| COVERS — Germany |
| Lot | Condition | Description | Value/Bidding |
   
5 TOTAL IMAGES | 517 |  | Hindenburg crash cover, one of the rarest and most desirable of all crash mail items. the remains of a PPC recovered from the wreck of the Hindenburg airship which burst into flames while mooring to its pylon, at Lakehurst, New Jersey, after a transatlantic flight, on May 6th 1937. This card is addressed to A. Thasler in Friedrichshafen, Brunnenstr. 15. The included DR. Joachim Simon BPP correctly watermarked 1993 certificate concludes that this is a genuine example of a surviving crash cover. It goes on to describe in detail its faults while providing views of both sides of the card. Not often is one presented with a rare opportunity to garner something this desirable for his collection. Carefully read the certificate and bid accordingly. | Cat. Value: S.B. 6000.00
Price Realized: $3,750.00 |
  | 518 | | (C36) Graf Zeppelin Mediterranean Flight cover from Friedrichshafen (22. 4. 29) to East Orange, New Jersey via Seville, Spain (24 ABR 1929). Most interesting is the tied by cancel Roessler overprinted "Graf Zeppelin" US 1 cent Franklin. Excellent condition. Seldom seen. | Cat. Value: S.B. 200.00
Price Realized: $210.00 |
  | 519 | | (C37) Graf Zeppelin flight cover from Friedrichshafen (15. MAI. 29) to New York (Aug 8, 1929). Beautiful Roessler cacheted envelope with his "Zeppelin, 1 mark Franklin" label conveniently tied by the blue cachet. Another philatelic showpiece. | Cat. Value: S.B. 160.00
Price Realized: $140.00 |
  | 520 | | (C40-C42) on flown Polar Flight Zeppelin complete set cover from Friedrichshafen (24. 7. 1931) to the Ice Breaker Malyguin (27 VII 31) then back to Nurnberg, Germany. Clean, crisp markings tight corners. PPC is a Nurnberg street scene. Great example of a "sets" cover. | Cat. Value: Cat. 1130.00
Price Realized: $650.00 |
   | 521 | | (C40, C41,C42) all from the same Polar flight. The 1st is on card, the others on covers. The last with vertical crease. | Cat. Value: S.B. 270.00
Price Realized: $375.00 |
  | 522 | | (C40 x2) on flown Polar Flight Zeppelin cover from "On Board the Graf Zeppelin" (30. 7. 1931) back to Sieger in Wurttemberg. Clean, crisp markings tight corners. Desirable on board date. | Cat. Value: S.B. 150.00
Price Realized: $240.00 |
  | 523 | | (C40) on flown Polar Flight Zeppelin PPC from "On Board the Graf Zeppelin" (25. 7. 1931) after leaving Leningrad on the same day. Two days later went on to Stockholm and finally arrived at its destination in Visby, Sweden. Clean, Crisp, ready for display. Uncommon destination and routing. | Cat. Value: S.B. 150.00
Price Realized: $120.00 |
  | 524 | | (C40) on flown Polar Flight Zeppelin PPC from Berlin (25. 7. 1931) to Leningrad on the same day. Two days later wound up in Berlin again (27.7.31). Then went on to Amsterdam. Cute note on reverse. Clean, Crisp, ready for display. Uncommon destination and routing. | Cat. Value: S.B. 120.00
Price Realized: $80.00 |
 | 525 | | (C42) on flown Polar Flight Zeppelin cover from "On Board the Graf Zeppelin" (27. 7. 1931) to the Ice Breaker Malyguin (27 VII 31) then back to Moscow (26 8 31). Clean, crisp markings tight corners. Desirable. | Cat. Value: Cat. 825.00
Price Realized: $280.00 |
  | 526 | | (C43-C45) flown Zeppelin "sets" cover from Berlin (14. 10. 33) to Chicago, and then back to Berlin (3. 11. 33) via Friedrichshafen (2. 11. 33). Lightly soiled from its long journey with 3 lovely cachets. A showpiece. | Cat. Value: Cat. 980.00
Price Realized: $350.00 |
