2 May 2013 – 4 May 2013
2578 lots
Lot 10650 | 1929 (May) abortive Zeppelin 1st America Flight, f
Germany » German Empire
1929 (May) abortive Zeppelin 1st America Flight, forced landing at Cuers on May 17, one of only 29 cards (ppc of LZ127) intended to be dropped at the Azores,…
Estimate: 300 EUR
Lot 10651 | 1929 First Catapult Flight from Steamship “Bremen”
Germany » German Empire
1929 First Catapult Flight from Steamship “Bremen” to New York, ppc of the ship with 65pf total franking tied at Bremen, oval ds with “Erster Deutscher…
Estimate: 100 EUR
Lot 10652 | 1929 (20 August) “Bremen” Catapult cover and postc
Germany » German Empire
1929 (20 August) “Bremen” Catapult cover and postcard to New York, the cover originates at Berlin (slight age spots), the card from Bremen, each with oval…
Estimate: 80 EUR
Lot 10653 | 1929-33, Group of 4 Graf Zeppelin covers incl. 192
Germany » German Empire
1929-33, Group of 4 Graf Zeppelin covers incl. 1929 (Sep) Germany Flights II, two pcs flown from Brand and from Osnabrück (Sieger 34d, h; € 850), 1933…
Estimate: 200 EUR
Lot 10654 | 1929 (Oct 6) Graf Zeppelin Swiss Flight postcard d
Germany » German Empire
1929 (Oct 6) Graf Zeppelin Swiss Flight postcard dropped in Baden, with “Mit Luftschiff “GRAF ZEPPELIN” befördert” hs (64mm long), with 1926-27 50pf airmail…
Estimate: 260 EUR
Lot 10655 | 1929 (October) Balkan Flight, ppc of Zeppelin with
Germany » German Empire
1929 (October) Balkan Flight, ppc of Zeppelin with 1M Eagle tied by “on board” cds (16.10.29) showing oval Bucharest receiver, sent on to Craiova (two…
Estimate: 100 EUR
Lot 10656 | 1929 (Nov 17) Deutsche Lufthansa crash by Rohrbach
Germany » German Empire
1929 (Nov 17) Deutsche Lufthansa crash by Rohrbach-Romar seaplane which crashed shortly after take off on a flight from Travemünde to Spain: 15pf postal…
Estimate: 260 EUR
Lot 10657 | Group of four catapult covers; 1929 (Jul 15) cover
Germany » German Empire
Group of four catapult covers; 1929 (Jul 15) cover from Germany with 22.7.29 catapult cachet, opened on 3 sides (Haberer 1a); 1933 (May 30) cover from…
Estimate: 100 EUR
Lot 10658 | Group of four Zeppelin covers: 1929 (Apr 22) Graf
Germany » German Empire
Group of four Zeppelin covers: 1929 (Apr 22) Graf Zeppelin Mediterranean flight card with 2M airmail with numbered wing margin, reverse with “CAMBIO /…
Estimate: 50 EUR
Lot 10659 | 1930 (May-June) Zeppelin Europe – Pan American Rou
Germany » German Empire
1930 (May-June) Zeppelin Europe – Pan American Round Trip MIXED FRANKING, German 5pf postal card with 2RM special S.A. flight ovpt, both tied at F’hafen…
Estimate: 500 EUR
Lot 10660 | 1930 4M 1st S.A. Flight tied by F’hafen cds (18.5.
