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Lot	Symbol	CatNo.	Lot Description	CV or Estimate
901		C14	#C14, $1.30 Graf Zeppelin, outstanding centering within large margins, rich fresh color, o.g., lightly hinged, extremely fine and choice. (Image)	$500.00 SOLD for $475.00 Will close during Public Auction
902		C14	#C14, $1.30 Graf Zeppelin, right sheet-margin single, fresh and well centered, o.g., n.h., short gumming at right, very fine. (Image)	$900.00 SOLD for $375.00 Will close during Public Auction
903	Ou	C14	#C14, $1.30 Graf Zeppelin, choice used single, wonderfully well centered within large margins, light slogan machine cancel, extremely fine and choice; 2006 PF certificate (XF 90; SMQ $460.00). (Image)	$375.00 SOLD for $400.00 Will close during Public Auction
904	u	C15	#C15, $2.60 Graf Zeppelin, especially well centered, fresh color, o.g., lightly hinged, extremely fine; 2006 PSE certificate (XF-Superb 95; SMQ $1,000.00). (Image)	$775.00 SOLD for $750.00 Will close during Public Auction
905		C15	#C15, $2.60 Graf Zeppelin, exceedingly well centered and margined, deeply rich color, o.g., lightly hinged, extremely fine; 2004 PF certificate. (Image)	$775.00 SOLD for $575.00 Will close during Public Auction
906	O	C15	#C15, $2.60 Graf Zeppelin, attractive appearing used example, fresh color, lightly cancelled, faint diagonal creases, a natural result of the gumming process, otherwise extremely fine; 2006 PF certificate. (Image)	$575.00 SOLD for $400.00 Will close during Public Auction
907		C13-15	#C13-15, 65c-$2.60 Graf Zeppelins cplt., each on a flown cover or card, the 65c and and $1.30 were flown on the return flight from Lakehurst to Friedrichshafen, the $2.60 was flown on the outbound portion of the flight from Friedrichshafen to Lakehurst, appropriate cachets and backstamps, the 65c and $2.60 are both exceptionally well centered and margined, $2.60 with trivial scuff, otherwise fine-very fine. (Image)	$1,135.00 SOLD for $550.00 Will close during Public Auction
908		C13-15	#C13-15, 65c-$2.60 Graf Zeppelins cplt., each on a flown cover or card, the 65c and and $1.30 were flown on the return flight from Lakehurst to Friedrichshafen, though the $1.30 is on a cover to France with the outbound cachet since it was posted in time for the outbound flight, the $2.60 was flown on the outbound portion of the flight from Friedrichshafen to Lakehurst, each with German and American flight cachets and backstamped, small fault to $2.60, otherwise fine-very fine. (Image)	$1,135.00 SOLD for $500.00 Will close during Public Auction
909		C13	#C13, 65c Graf Zeppelin, tied to multicolor view card to Germany by "New York, N.Y./ Varick St. Sta./Jun 5, 1930", by this date the "Graf Zeppelin" was over the Atlantic on its return trip to Germany, bold three line "Received Too Late/for/Graf Zeppelin Dispatch" purple handstamp, stamp is well centered and attractive, card with small faults including light creases, none affecting the stamp or marking, otherwise very fine; this card has a ms. date of "2.VI.30" by the sender, which would have been in time for the flight, whether the sender was delinquent in posting it or it was mishandled in the post office is not known, extremely rare usage and marking as this card and $1.30 cover in the next lot are the only examples we remember seeing in over 30 years of handling Zeppelin covers. (Image)	Est. 200-300 SOLD for $110.00 Will close during Public Auction
910		C14	#C14, $1.30 Graf Zeppelin, tied to cover to Germany by "New York, N.Y./ Varick St. Sta./Jun 5, 1930", long after the "Graf Zeppelin" departed on its return trip to Germany, bold three line "Received Too Late/for/Graf Zeppelin Dispatch" purple handstamp, stamp is exceptionally well centered and fresh, very fine; the schedule of the Zeppelin was well known in New York and the cost of sending cards and letters was no small sum in the midst of the depression, so postings that missed the flight are decidedly rare; this cover and the previous card are from the same correspondence, neither has any indication of the disposition of the two items, there was certainly sufficient postage paid for the them to be forwarded by ship, but no delivery markings are present, nor is there any instruction to return to the sender; extremely rare usage and marking as this cover and 65c card in the previous lot are the only examples we remember seeing in over 30 years of handling Zeppelin covers. (Image)	Est. 400-500 SOLD for $290.00 Will close during Public Auction
