Shreves Philatelic Galleries, Inc. Sale

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Lot

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

CV or Estimate

2381

C1a

#C1a, 1930 10M Gray lilac with "Zeppelin/1830" overprint, "1830" for "1930" error, position 86, an impressive example of this very scarce variety, exceptionally well centered, colors are bright and fresh, o.g., extremely fine; only one position in the sheet of 100 had this error, so 500 examples were actually made, however, only 200-300 were sold before it was discovered, it was then withdrawn and kept for exchange purposes by the postal museum; signed Kessler and others and accompanied by a 1990 PF certificate (Facit #165v; SK14,000). (Image)

2,000.00

SOLD for $1,000.00
Closing..Oct-18, 04:00 PM

Finland Zeppelin Covers

Lot

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

CV or Estimate

2382

Sieger #89B

Sieger #89B, 1930 Baltic Sea Flight, lovely horizontal pair of 10M "Zeppelin/1930" overprints (#C1), tied along with pair of #B2 to cover to Hamburg by "Helsinki/24. IX. 30" bilingual c.d.s., large Friedrichshafen backstamp, also red airpost cachet for internal air mail, strong violet flight cachet, extremely fine; signed Koerber (Sieger €675). (Image)

Est. 300-400

SOLD for $200.00
Closing..Oct-18, 04:00 PM

2383

Sieger #89B

Sieger #89B, 1930 Baltic Sea Flight, beautifully centered horizontal pair of 10M "Zeppelin/1930" overprints (#C1), very neatly tied to cover by two exceptionally clear strikes of "Helsinki/24. IX. 30" bilingual c.d.s., small Friedrichshafen arrival c.d.s., then backstamped Magdeburg, violet flight cachet, extremely fine (Sieger €675). (Image)

Est. 300-400

SOLD for $210.00
Closing..Oct-18, 04:00 PM

2384

Sieger #89B

Sieger #89B, 1930 Baltic Sea Flight, fresh horizontal pair of 10M "Zeppelin/1930" overprints (#C1), very neatly tied to cover to Hamburg by clear strike of "Helsinki/24. IX. 30" bilingual c.d.s., small Friedrichshafen arrival c.d.s., distinct violet flight cachet, very fine (Sieger €675). (Image)

Est. 300-400

SOLD for $200.00
Closing..Oct-18, 04:00 PM

2385

Sieger #89B

Sieger #89B, 1930 Baltic Sea Flight, two bright singles of the 10M "Zeppelin/1930" overprints (#C1), tied to cover to Essen by clear strike of "Helsinki/24. IX. 30" bilingual c.d.s., small Friedrichshafen arrival c.d.s., violet flight cachet, cover slightly and neatly reduced at top, very fine (Sieger €675). (Image)

Est. 300-400

SOLD for $170.00
Closing..Oct-18, 04:00 PM

2386

Sieger #89B/C

Sieger #89B/C, 1930 Baltic Sea Flight, flown cover with single the 10M "Zeppelin/1930" overprint (#C1), plus a similar unoverprinted 10M Gray lilac, both tied to cover to Osnabruck by "Helsinki/24. IX. 30" bilingual c.d.s., without flight cachet, but obviously making trip with large Friedrichshafen c.d.s. of September 25th on the reverse, minor edge wrinkles, otherwise very fine; covers required 20 Markkas postage, but virtually all covers have two special overprinted stamps, occasionally they were sent with two unoverprinted stamps, to have one overprinted and the other not is extremely unusual, Roger Koerber commented in 1978 that this usage could be unique, indicating he had never seen another (Sieger €675). (Image)

Est. 500-750

SOLD for $350.00
Closing..Oct-18, 04:00 PM

2387

Sieger #143B

Sieger #143B, 1932 Second South American Flight, an attractive 10M Gray lilac horizontal pair (#178), tied to neat flown card by "Helsinki/29.III.32" bilingual c.d.s., green flight cachet and red Berlin connecting flight cachet, backstamped Recife, with all markings on the front, extremely fine; this is the first treaty-state posting for Finland and is quite scarce (Sieger €700). (Image)

Est. 300-400

SOLD for $260.00
Closing..Oct-18, 04:00 PM

2388

Sieger #143B

Sieger #143B, 1932 Second South American Flight, flown registered card to Brazil with 10M Gray lilac vertical pair (#178), along with four other adhesives to pay registry fee, all tied by "Helsinki/23.III.32" bilingual c.d.s., green flight cachet and red Berlin connecting flight cachet, backstamped Pernambuco, very fine (Sieger €700). (Image)

Est. 300-400

SOLD for $260.00
Closing..Oct-18, 04:00 PM

2389

Sieger #238E

Sieger #238E, 1933 Chicago Flight, 1933 Semi-postal set (#B12-14) along with two other adhesives, tied to attractive cover to Brazil by "Viipuri/10.X.32" c.d.s., backstamped Pernambuco, red flight and large Berlin connecting flight cachet, very fine and popular flight; ex-Belinkoff (Sieger €500). (Image)

Est. 300-400

SOLD for $220.00
Closing..Oct-18, 04:00 PM

2390

Sieger #238E

Sieger #238E, 1933 Chicago Flight, 25M Black brown high value (#279) along with one other adhesive, tied to very clean and neat registered card by "Helsinki/6.X.32" bilingual c.d.s., flown to Friedrichshafen to Chicago leg with Chicago registry division receiving c.d.s. on the front, forwarded on by ordinary mail via New York to Switzerland, red flight and large attractive Berlin connecting flight cachet, extremely fine; ex-Belinkoff (Sieger €500). (Image)

