Lot 40816 – 1909-39 ENORMOUS ZEPPELIN COLLECTION OF ABOUT 800

1909-39 ENORMOUS ZEPPELIN COLLECTION OF ABOUT 800 COVERS & CARDS + 350+- PICTURE POSTCARDS WITH AIRSHIP THEMATICS A holding not easy to repeat in that quantity and could serve itself as a specialized auction, especially taking in account the diversity of that lot with hardly any duplication or in case of same flights with totally different frankings To give the interested dealer or collector a better overview a detailed listing of all countries present follows: EUROPE: AEGEAN ISLAND (3, Italy-Rhodes combi from Simi for 1933 3rd South America flight, Rhodes Aegean Islands combi (2, one with complete set) for 1933 Rome voyage, ANDORRA (1, 9th South America voyage – not catalogued in Sieger & Michel), AUSTRIA (38, including 15 different Haida cards 1913 & 2 Olympic flights 1936 1 metermark), BALTICS (1x Latvia, 1x Estonia, 1x Lithuania) BELGIUM (4), BOHEMIA & MORAVIA (4, all combis German Reich and B&M or Czechosl. and very scarce), CZECHOSLOVAKIA (55, incl. 3 Austria & 7 Dt. Reich combis which are all not catalogued, 1 metermark), DANZIG (19, incl. 1932 2nd South-America voyage on doublecard with return flight Brazilian-Danzig combo, 1933 Switzerland voyage, 1 metermark) DENMARK (3, 1932 4th & 6th Soth America voyage, 1936 1st North America), ERITREA (1, 1933 1934 Argentina voyage), FINLAND (10, including 1932 6th South-America, 1933 4th,5th & 6th South America voyage, others are Finland flights incl. 1 cover with pair), FRANCE (2, 1933 5tzh South America voyage, 1934 Argentine voyage), GIBRALTAR (1, 50th Ocean Crossing registered card to Pernambuco), GREAT BRITAIN (2, 3rd & 6th South America voyage), GREECE (2, 1932 3rd South America voyage, 1933 Rome voyage with complete set on cover) HUINGARY (12, 1930 Ostseefahrt, 1931 1st to 3rd South America voyage, 1933 2nd South America voyage, 1936 North America voyage, rest Hungary flights), IRELAND (1, 1933 South America – Chicago voyage), ICELAND (2 cards & 1 cover – all Iceland voyage), ITALY (4, 2 Rome voyages incl.1 with complete set, 1934 1st & 2nd South America voyage), LIECHTENSTEIN (13 including 1 Hungary and 1 Austria combination), LUXEMBURG (2, as usual combos with German Reich, 1934, 1936), NETHERLANDS (8), NORWAY (3, 1932, 1933 & 1936 all South America voyages), POLAND (1, 4.South-America-voyage on stationery picture card), RUSSIA (20, including 1 ppc and 3 Zepp stationeries for no special flight), SAARGEBIET (4, including Rome-voyage 1933), SAN MARINO (6, 1 1933 Rome flight with cpl.set, 5x Hennig covers 1939), SPAIN (6, mostly for 1930 Spain voyage and 1930 1st South America voyage), SWEDEN (2, 1934 South America, 1936 North-America), TRIPOLITANIA (1933 Rome voyage), TURKEY (2, 1932 4th & 6th South America voyage), VATICAN (1, 1932 3rd South America flight) YUGOSLAVIA (2, 1932 9th South America -, 1933 1st South America voyage) OVERSEAS: ARGENTINA (18, all from 1930-1935, many franked 1930 or 1932 Zepp ovpts.), BRAZIL (81, including 11 covers or cards with the 1930 overprinted or unoverprinted Condor- Zeppelin issue, a valuable group with many different flights and better frankings, BOLIVIA (3, 1 from 1932 2nd South America flight, 2 from 1932 3rd South America voyage), CHILE (3, all from 1932: 5th, 7th & 8th South America voyage), COLOMBIA (2, 1931/32 cover for 2 voyages, 1932 3rd South America voyage Brasil/Colombia combo EGYPT (3, all 1931 Egypt voyage – 3 different), JAPAN (2, 1929 Round-the-World to Lakehurst & Friedrichshafen), MAROC (1, 1933 50th Ocean Crossing), PARAGUAY (19, all from 1932-1936 PERU (2, 1932 Peruvian-Brasilien combo cover for 1932 7th South America voyage, 1936 7th South America flight, SYRIA (1, 1929 Orient voyage pseudo-combi with Syria) USA (43, including 10 1930 1st South-America-Europe covers and cards with special US stamps 65C (4 including block of 4), 1$30 (3), 2$50 (3), also 7 1933 Century of Progress Flights with 50C special stamp including 1 cover with block of 4 – all in all a valuable group), NORTHERN RHODESIA (1, 1934 1st South America voyage), URUGUAY (14, all between 1930-1935) GERMAN REICH – DEUTSCHES REICH: EARLY ZEPPELIN PERIOD: 1912-1924 (14, including 9 from 1912/13 period – noted several rare ones, 2 from 1924 and 3 other airmail postal stationery, one with 1961 Sieger cert., AIR MAIL RHEIN / MAIN section: (34, including 1x EELP, 3x Gelber Hund – one with plate error ‘Huna’, one with double franking Gelber Hund), AIR MAIL BAEC Bavaria 1912: (2, one unused, one used) REGULAR GERMAN REICH ZEPPELIN PERIOD (325 covers and cards of various flights and an enormous diversity, better stamps used for the different covers are mentioned here: South America flight stamps 2M (12), 4M (11), Polar flight stamps 1M (5), 2M (2), 4M (4), Chicago flight stamps 1M (3), 2M (3), 4M (2), POSTCARDS with ZEPPELIN THEMATIC : in addition to this large and valuable collection this lot includes also a large holding of about 360 picture postcards & a few ephemeria items (Est. CHF 50’000/70’000)