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Germany and German Colonies Hindenburg Collateral Material
Sale No: 790
Lot No: 2327
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Cat No: crew landing crew sheriff
Fantasy Hindenburg Landing Crew "Sheriff" Star, substantial brass 3.5" law enforcement type badge with Hindenburg Landing Crew Lakehurst engraved in it; quite unusual. (Image)
Estimate $250-350
Opening US$ 130.00
Closed..Oct-13-2023, 13:58:33 EST
Sold For 0
Sale No: 790
Lot No: 2328
Symbol: C
Cat No: crew lehmann photo
International News Photo of Capt. Ernst Lehmann, waving from the Gondola of the Hindenburg while tied to the mooring mast at Lakehurst after its first trip to the US (according to the typed caption) which is on a small slip of paper taped to the reverse of the 8½ x 6 5/8 inch photo and folded up, International News Photos logo and rules for use handstamped in purple on back; tiny corner crease at bottom left and small scuff in top left margin, otherwise Very Fine. (Image)
Estimate $100-150
Opening US$ 80.00
Sold...US$ 80.00
Closed..Oct-13-2023, 13:59:00 EST
Sold For 80
Sale No: 790
Lot No: 2329
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Cat No: election fliers
1936 (Mar. 26-29), Germany Propaganda Flight, group of 10 electioneering fliers, group of 10 in various colors (some duplicated) dropped during the flight, with differing election slogans and/or excerpts from Hitler's speeches, all showing printed "Germany Flight" cachet with LZ Hindenburg and LZ Graf Zeppelin depicted; one even affixed to an envelope and sent Airmail Printed Matter with 3pf stamp (cancel tying both stamp and leaflet); a couple with small faults, but remarkably well-preserved given how they were distributed; also included is typed information on the flight and a translation of one of the fliers. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)
Estimate $350-500
Opening US$ 180.00
Sold...US$ 190.00
Closed..Oct-13-2023, 13:59:29 EST
Sold For 190
Sale No: 790
Lot No: 2330
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Cat No: films
United States, Hindenburg on TV and Movies, Hindenburg video in both DVD and VHS formats; Detroit Edison "The Hindenburg" on Good Morning America, Today Show, and Eyewitness News (1987 VHS); MCA "The Hindenburg" with George C Scott and Anne Bancroft (1990 VHS); The History Channel "The Hindenburg" Vol I&II (1996 VHS); and Classic Pictures "The Hindenburg Disaster" (DVD); hours of entertainment for those with both a VCR and DVD player. Shipping charges apply - weight 3 lbs. (Image)
Estimate $50-75
Opening US$ 30.00
Closed..Oct-13-2023, 13:59:48 EST
Sold For 0
Sale No: 790
Lot No: 2331
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Cat No: model
Germany, Nearly Life-Sized Hindenburg Model, OK, not EXACTLY life-sized, but at three and a half feet long it remains quite impressive; seems to be contructed with wood and has a moveable rudder; this Hindenburg has the flags on the tail but no Swastikas in the circles; two eyelet hooks permit hanging from a ceiling; impressive. Shipping charges apply - weight 3 lbs. As seen on the front cover of the catalog. (Image)
Estimate $500-750
Opening US$ 250.00
Closed..Oct-13-2023, 14:00:15 EST
Sold For 0
Sale No: 790
Lot No: 2332
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Cat No: newspapers
Hindenburg Wall Art, 1936 Denver Post article interestingly matted describing zeppelin refueling for return to Germany; mint "Baby Zep" and three pieces carried in the Hindenburg; richly framed in wood. Shipping charges apply - weight 7.2 lbs. (Image)
Estimate $400-600
Opening US$ 200.00
Closed..Oct-13-2023, 14:00:33 EST
Sold For 0
Sale No: 790
Lot No: 2333
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Cat No: newspapers
Newspaper Front Pages Proclaim Hindenburg Disaster, Three period newspaper pages related to the Hindenburg tragedy; New York World-Telegram front page shrinkwrapped on white foamcore announces, "Hindenburg Moors at Dawn" (interestingly it is listed as May 9th), The Philadelphia Inquirer (dated May 7th and also wrapped on foamcore and reprinted in 1972) proclaims "Hindenburg Blast Kills 35", a third newspaper (The Baltimore Sun) is in poor condition and not preserved; powerful. Shipping charges apply - weight 3 lbs. (Image)
Estimate $75-100
Opening US$ 70.00
Sold...US$ 70.00
