| COVERS — Germany |
| Lot | Condition | Description | Value/Bidding |
| 1659 |  | (C38) tied on Baltic Zepp flight to Sweden with Stockholm receiving cds on back envelope reduced at top o/w F-VF. | Cat. Value: S.B. 160.00
Price Realized: $150.00 |
| 1660 | | DOX First Flight postcard mailed to the United States via South America cancelled on January 31, 1930. Franked having two Scott #34 tied by Freidrichaften postmark. It has a Rio de Janeiro receiving cancel on its front. | Cat. Value: S.B. 50.00
Price Realized: $42.00 |
| 1661 | | Graf Zeppelin First Flight postcard having two C38 cancelled in Friedrichshafen on May 18, 1930. It was mailed to New York. | Cat. Value: S.B. 150.00
Price Realized: $130.00 |
| 1662 | | Graf Zeppelin First Flight cacheted cover having one C36 stamp cancelled in Friedrichshafen on May 18, 1930. It was mailed to Sevilla, Spain and back stamped on May 19. | Cat. Value: S.B. 40.00
Price Realized: $55.00 |
| 1663 | | Graf Zeppelin First Flight Leipzig Trade Fair postcard having one C36 stamp cancelled in Friedrichshafen on October 7, 1928. It was mailed to Grand Rapids, Michigan having a New York transit cancel on October 16. | Cat. Value: S.B. 50.00
Price Realized: $65.00 |
| 1664 | | Two Graf Zeppelin Flight postcards both cancelled in Friedrichshaften. One was canceled on April 12, 1930 and has a transit cancel in Bern on April 12 and the other one was cancelled on April 15 having transit cancels in Barcelona on April 16 and Paris on April 19. Both were mailed to Munich. | Cat. Value: S.B. 100.00
Price Realized: $95.00 |
| 1665 | | Three Graf Zeppelin Flight covers all cancelled Friedrichshafen. One was cancelled on April 12, 1930, and has a transit cancel in Bern on April 12, one on April 15 having a cancel in Sevilla on April 16 and one on April 22 having a cancel in Bonn on April 22. All were mailed to Munich. | Cat. Value: S.B. 100.00
Price Realized: $110.00 |
| 1666 | | Graf Zeppelin Flight postcard cancelled in Friedrichshafen on April 22, 1930. It also has a Bonn cancel on April 22 and was mailed to Munich. | Cat. Value: S.B. 55.00
Price Realized: $30.00 |
| 1667 | | Graf Zeppelin Flight postcard cancelled On Board and in Durmersheim on July 28, 1929. | Cat. Value: S.B. 55.00
Price Realized: $290.00 |
| 1668 | | Graf Zeppelin Flight postcard cancelled On Board September 17, 1929 and in Zurich on September 28. | Cat. Value: S.B. 50.00
Price Realized: $210.00 |
| 1669 | | Graf Zeppelin Flight postcard cancelled On Board April 19, 1929 and in Baden-Baden also on April 19. It was mailed to Karlsruhe. | Cat. Value: S.B. 60.00
Price Realized: $160.00 |
| 1670 | | Graf Zeppelin Flight postcard cancelled On Board May 2, 1929. It was mailed to Salzburg. | Cat. Value: S.B. 60.00
Price Realized: $70.00 |
| 1671 | | Graf Zeppelin Flight postcard cancelled On Board and in Dortmund on September 12, 1929. It was mailed to Kassel. | Cat. Value: S.B. 55.00
Price Realized: $140.00 |
| 1672 | | Graf Zeppelin Flight postcard cancelled On Board and in Rosenheim on May 2, 1929. It was mailed to Munich. | Cat. Value: S.B. 55.00
Price Realized: $180.00 |
| 1673 | | Two Graf Zeppelin Flight postcards both cancelled On Board on September 17, 1929. One was cancelled in Osnabruck and the other in Eschweiller also on September 17. Both were mailed to Dortmund and both have an old paperclip indentation on their left side. | Cat. Value: S.B. 150.00
