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Zeppelin Flight Collections, Groups and Miscellaneous continued...
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
6221 128//185 imageLiechtenstein, Four different Zeppelin flights, 1930-31 (Michel 128//185), 1930: Sep 23-25 Ostsee Flight - Stockholm Drop (Mi. 128 IV); Sep 28 Vogtland Flight (130); Oct 5 Leipzig Flight (135); and 1931, Jun 10 Liechtenstein Flight (185 I); all with appropriate markings and excellent frankings, Very Fine. (Image) (Image2)

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Michel €810+ ($910)
Suggested Bid $350-500

SOLD for $300.00
Will close during Public Auction
6222   imageUnited States, Round the World Flight, 1929, mail from each leg of the Graf Zeppelin flight around the world; envelope ($1.05) Lakehurst to Friedrichshafen, and 2 postcards ($0.55), one of the postcards is signed by Grace M Hay Drummond Hay (first woman around the world by air); a total of 8 items from Lakehurst to Tokyo, 3 underpaid ($1.04) but not marked postcards (one with Hay on the reverse), 4 letters ($2.05); a postcard from Lakehurst to Los Angeles ($1.80) and an envelope ($3.55); 2 cards from Lakehurst to Lakehurst ($1.80), and an envelope ($3.55); lot includes the autographs of Gilbert Grosvenor (president of the National Geographic Society), Ernest Lee Jahncke (acting Secretary of the Navy), Jack C Richardson (Official Observer of the flight), and C E Rosendahl (Commander of the USS Los Angeles; bonus, three stunning embroidered silk ribbons in purple, white and maroon; catalog value $2,400. Shipping charges apply - weight 1.4 lbs. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12)

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Suggested Bid $1,000-1,500
SOLD for $700.00
Will close during Public Auction
6223   imageUnited States, Trio of first flight covers, 1928, three legal-sized airmail envelopes with the Chicago Aero Philatelic Society corner card; each cancelled Lakehurst NJ 28 Oct 1928 and received Friedrichshafen 1 Nov 1928; franked with C1-3 and three C9, the first is slightly overpaid; the second has C4-6 as well as a pair of C9 and C10 (also slightly overfranked), it is autographed by Hugo Eckener Commander Graf Zeppelin (he would go on the following year first around the world); the last has C9 and C10 paying the charge, it is signed by Ernst Lehmann, who commanded more than 100 Graf Zeppelin flights and perish at Lakehurst with the Hindenburg; bonus, sumptuous dinner program in honor of Dr Hugo Eckener in Chicago 22 Oct 1928 (in superb condition), and a brochure (Mar 1937), 2 days to Europe, from North American Lloyd. (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

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Suggested Bid $500-750
SOLD for $700.00
Will close during Public Auction
6224   imageUnited States, Akron airship, 1929-1932, 17 items (plus a USS Macon noting first flight) related to ZRS-4; 2 machine cancel c.d.s. Akron, OH 7 Nov 1929 for ring laying; handstamped c.d.s. for later that evening autographed by C E Rosendahl, Scott Peck, Charles Bauch, B May, W Bushnell and H M Dickman, backstamped Lakehurst NAS; Airship dock (27 Oct 1930) USS Akron passes over Chicago (17 Oct 1931); 4 christening (8 Aug 1931); 3 first flight (23 Sep 1931); 5 carried on training flight (6 May 1932) including, 2 Roessler cards with forged Akron Mail overprint and USS Akron labels on reverse, Lakehurst to San Diego, and two with receiver marks in NJ 2 Aug 1932. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5)

