Hindenburg Flights continued...
| LotNo. |
Symbol |
CatNo. |
Lot Description |
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| 1899 |
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406 C |
 1936, 1st North America Flight, Poland and Germany Mixed Franking (Sieger 406 C), Germany 50pf and 75pf Zeppelin (Scott Nos.
C57 & C58) and 6pf green, tied by "Frankfurt (Main) Bahnpostamt 19 5.5.36-10 Auslands Stelle" and Poland 1z (Scott No. 255) tied by "RYBNIK 2 2.V.36-8" circular datestamp on cover to Springfield Ill., magenta "Deutsche Luftpost c
Europa-Nordamerika" Zeppelin flown handstamp cachet, purple and tan photographic and blue air mail etiquettes, New York and Springfield receiving backstamps, Extremely Fine.
Sieger €350 ($380). (Image) (Image2)
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Estimate $200-300
SOLD for $120.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1900 |
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406 C |
 1936 (May 6), 1st North America Flight, Frankfurt - Lakehurst (Sieger 406 C), Registered cover franked with the 2m & 4m
Chicago Flight Zeppelins (C44-C45) tied by an Apr 30 Renscheid machine cancel; red Frankfurt "c" flight cachet and May 9 New York backstamp, Very Fine. A most unusual franking.
Michel 12 a. (Image) (Image2)
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Estimate $150-200
SOLD for $90.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1901 |
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406C |
 1936 (May 6) 1st North American Flight (Sieger 406C), stunning Airmail cover that entered the mailstream at the railway
office in Frankfurt; autographed by Max Pruss, Schiller (?), and a third person (on the reverse); receiver mark made in New York on the back and addressed to Switzerland, Very Fine. (Image) (Image2)
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Estimate $150-200
SOLD for $80.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1902 |
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406 C |
 1936 1st North America Flight, eight picture or advertising post cards (Sieger 406 C), six with train (Bahnpost) cancels
(five of which "Foreign Office" (Auslandsstelle)), two showing zeppelin, one manufacturer, three town scenes, one with "Zeppelin-Post/New York 1936/Philatelic Exhibition" cachet addressed to the International Philatelic Exhibition, one to the
State Railway Directorate in Santiago, Chile; attractive group, generally Very Fine. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)
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Estimate $200-300
SOLD for $200.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1903 |
|
406 C |
 1936 1st North America Flight, group of 15 train cancels (Sieger 406 C), a mix of covers and cards, all sporting various
cities' "Bahnpostamt" postmarks; a mix of frankings and etiquettes, some Registered; 11 to the US, three back to Europe, one addressed to El Salvador; from rail to air, a neat combination of postal transportation means, Fine to Very Fine or better.
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Estimate $350-500
SOLD for $180.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1904 |
|
406C |
 1936 (May 6) 1st North American Flight (Sieger 406C), 5 envelopes with Hindenburg blocks on 1st North American Flight
mail; Registered Frankfurt cover from the railway station franked with Scott # C57-C58 blocks of four; matching pair of covers to the US, one with the 50pf block and the other the 75pf block; and a pair of Registered envelopes, one with C57 with
selvege, and the other C58 with selvege; attractive, Fine to Very Fine. (Image) (Image2)
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Estimate $250-350
SOLD for $150.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1905 |
|
406C |
 1936 (May 06) 1st North American Flight (Sieger 406C), Registered envelope from the train station at Frankfurt to New York;
the 75pf Hindenburg stamp has an attached blank area the size of a postage stamp; comes with 2004 cert attested by Dr Helmut Oeschsner, Fine to Very Fine, signed Oechsner, BPP. (Image) (Image2)
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Estimate $300-400
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| 1906 |
|
406C |
 1936 (May 6) 1st North American Flight (Sieger 406C), 3 items with prominent auxiliary markings; Registered Friedrichshafen
addressed to Canada with "Retured", "Not Called For" "2nd Notice", "Dead Letter Office" and more; card with "Incomplete address", and Registered Frankfurt envelope returned as "Unclaimed", Fine to Very Fine. (Image) (Image2)
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Estimate $150-200
SOLD for $90.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1907 |
|
406 C |
 1936 1st North America Flight, group of 19 (Sieger 406 C), comprising 10 covers and nine cards offering a variety of single
and mixed frankings—including a solo 2RM Zeppelin and several 50pf and 75pf Zeppelins, plus a mix of originating cities and etiquettes; one cover to Akron hole-punched for binder, Fine to Very Fine, a few better. (PDF for this Lot) (Image) (Image2)
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Estimate $350-500
SOLD for $350.00
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| 1908 |
|
406C |
 1936 (May 6) 1st North American Flight (Sieger 406C), 17 different frankings on this oversized envelope; postmarked at the
Frankfurt railway station on the day of departure for the 1st South American Flight but held for several weeks to fly on the 1st North American Flight (confirmed with May 9th New York receiver); the final destination was a collector living in
Holland, Fine to Very Fine. (Image)
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Estimate $200-300
CLOSED
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| 1909 |
|
406C |
 1936 (May 6) 1st North American Flight (Sieger 406C), mailed from the Frankfurt railway office to New York by airship; Swiss
Postage Due applied as the sender then wished the picture postcard travel back to Europe, Fine to Very Fine. (Image)
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Estimate $100-150
CLOSED
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| 1910 |
|
406C |
 1936 (May 6) 1st North American Flight (Sieger 406C), homemade Airmail postcard mailed from the Foreign Office in Frankfurt
to an addressee in MA; using a US 3¢ stamp the card was forwarded to a new address in Wiesbaden Germany; curious, Fine to Very Fine.
