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221

Sieger #207E var.

Sieger #207E var., 1933 Italian Flight, a similar posting to the previous card, this being a Chinese envelope with 50pf Orange air post and 1M Zeppelin single tied by on-board "Luftschiff/Graf Zeppelin/30. 5. 33." c.d.s., bearing both the blue Italian and red German flight cachets, backstamped with the special green Zeppelin cancel, very fine; evidently this rare posting of only ten items by Mr. Bayer consisted in part of these Chinese envelopes, the example offered here being very similar to the one illustrated in Orlandini (page 65), these are the only examples of this type of envelope being used on Zeppelin mail that we are aware (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

1933 CHICAGO FLIGHT

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222

Sieger #238Baa, Cbb, s

Sieger #238Baa, Cbb, s, 1933 Chicago Flight, three covers each having a different value of the 1M-4M Chicago Flight overprinted Zeppelins cplt., 1M is on an on-board posting for the return flight from the United States, 2M is from Friedrichshafen to Miami and the 4M is a Berlin posting for the round trip, two covers have mixed franking with United States for air or special delivery service when arriving in America, all with appropriate flight cachets and backstamps, Zeppelin stamps are fresh and well centered, fine-very fine (Sieger €1,500; Michel #350a, 355b, 355e). (Image)

Est. 500-750

SOLD for $350.00
Will close during Public Auction

223

Sieger #238ED

Sieger #238ED, 1933 Chicago Flight, handsome full set cover with 1M-4M Chicago Flight overprinted Zeppelin set cplt., tied to cover flown on the leg to Chicago by "Berlin C/13. 10. 33" c.d.s., red German flight cachet on the front and back, plus matching Berlin connecting flight cachet, backstamped Chicago, a fresh and attractive cover with a nice set of these scarcer Zeppelin stamps, choice very fine (Sieger €1,425; Michel #352b). (Image)

Est. 500-750

SOLD for $425.00
Will close during Public Auction

224

Sieger #238D

Sieger #238D, 1933 Chicago Flight, 1M-4M Chicago Flight overprinted Zeppelin set cplt., tied to registered cover flown on the round trip by "Friedrichshafen/(Bodensee)/14. 10. 33" c.d.s., red German flight cachet, green Friedrichshafen Zeppelin backstamp, light folds to cover not affecting the stamps which are very fine (Sieger €1,425; Michel #355a). (Image)

Est. 400-500

SOLD for $230.00
Will close during Public Auction

225

Sieger #238E

Sieger #238E, 1933 Chicago Flight, attractive printed card for the Hamburg-America Line with 1M and 2M Chicago Flight overprinted Zeppelin singles, neatly tied by "Berlin C/13. 10. 33." c.d.s., red German flight and Berlin connecting flight cachets, backstamped Chicago, stamps are well centered and fresh, very fine (Sieger €435+; Michel #352b). (Image)

Est. 300-400

SOLD for $180.00
Will close during Public Auction

226

Sieger #238u

Sieger #238u, 1933 Chicago Flight, printed Zeppelin card with three air posts tied by "Luftschiff/Graf Zeppelin/1. 10. 33" on-board c.d.s., this was cancelled just as the Zeppelin was returning to Germany at the end of the flight, thus it is bearing the wrong date of October instead of November, very fine; a rare variety of this flight with very few done before the date was corrected; signed Arthur Falk, A. Savini (Sieger €750; Michel #355d). (Image)

Est. 200-300

SOLD for $200.00
Will close during Public Auction

227

Sieger #238 var.

Sieger #238 var., 1933 Chicago Flight, an unusual combination Zeppelin/Catapult flight, 1M and 2M Zeppelin singles tied by on-board sea post cancel of the steamer "Bremen" on May 5, 1933 for the catapult flight to Southampton on October 9th, then connecting with the Zeppelin at Friedrichshafen with transit c.d.s. and posted to Brazil, green Catapult flight cachet and red German Zeppelin flight cachet, backstamped Rio de Janeiro, very fine; a rare combination on this flight that is not listed by either Sieger or Michel (Michel #347a var.). (Image)

Est. 500-750

SOLD for $1,700.00
Will close during Public Auction

228

Sieger #239E

Sieger #239E, 1933 Chicago Flight Round Trip Cover, a desirable smaller size "Luftschiff/Graf Zeppelin" imprinted stationery envelope for the use of those on board, posted on board with German 1M Chicago Flight Zeppelin single and 50c Orange air post tied by "Luftschiff/Graf Zeppelin/16. 10. 33." on-board Zeppelin c.d.s. for the flight to Pernambuco, there four Brazilian adhesives were tied by Pernambuco c.d.s. for the flight to Akron, Ohio, backstamped on October 25th (first landing), then United States 50c Zeppelin single was applied for the trip back to Friedrichshafen and tied by "Akron/Ohio/Oct 28 1933" duplex (second landing), backstamped with green Friedrichshafen Zeppelin machine cancel, all three countries' flight cachets on front and back, faint paper clip impression affecting one Brazilian stamp and light corner wrinkles to the German Zeppelin stamp, nevertheless a very fine and extremely rare cover that is especially desirable because of its small size (Sieger €8,000; Michel #347c/351Ab/355Cc). (Image)