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Suggested Bid $400-600
SOLD for $1,500.00
Will close during Public Auction
6225   imageUnited States, Memorial to the USS Akron, 1933, 30 items (plus 6 modern postcards) related to the loss of the USS Akron; autographs of Lt Cmdr H V Wiley, Richard E Deal and M E Erwin on Lakewood stamp society cachet, two examples on envelopes with Lakehurst NJ machine cancel and an additional two (smaller envelopes) on covers with hand cancels; RARE autographs of German tanker Phoebus which rescued crew members, autographed by Capt Dalldorf and 1st Officer Richard Ceglanski; printed memorial cachets postmarked Moffett Field and Barnegat NJ; Aretz cachets in red and blue; bonus, USS Los Angeles 1925 flight from Lakehurst to Bermuda; solid lot. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11)

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Suggested Bid $400-600
SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction
6226   imageUnited States, First flight US to Germany,1928, correctly paid rate on card from Lakehurst to Friedrichshafen, franks with C1, C6, C9 and 621, autographed by Hugo Eckener, Roesseler label on reverse; C9, 550, 568 and 648 on similar card, on the reverse are autographs of Maurice R Pierce Cmdr US Navy, TGM Settle, Lt US Navy and Chas E Bauch, Lt US Navy; includes a mint card with a sepia portrait of Dr. Eckener. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $350-500
SOLD for $425.00
Will close during Public Auction
6227 150I imageUnited States, Four different flown cards, 1930 (Michel 150I), Ostsee Flight - Stockholm Drop; and three different Nov 11 Netherlands Flights: Michel 150 (Netherlands franking), 150Ic & 150Id; all with appropriate markings, Very Fine. (Image) (Image2)

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Michel €830 ($930)
Suggested Bid $300-400

SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction
6228   imageUnited States, First round the world flight,
1928-1929,
16 items related to the Graf Zeppelin flight; postcard rate (30 cents) pays the freight from Los Angeles to Lakehurst, a letter traveling the same route is overpaid; covers with C9, C10 similarly overfranked as is an attractive block of 6 C4 as part of the rate; badly toned but otherwise attractive large envelope that includes hi value stamps to pay to send it around the world; present is a card with 90 cents and an envelope with $1.80 to travel from Los Angeles to Friedrichshafen; multiple examples of uncanceled letters with a rubber stamp which reads, "Received too late to connect with Graf Zeppelin flight"; examples from New York to Friedrichshafen are also here; nice grouping. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11)

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Suggested Bid $300-400
SOLD for $475.00
Will close during Public Auction
6229   imageWorldwide, Large Balance of the Zeppelin Collection, More than 200 covers or cards, more than half of which are LZ 127 "Graf Zeppelin" flights, most of them German frankings; including a number in quantities of 3-15 each, at least six of which are priced at €200 and up by Michel, including South America Flight and Polar Flight covers franked with the appropriate Zeppelin stamps; also included is a group of Zeppelin collateral which is made up of mint Zeppelin postcards, vintage newspaper clippings, advertising, etc; and another group of 50 or so non-Zeppelin airmail covers, both inter-European and Transatlantic, most, but not all of which are German; a fascinating lot with nice value scattered throughout. Shipping charges apply - weight 3.4 lbs. (Image)

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Suggested Bid $2,500-3,500
SOLD for $7,500.00
Will close during Public Auction
6230   imageWorldwide, Collection of 75 different Zeppelin covers, 1924-36, LZ 126 through LZ 129, cards or covers - sometimes one of each for the same flight; no rare flights but some nice frankings including nine South America Flight and three Polar Flight Zeppelins; virtually all clean and F-VF. Shipping charges apply - weight 2.2 lbs. (Image)

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Michel €11,500 ($12,890)
Suggested Bid $1,500-2,000

SOLD for $3,500.00
Will close during Public Auction
6231   imageWorldwide, 18 different Zeppelin covers, 1929-32, cards or covers - sometimes one of each for the same flight; no rare flights but some nice frankings including five South America Flight and two Polar Flight Zeppelins; virtually all clean and F-VF. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8)

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Michel €5,250 ($5,880)
Suggested Bid $800-1,200

