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Symbol

CatNo.

Lot Description

CV or Estimate

201

Sieger #112Aa var.

Sieger #112Aa var., 1931 Swabia Flight, 2M South America Flight Zeppelin single tied to card for a combination Zeppelin/Catapult flight, posted on board the "Bremen" for the May 17, 1931 catapult flight to Southampton, stamp tied by the large German sea-post cancel of May 13th, "Friedrichshafen/(Bodensee)/28. 6. 31." c.d.s. at left for the Zeppelin flight, red circular catapult flight cachet and violet Zeppelin flight cachet, backstamped Boblingen on the same day, very fine and scarce (not listed thus in Sieger; Michel #191; €750 for catapult combination). (Image)

Est. 500-750

SOLD for $1,150.00
Will close during Public Auction

202

Sieger #113A var.

Sieger #113A var., 1931 Iceland Flight, 4M South America Flight Zeppelin single tied to attractive cover for a combination Zeppelin/Catapult flight with this popular Iceland Flight, posted on board the "Bremen" for the May 23, 1931 catapult flight to Southampton, stamp tied by the large German sea-post cancel of May 23rd as well as the June 30th Friedrichshafen c.d.s. for the Zeppelin flight, red circular catapult cachet and green Zeppelin flight cachet, backstamped Reykjavik, very fine and a rare combination Zeppelin/Catapult cover (not listed thus in Sieger; Michel #193Ia; €1,000 for catapult combination). (Image)

Est. 500-750

SOLD for $2,800.00
Will close during Public Auction

203

Sieger #116A

Sieger #116A, 1931 Austria Flight, 4M South America Flight Zeppelin single tied to handsome cover for a combination Zeppelin/Catapult flight, posted on board the "Bremen" for the May 17, 1931 catapult flight to Southampton, stamp tied by the large German sea-post cancel of May 13th, "Friedrichshafen/(Bodensee)/12. 7. 31." c.d.s. at left for the Zeppelin flight, red circular catapult flight cachet and blue Zeppelin flight cachet, special Vienna Zeppelin receiving cancel on the same day, very fine; an extremely rare catapult combination with this flight that is not listed in Sieger or even in Michel which lists many combination covers of this period (Michel #198). (Image)

Est. 750-1,000

SOLD for $2,800.00
Will close during Public Auction

1931 POLAR FLIGHT

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204

Sieger #119B, F

Sieger #119B, F, 1931 Polar Flight, two illustrated 8pf postal cards and a cover, each with one of the 1M-4M Polar Flight Zeppelin overprints cplt., 1M is on card tied by "Luftschiff/Graf Zeppelin/25. 7. 1931" on-board c.d.s. for the flight to Leningrad, the 2M on the other card and 4M on cover, each tied by "Friedrichshafen/(Bodensee)/24. 7. 1931" c.d.s., both flown on the flight to the Icebreaker "Malyguin", all with proper red flight cachets and receiving c.d.s., few minor wrinkles to cards, very fine set (Sieger €1,910; Michel #203c, 204a). (Image)

Est. 500-750

SOLD for $375.00
Will close during Public Auction

205

Sieger #119C

Sieger #119C, 1931 Polar Flight, 1M-4M Polar Flight Zeppelin overprints cplt., tied to cover flown to the Icebreaker "Malyguin" by "Luftschiff/Graf Zeppelin/26. 7. 1931" on-board c.d.s., red flight cachet, backstamped on the Icebreaker the next day, stamps are well centered and fresh, addressed to Canada with all markings on the front, very fine cover; full set covers are particularly scarce, especially with such a nice set on a small size cover; signed H. Bloch (Sieger €1,750; Michel #204d). (Image)

Est. 750-1,000

SOLD for $475.00
Will close during Public Auction

206

Sieger #119F

Sieger #119F, 1931 Polar Flight, attractive 1M Polar Flight Zeppelin overprint block of four with central "Friedrichshafen/(Bodensee)/24. 7. 31" c.d.s., tied to cover with printed A.C. Roessler cachet by the Icebreaker "Malyguin" receiving c.d.s., red flight cachet, very fine and handsome cover; blocks of four are seldom found on Zeppelin covers and it makes for a nice properly rated franking on this cacheted cover (Sieger €425+; Michel #204a). (Image)

Est. 200-300

SOLD for $575.00
Will close during Public Auction

207

Sieger #119F

Sieger #119F, 1931 Polar Flight, 2M and two 1M Polar Flight Zeppelin overprints tied to photo card by "Friedrichshafen/(Bodensee)/24. 7. 31" c.d.s., Icebreaker "Malyguin" receiving c.d.s. and backstamped in Richmond, Va. where addressed, red flight cachet, minor corner crease to card not affecting stamps or markings, very fine and attractive franking (Sieger €425+; Michel #204a). (Image)