Germany » German Empire
1930 4M 1st S.A. Flight tied by F’hafen cds (18.5.30) and flown to Pernambuco (light bs), attractive and very fine (Mi. € 500+)
Estimate: 160 EUR
Lot 10661 | 1930 2M 1st South America flight tied by “on board
Germany » German Empire
1930 2M 1st South America flight tied by “on board” cds (19.5.30) to Zeppelin cover dropped at Seville (machine bs, same day), flight cachet, very fine…
Estimate: 200 EUR
Lot 10662 | 1930 (May) Zeppelin South America Flight, “on boar
Germany » German Empire
1930 (May) Zeppelin South America Flight, “on board” cover dated May 20 and franked by two 2RM and two 4RM values, one of each with the special S.A. Flight…
Estimate: 360 EUR
Lot 10663 | Germany 1930 Zeppelin 1st S.A. Flight special ppc
Germany » German Empire
1930 Graf Zeppelin 1st South America Flight, special ppc (showing airship, maps, route, cancel, etc.) with 2M S.A. Flight ovpt tied at F’hafen 18.5.30)…
Estimate: 200 EUR
Lot 10664 | 1930 (June) Zeppelin South America Return Flight p
Germany » German Empire
1930 (June) Zeppelin South America Return Flight ppc (of Count Zeppelin) dropped at Seville, with 2RM flight ovpt tied by “on Board” cds of 4.6.1930, bs…
Estimate: 220 EUR
Lot 10665 | 1930 (Sept. 5-6) Zeppelin Leipzig & Görlitz Flight
Germany » German Empire
1930 (Sept. 5-6) Zeppelin Leipzig & Görlitz Flight, return flight ppc from Görlitz (RED cds) to F’hafen, and pc from Leipzig carried by train to F’hafen…
Estimate: 140 EUR
Lot 10666 | 1930-31 Dornier DO-X Europe to America flight, spe
Germany » German Empire
1930-31 Dornier DO-X Europe to America flight, special ppc (of the DO-X on the lake at F’hafen) franked on front or back by at least one stamp of several…
Estimate: 1’200 EUR
Lot 10667 | 1931 (June 10) Zeppelin Vaduz-Lausanne Flight, ppc
Germany » German Empire
1931 (June 10) Zeppelin Vaduz-Lausanne Flight, ppc (airship over F’hafen) with 1RM Zeppelin tied by “on board” cancel and sent to Spiez (Switzerland) via…
Estimate: 120 EUR
Lot 10668 | 1931 (July) Zeppelin Iceland Flight pc with 1M Zep
Germany » German Empire
1931 (July) Zeppelin Iceland Flight pc with 1M Zeppelin tied by July 1 “on board” cds, superb cachet and Reykjavik arrival (same day), card signed by both…
Estimate: 100 EUR
Lot 10669 | 1931 Polar-Fahrt issue, each value tied to separat
Germany » German Empire
1931 Polar-Fahrt issue, each value tied to separate cover or pc, each with flight cachet, 1M flown F’hafen-Berlin, 2M F’hafen to Leningrad (arrival ds)…
Estimate: 400 EUR
Lot 10670 | 4M Polar-Fahrt, sheet margin at T, tied by F’hafen
Germany » German Empire
4M Polar-Fahrt, sheet margin at T, tied by F’hafen cds (24.7.31) to French Consulate Stuttgart cover (consular hs at left), flown to the icebreaker with…
Estimate: 300 EUR
Lot 10671 | 1931 (Jul 24) Graf Zeppelin Polar Flight with spec
Germany » German Empire
1931 (Jul 24) Graf Zeppelin Polar Flight with special cachet, franked by 1931 2M Polar Flight Zeppelin stamp tied by “on board” cds, with Berlin cds alongside,…
Estimate: 80 EUR
Lot 10672 | 1931 (July 24-31) Zeppelin Polar Flight cover flow
Germany » German Empire
1931 (July 24-31) Zeppelin Polar Flight cover flown from F’hafen (24.7.31 cds) to Leningrad (25.VII.31 pictorial arrival) franked by special ovpt. 2RM…
Estimate: 260 EUR
Lot 10673 | 1931 Polar-Fahrt 1M and 2M values, each tied by F’
Germany » German Empire