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Estimate $100-150
CLOSED
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| 1911 |
|
406 C |
 1936 1st North America Flight, group of 18 (Sieger 406 C), comprising 15 covers and three cards, with a nice mix of
frankings and destinations; the former include 2RM & 4RM Zeppelin (one cover), the latter include Austria, Sweden, and "Honolulu, T.H."; some Registered, some with Airmail etiquettes; also features card with stamps cancelled
"Berlin-Leipzig/Versuchsfahrt/-4 5 36/Kraftkurspost" from the ship's test flight, the card endorsed for the First North America Flight, Fine to Very Fine or better. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)
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Estimate $300-400
SOLD for $275.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1912 |
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406 C, 406 D |
 1936 1st North America Flight, group of 11 commercial mail covers (Sieger 406 C, 406 D), comprising four #406 C and seven
#406 D; a mix of cards and covers with various single or mixed frankings; some Registered, one window, and not a philatelist in sight, Fine to Very Fine. (PDF for this Lot) (Image) (Image2)
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Estimate $250-350
SOLD for $150.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1913 |
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406 C, 406 D |
 1936 1st North America Flight, group of five with Post Office Seals (Sieger 406 C, 406 D), each with mixed franking, one
cancelled Bamberg, the rest Frankfurt Bahnpostamt; three #406 C, two #406 D; three with "Opened by Customs for Foreign Exchange Control" "coils" (two strips of three, one strip of four), one with "Received Damaged" Frankfurt Bahnpost Official Seal,
one with "Postdam 2" Post Office Seal; two with additional auxiliary New York markings ("Unclaimed" and "Not in Directory"); less common collateral items for your collection, Fine to Very Fine. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)
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Estimate $200-300
SOLD for $110.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1914 |
|
406 C, 406 D WEur |
 1936 1st North America Flight, group of six Treaty Flights (Sieger 406 C, 406 D), comprising Sieger #406 C from Luxembourg
to Bolivia, and #406 D from Danzig, Liechtenstein, Hungary, and Netherlands (2); attractive frankings, the Netherlands covers two-country frankings with German 50pf and 75pf Zeppelin stamps; several Registered, Fine to Very Fine or better.
Sieger
€1,075 ($1,160). (PDF for this Lot)
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Estimate $300-400
SOLD for $325.00
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| 1915 |
|
406C/406D Switzerland |
 1936 (May 6) 1st North American Flight (Sieger 406C/406D), pair of Swiss items carried on the first crossing of the season;
mixed franking uprated Swiss Postal Reply card canceled at the Frankfurt railway station, also German Airmail stamp postmarked at the same time; eye-arresting Helvenic cover shortpaid and later tagged with US Postage Due, Fine to Very Fine. (Image) (Image2)
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Estimate $200-300
SOLD for $140.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1916 |
|
406 C//406 G |
 1936 1st North America Flight, a destinations diversity (Sieger 406 C//406 G), 17 items in all, comprising Sieger #406 C (5)
to Argentina, El Salvador, Haiti, Madagascar and Panama; #406 D (7) including Cuba (2, including Cuban postal card uprated with German stamps), Dominican Republic, Mexico (2), Poland and Yugoslavia; #406 F (4) with two to Philippines (including
German-US dual-country franking, the US being 25¢ Clipper (#C20)); and #406 G to Canada; your chance to add some geographical variety to your collection, Fine to Very Fine. (PDF for this Lot) (Image) (Image2)
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Estimate $500-750
SOLD for $700.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1917 |
|
406 C//428 C |
 1936 North America and Olympics Flights, with Olympics Seal on reverse (Sieger 406 C//428 C), group of five, comprising
Sieger #406 C (commercial), 407 A, 416 A (to Japan!), 427 with München Riem souvenir sheet (#B90), and #428 C; one on-board cancel, one bearing Berlin K.d.F.-stadt Olympics cancel, etc.; normal wear, but cancels and markings clean, Fine to Very
Fine. (PDF for this Lot)
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Estimate $200-300
SOLD for $160.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1918 |
|
406C/D |
 1936 (May 6) 1st North American Flight (Sieger 406C/D), four envelopes and a picture postcard from the First North American
Flight all underpaid; auxiliary markings relay the shortpay as no Postage Due stamps were used; three are commercial covers, Fine to Very Fine.
