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Ligher-Than-Air Flights continued...

Graf Zeppelin LZ 127 Flights: German continued...
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
141 350d image1933 (Oct 21-23), Chicago Flight, Recife - Miami (Michel 350d), card franked with 75pf postage (front & back) including a 6pf Hindenburg tête-bêche gutter block of eight (Mi. KZ 18) canceled at the onboard post office on Oct 20, with red flight cachet front & back and Miami receiver, Fine to Very Fine.
Sieger 238Bab; €400 ($430).
Michel €750 ($800).
Estimate $250 - 350. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $250-350
SOLD for $160.00
Will close during Public Auction
142 389e/393, 401e/404 image1934 (Aug/Sep), Sixth & Eighth South America Flights, Round Trip (Michel 389e/393, 401e/404), two cards with German franking tied by onboard cancels, Aug 20 and Sep 16, respectively, and Brazilian franking tied by Pernambuco c.d.s.s, Aug 24 & Sep 21; each with small on board stamp and Friedrichshafen receiver, Very Fine, Not listed by either Michel or Sieger.
Estimate $300 - 400. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $300-400
SOLD for $475.00
Will close during Public Auction
143 475 image1935 (Sep 1-5), Eleventh South America Flight, Recife - Friedrichshafen (Michel 475), Zeppelin postcard franked with 1m Zeppelin and 40pf Eagle tied by onboard cancel, Sep 2, with red "d" flight cachet; written by passenger Alec Wiley to friends in the U.S., "Had gorgeous time in Rio and am now flying over African coast. Graf is fascinating.", Very Fine.
Sieger 317C; €150+ ($160).
Michel €100+ ($110).
Estimate $150 - 200. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $150-200
SOLD for $180.00
Will close during Public Auction
144 () 476 c image1935 (Sep 9-12), Twelfth South America Flight, Friedrichshafen - Recife (Michel 476 c), full mailing label on neatly trimmed piece of gray cardboard parcel, franked with 1.75m postage tied by Stuttgart c.d.s.s, Sep 9, with green customs label, red Stuttgart "e" flight cachet and Recife receiver, Very Fine, most unusual.
Sieger 319B; €70+ ($80).
Michel €100+ ($110).
Estimate $150 - 200. (Image) 		Suggested Bid $150-200
SOLD for $170.00
Will close during Public Auction
145 480 d image1935 (Sep 23-26), Thirteenth South America Flight, Friedrichshafen - Recife (Michel 480 d), cover franked with 1.51m postage including 1m Zeppelin and two sets of the 1935 Nazi Congress Issue tied by onboard cancels, Oct 25, with red "d" flight cachet and Recife backstamp; sent by "First Flighter" Clara Adams to herself in Pernambuco, with her return address, and in effect, her autograph, at the Kurgarten Hotel in Friedrichshafen on the back flap, Very Fine.
Sieger 322A; €80+ ($80).
Michel €70+ ($80).
Estimate $150 - 200. (Image) 		Suggested Bid $150-200
SOLD for $130.00
Will close during Public Auction
146 503 image1935 (Dec 4-6), Sixteenth South America Flight, Rio de Janeiro - Recife (Michel 503), illustrated Lufthansa Airmail envelope franked with 1.50m postage tied by onboard cancel, Dec 5, with red "d" flight cachet and Recife backstamp, Dec 6; mailed by Navigator Hans Ladwig, noted as sender on back flap; some foxing, otherwise Very Fine.
Sieger 319D; €100+ ($110).
Michel €125+ ($130).
Estimate $150 - 200. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $150-200
SOLD for $150.00
Will close during Public Auction
147   image1928-29, Graf Zeppelin Flights, failed flight from Indianapolis (Oct. 25, 1928), plus May 16, 1929, Germany-to-Colombia flight, appropriate handstamps, Very Fine.
Estimate $100 - 150. (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

