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USS Akron
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
1118 cover 1929.1107 image1929 USS Akron (ZRS-4) cover signed Moffett, Litchfield and Arnstein, signatures at bottom left on cover franked by intact 1c booklet pane (Scott No. 498e) with two strikes of "Akron Ohio" oval cancel and tied by "Akron Ohio Nov. 7, 1929" duplex on cover to Teaneck NJ, blue "ZRS-4 Ring Laying Good Year Zeppelin Akron, Ohio U.S.A. Nov. 7, 1929" circle handstamp cachet at top left, addressed to Teaneck NJ with Nov. 2 receiving backstamp, Very Fine, Rear Admiral William A. Moffett was Chief of the U.S. Navy's Bureau of Aeronautics, while Paul W. Litchfield and Karl Arnstein were President and Vice-President of the Goodyear-Zeppelin Company and so much more. Read about them all on their wikipedia pages. Moffett died when the Akron was destroyed during a storm off the New Jersey coast on April 4, 1933. (Image) (Image2)

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Estimate $300-400
SOLD for $300.00
Will close during Public Auction
1119 cover 1931.0508 image1931 (May 8), USS Akron Coast-to-Coast Mail Flight, 12 covers, a dozen envelopes and uprated entires offering a range of frankings; five autographed, comprising Wiley; Wiley, Deal & Erwin; Cowart; Rodgers & one other; and Dresel; other notable items include a two-flight cover (Coast-to-Coast and Tactical Training Flight 1932) to Honolulu, Hawaii, another cover to Honolulu with Akron Coast-to-Coast and International Aeronautical Exposition cachets, and one cover sent on via Catapult from the Bremen traveling New York to Berlin; a handsome set, Fine to Very Fine. (PDF for this Lot) (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

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Estimate $350-500
SOLD for $400.00
Will close during Public Auction
1120 cover 1932.0508 image1932 (May 8), USS Akron Coast-to-Coast Mail Flight, a Roessler card (addressed to A.C. Roe in Newark, NJ), franked with 5¢ Washington Bicentennial tied by Lakehurst May 6 wavy line cancel; properly cacheted and backstamped, the reverse with Zeppelin and Statue of Liberty illustrations, a green "Air Mail/U.S.S. Akron" label affixed, and San Diego (May 11) receiver; a nice Roessler piece, Very Fine.
Michel 17; €500 ($540). (Image) (Image2)

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Estimate $200-300
SOLD for $200.00
Will close during Public Auction
1121 cover 1932.0508 image1932 (May 8), USS Akron Coast-to-Coast Mail Flight, originating in Montreal, Canada, with Canada #C3 tied; at Lakehurst receiving flight cachet (and backstamp) along with US 5¢ Winged Globe Airmail; San Diego (May 11) and Los Angeles (May 12) receivers on reverse; an appealing two-country franking, Fine to Very Fine.
Michel 17; €750 ($810). (Image)

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Estimate $350-500
SOLD for $200.00
Will close during Public Auction
1122 cover 1932.0508 image1932 (May 8), USS Akron Coast-to-Coast Mail Flight, illustrated cover comparing sizes of the USS Shenandoah, Los Angeles and Akron, overprinted by green "Air Mail/U.S.S. Akron" design; franked with #C10 single and addressed to Honolulu, Hawaii; properly cacheted and backstamped, with San Diego (May 11) receiver on back (sadly, no Hawaii markings); vertical line of color loss (not a crease), otherwise sound, Fine to Very Fine.
Michel 17 var.; €500 ($540). (Image)

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Estimate $150-200
SOLD for $90.00
Will close during Public Auction
1123 cover 1932.0630 image1932 (June 30), USS Akron Registered Cover, uprated 2¢ Washington Bicentennial entire, the stamps cancelled or tied by "AKRON" pictorial fancy cancel from Akron, Colorado (origin Registry postmarks on reverse as per regulations); a lovely and fresh cover that presents well, Very Fine. (Image) (Image2)

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Estimate $200-300
SOLD for $120.00
Will close during Public Auction
1124 cover 1930-87 imageUSS Akron Cover and Collateral Compilation, 1930-87, approximately 20 covers marking the Akron's Ring Laying/Raising, Christening, and Visit of Eckener, in addition to AM11 First Flight Cover, In Memoriam covers, and a gorgeous hand-painted cover from the USS Capricornus; additional material includes and Official Pass to the Christening ceremony, a Post Office Department announcement, a sheet of four labels (four different colors tête-bêche with full selvage), picture post cards, etc., Fine to Very Fine with better. (PDF for this Lot) (Image) (Image2)

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Estimate $500-750
SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction
1125 cover 1931-32 imageUSS Akron Cover Selection, 1931-32, comprising six covers (one Christening, five Tactical Training Flight, one of which signed by Commander Alger Dresel), plus photograph of Erwin, Deal and Wiley with printed signatures; all cancelled Lakehurst or Akron, with various frankings and onward flight cachets, Fine to Very Fine. (PDF for this Lot) (Image) (Image2)

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Estimate $300-400
SOLD for $550.00
Will close during Public Auction
1126 akron bookmarks imageGoodyear Zeppelin Akron Bookmarks, pair of Duralumin bookmarks, one dagger-like and the other heart shaped as used in the construction of the US airship Akron; in great condition, all you need is a book. (Image)

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Estimate $150-200
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
1127 akron fabric imageUSS Akron Fabric Piece, measuring approximately 57 x 66 mm, affixed with tricolor ribbon to Akron letterhead with Memorial Day 1933 "In Memoriam" cachet (as used on covers), with typed message dated May 30, 1933, stating that the piece of fabric "was salvaged from the Atlantic Ocean and was part of the ill-fated dirigible U. S. S. Akron, destroyed off the new [sic] Jersey Coast, April 4, 1933"; file folds to letter of no import; an attractive piece for framing or exhibiting. (Image)

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Estimate $200-300
SOLD for $120.00
Will close during Public Auction

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