Closed..Oct-13-2023, 14:00:52 EST
Sold For 70
Sale No: 790
Lot No: 2334
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Cat No: newspapers
1937, Newspapers From Hindenburg Tragedy, 5 period newspapers reporting the demise of the Hindenburg; New York American full page spread of the German airship in flames; numerous stories in the Boston Traveler with images of the airship explosion and fall to the ground; several pages from the Boston Post and The Boston Globe; and the entire edition of Boston Evening Globe; bonus front page of 1914 German newspaper; interesting; brittle ephemeria. Shipping charges apply - weight 2.8 lbs. (Image)
Estimate $100-150
Opening US$ 200.00
Sold...US$ 325.00
Closed..Oct-13-2023, 14:01:30 EST
Sold For 325
Sale No: 790
Lot No: 2335
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Cat No: photographs
Hindenburg Crash Photographs, 30" x 24" shadowbox with three photographs from the Hindenburg and a piece of alloy similar to material used in the zeppelin; the photographs show the airship on fire (9" x 7"), and two oversized pictures (15" x 9") of the carcass the following day; powerful. Shipping charges apply - weight 10 lbs. (Image)
Estimate $500-750
Opening US$ 250.00
Closed..Oct-13-2023, 14:01:53 EST
Sold For 0
Sale No: 790
Lot No: 2336
Symbol: C
Cat No: stamps fdcs
1936 (Mar. 16), 50pf & 75pf Zeppelin Stamps First Day Covers, three different (2 sets, one solo 50pf), plus cover with set used two days later; three Registered (2 to US, 1 to England), one regular mail to Germany, Fine to Very Fine. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)
Estimate $200-300
Opening US$ 250.00
Sold...US$ 250.00
Closed..Oct-13-2023, 14:02:13 EST
Sold For 250
Sale No: 790
Lot No: 2337
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Cat No: ticket 1936.05
Germany, Hindenburg Ticket for Flight to Europe, Charles Hanser paid $400 (plus $5 tax) for a ticket from Lakehurst to Frankfurt in May 1936; included is a seldom-encountered Bed and Table assignment slip while on the Hindenburg, and a permanent pass for a representative of the Herman Stoltz Company in Pemambuco to ender the port for the Graf Zeppelin. (Image)
Estimate $600-800
Opening US$ 900.00
Sold...US$ 900.00
Closed..Oct-13-2023, 14:02:35 EST
Sold For 900
Sale No: 790
Lot No: 2338
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Cat No: ticket 1936.0805
1936, Ticket for Hindenburg Flight to Lt. Cmdr. G.H. Mills, USN, full ticket dated August 5, 1936, for Aug. 9 flight of the Hindenburg from Lakehurst to Frankfurt; meeting place for boarding penciled "To be assigned"; also included as a bonus are two items relating to the Sept. 15, 1919 Bodensee flight, a ticket and a same-day on-board bar tab ("12 photos" among the items ordered, sadly not included); a few folds or creases as to be expected. (Image)
Estimate $300-400
Opening US$ 300.00
Sold...US$ 1,300.00
Closed..Oct-13-2023, 14:04:06 EST
Sold For 1300
Sale No: 790
Lot No: 2339
Symbol:
Broad Array of Hindenburg-related Items, around 50 in total, offering objects from and about the ship; among the goodies included are a postcard flown on the first test flight, three ads for cover servicing (including one from Olympics), 18 covers (most flown, a few commemorative), an approximately 30 x 10 mm piece of fabric, two pieces of wallpaper/furniture (?) fabric, numerous flight schedules or postal tariffs, two different drink menus (one signed by passengers), two different lunch menus, a passenger list for the first US-to-Germany flight (May 11, 1936), several pieces of on-board letterhead, even a certificate of thanks to those who contributed in sympathy for the crash, with printed signature of Göring; a varied and interesting lot, all imaged online. (PDF for this Lot) (PDF2 for this Lot) (Image)
Estimate $600-800
Opening US$ 1,500.00
Sold...US$ 2,500.00
Closed..Oct-13-2023, 14:05:17 EST
Sold For 2500
Sale No: 790
Lot No: 2340
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Hindenberg Related Material, three curious items found in a specialist's envelope marked "Hindenburg"; 9" x 4.5" piece of coated fabric similar to material used to construct the hydrogen gas bags on the airship, there is a reinforced section that measures 4.5" x 1.5" embedded with the number "118" on it; 7" steel cable that has been joined with another piece by tightly winding a very fine wire strand more than 100 times and then encasing it in resin; and lastly a pair of 11" brass tubes with a diameter of about 1/8", one has joint were it was bent and perhaps soldered; no provenance so it will require a seasoned specialist to identify. (Image)
