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Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions, LLC Sale: 2014

Airmail Postal History
Graf Zeppelin Flights
Sale No: 2014
Lot No: 5131
Symbol: C
Cat No: 105 Ax-Ay

image 1931 Egypt Flight, Cairo-Friedrichshafen Return (Sieger 105 Ax-Ay), cover franked with 50m & 100m Zeppelins (C3-C4) canceled Cairo, Apr 10, and backstamped Friedrichshafen, Apr 13; no flight cachet as usual, Very Fine.
Michel 166Aa I/II; €800 ($860). (Image)

Estimate $200-275

Opening US$ 100.00
Sold...US$ 100.00


Closed..Jul-30-2025, 10:41:50 EST
Sold For 100

Sale No: 2014
Lot No: 5132
Symbol: C
Cat No: 208 Va

image 1933 Rome Flight, Rome-Friedrichshafen (Sieger 208 Va), picture postcard franked with a 75c Vatican stamp canceled May 27 and an Italian 3L Zeppelin (C42) tied by the green Friedrichshafen receiver, Very Fine. Card is an aerial view of San Marino.
Michel 304C Ia; €1,500 ($1,620). (Image)

Estimate $400-550

Opening US$ 200.00


Closed..Jul-30-2025, 10:42:07 EST
Sold For 0

Sale No: 2014
Lot No: 5133
Symbol: C
Cat No: 231 a austria

image 1929 Orient Flight, Friedrichshafen-Palestine Drop (Sieger 231 A var.), cover franked with 3.40s postage canceled Vienna, Mar 22; rubberstamped flight cachet, addressed to Jerusalem and backstamped (handstamped) there on Mar 27; vertical file fold and one stamp slightly damaged, otherwise Fine to Very Fine. A rare cover.
Michel 18 IIh; €3,500 ($3,780). (Image)

Estimate $400-550

Opening US$ 200.00


Closed..Jul-30-2025, 10:42:27 EST
Sold For 0

Sale No: 2014
Lot No: 5134
Symbol: C
Cat No: 238 Bc

image 1933, Chicago Flight, Friedrichshafen-Chicago (Sieger 238 Bc), cover with a Lawrence Smith printed Century of Progress cachet franked with 2.75m postage ingg a 2m Chicago Flight Zeppelin (C44) canceled Friedrichshafen, Oct 14; properly cacheted and backstamped, Very Fine.
Scott $800. Michel 352a; €1,050+ ($1,130). (Image)

Estimate $200-275

Opening US$ 130.00
Sold...US$ 130.00


Closed..Jul-30-2025, 10:42:47 EST
Sold For 130


Hindenburg Flights
Sale No: 2014
Lot No: 5135
Symbol: C
Cat No: 406 h belgian congo

image 1936 First North America Flight, Friedrichshafen-Lakehurst (Sieger 406 H var.), card franked with 3.40fr canceled Leopoldville, Apr 23, then carried to Brussels (basic set complete May 2), then Friedrichshafen, where a 50pf Hindenburg Airmail (57) was added and canceled May 6; red Lorch "e" flight cachet, backstamped New York on May 9, Very Fine and rare.
Michel 12e; €1,500 ($1,620). (Image)

Estimate $400-550

Opening US$ 225.00
Sold...US$ 225.00


Closed..Jul-30-2025, 10:43:03 EST
Sold For 225


Early Zeppelin Flights
Sale No: 2014
Lot No: 5128
Symbol: C
Cat No: 2//17

image 1912-14, Pioneer Airships, Group of eight flown cards (Sieger 2//17), Schwaben Sieger 2 I (corner of card nicked), Hansa 6 Ia, 6 Ix; Saschen 9 Aa, 9 Cb; and Replacement II 17b, 17c.
Sieger €3,100 ($3,350). (Image)

Estimate $500-650

Opening US$ 375.00
Sold...US$ 375.00


Closed..Jul-30-2025, 10:41:05 EST
Sold For 375

Sale No: 2014
Lot No: 5129
Symbol: C
Cat No: 4 a

image 1913 (May 5) Viktoria Luise Passenger Flight (Sieger 4 a), Zeppelin photo card (Shadow of Airship over Baden-Baden) franked with a 5pf Germania with both onboard datestamps, Very Fine.
Sieger €700 ($760). (Image)