1931 Polar-Fahrt 1M and 2M values, each tied by F’hafen cds (18.8.31) to separate French Consulate in Stuttgart imprint cover and flown on the August 1931…
Estimate: 120 EUR
Lot 10674 | Germany 1931 1st S.A. Flight pc w/ 2RM Zeppelin
Germany » German Empire
1931 Graf Zeppelin 1st South America Flight pc with 2M Zeppelin (no ovpt) tied at Berlin, red connecting flight cachet and green special cachet for Rio…
Estimate: 80 EUR
Lot 10675 | 1931 1RM “Polar-Fahrt” overprint, two pcs, one tie
Germany » German Empire
1931 1RM “Polar-Fahrt” overprint, two pcs, one tied with 18.8.1931 “on board” cds and carried on the Zeppelin England Flight (19 AU 31 arrival), the other…
Estimate: 160 EUR
Lot 10676 | Germany 1931 Zeppelin 2nd S.A. Flight cover w/ 4RM
Germany » German Empire
1931 (18 Sept) Graf Zeppelin 2nd South America flight, cover franked by superb 4RM Zeppelin (no ovpt) tied at F’hafen, addressed to Zeppelin agent von…
Estimate: 80 EUR
Lot 10677 | 1931 Do-X flight pc with two 2RM “S.A. Flight”
Germany » German Empire
1931 Dornier Do-X First Trans-Atlantic Flight postcard, despatched from Friedrichshafen on 13 Nov. 1930, with two Germany 2RM “Sudamerika Fahrt” issues…
Estimate: 360 EUR
Lot 10678 | 1931 Dornier Do-X First Trans-Atlantic Flight cove
Germany » German Empire
1931 Dornier Do-X First Trans-Atlantic Flight cover, despatched from Friedrichshafen on 13 Nov. 1930, with 1, 2 & 3RM “Eagles” issues also tied by “on…
Estimate: 60 EUR
Lot 10679 | 1931 Dornier Do-X First Trans-Atlantic Flight cove
Germany » German Empire
1931 Dornier Do-X First Trans-Atlantic Flight cover, despatched from Friedrichshafen on 28 Nov. 1930, with two each of the 1 & 2RM “Eagles” issues, “on…
Estimate: 60 EUR
Lot 10680 | 1932 Graf Zeppelin 5th South America Flight, airsh
Germany » German Empire
1932 Graf Zeppelin 5th South America Flight, airship-imprint stationery with 2M Blue (no ovpt) tied by superb “on board” cds (1.9.32), sharp flight cachet,…
Estimate: 60 EUR
Lot 10681 | Germany 1932 Zeppelin 6th S.A. Flight “on board” cover
Germany » German Empire
1932 Graf Zeppelin 6th South America Flight, airship-imprint stationery with 1M Red (no ovpt) plus 50pf Eagle tied by superb “on board” cds (12.9.32),…
Estimate: 80 EUR
Lot 10682 | Germany 1932 Zeppelin 9th S.A. Flight cover to Uruguay
Germany » German Empire
1932 (23 Oct.) Graf Zeppelin 9th South America Flight pc with franking incl. 1M Zeppelin tied at Stuttgart, with superb connenting flight cachet and bold…
Estimate: 80 EUR
Lot 10683 | 1932-38, Group of 5 Zeppelin covers incl. two diff
Germany » German Empire
1932-38, Group of 5 Zeppelin covers incl. two different 1936 Hindenburg covers, one with special set tied by “on board” cds (type IV) to Lakehurst, other…
Estimate: 120 EUR
Lot 10684 | 1933 Graf Zeppelin Chicago Flight set, fresh and l
Germany » German Empire
1933 Graf Zeppelin Chicago Flight set, fresh and lh, very fine
Estimate: 220 EUR
Lot 10685 | 1933 (May 26) Graf Zeppelin Switzerland Short Flig
Germany » German Empire
1933 (May 26) Graf Zeppelin Switzerland Short Flight cover to England, bearing 50pf airmail and 1M Zeppelin tied by on board cds, very fine (Sieger 0206…
Estimate: 60 EUR
Lot 10686 | 1933 (28 May) Graf Zeppelin “VDI-Kurzfahrt,” Delag
Germany » German Empire
1933 (28 May) Graf Zeppelin “VDI-Kurzfahrt,” Delag official ppc with three stamps tied by bold “on board” cds, to Sieger, very scarce and very fine (Sieger…
Estimate: 100 EUR