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Suggested Bid $100-150
SOLD for $130.00
Will close during Public Auction
148   image1929-36, European Flights, about 125 virtually all-different covers or cards including such better as (Michel numbers) 13Ia, 14Ia, 19c-d, 150Ic, 215I from Netherlands, 249Ac, 272, 303A, 314, 314Aa & 322; also includes a number of premium frankings like the 1931 Egypt Flight, Cairo - Friedrichshafen, franked with both values, the 50m with the "1951" error. An excellent lot.
Michel €8,500 ($9,060).
Estimate $1,200 - 1,800. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15) (Image16) (Image17) (Image18) (Image19) (Image20) (Image21) (Image22) (Image23) (Image24) (Image25) (Image26) (Image27) (Image28) (Image29) (Image30) (Image31) (Image32) (Image33) (Image34) (Image35) (Image36) (Image37) (Image38) (Image39) (Image40) (Image41) (Image42) (Image43) (Image44) (Image45) (Image46) (Image47) (Image48) (Image49) (Image50)

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Suggested Bid $1,200-1,800
SOLD for $3,500.00
Will close during Public Auction
149 356//580 image1934-37, Test Flights, etc. (Michel 356//580), eight different, comprises 1934 (May 14, Sep 14), 1935 (Mar 25, Jul 25 [2]), 1936 (Mar 23, Oct 27) and 1937 (Apr 8); all are cards (6 Zeppelin cards) with onboard cancels, Very Fine.
Sieger 0246I//379; €1,840 ($1,960).
Michel €1,555 ($1,660).
Estimate $600 - 800. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

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Suggested Bid $600-800
SOLD for $650.00
Will close during Public Auction
Graf Zeppelin LZ 127 Flights: Non-German
LotNo. Symbol CatNo. Lot Description
150 365 var. imageArgentina, 1934 (Jun 1-5), First South America Flight, Recife - Friedrichshafen (Michel 365 var.), commercial cover to Winterberg, Czechoslovakia, franked with 1.15p postage tied by May 29 Buenos Aires c.d.s.s, Prague transit c.d.s. (Jun 5) on the front, backstamped Friedrichshafen (Jun 5) and Winterberg (Jun 6), Very Fine. Michel does not list Argentine mail for this flight.
Sieger 248I; €350 ($370).
Estimate $150 - 200. (Image) 		Suggested Bid $150-200
SOLD for $250.00
Will close during Public Auction
151 29 imageAustria, 1929 (Aug 15-19), Round-the-World Flight, Friedrichshafen - Tokyo (Michel 29), cover franked with 3.50s postage tied by Aug 10 c.d.s., with Aug 15 Friedrichshafen c.d.s., red flight cachet and Aug 19 Tokyo receiver on front; mounted on a colorful, professionally made album page (text in Dutch), Very Fine.
Sieger 30; €200 ($210).
Michel €250 ($270).
Estimate $100 - 150. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $100-150
SOLD for $150.00
Will close during Public Auction
152 198/199Ab imageAustria, 1931 (Jul 12-14), Austria Flight (Michel 198/199Ab), five flown cards: Friedrichshafen - Vienna (two, one originating in Saar), Vienna-Aspern - Friedrichshafen, and Vienna-Aspern drop to Graz (2); also includes an 8" x 10" press photo of the Zeppelin landing in Vienna with a crowd of 100,000 spectators in attendance.
Estimate $150 - 200. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

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Suggested Bid $150-200
SOLD for $250.00
Will close during Public Auction
153 64/66 imageBrazil, 1930 (Oct 24-Jun 6), South America Flight (Michel 64/66), nine covers or cards including Recife - Bahia drop (card with normal franking) and Rio de Janeiro - Seville franked with a 20,000r Zeppelin.
Michel €1,705 ($1,820).
Estimate $300 - 400. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5)

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Suggested Bid $300-400
SOLD for $225.00
Will close during Public Auction
154 222 Ia, 2220Aa imageBrazil, 1931 (Sep 18-28), Second South America Flight, round trip & return (Michel 222 Ia, 2220Aa), cover and card of each, the round trip with both German & Brazilian franking, Very Fine.
Sieger 129D, 130A, B; €450 ($480).
Michel €270 ($290).
Estimate $150 - 200. (Image) (Image2) (Image3)

