Shreves Philatelic Galleries, Inc. Sale

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281

Sieger #169

Sieger #169, 1932 Danzig LUPOSTA Flight, attractive mixed franking cover with Austrian 10g Brown pair tied by "Wien 1/27. VII. 32" c.d.s., plus two German adhesives tied by Friedrichshafen c.d.s. with additional strike below, blue flight cachet, very fine (Sieger €385; Michel #260). (Image)

Est. 200-300

SOLD for $210.00
Will close during Public Auction

282

Sieger #207Aaa

Sieger #207Aaa, 1933 Italian Flight, card with two air posts tied by "7 Wien 62/22. V. 33" c.d.s., instructed to be dropped at Naples but dropped at Livorno instead, without backstamp as was often the case, red German flight cachet and Friedrichshafen transit c.d.s., very fine (Sieger €400; Michel #302Ib). (Image)

Est. 200-300

SOLD for $140.00
Will close during Public Auction

283

Sieger #207Ba

Sieger #207Ba, 1933 Italian Flight, 18g Gray postal card with four adhesives tied by "Wien 1/26. V. 33" c.d.s. for the flight to Rome, red German flight cachet and Friedrichshafen transit c.d.s., backstamped Rome Zeppelin machine cancel, very fine (Sieger €400; Michel #302). (Image)

Est. 200-300

SOLD for $280.00
Will close during Public Auction

284

Sieger #219Cc

Sieger #219Cc, 1933 Third South America Flight, an exceptionally attractive WIPA illustrated card with 50g WIPA stamp on white paper along with a 2S Dark green air post, tied by scarce boxed WIPA postmark, posted for the drop in Barcelona and routed through Berlin, with connecting flight cachet and violet flight cachet on the reverse, backstamped Barcelona, extremely fine; not only is this a wonderfully franked card with impressive eye appeal but there were only 20 items posted for the drop at Barcelona through Berlin (Sieger €400 for normal franking; Michel #315Ia). (Image)

Est. 400-500

SOLD for $425.00
Will close during Public Auction

285

Sieger #238E

Sieger #238E, 1933 Chicago Flight, imprinted registered card for this flight with three air posts tied by "Wien 1/13. X. 33." c.d.s., red German flight cachet and Berlin connecting flight cachet, flown on the leg to Chicago, backstamped, very fine; actually quite scarce with only 41 items flown to Chicago via Berlin (Sieger €450; Michel #352b). (Image)

Est. 300-400

SOLD for $230.00
Will close during Public Auction

286

Sieger #238E

Sieger #238E, 1933 Chicago Flight, impressively franked registered card with eleven air post pairs and a single tied on the front and back by "Wien 51/10. X. 33." c.d.s., routed through Berlin for the flight to Brazil, red German flight cachet and Berlin connecting flight cachet, backstamped Pernambuco, very fine (Sieger €445; Michel #347b). (Image)

Est. 200-300

SOLD for $170.00
Will close during Public Auction

287

Sieger #427B

Sieger #427B, 1936 Olympic Flight of the "Hindenburg", three adhesives tied to cover by "Wien 66/27. VII. 36." c.d.s., magenta flight cachet, backstamped Berlin, minor cover wrinkles, otherwise very fine (Sieger €450; Michel #32Ia). (Image)

Est. 200-300

SOLD for $240.00
Will close during Public Auction

288

Sieger #23I/238Aaa

Sieger #23I/238Aaa, 1929-33 Attractive collection of 38 mostly different flights, starts with the Orient Flight in 1929 plus a few other early flights of 1929, there is a nice range of 1930-31 mostly smaller flights, plus five different 1932 South America flights and a couple later including the 1933 Chicago Flight, many with nice air post franking, we note one cover with the full Rotary semi-postal set, fine-very fine; a nice collection of these attractive covers from Austria (Michel #18I/347a).

Est. 1,500-2,000

SOLD for $1,500.00
Will close during Public Auction

BELIGIAN CONGO

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289

Sieger #305Aa

Sieger #305Aa, 1935 Sixth South America Flight, attractively franked registered cover with a total of fourteen adhesives tied to front and back by "Leopoldville 1/Postes/6. 6. 35" c.d.s., connecting with the Zeppelin through Friedrichshafen with red general Zeppelin flight cachet with index letter "c" for the Friedrichshafen connection, very fine; a lovely and rare cover from a country that Zeppelin covers are seldom encountered; this treaty-state posting not listed by Michel (Sieger €1,000; Michel #450a). (Image)

Est. 750-1,000

SOLD for $1,250.00
Will close during Public Auction

BELGIUM

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290

Sieger #138Aa

Sieger #138Aa, 1932 First South America Flight, 1Fr Carmine on greenish postal card with four air posts including pair of 5Fr Brown lake, all tied by Brussels c.d.s., Friedrichshafen transit c.d.s., violet flight cachet, backstamped Pernambuco, very fine (Sieger €500; Michel #234a). (Image)

