1930 South America flight cover bearing 4m SG.457 used to USA, Friedrichshafen c.d.s. 18.5.30, red SA flight Zeppelin cachet, cover slightly soiled at foot.
Estimated Price: £70.00 - 90.00
Sale #148
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Corbitts Sale #148
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Lot #205 - zeppelin mail
Lot #206 - zeppelin mail
1931 Iceland flight cover franked 2kr Zeppelin SG.181, tied with a Reykjavik cancel, green Zeppelin cachet, Sieger 114c, Friedrichshafen arrival c.d.s on reverse. (1)
Estimated Price: £100.00 - 120.00
Lot #207 - zeppelin mail
1932 LZ 127 8th S. America flight cover from Ludwigshafen to Argentina franked various vals, red flight cachet Sieger 189aa, cover has slight centre fold, 1933 reg. 'Koln Airport' cover sent by Steamship Bremen carried ship to shore to New York with multi cachets. (2)
Estimated Price: £50.00 - 65.00
Lot #208 - zeppelin mail
1933 Century of Progress flight Pictorial cachet cover franked 50c Zeppelin issue x3 tied with New York cancel, red triangular 50th Ocean Crossing, Sieger 241E and flight to the Chicago Fair cachet on reverse - The Chicago World Fair slogan cancel. (1)
Estimated Price: £80.00 - 100.00
Lot #209 - zeppelin mail
1933 Italian flight, registered cover from San Marino, franked with 2.75l Building & 5L opt Zeppelin, SG.192, cancelled with a green Citta boxed cachet, large green Pictorial flight cachet, Roma Zeppelin roller cancel + green Friedrichshafen Zeppelin cancel & brown arrival c.d.s. on reverse. (1)
Estimated Price: £65.00 - 75.00
Lot #210 - zeppelin mail
1936 LZ 129 Hindenburg 'Test Flight' a card franked vals from the 1935 Welfare Fund Costumes set, tied with 'on board' cancels dated 23.3.36 + 1938 Zeppelin Post Exhibition, Konstanz propaganda card featuring Count Zeppelin, cancelled at the exhibition. (2)
Estimated Price: £70.00 - 90.00
Lot #211 - zeppelin mail
1936 PPC of the LZ 129 over Friedrichshafen, sent to Obersturmbann Fuhrer Hans Olpp at the SS Officer training school, Munich - carried on the Europe - N. America flight (red cachet) on the outward trip. 1932 LZ 130 Sudetenland (propaganda) flight cover franked 100pfg Air Mi.537x, tied with Frankfurt - Main special airmail cancel + red flight cachet. (2)
Estimated Price: £50.00 - 60.00
Lot #212 - zeppelin mail
1936-39 Exeter album containing a selection of covers (30) - odd front, approx 22 are Hindenburgs, mainly German frankings etc. Very mixed condition.
Estimated Price: £200.00 - 250.00
Lot #213 - crash covers
1930 Western Air Express crash at Alhambra, California 22.12.30, two charred edge covers to Altadena to same family from same person, probably next to each other in the mail bundle with crash cachet on each (AAMS 30.15). TWA crash at Pittsburg 10.1.33 charred cover from New York/Los Angeles with Los Angeles P.O. ambulance cover & unlisted. (3)
Estimated Price: £70.00 - 90.00
Lot #214 - crash covers
1934 KLM 'Uiver' crash near Rutbak Wells-Iraq 20.12.34 The Haig/Soerabaja official cover with flight cachet, another but Hilversum/Tangerang - Jara, another Zaandam/Batavia (N341220) (3)
Estimated Price: £40.00 - 50.00
Lot #215 - crash covers
1935 Rossi & Codos forces landing in Cape Verde Isles 17.2.35 record attempt France/Argentina official card bearing black crash cachet (N350127aa), 1956 AIR FRANCE DC-3 crash near Lyon 27.1.56 Nice/Neuilly Sur Seine, charred cover with crash cachet accompanied by ambulance cover. (N560127a), 1969 Postal Night Flight crash on take off at Orly Paris 28.5.69 Paris/La Rochelle soiled cover with black crash cachet, Orly ambulance cover &...
Lot #216 - crash covers
1936 Western Air Express crash at Salt Lake City 15.12.36 Riverside, California/Hartford, Conn cover with violet 'Damage' cachet plus Salt Lake City P.O. ambulance cover dated 8.6.37 with Plane wrecked printed cachet, Another but with original letter Los Angeles/New York with two strikes of Damage crash cachet, Salt Lake City ambulance cover 14.9.37 incl. Airmail interruption printed cachet (AAMS 36.6)
Estimated Price: £45.00 - 60.00...