  | 527 | | (C43) on a Chicago Flight Zeppelin cover from Berlin (13. 10. 1933) to Blairstown, New Jersey, via Chicago (Oct 26,1933). Extra cachet provides more interest than the usually seen cover. | Cat. Value: S.B. 180.00
Price Realized: $160.00 |
  | 528 | | (CL3) Three stamps used on a pioneer Palace Card. Sent by air from Darmstadt (23.6.12). No message or backstamp. Shows wear from its journey. | Cat. Value: S.B. 120.00
Price Realized: $100.00 |
  | 529 | | Graf Zeppelin card posted "On Board" (17 OKT. 1929) during the flight over the Balkans and Silesia. Dropped at Liegnitz on the same date. Nice PPC portrait of the Count on the obverse. | Cat. Value: S.B. 450.00
Price Realized: $210.00 |
  | 530 | | Graf Zeppelin card posted "On Board" (17. OCT. 1929) during the Flight to the Balkans and Silesia. Dropped and posted at Beuthen on the same date, then on to Wurttemberg. Nice PPC of the Graf Zeppelin emerging from its hanger, on the obverse. Light repairs and a few negligible glue stains. Rare card with exemplary markings. | Cat. Value: S.B. 450.00
Price Realized: $140.00 |
 | 531 | | Flown LZ 127 PPC from the first American flight of the Graf Zeppelin. Crew mail. Posted in Cuers, France, during a lay over from an emergency landing. Red handstamp "On board the Graf Zeppelin" (20. MAI. 1929) in two places. Comes with a 1986 Sieger certificate. | Cat. Value: S.B. 425.00
Price Realized: $210.00 |
  | 532 | | Graf Zeppelin card posted "On Board" (17. SEP. 1929) during the flight over Germany. Dropped at Eschweileron the same date. Nice color PPC on the obverse. | Cat. Value: S.B. 425.00
Price Realized: $210.00 |
  | 533 | | Graf Zeppelin card posted "On Board" (2. MAI. 1928) during the Austria Flight. Dropped and posted at St. Polten on the same date In 1929 as the on board hand stamp was set in error. Nice real photo PPC of the Graf Zeppelin over a rough sea, on the obverse. | Cat. Value: S.B. 425.00
Price Realized: $200.00 |
 | 534 | | Graf Zeppelin card posted "Luftschiff Graf Zeppelin" (27.9.29) during the Second Switzerland Flight. Dropped and posted at Interlaken on the same date. Interesting use of a Swiss postal card. No message. | Cat. Value: S.B. 425.00
Price Realized: $325.00 |
  | 535 | | Graf Zeppelin card posted "On Board" (18 FEB. 1929) during The Lake Constance flight. Dropped at Ravensburg on the same date. Nice PPC "Zeppelin in a hanger" on the obverse. | Cat. Value: S.B. 400.00
Price Realized: $170.00 |
  | 536 | | Graf Zeppelin (Workshop Flight) on an Eckener Spende PPC dropped from "On Board" (22 FEB. 1929) posted in Romanshorn, Switzerland (25.II.29). No postage so large T marking and a blue 35 postage due. Rare flight card. Some minor staining at top. | Cat. Value: S.B. 375.00
Price Realized: $210.00 |
  | 537 | | Graf Zeppelin card posted "On Board" (28. SEP. 1929) during the Third Switzerland Flight. Dropped and posted at Zurich on the same date. Went on to Winterthur (29. IX29). Nice real photo PPC of the Graf Zeppelin over a rough sea, on the obverse. | Cat. Value: S.B. 375.00
Price Realized: $220.00 |
  | 538 | | Round the World Zeppelin flight cover posted on board (16.8.1929) paying the 10 Mark rate for Friedrichshafen to Lakehurst (Aug29,1929). Interestingly signed by: Dr. Eckener and postal inspector F. Kuhn at the bottom right. Rare as such. | Cat. Value: S.B. 325.00
Price Realized: $210.00 |
  | 539 | | Graf Zeppelin Round the World flight card posted "Luftschiff Graf Zeppelin" (16.8.1929) after it left Friedrichshafen on the 15th. Went all the way around on a Graf Zeppelin PPC winding up in Wurttemberg. Beautiful 7 Mark franking. Crisp clear markings and just the slightest bit of corner bumps. Pretty. | Cat. Value: S.B. 325.00
