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Postal Auction August 2024 - 347

Bids to be received by Monday 19th of August 2024 1:00 PM

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Lot 85
POSTAL HISTORY

SIMLA Indian Red Cross & St john Ambulance War Organisation printed dual colour envelope to Int Red X Geneva sent airmail with Certified Official h/s of the Major General Red Cross Commissioner, Kelvin Grove, Simla. B /4 octagonal h/s on obverse, stamp on reverse tied Simla postmark. Few rust marks, airmail obliterated with two red ink bars as not flown in regular mail.

Estimate £ 25.00
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Lot 86
POSTAL HISTORY

South & Central America: Group of 18 commercial mainly airmail covers addr to Switzerland including Costa Rica 1949 with Special Delivery form affixed, El Salvador 1938 combn postcard, Uruguay 1946 regd combn, Chile 1930 airmail combn 1p & 5p, 1996 Isla De Pascua, Paraguay 1951 Congress ovpt on blk of 4, Bolivia 1891 10c orange P/S env (redirected), Honduras 1931 combn, Cuba 1908 PPC used with 2c red on obverse, 1943 Peru censored to Red Cross Ginebra etc. Intr lot (18).

Estimate £ 75.00
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Lot 87
POSTAL HISTORY

SPECIMEN Overprints on QV-GV postal stationery cards each overprinted specimen diagonally including East Africa GV 35c regd env., Ceylon EDVII 6c red card, BCA ½d green Arms, 1d arms newspaper wrapper, Leeward Is. QV 1d red newspaper wrapper, 1d pink env., Zululand 1d card, Br. Guiana Ship 1c grey, BEA ½a green, Leeward Is. QV 1d pink env. 1d red card, Sierra Leone ½d green newspaper wrapper, QV ½d green card, 2d grey regd env., EDVII ½d green, mostly fine, nice group of 12 items.

Estimate £ 180.00
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Lot 88
POSTAL HISTORY

Worldwide covers small accumulation from 19th century onwards odd better throughout including Edwardian postcards, Belgium P/S cards unused, P/S cards used from Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Denmark, Egypt, Lagos, Italy, Corps Expeditionaire de Madagascar, French turn of the century postcards, Reunion 1970s commercial mail, Byrd 1933 Antarctic Exped., 1958 Great Barrier Is. Pigeongram, Japan wood postcard etc, good qty.

Estimate £ 110.00
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Lot 89
POSTAL HISTORY - ZEPPELIN FLIGHTS

1928 (23rd October) LZ127 1st USA to Germany Flight USA 1c green postal stationery card uprated with 54c defins tied GLEN RIDGE 23 OCT cancels to Friedrichschafen with part violet FIRST FLIGHT AIRMAIL OCTOBER 28 1928 cachet alongside. Sieger 22a.

Estimate £ 55.00
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Lot 90
POSTAL HISTORY - ZEPPELIN FLIGHTS

1930 (22nd June) LZ 127 Zeppelin over Berlin postcard MIT LUFTSCHIFF / GRAF ZEPPELIN / BEFORDERT in red bearing 1m Eagle defin (damaged) tied BERLIN ZEPPELINTAG cds, smudged address writing and other faults.

Estimate £ 48.00
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Lot 91
POSTAL HISTORY - ZEPPELIN FLIGHTS

1930 (31 May) USA $1.30 brown Zepp (Scott C14) tied on flight for Europe Pan American Round Flight cachet in violet plus red cachet SUDAMERIKA addr to Bavaria (typed) tied New York cancel. Very fine.

Estimate £ 250.00
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Lot 92
POSTAL HISTORY - ZEPPELIN FLIGHTS

1933 (29th August) Zeppelin Round the world flight 4th Anniversary cachet Yonkers USA tied USA 1½c wavy line cancel violet Aug 29 cachet alongside.

Estimate £ 55.00
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Lot 93
POSTAL HISTORY - ZEPPELIN FLIGHTS

1936 (1 Aug) Olympic Hindenburg flight card 50pf tied RHEIN MAIN Flug und Luftschiffen cds with good strike of magenta HINDENBURG OLYMPIA FAHRT 1936 airship cachet alongside. This famously flew over the Olympic Stadium during the opening ceremony as part of the regime's propaganda efforts.

Estimate £ 48.00
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Lot 94
POSTAL HISTORY - ZEPPELIN FLIGHTS

1936 (1st May) Hindenburg Zeppelin plain postcard bearing 25pf blue pair tied RHEIN MAIN 1st May cds, with LUFTSCHIFF HINDENBURG / DEUTSCHLANDFAHRT / AM 1 MAI 1937 cachet alongside. This airship was destroyed 5 days later by fire whilst attempting to dock in Lakehurst New Jersey.

Estimate £ 55.00
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Lot 95
POSTAL HISTORY - ZEPPELIN FLIGHTS

1936 (1st May) LZ129 plain postcard 50pf & 5pf tied FRANKFURT cds sent to Munich with good strike of red NORDAMERIKA airship cachet alongside. Typed 1. Fahrt nach Nordamerika / LZ129 top left.

Estimate £ 45.00
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Lot 96
POSTAL HISTORY - ZEPPELIN FLIGHTS

1936 (23 March) LZ129 plain cover 100pf tied Friedrichschafen cds sent to Hamburg with red Luftschiff LZ129 / befordert h/s. Typed Mit Luftschiff LZ129 top left.

Estimate £ 48.00
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