Estimate $100-150
Opening US$ 60.00
Sold...US$ 60.00
Closed..Oct-13-2023, 14:06:03 EST
Sold For 60
Hindenburg Disaster
Sale No: 790
Lot No: 2205
Symbol: C
Cat No: 454B
1937 (May 4) Werner Doehner Hindenburg Crash Mail (Sieger 454B), while we don't know who this postcard was sent to in Dresden, we do know it was bought on board and written by 8 year old Werner Doehner; Werner was traveling with his parents and two siblings on the 1st North American Flight of the Hindenburg 1937 season and about to land at Lakehurst when a powerful explosion doomed the airship and cost the lives of his father, sister, and 33 others (62 would survive); the card was part of 26 items located in the Fourth Finding and sent to the Morgan Annex for processing; flames claimed the stamp, On Board postmark, and much of the address; a Scott # OX21 Post Office Seal has been applied to the postcard; written up and illustrated in LZ-129 Hindenburg Zeppelin Crash Mail by Dieter Leder, Very Good to Fine and rare, 372 items were recovered (from 17,000) of which less than half have been documented, ex Günther Heyd Collection. Sieger €20,000 ($21,600). (Image)
Estimate $7,500-10,000
Opening US$ 3,750.00
Sold...US$ 8,500.00
Closed..Oct-13-2023, 13:02:37 EST
Sold For 8500
Sale No: 790
Lot No: 2206
Symbol: C
Cat No: 454Ba
1937 (May 4) Schiele Hindenburg Crash Mail (Sieger 454Ba), postcard bought and mailed by passenger Mathilde Doehner on the Hindenburg on the final flight to her friend, Frida Schiele in Niles Center, IL; it was placed in the metal integrated mailbox in the Reading and Writing Room on passanger A-deck; the On Board postmark was applied by Navigator Max Zabel who also functioned as the Hindenburg postmaster; on arrival at Lakehurst Naval Air Station the airship was about to attach to the mooring mast when the stern end of the airship exploded in flames; in the wreckage this item was from the First Finding consisting of 143 items; Frau Doehner's husband and daughter would perish in the crash while she and her two sons survived; the card has singe and oil stains but the postmark remains quite legible; has accompanying ambulance envelope with pair of Scott # OX21 Post Office Seals; written up and illustrated in LZ-129 Hindenburg Zeppelin Crash Mail by Dieter Leder, Very Good to Fine and rare, 372 items were recovered (from 17,000) of which less than half have been documented, signed A Falk. Sieger €20,000 ($21,600). (Image)
Estimate $10,000-15,000
Opening US$ 10,000.00
Sold...US$ 12,500.00
Closed..Oct-13-2023, 13:03:49 EST
Sold For 12500
Sale No: 790
Lot No: 2207
Symbol: C
Cat No: 454Cb
1937 (May 10) Beier Hindenburg Crash Mail (Sieger 454Cb), one of two cards sent by Paquebot from New York after carriage on the doomed Hindenburg to Hilge Beier in Germany; part of the First Finding of 143 pieces, it was transported to the Morgan Annex where it was given a May 10th postmark and returned to Europe; the recipent may have been a collector since two similar cards were sent and an additional letter to a family member; the explosion of the Hindenburg had come as a shock as its sister ship, the Graf Zeppelin, had traveled 1,000,000 miles without serious accident; written up and illustrated in LZ-129 Hindenburg Zeppelin Crash Mail by Dieter Leder, Fine to Very Fine, 372 items were recovered (from 17,000) of which less than half have been documented. Sieger €5,000 ($5,400). (Image)
Estimate $2,000-3,000
Opening US$ 2,100.00
Sold...US$ 2,100.00
Closed..Oct-13-2023, 13:04:26 EST
Sold For 2100
Sale No: 790
Lot No: 2208
Symbol: C
Cat No: 454 var. Canada
1937 (May 6) Intended for 2nd North American Flight (Sieger 454), Registered mail from Winnipeg to London had planned to travel by Hindenburg; following the accident it was determined that eastbound mail would travel by surface ship without additional auxiliary markings; one line "VIA NEW YORK" on face and several postarks on the reverse; Mi 64A, Fine to Very Fine. (Image)
Estimate $500-750
Opening US$ 500.00
Sold...US$ 500.00
Closed..Oct-13-2023, 13:04:51 EST
Sold For 500
Sale No: 790
Lot No: 2209
Symbol: C
Cat No: 454 var.