Price Realized: $250.00 |
  | 540 | | Zurich Flight Zeppelin cover posted on board Graf Zeppelin (17.6.1930) flown from Zurich (17.VI.30) to Apolda (18.6.30). All the proper markings. Interesting eight color franking that includes Zusammendrucke panes HB66, HB67 without tabs. Striking. | Cat. Value: S.B. 300.00
Price Realized: $250.00 |
  | 541 | | Graf Zeppelin Second America Flight cover posted "On Board" (3. 8. 1929) backstamped New York (August 5, 1929). Expertise mark on reverse. Lightly toned. | Cat. Value: S.B. 220.00
Price Realized: $80.00 |
  | 542 | | Germany Graf Zeppelin cacheted First Flight cover having one C42 cancelled on the Icebreaker Malyguin on 27.VII 1931. Mailed to Moscow and cancelled on 23.8 and 26.8 1931. | Cat. Value: S.B. 200.00
Price Realized: $110.00 |
 | 543 | | Graf Zeppelin card posted "On Board" (26. SEP. 1929) during the First Switzerland Flight. Dropped and posted at Solothurn on the same date. Blank obverse. | Cat. Value: S.B. 200.00
Price Realized: $160.00 |
  | 544 | | Graf Zeppelin card posted "On Board" (19.APR. 1929) during the South West Germany Flight. Dropped and posted at Mannheim on the same date. Obverse an overhead view of the Graf Zeppelin. | Cat. Value: S.B. 200.00
Price Realized: $65.00 |
  | 545 | | Graf Zeppelin Middle East Flight cover from Friedrichshafen ( 24. MRZ 1929 ) to Er Ramle, Palestine (26. MR. 29). Proper clear markings. Rare destination. | Cat. Value: S.B. 150.00
Price Realized: $110.00 |
  | 546 | | Graf Zeppelin Around the World flight card from Friedrichshafen (15. 8. 29) to Los Angeles (AUG 26, 1929). Friendly message on the reverse of 15pf postal card franked with C37. | Cat. Value: S.B. 140.00
Price Realized: $110.00 |
  | 547 | | Graf Zeppelin card posted "Luftschiff Graf Zeppelin" (6.10.29) during the Fifth Switzerland Flight. Dropped and posted at Zurich and then off to Basel on the same date. PPC shows the Graf Zeppelin in flight. Short message. | Cat. Value: S.B. 140.00
Price Realized: $130.00 |
 | 548 | | Graf Zeppelin Iceland Flight cover to Reykjavik, Iceland (1. VII. 31) from On Board the Graf Zeppelin (1. 7.. 31). Outstanding An Bord envelope from Zeppelin stationery shop. Franked with Germany #C36. | Cat. Value: S.B. 120.00
Price Realized: $95.00 |
  | 549 | | Graf Zeppelin card posted "On Board" (12. SEP. 1929) during the flight over Germany. Dropped at Dusseldorf on the same date. Nice real photo PPC of the Zeppelin over Berlin on the obverse. At one time was paper clipped to another cover. | Cat. Value: S.B. 120.00
Price Realized: $60.00 |
  | 550 | | Graf Zeppelin card posted "Luftschiff Graf Zeppelin" (12.04.30) during a Switzerland Flight. Dropped and posted at Basel on the same date. Bird's eye city view on its obverse. | Cat. Value: S.B. 120.00
Price Realized: $40.00 |
  | 551 | | Graf Zeppelin flight cover from the Baltic Sea Flight of 1931. On Board "Luftschiff" cancel (14.5. 1931). "Zeppelin Abwurf Post" handstamp dropped to Copenhagen on the same date and from there back to Munich. No backstamp or message. Unusual. | Cat. Value: S.B. 100.00
Price Realized: $100.00 |
  | 552 | | Graf Zeppelin Round the World flight card to Tokyo, Japan (19 Aug. 1929) from Friedrichshafen (15. 8. 29) then On Board (16. 8. 29). Interesting destination and C36 franking. Clean, crisp markings, with a message in Japaneese on the reverse. | Cat. Value: S.B. 100.00
Price Realized: $120.00 |
