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A Famous Voyage and Airmail Flights continued...

Zeppelin Collateral Material continued...
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
621   imageHindenburg Explosion: Commemorative Cover with Hand Painted Cachet, multicolored hand painted cachet, with 3¢ (784) tied by blue USS Cuttlefish cancel, signed "May 6 / Seatq", Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $200 - 300. (Image) 		Est. $200-300
SOLD for $110.00
Will close during Public Auction
622   imageHindenburg Explosion: Original Castle Films. In original tin reel box, Castle Films production for News Parade, scarce and valuable, Very Fine.
Estimate $250 - 350. (Image) 		Est. $250-350
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
623   imageHindenburg Explosion: Original Eastman Film News Reel. In original tin reel box, labeled "Hindenburg Explosion", Eastman Film logo on tin, museum worthy, Very Fine.
Estimate $250 - 350. (Image) 		Est. $250-350
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
624   imageHindenburg Explosion: Original News Reel. In original tin reel box, labeled "Hindenburg Explosion", 16 mm.- 200 ft, rare and desirable, Very Fine.
Estimate $250 - 350. (Image) 		Est. $250-350
SOLD for $140.00
Will close during Public Auction
625   imageItalian Airship Norge: Photo. Black & white photo, 8" x 10", showing the airship over a barren polar landscape, signed on reverse by American polar explorer Lincoln Ellsworth beneath the handwritten notation, "The 'Norge' leaving King's Bay, Spitzbergen, at 8.55 a.m. May 11th 1926, for her long 2000 mile voyage across the unknown Polar Sea to Alaska", the note is quite possibly also in Ellsworth's hand; the photo has a vertical crease and a small chip in the center, otherwise Very Fine.
Estimate $200 - 300. (Image) (Image2)

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Est. $200-300
SOLD for $100.00
Will close during Public Auction
626   imageSoviet Airship V6 Osoaviakhim: Photo. Acme Agency news photo, 8" x 10", of the ill-fated Nobile-designed airship in flight on its maiden flight in 1934.
Estimate $200 - 300

The photo was used to illustrate February 1938 articles about the ship's destruction in a crash on her way to rescue stranded members of a Soviet Arctic Expedition in. Thirteen crewmen were killed. All members of the Expedition were eventually saved . (Image) 		Est. $200-300
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
627   imageU.S. Airship Collateral: Book - J.L. Phipps Notebook on Air Navigation. Typewritten and handwritten notebook with hand drawn illustrations and diagrams, over fifty pages, with emphasis on the US Navy blimps type K & L, with diagrams of nose mooring, inner suspension, control panel, and piece of fabric from airship L-4 wrecked near Lakehurst NJ, unique and historic notebook, museum quality, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $600 - 800. (Image) 		Est. $600-800
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
628   imageU.S. Airship Collateral: General Electric Air Compass Type B. Original air compass manufactured by General Electric, model plate reads "Air Compass / Type B / No 4105 / General / Electric / Company / USA", black paint, mounted on wooden base by two wooden spools, museum quality, a rare and desirable item for the aviation aficionado; a few dings in the rear, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500. (Image) 		Est. $1,000-1,500
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
629   imageU.S. Airship Collateral: Goodyear Aircraft Ad for Orient Trip. Double page magazine article, 19" by 13½", with picture of a Zeppelin flying over China coast, with smaller pictures showing the ease of airship travel, write up trumpeting America's ownership of helium, mounted on cardboard backing, scarce Zeppelin item; edge wrinkles, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $150 - 200. (Image) 		Est. $150-200
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
630   imageU.S. Airship Collateral: Original Pen & Ink Drawing for Macon/Akron Memorial Cachet. A handsome pen drawing, matted and framed, 13½ by 17" approximately., of the memorial cachet drawn and signed by Ted Bedell, fresh and bright, an item to be treasured, Very Fine.
Estimate $400 - 600. (Image) 		Est. $400-600
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
631   imageU.S. Airship Collateral: Sleeve Insignia. Three U.S. Navy sleeve insignia: Petty Officer Third Class, Second Class & First Class, all with Airship Rigger's Wings, in black on summer white patch; 3rd Class worn, other two probably not, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $300 - 400. (Image) (Image2)

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Est. $300-400
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
632   imageU.S. Airship Collateral: Toy Zeppelin. Sky Ranger litho tin Zeppelin showing pilot, radio operator and others, design repeated on right and left side; a few dings and light scratches, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $150 - 200. (Image) 		Est. $150-200
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
633   imageU.S.S. Akron: Hull Fabric. Piece of fabric, about 5" x 2½", mounted on a U.S.S. Akron letterhead dated May 30, 1933 with embossed seal of Lakewood Township, N.J. and Akron memorial handstamp, Very Fine.
Estimate $200 - 300

