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LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
141 CVR 21 image1874 (January 5), 2½gr Large Shield pair on transatlantic cover from Berlin to New Haven, Connecticut, tied by Berlin single-circle datestamps, with manuscript routing instruction “via Hamburg über Bremen,” reverse showing faint red New York transit, minor sealed tears at top and small edge faults, otherwise clean and presentable, fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$80.00
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142 CVR 27 image1874 (February 3), 9 kr Large Shield on folded transatlantic cover from Gedern to New York, tied by Gedern single-circle datestamp, with manuscript route directive “über Hamburg,” reverse showing red New York arrival and New York (14 Mar) negative “D” handstamp, fine-very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$80.00
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143 CVR 21 image1874 (August 11), 2½gr Large Shield definitive on cover from Breslau to Indianola, Texas, single franking, tied by boxed Breslau Oberschl. Bahnf. railway cancellation, endorsed “Via New York” at top, reverse with faint red New York Paid All marking, fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$70.00
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144 CVR 26 image1874 (August 11), 7kr Large Shield pair on registered cover from Frankfurt am Main to Neuenahr, tied by boxed Frankfurt A.M. Westende cancellations, with manuscript and handstamped Recommandirt markings, blue crayon registry notation, reverse bearing Neuenahr (12 Aug) receiver and intact red wax seal, quite fresh and attractive. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$90.00
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145 CVR 16 image1874 (August 28), ¼ gr Large Shield issue on local postal card from Kiel, tied by double-hooded Kiel datestamp and addressed locally, reverse showing matching same-day circular receiver marking, some light toning to card, else a fine example of this rate. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$60.00
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146 CVR 30 image1874 (November 2), 9kr Large Shield on transatlantic cover from Offenbach to Ohio, United States, the adhesive tied by two clear Offenbach single-circle datestamps, red New York Paid All receiver (17 Nov) struck on front, no backstamps, the stamp with rounded upper right corner and minor ink mark at right, reverse of envelope repaied, but an elusive single franking. (Mi. 30, €1 100) (Image 1)

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SOLD for C$100.00
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147 CVR   image1912 (July 5), Hamburg postcard with “National-Flugspende Hamburg 1912” label, picture postcard “Hamburg Hochbahnstation Berliner Tor” franked with 5 Pf Germania bearing J.S.H. perfin and tied by Hamburg (5 Jul) machine cancel, the same strike also cancelling the imperforate National-Flugspende Hamburg 1912 aviation fund-raising label at left, a contemporaneous usage from the nationwide Nationalflugspende subscription campaign launched at the 1912 Berlin ALA under the patronage of Prince Heinrich of Prussia, fresh and very fine. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$40.00
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148 CVR   image1913 (April), Prince Heinrich Flight, Giessen leg, official postcard, depicting a Zeppelin airship and airplanes in flight, franked with 5pf Germania, tied by Giessen / Prinz Heinrich Flug event c.d.s., a bright and attractive pioneer aviation card, very fine.

The 1913 Prinz Heinrich Flug was a major pre–World War I German aviation competition held under the patronage of Prince Heinrich of Prussia to promote technical progress in flight. The route included a control stop at Giessen, where official cachets and cancellations were applied to flown mail and souvenir postcards. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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Germany—World War I Airship Postal History
LotNo. Symbol Cat No. Lot Description
149 CVR   imageLuftschiffer Abt. Nr. 11 (Zeppelin Detachment), 1915 (23 July), feldpost card Strantz to Cronenberg, photographic postcard of Arnaville (Lorraine) written by Reservist Brackes of the 121. Feld-Luftschiffer-Division, Abteilung 11, struck with a fine violet circular Luftschiffer Abt. 11 cachet with Imperial eagle and endorsed Feldpost, addressed to Cronenberg (Elberfeld) and dated, a scarce ground-unit usage. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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150 CVR   imageLuftschiff Abt. Nr. 13, 1917 (July 5), feldpost cover redirected from Willingen i. Waldeck to Charlottenburg, cancelled by Deutsche Feldpost c.d.s. and struck with the violet Feldluftschifferabteilung Nr. 13 / Briefstempel, the reverse showing the sender’s manuscript “Hirsch, Feldluftschiffer Abt. 13, Deutsche Feldpost 655,” confirming his service within the Zeppelin ground and operational units, light edge imperfections, else fresh and very fine; Feldluftschifferabteilung Nr. 13 formed part of the specialised detachments supporting army Zeppelin and observation operations. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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151 CVR   imageLuftschiff-Trupp Nr. 18, 1916 (June 2), feldpost cover to Berlin-Wilmersdorf, bearing a bold violet circular Königlich Preussischer Luftschiff-Trupp / Briefstempel / Nr. 18 alongside a clear Feldpoststation Nr. 177 c.d.s., mailed by a member of this specialised Prussian airship detachment whose personnel supported key Army Zeppelins in active reconnaissance and bombing operations during 1916, some irregular trimming at top though all markings remain intact and sharply legible, very fine strikes. (Image 1)