Est. 200-300

SOLD for $180.00
Will close during Public Auction

208

Sieger #119F

Sieger #119F, 1931 Polar Flight, 4M Polar Flight Zeppelin overprint tied to cover by "Friedrichshafen/(Bodensee)/24. 7. 31" c.d.s., Icebreaker "Malyguin" receiving c.d.s. ties a U. S. 5c Purple air post for onward air service after it returned to the United States, red flight cachet, backstamped Altoona, Pa. very fine and attractive usage (Sieger €1,100; Michel #204a). (Image)

Est. 300-400

SOLD for $160.00
Will close during Public Auction

209

Sieger #119F

Sieger #119F, 1931 Polar Flight, two 4M Polar Flight Zeppelin overprints tied to neat cover by "Friedrichshafen/(Bodensee)/24. 7. 31" c.d.s., Icebreaker "Malyguin" receiving c.d.s. and backstamped in Richmond, Va. where addressed, red flight cachet, very fine; the 4M value is the scarcest of this series of Zeppelin stamps and two on the same cover is particularly scarce since only one was required for this posting (Sieger €1,100+; Michel #204a). (Image)

Est. 400-500

SOLD for $475.00
Will close during Public Auction

210

Sieger #119G var.

Sieger #119G var., 1931 Polar Flight, interesting mixed franking on 4c Colombian postal entire with German 2M Polar Flight Zeppelin overprint tied by "Berlin/Staaken/25. 7. 1931" c.d.s., flown on the flight to Leningrad where backstamped and with red flight cachet, forwarded on to Cali, Colombia where addressed with two U.S. air posts, an additional Colombian adhesive and three Ecuador SCADTA air posts, all tied by Cali c.d.s. for internal air transmission to Cali via Barranquilla and Buenaventura, back flap missing and small tear at top affecting one SCADTA air post, otherwise very fine; an attractive and scarce combination usage (not listed thus by Sieger; Michel #203m; €1,000 for this specific franking). (Image)

Est. 400-500

SOLD for $375.00
Will close during Public Auction

211

Sieger #119H

Sieger #119H, 1931 Polar Flight, 4M Polar Flight Zeppelin overprint tied to an air mail border cover by "Berlin/Staaken/25. 7. 31" c.d.s., Icebreaker "Malyguin" receiving c.d.s. ties a U. S. 10c Purple special delivery for that service when it returned to the United States, also tied by a Washington, D.C. special delivery duplex and similar strike on the reverse, red flight cachet, light stain from the envelope glue, very fine and nice combination usage (Sieger €1,100; Michel #204b). (Image)

Est. 300-400

SOLD for $180.00
Will close during Public Auction

212

Sieger #119H var.

Sieger #119H var., 1931 Polar Flight, interesting combination usage with mixed franking of German 2M Polar Flight Zeppelin overprint and Russian 35k and 2R Zeppelin imperforates, the 2M is tied by "Berlin/Staaken/25. 7. 31" c.d.s. as well as on-board c.d.s. of the same day, instructions were that this was to go to Leningrad where the two Russian stamps were to be cancelled to go on to the Icebreaker "Malyguin", but it was carried directly to the Icebreaker where the receiving c.d.s. were used to tie the stamps, backstamped a month later at Schiroke, Ukraine, red German flight cachet but no Russian cachet, very fine; 1994 Simon BPP certificate (Michel #204b var.; not listed thus by Sieger or Michel). (Image)

Est. 300-400

SOLD for $1,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

1931-1933 SOUTH AMERICAN FLIGHTS

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213

Sieger #124Cb

Sieger #124Cb, 1931 First South America Flight, attractively franked cover with 1M and 2M Polar Flight Zeppelin overprints plus a 4M unoverprinted Zeppelin single, all tied by "Luftschiff/Graf Zeppelin/30. 8. 1931" on-board c.d.s., green flight cachet, backstamped Rio de Janeiro, small corner wrinkle to cover at bottom right of no consequence, very fine (Sieger €100 for ordinary franking; Michel #216f). (Image)

Est. 200-300

SOLD for $140.00
Will close during Public Auction

214

Sieger #124E

Sieger #124E, 1931 First South America Flight, an impressive bottom left corner margin block of four, the top left stamp with the rare variety without hyphen after "Polar", position 41, tied to cover flown on the return flight by "Luftschiff/Graf Zeppelin/7. 9. 1931" on-board c.d.s., the day the Zeppelin arrived home with Friedrichshafen backstamp of the same date, green flight cachet, tiny facial scuff to the top right stamp, variety is fresh and very fine; an exceptionally scarce variety in a block of four used on a flown cover (Michel #216f; €2,980 for Michel #457I in block of four on cover). (Image)

