Shreves Philatelic Galleries, Inc. Sale

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PIONEER FLIGHTS

Lot

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

CV or Estimate

101

Sieger #02I/17c

Sieger #02I/17c,1912-13 Pioneer Zeppelin collection of seven flown cards including two Victoria Luise cards, one with both the Zeppelin cachet and Zeppelin postmark (small faults to card), four Rhein-Main cards including the card with three 30pf Green air posts, and a Dusseldorf Flight card, in addition to the flown items there are five early view cards with views or actual photos of Zeppelins and an unused metal Zeppelin post card, mostly fine-very fine.

Est. 500-750

SOLD for $600.00
Will close during Public Auction

102

Sieger #2I

Sieger #2I, 1912 Flight of the "Schwaben" (LZ 10), attractive special multicolor DELAG Zeppelin view card of an airship landing, clear Ty. I violet on-board cachet of 3 Apr. 1912 for the flight to Oos, 5c Green tied by "Rastatt/3. 4. 12" c.d.s., trivial tiny corner crease from corner mount at top left, very fine and choice (Sieger €1,000; Michel #10Bb). (Image)

Est. 500-750

SOLD for $300.00
Will close during Public Auction

103

Sieger #2II

Sieger #2II, 1911 Flight of the "Schwaben" (LZ 10), handsome DELAG view card showing Count von Zeppelin in the gondola with others, flown on the 24 Aug. 1911 flight from Baden to Oos, posted on board with scarce red Ty. II on-board cachet of that date and 5c Green tied by "Oos/24. 8. 11" c.d.s. on arrival, extremely faint corner card bend, very fine and choice; an especially scarce posting on this airship; 2002 Leder BPP certificate (Sieger €2,000; Michel #10Be). (Image)

Est. 750-1,000

SOLD for $800.00
Will close during Public Auction

104

Sieger #3

Sieger #3, 1912 Flight of the "Viktoria Luise" (LZ 11), multicolor DELAG card of a Zeppelin in a storm, clear violet on-board cachet of 26 Jun. 1912 for the flight to Hamburg, posted to Switzerland with a 10pf Red tied by "Hamburg/26. 6. 12" c.d.s. on arrival, then on to Davos-Dorf where backstamped, small light corner bend to card, very fine and attractive (Sieger €500; Michel #11Ba). (Image)

Est. 200-300

SOLD for $350.00
Will close during Public Auction

105

Sieger #4

Sieger #4, 1913 Flight of the "Viktoria Luise" (LZ 11), view card showing aerial view of Frankfurt from the passenger cabin of the Zeppelin, posted to Berlin and flown on a flight that flew from Frankfurt to Idar Oberstein and back to Frankfurt, 5pf Green tied by "Luftpost/Zeppelin-Schiff/Viktoria-Luise/25. 7. 12" on-board postmark with an additional strike at left, fresh and extremely fine (Sieger €400; Michel #11Bg). (Image)

Est. 150-200

SOLD for $290.00
Will close during Public Auction

106

Sieger #4

Sieger #4, 1913 Flight of the "Viktoria Luise" (LZ 11), sepia tone DELAG card with view from the Zeppelin, posted to Frankfurt on the flight of a round trip from Frankfurt back to Frankfurt, attractive 5pf Green tied by "Luftpost/Zeppelin-Schiff/Viktoria-Luise/14. 5. 13" on-board cancel, very fine (Sieger €400; Michel #11Bg). (Image)

Est. 150-200

SOLD for $170.00
Will close during Public Auction

107

Sieger #4a

Sieger #4a, 1914 Flight of the "Viktoria Luise" (LZ 11), Zeppelin photo card with violet on-board cachet of 16 Jul. 1914, posted to Mannheim-Neckarau with 5c Green (trace of perf. toning) tied by "Luftpost/Zeppelin-Schiff/Viktoria-Luise/18. 7. 14" on-board cancel for a flight two days later to Frankfurt, very fine (Sieger €550; Michel #11Bd). (Image)

Est. 200-300

SOLD for $120.00
Will close during Public Auction

108

Sieger #4 var.