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Estimate $200-300
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| 1919 |
|
406C/D |
 1936 (May 6) 1st North American Flight (Sieger 406C/D), commercial mail sent on first Hindenburg crossing of the
year; has both the "c" and "d" flight cachets; unusual, Fine to Very Fine. (Image)
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Estimate $100-150
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| 1920 |
|
406C/D var |
 1936 (May 6) 1st North American Flight (Sieger 406C/D var), two letters and a postcard with Bremen Seapost postmarks; the
envelopes (both still retain contents on Lloyd Bremen stationery) are Registered at the German-American Seapost in New York; the sender was a passenger on the Bremen to Europe and the Hindenburg brought the mail back to the United
States; the postcard similarly traveled first west to east across the Atlantic before returning by airship; Mi 12, Si €750, Fine to Very Fine.
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Estimate $300-400
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| 1921 |
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406C/F |
 1936 (May 6) 1st North American Flight (Sieger 406C/F), three wonderful hand drawn, hand painted covers; Registered
Frankfurt envelope showing the Hindenburg floating across the Atlantic (Si 406C) hand painted by H Schullermann; Registered Stuttgart cover (Si 406F) has pen and ink drawing as airship flys over a trawler; and a pen and ink reproduction of the
Hindenburg stamp on a Registered envelope from Frankfurt (Si 406C), Fine to Very Fine. (Image) (Image2)
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Estimate $200-300
SOLD for $225.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1922 |
|
406C Estonia |
 1936 (May 6) 1st North America Flight (Sieger 406C), prior to transiting the Atlantic from Germany to American this Estonian
cover with a pair of Scott # 112, was canceled in Tallinn and has the Frankfurt "C" and New York GPO on the reverse; unusual origin, Fine to Very Fine.
Sieger €750 ($810). (Image)
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Estimate $300-400
SOLD for $300.00
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| 1923 |
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406 C GIbraltar |
 1936 (May 6), 1st North America Flight, Friedrichshafen - Lakehurst (Sieger 406 C), Registered cover franked with a 2s6d
George V (86)) tied by an Apr 27 Gibraltar/Registered oval; weak red Frankfurt "c" flight cachet, Apr 30 Friedrichshafen and May 9 New York backstamps, Very Fine.
Michel 12 a; €1,200 ($1,300).
Sieger €450 ($490). (Image) (Image2)
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Estimate $400-600
SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1924 |
|
406C Great BOM |
 1936 (May 6) 1st North America Flight (Sieger 406C), Registered cover from Tangier containing Printed Matter; four color
adhesives with Tangier or Morocco overprints including Scott # 207; backstamps include British Post Office Tangier, Berlin, and New York, Fine to Very Fine. (Image)
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Estimate $200-300
SOLD for $225.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1925 |
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406C Greece |
 1936 (May 6) 1st North America Flight (Sieger 406C), completely blanketed with postage this Registered envelope from Greece
was returned for insufficient address; franking includes Scott # 328, 385, 386, C22, C24, and C26; backstamps from Greece, Germany and the United States, Fine to Very Fine.
Sieger €450 ($490). (Image)
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Estimate $200-300
SOLD for $170.00
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| 1926 |
|
406 C Great B |
 1936 (May 6) 1st North America Flight (Sieger 406C), postmarked at the Croydon Aerodrome in Surrey this Registered envelope
made its way via Frankfurt to the Swiss Consulate in New York; GB stamps include Scott # 11, 170, and 171 neatly tied; attractive, Fine to Very Fine.
Sieger €700 ($760). (Image)
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Estimate $250-350
SOLD for $325.00
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| 1927 |
|
406C Iceland |
 1936 (May 6) 1st North American Flight (Sieger 406C), Registered postcard mailed from Reykjavik with colorful Icelandic
Airmail adhesives to an address in Brooklyn; Si €450, Mi €850, Fine to Very Fine. (Image)
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Estimate $300-400
SOLD for $180.00
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| 1928 |
|
406C Ireland |
 1936 (May 6) 1st North America Flight (Sieger 406C), stunning Registered cover on Irish Airmail envelope from Waterford to
New York; #13, 70, 85, and 86 moved the mail from Port Lairge to the US; stamps catalog $200, Fine to Very Fine.