SOLD for $1,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
6232   imageWorldwide, Zeppelin flight covers, 1930-32, group of 15 different, from Germany, Austria and several South American countries, nice variety, Fine to Very Fine. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $500-750
SOLD for $475.00
Will close during Public Auction
6233   imageWorldwide, balance lot, 1909-1930, delicious remainder including better catapult, Zeppelin mail and autographs; oversized photograph of 1909 airship with inset of Count Zeppelin, reverse autographed Hans Kargelein Chicago 1 Mar 1935; copper colored souvenir medallion with Count Ferd V Zepellin on the face and the airship and the year 1909 on the reverse; drop mail 11 Oct 1928 of unfranked postcard over Friedrichshafen; 4 picture postally used photo postcards of Graf Zeppelin in flight over Germany; three meter advertising postcards (3pf) promoting engine oil used in the LZ 127; two LZ 127 postally used postcards signed by LZ 39 (WWI) commander Dr Lempertz; three flown Graf Zeppelin cards (with 2RM Zeppelin stamps) from Friedrichshafen to Lakehurst 10 Oct 1928; H E Shoemaker, Capt US Navy on Lakehurst NAS stationary (cut square) with official envelope; three examples of William A Moffett Rear Admiral, US Navy, two on the back of commemorative envelopes and one TLS on 1929 official stationary; Maurice Pierce, who had both sub and airship wings and commanded USS Shenandoah in 1924 is found on a cut square, the reverse of two commemorative envelopes, and the 1928 first flight of the Graf Zeppelin from the US to Germany (1928), also on the cover are autographs of Navy Lts Charles Bauch and T G M Settle (who were involved in a car accident in which Bauch died and Settle severely injured); legal size airmail envelope US to Germany; two additional LZ 127 envelopes to Germany, one signed by John C Ingram, the Hearst Newspaper representative; Capt E S Jackson, Commander Naval Air Station Lakehurst on commemorative cover; lastly, are five better catapult covers including a gorgeous registered (with great franking) large envelope from stamp dealer Theodore Champion in Paris to a collector in Boston on the very first flight (a good one to have), also three with $1 value stamps paying transit on S S Ile de France, lastly a commemorative envelope on the ship but not flown; 33 items in total; lots of "meat" for the right specialist; significant crease across top of photograph.
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Suggested Bid $500-750
SOLD for $550.00
Will close during Public Auction
6234   imageWorldwide, Graf Zeppelin and USS Los Angeles, 1925-1933, Los Angeles Lakehurst to Bermuda (126-9a); Los Angeles Mayaguez to New York (126-10a); Graf Zeppelin German-American Group of Chicago official cachet legal size envelope with Baby Zep at Century of Progress Chicago to Akron (4); Graf Zeppelin 1932 South American flight, 10 stamps on piece (cat over $100); Irish postcard postmarked on first anniversary of Bremen fliers, autographed by William T Cosgrave, President of the Irish Free States; Lawrence Richey (Secretary to the President) signature on Whit House stationary dated 1929; 11 photo postcards, most postmarked in Germany 18 Jun 1929; bonus, 4 black and white photos (3x5) embossed I K Reiser with annotations about the 25 Sep 1929 Havana to Key West flight of Edwin Musick; catalog is excess of $780.
Frost 127-197; $70. Frost 126-10a; $400. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5)

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Suggested Bid $400-600
SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction
Other Balloon Flights
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
6235   imageEurope, Balloon post and stratospheric flight, mint 10 centimes postal card issued by France in 1870; a mint 20 centimes letter sheet also issued in 1870; a post card with a Belgian 1.75F stamp cancelled in Brussels (date unknown) showing Prof Piccard's high altitude balloon and gondola; Polish 75gr stamp issued in 1938 (at 2Zl) to raise funds for balloon research; a Registered Express cover with the Polish issue and commemorative postmark; 20th anniversary of Excelsior III, a parachute jump from 102,800ft, is autographed by Joe W. Kittinger Jr; a remarkable color photograph, taken automatically by the balloon, of the skydiver in freefall autographed by Kittinger; FLOWN Project Da Vinci flight cover autographed by Jimmie Craig and Vera Simons, postmarked in Las Cruces and Wagon Mound, NM. (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

