COVERS — United States |
| Lot | Condition | Description | Value/Bidding |
| 390 | | (C13-C15) Complete set of the 1930 Zeppelins franked on a round trip flight cover. Tied with a New York killer cancel. The cover has a few wrinkles and some corner faults. The stamps are centered Fine. | Cat. Value: Cat. 1075.00 Price Realized: $900.00 |
| 391 | | (C13) 1930 Zeppelin First Day Cover. 65¢ value franked on a post card size piece of chip board. Unevenly trimmed, wrinkled corners. The stamp is centered Fine. | Cat. Value: Cat. 1000.00 Price Realized: $200.00 |
| 392 | | (C13) 1930 Zeppelin 65¢ value franked on a flight postal card. The card has a few corner wrinkles, a stain at the lower right, and a fault on the lower left corner on the reverse. The stamp is centered VF. | Cat. Value: Cat. 160.00 Price Realized: $160.00 |
| 393 | | (C13) 1930 Zeppelin 65¢ value franked on a flight postal card. The card has a few corner wrinkles. The stamp is centered F-VF. | Cat. Value: Cat. 160.00 Price Realized: $300.00 |
| 394 | | (C14-C15) $2.60 and $1.30 values franked on a flight cover. Minor wrinkled corners. The stamps are centered F-VF. | Cat. Value: Cat. 925.00 Price Realized: $500.00 |
| 395 | | (C14) 1930 Zeppelin First Day Cover. $1.30 value franked on an airmail post card. Wrinkled and rounded corners. The stamp is centered Fine. | Cat. Value: Cat. 900.00 Price Realized: $375.00 |
| 396 | | (C14) 1930 Zeppelin $1.30 value franked on a flight postal card. Corner crease, some scuffing on the reversed. The stamp is centered Fine. | Cat. Value: Cat. 375.00 Price Realized: $210.00 |
| 397 | | (C14) 1930 Zeppelin $1.30 value franked on a flight cover. The cover is very bright. The stamp is centered VF. | Cat. Value: Cat. 375.00 Price Realized: $250.00 |
| 398 | | (C15) 1930 Zeppelin First Day Cover. $2.60 value franked on a cover. Minor wrinkled corners. The stamp is centered F-VF. | Cat. Value: Cat. 1000.00 Price Realized: $400.00 |
| 399 | | (C15) 1930 Zeppelin $2.60 value franked on a flight cover. Minor wrinkled corners, upper left corner slightly clipped. The stamp is centered F-VF. | Cat. Value: Cat. 575.00 Price Realized: $350.00 |
12 TOTAL IMAGES | 400 | | (C18) Lot of twelve 1933 Zeppelin Flight Covers. Four are cancelled New York, four are cancelled Akron, three are cancelled Chicago, and one Miami cancel. Condition varies with minor faults with the covers and stamps. Overall, a Fine assembly. | Cat. Value: Cat. 860.00 Price Realized: $550.00 |
| 401 | | (C18) Lot of three 1933 Zeppelin First Day Covers. Two are cancelled New York, the third is a Miami strike. Minor faults with the covers and stamps. Overall, a Fine group. | Cat. Value: Cat. 550.00 Price Realized: $250.00 |
| 402 | | ZR3 Los Angeles Zeppelin flight cover from Flight # 28 the Minneapolis Flight. Posted in Lakehurst, New Jersey (June 6, 1925) and arrived in Minneapolis on June 12, 1925. One of the most difficult to find examples of the journeys of the airship USS Los Angeles. | Cat. Value: S.B. 600.00 Price Realized: $375.00 |
| 403 | | ZR3 Los Angeles Zeppelin flight cover from Puerto Rico (May 6, 1925) via USS Patoka (May 7, 1925) and Lakehurst, New Jersey (May 8, 1925) to New York (May 11, 1925). Rare markings. Rare flight. Interesting use of the half cent Hale stamps. Display worthy. | Cat. Value: S.B. 325.00 Price Realized: $210.00 |
| 404 | | ZR3 Los Angeles Zeppelin flight cover from New York (April 15, 1925) to Hamilton, Bermuda (22 APR 1925). Strong markings, plus this cover is signed by the pilot Charles Rosendahl. A Herman Darvick certificate attests to its authenticity. | Cat. Value: S.B. 160.00 Price Realized: $140.00 |
| 405 | | Two Round the World Zeppelin covers with interesting frankings and/or destinations. See the scans. | Cat. Value: S.B. 120.00 Price Realized: $75.00 |
| 406 | | Three cent coil tied by FEB 14 1919 Washington DC cds. alongside Russia #79 tied by indistinct cancel return address on back is from Archangel | Cat. Value: S.B. 50.00 Price Realized: $26.00 |
| 407 | | Two unclaimed covers from a previous auction. The first is a Sawyer’s Standard Preparations advertising cover canceled in Burlington, VT on September 8, 1908. Backstamped Keeseville NY on September 10. The second is a Patriotic and advertising label cover canceled in July 1921 in Chicago. Mailed to Zurich Switzerland having a neat “Visit the Pageant of Progress Exhibition Chicago July 30-August 14-1921 label showing Municipal Pier (now Navy Pier) on its reverse. | Cat. Value: S.B. 40.00 Price Realized: $28.00 |
41 TOTAL IMAGES | 408 | | Outstanding Beacon airmail C11 selection in two cartons. Around 500 First Flight, Event, and Airport Dedication covers from 1928 to the 1930s. Includes a binder of about eight-five annotated and organized covers that were eventually to become an exhibit which did not occur as well as some other covers which were identified but never mounted on pages. Searching will discover interesting destinations, frankings, a crash cover, and some autographed. Also encompasses seven small albums and loose covers which may be suited to integrate into your collection or for resale. Includes five helpful hard and soft bound reference books consisting of Air Mail an Illustrated History 1793-1981, Saga of the US Airmail Service, Lindbergh Postal History, Via Airmail, and one on Beacon stamps. Phenomenal offering and hard to replicate; so airmail or C11 specialists should not let this one get away. | Cat. Value: S.B. 750.00 Price Realized: $2,500.00 |
5 TOTAL IMAGES | 409 | | United States assortment from the 1850s to the early 1960s. Owner’s count of 370 commercial covers, postal stationery, and postcards from the Northeast States. A collector or seller of this type of postal history will find enjoyment viewing. | Cat. Value: S.B. 750.00 Price Realized: $1,050.00 |