Est. 1,000-1,500

SOLD for $1,050.00
Will close during Public Auction

215

Sieger #128Ca

Sieger #128Ca, 1931 Oehringen-Frankfurt Flight, 2M Polar Flight Zeppelin overprint along with three other adhesives tied to air mail border cover for a combination Zeppelin/Catapult cover by "Luftschiff/Graf Zeppelin/13. 9. 1931" on-board c.d.s., posted on the flight to Frankfurt with that city's receiving c.d.s. of the same day, then by air from Frankfurt with air connecting cachet with the steamship "Bremen", posted to the United States and flown on the September 21, 1931 catapult to New York with red catapult flight cachet, very fine; a very rare catapult combination that is not listed in Sieger or even in Michel which lists many combination covers of this period (Michel #220c). (Image)

Est. 500-750

SOLD for $1,500.00
Will close during Public Auction

216

Sieger #133Aa

Sieger #133Aa, 1931 Third South America Flight, attractively franked cover with 2M and scarce 4M Polar Flight Zeppelin overprints plus a 1M unoverprinted Zeppelin single, all tied by "Friedrichshafen/(Bodensee)/17. 10. 31" c.d.s., green flight cachet, backstamped Rio de Janeiro, this cover was addressed to New York but the recipient was not found, thus various return markings are found on front and back, light corner crease to the 2M, 4M is very fine and an interesting cover for this flight (Sieger €75 for ordinary franking; Michel #229a). (Image)

Est. 300-400

SOLD for $200.00
Will close during Public Auction

217

Sieger #143Ab var.

Sieger #143Ab var. 1932 Second South America Flight, triple mixed franking for onward air transmission from Brazil into Colombia, attractively franked with four German adhesives including a 1M Zeppelin single, all tied by "Luftschiff/Graf Zeppelin/6. 4. 1932" c.d.s. for the flight from Friedrichshafen to Pernambuco, green flight cachet, plus mixed franking with a Brazil adhesive tied by Pernambuco c.d.s. and 15c Dark green Colombian SCADTA air post, both tied by Barranquilla c.d.s., backstamped Bogata, very fine; this cover was forwarded from Brazil to New York and on to Colombia; a most interesting combination usage and not mentioned by either Sieger or Michel (Michel #237d.). (Image)

Est. 200-300

SOLD for $280.00
Will close during Public Auction

218

Sieger #184B

Sieger #184B, 1932 Seventh South America Flight, photo card posted on the Cruiser "Karlesruhe" with 6pf Light olive green tied by "Deutsche Marine-Schiffpost/Nr. 28/29. 9. 32" c.d.s., turned over to the Zeppelin for transport back to Germany on the return flight, Brazilian violet flight cachet, very fine; this rare mail came about because the crew of the "Karlsruhe" assisted the Zeppelin during a storm, so as a favor to the crew the Zeppelin offered to take mail home to Germany, being military personnel they were only required to pay domestic German postage from anywhere in the world so this Zeppelin dispatch was allowed at a mere 6pf for a post card; very interesting and extremely rare (Sieger €2,000; Michel #281A var.). (Image)

Est. 750-1,000

SOLD for $750.00
Will close during Public Auction

219

Sieger #202Ba var.

Sieger #202Ba var., 1933 First South America Flight, a most unusual posting with five German adhesives including a 1M Zeppelin single and 4M South America Flight Zeppelin single, all tied by "Gorlitz/20.4. 33" c.d.s. for the flight to Brazil with blue flight cachet, Berlin transit on the reverse and connecting flight cachet, backstamped Pernambuco, plus 20 Venezuelan adhesives tied by Caracas c.d.s. for onward transmission to the Japanese Caroline Islands, two adhesives each of Japan and Caroline Islands are tied by the Pernambuco backstamps, but there is no evidence the cover got to the Pacific, returned to Gorlitz in June, slight edge wear as would be expected, very fine and unusual combination; not listed thus by either Sieger or Michel (Michel #294 var.). (Image)

Est. 200-300

SOLD for $260.00
Will close during Public Auction

1933 ITALIAN FLIGHT

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220

Sieger #207E var.

Sieger #207E var., 1933 Italian Flight, 50pf Orange air post and one other tied to multicolor view card by on-board "Luftschiff/Graf Zeppelin/30. 5. 33." c.d.s., a very rare posting receiving both the blue Italian and red German flight cachet, this card made the flight around Rome and then returned to Friedrichshafen where it was backstamped with the special green Zeppelin cancel, very fine with all markings clear and on the front; a very rare posting which according to Orlandini consisted of only ten pieces flown in this way (not listed thus in Sieger; Michel #304; €1,500 for this specific posting). (Image)

Est. 750-1,000

SOLD for $850.00
Will close during Public Auction