Shreves Philatelic Galleries, Inc. Sale

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LATVIA

Lot

Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

CV or Estimate

501

Sieger #138B

Sieger #138B, 1932 First South America Flight, attractively franked registered card with seven adhesives including four triangle air posts, all tied by "Riga-Lidpasts/Latvija/18. 3. 32." c.d.s., violet flight cachet and red Berlin connecting flight cachet, backstamped Buenos Aires, very fine (Sieger €550; Michel #234b). (Image)

Est. 300-400

SOLD for $400.00
Will close during Public Auction

502

Sieger #150B

Sieger #150B, 1932 Third South America Flight, card with five adhesives tied by "Riga/Latvija/14. IV. 32" c.d.s., brown flight cachet and red Berlin connecting flight cachet, backstamped Pernambuco, very fine with all markings on the address side (Sieger €400; Michel #239b) (Image)

Est. 300-400

SOLD for $250.00
Will close during Public Auction

503

Sieger #177Aa

Sieger #177Aa, 1932 Sixth South America Flight, registered card attractively franked with five adhesives tied by "Kaunas centr./28. 8. 32" c.d.s., Friedrichshafen transit c.d.s., green flight cachet, backstamped Pernambuco, very fine; this is an interesting routing for this flight as it also has a Berlin transit but no connecting flight cachet, apparently it was posted too early so it was just forwarded by surface mail to Friedrichshafen rather than waiting for the connecting flight (Sieger €250; Michel #275a). (Image)

Est. 300-400

SOLD for $180.00
Will close during Public Auction

504

Sieger #189B

Sieger #189B, 1932 Eighth South America Flight, registered card with seven adhesives on front and back, all tied by "Valmiera/Latvija/3. X. 32" c.d.s., red flight cachet and Berlin connecting flight cachet, backstamped, Pernambuco, very fine (Sieger €450; Michel #282b). (Image)

Est. 300-400

SOLD for $230.00
Will close during Public Auction

505

Sieger #214B

Sieger #214B, 1933 Second South America Flight, attractively franked card with five adhesives tied by "Riga-Lidpasts/Latvija/1. 6. 33." c.d.s., green flight cachet and Berlin connecting flight cachet, backstamped Pernambuco, very fine with all markings on the front (Sieger €400; Michel #305b). (Image)

Est. 300-400

SOLD for $250.00
Will close during Public Auction

506

Sieger #232B

Sieger #232B, 1933 Seventh South American Flight, attractively franked cover with the 1933 Aviators air post semi-postal set complete plus two other adhesives, all tied by "Riga 2/Latvijan/12 IX 33" c.d.s., blue flight cachet and Berlin connecting flight cachet on front and back, backstamped Pernambuco, very fine; a choice cover with scarce franking (Sieger €250 for flight; Scott for #CB21-24 used $295.00; Michel #333b). (Image)

Est. 400-500

SOLD for $400.00
Will close during Public Auction

507

Sieger #238E

Sieger #238E, 1933 Chicago Flight, attractively franked registered cover with four adhesives, including the imperforate surcharged air posts cplt., tied by "Slampe/Latvija/15. X. 33" c.d.s., red German flight cachet and Berlin connecting flight cachet neatly positioned on the front, posted on the scarce leg to Miami, backstamped, very fine; a rare posting on this leg which is not listed by Michel (Sieger €950; Michel #350b). (Image)

Est. 500-750

SOLD for $575.00
Will close during Public Auction

LEBANON

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Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

CV or Estimate

508

Sieger #207

Sieger #207, 1933 Italian Flight, an impressively franked registered cover with fourteen adhesives in singles and pairs, all tied by "Beyrouth R.P/26. V. 33" bilingual c.d.s., flown the flight around Rome via the Italian post office (should be Sieger #208), violet Italian cachet with Rome Zeppelin machine cancel backstamp, then on the Second South America Flight to Brazil, backstamped Rio de Janeiro; very fine; a great many of the French colony postings on the Zeppelin are very scarce, Lebanon postings are among the scarcest, especially this extremely rare and popular Italian flight (Sieger €2,000 as #207; Michel #304Ac; €2,500 for this specific posting). (Image)

