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A Famous Voyage and Airmail Flights continued...

Zeppelin Flight Covers continued...
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
541   imageUnited States, 1930 (18-31 May), South America Flight. Two C13's and C14 tied on oversized cover to Washington, DC, black "New York Varick Station, Apr 29, 1930" cancellations; C13 at top with a few perf flaws at right, Fine to Very Fine.
Scott C13, C14; $705 for singles. Sieger 64.
Estimate $300 - 400. (Image) 		Est. $300-400
SOLD for $250.00
Will close during Public Auction
542   imageUnited States, 1930 (18-31 May), South America Flight, Friedrichshafen-Seville. Dual-cacheted airmail envelope with $1.30 Zeppelin tied by New York machine cancel 2 May, two Seville backstamps 19 May, Very Fine.
Michel 62 Gb; €600 ($800). Sieger 64.
Estimate $300 - 400. (Image) 		Est. $300-400
SOLD for $200.00
Will close during Public Auction
543   imageUnited States, 1930 (18-31 May), South America Flight, Friedrichshafen-Lakehurst. Dual-cacheted Zeppelin picture postcard (real photo of Zeppelin above skyscrapers) with $1.30 Zeppelin tied by New York machine cancel 6 May, Lakehurst receiver at bottom, Very Fine.
Michel 66 Gb; €600 ($800). Sieger 64.
Estimate $300 - 400. (Image) (Image2)

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Est. $300-400
SOLD for $200.00
Will close during Public Auction
544   imageUnited States, 1933 (14-17 Oct), Chicago Flight. 3 covers with U.S. legs of the World's Fair flight: Miami-Akron, Akron-Chicago & Chicago-Friedrichshafen; all franked with 50¢ Zeppelin (C18); first is a card with Rice cachet on reverse, Very Fine.
Sieger 242-244; €575 ($770).
Estimate $250 - 350. (Image) (Image2)

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Est. $250-350
SOLD for $140.00
Will close during Public Auction
545   imageUnited States, 1936, Goodyear Airship Volunteer Flight Cover. 3¢ stamped envelope with 6¢ Winged Globe (C19) affixed, bearing the manuscript endorsement, entirely in the pilot's hand, "This letter was carried in the Goodyear Airship Volunteer on the flight from Sacramento to Los Angeles, Calif. Date March 26 & 27, 1936. [signed] A.T. Sewell, Pilot Captain". After landing in Los Angeles, Sewell apparently mailed the cover to its apparent maker, one Julius B. Webber of Sacramento; it is canceled by a March 28 Los Angeles machine cancel, with additional Air Mail duplex handstamp of the L.A. Arcade Annex P.O. and magenta winged "Via U.S. Air Mail" handstamp plus a "First Flight" handstamp; the cover also bears a red & blue label featuring an airship upon which Webber has written "Goodyear"; Webber has also written "First and Only Letter" above Sewell's endorsement and probably applied the "First Flight" handstamp., Very Fine, a unique piece of airship postal history.
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500. (Image) 		Est. $1,000-1,500
SOLD for $550.00
Will close during Public Auction
546   imageUnited States, Hindenburg, 1936 (12-14 May), 1st North America Flight, Lakehurst-Frankfurt. Airmail cover franked with 46c including half a TIPEX souvenir sheet canceled First Day at the Exhibition and bearing the purple flight cachet and type III Frankfurt backstamp, Very Fine.
Michel 13 A; €450 ($600). Sieger 406.
Estimate $200 - 300. (Image) 		Est. $200-300
SOLD for $110.00
Will close during Public Auction
547   imageUnited States, Hindenburg, 1937 (3 May), 1st North America Flight, resulting in the infamous crash. A well preserved large portion of a cover that was recovered and so designated in "LZ-129 HINDENBURG, ZEPPELIN CRASH MAIL" book by Leder, in its clean up of the crash site and wreckage, forwarded by NY Post Office and complete glassine envelope and official seals, one of which is tied and signed Schaeffer. Cover addressed to well known aerophilatelist Mr. Rudolph Dinnebier of New York City, stamps fallen off, partial strikes of Type II (36.5 mm) flight cachet, charred around three sides. The crash and burning of the "Hindenburg" was horrendous, certainly with the loss of life and injury, but also with the total extent of the destruction of the Zeppelin and its contents in a matter of minutes. Records show that there were well over 17,000 pieces of mail on board the air ship at the time of the crash. Yet, only 368 pieces of mail of all types were recovered. Only 185 pieces of outbound mail destined to be delivered at Lakehurst were recovered by the U.S. Postal inspectors or the Zeppelin Company in their selvage efforts. The outstanding crash cover offered here is not only exceptional in its completeness and attractive appearance. A wonderful and great "Hindenburg" rarity, Very Fine.
Michel 63d; €20,000 ($26,800). Sieger 454.
Estimate $7,500 - 10,000

