Shreves Philatelic Galleries, Inc. Sale

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261

Sieger #195Aa

Sieger #195Aa, 1932 Ninth South America Flight, attractive registered cover with five adhesives tied by "Andorre la Vielle/d'Andorre/8 -10 32" c.d.s., via France to Friedrichshafen with transit c.d.s., orange flight cachet, posted to Montevideo and not backstamped but receiving the violet flight cachet of Argentina which was used on Uruguayan mail, very fine and unusual (Sieger €350; Michel #286a). (Image)

Est. 300-400

SOLD for $425.00
Will close during Public Auction

262

Sieger #238Aaa

Sieger #238Aaa, 1933 Chicago Flight, attractively franked registered card with two singles and a pair tied by "Andorre la Viellie/d'Andorre/6 -10 33" c.d.s., flown on the leg to Brazil, Friedrichshafen transit c.d.s., red German flight cachet, backstamped Pernambuco, very fine (Sieger €650; Michel #347a). (Image)

Est. 400-500

SOLD for $550.00
Will close during Public Auction

ANDORRA (SPANISH)

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263

Sieger #64XVa

Sieger #64XVa, 1930 Pan-American Flight, sixteen adhesives attractively franking a cover for the return flight from Seville to Friedrichshafen, all tied by "Andorra/Correos/Andorra la Vieja/17. Abr. 30" c.d.s., Seville transit of June 2nd where it boarded the Zeppelin and backstamped Friedrichshafen, plus boxed connecting flight cachet to Berlin, slight edge wear and soiling as usual on these rare covers, very fine (Sieger €1,000; Michel #68Ad). (Image)

Est. 1,000-1,500

SOLD for $1,100.00
Will close during Public Auction

264

Sieger #223A

Sieger #223Aa, 1933 Fourth South America Flight, a wonderfully pretty registered cover with seven adhesives tied by boxed "Certificado/Andorra la Vieja/13. Jul. 33" pmks., bold red flight cachet, Friedrichshafen transit c.d.s., backstamped Pernambuco, choice very fine; a handsome and rare example of one of the few flights on which covers of Spanish Andorra were posted; 2003 Sieger BPP certificate (Sieger €1,350; Michel #323a). (Image)

Est. 750-1,000

SOLD for $850.00
Will close during Public Auction

ARGENTINA

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265

C20S-29S

#C20S-29S, 1930 "Zeppelin/1er Vuelo 1930" blue and green overprints cplt., issued for the Pan-American Flight, with handstamped "Muestra" overprints, without gum, fine-very fine; prepared for the UPU, extremely scarce with only 415 sets issued. (Image)

Est. 400-500

SOLD for $230.00
Will close during Public Auction

266

C20-29

#C20-29, 1930 "Zeppelin/1er Vuelo 1930" blue and green overprints cplt., issued for the Pan-American Flight, exceptionally fresh with bright colors, overall quite well centered including the high value of each set, o.g., lightly hinged, especially the green overprints which often have only a trace of hinging, fine-very fine; the 1.80P Green overprint is especially scarce with only 947 issued. (Image)

$908.50

SOLD for $375.00
Will close during Public Auction

267

C20 var.

#C20 var., 1930 20c "Zeppelin/1er Vuelo 1930" blue inverted overprint, well centered with bright color, o.g., lightly hinged, small pinholes that are similar to fine perforated initials but no pattern is identifiable, very fine appearance; not listed in Scott (Sieger €750). (Image)

Est. 200-300

SOLD for $160.00
Will close during Public Auction

268

C21a

#C21a, 1930 50c "Zeppelin/1er Vuelo 1930" blue inverted overprint, bottom sheet margin single, quite well centered, o.g., very lightly hinged, very fine; Sieger notes that there were only 100 issued; signed Friedl (Sieger €1,000). (Image)

$475.00

SOLD for $290.00
Will close during Public Auction

269

C22a

#C22a, 1930 1P "Zeppelin/1er Vuelo 1930" blue inverted overprint, fresh single, the variety on thicker paper, bright colors, pleasing centering, o.g., very lightly hinged, nearly very fine; Sieger notes that there were only 50 issued that are without holes; signed Sanabria (Sieger €1,000). (Image)

$650.00

SOLD for $325.00
Will close during Public Auction

270

Sieger #63A-D

Sieger #63A-D, 1930 Pan-American Flight, cacheted cover with 20c-3.60P Blue Zeppelin overprints cplt., all tied by "Aeropostal-B.A./Argentina/23. May. 30." c.d.s., violet flight cachet, backstamped Lakehurst, very fine full set cover (Sieger €650; Michel #66Fa-e). (Image)

Est. 200-300

SOLD for $210.00
Will close during Public Auction

271

Sieger #63A-D

Sieger #63A-D, 1930 Pan-American Flight, business corner card cover with full set of the 20c-3.60P Blue Zeppelin overprints, all tied by "Aeropostal-B.A./Argentina/21. May. 30." c.d.s., violet American flight cachet, addressed to The National City Bank of New York in France, but it is not backstamped at Lakehurst, Seville or Friedrichshafen, and the first transit is June 9,1930 at Cadiz, so it may have been off loaded at Lakehurst by mistake and transported to Europe by ship, tiny edge tear to cover of no consequence, very fine and attractive full set cover (Sieger €650; Michel probably #66Fa-e). (Image)

