Public Auction #309 - Stamps & Covers

Zeppelin covers & cards 1912-38 inc Germany 1913 Airmail card with blue 10pf "Luftpost am Rhein" Zeppelin stamp at left, plus similar cards for June 1912 Special Flights (Mi cat €180) then 1924 card with "Luftschiff ZR3" oval cachet. 1928 Stampless with "An Board Des Luftschiffs Graf Zeppelin" red cachet (Sieger cart €500) & another for " 2 MAI 1929" (€200), 1928 4RM on LZ127 cover (€100), numerous 1Mk or 2Mk Eagles inc 1929 Orient Flight, Mediterranean Flight inc "on board" cds, 1st America Flight (3, €300, inc 4RM), Oct 1929 Swiss Flight "on board" cds (€225), Holland Flight (2, €275). Some "Zeppelin-Luftschiff" PPC (3) franked 1Mk Eagles with "on board" cds (€210), 1930 South America Flight (3 diff) inc 2RM, & 2RM Sth America (€500), range of short flights (11 diff, €600+), 1930 "Ostsee" & Hungary Flights, 1931 Egypt Flight front, Pommern Flight, "Ostseejahr", Hannover, Iceland, Munster & 3rd Sth America -6 of these franked 1RM Zeppelin (€900+), 2nd Sth America (3) franked 2RM or 4RM Zepp, England Flight with Polar Flight 1RM, 4th Sth America 2RM Zepp, 1932 America Flight, 3rd, 4th, 8th & 9th America Flights (€415), 1933 Deutschland, Rome, 2nd & 3rd Sth America Flights (€390) & more to 1939. Then non-German frankings inc Argentina (3), Austria (7), Belgium, Brazil (16, €1000+), inc semi-official Zeppelin stamps (2 diff) & some with USA opt (3), Chile, Danzig (2), GB, Hungary 5 diff flights (€700+), Iceland (3, €1080), Italy (2), Liechtenstein (3), Netherlands (7), Paraguay, Russia Polar Flight, Saar 1929 Round World Flight (€550), Spain, Switzerland (4), USA (9) inc Century of Progress franked 50c Zepp (4), & Uruguay (2), plus some USA ships inc Macon & Akron Flights. Mostly F-VF, some mixed condition as expected. Total 103 German, 82 others, inc lots of Zeppelin PPC. Total Sieger cat €16,000++, with quite a few unidentified or unpriced. Fantastic lot for somebody wishing to seriously start collecting Zeppelins. (185) (P) Estimate A$8000