Est. 1,000-1,500

SOLD for $2,300.00
Will close during Public Auction

LIECHTENSTEIN

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Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

CV or Estimate

509

Sieger #57EE

Sieger #57EE, 1930 Pan-American Flight, an extraordinarily rare illustrated card with two Liechtenstein adhesives tied by "Triesenberg/(Liechtenstein)/15. V. 30." c.d.s. for the flight from Friedrichshafen to Rio de Janeiro, in mixed franking with two Condor air posts for onward air transmission to Montevideo, these tied at the start of the Zeppelin flight with "Luftschiff/Graf Zeppelin/19. 5. 1930" on-board c.d.s., Rio de Janeiro transits and backstamped Montevideo, very fine; while German postings with additional air flights by Condor are regularly encountered, Liechtenstein postings are of the greatest rarity with only a few known (Sieger €4,850; Michel #64 var.). (Image)

Est. 2,000-3,000

SOLD for $1,800.00
Will close during Public Auction

510

Sieger #57H var.

Sieger #57H var., 1930 Pan-American Flight, unusual mixed franking with four Liechtenstein adhesives tied to card by "Vaduz/(Liechtenstein)/17. 5. 30." c.d.s., in addition German 2M and 4M South America Flight Zeppelin singles tied by "Luftschiff/Graf Zeppelin/ 19. 5. 1930" c.d.s., flown on the round trip from Friedrichshafen to Friedrichshafen, red German and violet American flight cachets, backstamped, very fine; mixed franking was not necessary for Liechtenstein but in this case the international rate to Germany was paid by the Liechtenstein postage and the Zeppelin flight by the German franking; very rare with less than five items believed to have been flown (Sieger €650+; Michel #68 var.). (Image)

Est. 750-1,000

SOLD for $600.00
Will close during Public Auction

511

Sieger #57P

Sieger #57P, 1930 Pan-American Flight, attractively franked card with a single and block of four tied by "Triesenberg/(Liechtenstein)/6. 5. 30." c.d.s., flown on the round trip from Friedrichshafen to Friedrichshafen, red German and violet American flight cachets, backstamped, very fine (Sieger €650; Michel #68). (Image)

Est. 150-200

SOLD for $160.00
Will close during Public Auction

512

Sieger #84

Sieger #84, 1930 Russia Flight, attractively franked cover with six air posts and an additional regular issue pair, tied by "Triegenberg/(Liechtenstein)/6. IX. 30" c.d.s., red flight cachet, backstamped Moscow, then on through Berlin by air to Zurich with the appropriate transits and backstamps, very fine and choice (Sieger €400; Scott for used stamps $186.50; Michel #121). (Image)

Est. 200-300

SOLD for $160.00
Will close during Public Auction

513

Sieger #84 var.

Sieger #84 var., 1930 Russia Flight, interesting posting of a Zeppelin photo card with three Liechtenstein air posts tied by special "PostflugVaduz-St. Gallen/31 August 1930" boxed flight cancel for airplane flight between these cities, backstamped at St. Gallen the same day, then turned over to the Zeppelin with mixed franking of German 1M Black and salmon air post tied by "Luftschiff/Graf Zeppelin/9. 9. 1930" on-board cancel, red flight cachet, all markings on the address side of the card, very fine and most unusual (Michel #121 var. not listed thus in Sieger or Michel). (Image)

Est. 200-300

SOLD for $300.00
Will close during Public Auction

514

Sieger #110C

Sieger #110C, 1931 Lausanne Flight, attractively franked cover with well centered set of the 1Fr-2Fr Zeppelin stamps, tied by red Vaduz flight cachet with blue "Vaduz/(Liechtenstein)/10. VI. 31." c.d.s., dropped at Lausanne on the same day with that city's receiving c.d.s. on the front, also an air forwarding cachet for its final destination at Halle Saale, choice very fine; an exceptionally fresh and handsome cover (Sieger €550; Michel #185I). (Image)

Est. 200-300

SOLD for $110.00
Will close during Public Auction

515

Sieger #110C var.