Est. 300-400

SOLD for $300.00
Closing..Oct-18, 04:00 PM

2391

Sieger #286

Sieger #286, 1934 Christmas Flight, attractive cover with 10M Dark violet vertical pair (#205a), plus two other adhesives, registered to Pernambuco, all tied by "Helsinki/3.XII.34" bilingual c.d.s., green flight cachet, backstamped, return address removed from reverse, very fine; a popular flight and one of only two South American flights that had pictorial cachets in 1934 (Sieger €400). (Image)

Est. 200-300

SOLD for $180.00
Closing..Oct-18, 04:00 PM

2392

Sieger #441

Sieger #441, 1936 Tenth North American Flight of the "Hindenburg", an unusual mixed franking of six Finnish adhesives and four German adhesives. all tied by various cancels on October 2, 1936, with a Stockholm transit of that same day, posted to Costa Rica, red lilac flight cachet, backstamped San Jose, Costa Rica, slight postal wear which is to be expected considering its travels, very fine; a scarce and unusual posting, Finnish "Hindenburg" covers are not common, and to be a mixed franking with a Costa Rican destination is quite rare; this flight not listed by Sieger as a treaty-state posting under Finland. (Image)

Est. 300-400

SOLD for $350.00
Closing..Oct-18, 04:00 PM

2393

Sieger #88-89

Sieger #88-89, Baltic Sea Flight Zeppelin cover collection of fifteen covers focusing on the Finland leg of this flight, includes three covers and two cards of Finland with the 10M "Zeppelin/1930" overprints, one cover with a vertical pair, the other two with two singles, plus a another card with ordinary franking, there are two German covers with 2M South American Zeppelin stamps to the United States through Helsinki, plus a Zeppelin photo card to Helsinki, and finally there are six treaty-state postings to Helsinki including three Austria (only 124 posted), plus Danzig, Switzerland and Liechtenstein, overall fine-very fine

Est. 750-1,000

SOLD for $1,400.00
Closing..Oct-18, 04:00 PM

2394

Finland extensive Graf Zeppelin cover collection consisting of 61 flown covers and cards, starts with two covers and two cards of the Baltic Sea Flight, each with proper 10M "Zeppelin/1930" overprint frankings (one cover with pair, other with two singles), then includes a very comprehensive collection of the South American flights, 1932 is complete from the Second South American flight, which was the first treat-state posting of Finland, 1933 is also complete for all nine flights including the Chicago Flight, and 1934 is nearly complete, lacking only the fifth and seventh out out the twelve flights., plus four different flights of 1935, there are from one to four of each of these flights, some being different in their destination, occasional cover flaw, most are clean and fine-very fine or better (Sieger #89/308).

Est. 3,000-4,000

SOLD for $7,000.00
Closing..Oct-18, 04:00 PM

France

Lot

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

CV or Estimate

2395

#65, 1876 2c Green on greenish, Ty. I, an unusually well centered mint single, in addition to being a particularly fresh stamp with deep rich color and attractive even perforations, full o.g., lightly hinged, choice very fine; an exceptional premium quality example of this scarce value; signed A. Brun and Calves, and accompanied by 1996 Roumet certificate (Yvert #62; €1,850). (Image)

1,450.00

SOLD for $900.00
Closing..Oct-18, 04:00 PM

2396

#67, 1876 5c Green on greenish, Ty. I, beautifully fresh mint single, well centered with crisp even perforations well clear of the design all around, intense green color, exceptionally clean full o.g., barest trace of hinging, choice very fine; 1991 PF certificate (Yvert #64; €915). (Image)

650.00

SOLD for $260.00
Closing..Oct-18, 04:00 PM

2397

#68, 1876 10c Green on greenish, Ty. I, an extraordinary left sheet-margin mint single, possessing all the physical attributes that could be desired, virtually perfectly centered within even full margins all around and surrounded by clean and especially even perforations, marvelously fresh with strikingly vibrant color, and in addition, possessing full original gum that is never hinged, an extremely fine gem that is in a quality almost unavailable today; signed Calves and others, and accompanied by 2003 Roumet certificate describing this stamp as "superb" (Yvert #65; for hinged €1,100). (Image)

for hinged 800.00

SOLD for $1,300.00
Closing..Oct-18, 04:00 PM

2398

#68, 1876 10c Green on greenish, Ty. I, exceedingly well centered mint single that is seldom found so well centered, fresh with deep strong color and impression, full o.g., lightly hinged, extremely fine and choice; signed Roumet (Yvert #65; €1,100). (Image)

800.00

SOLD for $475.00
Closing..Oct-18, 04:00 PM

2399

#68, 1876 10c Green on greenish, Ty. I, a select mint single, intense bright color and very fresh with detailed impression, exceptionally well centered, full o.g., very lightly hinged, extremely fine; signed Calves and one other, and accompanied by 1998 Roumet certificate (Yvert #65; €1,100). (Image)

800.00

SOLD for $300.00
Closing..Oct-18, 04:00 PM

2400

#69, 1876 15c Gray lilac on grayish, Ty. I, a magnificent mint example of this scarce stamp, possessing superb centering, rich color on brilliantly fresh paper, full even perforations, and full fresh original gum which has never been hinged, extremely fine; a true condition rarity; signed Calves; ex-"Chappaqua" collection (Yvert #66; for hinged €1,100). (Image)

for hinged 800.00

SOLD for $1,900.00
Closing..Oct-18, 04:00 PM