France, 1904-16, pioneer airship picture postcards. 29 cards depicting both German & French airships; two are real photo, eight are used; also one allegorical Italian card depicting four airships and four planes, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $500 - 750.
Fire & Ice: Zeppelins, Aerophilately and the Titanic #643
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Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions Fire & Ice: Zeppelins, Aerophilately and the Titanic #643
Auction 643 of Fire & Ice: Zeppelins, Aerophilately and the Titanic
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Lot #551 - a famous voyage and airmail flights zeppelin flight postcards
Lot #552 - a famous voyage and airmail flights zeppelin flight postcards
Germany, 1909-23, pioneer airship picture postcards. 74 cards, 14 are real photo, 27 are used including a 1912 Schwaben and several Feldpost (one a plain card with a Kommando L.Z. 108 handstamp); also includes two 7" x 4½" photos of LZ 120, Bodensee., Fine to Very Fine. A fabulous lot.
Estimate $1,500 - 2,000.
Lot #553 - a famous voyage and airmail flights zeppelin flight postcards
Germany, 1928-38, LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin picture postcards. 45 different cards (three are LZ130 Graf Zeppelin II), 23 are real photos, 8 are Zeppelin-Eckener Fund cards, 14 are used, 9 have various Zeppelin handstamps. An outstanding lot.
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
Lot #554 - a famous voyage and airmail flights zeppelin flight postcards
Germany, 1936-37, LZ 129 Hindenburg picture postcards. 13 different cards, 11 are real photos, 3 are used (on First North America Flight), 3 have various Zeppelin handstamps; one lightly creased, otherwise Very Fine.
Estimate $250 - 350.
Lot #555 - a famous voyage and airmail flights zeppelin flight postcards
Great Britain, 1905-10, pioneer airship picture postcards. Seven cards, six being used, most depict airships at various Air Meets or State Fairs; few faults, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $150 - 200.
Lot #556 - a famous voyage and airmail flights zeppelin flight postcards
Great Britain, 1916-17, World War I era Zeppelin picture postcards. 23 cards, two are used, most depict damage done by and to German Zeppelins during the war including two different sets of six showing "The Destruction of a Zeppelin", Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
Lot #557 - a famous voyage and airmail flights zeppelin flight postcards
United States, 1920's-30's, airship picture postcards. 12 different cards (5 real photos), featuring the Shenandoah, Akron, Macon or Los Angeles.plus 12 vintage photos of same; two of the Akron cards are signed, one by C.E. Rosendahl, the other by Mrs. W.A Moffett; also includes a postal cards signed by Akron / Macon designer, Dr. Karl Arnstein and mailed to FDR (from the Roosevelt collection).
Estimate $500 - 750.
Lot #558 - a famous voyage and airmail flights zeppelin flight collections
Germany, Zeppelin Covers, 1912-36. Balance of about 65 covers or cards, all German origins and all franked with non-Zeppelin stamps includes a few 1912 Rhein / Main cards; nice variety; few with faults, but mostly F-VF.
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
Lot #559 - a famous voyage and airmail flights zeppelin flight collections
Germany, Zeppelin Covers, 1928-36. Balance of about 30 covers or cards, all German origins and all franked with Zeppelin stamps, mostly C35 / C37 but includes a nice 2m South America Flight (C38) on a reduced cover, and a slightly faulty 2m Polar Flight (C41); nice variety of flights; few faults but generally F-VF.
Estimate $500 - 750.
Lot #560 - a famous voyage and airmail flights zeppelin flight collections
Germany, Zeppelin Covers, 1929-35. 15 different Zeppelin picture postcards, all carried on Zeppelin flights with German franking, includes several real photo, one showing Count von Zeppelin in full uniform marching in a parade, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $300 - 400.
Lot #561 - a famous voyage and airmail flights zeppelin flight collections
Germany, Zeppelin Covers, 1929-31. Group of ten different matching flown cards, all prepared by the same collector in Stuttgart; comprising Sieger 48C, 51B, 54B, 55c, 76C, 88Dc, 91Bb, 93Ab, 106Ab & 132Ab; attractive philatelic frankings, Very Fine.
Estimate $300 - 400.
Lot #562 - a famous voyage and airmail flights zeppelin flight collections
Germany, South America Flights, 1930. 3 covers: C38 tied to postal card addressed to Rio de Janeiro, C38 tied to picture postcard addressed to Rio Negrinho, and two C39 tied to postal card addressed to Lakehurst NJ, each with red Zeppelin flight cachet, violet US flight cache, scarce grouping, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $750 - 1,000.