1937 (May 6) Intended for 2nd North American Flight (Sieger 454), stunning oversized envelope with several German stamps, including a Scott # B102 souvenir sheet, canceled by seapost on the Europa and intended for the Hindenburg; the May 16th Europa date suggests the philatelic item may have been prepared for the following Hindburg flight, Fine to Very Fine. (Image)
Estimate $400-600
Opening US$ 200.00
Closed..Oct-13-2023, 13:05:10 EST
Sold For 0
Sale No: 790
Lot No: 2210
Symbol: C
Cat No: 454 var. Mexico
1937 (May 6) Intended for 2nd North American Flight (Sieger 454), envelope from Mexico City intended for Berlin by Hindenburg; after the accident the Morgan Annex decided to send eastbound mail via surface ship to Europe without additional auxiliary markings; in this case a presumably private rubber stamp in magenta reads, "NEW YORK FOREIGN TRANSATLANTIC BY HINDENBURG"; the item was then forwarded to a new address, Fine to Very Fine. (Image)
Estimate $500-750
Opening US$ 250.00
Sold...US$ 425.00
Closed..Oct-13-2023, 13:06:06 EST
Sold For 425
Sale No: 790
Lot No: 2211
Symbol: C
Cat No: 454 var. USA
1937 (May 6) Intended for 2nd North American Flight (Sieger 454), uprated postal stationery with May 6th New York cancel intended for Hindenburg flight; following the accident it was decided that the mail would travel by ship without additional auxiliary markings, Fine to Very Fine. (Image)
Estimate $300-400
Opening US$ 150.00
Closed..Oct-13-2023, 13:06:27 EST
Sold For 0
Sale No: 790
Lot No: 2212
Symbol: C
Cat No: 454 var. USA
1937 (May 6) Intended for 2nd North American Flight (Sieger 454), pair of philatelic covers intended for flight on the Hindenburg; Grandy Naval Heros cachet on a Registered business-sized envelope addressed to Germany, along with a Receipt for Registered Article dated May 4th, a two-line official cachet instructs the post office to RETURN TO SENDER; the second is addressed to Czechoslovakia, following the airship accident the mail (including this item) traveled by surface ship to Europe, an arrival cancel on the reverse confirms the delivery, Fine to Very Fine. (Image)
Estimate $500-750
Opening US$ 250.00
Closed..Oct-13-2023, 13:06:48 EST
Sold For 0
Sale No: 790
Lot No: 2213
Symbol: C
Cat No: 454 var. USA
1937 (May 6) Intended for 2nd North American Flight (Sieger 454), Registered philatelic mail intended for the Hindenburg; following the accident it was decided to forward eastbound mail via surface ship without additional auxiliary marking; in addition to the privately produced four-line explanation, is an official two-line cachet and the autographs of Max Pruss and Albert Sammt, Fine to Very Fine. (Image)
Estimate $500-750
Opening US$ 550.00
Sold...US$ 550.00
Closed..Oct-13-2023, 13:08:01 EST
Sold For 550
Sale No: 790
Lot No: 2214
Symbol: C
Cat No: 454 var. USA
1937 (May 6) Intended for 2nd North American Flight (Sieger 454), Registered Paquebot sent to Leipzig; private four-line cachet likely created by the German Zeppelin Transport applied to this Europa mail; the Luftpost ettiquette label has a large "X" and the envelope was forwarded; Leipzig receiver on reverse; following the accident it was decided to send eastbound mail via surface ship without additional auxiliary markings, Fine to Very Fine. (Image)
Estimate $1,000-1,500
Opening US$ 500.00
Sold...US$ 550.00
Closed..Oct-13-2023, 13:09:04 EST
Sold For 550
Sale No: 790
Lot No: 2215
Symbol: C
Cat No: 454 var. USA
1937 (May 6) Intended for 2nd North American Flight (Sieger 454), noted philatelist Robert Schoendorf sent 5 envelopes on a round the world journey; on late April they were postmarked in Guam for the FAM 14 Guam to Hong Kong flight; the back of the envelope shows the transit at Victoria on Apr 28 and arrival in Brooklyn Jun 28 in preparation for the west to east Atlantic crossing by the Hindenburg; with the destruction of the airship the mail was sent by surface ship to Europe without additional auxiliary marking; the cover, Registered in Frankfurt and with the Luftpost ettiquette crossed out, has a presumably privately produced one line rubber stamp which reads, "AIR SERVICES TO NORTH AMERICA SUSPENDED"; Mi 64A, Fine to Very Fine. (Image)