Est. 2,000-3,000

SOLD for $1,700.00
Will close during Public Auction

1934-1935 FLIGHTS

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229

Sieger #246Aa

Sieger #246Aa, 1934 Germany Flight, a most unusually franked registered cover with 1933 Nothilfe souvenir sheet over the entire front with the excess margins folded onto the back, the stamps are cancelled by "Friedrichshafen/(Bodensee)/19. 5. 34" c.d.s., red flight cachet and address typed on the margins of the sheet, backstamped Berlin, trace of toning at the edges and on the reverse, otherwise very fine; an impressive appearing cover (Scott $975.00 for used stamps; Michel #358a; €2,200 for reduced sheet used on cover). (Image)

Est. 500-750

SOLD for $700.00
Will close during Public Auction

230

Sieger #0276

Sieger #0276, 1934 Short Swiss Flight, Zeppelin photo card with two adhesives tied by "Luftschiff/Graf Zeppelin/27. 9.34" on-board c.d.s., choice very fine; an attractive and scarce small flight of Germany (Sieger €300; Michel #405). (Image)

Est. 150-200

SOLD for $85.00
Will close during Public Auction

231

Sieger #277I

Sieger #277I 1934 Ninth South America Flight, attractive combination Catapult/Zeppelin cover, 3M Blue and black air post posted on board the steamer "Europa" and tied by special German American sea post cancel, flown on the catapult flight of September 23, 1934 to Southampton, then on to Friedrichshafen with transit c.d.s. for the Zeppelin flight to South America, violet catapult flight cachet and general Zeppelin flight cachet with index letter "b", backstamped Pernambuco, fresh and very fine (Sieger €350; Michel #406). (Image)

Est. 300-400

SOLD for $800.00
Will close during Public Auction

232

Sieger #308C

Sieger #308C, 1935 Seventh South America Flight, the posting from the OSTROPA Exhibition with the souvenir sheet plus four adhesives, including a 1M Zeppelin single, on front and back of registered cover, all tied by the special exhibition cancel of June 28, 1935, general Zeppelin flight cachet with index letter "e", backstamped Pernambuco, normal gum staining to the souvenir sheet and light wrinkles to the cover, otherwise very fine; special arrangements were made to shuttled mail to the Zeppelin from the International Stamp Exhibition in Konigsberg, but only a few covers were franked with the special souvenir sheet (Sieger €1,750; Michel #454 var.). (Image)

Est. 500-750

SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction

1936 HINDENBURG OLYMPIC FLIGHT

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Sieger #427Bc

Sieger #427Bc, 1936 Olympic Flight of the "Hindenburg", lovely pair of matched covers each with a full souvenir sheet of the Summer Olympic Games, the two having the two souvenir sheets cplt., tied along with two or three additional adhesives by "Flug und Luftschiffhafen/Rhein-Main/Frankfurt/1. 8. 36" first day cancels, flown on the flight from Frankfurt to Berlin, magenta flight cachet applied to each sheet, backstamped Berlin, very fine; the Olympic stamps of this flight came out in plenty of time to be used on covers on this flight, but the souvenir sheets were issued on the day of the flight and very few covers were made with them, which are automatically First Day Covers if they flew on the flight. (Sieger €2,000; Michel #32Ia). (Image)

Est. 750-1,000

SOLD for $475.00
Will close during Public Auction

234

Sieger #427A/428D

Sieger #427A/428D 1936 Olympic and Sixth North America Flight, an interesting and valuable collection of Olympic related covers, including fourteen covers flown on the Olympic Flight including a full set cover and other Olympic issue frankings, Olympic postal cards and even a couple of covers with Brown Derby souvenir sheets, also includes Olympic related flights of the next flight to North America including Olympic full set frankings and one with an Olympic souvenir sheet, most have the special Olympic cancels of Berlin, fine-very fine and well worth examining (Michel #32Ia/33).

Est. 750-1,000

SOLD for $700.00
Will close during Public Auction

1937 HINDENBURG CRASH COVERS

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235

Sieger #454Aa

Sieger #454Aa, 1937 First North American Flight of the "Hindenburg" resulting in the infamous crash of the airship on May 6th at Lakehurst, New Jersey, a well preserved large portion of a cover that was recovered by the Zeppelin Company in its clean up of the crash site and wreckage (Falk Type IV), addressed to Mr. Jules Lopez of New York City, franked by 50pf and 75pf Zeppelin singles, tied by "Frankfurt (Main)/Bahnpostampt 19/Auslands-/Stelle/2. 5. 37." c.d.s. and receiving the general Zeppelin flight cachet with the index letter c of the railway post office, charred around three sides but leaving the stamps largely complete and not affecting the postmark or cachet, extremely fine.The crash and burning of the "Hindenburg" was horrendous, certainly with the loss of life and injury, but also with the total extent of the destruction of the Zeppelin and its contents in a matter of minutes. Records show that there were well over 17,000 pieces of mail on board the air ship at the time of the crash. Yet, only 368 pieces of mail of all types were recovered. Only 185 pieces of outbound mail destined to be delivered at Lakehurst were recovered by the U.S Postal inspectors or the Zeppelin Company in their selvage efforts.The outstanding crash cover offered here is not only exceptional in its completeness and attractive appearance, but it is also a rare type of posting of which there are very few known. Being posted at the railroad station in Frankfurt is a less usual type of posting for Zeppelin mail. It is distinguished not only by the postmark tying the Zeppelin set, but the cachet, which is well struck and well preserved, has the index letter "c" and was assigned to this railroad station post office. Only a very few pieces of mail that were salvaged have this cachet. A wonderful and great "Hindenburg" rarity. Accompanied by 1992 SIA certificate and signed by Arthur Falk, H.W. Sieger and Dr. Oertel (Sieger €17,500; Michel #63a). (Image)