 | 553 | | Graf Zeppelin card posted "Luftschiff Graf Zeppelin" (1.10.29) during the Bavaria Flight. Dropped and posted at Munich on the same date. Blank obverse. | Cat. Value: S.B. 100.00
Price Realized: $60.00 |
  | 554 | | Graf Zeppelin Orient Flight card from Friedrichshafen (24 MRZ 29) to Cairo (28 III 29). Business message on reverse. One Mark rate. | Cat. Value: S.B. 90.00
Price Realized: $110.00 |
  | 555 | | Germany Graf Zeppelin South America First Flight cover having one C38 cancelled in Friedrichshafen on 2.9.1930. Mailed to Berlin back stamped in Kassel on 3.9.30. Cover has soiling on the top edge. | Cat. Value: S.B. 85.00
Price Realized: $40.00 |
  | 556 | | Germany Graf Zeppelin Chicago First Flight cacheted cover having one C43 canceled in Friedrichshafen on 14.10.1933. Mailed to Oak Park, Illinois and backstamped 18.Oct. 1933 in Rio de Janeiro. | Cat. Value: S.B. 75.00
Price Realized: $140.00 |
  | 557 | | Graf Zeppelin card posted "On Board" and "Luftschiff Graf Zeppelin" (2. NOV. 1929) during the Zurich/Duebendorf Flight. Dropped and posted at Zurich on the same date. Obverse shows the Zeppelin out of its hanger. | Cat. Value: S.B. 60.00
Price Realized: $65.00 |
   
5 TOTAL IMAGES | 558 | | Airmail Beauties. Nine Zeppelin covers and one Austrian pioneer airmail cover. Neat, clean, fun, enticing. Commercial and philatelic. Photos show fronts of all covers. | Cat. Value: S.B. 250.00
Price Realized: $150.00 |
  | 559 | | Germany pioneer flight card dropped from the Airship Schwaben. Special "finder" card returned from Oos (27.8.1911). Lovely condition. | Cat. Value: S.B. 800.00
Price Realized: $450.00 |
  | 560 | | Pioneer Flight of the "Yellow Dog" from Darmstadt (18. 6. 12) to Mainz using two CL4 and a 5pf Germania for franking. No message. | Cat. Value: S.B. 200.00
Price Realized: $95.00 |
  | 561 | | Germany pioneer flight card from the Airship "Victoria Luise". On board (18 OKT. 1912) with proper Luftpost cancel. Lightly soiled with corner bumps. The PPC is a photo of the Zeppelin itself which adds to the value. | Cat. Value: S.B. 500.00
Price Realized: $200.00 |
 | 562 | | Bavaria #F1 flight card (Munich, Flugpost 16-1-1914) with #77 type II. Probably not flown, but used as a hand back souvenir. Light pencil marked message , but no backstamp on reverse. | Cat. Value: S.B. 150.00
Price Realized: $90.00 |
  | 563 | | Germany pioneer flight card from the Airship "Hansa". Special zeppelin photo card poste "On Board (25. JUN. 1914). Nicer than most condition. | Cat. Value: S.B. 450.00
Price Realized: $300.00 |
  | 564 | | Germany pioneer flight card from the Airship "Bodensee". Special Eyb passenger PPC posted "On Board (16.OKT.1919). Lightly soiled condition. | Cat. Value: S.B. 300.00
Price Realized: $180.00 |
  | 565 | | Germany semi official flight cover Mi #12. Posted in Berlin (4.7.24) with two airmail stamps while the Mi #12 is tied by the special flight cancel (5.7.24). Went on to Angora (6.7.24). All proper backstamps. Mount marks on reverse. Scarce to rare cover. | Cat. Value: S.B. 350.00
Price Realized: $400.00 |
  | 566 | | Regensburg Easter Flight card, Michel Semiofficial #15, (13/04/1925) with handstamp "Mit Flugzeug, etc.), which is valued at a 100% premium. Clean. Crisp and flown. Has a nice portrait of Ernst on the picture side. | Cat. Value: Mi. €260
Price Realized: $130.00 |
  | 567 | | Germany registered cover using the center strip of four from a Winter Relief sheet along with a 1pf Hindenburg to pay the 66pf rate. All are tied by a "Germanoposta" (8.4.34) pictoral cancel. Proper Germanoposta registration label. Berlin receiving marking (9.4.34). Mount marks on reverse. Unusual. | Cat. Value: S.B. 325.00
