By: Auktionshaus Christoph Gärtner GmbH & Co. KG
lot # 5634 - flugpost - zeppelin and schiffspost flugpost übersee
1932/33, two illustrated "Round the World" covers, "blank" without sender's and addressee's name: 1st cover bearing 13 stamps c.t.o. from Berlin 25.2.32 to Sydney 15.11.32 (Italy, Greece, Syria, Iraq, Persia, India, Ceylon, Thailand, Straits Settlements, Dutch Indies and Australia", a 14th stamp (Switzerland) was later attached and cancelled "Lugano 7.3.33" // 2nd cover bearing 5 stamps c.t.o. from Australia (Darwin 10.12.32), Dutsh Indies (Soverabaja 13.12.32 and 10.4.33), India (Akyab/Birma 12.4.33) and Germany (Berlin 17.4.33). Two very interesting and rare entires, being transported round the world (possibly by a pilot) in a time when it was something extraordinary, exiting and especially something really expensive to travel far distances. (M) Catalog Price 200.00
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