Est. 15,000-20,000

SOLD for $15,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

236

Sieger #454 var.

Sieger #454 var., 1937 First North American Flight of the "Hindenburg" resulting in the infamous crash of the airship on May 6th at Lakehurst, New Jersey, a most unusual and significant piece of mail salvaged from the wreckage of the Hindenburg (Falk Type IV var.), consisting of the center portion of a business size envelope showing a portion of the corner card of the Chrysler Corporation and a Detroit, Michigan c.d.s. dated March 1, 1937, addressed to Rudolf Sauter, the Chief Engineer of the "Hindenburg", also includes a large portion of the one page enclosure on Chrysler Corp. stationery of the Export Division also dated March 1, 1937 and extending an invitation to visit Detroit soon, the portion of the cover is well charred, as are the sides of the enclosure, but most of the contents of the letter are intact and easily read, very fine; this letter had been sent to Mr. Sauter in March and he carried it on board with him on the flight to the United States, Mr. Sauter was injured and hospitalized but survived the crash and lived until the 1960's, his salvaged personal belongings, including this letter, were recovered by the Zeppelin Company of New York and forwarded to him, this cover was sold by his estate after his death; because of the unusual nature of why this letter was on the Zeppelin, Arthur Falk notes that this is the only piece of United States to Germany mail that was recovered from the crash; an interesting and important piece of crash mail from one of the most famous air disasters in history; this particular type of mail listed by neither Sieger nor Michel; both the cover and enclosure signed by Arthur Falk and accompanied by 1991 SIA certificate (Michel #63 var.). (imagea) (Image)

Est. 10,000-15,000

SOLD for $4,750.00
Will close during Public Auction

GERMAN ZEPPELIN LARGE LOTS

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237

C35/60

#C35/60, 1928-38 Germany Zeppelin stamp collection including the four earlier Zeppelin sets cplt., o.g., generally lightly hinged though the Chicago Flight Zeppelins have slightly disturbed gum, then the 1934 air mail set cplt. and the last two 1936 and 1938 Zeppelin sets cplt. including blocks of four of the last, o.g., n.h., fine-very fine (Michel #423/670; €4,226).

$2,927.00

SOLD for $700.00
Will close during Public Auction

238

Sieger #21A/460

Sieger #21A/460, 1928-39 Germany substantial Zeppelin cover collection of 112 covers of flights of the "Graf Zeppelin" plus another eleven covers of the "Graf Zeppelin" II (LZ 130), the largest concentration of covers is in the early period with over 75 covers through 1931 starting with the 1928 America Flight, the major flights are represented but not overloaded with a lot of duplication, there is a nice range of the 1930-31 smaller flights, the 1932 South America Flights are well represented, as well as the Italian Flight, we note some better frankings and interesting varieties throughout, appropriate flight cachet and backstamps are present relative to the flight, condition varies but the vast majority are fine-very fine; a solid basic collection for the collector who is getting started or trying to fill a lot of holes quickly.

Est. 3,000-4,000

SOLD for $5,750.00
Will close during Public Auction

239

Sieger #124/340Aa

Sieger #124/340Aa, 1931-35 South America Flight collection of 30 different covers and cards, includes all three of the 1931 and all nine of the 1932 flights, plus six of the 1933 flights including the Chicago Flight, four from 1934 including the Third and Twelfth South America Flights with the pictorial cachets, then eight of the 1935 flights including two pendulum flights at the end of the year, nearly all are quite attractive including some nice frankings, we note several covers with additional Brazil frankings for the return flight, all with the appropriate flight cachets and backstamps, fine-very fine (Michel #216/505).

Est. 1,000-1,500

SOLD for $1,800.00
Will close during Public Auction

240

Sieger #401a/453B

Sieger #401a/453B, 1936-37 Germany balance of "Hindenburg" flights, interesting collection of 39 covers from the first mail-carrying flight in March 1936 to the Germany Flight in May 1937, just before the fateful flight to the United States, includes a variety of different postings including a couple of covers with mixed franks of German and United States, some printed cachets, etc., even meter and postage due usages, some duplication, fine-very fine (Michel #6/63I).

Est. 750-1,000

SOLD for $950.00
Will close during Public Auction