Est. 200-300

SOLD for $200.00
Will close during Public Auction

272

Sieger #63E-G

Sieger #63E-G, 1930 Pan-American Flight, attractive cacheted full set cover with 20c-3.60P Green Zeppelin overprints cplt., all tied by "Serv. Aeropostal/Buenos Aires/23. May. 30." c.d.s., violet flight cachet, backstamped Lakehurst, very fine; only 947 of the 1.80P value with green overprint were issued and of those very few were used on flown Zeppelin covers; signed Roger Koerber; ex-Belinkoff (Sieger €3,300; Michel #66Ff-j). (Image)

Est. 1,000-1,500

SOLD for $1,150.00
Will close during Public Auction

273

Sieger #63E-G

Sieger #63E-G, 1930 Pan-American Flight, impressive large cacheted full set cover to Friedrichshafen with 20c-3.60P Green Zeppelin overprints cplt., includes two examples of each of the four low values and one of the key 1.80P value, all tied by "Serv. Aeropostal/Buenos Aires/21. May. 30." c.d.s., violet American flight cachet, backstamped Friedrichshafen, very fine; with so few issued of the 1.80P value with green overprint flown covers are of the greatest rarity and especially in this format to Europe (Image)

Est. 1,000-1,500

SOLD for $1,000.00
Will close during Public Auction

AUSTRIA

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274

Sieger #9Ab

Sieger #9Ab, 1913 Haida Flight of the "Sachsen" (LZ 17), 5h Green postal card with view of the airship "Sachsen" over Haida, cancelled with Ty. I "Zeppelin Schiff Sachsen/Flugplatz Haida, Bohemia/20. Oktober 1913" on-board postmark, nicely struck violet on-board cachet of the "Sachsen" on the same date, markings are all sharp and a very clean card, extremely fine; one of only a couple of international flights that were performed in the pioneer period; (Sieger €1,250; Michel #17Gc). (Image)

Est. 500-750

SOLD for $425.00
Will close during Public Auction

275

Sieger #86

Sieger #86, 1930 Geneva Flight, three air posts neatly tied to cover by "Wien/12. IX. 30" c.d.s., red oval Zeppelin cachet and special Geneva Zeppelin backstamp of September 14th, very fine and attractive (Sieger €425; Michel #123). (Image)

Est. 150-200

SOLD for $170.00
Will close during Public Auction

276

Sieger #119D

Sieger #119D, 1931 Polar Flight, four air posts tied to card by "Wien/21. VII. 31" c.d.s., Friedrichshafen transit and flown on the leg to Berlin, backstamped on July 24th, red flight cachet, trivial nibbed corners from corner mounts, very fine; only 72 items of Austria flown on this leg (Sieger €400; Michel #202). (Image)

Est. 150-200

SOLD for $120.00
Will close during Public Auction

277

Sieger #138B

Sieger #138B, 1932 First South America Flight, attractive portrait card of Dr. Eckener with 50g Blue grey air post tied by Vienna air field c.d.s., in mixed franking with German 1M Zeppelin single and one other adhesive tied by Berlin c.d.s., violet flight cachet and red Berlin connecting flight cachet, backstamped Pernambuco, very fine with all the markings on the address side of the card (Sieger €400; Michel #234b). (Image)

Est. 150-200

SOLD for $230.00
Will close during Public Auction

278

Sieger #143B

Sieger #143B, 1932 Second South America Flight, mixed franking card with horizontal pair of 50g Gray blue Austrian air posts tied to card by Vienna c.d.s., German 1M Zeppelin single and 50pf Orange air post tied by "Berlin/3. 4. 32." c.d.s., green flight cachet and red Berlin connecting flight cachet, backstamped Arica, very fine (Sieger €535; Michel #237b). (Image)

Est. 300-400

SOLD for $300.00
Will close during Public Auction

279

Sieger #150Aa

Sieger #150Aa, 1932 Third South America Flight, mixed franking cover with five Austrian adhesives on the front tied by Vienna air field cancels, plus strip of three of the German 50pf Orange air post and one other adhesive tied to the reverse by Friedrichshafen c.d.s., brown flight cachet, backstamped Buenos Aires, very fine and fresh (Sieger €425; Michel #239a). (Image)

Est. 200-300

SOLD for $220.00
Will close during Public Auction

280

Sieger #157B

Sieger #157B, 1932 Fourth South America Flight, attractive mixed franking card with two Austrian air posts tied by Vienna air field pmk. and five German adhesives tied by "Berlin/1. 5. 32." c.d.s., orange flight cachet and red Berlin connecting flight cachet, to Rio de Janeiro, very fine (Sieger €550; Michel #241b). (Image)

Est. 300-400

SOLD for $190.00
Will close during Public Auction