The Akron crashed and was destroyed in a storm off the New Jersey coast in the early morning hours of April 4, 1933, leaving 73 dead and only three survivors . (Image) 		Est. $200-300
SOLD for $110.00
Will close during Public Auction
634   imageU.S.S. Akron: Hull Fabric. Piece of fabric, about 6" x 3½", accompanied by a presentation letter on a Lakehurst Naval Air Station letterhead dated Feb 1932, in part, "This piece of outer covering is from the damaged lower fin of the 'Akron.' As most of the material was destroyed by orders of the officials - my friend who had charge of repairs salvaged about two square yards for me", Very Fine.
Estimate $200 - 300

On February 22, 1932, while the airship was being taken from her hangar, her tail came loose from its moorings, was caught by the wind, and hit the ground, necessitating extensive repairs to the lower fin . (Image) (Image2)

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Est. $200-300
SOLD for $400.00
Will close during Public Auction
635   imageU.S.S. Los Angeles Collateral: Hull Fabric. Piece of fabric, about 4" x 3" bearing a small blue handstamp "U.S.S. Los Angeles", Very Fine.
Estimate $200 - 300

The Los Angeles was built in 1923-24 by the German Zeppelin company, where it was originally designated LZ 126. It was surrendered to the U.S. Navy by Germany as part of World War I reparations. It was decommissioned in 1932, but recommissioned for a period after the crash of the U.S.S. Akron in April 1933. She was soon returned to storage and finally struck off the Navy list in 1939, ending the career of the Navy's longest serving airship. Unlike her sister ships, the Akron, Macon, and Shenandoah, the Los Angeles' career did not suffer a disastrous ending . (Image) 		Est. $200-300
SOLD for $200.00
Will close during Public Auction
636   imageU.S.S. Los Angeles Collateral: Photos. Series of black & white photographs in a portfolio entitled "LZ 126, 20 Original Photographs of the American Airship" [in German] published by the Zeppelin Airship Co. in 1925; photos, which feature various stages of manufacture, flight, crew, Dr. Eckener, Count von Zeppelin, etc., are 8½" x 6¼" mounted on 12½" x 9¼" mattes; this collection includes only 16 of the 20 photos, three of which have their mattes somewhat reduced, otherwise Very Fine.
Estimate $250 - 350. (Image) (Image2)

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Est. $250-350
SOLD for $190.00
Will close during Public Auction
637   imageU.S.S. Los Angeles Collateral: Photos. Seven black & white photos, 8" 10" several are background shots for the 1931 film "Dirigible", one is a photo of the passenger cabin of the Graf Zeppelin. "Dirigible" was directed by Frank Capra and starred, among others, Fay Wray of "King Kong" fame. It was centered around the competition between naval fixed-wing and airship pilots to reach the South Pole by air.
Estimate $500 - 750. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7)

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Est. $500-750
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
638   imageU.S.S. Macon: Hull Fabric. Piece of fabric, about 2½" x 2", Very Fine.
Estimate $150 - 200. (Image) (Image2)

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Est. $150-200
SOLD for $100.00
Will close during Public Auction
639   imageU.S.S. Shenandoah: Crash Survivor's Autograph. Picture postcard of the crash site signed on the address side by John F. McCarthy, chief rigger and one of 29 survivors of the crash (14 crewmen died, including commanding officer, Cmdr. Zachary Lansdowne); also included are two pieces of the airship's hull fabric, one about 1" square, the other about 3½" x 2½", the latter handstamped "U.S.S. Shenandoah, crashed Sep. 3, 1925 Alva, O." The card was signed on Sept. 5, 1975, the 50th anniversary of the crash., Very Fine.
Estimate $200 - 300. (Image) (Image2)

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Est. $200-300
SOLD for $110.00
Will close during Public Auction
640   imageU.S.S. Shenandoah: Hull Fabric. Piece of fabric, about 6" x 7", with handwritten inscription, "A piece of the Shenandoah received from Lewis Liberman, Esq., former U.S. Lieutenant, who received same from U.S. officials at Lakehurst, N.J., Nov. 11, 1926 ", Very Fine.
Estimate $250 - 350. (Image) 		Est. $250-350
SOLD for $300.00
Will close during Public Auction

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