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Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

CV or Estimate

781

Sieger #64G

Sieger #64G, 1930 Pan-American Flight, $1.30 Zeppelin single tied to a cover with printed Harry E. Klotzbach cachet in black, similar to the previous but inscribed "Via/and Graf Zeppelin To" (a cachet intended for the outbound legs), flown on the return flight from Lakehurst to Seville, tied by "Varick St. Sta., N.Y./May 31, 1930" machine cancel, violet American return flight cachet, backstamped Seville plus a green Lakehurst Zeppelin pmk. on its return to the United States, unusually clean and fresh, very fine; a scarce cachet on a scarcer leg of the flight; ex-Berkun (Sieger €650+; Michel #67Ge). (Image)

Est. 300-400

SOLD for $260.00
Will close during Public Auction

782

Sieger #64G

Sieger #64G, 1930 Pan-American Flight, $1.30 Zeppelin single tied to a cover with printed Harry E. Klotzbach cachet in black, similar to the previous only with "From/and Graf Zeppelin To" (this inscription more appropriate for the return flight but applicable to all legs), flown on the return flight from Lakehurst to Friedrichshafen, tied by "Varick St. Sta., N.Y./Jun 2, 1930" machine cancel, violet American return flight cachet and red German flight cachet, backstamped Friedrichshafen, then with air mail boxed cachet to Berlin with that city's backstamp the next day, very fine and choice cover with scarce cachet; ex-Berkun (Sieger €650+; Michel #68Ge). (Image)

Est. 300-400

SOLD for $260.00
Will close during Public Auction

783

Sieger #64B

Sieger #64B, 1930 Pan-American Flight, $1.30 Zeppelin single tied to a cover with printed A.C. Roessler cachet showing the Zeppelin over New York in black on cream, flown on the outbound flight from Friedrichshafen to Seville, tied by "Varick St. Sta., N.Y./May 7, 1930" machine cancel, violet American and red German flight cachets, backstamped Seville plus a green Lakehurst Zeppelin pmk. on its return to the United States, fresh and very fine; a scarce cover with this cachet and flown on this uncommon leg of the flight; ex-Berkun (Sieger €650+; Michel #62Gb). (Image)

Est. 400-500

SOLD for $400.00
Will close during Public Auction

784

Sieger #64B

Sieger #64B, 1930 Pan-American Flight, $1.30 Zeppelin single tied to a cover with printed A.C. Roessler cachet showing a portrait of Dr. Hugo Eckener in brown red, flown on the scarcer outbound flight from Friedrichshafen to Seville, tied by "Varick St. Sta., N.Y./May 7, 1930" machine cancel, violet American and red German flight cachets, backstamped Seville plus a green Lakehurst Zeppelin pmk. on its return to the United States, very fine and attractive (Sieger €650+; Michel #62Gb). (Image)

Est. 300-400

SOLD for $350.00
Will close during Public Auction

785

Sieger #64C

Sieger #64C, 1930 Pan-American Flight, $2.60 Zeppelin single tied to a cover with printed A.C. Roessler cachet showing a Zeppelin inscribed "First Europe - Pan American Zeppelin Flight" in violet brown and having an air mail border on the cover, flown on the leg from Friedrichshafen to Lakehurst, tied by "New York, N.Y./City Hall Sta./Apr. 30, 1930" duplex, violet American and red German flight cachets, backstamped green Lakehurst Zeppelin machine cancel, very fine and attractive (Sieger €900+; Michel #66Gb). (Image)

Est. 500-750

SOLD for $550.00
Will close during Public Auction

786

Sieger #64F

Sieger #64F, 1930 Pan-American Flight, 65c Zeppelin single tied to a card with printed A.C. Roessler cachet showing dual pictures of Zeppelin and Statue of Liberty in grey, flown on the return flight from Lakehurst to Seville, tied by "Lakehurst/N.J./Jun 1, 1930" duplex, violet American flight cachet, backstamped Seville plus a green Lakehurst Zeppelin pmk. on its return to the United States, faint bends to card, very fine and handsome; ex-Berkun (Sieger €375+; Michel #67Gd). (Image)

Est. 200-300

SOLD for $350.00
Will close during Public Auction

787

Sieger #64G

Sieger #64G, 1930 Pan-American Flight, well centered $1.30 Zeppelin single tied to a cover with printed A.C. Roessler cachet showing dual pictures of Zeppelin and Statue of Liberty in grey plus air mail border on envelope, flown on the return flight from Lakehurst to Seville, stamp tied by "Lakehurst/N.J./Jun 1, 1930" duplex, lacking both flight cachets, but proper Seville backstamp plus a green New York Zeppelin pmk. on its return to the United States, small mended cover tear at right, otherwise very fine; it was normal not to receive the German flight cachet on this leg but quite unusual to not have the American cachet as well; ex-Berkun (Sieger €650+; Michel #67Ge). (Image)