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152 CVR   imageLZ 30, 1915 (12 January), feldpost card from Ahlhorn to Düsseldorf, postcard from an Airman of the 3. Marine-Luftschiff-Abteilung attached to Zeppelin LZ 30 (Army Z XI), struck on the front with the violet circular unit cachet III. Marine-Luftschiff-Abteilung / Prüfstelle and cancelled Ahlhorn (Oldenburg), address panel showing the sender’s return notation identifying him as a crewman of the detachment, with a brief personal message, a fine and scarce early Zeppelin crew Feldpost usage from the important naval airship base at Ahlhorn. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$100.00
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153 CVR   imageLZ 37, 1915 (18 June), feldpost postcard from Brussels to Berlin, picture postcard posted at Brussels with Brussel/Bruxelles machine cancel, struck with a bold violet circular Kommando L.Z. 37 cachet with Imperial eagle at centre, the sender identifying himself as "Soldat …, K.d.L.Z. 37" confirming attachment to the airship’s command, written just days after the destruction of LZ 37 on 7 June 1915 by RNAS Flight Sub-Lieutenant Reginald A. J. Warneford, V.C., the first Zeppelin ever brought down in aerial combat, a remarkable and scarce feldpost item associated with this short-lived naval airship. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$275.00
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154 CVR   imageLZ 39, 1915 (24 December), feldpost postcard from Thorn to Berlin, propaganda postcard issued by the Presseverwaltung Warschau inscribed "Russische Kultur," written with Christmas greetings and cancelled Thorn, bearing the violet circular Kommando L.Z.39 / Brief-Stempel, usual edge wear, else fine and scarce; with 1980 Horst Aisslinger certificate. LZ 39, commissioned in April 1915 and decommissioned that December, saw service on both Eastern and Western Fronts including the attack on Rovno where it sustained anti-aircraft damage. (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) (Image 4)

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155 CVR   imageLZ 62, 1916 (August 23), Ahlhorn to Hamburg, signed by Hans von Schiller, envelope posted by Leutnant zur See Hans von Schiller while serving as Wachoffizier with Kommando L-30, bearing his manuscript signature “von Schiller” above the printed officer’s handstamp, struck with violet circular Dienst Stempel / III. Gruppe and boxed Kommando L.30, cancelled by Ahlhorn (Oldenburg) c.d.s., a significant and very fine Feldpost usage linking an operational naval airship with the wartime signature of Hans von Schiller.

The L-30 was a major naval Zeppelin commissioned 28 May 1916, active on reconnaissance and bombing operations before final dismantling at Seerappen in 1920. Hans von Schiller (1891–1976) was one of Germany’s most celebrated Zeppelin officers, rising from a naval Wachoffizieron wartime airships such as L-30 to become a senior captain of the Graf Zeppelin (LZ-127) and later the Hindenburg (LZ-129) during the golden age of interwar flight. Revered for his skill, professionalism, and later his historical writings, he remains one of the iconic figures in the history of rigid airship aviation. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$250.00
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156 CVR   imageLZ 79, 1917 (November 7), naval Feldpost cover from Ahlhorn to Norden (East Frisia), struck with clear Ahlhorn (Oldenburg) c.d.s. in black with a fine violet circular "Kaiserliche Marine / Dienst Stempel / Kommando L.41" cachet, sent by Oberleutnant z.S. Brunner, a naval officer of the L-41 command, a fine and desirable wartime usage from the command of a front-line naval Zeppelin; the airship, commissioned 21 February 1917, served in reconnaissance and attack roles until its destruction by its own crew at Nordholz on 19 June 1919 to prevent surrender under the terms of the Armistice. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$100.00
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157 CVR   imageLZ 88, 1916 (August 24), naval Feldpost from Seddin to Hamburg, picture postcard showing Stolp i. Pom, endorsed Feldpost, struck with a bold violet circular Kommando L.Z.88 / Seddin (Kr. Stolp) cachet with Imperial eagle at centre, the message signed “Otto,” a fresh example with choice strikes. The LZ-88—later redesignated L-25—served as an army reconnaissance airship before transfer to the navy for bombing operations; it remained in service until its crash on 15 September 1917. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$100.00
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158 CVR   imageLZ 90, 1916 (March 20), picture postcard from Trier to Speyer, struck with a bold blue circular Kommando L.Z.90 / Brief-Stempel alongside a Trier despatch c.d.s. and violet boxed censor handstamp "Trier 1 F.K. zu befördern", the card a view of the Kaiserpalast at Trier, written by airshipman Hans Hawranke of Kommando L.Z.90 and addressed to his brother at Speyer, bearing Hawranke’s manuscript unit designation at upper left and signed “Hans,” a superb strike of this Zeppelin marking; the LZ-90, placed into service 1 January 1916, undertook bombing raids over England and reconnaissance on the Western Front, and on 11 November 1918 drifted uncontrolled over the North Sea after a storm near Windmundhafen (Ostfriesland), ending an operational life of barely ten months. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$400.00
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159 CVR   imageLZ 95, 1916 British Army Post Office (Salonika) postcard showing the wreckage after its destruction, picture postcard inscribed “Le Zeppelin LZ 95 abattu le 5 Mai 1916 et exposé à la Tour Blanche,” addressed to England and cancelled Army Post Office S.X./B / 23 AU 16 in black with bold red triangular Passed by Censor / No. 4094 handstamp, some tone spots, but a desirable view depicting the remains of LZ 95 displayed at the White Tower, Thessaloniki, shortly after the airship—lost on 5 May 1916 after just 23 days of service—was exhibited as a war trophy. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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160 CVR   imageLZ 98, 1916 (July 27), picture postcard from Wildeshausen to Homburg, bearing a full strike of the green circular Kommando Brief-Stempel L.Z. 98 alongside a clear Wildeshausen c.d.s., written by an Obermaschinist of the L.Z. 98 to his parents describing a pleasant evening flight, signed “Euer Sohn Heinz,” the picture side showing views of Wildeshausen including the Alexander-Stift and Krankenhaus St. Johannis, fresh and very fine, a lovely strike; the L.Z. 98, an active military airship used in attacks over England and reconnaissance over the Ostsee, was transferred to the Navy in May 1917. (Image 1) (Image 2)

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SOLD for C$200.00
Will close during Public Auction

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