Graf Zeppelin Collateral: Badges/Pins. Group of six, the best being a sterling silver German Army Zeppelin badge featuring an airship surrounded by a green enameled wreath with the hallmark of CE Junker, Berlin; also includes a brass Graf Zeppelin Landing Crew Lakehurst pin, two small enameled pins for the Zeppelin's 1929 round-the-world flight, one for Zeppelin Day at the 1933 World's Fair, and a small jewelry-type souvenir pin.,...
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 #577 - a famous voyage and airmail flights zeppelin collateral material
Graf Zeppelin Collateral: Baggage Labels/Tags. A 5" round Graf Zeppelin baggage tag in yellow & blue and three labels picturing Zeppelins: two are hotels, the Graf Zeppelin in Stuttgart and the Kurgarten in Friedrichshafen; the third is for the Zeppelin Shipping Co.; the tag has a few small, very minor stains, otherwise all are Very Fine.
Estimate $300 - 400.
Lot #578 - a famous voyage and airmail flights zeppelin collateral material
Graf Zeppelin Collateral: Bond For Construction of Airship. 1928 Spanish bond matted and framed, 17" by 16½", with illustration of Zeppelin, eight coupons attached, very unusual; vertical fold right side, otherwise Very Fine.
Estimate $250 - 350.
Lot #579 - a famous voyage and airmail flights zeppelin collateral material
Graf Zeppelin Collateral: Book. 1931 Graf Zeppelin at Pernambuco, sixteen pages with thirty two pages of B&W photos, in German, photos are mostly of vistas from the airship; paper wrappers with light overall wear, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $200 - 300.
Lot #580 - a famous voyage and airmail flights zeppelin collateral material
Graf Zeppelin Collateral: Book of Photos. 125+ photos of Zeppelins and related subjects, with glossy B&W photos of ZR-1, USS Los Angeles, Hindenburg including crash photos, LZ1, LZ4, LZ5, LZ6, LZ8, LZ13, LZ17, LZ25, L59, LZ120, U.S. all reproduced from the National Archives, would cost today in excess of $2,500.00 to duplicate this collection, a rare opportunity, please spend sufficient time evaluating this lot, Fine to Very Fine...
Lot #581 - a famous voyage and airmail flights zeppelin collateral material
Graf Zeppelin Collateral: Book of Picture Postcards. Ten 6" x 4" real photo cards in foldout format with original cover "LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin in Operation", signed by Captains Max Pruss, Anton Witteman and Hans von Schiller and dated, apparently by Pruss, "21st June 1932"; some foxing on the cover, otherwise Fine to Very Fine, Max Pruss was the commanding officer of the Hindenburg during its disastrous landing at Lakehurst on...
Lot #582 - a famous voyage and airmail flights zeppelin collateral material
Graf Zeppelin Collateral: Clara Adams Handwritten Picture Postcard. From Clara Adams in Frankfurt, Apr 16, 1936, to Ernest Briggs, her public relations manager, in New York; Adams notes that "Our great ship [the Hindenburg] will take off at Friedrichshafen May 6th." and notes receiving "three cards" from Orvil A. Anderson, noted balloonist and controversial Commandant of the USAF Air War College during the Korean War. The card...
Lot #583 - a famous voyage and airmail flights zeppelin collateral material
Graf Zeppelin Collateral: Clara Adams Magazine Article. A 14-page illustrated magazine article entitled "Über einige Luftschiffproblem" (About an Airship Problem) by Karl Arnstein of Akron, O., signed on the cover Property of Clara Adams, reprinted from Zeitschrift für Flugtechnik und Motorschiffahrt (Journal of Aeronautics & Engine Powered Air Navigation), Vol. 1, 14 Jan 1933., Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $100 - 150...
Lot #584 - a famous voyage and airmail flights zeppelin collateral material
Graf Zeppelin Collateral: Clara Adams Pass. Special pass (equivalent to "Key to the City") given to Clara Adams by the Mayor of Friedrichshafen, 30 Oct 1930, 7" x 4½", handwritten and signed by the mayor in green ink with two different handstamps of the Mayor's Office, Very Fine.
Estimate $200 - 300.
Lot #585 - a famous voyage and airmail flights zeppelin collateral material
Graf Zeppelin Collateral: Dr. Hugo Eckener Signed Photo. 6¼" x 8½", signed beneath printed name on 9¼" x 12½" matte; corners of matte slightly bent, otherwise Very Fine.
Estimate $300 - 400.
Lot #586 - a famous voyage and airmail flights zeppelin collateral material
Graf Zeppelin Collateral: Enameled Emblems. Includes paper weight, three pins and two Zippo lighters, all with the blue Zeppelin over the globe design, one lighter has never been used, scarce and valuable items, Very Fine.
Estimate $200 - 300.
Lot #587 - a famous voyage and airmail flights zeppelin collateral material
Graf Zeppelin Collateral: Frame Part. Piece of the LZ-127 Zeppelin frame, approximately 10½" by 11½", professionally mounted on a wooden base with metal plaque "Graf Zeppelin, LZ 127", base has some wear, museum quality, most of the aluminum frame was reused in Germany's war effort, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $750 - 1,000.