Estimate $160-250

Opening US$ 120.00
Sold...US$ 120.00


Closed..Jul-30-2025, 10:41:20 EST
Sold For 120

Sale No: 2014
Lot No: 5130
Symbol: C
Cat No: 19 A

image 1919 (Sep 18), Bodensee Passenger Flight (Sieger 19 A), 7½pf postal card with additional 2½pf Germania tied by Berlin c.d.s.s; clear dated Bodensee onboard postmark, Very Fine.
Michel 120 Ac; €500 ($540).
Sieger €900 ($970). (Image)

Estimate $200-275

Opening US$ 140.00
Sold...US$ 140.00


Closed..Jul-30-2025, 10:41:35 EST
Sold For 140


First Flights
Sale No: 2014
Lot No: 5127
Symbol:

image Helicopter Mail First Flights, 1947-52, 42 First Flight Covers on black Vario pages hightlighting early helicopter use in carrying the mail; experimental routes with light duplication and foreign destinations of Germany and Scotland; a solid start, Fine to Very Fine. Shipping charges apply - weight 3.6 lbs. (Video for this lot) (Image)

Estimate $110-150

Opening US$ 60.00


Closed..Jul-30-2025, 10:40:50 EST
Sold For 0


General
Sale No: 2014
Lot No: 5124
Symbol: C
Cat No: 1935.0128, alaska emergen

image 1935 (Jan. 28-Feb. 22), Alaska "Emergency mail service" trio, pretty threesome of Koestler-serviced covers, each franked by National Parks issue, with "Emergency mail service/via Airplane from:/[city]" typed endorsement at lower left; covers from Wasilla (Jan. 28), Ugashik (Feb. 4) and Kenai (Feb. 22), each signed or handstamped by postmaster and properly backstamped, Kenai with lightly struck blue green cachet (possibly dog sled design, though difficult to be certain); worth the time to research, Fine to Very Fine. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)

Estimate $110-160

Opening US$ 60.00


Closed..Jul-30-2025, 10:39:54 EST
Sold For 0

Sale No: 2014
Lot No: 5125
Symbol: C
Cat No: latin america 1926-31

image 1926-31, Group of five Latin America early flight covers, comprising covers from Argentina, Brazil (2), Chile and Paraguay; Chile franked with #C1 and pair of 10c O'Higgins, 1926 Argentina with Franco Cubrio flight cachet (10120 kms in 61 hours, 44 minutes), Brazil 1930 First Direct Trans-Atlantic Airmail and 1931 First Panair Flight Brazil-Uruguay-Argentina; plus postcard honoring early Spanish aviators; colorful group to please collector and dealer alike, Fine to Very Fine or better. (Image)

Estimate $130-200

Opening US$ 70.00
Sold...US$ 70.00


Closed..Jul-30-2025, 10:40:10 EST
Sold For 70


Pioneer Flights
Sale No: 2014
Lot No: 5126
Symbol:
Cat No: Collection

image Pan Am Experimental Flights Cover Collection, 1946, 23 mixed-franking envelopes to countries including Venezuela, Bolivia, Suriname, Antigua, Brazil, British Guiana, Costa Rica, Argentina, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Curacao, Nicaragua, Trinidad, and Uruguay, Fine to Very Fine. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)

Estimate $275-400

Opening US$ 140.00


Closed..Jul-30-2025, 10:40:30 EST
Sold For 0

Zeppelin Collateral Material
Sale No: 2014
Lot No: 5136
Symbol:
Cat No: literature

image Better Airship-Related Titles, two 1st Ed copies of The Aerial Age by Walter Wellman (1911), Aerial Navigation of Today by Charles Turner (1910), My Airships by A Santos-Dumont (1904) as well as a 1973 paperback reprint, Dirigible Balloons (soft cover in French) by Gaston Tissandier (1885), The Aeromobiles (soft cover in French) by Robert Goldschmidt (1911), two copies of Story of the Airship by Hugh Allen (1931), two copies with one autographed What About the Airship by C E Rosendahl (1938), My Airship Flights 1915-1930 by George Meager (1970), ZRS-4 Ring Laying by Goodyear-Zeppelin (1929), Graf Zeppelin autographed by Gordon Vaeth (1958), Zeppelin and the United States of America by Hans Knausel (1981), The British Rigid Airship 1908-1931 by Robin Higham (1975), 1st Ed The House of Goodyear by Hugh Allen (1936), and The Rigid Airship by E H Lewitt (1925); also includes 10 editions of The National Geographic Magazine between 1918 and 1930, and a dozen British technical reports (in excellent condition). Shipping charges apply - weight 34.4 lbs. (Image)

Estimate $130-200

Opening US$ 70.00


Closed..Jul-30-2025, 10:43:22 EST
Sold For 0


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