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Public Auction #436

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COVERS — Switzerland
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
1675CVSwitzerland cover and card pair for the September, 1929 Zeppelin flight from Lausanne (28.IX.29) to Bern (28.IX.29). Proper Luftschiff, Graf Zeppelin hand stamp along with the "An Bord" red cachet. The card is postage due. Owners marks on reverse and slight paper clip indentations at left of each do not deter from their outward appearance. Scarce.Cat. Value: S.B. 160.00
Price Realized: $220.00
1676CVThree Switzerland Zeppelin flight cards from the (28.9.29) flight. Two are pre-flight handbacks, then mailed with (27.9.29) Luftschiff, Graf Zeppelin cachet cancels. Mild paper clip indentation on the left side. Both Interlaken to Luzern the same day. The other is a PPC with an “On Board” cachet.Cat. Value: S.B. 150.00
Price Realized: $1,300.00
1677CVSwitzerland Zeppelin cover from the Pan America flight of 1930. Traveled aboard from Romanshorn (May 16, 1930) to Lakehurst (May 30, 1930). All the proper markings on a four color franking. A little beat up from its travels, but still an excellent example of a difficult leg of this trip.Cat. Value: S.B. 120.00
Price Realized: $150.00
1678CVSwitzerland Zeppelin flight card from the (28.9.29) flight. Mailed from Zurich (28,9.29) to Winterthur. Luftschiff, Graf Zeppelin cachet cancels. Interthur (29.IX.29) receiving mark. Mild paper clip indentation on the left side. The PPC shows stylized Zeppelin over rough water with an “On Board” cachet.Cat. Value: S.B. 120.00
Price Realized: $110.00
1679CVSwitzerland Zeppelin flight cover and card both cancelled 2.11.1929. The cover was cancelled in Zurich and the card was landed at Zurich and dropped at St. Gallen. Back stamped at Lausanne November 5.Cat. Value: S.B. 120.00
Price Realized: $150.00
1680CVSwitzerland Graf Zeppelin Flight official cachet cover cancelled on August 12,1929 in Basel. It was mailed to the Swiss Legation in Tokyo and cancelled there on August 21. An unusual Swiss and Japanese combo flight. Direct from an old, original collection just coming onto the market.Cat. Value: S.B. 90.00
Price Realized: $110.00
1681CVSwitzerland Graf Zeppelin Flight official cachet National Festival postcard cancelled on August 12,1929 in Basel. It was mailed to the Swiss Legation in Tokyo and cancelled there on August 21. From an original collection just coming onto the market.Cat. Value: S.B. 90.00
Price Realized: $120.00
1682CVSwitzerland Zeppelin Flight “Bird’s Eye View” postcard cancelled in Friedrichshafen on 2. Nov.29. It was mailed to Zurich and cancelled there on 2.XI.29.Cat. Value: S.B. 50.00
Price Realized: $70.00
1683CVSwitzerland registered postcard cancelled on January 6, 1938 in Zurich. It was posted with a B89 souvenir sheet.Cat. Value: S.B. 40.00
Price Realized: $38.00