Price Realized: $290.00 |
| 1674 | | Two Graf Zeppelin South America First Flight cover having C38 and card cancelled in Friedrichshafen on May 18, 1930. Both were back stamped Sevilla, Spain on May 19. Both were mailed to Dowagiac, Michigan with the cover receiving a back stamp there on May 31. | Cat. Value: S.B. 200.00
Price Realized: $110.00 |
| 1675 | | Two Graf Zeppelin South America First Flight cover having C38 and card cancelled in Friedrichshafen on May 18, 1930. Both were back stamped Sevilla, Spain on May 18. Both were mailed to Dowagiac, Michigan and both have a receiving a back stamp there on May 31. | Cat. Value: S.B. 150.00
Price Realized: $150.00 |
| 1676 | | Graf Zeppelin South America First Flight cachet cover having C39 cancelled in Friedrichshafen on May 18, 1930. Cover was sent to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and back stamp cancelled on May 25. It was mailed to Dowagiac, Michigan and received a back-stamp N. Y. & Chi R. P. O. on June 11. | Cat. Value: S.B. 100.00
Price Realized: $95.00 |
| 1677 | | Two Graf Zeppelin South America First Flight cachet cover having C39 and card having C38 cancelled in Friedrichshafen on May 18, 1930. Both were sent to Pernambuco, Brazil and back stamped there. Both were mailed to Dowagiac. Michigan. The card and cover both have corner problems. | Cat. Value: S.B. 150.00
Price Realized: $150.00 |
| 1678 | | Graf Zeppelin South America First Flight cachet cover having two C38 and one C39 cancelled in Friedrichshafen on May 18, 1930. It was back stamped in Lakehurst on May 31. This cover was mailed to Dowagiac, Michigan. | Cat. Value: S.B. 250.00
Price Realized: $210.00 |
| 1679 | | Two Graf Zeppelin South America First Flight cachet cover having one C38 and two C39 and a card having one C39 cancelled in Friedrichshafen on May 18, 1930. Both were back stamped in Lakehurst on May 31 and they were mailed to Dowagiac Michigan. | Cat. Value: S.B. 350.00
Price Realized: $325.00 |
| 1680 | | Graf Zeppelin South America First Flight cachet cover having two C38 and two C39 cancelled in Friedrichshafen on May 18, 1930. This cover made the complete round trip via Spain, Brazil, and the United States. It received a back stamp cancel on June 6. | Cat. Value: S.B. 350.00
Price Realized: $300.00 |
| 1681 | | Graf Zeppelin South America passenger mail cachet cover having one C38. This cover bears the ship cancellation and is dated May 19, 1930 indicating that it was mailed while the Graf was between Friedrichshafen and Sevilla, Spain. It has upper left corner damage and both lower corners have minor folds. | Cat. Value: S.B. 75.00
Price Realized: $80.00 |
| 1682 | | Graf Zeppelin Flight cover having one C37 cancelled in Friedrichshafen on 10 Okt 1929. It was mailed to Brooklyn, New York and back stamped on October 26. | Cat. Value: S.B. 50.00
Price Realized: $30.00 |
| 1683 | | Graf Zeppelin Flight card having one C36 cancelled in Friedrichshafen on 13 Okt 1928. It was mailed to New York and back stamped on October 16. | Cat. Value: S.B. 50.00
Price Realized: $32.00 |
| 1684 | | Chicago Zeppelin flight cover posted in Berlin (13.10.33) to Chicago (backstamped Oct 26, 1933) with two different bold cachets. Pleasingly franked with C28, C29, C31, and C43 x 2 (one with slight tear at LL). Condition renders this one "as is" with a 15mm tear at LL which does enter the stamp. Wrinkles, and a torn back flap are also flaws. Pleasing clear cachets and a sound tied C43 are the strengths. | Cat. Value: S.B. 200.00