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Suggested Bid $150-200
SOLD for $130.00
Will close during Public Auction
155 348/355 imageBrazil, 1933 (Oct 18-Nov 2), Chicago Flight (Michel 348/355), eight covers from Recife to: Rio de Janeiro, Miami, Akron (card & cover), Chicago (2), Seville and Friedrichshafen; the seven covers are addressed to the Zeppelin Company's U.S. representative, F.W. von Meister; the card is addressed by the Airship's radio operator, Willy Speck, to himself in Akron.
Sieger 239.
Michel €600+ ($640).
Estimate $200 - 300. (Image) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5)

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Suggested Bid $200-300
SOLD for $170.00
Will close during Public Auction
156 305 b imageBritish Offices in Morocco, 1933 (Jun 3-6), Second South America Flight, Friedrichshafen - Recife (Michel 305 b), registered cover franked with 1s3d postage tied by Tangier ovals, May 24, with green flight cachet and red Berlin connecting flight cachet and Paris & Pernambuco backstamps, Fine to Very Fine.
Sieger 214B; €350+ ($370).
Michel €400+ ($430).
Estimate $200 - 300. (Image) 		Suggested Bid $200-300
SOLD for $225.00
Will close during Public Auction
157 305 b imageBritish Offices in Morocco, 1933 (Jun 3-6), Second South America Flight, Friedrichshafen - Recife (Michel 305 b), registered cover marked as "Printed Matter" to Buenos Aires, franked with 3p on 2s6d postage tied by Larache ovals, May 25, with green flight cachet, Friedrichshafen transit c.d.s. and French Tangier and Buenos Aires backstamps, Fine to Very Fine.
Sieger 214; €500 ($530).
Michel €400+ ($430).
Estimate $200 - 300. (Image) 		Suggested Bid $200-300
SOLD for $275.00
Will close during Public Auction
158 8 A f imageCanada, 1928 (Oct 29-Nov 1), America Flight, Lakehurst - Friedrichshafen (Michel 8 A f), registered legal-size cover franked with 28¢ postage and sent from Winnipeg to St. Paul, Minn., on Oct 22; in St. Paul $1 U.S. postage was added (20x 5¢ Beacon C11, front & back - should have been $1.05) and canceled Oct 23; the cover was received at New York the next day and forwarded to Lakehurst where it received the Return Flight cachet on Oct 28, finally being backstamped Oct 31 upon its arrival in Friedrichshafen; small opening tear at bottom, otherwise Very Fine.
Unitrade C$1,100 ($820). Sieger 22C.
Michel €1,000 ($1,070).
Estimate $400 - 600. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $400-600
SOLD for $850.00
Will close during Public Auction
159 337 b imageGibraltar, 1933 (Sep 16-19), Seventh South America Flight, Friedrichshafen - Recife (Michel 337 b), registered cover franked with 1s2d postage tied by Gibraltar ovals, Jun 1, with blue flight cachet and red Berlin connecting flight cachet, mounted on a colorful, professionally handmade album page (text in Dutch), Very Fine, for some reason Sieger omits the 7th South America Flight from the Gibraltar listings.
Sieger 232B.
Michel €320 ($340).
Estimate $150 - 200. (Image) (Image2)

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Suggested Bid $150-200
SOLD for $275.00
Will close during Public Auction
160 323 b imageGreat Britain, 1933 (Aug 5-15), Fourth South America Flight, Friedrichshafen - Recife (Michel 323 b), unsealed cover carried by the Great Western Railway Air Mail Service from Plymouth to Birmingham, franked with a 3d G.W.R. Airmail stamp tied by special Plymouth datestamp, Aug 2; then franked with 4d & 6d KGV stamps (10s printed matter rate) tied by Birmingham c.d.s.s, Aug 3; red Berlin connecting flight cachet and Zeppelin flight cachet; backstamped Recife (Aug 8) and Rio de Janeiro (Aug 9), Very Fine, a rare combination.
Sieger 223B; €200 ++ ($210).
Michel €180 ++ ($190).
Estimate $350 - 500. (Image) 		Suggested Bid $350-500
SOLD for $500.00
Will close during Public Auction

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