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Abbreviations:
VF
=
Very Fine
XF
=
Extra Fine
FDC
=
First Day Cover
PPC
=
Picture postcard
S. Am.
=
South American
N. Am.
=
North American
S.
=
Sieger catalog
Mi
=
Michel catalog
·
=
Euros
1 Euro
=
$1.35
defins
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definitive stamps
Updated and new listings are denoted by an asterik (*)
4695
1900-1910 Small, 16mm in diameter, silver colored token with early Zeppelin. Shows Zeppelin in flight with Balloon. Trolley car on reverse!
1912 (Jul 22) Pioneer Flight card. Photo PC of Aviator Paul Peck, Official Mail Carrier. Flown on a Columbia biplane from Coney Is. Ohio to California Ohio during the Queen City Aviation Meet. Minor crease in PC as is usual. AAMC 41a
1918 (Dec 16) C1 F-VF on VF earliest First Flight cover sent to Washington DC, neatly typed address and typed "Via Aeroplane". Cover VF from front, 2 slight tape stains on reverse only. Scott $2,000.00 for First Flight. Rare on small envelope.
SOLD
* 4712
1918 (Aug 21) C4-5 on VF cover (First week of use) and C6 on VF cover (2nd day) Set on two matching Worden covers to his relative. Neatly typed address to Los Angeles, CA and are stamped "Air Mail" in red. Scott 103.50 ++
1918 (May 21) C3 Fine on F-VF cover sent airmail from Washington. Addressed to Portsmouth, NH. With original typed letter concerning this 6th flight, Marine corps. etc.
1918 (May 15) First Trip Airmail cover with C3 stamped "Aeroplane Mail" to Boston, Mass from W.B. Hibbs &Company in Washington DC. Violet stamp "Special Delivery paid at Boston Mass..." VF small sized envelope. Scott 750.++
1922 (Sept 23) U.S governmental flights VF 2c red, both with "Aeroplane station Fairgrounds, Springfield.ILL" circular cachet and via airmail wings. AAMS #155
1924 Packard Motor Car ad in black and white with headline " Supreme-Air, Land And Water" . Shows Car, Boat, Seaplane PN-9 and Airship Shenandoah. Approximate size is 6 1/2 x 10 " .Ad states "Packard Motors drove the giant Navy dirigible Shenandoah on its record-breaking flight of 8100 miles. On reverse are ads for Dollar Steamship Line and Hawaii Tourist Bureau with photo of a Golfer.
1925 (Jun 5) USS Los Angeles Lakehurst - Minneapolis flight with 2c Norse American stamp. Straight line Los Angeles cachet and "Federal Reserve Bank, Minneapolis" receiving mark on address side. Back flap corner missing, otherwise VF. S.20X €650 = $850.
1925 (May 6) 1st trip of Airship Los Angeles. Airmail Service, Mayaguez, PR cancellation. Addressed to Broadway, NY, New York. NY backstamp. Clean, VF cover.
1925 (Apr 15) Airship Los Angeles cover, Lakehurst - Bermuda Flight with 2c red sent from NY to Bermuda. St George backstamp on reverse. Shows minor wear on left edge otherwise VF.
SOLD
* 3001
1927 Commemorative Aluminum Coin, 31mm diameter. One side -Lindbergh May 20-21 New York to Paris 33 hours. Other side - Chamberlin June 4-7 New York to Berlin 42 hours. Copyright 1927.
1928 (Oct 27) American Flight on UX27card, NY to Friedrichshafen with added franking including C10 and C11. Addressed to Budapest, Hungary, Signed by Captain of ship, Albert Sammt. S.22B
1928 (Oct 28) C11 on American flight card. Lovely photo PC in light blue of Airship LZ127. Nicely tied Zeppelin flight label! Addressed to Czechoslovakia. Bohemia backstamp on face! Lovely!
1928 (Oct 25) First American Flight from Lakehurst to Germany on oversized cover from the "Seaview Golf Club" in Absecon, NJ. Airmail labels added. Addressed to London, England.
1928 Mint VF card with Hermann Toaspern Zeppelin cachet across entire card in gray. Statue of Liberty in corner.
$75.00
* 4879
1928 \China Round the World Flight of John Henry Mears and C. Collyer. Record time flight around the world card, Jun 28 New York cancel. 1c UX27 with 2 additional China stamps tied by Manchuria July 10 cancel. New York Jul 22 on picture side, portrait of Mears and flight information. Very interesting item!
1928 (Oct) American flight from Lakehurst to Germany with Roessler "Graf Zeppelin overprinted stamp. PPC of Zeppelin over ocean, Statue of Liberty + Zeppelin cachet, 3 additional stamps added. F-VF condition . S. 22A
1928 (Apr 14) Wilkins Arctic Flight Cover. First Flight from N. Am - Europe via the Arctic Ocean, VF airmail cover with Hubert Wilkins signature. Stamped Svalbard Radio and sent from Barrow, Alaska and addressed to Sharon, PA. Sold with photocopy of 1928 letter Wilkins to Roessler with information about the flight.
1928 (Oct 26) American Flight US - Germany on Hermann Toaspern F-VF card with all over Zeppelin design and Statue of Liberty. Friedrichshafen backstamp n address side of card.
1929 (Jul 25) C11 single on FDC with 5c postage due. From Washington addressed to Baltimore, MD. Pristine FDC priced in Brookman with due usage @ $250.00
1929 (Oct 7) VF airmail cover with Aviator Wiley Post signature + 2 others, Steve Lavey and Earl Rowland. Sent from Springfield, Mass. VF airmail cover. Very rare!!
1929 (Jul 8) Amelia Earhart autograph on VF airmail cover, Inaugural Flight coast to coast via T.A.T. and Pennsylvania Railroads. "Coast to coast by plane and train" label on reverse covering most of cover.
1930 (Apr 19) Round the World Zeppelin flight cover with C15 XF centering on pristine flown FDC! Extraordinary quality for the connoisseur. Scott retail for VF is $1250, Due to a fortunate purchase, we are pleased to offer this at only.