Price Realized: $220.00 |
| 1685 | | Zeppelin flight cover for the Polar Flight of 1931. Travels from Friedrichshafen (Bodensee 24.7.31) to the Icebreaker Malyguin (27VII31) using #C42. Clear markings. | Cat. Value: S.B. 120.00
Price Realized: $190.00 |
| 1686 | | Matched card and cover set to the US delayed flight of May-August 1929 from an old time Zeppelin exhibit. Both are "Luftschiff Graf Zeppelin" (16.5.1929) double cancelled with August 5, 1929 receiving markings. Clean, crisp, with proper markings, with the PPC showing the craft over Bergenz. Has a couple of pencil marks on the front. | Cat. Value: S.B. 100.00
Price Realized: $60.00 |
| 1687 | | Flown Zeppelin cover postmarked by the Graf Zeppelin (on board 25.3.1929) to Er Ramle, Palestine (26.3.1929). Proper Orientfahrt 1929 red cachet and backstamp. | Cat. Value: S.B. 70.00
Price Realized: $65.00 |
| 1688 | | Flown Zeppelin cover for the Egypt flight of 1929 using C33. Left Friedrichshafen (24.3.29), backstamped Jerusalem (27.3.29) plus the slogan "Visit the Palestine and Near East Exhibition, Tel Aviv April, 1929". Still mounted on exhibit page. | Cat. Value: S.B. 60.00
Price Realized: $70.00 |
| 1689 | | Flown Zeppelin cover for the Egypt flight of 1929 using C27 x2 and C33. Left Friedrichshafen (24.3.29), backstamped Stamboul, Turkey. Still mounted on exhibit page. | Cat. Value: S.B. 50.00
Price Realized: $48.00 |
| 1690 | | Two Graf Zeppelin cacheted card having one C36 and cover having one C37 canceled in Friedrichshafen on July 31, 1929. Both were backstamped New York on August 5, 1929 at 3 A.M. | Cat. Value: S.B. 80.00
Price Realized: $65.00 |
| 1691 | | Graf Zeppelin cacheted cover having one C37 canceled in Friedrichshafen on May 15, 1929. It was sent to Libau, Latvia via New York where it was back stamped on August 5. | Cat. Value: S.B. 60.00
Price Realized: $85.00 |
| 1692 | | Flown Zeppelin cover for the Egypt flight of 1929 using C33. Left Friedrichshafen (24.3.29) addressed to New York. No backstamp. Two soiled corners. | Cat. Value: S.B. 60.00
Price Realized: $28.00 |
| 1693 | | Zeppelin Swiss 5th flight cover and card both cancelled 2.11.1929 in Zurich as the Zeppelin landed there. Both mailed to Sheboygan, Wisconsin. The cover has a vertical fold in its middle and a small tear on its left side and the card is a little wrinkled. Both still nice flight examples. | Cat. Value: S.B. 40.00
Price Realized: $26.00 |
| 1694 | | Zeppelin Stuttgart Return Flight card. After landing in Stuttgart, Rheinflight cancelled Boblingen on November 3 and then Friedrichshafen also on November 3. | Cat. Value: S.B. 30.00
Price Realized: $18.00 |
| 1695 | | Pair of flown Zeppelin PPCs for the Egypt flight of 1929 each using C32. Together they show the variety of cancels possible for this trip. All the proper makings in flown condition. A pretty pair. | Cat. Value: S.B. 100.00
Price Realized: $160.00 |
| 1696 | | Flown Zeppelin cover for the Egypt flight of 1929 using C36. Left Friedrichshafen (24.3.29), backstamped Er Ramle (26.3.29). Interesting destination. | Cat. Value: S.B. 60.00
Price Realized: $60.00 |