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Suggested Bid $250-350
SOLD for $200.00
Will close during Public Auction
6236   imageUnited States, Stratosphere balloons, 1927-1935, 3 Luxembourg covers (1927); Century of Progress (3) with autographs of T G M Settle and Floyd Gibbons; Akron 1933 flight (4); National Geographic 1934 (4); Rapid City balloon bursts (2) and successful flight (1); plus test hop date in 1934; 18 items.
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Suggested Bid $300-400
SOLD for $190.00
Will close during Public Auction
6237   imageUnited States, Piccard stratospheric balloon, 1933, 7 envelopes or cards plus a souvenir program from A Century of Progress; A Piccard autograph on an envelope announcing his visit to the US; T G Settle signature on a Century of Progress illustrated (on reverse) envelope; engraved cachet from Century of Progress exposition; 2 newspaper add ons postmarked 20 Nov 1933 Akron, OH autographed by Maj Chester L Fordney; and 2 cards with Dearborn MI dated 23 Oct 1934 autographed by Jean and Jeanette Piccard; 8 signatures total; bonus set of three values Belgium stratospheric balloon stamps hinged to newspaper drawing. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6)

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Suggested Bid $600-800
SOLD for $425.00
Will close during Public Auction
6238   imageUnited States, Piccard stratospheric balloon, 1933, 3 envelopes or cards plus a souvenir program from A Century of Progress; T G Settle signature and another on a Century of Progress illustrated (on reverse) envelope; newspaper add ons postmarked 20 Nov 1933 Akron, OH autographed by Maj Chester L Fordney; and a card with Dearborn MI dated 23 Oct 1934 autographed by Jean and Jeanette Piccard; 5 signatures total. (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

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Suggested Bid $300-400
SOLD for $180.00
Will close during Public Auction
6239   imageWorldwide, balloon collection, extensive mounted thematic holding in 7 three-ring binders plus a misc box with about 100 loose covers; Maxim cards, Fellows handpainted, numerous proofs, flown at regional and national races, Brasil SC#C22 stamp with three different color plate proofs on watermarked paper; French colonies coin de dat, compete sets throughout of both perf and imperf. Shipping charges apply - weight 36.4 lbs.
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Suggested Bid $800-1,200
SOLD for $475.00
Will close during Public Auction
Catapult Flights
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
6240   imageGermany, 1929-31, Catapult flights from SS Bremen and SS Europa,, extensive holding of clean envelopes; 22 Jul 1929 BR; 1 Aug 1929 BR (7 US, 5 Ger); 28 Aug 1929 BR (2 US, 7 Ger); 17 Sep 1929 BR (Ger); 8 May 1930 BR (US); 29 Apr 1930 BR (Ger); 19 May 1930 BR (12 Ger); 6 Jun 1930 BR (4 Ger); 25 Jun 1930 BR (2 Ger); 2 Jul 1939 BR (2 US 3 Ger); 19 Mar 1930 EU (3 Ger); 29 Mar 1930 EU (10 Ger); 17 Oct 1929 BR (4 Ger) UNLISTED; 14 Jul 1930 BR (3 Ger); 19 Aug 1930 BR (3 Ger); 25 Aug 1930 BR (5 Ger); 4 Sep 1930 BR (2 Ger); 10 Sep 1930 BR (2 Ger); 21 Sep 1930 EU (12 Ger); 8 Oct 1930 EU (2 Ger); 26 Jul 1933 EU (Ger); 29 Aug 1933 EU (Ger); 10 Jul 1935 BR (Ger) and 15 Jun 1930 BR (US and Ger); 100+ flown. Shipping charges apply - weight 1.8 lbs. (Image)

Suggested Bid $2,000-3,000
SOLD for $3,500.00
Will close during Public Auction

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