1930 (Apr 29) C15 F-VF appearance but corner perf off lower left. Somewhat tired but intact cover. A bargain at:
$325.00
* 4718
1930 (May 5) C14 VF-XF x 2 on Zeppelin flight to Brazil. VF airmail cover with very attractive labels on both front and back both tied. Only 70 covers dispatched to Pernambuco from U.S. with almost all franked with C15. Lovely cover! S.64B € 1150.
1930 Goodyear Metal Bookmark, shield with Zeppelin. "Duralumin used in the Airship Akron made by The Goodyear Zeppelin Corporation, Akron, OH, 4 7/8 inches long.
1930 (Jun 2) Pan Am Flight cover with C14, VF in deep brown shade on VF cover for the return flight. Violet flight cachet, backstamped Friedrichshafen. Addressed to Konstanz, Germany. S.64G
1930 (May 24) Pan Am Flight with C14 VF-XF sent to Japan. VF airmail cover addressed to Yokohama, Japanese lettering alongside address. Violet flight cachet, Yokohama receiving cancel on front, Friedrichshafen backstamp on reverse. S.64G
1930 (Jun 2) Pan Am flight card, C13F-vf F-VF on Zeppelin photo PC signed by 10 members of the crew. Violet flight cachet, red on board Zeppelin cachet. Photo of zeppelin in hangar. A few minor creases and 2 tiny edge tears. Still a fascinating cover! S.64F
1930 ( May 7) Pan Am flight with C15 VF-XF on cover with Herbert H. Griffin cachet of globe , zeppelin and various aircrafts. Friedrichshafen - Lakehurst, Violet flight cachet. Lakehurst backstamp. A few tiny splattered stains. S.64C
1930 (May 5) Pan Am Round Flight with C14 F-VF and C15 F-VF on legal sized airmail cover with "Inaugurating 5c Air Mail" cachet. Friedrichshafen backstamp on reverse. Violet circular stamp "This article made the complete round trip" Vertical crease left center.
1930 (Apr 19) Pan Am Round Flight with C14, XF FDC on flown First Day card (much rarer than cover). Red Roessler "Eckener" vignette used as a cachet and tied by flight cachet and green Lakehurst backstamp. A unique cacheted FDC!! Brookman $2500.00
1930 (Apr 19) Pan Am Round Flight with C15, VF/XF on generic cachet airmail cover in red and blue. Green Lakehurst backstamp on reverse. Flown FDC ! Probably not considered a "true" cacheted FDC but very close!
1930 (Apr 5) VF airmail cover to Canada signed by Aviator Pioneer, Frank M. Hawks. Postmarked Buffalo, NY. With inscription "Commemorating the visit of Captain Frank Hawks to Buffalo on the First Transcontinental Glider Flight, April 5, 1930." Additional note at bottom of cover reads "Frank Hawks died in a plane crash at East Aurora, NY Aug. 23, 1938
1930 Zeppelin shaped souvenir, c.1930, made from Zeppelin outer fabric with inscription "Souvenir made from United States naval Air Station, Lakehurst, New Jersey.
1931 (Jun 8) VF airmail cover from South Bend, Indiana signed by aviation pioneer, Walter Hinton. Airmail cover with special cachet for Lieut. Walter Hinton.
$65.00
4670
1932 (Nov 19) Registered Flight cover from Kitty Hawk, boldly signed by Orville Wright! F-VF cover with attractive all over silver and green Wright Bros. Kitty Hawk monument design. With C27 block straight line marked Nov. 23 1932 purple handstamp. A very scarce autograph!
1932 /Germany 2nd South American flight card with dual franking. Zeppelin photo card with 2 US stamps sent from Cleveland , Ohio, Mar 23. German 1m zeppelin polar flight stamp + 1 defn. added, cancelled Friedrichshafen, Apr 4. Recife receiving cancel on address side. Photo of airship in flight, map and 2m zeppelin stamp. Interesting item! S.143Aa
1933 (Oct 26) Century of progress flight. C18, superb with jumbo margins, tied by Chicago World's Fair cancel on VF cover. Backstamped Friedrichshafen. S244D
1933 (Oct 25) Century of Progress Flight, Akron - Chicago - Akron. C18 on blue cover with cachet of thermo graphed (raised printing) silver Zeppelin. Akron receiving cancel Oct. 26 on reverse. 1933 Century of Progress label on back flap. S 243 A
1933 (Oct 2) Century of Progress Flight with C18 x 3, cancelled First Day in NY. NY - Friedrichshafen - Chicago. S.241E €300 + 200% FD
$250.00
* 4730
1933 (Oct 2) Century of Progress Flight, C18 block of 4 cancelled First Day in NY. Friedrichshafen - Friedrichshafen. Addressed to Plattsburgh, NY with original invoice for $2.20 for this cover from C.E. Nickles cachet maker !
1933 (Oct 26) Chicago flight cover with C18 and a Ralph Dyer hand painted cachet with a yellow border. Very handsome! Chicago - Friedrichshafen. Green Friedrichshafen backstamp on reverse. S. 244C
1933 (Oct 23) C18 on Chicago flight cover with large, silver Zeppelin cachet in center of cover. Quite attractive. Violet flight cachet on reverse, Miami - Chicago flight. Also included is the original invoice from Raymond Schaffer, "cover servicer" to addressee for the cover. S.242B €175
SOLD
* 4725
1933-34 VF Flight cover for NY - Rome interrupted flight, signed by the two pilots, C. Sabelli and Captain G.R. Pond. The flight was delayed several months due to weather conditions. Postmarked Oct. 16 1933 City Hall Annex and then Nov. 1 1933 Brooklyn NY. Shepshead Bay and again Jan 4 1934 and May 13 1934. The flight left May 15 for Rome but due to engine troubles, the aviators landed in Ireland. The cover was backstamped Leact CI Concubair, May 15 1934. It was then mailed back to the US from England where and additional 1 1/2 p G.B. franking was affixed and cancelled Jun 7 1934. Arrived in NY and backstamped June 16. Quite and interesting cover!!
