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Auction: 177 - The Philatelic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 570

Postal History Collections & Balances - Aviation
Graf Zeppelin 1928-1939 postal history collection,
with over seventy covers and cards, an exceptionally diverse exploration of the flights of this famed airship, noting 1928 America Flight, three examples to the USA, each with 4RM brown and postmarked Friedrichshafen, 1928 America Flight, two examples to the USA, each with 2RM blue Zeppelin, 1929 Round the World Flight, franked with 2RM and 4RM Zeppelin pair, (the latter with small corner fault), 1929 Round the World Flight, with U.S. franking, carried from Lakehurst to Lakehurst,1930 South America Flight, two examples with 4RM brown South America Flight frankings, both from Friedrichshafen (May 18), one to Pernambuco, the other to Santa Cruz de Tenerife, 1930 South America Flight, one example with two 2RM blue Zeppelin frankings, Friedrichshafen (18 May) to Delanco, California, handstamped “Missent to McFarland, Cal.”, 1930 Spain, England, Breslau, and two Switzerland flights, with example to England being franked with 2RM blue and handstamped “RETOUR / A L’ENVOYEUR”, 1930 Russia Flight with beautiful Liechtenstein franking, 1930 Seville Flight, two covers with Spanish frankings, both quite visually striking, 1930 South America Flight, with $1.30 USA Graf Zeppelin adhesive, and another with Liechtenstein franking, 1930 Northern Lands Flight, with on-board cancel, 1931 Hungary Flight postal card, 1931 Egypt Flight Cairo to Germany and another to Greece, with impressive Austrian franking, 1931 Pommerania Flight to Stettin with on-board cancellation, 1931 Baltic Sea Flight from Lubeck with on-board cancellation, 1931 Liechtenstein to Lausanne Flight cover with set of 1fr & 2fr Zeppelin Air Post issues, 1931 Iceland Flight “Zeppelin Mail” postcard from Reykjavik, franked with 1kr “Zeppelin / 1931” overprint, 1931 Austria Flight postcard with Austrian franking, 1931 Polar Flight cover with matching 4RM Graf Zeppelin Air Post, tied by on board cancel (a scarce example but with some faults), 1931 Polar Flight cover to the Icebreaker Malyguin, registered cover with imperforate Graf Zeppelin franking of the USSR, 1931 Brazil Flight, three examples with Zeppelin frankings, one on attractive real photo postcard, 1931 Second South America Flight postal card with 2RM blue Graf Zeppelin, and cover with 4RM brown Graf Zeppelin, both in combination with Brazilian frankings, several 1932 South America Flights, one with 1RM Graf Zeppelin franking on postcard of Dr. Eckener with on-board cancel, another 1RM used on real photo card depicting the Zeppelin landing on the Bodensee, 1932 Netherlands Flight, 1933 South America Flight cover to Brazil, 1933 Century of Progress Flight cover Miami to Chicago, 1933 South America Flight cover dispatched from Berlin to Rio de Janeiro with two confirmation cachets, 1933 South America Flight registered from Brazil to Romania, 1933 Brazilian franking to Chicago on RPPC with message “a memento of the first flight of the Zep from Rio to Chicago,” 1933 Chicago Flight with 2RM Graf Zeppelin Chicago Flight, tied by on board cancel (some toning), 1933 Rome Flight on-board cancel on RPPC, 1934 Argentina Flight covers (2, on with 1RM Graf Zeppelin franking), 1934 South America Flight and Christmas Flight cover with on-board cancel, and several more, some with typical small faults but an overall visually-appealing group of above-average quality, and an exceptional beginning to a detailed study of this popular field.

Sold for
$3,000

Starting price
$2400