Lot #217 - crash covers
1938 Cheyenne Flying Service crash landed at Newcastle WYO 19.5.38 cover from Bright with flight cachet AJP 1968 article accompanies, another but from Whitman, another from Leverett. (3)
Estimated Price: £40.00 - 60.00
Lot #218 - crash covers
1938 Cheyenne Flying Service crash landed at Newcastle, Wyo 19.5.38 cover from Keeline bears flight cachet incl. AJP (April 1968) article about crash, another but from Manville, another but from Jireh, another but from Lance Creek, all bear appropriate cachets. (4)
Estimated Price: £55.00 - 70.00
Lot #219 - crash covers
1939 Pan-Am S-43 flying boat crash on landing at Guanabara Bay, Rio De Janeiro 13.8.39 Greenwich, Conn/Rio cover bears s/line cachet & b/stamp, Ref. N390813b.
Estimated Price: £40.00 - 50.00
Lot #220 - crash covers
1939 Pan-Am S-43 flying boat crash on landing at Guanabara Bay, Rio De Janeiro Fortaleza Brazil/Sao Paulo Bank of London cover, bears s/line cachet & b/stamp, Ref. N390813b, cover charred at SE corner.
Estimated Price: £40.00 - 55.00
Lot #221 - crash covers
1939 Pan-Am S-43 flying boat crash on landing at Guanbara Bay-Rio De Janeiro 13.8.39 Detroit/Rio charred cover with s/line cachet (N3908136), 1940 VASP 'cicade De Santos' crash at Rio 8.11.40 Rio/St.Paulo Ducati cover with VASP yellow label on rev, obverse bears crash cachet. Scarce pair. (2)
Estimated Price: £80.00 - 100.00
Lot #222 - crash covers
1940 Pan Air Brazil S43 crash on landing at Bahia 25.12.40 Ceara/Rio De Janeiro with crash cachet (N401225a), United Al Crash on landing at New York 11.4.42 St.Joseph Mo/New York cover with violet fine line delay crash cachet. (AAMS 42.2) (2)
Estimated Price: £50.00 - 70.00
Lot #223 - crash covers
1941-42 N.West Airlines crash at Moorhead, MN, charred cover with 'DAMAGE DUE TO AIRMAIL INTERRUPTION' Oct 30 1941 cachet also P.O Fargo ND ambulance cover, only pilot survived, also pair 1942 La Guardia crash in Flushing Bay, both DAMAGE & DELAY interruption cachets of Ap 11, 1942, Ref AAMS 41.5, 42.2.
Estimated Price: £50.00 - 70.00
Lot #224 - crash covers
1943-44 USA PAA clipper crash at Lisbon with violet 'DAMAGED BY SEA WATER' cachet re-addressed to US Army, Mil. Col. of Science, Bury, Lancs, London RLS sealed label on reverse, also 9/11/44 US Military air crash OAHU-Hawaii with s/line 'DAMAGED IN TRANSIT' mark. (2)
Estimated Price: £50.00 - 70.00
Lot #225 - crash covers
1944-45 Goose Bay Labrador crash cover to Detroit, U.S.P.O NY accident label, another 1945 charred cover with reverse 2 line 'DMG IN PLANE WRK/FWD BY APO111' in red, which is Beaumont, France, another with APO111 ambulance envelope. (3)
Estimated Price: £80.00 - 100.00
Lot #226 - crash covers
1945 US Military crash December 45 Haverford Pa/Munich (APO 403) cover with Xmas card enclosure 17.12.45, crash cachet US Army 350 (Hilden) ambulance cover. 1945 November US Military Crash Heidelberg (APO 758)/New York cover bearing two line crash cachet. (2)
Estimated Price: £50.00 - 70.00
Lot #227 - crash covers
1945 US Military crash probably in France March 1945 Los Angeles/Beaumont - France (APO 230) cover bearing two crash cachets incl. 'Burned in Plane Crash/Enveloped and Forwarded by / APO.111' (APO III was in Beaumont) Ex Eisendrath. (1)
Estimated Price: £40.00 - 55.00
Lot #228 - crash covers
1945 US Military pair with 'DAMAGED IN PLANE CRASH' 2 line cachets, both to APO 252 or 758 (Germany) from USA. (2)
Estimated Price: £40.00 - 60.00
Lot #229 - crash covers
1948-49 United Airlines crash at Wilburton, PA, cover & P.O slip affixed label 'REC'D IN BAD CONDITION AT POTTSVILLE, PA' another with 3 line 'DAMAGED IN AIR CRASH/NOV 29 1949/DALLAS TX' also P.O cover, another different cachet 'DAMAGE DUE TO AIR MAIL INTERRUPTION NEAR DALLAS TX' same crash, Ref AAMS 8.4. (3)
Estimated Price: £50.00 - 70.00
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