| 1697 | | Flown Zeppelin cover for the Egypt flight of 1929 using C36. Left Friedrichshafen (24.3.29), backstamped Alexandria, Egypt (28.3.29) where it was dropped and forwarded on to Libau, Latvia. Clean clear markings. | Cat. Value: S.B. 70.00
Price Realized: $120.00 |
| 1698 | | Flown Zeppelin PPC for the Egypt flight of 1929 using 358, 343, and C32. Left Friedrichshafen (24.3.29), backstamped Port Said (28.3.29). Most interesting is the clean post card commemorating "Der Deutch Umeritaflug" from Ireland to Newfoundland. | Cat. Value: S.B. 100.00
Price Realized: $75.00 |
| 1699 | | Flown Zeppelin card and cover pair for the Egypt flight of 1929 using C32 and C33. Left Friedrichshafen (24.3.29), backstamped Cairo, Egypt (28.3.29) where they were dropped. Clean clear markings. | Cat. Value: S.B. 80.00
Price Realized: $110.00 |
| 1700 | | Flown Zeppelin Mediterranean flight cover. Left Friedrichshafen (22. APR.1929) arrived in Seville, Spain (24.4.29). Uses C33 to pay for the flight. All proper cancels, cachet, and backstamp. | Cat. Value: S.B. 60.00
Price Realized: $28.00 |
| 1701 | | Flown Zeppelin Mediterranean flight card. Postmarked aboard the Graf Zeppelin (22. 4.1929) arrived in San Remo, Spain (25.4.29). Uses C32 to pay for the flight. All proper cancels, cachet, and backstamp along with a nice Zeppelin picture post card. | Cat. Value: S.B. 60.00
Price Realized: $65.00 |
| 1702 | | Flown Zeppelin Mediterranean flight cover. Postmarked aboard the Graf Zeppelin (22. 4.1929) arrived in Seville, Spain (24.4.29). Uses C36 to pay for the flight. All proper clear cancels, cachet, and backstamp. | Cat. Value: S.B. 60.00
Price Realized: $42.00 |
| 1703 | | Flown Zeppelin Mediterranean flight cover. Postmarked aboard the Graf Zeppelin (22. 4.1929) arrived in Seville, Spain (24.4.29). Uses C36 to pay for the flight. All proper clear cancels, cachet, and backstamp. | Cat. Value: S.B. 60.00
Price Realized: $38.00 |
| 1704 | | Flown Zeppelin Mediterranean oversize flight cover. Postmarked Friedrichshafen (22. 4.1929) arrived in Seville, Spain (24.4.29) on its way to Constantinople. Uses six colors with 337 to pay for the flight. All proper clear cancels, cachet, and backstamp. Some bends in the corners. | Cat. Value: S.B. 60.00
Price Realized: $65.00 |
| 1705 | | Graf Zeppelin cacheted card having one C36 canceled in Friedrichshafen on May 15, 1929. It was backstamped New York on August 5 and was mailed to Dowagiac, Michigan. | Cat. Value: S.B. 40.00
Price Realized: $26.00 |
| 1706 | | Graf Zeppelin cacheted cover having one C37 canceled in Friedrichshafen on May 15, 1929. It was backstamped New York on August 5 and was mailed to Dowagiac, Michigan. This cover was carried on the attempted flight when it was forced to turn back because of storms and motor trouble. | Cat. Value: S.B. 50.00
Price Realized: $26.00 |
| 1707 | | Two Graf Zeppelin cacheted card and cover for the Mediterranean Flight. The cover having one C36 and card were both canceled on April 22, 1929 and both were backstamped Sevilla on April 24. | Cat. Value: S.B. 80.00
Price Realized: $38.00 |
| 1708 | | Zeppelin flight cover. Left Friedrichshafen (15.5.29), backstamped New York (5.8.29) and Lakewood, New Jersey later on the same day. Uses # C37 to pay for the flight. Clean with clear delayed flight marking, cancels and cachet. Autographed on the front by Dr. Hugo Eckner and on the reverse by Captain Hans Von Schiller. | Cat. Value: S.B. 140.00
Price Realized: $240.00 |