Sieger €600 ($650).
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Estimate $300-400
SOLD for $700.00
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| 1929 |
|
406 C Italy |
 1936 2nd North America Flight, Italy franking (Sieger 406 C), two registered covers from Rome (different cancels) addressed
to Mario Diena at the International Philatelic Exhibition (TIPEX) in New York, one with red Zeppelin flown handstamp cachet, both with New York registry receiving double-oval cancels (May 9 in black & May 11 in violet) and "Frankfurt Flughafen
5.5.36" double-circle backstamps, Very Fine. (Image) (Image2)
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Estimate $150-200
SOLD for $130.00
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| 1930 |
|
406C Latvia |
 1936 (May 6) 1st North America Flight (Sieger 406C), unlisted Latvian leg franked with #174, 176, and 177 from Riga
backstamped Marienburg-Eydtkuhnen RPO and New York addressed to collector Bill Schneider; scarce item, Fine to Very Fine. (Image)
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Estimate $300-400
SOLD for $275.00
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| 1931 |
|
406C Monaco |
 1936 (May 6) 1st North America Flight (Sieger 406C), colorful mixed franking originating in Monaco with Scott # 73, 76, 83,
and 94 frankings; also has German C57 postmarked at Frankfurt; French and American markings on the reverse, Very Fine.
Sieger €1,500 ($1,620). (Image)
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Estimate $500-750
SOLD for $325.00
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| 1932 |
|
406 C Netherlands East Indies |
 1936 1st North America Flight, "round-the-world" Registered cover (Sieger 406 C), a three-leg, three-country franked large
envelope (175 x 257 mm), sent from Batavia Apr. 23(?), 1936 to Dortmund, where pair and two singles of 50pf German Zeppelin stamps were applied, the cover sent via Hindenburg to New York receiving one full and one partial flight cachets; in
New York, 95¢ postage was added and the cover returned to Batavia Centrum; reverse with Lakehurst First Hindenburg Flight cachet (possibly later), Frankfurt May 14, 1936 "Mit Luftschiff Hindenburg befördert" pictorial transit and Batavia
May 21 receiver; small tear at right center mentioned for accuracy; an unusual item with great eye appeal, Fine to Very Fine, Sieger does not list a Netherlands East Indies cover for this flight. (Image) (Image2)
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Estimate $250-350
SOLD for $250.00
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| 1933 |
|
406C Poland |
 1936 (May 6) 1st North America Flight (Sieger 406C), Friedrichshafen to Lakehurst envelope with Polish Scott # 262, 275, and
291 adhesives tied at Warsaw on Registered piece; several receiver marks on reverse; seldom encountered, Fine to Very Fine. (Image)
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Estimate $250-350
SOLD for $170.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1934 |
|
406 C Romania |
 1936 (May 6) 1st North America Flight, Registered Romanian envelope from Bucharest to Schenectady; attractive Bucharest
Airmail oval cancel ties Scott # 402, 448, and C20 to the card; unusual, Fine to Very Fine.
Maury 406C; €400 ($430). (Image)
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Estimate $200-300
SOLD for $225.00
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| 1935 |
|
406 C Saar |
 1936 (May 6) 1st North America Flight (Sieger 406C), seldom seen German stamps (Scott # 415, C46, C57, and C58) postmarked
in Saarbruken for flight from Europe to America; a better item, Fine to Very Fine. (Image)
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Estimate $150-200
SOLD for $90.00
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| 1936 |
|
406C Serbia |
 1936 (May 6) 1st North America Flight (Sieger 406C), Registered cover from Yugoslavia with Scott # C1, C2, and C5 received
in Frankfurt for the transtlantic flight to America; uncommon route, Fine to Very Fine.
Sieger €650 ($700). (Image)
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Estimate $250-350
SOLD for $275.00
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| 1937 |
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406 C Tunisia |
 1936 (May 6) 1st North America Flight, Registered cover from Tunis sent to Lakehurst; 14 stamps including Scott # 77-80, 82,
83, 85, 88, 92, 97, and 107; backstamps include Marseille, Paris, Lakehurst, and New York, Fine to Very Fine.
Maury 406C; €2,250 ($2,430).
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Estimate $750-1,000
SOLD for $900.00
Will close during Public Auction |
| 1938 |
|
406 C Vatican |
 1936 (May 5) 1st North America Flight (Sieger 406 C), first Graf Zeppelin east west Atlantic crossing of the 1936
season; Vatican mailing with #43 and Italy #C4; addressed to Pruss on the Hindenburg (who would command the final flight a year later); backstamped in Frankfurt, Fine to Very Fine.
Sieger €700 ($760). (Image)
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Estimate $300-400
SOLD for $325.00
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