Est. 300-400

SOLD for $280.00
Will close during Public Auction

788

Sieger #64F

Sieger #64F, 1930 Pan-American Flight, well centered vertical pair tied to a cover with hand drawn cachet of L. W. Staehle, in black ink with central illustration of Zeppelin shaded in gray, bold inscriptions at top and bottom that are a hallmark of his cachets, flown on the return flight from Lakehurst to Friedrichshafen, tied by "Lakehurst, N.J./May 30, 1930" machine cancel, plus a straight line "Lakehurst, N.J." handstamp on the bottom stamp, violet American return flight cachet and red German flight cachet, backstamped Friedrichshafen and green New York Zeppelin receiving pmk. on return to the United States, slight edge wear not affecting the stamps or markings, very fine; though not as ornate as the one in the Berkun collection, that one was thought to be the only Staehle cachet on a 1930 Pan-American Flight Zeppelin cover, this second cover is certainly exceptionally rare (Sieger €375+; Michel #68Gd). (Image)

Est. 500-750

SOLD for $725.00
Will close during Public Auction

789

Sieger #64C

Sieger #64C, 1930 Pan-American Flight, $2.60 Zeppelin single tied to an impressive cover with printed Herman Toaspern cachet showing a large Zeppelin in the center, small battleship at bottom right and Statue of Liberty with corner card at top left, flown on the leg from Friedrichshafen to Lakehurst, tied by "Varick St. Sta., N.Y./May 7, 1930" machine cancel, violet American and red German flight cachets, backstamped green Lakehurst Zeppelin machine cancel, an exceptionally clean and very fine cover; a rare cachet with no example found in the extensive Alan Berkun Collection of Cacheted 1930 Pan-American Zeppelin Covers (Sieger €900+; Michel #66c). (Image)

Est. 750-1,000

SOLD for $850.00
Will close during Public Auction

790

Sieger #143Aa

Sieger #143Aa, 1932 Second South America Flight, an interesting usage that actually originated in the United States with two adhesives tied by Cleveland, Ohio machine cancel to Zeppelin photo card, then a 1M Polar Flight Zeppelin single along with one other stamp were applied and tied by Friedrichshafen c.d.s., backstamped Pernambuco, green flight cachet, very fine; this type of posting is actually similar to other mixed franking usages from countries that did not have treaty post status; not listed in Sieger or Michel (Michel #237a). (Image)

Est. 150-200

SOLD for $100.00
Will close during Public Auction

UNITED STATES 1933 CHICAGO FLIGHT

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CatNo.

Lot Description

CV or Estimate

791

C18

#C18, 50c Graf Zeppelin, bottom margin plate no. 21172 block of six, rich color, o.g., well centered, lightly hinged in two top stamps, other stamps n.h., extremely fine. (Image)

$500.00

SOLD for $300.00
Will close during Public Auction

792

Sieger #241A/244C

Sieger #241A/244C, 1933 Chicago Flight collection of fifteen covers, this flight, which was connected with the Century of Progress World's Fair in Chicago, has always been popular with collectors because of the number of different legs that can be collected, some being decidedly scarcer than others, this collection consists largely of all different legs of the flight, five flew from Friedrichshafen to various destinations including a FDC of New York, two from Miami with a scarcer leg to Akron and a FDC of Miami to Chicago, five are Akron postings including the Akron-Akron posting and two to Seville, one with handstamped backstamp and the other with normal machine cancel, and three from Chicago including the scarcer Seville posting, two covers with printed cachets, all with the appropriate flight cachets and backstamps, fine-very fine and a nice selection of this flight (Michel #347C/355Cd).

Est. 750-1,000

SOLD for $900.00
Will close during Public Auction

793

Sieger #241B var.

Sieger #241B var., 1933 Chicago Flight, an unusually attractive Catapult/Zeppelin combination cover, 50c Zeppelin single along with 15c Gray tied by "U. S. Ger. Sea Post/S.S. Bremen/5 Oct 1933" duplex, posted on board ship and flown on the October 9, 1933 catapult flight to Southampton, then on to Friedrichshafen where it flew the Friedrichshafen to Rio de Janeiro leg of the 1933 Chicago Flight, green catapult flight cachet and red German Zeppelin flight cachet, backstamped, extremely fine and rare; not listed by Sieger or Michel (Michel #348C var.). (Image)

Est. 750-1,000

SOLD for $1,600.00
Will close during Public Auction

794

Sieger #241E

Sieger #241E, 1933 Chicago Flight, 50c block of three on printed Anderson cacheted cover, tied by "New York, N. Y./Varick St. Annex/Oct 4 1933" duplex, flown on the Friedrichshafen to Chicago leg of the flight, red German flight cachet and violet American flight cachet, backstamped, very fine (Sieger €300; Michel #352Ca). (Image)