1934 \Great Britain\Australia Aviator Roscoe Turner autograph on VF airmail cover Boeing Monoplane 1934 McRobertson race with mixed franking. 6c postal airmail cover with additional 6c airmail. Sept 26 New York postmark. 1 1/2p tied by Mildenhill cancel. Australia 3p tied by Melbourne cancel. Final arrival cancel in New York Dec. 4 on front, with A. Phillips pamphlet inside
1934 (Apr 26) Boris Sergievsky, test pilot and flight ace autograph on VF unaddressed airmail cover. "Seaplane - Worlds Altitude Records - Giant Sikorsky S-42" cachet in violet. "This cover actually carried on record flight"
1934 (Apr 10) U.S.S. Relief "Hospital Ship" cover "...bids U.S.S Macon 'ZRS5' Bon Voyage on her trip home" Signed by captain of the ship, Rosenthal. cachet of Zeppelin and ship. ' '
(Jul 26) Catapult cover via "Bremen" with US Sea Post cancel SS Bremen Jul 27 1935 on reverse. VF airmail cover without catapult cachet. Red Bremen labels on front and back flaps of cover.
1936 (Feb 23) First American Rocket Mail cover, "via Rocket Airplane Gloria" Greenwood Lake, NY to Hewitt NJ. Franked with #632, 1c with additional special Rocket vignette in red.
1936 (Sept 28) 9th North American Hindenburg Flight cover. #642 block of 4 in bicolor printed air envelope with Zeppelins, Air Balloons and Airplanes as a border. Photo of Hugo Eckener neatly added. Backstamp and Zeppelin label on reverse.
1937 (May 6) First North America Hindenburg Flight cover. Lakehurst - Friedrichshafen. Commercial cover folded vertically down center (away from stamps). Addressed to Bonn, Germany.
1940 Tydol Flying "Stamp Album of American Aviation", a 20 page booklet with Tydol flying vignettes neatly affixed. 98 different vignettes chronicle the history of aviation from Leonardo da Vinci to the 1940's. 5 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches. From the Tide Water associated Oil Company.
1946 (Nov 10) Airmail cover signed by Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker, World War I flying Ace and aviator in WWII. Postmarked Lexington, KY and sent to Philadelphia. Brookman cv $350.00
1955 (Oct 10) Brightly colored post card from Akron Ohio showing various attraction including Airship over city.
$10.00
United States C13-15
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1916 Flown Zeppelin wire cable sewed on Red Cross card, "This is a piece of genuine Zeppelin wire from the first Zeppelin brought down at Cuffley in Essex. Sep 3rd 1916"
1933 Offices in Morocco (Apr 27) First South America flight cover addressed to Stoltz in Brazil. Colorful 6 stamp franking sent registered from Tangiers with blue flight cachet. A few minor toning spots but still a neat, attractive cover. S.202B € 500. Mi 294b
1929 (Mar 22) Orient Flight. Postal card to Vienna uprated with C23, C26, C27. Red flight cachet (steel die). Card damaged at top and right corner. S.23II
1929 (Apr 19) Mediterranean flight. Postal card Vienna to Madrid with 2x C12, C25, 3x C26. Red violet flight cachet. Friedrichshafen transit postmark. Seville and Madrid backstamps. VF S.24A
1931 (Jul 31) Austria Flight, VF Zeppelin cover addressed to Basel with 3 airmails 10g, 20g and 1S,key values, C29 x3.. Blue airmail label. Stamped Sieger return address on back flap . S. 118A
1933 (Jun 24) WIPA Zeppelin pictorial postal card 50g airmails, blue flight cachet and blue airmail label sent to Budapest then on to Luzern Switzerland.
1934 (May 26) 1st South America Zeppelin flight cover Friedrichshafen - Brazil with Austria 3.8oS franking.. Blue commercial airmail cover has some wear. (S.247)
1937 (Jan 20) 40g airmail imprinted envelope (Mi LU1) with 3 added stamps including C29, 3oS ! Backstamped Wien Telegraph, Berlin and Buenos Aires 24 Jan and nice South America catapult to Argentina. Lovely except for 1/4 inch torn off lower left corner. Trimming could improve appearance. Stamp alone is worth the price!!
1952 VF Balloon post cover to Switzerland. Spelterini vignette with 3g and 30g stamps on top. Ank K-S IId oS 4700
$250.00
Belgium
*4804
1930 Belgium Congo (Dec 5)Registered airmail cover with Belgium C5 used First Day. 3 stamp additional Belgium franking, sent to Leopoldeville. Reverse with attractive 7 stamp Belgian Congo franking for return flight. Very rare!
(Sept 18) VF Rocket mail cover, Zucker rocket "Eur" with triangle multi colored rocket label. 3fr Europa franking, First Day. Red rocket cachet, autographed by Gerhard Zucker.
1930 (May 24) S. Am. flight, Rio de Janeiro - Lakehurst. Brazil - USA red Zeppelin stamp. Black Brazilian flight cachet. Green and yellow Condor etiquette. VF S.59E
1930 /US (May 24) Pan Am flight on U.S. 2c red postal envelope advertising cover with 3 Brazil stamps added, 5,000r green zepp , 20,000r blue zepp and 1 defn. reverse with Friedrichshafen backstamp Jun6 and green Lakehurst backstamp Jun 18. S.59
1930 (May 24) Rio de Janeiro - Lakehurst, 10,000 ovpt on 20,000r blue zeppelin stamp. Green Lakehurst backstamp on reverse. Neat, attractive cover. S.59H
1930 (May 24) Rio de Janeiro to Lakehurst, Zeppelin flight. 5000r green Zeppelin stamp, USA ovpt. Postal card with Recife receiving cancel on reverse. S.59A
1931 (Sept 24) 2 South American flight 300r zeppelin stamp on cover to Friedrichshafen, backstamped Friedrichshafen. Straight horizontal crease at bottom of cover. S. 130A
1931 (Sept) 2nd South America flight, small sized Zeppelin cover with red Zeppelin 2.500 ovpt stamp sent to Hungary. Cover has been neatly trimmed across top but unfortunately cuts off side of stamp. S.130A
1932 (Apr 22) 3 South American flight. 3 regular stamps on F-VF airmail cover to Germany. S.151B
$40.00
* 4809
1932 ( Sept 13) Small commercially used cover, stamped "condor Zeppelin". Stamps on reverse tied by Sept. 13 cancels. Sept 21 airmail transit cancel and Berlin Sept 22 receiving cancel on address side.