Estimate $750-1,000
Opening US$ 375.00
Closed..Oct-13-2023, 13:09:27 EST
Sold For 0
Sale No: 790
Lot No: 2216
Symbol: C
Cat No: 454 var. USA
1937 (May 6) Intended for 2nd North American Flight (Sieger 454), pair of envelopes intended for the Hindenburg flight, one with a Roessler cachet and Cinderella label on the reverse; following the accident, eastbound mail was sent by ship without additional auxiliary markings, Fine to Very Fine. (Image)
Estimate $350-500
Opening US$ 250.00
Sold...US$ 250.00
Closed..Oct-13-2023, 13:09:49 EST
Sold For 250
Sale No: 790
Lot No: 2217
Symbol: C
Cat No: 1937.0510 letter
1937 (May 10) Correspondence Concerning Hindenburg Disaster Mail (Sieger 454), two days after the explosion of the German airship Hindenburg at Lakehurst Naval Air Station, the surviving Navigator and on board Postmaster, Max Zabel, writes on DZR United States Representative letterhead; he informs "To Whom It May Concern" that mail intended for Mr A C Church was lost in the accident in New Jersey; of the 17,000 pieces of mail carried on the flight only about 140 had been recovered when the letter was written; in total only 372 pieces of mail would be recorded, Very Fine. (Image)
Estimate $250-350
Opening US$ 425.00
Sold...US$ 425.00
Closed..Oct-13-2023, 13:10:12 EST
Sold For 425
Sale No: 790
Lot No: 2218
Symbol:
Cat No: 1938 Knight Report
Knight, R.W., The Hindenburg Accident, August 1938, from the Department of Commerce, Report No. 11 of the Bureau of Air Commerce's Safety and Planning Division, subtitled "A Comparative Digest of the Investigations and Findings, With the American and Translated German Reports Included"; written by the Acting Chief of the Air Transport Section, and comprising three sections: a comparative digest of the German and American reports, a translation of the German report, and the report of the US Dept. of Commerce Accident Board; 68 pages, staple-bound with greenish light card covers, "12729" (copy number?) on each page; some wear but still intact; a "first look" back at the disaster. (Image)
Estimate $150-200
Opening US$ 150.00
Sold...US$ 150.00
Closed..Oct-13-2023, 13:10:26 EST
Sold For 150
Hindenburg Flights
Sale No: 790
Lot No: 1859
Symbol: C
Cat No: 401 Aa
1936 Hindenburg, Postal Flight, signed Eckener (Sieger 401 Aa), at bottom left on real photo postcard of Zeppelin approaching its hangar addressed to Rome Italy, franked with Germany 10pf and 40pf stamps (Scott Nos. 469 and C47) tied by individual strikes of "Friedrichshafen (Bodensee) 23.3.36" circular datestamps, with red Mit Luftschiff LZ 129 befördert" oval and red Zeppelin flown handstamp cachet, Very Fine. (Image)
Estimate $150-200
Opening US$ 80.00
Sold...US$ 90.00
Closed..Oct-13-2023, 09:05:43 EST
Sold For 90
Sale No: 790
Lot No: 1860
Symbol: C
Cat No: 401 Aa
1936 (Mar 23), First Mail-Carrying Flight, Friedrichshafen - Friedrichshafen (Sieger 401 Aa), cover franked with a 3m Hindenburg with horizontally grilled gum (Mi. 539y) tied by a Mar 23 Friedrichshafen c.d.s. with red flight cachet; initially marked for Registered mail, but crossed out; some edge wear on the back only, otherwise Very Fine. Michel prices this stamp (539 y) on cover at €1,000., with a 2004 A. Schlegel certificate. Michel 6 a var. (Image)
Estimate $250-350
Opening US$ 130.00
Closed..Oct-13-2023, 09:06:13 EST
Sold For 0
Sale No: 790
Lot No: 1861
Symbol: C
Cat No: 401Ab//402 WEur