Lot #588 - a famous voyage and airmail flights zeppelin collateral material
Graf Zeppelin Collateral: Goldbeater's Skin, 1928-37. Used by Germans for the internal gas bags of the Zeppelins.
Estimate $100 - 150.
Lot #589 - a famous voyage and airmail flights zeppelin collateral material
Graf Zeppelin Collateral: Hull Fabric. Approximately 13" x 9½", folded in quarters with violet "gz / Friedrichshafen / L.Z. 127" handstamp once in each quadrant on the uncoated side and in two quadrants on the coated side, Very Fine, an exceptionally large piece of this highly sought-after "Chicago" Zeppelin collectible.
Estimate $300 - 400.
Lot #590 - a famous voyage and airmail flights zeppelin collateral material
Graf Zeppelin Collateral: Labels. Spectacular multicolor labels featuring famous early airships, complete set of eight produced by the Gerner Brewery in Munich, 2" x 3", Sollors #174-181, bright and fresh, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $200 - 300.
Lot #591 - a famous voyage and airmail flights zeppelin collateral material
Graf Zeppelin Collateral: Labels. Collection of about 90 labels in a small stockbook, most depicting Airships (also a few other aircraft and forms of transportation); includes four sets of ten 1933 WIPA labels from Austria, three of them overprinted for Mothers Day 1935, Stamp Day 1940 & The Austrian Philatelic Society; also seven different from Metzeler Balloon / Zeppelin Supplies; set of seven die-cut World War I German Airship...
Lot #592 - a famous voyage and airmail flights zeppelin collateral material
Graf Zeppelin Collateral: Labels. Blue & white etiquettes with o.g.: "VIA ZEPPELIN / FRIEDRICHSHAFEN", NH pane of 10; and 2-part etiquette with "Favor contester / Favor responder" at top and "CONDOR-ZEPPELIN" below, blocks of 6 (NH) & 15, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $250 - 350.
Lot #593 - a famous voyage and airmail flights zeppelin collateral material
Graf Zeppelin Collateral: Labels. A.C. Roessler Labels; group if 11 items representing five different designs in various colors and formats including two mini-sheets of four and a tête-bêche pair of transatlantic Zeppelin labels in blue on "gold" foil, Very Fine, a scarce group.
Estimate $300 - 400.
Lot #594 - a famous voyage and airmail flights zeppelin collateral material
Graf Zeppelin Collateral: Labels. Pictorial labels produced by the Commercial Philatelic Bulletin of Rome on the occasion of the Graf Zeppelin's 1933 Rome Flight and featuring the Graf over various Italian landmarks, five miniature sheets of 16 different designs printed se-tenant, each in a different color: black, red, blue, brown & green; also includes a rather worn example of an original wrapper for the sheet and an additional...
Lot #595 - a famous voyage and airmail flights zeppelin collateral material
Graf Zeppelin Collateral: Leaflets. Four different election leaflets, one for combined 26-29 Mar 1936 flights of the Hindenburg & Graf Zeppelin (Mi. 8 Ia) and three for the Graf Zeppelin II flights of 2-4 Dec 1938 (Mi. 8 IIba, bd & dd; last with moderate creasing, otherwise Very Fine.
Estimate $150 - 200.
Lot #596 - a famous voyage and airmail flights zeppelin collateral material
Graf Zeppelin Collateral: Menu. 3-color menu cover, 6" x 9¼", showing the airship over the Friedrichshafen waterfront; small wrinkle at top, Very Fine.
Estimate $200 - 300.
Lot #597 - a famous voyage and airmail flights zeppelin collateral material
Graf Zeppelin Collateral: Metal Tray. Embossed white metal tray with Graf Ferdinand von Zeppelin in medallion and an early airship over head; a few light scratches, otherwise Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $200 - 300.
Lot #598 - a famous voyage and airmail flights zeppelin collateral material
Graf Zeppelin Collateral: Miscellaneous. Balance lot comprising 1.) a Memorial Card listing the victims of the crash of the British airship R-101; 2.) a 8"x7" color print of R-101; 3.) a 4½"x10" multicolor featuring a "U.S. Dirigible Airship; 4.) a 12"x22" Broadside of "Airmail Information in Connection With the Voyage of the Airship 'Graf Zeppelin' From Germany Via Brazil to 'A Century of Progress Exposition'"; 5.) a black &...
Lot #599 - a famous voyage and airmail flights zeppelin collateral material
Graf Zeppelin Collateral: Miscellaneous. Seven items comprising 1.) Danzig ticket stub for one of the 31 Jul 1932 Flights; 2.) 8¼" x 11½" flyer announcing winners in Zeppelin Flight lottery; 3.) admission ticket to tour the Zeppelin Hall in Friedrichshafen; 4.) Time Table for the 1934 South America flights; 5.) Dr. Eckener greeting card handed out in New York on the occasion of the 1928 transatlantic flight; 6.) 1933 postal card for...
Lot #600 - a famous voyage and airmail flights zeppelin collateral material
Graf Zeppelin Collateral: Model. 1907 Lehmann EPL-I Dual Gondola Zeppelin, with 60% original paint; missing part of propeller, a few dings and bruises, otherwise Fine to Very Fine, rare.
Estimate $200 - 300.
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