1932 (Sept 16) 6th South American Zeppelin Flight cover addressed to Pernambuco. Blue airmail cover with violet flight cachet and a few light creases. S.178B €100.
1933 (Oct 18) 9th So. Am. flight, C29 + 2 defin. on VF cover Rio de Janeiro to Chicago. Blue flight cachet, blue, white Condor-Zeppelin label. and green private cachet.S.239A
1933 (Oct 3 ) 8th So. Am flight, C29 + 4 defins on cover Curityba to Berlin. Blue flight cachet, red Berlin airmail receiving cachet. Condor stationery. Vertical crease at left. S.236A)
1933 /Germany 8th South America Flight card with dual franking. 2 stamp German franking including 1m red Chicago flight Zeppelin stamp. Both tied by Oct. 3 on board cancel . Brazil 2 stamp franking with Oct 6 cancel. Violet 8th So. Am flight cachet on front and back foe S.235 and Brazil green flight cachet on front S236. Friedrichshafen receiving cancel in Yellow green on front and back.. Note on reverse in German states that only 5 cards went this way. Very Rare!!
1933 (Jun 9) 2nd South American flight card. 2500r ovpt violet Zeppelin stamp . VF card with blue Zeppelin label, green Friedrichshafen receiving cancel on reverse. S.216
1934 (Aug 9) 4 South American flight. Airmail cover to Zurich, Switzerland with colorful franking. S. 261A
$40.00
* 4816
1934 Stapled booklet of trial cancels for the zeppelin flights. Each cancel printed on small 157mm x 7mm paper, 23 in all, bound together at left by single staple. 7 different Zeppelin cancels include many unlisted colors. Cancels intended for use on Zeppelin mail or regular airmail.
1936 (Apr 4) 1st South American flight Hindenburg cover. Addressed to Zeppelin company in Friedrichshafen. VF condition, backstamped Friedrichshafen. S. 404
1933 (May 3) First South American Flight cover. VF registered cover with complete 7 value set of second airmail issue. Red Berlin connecting flight cachet. Pernambuco backstamp. S.202B €850
1933 (Jun29) 3rd So. Am. flight cover sent registered from Sofia with complete 7 values of the second airmail issue. Red Berlin connecting flight cachet and violet flight cachet. Sent to Stoltz in Pernambuco. Very attractive! S.219B
1932 /Brazil First South American flight cover, Pernambuco to Friedrichshafen. Brazil 3 stamp franking (Mar 24) Friedrichshafen backstamp March 29. Then Colombia franking added, 2c carmine + Toban Train Express stamp tied by oval postmark April 1.. Scarce usage of this rare express service! Mi 235A var.
1939 (Oct 14) Rocket Mail cover from Havana. Registered blue colored cover with 10c airmail, the world's first official government rocket stamp, overprint reads " Experimento del Cometepostal Ano de 1939". Light rocket mail cachet. A few staining spots.
1930 (May 14) Pan Am Round the World Flight cover.3 attractive high values tied by Danzig oval airmail cancels. Backstamped Friedrichshafen. Only 35 covers flown on round trip.S.57p €850
1931 (Jul 15) Polar Flight card with 1g olive airmail + additional 50pf definitive. Friedrichshafen to Leningrad with backstamp. All postal cancellations on address side of card. Addressed to Wall St., New York NY. S. 119E €900 Mi 203a
1932 (Mar 18) First South American flight card sent from Copenhagen to Stoltz in Brazil. Photo PC of Copenhagen. Violet flight cachet and Recife receiving cancel on address side of card. S.138B €650 Mi 234b
1927 (Apr) Registered airmail cover with C1 + extra franking sent to Iraq Railways, Basra Iraq. Blue airmail label and pink registry label. Basra backstamp.
1931 (Apr 10) Palestine Flight cover with 100m airmail with Zeppelin overprint. VF printed cover for First flight of Graf Zeppelin , Egypt to Palestine. Backstamp Tiberias. S. 105Ec €1000
1936 (Apr 28) 1st North America Zeppelin flight cover with 5 stamp franking. Sent registered from Tallinn to the Swiss Consulate in New York via Berlin and Frankfurt. New York backstamp. (S. 406) €750.00
1932 (Mar 29) 2nd South American flight card sent to Stoltz in Brazil. Berlin - Sassnitz railroad transit.. Green flight cachet and red Berlin connecting flight cachet. Backstamp Pernambuco. S.143B €700. Mi 237b
1870 (Oct 5) Armand Barges Ballon Monte tiny cover, backstamped Etrelat. Very readable letter. Stamp has corner fault, cover is VF. Folded cover measures only 79mm x 44mm!
1932 (Apr 30) 4th South American flight card. VF postal card with Paris cancellation and 5 stamp franking on one side. Addressed to Pernambuco on other side with Friedrichshafen transit cancels and Recife arrival cancels on both sides. S.157Aa Mi 241a( 275.00)
1933 (Jun 1) First Flight France - Finland. VF airmail cover with flight cachet in red, First airmail service without tax. Helsinki receiving cancel on front.
1935 (Jun 8) Commercially used Air France airmail cover from Le Havre via Air France to San Paulo, Brazil. Brazil backstamp on reverse. Slit open at right.
1939 (May 25) First Flight France to USA from Marseilles - New York. VF cover with magenta flight cachet, addressed to Closter NJ. Both NY and Closter receiving cancels on reverse.