1936 (Mar 23) 1st Postal Flight of the Hindenburg (Sieger 401Ab//402), 7 cards and covers from the first postal flight of the Hindenburg and local Germany flights; uprated German postal card showing the Winter Olympics, postcard from downtown Vienna, pair of Austrian postcards from the WIPA philatelic event, Swiss mail to Luzern, a card from Liechtenstein, and 11 different frankings from Denmark to England (Si 402); Si €810, Fine to Very Fine. (Image)
Estimate $250-350
Opening US$ 200.00
Sold...US$ 350.00
Closed..Oct-13-2023, 09:07:45 EST
Sold For 350
Sale No: 790
Lot No: 1862
Symbol: C
Cat No: 401 Ba, 401 BB, 402 B
1936 Test Flight and Germany Flight covers, group of nine (Sieger 401 Ba, 401 BB, 402 B), one cover from and to the DZR (ex Heinmuller), one postcard and seven picture post cards, all with on-board cancels; Sieger #401 Ba franked both Germany and Austria, the Austrian stamps tied by purple triangular 1936 Philately Day cancel; two #401 Bb (with Zeppelin stamp frankings), plus six #402 B (one delayed, with auxiliary markings); nice group from the start of the Graf Zeppelin II, Fine to Very Fine or better. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)
Estimate $200-300
Opening US$ 160.00
Sold...US$ 275.00
Closed..Oct-13-2023, 09:08:54 EST
Sold For 275
Sale No: 790
Lot No: 1863
Symbol: C
Cat No: 401 Bb
1936 Hindenburg, Postal Flight, signed Eckener and Lehmann (Sieger 401 Bb), bold signatures in black ink on cover franked with Germany 50pf and 75pf Zeppelin (Scott Nos. C57 & C58) tied by "Luftschiff LZ 129 23.3.36" double circle datestamp, magenta "Mit Luftschiff L.Z. 129" handstamp at top left and purple handstamp address at bottom right, Extremely Fine cover and signatures. (Image)
Estimate $200-300
Opening US$ 100.00
Sold...US$ 170.00
Closed..Oct-13-2023, 09:10:24 EST
Sold For 170
Sale No: 790
Lot No: 1864
Symbol: C
Cat No: 401 var
1936 Hindenburg, Postal Flight, Denmark Franking (Sieger 401 var), three stamps tied by two strikes of "Kobenhavn Luftpost 23.3.36" circular datestamp, red "Mit Luftschiff LZ 129 befördert" in oval and "Friedrichshafen (Bodensee) 25.3.36" circular datestamp on airmail cover to "Patrol Squadron 6, Fleet Air Base, Pearl Harbor, T.H." (Territory of Hawaii), Very Fine, Denmark franking is not listed for this flight in Sieger. Michel 6 var; €350 ($380). (Image)
Estimate $150-250
Opening US$ 120.00
Sold...US$ 140.00
Closed..Oct-13-2023, 09:11:12 EST
Sold For 140
Sale No: 790
Lot No: 1865
Symbol: C
Cat No: 402 B
1936, Hindenburg, German Flight, signed Eckener and von Schiller (Sieger 402 B), bold signatures in black ink on cover franked with Germany 25pf air mail and 75pf Zeppelin (Scott Nos. C50 & C58) tied by individual strikes of "Luftschiff LZ 129 29.3.36" double circle datestamp, pencil address to Sieger in Lorch, violet "Mit Luftschiff L.Z. 129" in script handstamp at bottom left, Extremely Fine cover and signatures. (Image)
Estimate $200-300
Opening US$ 100.00
Sold...US$ 170.00
Closed..Oct-13-2023, 09:12:01 EST
Sold For 170
Sale No: 790
Lot No: 1866
Symbol: C
Cat No: 402 B
1936, Hindenburg, German Flight, signed Sammt plus note and five signatures on back (Sieger 402 B), of cover addressed to Germany franked with Germany 25pf Air mail and 75pf Zeppelin (Scott Nos. C50 & C58) tied by "Luftschiff LZ 129 23.3.36" double circle datestamp, the short note on the back presumably translates to "Carried on the LZ 129 "Hindenburg" on the Germany flight from 26 to 29 March 1936" and five signatures. We sent an image of the signatures to Patrick Russell (see his site http://facesofthehindenburg.blogspot.com/) and he commented "these don't look like crew signatures. My guess is, this cover was signed by some of the election commission workers who were tasked with dropping political leaflets and miniature souvenir swastika flags from the portholes in the lower tail fin. I have no way of confirming this, but since it was forbidden to drop anything out of the passenger observation windows out of concern that doing so might foul one of the propellers, I suspect this cover may well have been dropped (and probably signed) by the guys who were already dropping electioneering materials from the lower fin.", Very Fine and probably unique. (Image)