Lot 10687 | 1933 (Jun 20) Graf Zeppelin “Kurzfahrten in die Sc
Germany » German Empire
1933 (Jun 20) Graf Zeppelin “Kurzfahrten in die Schweiz,” ppc with German franking tied by 20.6.33 “on board” cds, scarce and very fine (Sieger 0206I,…
Estimate: 100 EUR
Lot 10688 | Germany 1933 Chicago Flight cover with 2RM ovpt
Germany » German Empire
1933 Graf Zeppelin Chicago Flight cover, franking incl. 2RM special overprint tied by F’hafen 14.10.33 cds, unusual printed cachet and normal hs cachet,…
Estimate: 200 EUR
Lot 10689 | 1933 Zeppelin Chicago Flight set tied by on board
Germany » German Empire
1933 Zeppelin Chicago Flight set tied by on board cds (16.10.33) to cover to Chicago fairgrounds (Italian Pavilion), Oct. 26 slogan machine bs, trivial…
Estimate: 280 EUR
Lot 10690 | 1933 Graf Zeppelin Chicago Flight, round-trip post
Germany » German Empire
1933 Graf Zeppelin Chicago Flight, round-trip postcard with F’hafen cds of despatch and arrival, franked by pair of 1RM and one 2RM neatly tied, fresh…
Estimate: 240 EUR
Lot 10691 | 1936 Hindenburg Airship Olympia Flight: 2 cards an
Germany » German Empire
1936 Hindenburg Airship Olympia Flight: 2 cards and 1 cover incl. 1 with Olympic Games vignette, all franked mostly Olympia issue values, all addressed…
Estimate: 100 EUR
Lot 10692 | 1935-39, Group of four CRASH covers on exhibition
Large Lots and Collections
1935-39, Group of four CRASH covers on exhibition pages : 1937 (Nov 16) Sabena crash by Ju-52 from Munich to London, one of five known items salvaged,…
Estimate: 300 – 600 EUR
Lot 10693 | 1938 (Dec 2) Deutsche Lufthansa crash of the Berli
Germany » German Empire
1938 (Dec 2) Deutsche Lufthansa crash of the Berlin-Baghdad flight near Vienna, reportedly the only known cover (though Nierinck illustrates another) from…
Estimate: 400 EUR
Lot 10694 | 1939 (Aug 31) Deutsche Lufthansa crash by “Karl Hu
Germany » German Empire
1939 (Aug 31) Deutsche Lufthansa crash by “Karl Huchmuth” from Berlin to London which crashed on takeoff from Hannover killing all aboard, a partial severely…
Estimate: 150 EUR
Lot 10695 | 1912 Zeppelin “Viktoria-Luise,” special official p
Germany » German Empire
1912 Zeppelin “Viktoria-Luise,” special official ppc (of the airship in a storm, in colour) with imprinted 5pf Germania, two strikes of the oval Luftpost…
Estimate: 200 EUR
Lot 10696 | 1913 Zeppelin “Hansa,” Delag ppc with 5pf Germania
Germany » German Empire
1913 Zeppelin “Hansa,” Delag ppc with 5pf Germania added, tied by great strike of “Luftpost / HANSA” oval ds (11.7.13), the day the airship did a round-trip…
Estimate: 120 EUR
Lot 10697 | 1937 (May) Hindenburg Disaster, an exceptional cov
Germany » German Empire
1937 (May) Hindenburg Disaster, an exceptional cover franked by 1936 special set of two tied by Sieger type IX “on board” cds of 5.5.1937, singed at top…
Estimate: 8’000 EUR
Lot 10698 | 1944, Four Luftfeldpost covers with pairs of the s
Germany » Fieldpost WW II
1944, Four Luftfeldpost covers with pairs of the special label (Mi. 1A) and singles of the two French Volunteers sets (Mi. II-V, sheet margins), all tied…
Estimate: 400 EUR
Lot 10699 | 1941-42 French Legion airmails, normal sets (incl.
Germany » German WWII Occupation Issues » French Legion
1941-42 French Legion airmails, normal sets (incl. both shades of the “F” value), Mi. II-III imperf, then the major varieties incl. Mi. II Fand III FU…
Estimate: 600 EUR