1910 VF Cigar box label picturing Zeppelin over the sea in the background and Sailors playing accordions in the foreground. Beautifully colored litho label. 4.25" x 6.75"
$50.00
4527
1912 (Oct 21) Airmail postal card with whimsical picture of carriage with wings.
1912 (Jun 22) 20pf on VF greenish brown official card, Darmstadt cancel. S.11
$90.00
4697
1912 Aviation heavy metallic medal, 49mm in diameter. One side shows early airplane in flight over mountains. Reverse with inscription “ II Deutscher Zuverlaessigkeits Flug Am Oberrhein 12-22 Mai 1912” surrounded by laurel leaf and Holly wreath.
1922 (Sept 23) Large cover with nine colorful , neatly affixed airmails, C3-11 and airmail label. Munich airmail postmark, sent registered to Philadelphia.
1922 (Sept 11) VF 30pf + 10pf Bavaria postal card with 4 added airmails. Overprinted "Freistaat Bayern", Nurnbrug cancel sent to Munich and stamped in red "Flugpostamt Munchen"
1923 (Jul 31) European sized airmail cover sent from Stuttgart - Hamburg with C15-18 + 6 defins. Including 192 x 2. . Vertical crease down center. Commercial cover too "Chemische Gesellschatt Mengers & CO."
1923 (Aug) Registered European sized cover sent airmail Berlin - Zurich. Light horizontal crease through center not affecting stamps, otherwise F-VF Scott C14 x2, C19 x2, 206
$100.00
* 3101
1923 (Feb 24) VF Photo post card of Zeppelin over Frankfurt and Watchman on his Fire watch. Sent to Perth Amboy, NJ. Correspondence in English. #184, 193
1925 (Sept 1) 3pf airmail postal card with #346 added franking. Munich - Nurnberg flight with green airmail label. Philatelic ad on reverse for H. Keimal price list picturing 25pf Bavaria airmail stamp.
1926 (June 25) Small registered cover sent airmail Zahna - Dresden. "600 Years of Zahna State" cancel . Dresden receiving cancel on reverse. 4 different 10pf red stamps is very striking!
$20.00
4275
1927 (Oct 9) 8pf green postal card + 10pf red, 1st flight Braunschweiz - Brocken. Photo PC of von Hindenburg.
1927 (Mar 21) First Flight Dresden - Prague - Vienna. VF airmail postal card with C27, C28. Attractive Coat of Arms flight cachet. All postmarks on front.
1928 (May 1) 8pf semi postal card with B19-22, C28, 351 x2 (different shades). VF Registered card sent airmail from Munich. All cancels on front. Attractive card with colorful franking!
1929 (Apr 22) Mediterranean flight. C27-31 on European sized cover Friedrichshafen - U.S. On board postmarks, red violet flight cachet. Seville drop. Vertical center crease, minor tears at top. S.24A
1929 (Oct 7) Zeppelin flight card with C36, 2m zepp on Photo post card of Stuttgart. Addressed to Chicago. Edges worn. small tears at top of card, stamp VF.
1929 (Aug 15) Round the World Flight zeppelin flight cover, VF with C36, 2m zepp and 2 x C37, 4m zepp. Label addressed "Erster Flug Rund um die Welt..." Friedrichshafen - Lakehurst. S.30!c
1929 (Jan 1) Blue European sized airmail cover sent registered C.O.D. from Pfeddersheim. C27,C29,C30. Light vertical crease down center not affecting stamps.
1929 (June 10) F-VF blue European sized airmail Advertising cover from Konigsberg sent to Czechoslovakia via Berlin. C30 pair with 180 in selvege Neat attractive cover.
1929 (Mar 24) Orient Flight with C36 top margin copy. Addressed to “Dr. Wunderlich, Passagier des Monte Cervantes, durch Deutsches Kohlen - Depot” Port-Said backstamp. Tear at top. S.23IA
1929 (Oct 15) Balkan Zeppelin Flight card with Bucharest backstamp! #342 60pf UPU VF card. Flight to Bucharest then on to Varna. Bulgaria backstamp upon receipt. Message on card relates to Balkan flight, sent by Dr. H. Kronstein. Very rare!! S.42e E600
1929 (Oct 15) Balkan zeppelin flight card addressed to Romania. Photo PC of Freihung. Bucarest backstamp on address side. Blue airmail label and red Express label added. S.42e €600
1930 (Sept 23) Baltic Sea flight. Photo PPC (radio station) with Friedrichshafen cancel. Blue air label, green cachet. Stockholm receiving cancel. S.88Db
1931 (May 3) 2m zepp stamp on airmail cover to Cuba! Green flight cachet, Stettin cancel May 3 and Friedrichshafen backstamp May 4 and Habana Cuba backstamp May 14. S.106Ba
1933 (Aug 21) 5th S Am flight, Bird in flight cachet. C35 + 2 definitive on XF Sieger cacheted card to Rio di Janeiro. Unusual 4 line publicity reply handstamp by Condor on reverse.
1934 (Aug 20) So. Am. flight. VF blue airmail cover with flight cachet and added label”Mit Deutscher Luftpost” red on white On board cancel. LOVELY!! S.628 A6
1934 (Jan 28) Rocket mail card with 3 imperf rocket mail labels; 1/2m brown and blue, 1m olive and red and 3m silver and black each tied by violet rocket mail cancel. Photo card of rocket launching.
1935 (Sept 4) Zeppelin South American flight cover with 3 defn's. Small sized cover addressed to Sao Paulo, Brazil. Vertical crease down center.
SOLD
3173
1935 (Dec 10) European sized gray green airmail cover from Munich with Scott B88 single franking. Large yellow and black label on back for " EGENSBURG, Die Oberpfalz, Kallmunz 450th Anniversary"
1936 (Jun 12) Catapult cover, airmail flight Koln - NDL liner Europa at Cherbourg. C49, 2x 475 on cover to New York, addressed to H. Gudula Einstein. Rough opening at top, horiz. crease through center.
1937 (Oct 22) Registered cover from Esslingen sent airmail to Denmark. C53, 80pf air single franking. Backstamped Odder and Copenhagen. Paper hinge remnants on back.