The German Zeppelin Hindenburg made sixty-three flights, including ten round trips to the United States in 1936. It met tragedy May 6, 1937. Attempting to land at Lakehurst, New Jersey, the giant airship burst into flames near the mooring mast. In only thirty-two seconds, the Zeppelin was smoldering wreckage. Amazingly, nearly two-thirds of the passengers and crew survived (thirty-five people on board died plus one member of the ground crew; sixty-two survived). The Zeppelin was 803’10" long, almost three football fields end-to-end. The cause of the disaster has never been determined. However, the prevailing theory is that a discharge of electricity from the storm that evening ignited some leaking hydrogen. Sabotage has been ruled out as a possibility due to lacking evidence of any kind . (Image) 		Est. $7,500-10,000
SOLD for $800.00
Will close during Public Auction
548   imageUnited States, Hindenburg, 1937 (3 May), 1st North America Flight, resulting in the infamous crash. Cover prepared by Sieger for the ill-fated flight, but returned to sender, handstamped "…Could not be forwarded on account of accident to Airship, May 6, 1937.", Very Fine.
Sieger 454Ea; €350 ($470).
Estimate $200 - 300. (Image) 		Est. $200-300
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
549   imageUnited States, Hindenburg, 1937, 2nd North America Flight, Previously Posted Mail. Airmail cover franked with 20¢ & 50¢ China Clippers and flown by F.A.M. 14 San Francisco-Hong Kong-Batavia, thence by K.L.M. to Frankfurt, where it was supposed to have connected with the Hindenburg; sent registered from Frankfurt to U.S. with 50pf Hindenburg stamp tied by Frankfurt airmail c.d.s. 18 Jun, backstamped Victoria H.K. and Brooklyn N.Y., Very Fine.
Michel 65; €500 ($670). Sieger 454. Fe.
Estimate $250 - 350. (Image) 		Est. $250-350
SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction
550   imageUruguay, 1930 (May 25 - June 6), Graf Zeppelin Flight, Rio de Janeiro - Friedrichshafen, cover from Montevideo - Berlin cover, on special Zeppelin stationery, with green Uruguay flight cachet, lilac US flight cachet, franked with 3 Uruguay stamps, Very Fine.
Michel 68D. Sieger 61. B.
Estimate $300 - 400. (Image) 		Est. $300-400
SOLD for $160.00
Will close during Public Auction
Zeppelin Flight Postcards
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
551   imageFrance, 1904-16, pioneer airship picture postcards. 29 cards depicting both German & French airships; two are real photo, eight are used; also one allegorical Italian card depicting four airships and four planes, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $500 - 750. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6)

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Est. $500-750
SOLD for $500.00
Will close during Public Auction
552   imageGermany, 1909-23, pioneer airship picture postcards. 74 cards, 14 are real photo, 27 are used including a 1912 Schwaben and several Feldpost (one a plain card with a Kommando L.Z. 108 handstamp); also includes two 7" x 4½" photos of LZ 120, Bodensee., Fine to Very Fine. A fabulous lot.
Estimate $1,500 - 2,000. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10)

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Est. $1,500-2,000
SOLD for $1,500.00
Will close during Public Auction
553   imageGermany, 1928-38, LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin picture postcards. 45 different cards (three are LZ130 Graf Zeppelin II), 23 are real photos, 8 are Zeppelin-Eckener Fund cards, 14 are used, 9 have various Zeppelin handstamps. An outstanding lot.
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9)

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Est. $1,000-1,500
SOLD for $1,000.00
Will close during Public Auction
554   imageGermany, 1936-37, LZ 129 Hindenburg picture postcards. 13 different cards, 11 are real photos, 3 are used (on First North America Flight), 3 have various Zeppelin handstamps; one lightly creased, otherwise Very Fine.
Estimate $250 - 350. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

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Est. $250-350
SOLD for $275.00
Will close during Public Auction
555   imageGreat Britain, 1905-10, pioneer airship picture postcards. Seven cards, six being used, most depict airships at various Air Meets or State Fairs; few faults, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $150 - 200. (Image) (Image2)

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Est. $150-200
SOLD for $140.00
Will close during Public Auction
556   imageGreat Britain, 1916-17, World War I era Zeppelin picture postcards. 23 cards, two are used, most depict damage done by and to German Zeppelins during the war including two different sets of six showing "The Destruction of a Zeppelin", Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500. (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

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Est. $1,000-1,500
CLOSED
Will close during Public Auction
557   imageUnited States, 1920's-30's, airship picture postcards. 12 different cards (5 real photos), featuring the Shenandoah, Akron, Macon or Los Angeles.plus 12 vintage photos of same; two of the Akron cards are signed, one by C.E. Rosendahl, the other by Mrs. W.A Moffett; also includes a postal cards signed by Akron / Macon designer, Dr. Karl Arnstein and mailed to FDR (from the Roosevelt collection).
Estimate $500 - 750. (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

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Est. $500-750
SOLD for $500.00
Will close during Public Auction
Zeppelin Flight Collections
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
558   imageGermany, Zeppelin Covers, 1912-36. Balance of about 65 covers or cards, all German origins and all franked with non-Zeppelin stamps includes a few 1912 Rhein / Main cards; nice variety; few with faults, but mostly F-VF.
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500. (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

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Est. $1,000-1,500
SOLD for $1,800.00
Will close during Public Auction
559   imageGermany, Zeppelin Covers, 1928-36. Balance of about 30 covers or cards, all German origins and all franked with Zeppelin stamps, mostly C35 / C37 but includes a nice 2m South America Flight (C38) on a reduced cover, and a slightly faulty 2m Polar Flight (C41); nice variety of flights; few faults but generally F-VF.
Estimate $500 - 750. (Image) (Image2)

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Est. $500-750
SOLD for $1,200.00
Will close during Public Auction
560   imageGermany, Zeppelin Covers, 1929-35. 15 different Zeppelin picture postcards, all carried on Zeppelin flights with German franking, includes several real photo, one showing Count von Zeppelin in full uniform marching in a parade, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $300 - 400. (Image) 		Est. $300-400
SOLD for $375.00
Will close during Public Auction

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