Est. 200-300

SOLD for $200.00
Will close during Public Auction

795

Sieger #241E

Sieger #241E, 1933 Chicago Flight, 50c Zeppelin block of four tied to FDC on attractive air mail envelope by New York machine first day cancel of October 2, 1933, a flown cover carried on the trip from Friedrichshafen to Chicago, red German and violet American flight cachets, backstamped Chicago, block has fine centering, a very fine cover; first day covers are not listed by Sieger or Michel (Michel #352Ca). (Image)

Est. 200-300

SOLD for $280.00
Will close during Public Auction

796

Sieger # 241G

Sieger #241G, 1933 Chicago Flight, two vertical pairs of the 50c Zeppelin tied to FDC by New York machine and duplex first day cancels of October 2, 1933, a flown cover carried on the round trip from Friedrichshafen to Friedrichshafen, red German and violet American flight cachets, green Friedrichshafen Zeppelin machine backstamp, very fine; first day covers are not listed by Sieger or Michel (Michel #355Ca). (Image)

Est. 200-300

SOLD for $260.00
Will close during Public Auction

797

Sieger #242D

Sieger #242D, 1933 Chicago Flight, attractively printed Grimsland cacheted cover with two 50c Zeppelin singles, Miami machine cancel of October 23,1933, flown on the trip all the way back to Germany, on the reverse is a Chicago transit, the violet American Miami flight cachet and green Friedrichshafen Zeppelin backstamp, choice very fine; the covers posted to Seville or Friedrichshafen from Miami are the scarcest postings of this flight and this example is particularly desirable with this lovely printed cachet (Sieger €200; Michel #355Cb). (Image)

Est. 200-300

SOLD for $375.00
Will close during Public Auction

798

Sieger #243B

Sieger #243B, 1933 Chicago Flight, a highly unusual usage of a 65c Zeppelin issued for the 1930 Pan-American Flight, tied to flown cover on this later Chicago Flight by "Akron/Ohio/Oct 25 1933" machine cancel, carried on the Akron to Akron leg of the flight, violet American Akron flight cachet, backstamped, stamp with slightly nibbed perforations, otherwise very fine; the Zeppelin stopped at Akron on its way from Miami to Chicago then again on its way from Chicago back to Germany, making this unusual and quite scarce posting possible, certainly extremely rare with this 65c Zeppelin issue as we cannot remember seeing another example (Sieger €225 for the flight; Michel #353Ca). (Image)

Est. 300-400

SOLD for $300.00
Will close during Public Auction

799

Sieger #280Aa var.

Sieger #280Aa var. 1934 Tenth South America Flight, attractive combination Catapult/Zeppelin cover, United States 25c Green block of four tied by "U. S. Ger. Sea Post/S. S. Europa/6 Oct 1934" duplex for the catapult flight of October 10, 1934 to Southampton, then on to Friedrichshafen with transit c.d.s. for the Zeppelin flight to South America, green catapult flight cachet and general Zeppelin flight cachet with index letter "b", backstamped Pernambuco, fresh and very fine; not only is this a very rare combination flight, but this is about the only way that a treaty-state posting for the United States occurs on the South America Flights; not listed in either Sieger or Michel (Michel #410 var.). (Image)

Est. 500-750

SOLD for $1,150.00
Will close during Public Auction

UNITED STATES ZEPPELIN FLIGHT BALANCE

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CatNo.

Lot Description

CV or Estimate

800

Sieger #22A/244C

Sieger #22A/244C, 1928/1933 Large collection/accumulation of 75 covers of United States Zeppelin related covers, most are flown but there are a few FDC's and late commemorative covers that were not flown, starts with seven covers of the 1928 America Flight and seventeen covers of the 1929 Round-the-World Flight, many have colorful frankings and we note better air post stamps as well as dollar values such as the $2.00 Dark blue and $2.00 Carmine and black (Scott #479, 547), the 1930 Pan-American Flight is represented by twelve covers including six covers with 65c Zeppelin franking and one each with the $1.30 and $2.60 Zeppelin values, fifteen covers are of the Chicago Flight with the 50c Zeppelin including some FDC's, three of which are not flown, then there are another 24 covers of miscellaneous Zeppelin material including a few flown covers of the U.S.S. Akron, commemorative covers and covers that were intended to be flown but for some reason did not, condition is mixed with faults present to some covers and stamps, but also a fair amount of useful material in fine-very fine condition; well worth examining (Michel #8Aa/355Cd).

Est. 1,500-2,000

SOLD for $4,000.00
Will close during Public Auction