1937 Unused Large baggage label, 4 x 6 " for the Zeppelin South American flight Shows large zeppelin over flight map, Friedrichshafen - Buenos Aires. Fully gummed and very colorful label! Hamburg-Amerika linie, Art work taken from advertising poster of the time.
1938 (July 8) Centary of birth of Graf Zeppelin C59-60 on registered cover from Fiedrichshafen with special commemorative cancel and commercial corner card to U.S. Rare Luftschiffwerk registered label. Very attractive! VF
1939 (Aug 13) Eger flight B137 + Hindenburg se tenant/tete beche combinations on reverse of VF 6pf postal card. Red flight cachet, special Eger pmk as canceled on postal card. S.462
1939 (Jan 29) South American flight, registered from Salzburg with Germany C48 x2, C50, C54. This issue was valid only until the end of 1939 in Austria and is priced separately in Michel. Sent to Buenos Aires, Argentina. Scarce!
1949 (Sept 30) Brown European sized cover with Berlin - Charlottenburg cancel. "Luftbrucke 30 Sept 1949" cachet ad pencil notation Last flight. 9N61, 9N64-65
1932 (Mar 16) First South American Zeppelin flight card. VF 40 l postal card with 2 additional definitives. Sent from Athens and addressed to Stoltz in Brazil. Violet flight cachet and red Berlin connecting flight and boxed Greek Zeppelin flight cachet. Backstamped Pernambuco. S. 138B € 1100. Mi 234b
1932 (Apr 13) Third South American flight card. 40 l blue postal card with two additional definitives. Sent from Athens to Stoltz in Brazil. Brown flight cachet, red Berlin connecting flight cachet and boxed Greek Zeppelin cachet. Backstamped Pernambuco. S. 150B €650. Mi 239b
1932 (Apr 26) Fourth South American Zeppelin flight card VF postal card with 5 colorful stamps on addressed side and one additional on reverse. Sent from Athens and addressed to Argentina. Orange flight cachet on front and back with red Berlin connecting flight cachet. Greek boxed Zeppelin cachet. Buenos Aires backstamp. Neat and attractive card! S. 157B €300 Mi 241 b
1932 (Sept 10) 7th So. American flight card. 40 l blue postal card with 5 additional stamps. Sent from Athens and addressed to Stoltz in Brazil. Brown flight cachet, red Berlin connecting flight cachet and Greek boxed Zeppelin flight cachet. Ready for American flight but arrived too late and stamped "Zur 6 Fahrt zu späteingetroffen". Only 32 pieces from Greece posted this way. Not listed this way by Sieger. All flight cachets and cancellations on front. Signed by Roger Koerber Very Rare!! Mi 279b €750.
1933 (Sept (0 Chicago Flight cover with 6 stamp franking sent registered from Athens. Addressed to Chicago. Red German flight cachet, Berlin connecting flight cachet and boxed red Greek zeppelin flight cachet. Flown on the scarcer Chicago leg of flight. All postal markings on front. VF card. S.238E €1150 Mi352b
1934 May -Aug 31 Brochure of Flight schedules, multi colored. Full of advertisements including Shell, Kodak, Remington, AmEx , Banks and Junkers. Image of Greece C8-14 inside.
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1936 (Sept) 8th South American Zeppelin flight cover sent to Philadelphia, PA. 4 stamp franking on reverse. Censored mail opened at top. Small faults as this was a commercially used cover. Unlisted. Very interesting item!
1936 (May 18) VF Hindenburg 2nd North American Flight on legal sized airmail cover, registered from Guatemala to Germany. Neat attractive franking, C52, C54 C56 and C60 on front. Reverse has added stamps 238, 239 . A very rare flight not offered by any of the comprehensive auctions including Corinphila in the past few years. May only exist legal size S.411B
1931 (Jul 20) Polar Flight card. Photo card of Zeppelin taking off . 2p red orange airmail tied by Budapest cancel. Friedrichshafen - Leningrad. Red flight cachet Leningrad backstamp and all postal markings on address side. A few minor marks on photo side due to hinging otherwise VF. S.119E € 500 Mi 205a
1931 (Jun 30) Icelandic flight. Registered cover with green flight cachet, addressed to Berlin . 2kr + 30a. zeppelin ovpt. stamp. Vertical crease on left side O/W VF. Friedrichshafen + Berlin backstamp on reverse. S.114 D.
1932 (Aug 20) 5th South American flight cover. Registered VF cover from Reykjavik with colorful 11 stamp franking. Violet flight cachet. Backstamp Pernambuco. A neat and attractive cover! S.171 Aa €350 Mi 273a
1932 (Sept 7) 7th South American zeppelin flight car. European sized registered cover from Reykjavik. Attractive franking with full set of Gullfoss Falls and 10a airmail block of 4. Brown flight cachet, red Berlin connecting flight cachet and Pernambuco backstamp Intended for 6th South American flight and stamped "Zur 6 Fahrt zu späteingetroffen" in blue. Only 32 pieces from Iceland posted this way. Not listed in Sieger. Very rare! Back has mounting marks, otherwise VF. Mi 27b €1100
1934 Jul 16) 5th South American Zeppelin flight cover. VF registered cover from Saigon with 4 airmails. Köln transit through Friedrichshafen. Red flight cachet "b". Backstamped Pernambuco. Rare cover! S.265 €1650 Mi 385a
1933 (Oct 13) Chicago Flight cover with 3 stamps and "per Zeppelin" blue label .Sent from Milan to Friedrichshafen, Zeppelin flight to Pernambuco. Red flight cachet. Backstamped Pernambuco. S.238Aaa €750 Mi 347a
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1933 Somalia (Nov 6) Chicago Flight. Neat, attractive card with 4 stamps on front and an additional 2 on reverse. Intended for Chicago flight but missed the connection. Violet cachet applied on its return to Rome with explanation. (S.238) €500
1936 (May 4) 1st N. Am flight, Rome to NY. From S. Boyen to Diena at the NY Stamp Exhibition. Registered cover, #278, backstamped Frankfurt and NY. Rare and undervalued cover!