Est. 200-300

SOLD for $120.00
Will close during Public Auction

291

Sieger #150Aa

Sieger #150Aa, 1932 Third South America Flight, 1Fr Carmine on greenish postal card with four air posts including a pair of the 5Fr Brown lake, all tied by Brussels c.d.s., Friedrichshafen transit c.d.s., brown flight cachet, backstamped Pernambuco, very fine; signed Roger Roger Koerber (Sieger €330; Michel #239a). (Image)

Est. 150-200

SOLD for $170.00
Will close during Public Auction

292

Sieger #238Bca

Sieger #238Bca, 1933 Chicago Flight, imprinted registered card for this flight, attractively franked with four air posts and tied by "Bruxelles/Brussels/9 X 33" c.d.s., Friedrichshafen transit c.d.s., red German flight cachet , flown on the leg to Chicago, backstamped, very fine (Sieger €450; Michel #352a). (Image)

Est. 200-300

SOLD for $130.00
Will close during Public Auction

293

Sieger #427B

Sieger #427B, 1936 Olympic Flight of the "Hindenburg", mixed franking card with three adhesives of Belgium tied by "Bruxelles/Brussels/29 VII 36" c.d.s., plus Germany 75pf Zeppelin single tied by Frankfurt air port cancel, well struck magenta flight cachet, backstamped Berlin with all the markings on the address side, trivial nibbed corner to the card, very fine (Sieger €400; Michel #32Ia). (Image)

Est. 150-200

SOLD for $350.00
Will close during Public Auction

BOLIVIA

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294

C24-26, C24a-26a

#C24-26, C24a-26a, 1930 1.50B-6B "Z 1930" surcharges, both normal surcharges and inverted surcharges cplt., issued for the 1930 Pan-American Flight, very fresh with strong colors, well centered, very fine. (Image)

$575.00

SOLD for $200.00
Will close during Public Auction

295

Sieger #60D

Sieger #60D, 1930 Pan-American Flight, a lovely special franking cover for the flight to Lakehurst with all three Zeppelin stamps and the special Air School air post overprinted set of six complete, all tied by "Correos de Bolivia/Correo Aereo/La Paz/14 Mayo 30" c.d.s., both black Bolivian flight cachets and violet American flight cachet, backstamped Lakehurst, very fine; the covers to the United States are considerably scarcer than those to Friedrichshafen and are especially rare with this impressive franking (Sieger €1,800; Michel #66Ca-d var.). (Image)

Est. 1,500-2,000

SOLD for $1,200.00
Will close during Public Auction

296

Sieger #60D

Sieger #60D, 1930 Pan-American Flight, a special franking cover for the flight to Friedrichshafen with all three Zeppelin stamps and the special Air School air post overprinted set of six complete, all tied by "Correos de Bolivia/Correo Aereo/La Paz/14 Mayo 30" c.d.s., both black Bolivian flight cachets and violet American flight cachet, backstamped Friedrichshafen, very fine; an attractive and rare franking for this flight; signed Roger Koerber (Sieger €1,800; Michel #68Ca-d var.). (Image)

Est. 1,000-1,500

SOLD for $1,150.00
Will close during Public Auction

297

Sieger #60D

Sieger #60D, 1930 Pan-American Flight, a similar special franking cover for the flight to Friedrichshafen addressed to England, bearing all three Zeppelin stamps and the special Air School air post overprinted set of six complete, all tied by "Correos de Bolivia/Correo Aereo/La Paz/14 Mayo 30" c.d.s., both black Bolivian flight cachets and violet American flight cachet, backstamped Friedrichshafen, mild edge wrinkles not affecting stamps or markings, very fine and rare (Sieger €1,800; Michel #68Ca-d var.). (Image)

Est. 1,000-1,500

SOLD for $800.00
Will close during Public Auction

BRAZIL

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298

Sieger #1-8, 10, I

Sieger #1-8, 10, I, 1930 Zeppelin issues as produced by the Zeppelin company for use in Brazil for the Pan-American Flight, complete mint less only the extremely rare Parahyba provisional, a select set, all very fresh and exceptionally well centered, o.g., very lightly hinged, most having just a trace of hinging, very fine. (Image)

Sieger €795

SOLD for $210.00
Will close during Public Auction

299

Sieger #10

Sieger #10, "Grapf/Zeppelin/5,000R" surcharge on 1,300R Blue green Condor stamp, full sheet of 50, well centered and fresh, o.g., folded along three vertical rows of perforation, not damaging the stamps in any way but causing minor perf. separations at right which have been lightly hinged reinforced affecting three stamps, the rest of the stamps are all never hinged, very fine; very scarce in sheets with very few sheets yet intact as only 4,985 stamps were issued and many of those were used on Zeppelin mail. (Image)

Sieger €4,850+

SOLD for $1,100.00
Will close during Public Auction

300

Sieger #59A-H

Sieger #59A-H, 1930 Pan-American Flight handsome collection of 21 covers that are different by destination or the franking, the three different Zeppelin values are all represented unoverprinted, with "U.S.A." overprint, or surcharged with new values, besides United States and Germany we note flights within Brazil, as well as Cuba and Seville, all are attractive and fine-very fine; an excellent collection of this popular flight (Michel #64B/66B)

Est. 1,000-1,500

SOLD for $1,050.00
Will close during Public Auction