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**Air Post and Flight Covers (Foreign Flight Covers: Gibralter to Vatican)**
Lot	Sym.	Lot Description
5157		1933, Oct. 14-Nov. 2, Century of Progress Flight, Gibraltar to Rio de Janeiro (Sieger 238E). Four different Gibraltar stamps on registered European size cover, tied by flight cachets and registry ovals, Very Fine (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 500-750 SOLD for $700.00 Will close during Public Auction
5158		1934, June 23-July 6 Argentina Flight, Gibraltar to Pernambuco, Brazil (Sieger 254). Registered cacheted flight cover with four different Gibraltar stamps, tied and with proper transits, fresh and Very Fine, colorful usage, ex Sieger (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 300-400 SOLD for $375.00 Will close during Public Auction
5159		1932, March 21-29 1st South America Flight, Great Britain to La Paz, Bolivia (Sieger 138B). 1sh King George V tied by bold triangle with rectangular block in center, on cacheted flight cover (purple Zeppelin and red Berlin connecting flight), typewritten "Printed Paper" at top, La Paz, Bolivia arrival backstamp, Very Fine, this is the first flight that printed matter was allowed at a reduced rate (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 200-300 SOLD for $150.00 Will close during Public Auction
5160		Great Britain and Offices in Morocco Zeppelin Flight Covers. Five Great Britain and four Offices, virtually all South America flights with a nice variety of flight cachets and frankings, one Great Britain is oversized cover franked with 20 1sh King George V used from Belfast Ireland to Buenos Aires (depart Nov. 17, arrive Nov. 24), possibly not a Zeppelin flight but has the red double circle "Deutsche Luftpost Europa-Sudamerika" Plane/Zeppelin cachet, generally Fine-Very Fine Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 750-1,000 SOLD for $1,300.00 Will close during Public Auction
5161		Greece, 1933, 30d-120d Graf Zeppelin (C5-C7). Tied by Athens circular datestamps on European size Italian Flight cover to Rome (Sieger 210y), blue flight cachet, Rome "Posta Aerea/Crociera Zeppelin" illustrated duplex receiver, Very Fine, attractive "set" cover of this popular issue (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 500-750 SOLD for $325.00 Will close during Public Auction
5162		1933, October 14-November 2 Century of Progress Flight, Greece to Chicago (Sieger 238E), card with six stamps tied by Greek circular datestamps, incl. two each Nos. 231 and 333 totaling 86 drachma postage, registry use on preprinted Chicago Flight corner card, red cachets also tie stamps, purple Chicago Registry Div. Oct. 26, 1933 receiver, couple other boxed markings, Very Fine, scarce and quite attractive, ex Belinkoff (Image)	E. 500-750 SOLD for $325.00 Will close during Public Auction
5163		Iceland, 1931, 30a-2k "Zeppelin 1931" Ovpts. (C9-C11). On registered cacheted flight cover to Barcelona, Spain, tied by Reykjavik circular datestamps (Sieger 113), Friedrichshafen arrival backstamp, Stutgart and Barcelona destination transits, Very Fine (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 400-500 SOLD for $225.00 Will close during Public Auction
5164		1933, August 5-15 4th South America Flight, Great Britain/India to Pernambuco (Sieger 223). Registered combination franking with 10p GB postage and 9a6p Indian, tied by London and Karachi Registered circular datestamps, two different red Zeppelin cachets, Paris, Berlin and Pernambuco transits, Fine-Very Fine, attractive and very scarce (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 500-750 SOLD for $2,000.00 Will close during Public Auction
5165		Ireland Zeppelin Covers. Two, incl. Sieger 202 and 238E, former registered, both with appropriate cachets and transits, latter red cachets affected somewhat by exposure to water, otherwise Very Fine, there were reportedly only nine Irish franking covers carried on the Century of Progress flight (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 400-500 SOLD for $450.00 Will close during Public Auction
5166		Italy, 1934, 20c-10l Second World Soccer Championship (324-328, C62-C65). Regular issue on May 24, 1934 cover to the Vatican, Air Post on Aug. 18, 1934 flown Graf Zeppelin cover to Buenos Aires, some minor toning, otherwise Very Fine, scarce (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 1,000-1,500 SOLD for $650.00 Will close during Public Auction
5167		Italy and Colonies Zeppelin Flight Covers. Six covers or cards, three different flights, beautiful range of frankings, incl. Libya, Italian Colonies, Cyrenaica, Somalia and Rhodes and Italy mixed franking, virtually all Fine-Very Fine (Image) Search for comparables at SiegelAuctions.com	E. 500-750 SOLD for $1,500.00 Will close during Public Auction

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