Estimate $400-600
Opening US$ 225.00
Sold...US$ 425.00
Closed..Oct-13-2023, 09:12:55 EST
Sold For 425
Sale No: 790
Lot No: 1867
Symbol: C
Cat No: 403 var
1936, 1st South America Flight, Hungary Franking (Sieger 403 var), six stamps, fouro canceled by two strikes of "Legi Posta Budapest 36 Mar. 28" (March 28, 1936) circular datestamp, red Zeppelin flown handstamp cachet, "Friedrichshafen 30.3.36" circular datestamp, on cover with printed illustration of Zeppelin at top left addressed to Curitiba (Parana) Brazil with receiving backstamp, Very Fine. Sieger €275 ($300). (Image)
Estimate $100-150
Opening US$ 80.00
Sold...US$ 140.00
Closed..Oct-13-2023, 09:14:20 EST
Sold For 140
Sale No: 790
Lot No: 1868
Symbol: C
Cat No: 404 var Brazil
1936, 1st South America Flight, USA and Brazil Mixed Franking (Sieger 404 var), US 25¢ Clipper (Scott No. C20) vertical plate no. 21474 pair with "New York N.Y. Varick St. Sta. 3" double oval cancel and tied by "New York, N.Y. Varick St. Sta. Mar. 24, 1936" duplex cancel on legal sized cover with six Brazil stamps tied by "Correio Aereo Districtot Federal 4.Abr.1936" double circle datestamps, registry handstamp and violet "AIR MAIL" straightline cancel and "Servicio Aereo Transoceanico Brasil-Europa Condor Zeppelin Lufthansa" handstamp at top center, addressed to Rio De Janeiro and redirected by Hindenburg to Leipzig Germany, three backstamps including Leipzig arrival, top flap removed and poorly repositioned, vertical crease clear of stamps, otherwise Almost Very Fine. (Image)
Estimate $150-200
Opening US$ 80.00
Sold...US$ 80.00
Closed..Oct-13-2023, 09:14:39 EST
Sold For 80
Sale No: 790
Lot No: 1869
Symbol: C
Cat No: 404 var USA
1936, 1st South America Flight, US and Brazil and Germany Mixed Franking (Sieger 404 var), US 20c pair and 8c rotary (Scott Nos. 640 and 698) tied by "New York N.Y. G.P.O. Mar. 23, 1936" duplex cancel and ten Brazil stamps tied by "Correio Aereo Districto Federal 4.Abr.1936" double circle datestamps and Germany 40pf and 50pf airmail (Scott Nos. C51 & C52) tied by large Leipzig commemorative circular datestamps, on legal sized cover to New York City, "Servicio Aereo Transoceanico Brasil-Europa Condor Zeppelin Lufthansa" double circle handstamp at bottom, three backstamps including Leipzig receiving cancel, top backflap with internal separation that does not detract from this scarce three country franking, Very Fine. (Image)
Estimate $200-300
Opening US$ 200.00
Sold...US$ 200.00
Closed..Oct-13-2023, 09:15:02 EST
Sold For 200
Sale No: 790
Lot No: 1870
Symbol: C
Cat No: 405
1936 (Mar 5), Test Flight, Friedrichshafen - Friedrichshafen (Sieger 405), DELAG Zeppelin card franked with a 6pf stamp tied by a Mar 3 Friedrichshafen c.d.s.; written by crewman Kurt Schönherr and, since the Zeppelin Post Office had not yet been established, placed in the regular mail at Friedrichshafen after landing, Very Fine and rare. Noted by Sieger, but not numbered or priced., with a 2006 D. Leder certificate. Michel 2; €1,000 ($1,080).
Card reads, "Greetings from today's journey - Schönherr - L.Z. 129 - a miracle of German technology". (Image)
Estimate $500-750
Opening US$ 275.00
Sold...US$ 800.00
Closed..Oct-13-2023, 09:16:17 EST
Sold For 800
Sale No: 790
Lot No: 1871
Symbol: C
Cat No: 405 B
1936 Roundtrip Flight, Picture Postcard written and signed Walter Ziegler (Sieger 405 B), short message to a lady in Friedrichshafen on postcard with black & white image of two Zeppelins in flight (over Friedrichshafen? returning from a WWI era bombing raid over England?), with 50pf German Zeppelin (Scott No. C57) tied by "Luftschiff Hindenburg 4.5.36" circular datestamp; stamp slightly toned, card very slightly trimmed on all four sides, Extremely Fine.