1930 /Brazil South American flight card with dual franking. Rare illustrated card with zeppelin and map. Liechtenstein franking tied by May 15 Triesenberg cancel for the flight from Friedrichshafen to Rio. Brazil 2 stamped franking added and tied by on board cancel. Addressed to Montevideo, Uruguay, with backstamp. Very rare! S.57ee €4800 Mi 64var.
1930 (Sept 6) Russia Flight cover. VF cover neatly franked with 6 airmails + 2 definitives. Triesenberg cancels. Red Zeppelin flight cachet, backstamped Moscow. Then on through Berlin to Zurich with backstamp. Very attractive! S.84 €400 Mi 121
1931 (June 10) Lausanne flight cover. VF cover franked with 1f and 2fr, C7-8 tied by red Vaduz flight cachet. Lausanne receiving cancel on front. Addressed to Halle Saale in Germany. AN especially clean and neat looking cover. S.110 €550 Mi185I
1947 (Oct 8) 1st Special airmail flight by Swiss Air. Geneva - Montevido - Geneva. Liecht. official stamps on VF registered airmail cover with yellow Swiss Air label
1931 /Germany Baltic Sea Flight VF card with dual franking. Luxembourg 75c franking with May 11 cancel and Germany 1m airmail with May 14 cancel. Zeppelin flight from Berlin and dropped in Denmark. Copenhagen receiving cancel on stamp side. Scarcer Luxembourg posting for this drop. S.108Ca €350 Mi 177 la
1932 /Germany First South American flight. Photo PC of Dr Eckener with 75c Luxembourg franking, Mar 18 cancel and German 1m Zeppelin + additional 25pf tied by Friedrichshafen cancel. Addressed to Stoltz in Brazil. Pernambuco receiving cancel on stamp side. S.138Aa €330 Mi234b
1933 /Germany Saar flight card with dual franking. 5pf green German postal card with 5 additional German stamps added with June 25 cancels. Luxembourg 75c airmail with June 22 cancel. Saarbrucken receiving cancel on addressed side. VF card with Holland return address on reverse. S.217Aa €500 Mi 312
1933 (June 22) Saar flight VF cover neatly franked with 2 airmails + additional 10fr. Both green flight cachets of Saar. This posting from Luxembourg connected with the Zeppelin through Saar rather than Germany and is much scarcer! Not mentioned in Sieger. S.218C €600 Mi 314Ab
1939 /Germany (Mar 15) VF censored cover with 3 Lux. semi-postals and additional Germany tete beche semi-postal pair tied by Trieste cds. Sent to Canary Islands, stamped Censored upon receipt. Karl Hennig return address with typed inscription in German flown by Lufthansa. Boxed backstamp Mar 24.
1933 (June 26) 3rd South American flight card sent registered from Casablanca. Violet flight cachet. Friedrichshafen cancel, backstamped Pernambuco. "par Zeppelin" blue label and "par Avion" rose colored label. S.219Aa €400 Mi315a
1933 (June 26) 4th South American flight card sent registered from Casablanca and franked with 3 airmails. Orange flight cachet, Paris backstamp, Friedrichshafen cancel and final Pernambuco backstamp. VF S.223Aa €400 Mi323a
1933 (Sept 11) 7th South American flight card. Neat, attractive card sent registered from Casablanca. Blue flight cachet on front and back. Friedrichshafen cancel and Pernambuco receiving cancel on stamp side of card. S.232Aa €300 Mi 337a
1933 (Sept 23) 8th South American flight card. VF registered card from Casablanca. Neatly franked and very attractive! Violet flight cachet, Friedrichshafen cancel and Pernambuco backstamp. All postal markings on front. S.235Aa €300 Mi 343a
1930 (May 27) Pan Am flight cover signed by Dr. Hugo Eckener with colorful 4 stamp franking. Sent from Tangiers to Seville. Seville - Friedrichshafen zeppelin flight. Addressed to Cottbus, Germany. Red zeppelin flight cachet, backstamped Friedrichshafen and Seville. S.64 XVII €2000 Mi 684d
1930 (May 27) Pan Am flight card. Sent from Tangiers - Seville and flown on Zeppelin return flight from Seville to Friedrichshafen. Backstamped Seville and Friedrichshafen. Signed by Roger Koerber. S.64 XVII € 2000 Mi 68Ad
1931 (July 24) Polar flight, Amsterdam to Friedrichshafen to Malyguin then to Romanshorn, Switzerland and backstamped. All markings on face. XF card and quite rare! S.119
1931 (July 13) Polar flight card sent from Rotterdam to Friedrichshafen. Zeppelin flight to Berlin with receiving cancel on front. Addressed to Wall St., NY, NY. Paper remnants on reverse from mounting. S.119D €450
1936 (May 4) 1st Hindenburg No. Am. flight. B77-80, B82-85, B88 on registered cover to Holland via N.Y. Red “c” cachet. Unusual and attractive franking. VF
1938 / South Africa (Dec) KLM First Flight cover and return First flight with dual franking. One side of cover with Netherlands franking sent to South Africa, other side Return Flight South Africa franking to Netherlands. Each with arrival cancels and both flights sent by registered mail. Colorful 11 stamp franking! Cover is slit open on 3 sides.