Sieger #4 var., 1912 Flight of the "Viktoria Luise" (LZ 11), multicolor DELAG card of the Zeppelin over a town in the valley, an unusual posting that apparently flew on "Viktoria Luise" for the flight to Frankfurt on October 5, 1912 with the airship on-board pmk. of that date tying a 5pf Green (trace of perf. toning), however the card also bears a Ty. I violet on-board cachet of the "Schwaben" of 23 Jun. 1912, this date and airship is confirmed by the manuscript at left, apparently this card was intended to go to Frankfurt on this earlier flight, but since there was no "Schwaben" flight on that date it was held over for a flight over three months later, very fine; a choice and most interesting usage (Sieger €400+; Michel #11Bg). (Image)

Est. 300-400

SOLD for $260.00
Will close during Public Auction

109

Sieger #6Ia

Sieger #6Ia, 1912 Flight of the "Hansa" (LZ 13), Zeppelin photo card of the "Hansa" on the ground, with violet on-board cachet of 15 Nov. 1912 having excellent strikes of this cachet on both the front and reverse, 5c Green tied by "Luftpost/Zeppelin-Schiff/Hansa/15. 11. 12" oval on-board cancel for a flight to Gotha, very fine; 1981 Sieger BPP certificate; ex-Belinkoff (Sieger €650; Michel #13Bc). (Image)

Est. 300-400

SOLD for $200.00
Will close during Public Auction

110

Sieger #8a

Sieger #8a, 1913 Flight of the "Sachsen" (LZ 17), Zeppelin photo card of the "Sachsen" landing, well struck violet on-board cachet of 24. Jun. 1913, 5c Green neatly tied by "Luftpost/Zeppelin-Schiff/Sachsen/24. 6. 13" oval on-board cancel for a flight to Leipzig, very fine (Sieger €400; Michel #17Bc). (Image)

Est. 150-200

SOLD for $180.00
Will close during Public Auction

111

Sieger #8a

Sieger #8a, 1913 Flight of the "Sachsen" (LZ 17), Zeppelin photo card of the "Sachsen" landing, well struck violet on-board cachet of 31. Jul. 1913 on a flight to Leipzig, 10c Red for international posting tied by "Luftpost/Zeppelin-Schiff/Sachsen/31. 7. 13" oval on-board pmk., addressed to the United States, light corner creases slightly affecting the stamp, otherwise very fine; a lovely posting by a suitor telling his lady of his flight on the Zeppelin; (Sieger €400; Michel #17Bc). (Image)

Est. 150-200

SOLD for $180.00
Will close during Public Auction

112

Sieger #18A

Sieger #18A, 1913 Liegnitz "Flugpost on the Katzbach" Flight of the "Sachsen special HAPAG card number 2 showing the "Sachsen" within the hanger after landing, special Red brown on yellow Zeppelin vignette tied by violet "Flugpost/A. D. Katzbach/9. 11. 13" special cachet, top sheet-margin 5pf Green tied by Liegnitz c.d.s. of the same date, plus bold three line cachet "Sachsen/Hamburg-Amerika Linie/Abtlg. Luftschiffahrt." that was applied to some of the cards by the HAPAG company, attractive and very fine; 5,000 of the combined two shades of this scarce Zeppelin vignette were issued, however the ones used on flown cards are very few; an extremely rare pioneer Zeppelin flight; signed Arthur Falk and accompanied by his 1994 SIA certificate (Sieger €3,850; Michel #17Db). (Image)

Est. 1,500-2,000

SOLD for $900.00
Will close during Public Auction

113

Sieger #13a

Sieger #13a, 1912 Gelber Hund Flight of June 18, 1912 bearing two of the special "1M/Gelber Hund" surcharge on 10pf Rhein-Main air posts, each tied along with 5pf Green by the special Darmstadt pmk. of that date to orange card with number 835, the posting on this date from Darmstadt is the only one with two of the stamps, light wrinkling to the card not affecting the stamps, very fine; ex-Belinkoff (Sieger €560). (Image)

