COVERS. (Image)

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Suggested Bid $3,000-4,000
SOLD for $4,500.00
Will close during Public Auction
239 C13-C15 imageAirmail, 1930, Graf Zeppelin complete (Scott C13-C15), First day C.E. Nickles serviced and Flown, matched, very clean set of C.E. Nickles Washington D.C. First Day Covers, the 65¢ (card) and the $1.30 flown on Zeppelin's a return trip card, Lakehurst to Friedrichshafen (the $1.30 with corrected type I cachet), and the $2.60 flown westbound, Friedrichshafen to Lakehurst.
Brookman C13-C15; $9,000.
Scott $2,900.
Estimate $2,000 - 3,000. (Image)

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Suggested Bid $2,000-3,000
SOLD for $1,300.00
Will close during Public Auction
240 C13-C15 imageAirmail, 1930, Graf Zeppelin complete (Scott C13-C15), First Day on matching Pennsylvania Railroad envelope and additional 2¢ with PRR perfin, a matched set of First Day Covers on Pennsylvania Railroad envelopes, the stamps tied by April 19 Washington D.C. Station "5" duplex cancels alongside 2¢ Washingtons (634) with "PRR" perfins; backs of the envelopes have an all-over "Outline Map of the Pennsylvania Railroad", Very Fine. A rare, perhaps unique set of First Day Covers.
Scott $2,900+.
Estimate $3,000 - 4,000. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $3,000-4,000
SOLD for $2,600.00
Will close during Public Auction

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