According to http://facesofthehindenburg.blogspot.com/2009/03/captain-walter-ziegler.html, Captain Walter Ziegler was a watch officer on the Hindenburg's final flight. (He was) hired by the Deutsche Zeppelin Reederei on May 1st, 1935. With the DZR looking to train watch officers to command the fleet of airships which was expected to be built over the next several years, Ziegler quickly progressed from his initial station on the LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin as one of Chief Knorr's riggers, to stand watch as a helmsman, then as an elevatorman and finally, by the time the Hindenburg made her maiden flight on March 4, 1936, a navigator…Ziegler was also, according to Klaus Pruss (the son of the Hindenburg's commander Captain Max Pruss) one of three ranking members of the Nazi Party among the Hindenburg's crew, the others being Chief Engineer Rudolf Sauter and rudderman Helmut Lau. According to Pruss, Ziegler and the others were, however, dedicated airshipmen first and foremost. Accompanied by a modern copy of photo of Ziegler—the same photo of him giving a tour of the navigation room in the Hindenburg's control car—that appears on the same web page. Ziegler, then 29, survived the Hindenburg's crash one year later. (Image)
Estimate $200-300
Opening US$ 250.00
Sold...US$ 250.00
Closed..Oct-13-2023, 09:16:50 EST
Sold For 250
Sale No: 790
Lot No: 1872
Symbol: C
Cat No: 405B//435
1936 (May 4) Hindenburg Roundtrip (Sieger 405B//435), 6 postcards mailed On-Board for local flights; includes 405B, 414, 415, 416B, and 435; Si €475, Fine to Very Fine. (Image)
Estimate $200-300
Opening US$ 100.00
Sold...US$ 200.00
Closed..Oct-13-2023, 09:17:33 EST
Sold For 200
Sale No: 790
Lot No: 1873
Symbol: C
Cat No: 406 D Poland
1936 (May 6), 1st North America Flight, Friedrichshafen - Lakehurst (Sieger 406 D), Registered cover franked with 2.65z postage tied by May 5 Port Gdynia c.d.s.s with red Frankfurt "d" flight cachet; backstamped Posnan and Berlin (May 6), New York and Detroit, Very Fine. Michel 12 b; €500 ($540). Sieger €350 ($380). (Image)
Estimate $200-300
Opening US$ 200.00
Sold...US$ 200.00
Closed..Oct-13-2023, 09:18:10 EST
Sold For 200
Sale No: 790
Lot No: 1874
Symbol: C
Cat No: 406 Sweden
1936 (May 6) 1st North America Flight (Sieger 406), Registered cover from Stockholm with scarce Zeppelin ettiquite label addressed to New York; no flight cachet but correctly records arrival in America with New York Registry postmark on the reverse, Fine to Very Fine. (Image)
Estimate $200-300
Opening US$ 100.00
Closed..Oct-13-2023, 09:19:14 EST
Sold For 0
Sale No: 790
Lot No: 1875
Symbol: C
Cat No: 406 SwitzerlandC
1936 (May 6) 1st North American Flight (Sieger 406C), mixed franking on small envelope postmarked in Zurich May 5th and again at Frankfurt the following day; Swiss franking includes Scott # 222a (Tete Beche pair) and C20 in addition to the German Hindenburg stamps (C57-C58); received in New York for delivery to Long Island on May 9th; scarce mixing franking, Very Fine. (Image)
Estimate $200-300
Opening US$ 375.00
Sold...US$ 375.00
Closed..Oct-13-2023, 09:20:23 EST
Sold For 375
Sale No: 790
Lot No: 1876
Symbol: C
Cat No: 406
1936 (May 6) 1st North America Flight (Sieger 406), it survived a flight on the Hindenburg but nearly lost its life in a New York City canceling machine; perhaps a dozen receiver marks on the reverse, a crumpled envelope, and patches of sealing tape attest (as does the Officially Sealed label, and auxiliary markings) to the rough treatment this letter got, Fine to Very Fine. (Image)
Estimate $150-200
Opening US$ 80.00
Sold...US$ 80.00
Closed..Oct-13-2023, 09:20:59 EST
Sold For 80
Sale No: 790
Lot No: 1877
Symbol: C
Cat No: 406
1936 (May 6) 1st North America Flight (Sieger 406), scarce "Hamburg Streetcar" cancel on letter to hotel in New York; overfranked by 1pf and slightly reduced at right, Fine to Very Fine. (Image)
Estimate $200-300
Opening US$ 150.00
Sold...US$ 150.00
Closed..Oct-13-2023, 09:21:23 EST
Sold For 150
Sale No: 790
Lot No: 1878
Symbol: C
Cat No: 406
1936 (May 6) 1st North America Flight (Sieger 406), 9 cards and envelopes from Friedrichshafen, Lorch, and other cities; three are Registered, Fine to Very Fine. (PDF for this Lot) (Image)
Estimate $250-350
Opening US$ 130.00
Sold...US$ 130.00
Closed..Oct-13-2023, 09:21:45 EST
Sold For 130
Sale No: 790
Lot No: 1879
Symbol: C
Cat No: 406
1936 (May 6) 1st North America Flight (Sieger 406), Registered Frankfurt Advertising cover flown to New York and then on to Argentina via Canal Zone, Fine to Very Fine. (Image)
Estimate $100-150
Opening US$ 50.00
Sold...US$ 60.00
Closed..Oct-13-2023, 09:22:13 EST
Sold For 60
Sale No: 790
Lot No: 1880
Symbol: C
Cat No: 406
1936 (May 6) 1st North America Flight (Sieger 406), Registered Frankfurt envelope covered with 14 German adhesives; reverse has registry receivers in New York and Philadelphia, Fine to Very Fine. (Image)
