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Worldwide Zeppelin Posts continued...

CHILE
Lot Symbol CatNo. Lot Description CV or Estimate
21 c Sieger #64IV imageSieger #64IV, 1930 Pan-American Flight, mixed franking cover with five Chilean adhesives tied to a cover by "Correo Aereo/Valparaiso/14. May. 30" c.d.s., plus Argentina 3.60P Zeppelin with blue overprint and one other adhesive tied by Buenos Aires c.d.s., small triangular flight cachet of Argentina and green Zeppelin machine backstamp of Lakehurst of May 31, 1930, small water stain at bottom left, otherwise very fine; covers with mixed franking in this fashion through Argentina were not supposed to be accepted for transport by the airship, but this cover did fly, as apparently a few similar covers did, as evidenced by the proper backstamp on arrival of the Zeppelin in the United States, a rare and interesting posting that is listed in this way by Sieger but not by Michel (Sieger €900; Michel #66F var.). (Image) Est. 500-750

SOLD for $650.00
Will close during Public Auction
CZECHOSLOVAKIA
Lot Symbol CatNo. Lot Description CV or Estimate
22 c Sieger #64XIII var. imageSieger #64XIII var., 1930 Pan-American Flight, a beautiful and incredibly rare registered mixed franking cover with Germany, Czechoslovakian 1922 Second Air Posts cplt. and 10K Masarayk commemorative tied by "Praha 82 Letiste/15. V. 30" c.d.s., plus two well centered singles of each of the 2M and 4M German South America Flight Zeppelins tied by the "Luftschiff/Graf Zeppelin/19. 5. 1930" on-board c.d.s. at the beginning of the flight, Berlin transit and air cachet of that city, flown on the round trip from Friedrichshafen to Friedrichshafen with both the red German and violet American flight cachets, backstamped Friedrichshafen on June 6, 1930, then back to Czechoslovakia to where it is addressed, slight edge wear to the cover, very fine and attractive; an amazingly rare and important cover of this most popular flight; not listed by either Sieger or Michel; Sieger lists a posting from Czechoslovakia on this flight but specifically states that it is one without mixed franking, which are always secondary and less valuable than covers with the appropriate stamps of the major countries on the flight, in this case Germany; furthermore this is not just any leg of the Pan-American Flight but the round trip, Michel, which lists the various countries that posted covers on the various portions of the flight, lists Czechoslovakia only for the flight to Lakehurst not specifying mixed franking with Germany, no mention is made of any other leg, including the round trip, on which Czechoslovakia covers were flown (Michel #68b). (Image) Est. 4,000-5,000

SOLD for $2,800.00
Will close during Public Auction
GERMANY
Lot Symbol CatNo. Lot Description CV or Estimate
23 c Sieger #119E imageSieger #119E, 1931 Polar flight, attractive photo card of the DO-X with 1M Polar Flight overprinted Zeppelin with hyphen omitted (position 41), tied by "Friedrichshafen/(Bodensee)/24. 7. 31." c.d.s., red flight cachet, backstamped Leningrad, choice very fine; this rare variety of the missing hyphen occurs in only one position of the sheet, but it is also surprisingly difficult to find properly posted on a flown cover or card of this flight, especially in such well-centered and stellar quality; a 1931 Polar Flight showpiece; signed Zierer BPP (Sieger €2,250; Michel #203a). (Image) Est. 1,500-2,000

SOLD for $950.00
Will close during Public Auction
24 c Sieger #119Kc var. imageSieger #119Kc var., 1931 Polar Flight, a lovely and extremely rare on-board posting of this flight to its return to Berlin, 2M Polar flight overprinted Zeppelin single tied to card by "Luftschiff/Graf Zeppelin/26. 7. 1931" c.d.s., unusual and rare color error in the flight cachet which is a combination of a small portion of the rose red ink of the normal cachet and large portion in the blackish violet ink of the on-board cancel (apparently the airship's postal clerk used the wrong ink pad to re-ink), backstamped Berlin on July 30, 1931 by two different postmarks, very fine; what is little understood about this flight is that the Zeppelin made two stops at Berlin, once on the outbound flight, of which postings are common, and on the return flight which vary as to when the card was posted on the Zeppelin, most of the covers for this second delivery were done on the day or two before arrival, those posted earlier in the flight are extremely rare, Sieger does not specify these varieties but Michel does list them, the on-board cancel of July 26, 1931, while the Zeppelin was en route from Leningrad to the Icebreaker "Malyguin", is the rarest posting listed with very few known; this rare posting combined with the error in the cachet are undoubtedly unique and makes a great Zeppelin rarity; signed Zierer BPP (Michel #205d; €5,000 for this specific posting). (Image) Est. 3,000-4,000

SOLD for $2,100.00
Will close during Public Auction
GIBRALTAR
Lot Symbol CatNo. Lot Description CV or Estimate
25 c Sieger #64XVI imageSieger #64XVI, 1930 Pan-American Flight, extremely rare cover for the return flight from Seville to Friedrichshafen, 1 1/2p Red brown tied by "Gibraltar/4 JU 30" c.d.s., red oval Zeppelin cachet, backstamped Friedrichshafen, also signed by Dr. Eckener, all markings are sharp and well positioned on the front of the cover, choice very fine; a total of only ten pieces were posted from Gibraltar, this being one of five covers (Sieger €2,000; Michel #68Ad). (Image) Est. 2,000-3,000

SOLD for $1,600.00
Will close during Public Auction
FRENCH MOROCCO
Lot Symbol CatNo. Lot Description CV or Estimate
26 c Sieger #64XVb imageSieger #64XVb, 1930 Pan-American Flight, extremely rare cover for the return flight from Seville to Friedrichshafen, attractively franked with six air posts, all tied by "Casablanca/Moroc/22 -5 30" c.d.s., Seville transit of May 23rd as well as June 3rd when it boarded the Zeppelin, red oval Zeppelin cachet, backstamped Friedrichshafen, very fine; a total of only ten pieces were posted from Casablanca, this being one of five covers so posted; signed Falk (Sieger €2,000; Michel #68Ad). (Image) Est. 3,000-4,000

SOLD for $1,800.00
Will close during Public Auction
PARAGUAY
Lot Symbol CatNo. Lot Description CV or Estimate
27 c Sieger #62Ba imageSieger #62Ba, 1930 Pan-American Flight, the very rare posting to Seville, Spain, 70c postal card with additional adhesives of a block of four and a single tied by boxed violet flight cachets, "Correo Aereo/Sevilla/5 Jun. 30" receiving postmark at bottom right, very fine and choice; the posting to Seville from Paraguay is of the greatest rarity with only nine items flown (Sieger €2,300; Michel #67E). (Image) Est. 1,500-2,000

SOLD for $950.00
Will close during Public Auction
SWITZERLAND
Lot Symbol CatNo. Lot Description CV or Estimate
28 c Sieger #207 imageSieger #207, 1933 Italian Flight, attractively franked cover with seven air posts tied front and back by "Zurich Flugplatz/27. V. 33" c.d.s., posted on the flight around Rome and then on to South America through the Italian post office (should be Sieger #208), well struck violet Italian flight cachet, Rome machine cancel and backstamped Pernambuco, choice very fine (Michel #304Ac; €500 for this specific posting). (Image) Est. 300-400

SOLD for $475.00
Will close during Public Auction

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