Price Realized: $350.00 |
 | 568 | | One card and one cover, both from Flossenbuerg. The first is from the sub camp Bruex. The other has the stamp removed by the censor. | Cat. Value: S.B. 60.00
Price Realized: $85.00 |
  | 569 | | German Feldpost. Cover, with long typewritten contents in English from Propaganda-Halbkompanie 693. Propaganda unit later a Panzer propaganda unit. | Cat. Value: S.B. 100.00
Price Realized: $42.00 |
  | 570 | | Philatelic unaddressed hand back postal card from Fredersdorf (21 Aug 1945) using the Mark value Hitler stamps obliterated by the FM circle in blue. Rare used, even this way. Few exist. Excellent condition. | Cat. Value: S.B. 100.00
Price Realized: $40.00 |
   | 571 | | Catapult and Rocket Covers. Six clean catapult covers (1929-1930) and one Third Reich Rocket cover (1934) with Wagner franking. In excellent condition, with clear cancels, sharp cachets, and undamaged stamps. | Cat. Value: S.B. 350.00
Price Realized: $150.00 |
   
13 TOTAL IMAGES | 572 | | Camp Correspondence. Twenty-eight covers from/to concentration/work/forced labor camps in Germany and German areas. Winning combination of stationery, postcards, envelopes, and preprinted forms. Includes some letters. | Cat. Value: S.B. 700.00
Price Realized: $425.00 |
  | 573 | | Group of four items, sent via Feldpost, from Swiss volunteers in the German army, 1915-1916. | Cat. Value: S.B. 100.00
Price Realized: $50.00 |
   
9 TOTAL IMAGES | 574 | | WWII German Feldpost. Collection of expertly written-up military mail from 1940s. Registered covers with clear cancels and auxiliary markings. Includes material from tank, infantry, security, and light infantry divisions. Total of twenty-six items. Occasional imperfections, but overall sound and attractive. | Cat. Value: S.B. 150.00
Price Realized: $110.00 |
   
8 TOTAL IMAGES | 575 | | German Rohrpost-Brief and Rohrpost-Karte Accumulation. Twenty-eight examples of Berlin pneumatic mail, 1890-1917. Housed in protective pages. In general, good condition with clear cancel strikes. Often featuring destination cancels and assorted auxiliary markings. Nice addition to German retail cover stock or personal collection. | Cat. Value: S.B. 200.00
Price Realized: $130.00 |
   
10 TOTAL IMAGES | 576 | | German Metered Mail, etc. Loads of covers and documents of all types from the 1930s and 1940s. Includes commercial mail, private correspondence, postcards, philatelic mail, memorial cards, certificates, etc. Could be a winner for period specialists. | Cat. Value: S.B. 200.00
Price Realized: $100.00 |
  | 577 | | Ten oversized official covers. Each franked with one or more “POL” perfins. Nice variety. | Cat. Value: S.B. 60.00
Price Realized: $30.00 |
   
12 TOTAL IMAGES | 578 | | Covers Aplenty. Small box filled with over 250 assorted covers, nineteenth century to post-WWII era. Comprehensive coverage of German areas. Contains commercial mail, postcards, postal stationery, and philatelic creations. Posted and unposted, with diverse stamps, cancels, and auxiliary markings. Mixed condition, including some damaged and repaired items. Ready for sorting and culling. | Cat. Value: S.B. 400.00
Price Realized: $190.00 |
   
6 TOTAL IMAGES | 579 | | Germany accumulation from 1891 to 1946. Owner’s count of 125+ commercial covers, postal stationery, postal cards (used and unused), and postcards. Wonderful German postal history needing time to assess for condition. Worth a glance. | Cat. Value: S.B. 250.00
Price Realized: $600.00 |
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