911		C14	#C14, $1.30 Graf Zeppelin, top sheet-margin plate no. F 20086 single, tied to flown cover by June 2, 1930 Lakehurst, N.J. flag cancel, flown on the return leg of the Pan-American flight to Seville, this is a much scarcer posting than the usual destination of Friedrichshafen (814 covers to Seville compared to 15,474 to Friedrichshafen), backstamped, both flight cachets, very fine. (Image)	$400.00 SOLD for $220.00 Will close during Public Auction
912		C14	#C14, $1.30 Graf Zeppelin, well centered single, tied to flown cover on the return leg of the Pan-American flight by May 30, 1930 Lakehurst, N.J. flag cancel, posted to Toledo, Ohio, Friedrichshafen backstamp, and green Zeppelin New York cancel on the reverse on its return to the United States, both flight cachets, very fine and choice. (Image)	$400.00 SOLD for $170.00 Will close during Public Auction
913		C15	#C15, $2.60 Graf Zeppelin, tied to cover by "Varick St. Sta., N.Y./May 1/ 1930" machine cancel, flown on the outbound flight Friedrichshafen to Lakehurst, violet diamond U.S. and red circular German flight cachets, backstamped, slight edge wear to the cover, stamp is fresh and nearly very fine. (Image)	$600.00 SOLD for $325.00 Will close during Public Auction
914	u	C18	#C18, 50c Graf Zeppelin, gem mint example, possessing precise centering and uncharacteristically large margins, flawless o.g. without a single gum bend or skip, n.h., extremely fine; clearly not your typical quality #C18; 2004 PSE certificate (XF-Superb 95; SMQ $230.00). (Image)	$100.00 SOLD for $250.00 Will close during Public Auction
915	u	C18	#C18, 50c Graf Zeppelin, outstanding centering within large margins, bright fresh color, o.g., n.h., extremely fine; 2004 PSE certificate (XF-Superb 95; SMQ $230.00). (Image)	$100.00 SOLD for $240.00 Will close during Public Auction
916		C18	#C18, 50c Graf Zeppelin, top right plate no. 21172 pane of 50, several well centered stamps including the top plate block of six, bright color, o.g., n.h., some perf. separations between the seventh and eighth stamps in the fifth column, a very fine and scarce sheet. (Image)	$5,100.00+ SOLD for $3,000.00 Will close during Public Auction
917		C63 var.	#C63 var., 15c Statue of Liberty, horizontal pair, imperforate between, left sheet-margin block of six, with the bottom left pair being imperforate between due to a foldover, also imperforate in the left margin and with the top left pair having misaligned perforations, o.g., n.h., very fine; this is the only recorded example of the imperforate between variety, and is even rarer than #C63b which catalogs $12,500.00, certainly deserving of a separate listing in Scott and Datz; 2006 PF certificate. (Image)	Est. 3,000-4,000 SOLD for $1,000.00 Will close during Public Auction
918	BK	BKC17	#BKC17, 80c Black on pink booklet of two panes of #C64c, an especially fresh and choice example of this scarce air post booklet, with clean uncreased covers and sharp corners, o.g., n.h., extremely fine; 2002 PSE certificate. (Image)	$1,000.00 SOLD for $300.00 Will close during Public Auction
919		C92b	#C92b, 31c Wright Brothers se-tenant pair, ultramarine and black (engraved) omitted, o.g., n.h., quite fresh and very fine; a scarce air post error. (Image)	$700.00 SOLD for $200.00 Will close during Public Auction
920		C125b	#C125b, 45c UPU Congress, se-tenant block of four, light blue omitted, right sheet-margin block, bright and fresh, o.g., n.h., trivial fingerprint on one stamp, very fine. (Image)	$750.00 SOLD for $300.00 Will close during Public Auction