Est. 200-300

SOLD for $120.00
Will close during Public Auction

114

Sieger #13c

Sieger #13c, 1912 Gelber Hund Flight of June 19, 1912 bearing the special "1M/Gelber Huna" surcharge on 10pf Rhein-Main air post showing the major plate flaw of "Huna" instead "Hund", an excellent example of this variety showing no trace of the upper portion of the upright in "d", as well as being exceptionally well centered, tied along with 5pf Green by the special Darmstadt pmk. of that date to orange card, card slightly reduced, otherwise very fine; (Sieger €550). (Image)

Est. 200-300

SOLD for $75.00
Will close during Public Auction

115

Sieger #5-6

Sieger #5-6, 1912 10pf and 20pf Air post, with "E.EL.P." overprint cplt., both are well centered, fresh colors, o.g., light h.r., very fine and scarce set. (Michel #V-VI). (Image)

Sieger €1,150

SOLD for $200.00
Will close during Public Auction

116

Sieger #14

Sieger #14, 10pf Rhein-Main air post with "E. EL. P." overprint, tied to the grey brown card for the Rhein-Main flights along with 5pf Green by the special and scarcer Darmstadt pmk. of June 22, 1912, card bears number 3185 handstamp on the reverse which was privately applied on Darmstadt cards, the special air mail stamp is fresh and attractive, very fine; this overprinted value and its 20pf companion were only used on June 22nd and 23rd, only 3,000 of the 10pf were overprinted and very few were used, many being saved mint, making this an extremely rare flown card from Darmstadt; signed Grabowski BPP with his 1976 certificate as well as being accompanied by 1994 Simon BPP certificate (Sieger €3,750). (Image)

Est. 1,500-2,000

SOLD for $800.00
Will close during Public Auction

117

Sieger #15

Sieger #15, 20pf Rhein-Main air post with "E. EL. P." overprint, tied to the grey brown card for the Rhein-Main flights along with 5pf Green by the special Frankfurt pmk. of June 23, 1912, each of the postmarks is slightly double struck, the special air mail stamp is well centered and attractive, very fine; this date is the last of the Rhein-Main flights, which the correspondent notes on the reverse, the overprinted values were only used on June 22nd and 23rd, a very rare flown card; 1994 Simon BPP certificate (Sieger €1,850). (Image)

Est. 750-1,000

SOLD for $475.00
Will close during Public Auction

118

Sieger #I-II

Sieger #I-II, 1913 2pf-1M German-English Airship Expedition, attractive fund raising stamps for an expedition to explore New Guinea by air from a Zeppelin, a project that did not get off the ground, very well centered, o.g., never hinged, the barest trace of perf. tip toning mentioned for accuracy only, extremely fine and scarce. (imagea) (Image)

Sieger €2,500

SOLD for $750.00
Will close during Public Auction

119

Military Zeppelin units in WWI, collection of seven cards and two covers, all feldpost usages by members of crews on Zeppelins, each with unit cachets identifying it as an airship related unit, many identifying the airship as Z11, ZXII, LZ 90 and LZ 103, etc., fine-very fine; items with Zeppelin unit cachets are not easily found.

Est. 500-750

SOLD for $900.00
Will close during Public Auction

120

Sieger #19C

Sieger #19C, 1919 Flight of the "Bodensee" (LZ 120), DELAG Zeppelin view card of the "Bodensee" in flight, violet on-board cachet of 31. Oct. 1919 on a flight between Berlin and Friedrichshafen, 15c Assembly commemorative tied by "Friedrichshafen/am Bodensee/31. 10. 19" c.d.s., addressed to Luzern, very fine; flights of this airship are not at all common; signed Sieger (Sieger €900; Michel #120Aa). (Image)

Est. 400-500

SOLD for $250.00
Will close during Public Auction

German Zeppelin Posts