| 1709 | | Two Graf Zeppelin cacheted postcard and cover for the Egypt Flight. The cover having one C36 and card were both canceled on March 24, 1929 in Friedrichshafen. The cover was mailed to Cairo having a weak back stamp and the postcard received a Newark, New Jersey back stamp on April 13. This postcard has a vertical fold on its right edge. | Cat. Value: S.B. 100.00
Price Realized: $130.00 |
| 1710 | | Zeppelin flight cover. Left Friedrichshafen (15.5.29), backstamped New York (5.8.29) and Lakewood, New Jersey later on the same day. Uses # C37 to pay for the flight. Clean with clear delayed flight marking, cancels and cachet. Autographed on the front by Knut Eckner (Hugo's son) and on the reverse by Captain Hans Von Schiller. | Cat. Value: S.B. 80.00
Price Realized: $210.00 |
| 1711 | | Zeppelin flight cover. Posted with #C36 aboard the Graf Zeppelin (22.4.29) on its way to Egypt. Backstamped Seville, Spain (24.4.29). Slightly soiled with corners blunted. | Cat. Value: S.B. 50.00
Price Realized: $28.00 |
| 1712 | | Two Graf Zeppelin cacheted postal card and cover for the Polar Flight. The cover having one C45 and card having one C44 were both canceled on July 24, 1931 in Friedrichshafen. Both received the Brise-Glace Malyguin (Icebreaker Maligin) cancel on July 27 and were mailed to Dowagiac, Michigan. The postal card has severe stains and two small tears on its right edge. | Cat. Value: S.B. 200.00
Price Realized: $160.00 |
| 1713 | | Zeppelin flight cover. Posted with #C32 in Friedrichshafen (24.3.29) on its way to Latvia. Backstamped Alexandria, Egypt (29.3.29). Clean, with crisp markings. | Cat. Value: S.B. 40.00
Price Realized: $30.00 |
| 1714 | | Rough condition Zeppelin flight cover from the first Swiss flight of 1929. Canceled with a ship cancel (26.9.29), #C27, C30, and 337 pay the 50pf rate. Two Swiss backstamps (27.9.29) and (28.9.29) prove the delivery. Folded in the center, soiled, and a paper clip mark are all flaws. | Cat. Value: S.B. 60.00
Price Realized: $950.00 |
| 1715 | | Crew member Albert Lehmann, a steward on the LZ127 Graf Zeppelin, prepared this card cached "on board 20.Sep.1928. The card is postmarked Offenburg (20.9.28), the town in in which Albert Lehmann was born addressed to himself back in Friedrichshafen where he was based. Because the card was dropped from the Graf Zeppelin unfranked, there is a 15 pfennig postage "Due" marking in blue crayon plus a boxed red cachet "Nachgebühr," or "Postage Due," on top of the card. Flawed by a paper clip indentation. Lehmann made many such souvenirs from his group of "Zeppelin-Spende" cards. This one is a great example. | Cat. Value: S.B. 150.00
Price Realized: $350.00 |
| 1716 | | Zeppelin flight cover carried in the first flight of the Graf zeppelin to Seattle, Washington from Friedrichshafen (10.10.1928) through New York (16.10.1928) using C37 to pay the rate. Also includes a card from the same flight using C36. | Cat. Value: S.B. 70.00
Price Realized: $36.00 |
| 1717 | | U505 submarine feldpost cover F-VF. | Cat. Value: S.B. 100.00
Price Realized: $110.00 |
| 1718 | | Zeppelin flight cover from Friedrichshafen (24.3.1929) to Athens, Greece (30.3.1929). Lightly soiled from its travels. Uses #C33 for a 2M franking. All the proper cachets and backstamps. | Cat. Value: S.B. 70.00
Price Realized: $30.00 |
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