Lot #563 - a famous voyage and airmail flights zeppelin flight collections
Germany, Zeppelin Covers, 1936-39. Balance of 43 covers or cards, 31 of which are Hindenburg, the rest being Graf Zeppelin II, all German origins except one Austria & one U.S. Hindenburg; virtually all clean and F-VF.
Estimate $500 - 750.
Lot #564 - a famous voyage and airmail flights zeppelin flight collections
Germany, Zeppelin Covers, 1936-39. Small mounted collection balance of about 35 Hindenburg covers or cards; includes 3 U.S. and 1 Brazil origin, the rest are German origins; virtually all clean, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $500 - 750.
Lot #565 - a famous voyage and airmail flights zeppelin flight collections
Germany, Hindenburg Covers, 1936-37. 13 covers (3 are U.S. frankings), Sieger #406C (4, one signed by Hindenburg commander, Ernst A. Lehman), 406D, 406E, 406G, 406H, 407A (signed by Cdr. C.E. Rosendahl & Capt. Albert Sammt), 409A, 409C, 411A & 453B; includes three printed cachets.
Estimate $300 - 400.
Lot #566 - a famous voyage and airmail flights zeppelin flight collections
Latin America, Zeppelin Covers, 1930-34. About 40 covers or cards, approximately 30 of which are Brazil, the rest Argentina (3), Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay (6) & Uruguay, generally Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $400 - 600.
Lot #567 - a famous voyage and airmail flights zeppelin flight collections
Paraguay, Five Zeppelin Covers, 1932-35. Last two are cards, Very Fine.
Sieger 155, 194, 282, 288 & 338; €770 ($1,030).
Estimate $300 - 400.
Lot #568 - a famous voyage and airmail flights zeppelin flight collections
United States, Zeppelin Covers with Roessler Cachets, 1928-30. Group of six covers: Sieger #26A (also bears Roessler gold foil Zeppelin label), 27A, 28A (2), 59B and 98Aa (Holland Flight); all but 59B are cards, Very Fine.
Estimate $250 - 350.
Lot #569 - a famous voyage and airmail flights zeppelin flight collections
United States, Zeppelin Covers, 1931-65. Group of 11 event covers, ten being Goodyear blimps Enterprise, Mayflower, Puritan, Resolute 3 of 4 are identical, Feb 10, 1937), or Volunteer; 11th is the U.S. Army blimp, TC-13, final flight signed by the eight crewmen, Very Fine.
Estimate $200 - 300.
Lot #570 - a famous voyage and airmail flights zeppelin flight collections
Worldwide, Zeppelin Covers, 1924-39. 39 covers from Austria (1), Bolivia (3), Brazil (9), Danzig (2), Germany (12), Hungary (2), Liechtenstein (1), Paraguay (1), Russia (1), Spain (3), Switzerland (1), Uruguay (2) & USA (1), Fine to Very Fine.
Sieger €3,600 ($4,820).
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
Lot #571 - a famous voyage and airmail flights zeppelin flight collections
Worldwide, Zeppelin/Airmail Collection Balance, 1910s-1930s. About 60 items including vintage Zeppelin postcards (no Zeppelin flights), Glider flights, Zeppelin cancels, labels, etc., even a piece of unidentified hull fabric cut into the shape of an airship; includes a few non-German items.
Estimate $500 - 750.
Lot #572 - a famous voyage and airmail flights zeppelin flight collections
Worldwide, Zeppelin Covers, 1925-34. Selection of 32 covers / cards, all with non-German frankings; comprises Austria (8), Bermuda, Danzig, Hungary, Liechtenstein, Russia (3), Switzerland (4) and U.S.A. (11); condition is somewhat mixed, especially on the best items, but is generally F-VF.
Estimate $400 - 600.
Lot #573 - a famous voyage and airmail flights zeppelin collateral material
Canadian Airship R-100: Hull Fabric. Piece of fabric, about 3" x 3", signed in 1978 by George Faille, who had been the postmaster at Montreal when the British airship made it transatlantic flights in 1930; on the reverse are the souvenir flight cachet and cds of the St. Hubert Airport, dated to Aug 13, 1930, the date of the R-100s departure on its return flight. The R-100 was dismantled and sold for scrap in November of 1931., Very...
Lot #574 - a famous voyage and airmail flights zeppelin collateral material
Canadian Airship R-100: Hull Fabric. Piece of fabric, about 4" x 3", Very Fine, Francis Field guarantee handstamp on reverse.
Estimate $200 - 300.
Lot #575 - a famous voyage and airmail flights zeppelin collateral material
Graf Zeppelin Collateral: Arm Band. Zeppelin service arm band, 4" wide by 14" around, gold on blue embroidery of a wreath around an airship captioned "LZ 127", Very Fine.
Estimate $200 - 300.
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