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##182-207 1933 Mint blocks of 4 with F-VF appearance but some with thins and gum disturbances from being stuck down. Ovpt of plane Paris-Noumea flight. See the following seven images:
1932 /Brazil (Oct 12) 8th South American Flight cover with very colorful 10 stamp franking that includes Nicaragua 2 airmails+ 1 additional, sent from Managua. Then 7 brazil stamps added including 3500r on 5,000 zepp. stamp tied by Sao Paulo cancels. Violet flight cachet on reverse with Friedrichshafen backstamp. Flight cachet is the one was last used on 4th So. Am. flight, not in Sieger. S.190var Mi285Ag
1934 (May 18) First South American Flight cover. VF registered cover sent from Jerusalem with 4 stamp franking. Stuttgart transit cancel on reverse, routed through Friedrichshafen. Red flight cachet, "b". Backstamped Pernambuco. Rare cover! S.247Aa Mi 362a
1932 /Brazil (Sept 7) 7th South American flight card with dual franking. Small F-VF card with 5 Peru stamps sent from Lima the 2 Brazil added including 3,500r Zeppelin ovpt. tied by Rio de Janeiro cancel for the return flight. Violet flight cachet, backstamped Friedrichshafen. Some minor toning. S.184A €900. Mi 261A
1933 (Jul 20) 4th South American flight cover sent registered from Timisoara to Buenos Aires. Colorful 7 stamp franking with Timisoara cancels. Red Christmas flight cachet. Argentina backstamp on reverse. Top edge missing from being slit open. Vertical crease down center. (S.223) € 400.
1931 (July 25) Polar flight VF cover with North Pole Zeppelin set of 4, imperf. Registered cover from Leningrad flown to Icebreaker Malyguin. red flight cachet. Backstamped Moscow. Very attractive cover! S.120Bc €1500. Mi 204Ac
1931 (July 25) Polar Flight cover in VF condition with 35k and 2r North Pole Zeppelin imperf stamps. Sent registered from Leningrad to the North Pole. A particularly neat and attractive cover! S. 120 Bb
1929 (Aug 14) Round the World Flight card. Photo PC of Cathedral, sent from Saar , 4 stamp franking. Red flight cachet, Friedrichshafen - Lakehurst. Lakehurst and New York receiving cancels on address side. Minor corner crease lower right, otherwise VF. S. 30Ab €500
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1929 (Aug 14) Round the World flight card flown on round trip Friedrichshafen to Friedrichshafen. 5 fr on address side and an additional 10fr Madonna block of 4 on reverse. Red flight cachet, VF card. One of only 57 cards flown on complete trip. S.30Ad €500.
1931 (July 21) Polar flight cover with 3 stamp franking. Friedrichshafen - Malyguin. Red flight cachet, addressed to New York VF condition! S.119F €450.
1932 (May 30) VF Catapult flight on “Bremen” combined with “Nachbringeflug” Koln - Cherbourg. Koln backstamp on face, franked with 5fr and 1fr airmails (5fr DM 450. on cover!) Has 83 var. Scarce!
1936 (Jun 17) 3rd South American flight of the Hindenburg, VF card. Sent registered from San Salvador with 3 stamp franking tied by green special Zeppelin cancel. There is a 3rd green Zeppelin cancel but this one with the incorrect date of 1935 which was changed to 1936 in pen. Backstamped Friedrichshafen. S.419 €750.
1932 (Apr 14) 3rd So. Am. flight , VF card with single 10L blue airmail. Sent registered from San Marino to Brazil. Brown flight cachet, blue airmail label. Backstamped Pernambuco on reverse. S.150AA €1500.
1930 (May 17) So. Am. flight cover with 4pts pair, Spain - Rio de Janeiro flight. Red flight cachet on VF cover addressed to the royal Bank of Canada. Rio backstamp on reverse.
1932 (Mar 18) 1st So. Am. flight car. Photo PC of Stockholm with 50o violet strip of 4 + 5o green. Violet flight cachet, backstamped Brazil on address side. S.138Aa €600
1932 /Colombia (Mar 18) 1st South American flight. Oversized cover with colorful dual franking. Sent registered from Blotberget with 11 Swedish stamps. Forwarded to NY Apr-20, to Atlanta GA Apr 21 Miami Fl Apr 21. Berlin - Friedrichshafen zeppelin red flight cachet and Friedrichshafen - Brazil violet flight cachet. Backstamped Brazil 23 Apr. Flown airmail to Colombia, two Colombian stamp added, 4c blue and black and 6c Ribon Express stamp. A very interesting cover not mentioned in Sieger or Michel. S.138 Aa
1932 (Sept 25) Balloon flight card with Gordon Bennett, 1932 Basel label in red and black. Official post card with 1fr air. Photo PC of Balloons on ground, with crowd.
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1932 (Sept 25) Balloon Flight card with Gordon Bennett, Basel label in red and black, 1fr airmail. Official post card of Gordon Bennett label design.
1936 (May 5) 1st No. Am. Hindenburg flight cover. Gray airmail cover with 3 airmails + 2 additional definitives sent from Basel. Addressed to Sacramento, CA. Minor tears on right edge otherwise VF (S.406).
1933 (June 3)2nd South American Flight , colorful 8 stamp franking on VF postal card sent registered from Bizerte. Green flight cachet, Zeppelin label and airmail label. Brazil backstamp 6 June. Also on reverse is green Friedrichshafen Zeppelin backstamp 15 August, the arrival date for the 4th South American Flight. Perhaps it had been re routed to Europe? Intriguing piece. Light water bleeding on bottom of card otherwise VF. S 214Aa €750
1933 (June 28) 3rd South American flight card sent registered from Tunis. Violet flight cachet, blue Zeppelin label and red airmail label. Backstamped Pernambuco. VF condition. S.219Aa €350
1933 (Jul 26) 4th South American Flight photo PC sent registered from Tunis with 10fr single stamp. Red flight cachet, Pernambuco receiving cancel on address side. Paris transit cancel on photo side. Photo of street view.
1932 (Apr 12) 3rd South American Flight - 3g brown postal card with 4 additional stamps. Istanbul - Pernambuco, Brazil, brown flight cachet with Berlin connecting flight cachet.
1932 Italy 9th South American Flight with dual franking. VF cover sent registered from the Vatican City (Oct 15) , two Vatican stamps + 5 stamp franking from Italy with Milan Railroad cancels. Orange flight cachet, backstamped Pernambuco. S.195Aa €1200. Mi 286a
1936 \ Italy (May 4) 1st No. America Flight cover of the Hindenburg. VF cover with mixed franking, 2 Vatican stamps, 2 Italian stamps. Red flight cachet, "c". Backstamped New York. Addressed to Captain Pruss on board. S. 406C €700 Mi 12C