Sieger #110C var., 1931 Lausanne Flight, an exceptionally rare Zeppelin flight in combination with two different catapult flights, a fold-over card first posted in the United States with two singles and a block of four tied by "New York/Wall Street/May 29, 1931 duplexes, making the 20c rate for the June 3, 1931 catapult flight of the "Bremen" to Southampton, red oval catapult cachet, then on to Liechtenstein with well centered set of the 1Fr-2Fr Zeppelin stamps tied by red Vaduz flight cachet with "Vaduz/a/10. VI. 31." c.d.s., dropped at Lausanne on the same day with that city's receiving c.d.s., then back to the United States by the June 18, 1931 catapult of the "Europa" to New York with blue boxed catapult cachet, very fine; the catapult connection on this flight is extremely rare, especially with two different catapult flights (not listed thus in Sieger; Michel #185Ic; specifically pricing catapult transport at €2,200). (Image)

Est. 1,000-1,500

SOLD for $1,700.00
Will close during Public Auction

516

Sieger #110C var.

Sieger #110C var., Lausanne Flight, lovely mixed franking on 4c Colombian postal entire with Liechtenstein 1Fr-2Fr Zeppelin singles cplt. tied by special red Vaduz Zeppelin pmk. with "Vaduz/(Liechtenstein)/10. VI. 31" c.d.s. above, flown on the flight to Lausanne and dropped there the same day, addressed to Cali, Colombia, an additional Colombian adhesive and two Ecuador SCADTA air posts for internal air transmission to Cali, all tied by "Servico de Transportes Aerio/Barranquilla/30. VI. 1931" c.d.s., SCADTA air post label at bottom right, very fine; an attractive and scarce combination usage especially on this Liechtenstein flight (not listed thus by Sieger; Michel #185Ic; €1,800 specifically for this flight with additional SCADTA franking). (Image)

Est. 750-1,000

SOLD for $800.00
Will close during Public Auction

517

Sieger #110Ga

Sieger #110Ga, 1931 Lausanne Flight, special Zeppelin view card of the "Graff Zeppelin" over Liechtenstein with blue imprinted Zeppelin etiquette, 1Fr Zeppelin stamp tied by red Vaduz flight cachet with black "Vaduz/b/10. VI. 31." c.d.s. at left, dropped at Lausanne on the same day with that city's receiving c.d.s., a very fine and nice example of this card prepared especially for this flight (Sieger €700; Michel #185d). (Image)

Est. 150-200

SOLD for $110.00
Will close during Public Auction

518

Sieger #167II

Sieger #167II, 1932 Switzerland Flight, Zeppelin photo card with three adhesives tied by special blue Zeppelin cancel with "Vaduz/(Liechtenstein)/28. VI. 32" at top, one of the eighty items that were damaged in a mail bag and received a black three-line cachet "Wahrend der Postaufnahme/beschadigt/Postamt Vaduz", the damage to this card is largely around the edges of the card and a substantial surface scrape to one of the stamps, very fine and an excellent example of this unique occurrence; 2001 Leder BPP certificate (Sieger €1,750; Michel #250IAe). (Image)

Est. 750-1,000

SOLD for $850.00
Will close during Public Auction

519

Sieger #207Aa

Sieger #207Aa, 1933 Italian Flight, imprinted card for Zeppelin flights, with three adhesives tied by "Vaduz/Liechtenstein/25. V. 33" c.d.s., dropped at Livorno and receiving that city's backstamp, red German flight cachet, Friedrichshafen transit c.d.s., very fine with all markings on the front; most of the mail dropped at Livorno did not receive backstamps, this posting with the backstamp is one of the scarcest Liechtenstein postings through Germany (Sieger €875; Michel #302Ia). (Image)

Est. 400-500

SOLD for $575.00
Will close during Public Auction

520

Sieger #207Ba

Sieger #207Ba, 1933 Italian Flight, handsome registered cover attractively franked with six adhesives, all tied by "Triesenberg/(Liechtenstein)/20. V. 33." c.d.s., red German flight cachet and Friedrichshafen transit c.d.s., backstamped with Rome Zeppelin machine cancel, very fine (Sieger €385; Michel #302). (Image)

Est. 200-300

SOLD for $160.00
Will close during Public Auction