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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 97
POSTAL HISTORY - ZEPPELIN FLIGHTS

1936 (4th May) LZ129 1st North America Flight Cover (few wrinkles) to Hannover from Frankfurt bearing LZ129 Zeppelin defins 50pf & 75pf tied BAHNPOST cds with red airship cachet alongside. The airship was destroyed by fire 14 months later while landing at Lakehurst Naval Air Station USA.

Estimate £ 45.00
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Lot 98
POSTAL HISTORY - ZEPPELIN FLIGHTS

1938 (1st December) LZ130 1st Sudetenland Flight plain postcard 50pf tied RHEIN MAIN Flug und Luftschiffen cds to Baden with red airship cachet alongside. The airship was staffed by 62 crew members and the Graff Zeppelin II made 30 flights in 11 months in 1938-39 some being propaganda publicity flights with air ministry staff to conduct radio surveillance and measurements in WWII.

Estimate £ 45.00
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Lot 99
POSTAL HISTORY - ZEPPELIN FLIGHTS

1938 (1st December) LZ130 1st Sudetenland Flight plain postcard 50pf tied RHEIN MAIN Flug und Luftschiffen cds sent locally with good strike of red airship cachet alongside. The airship was staffed by 62 crew members and the Graf Zeppelin II made 30 flights in 11 months in 1938-39 some being propaganda publicity flights with air ministry staff to conduct radio surveillance and measurements in WWII.

Estimate £ 45.00
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Lot 100
POSTAL HISTORY - ZEPPELIN FLIGHTS

1938 (1st December) LZ130 1st Sudetenland Flight postal stationery card 5pf uprated with 45pf defins tied RHEIN MAIN Flug und Luftschiffen cds to Frankfurt Main with red airship cachet alongside. The airship was staffed by 62 crew members and the Graff Zeppelin II made 30 flights in 11 months in 1938-39 some being propaganda publicity flights with air ministry staff to conduct radio surveillance and measurements in WWII.

Estimate £ 45.00
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Lot 101
POSTAL HISTORY - ZEPPELIN FLIGHTS

1939 (13th August) LZ127 PPC 50pf tied RHEIN MAIN Flug und Luftschiffen cds sent to Hamburg with EGER illus. cachet in black, and Zeppelin illus cachet in red.

Estimate £ 85.00
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Lot 102
POSTAL HISTORY - ZEPPELIN FLIGHTS

Germany: 1931 Graf Zeppelin July Polar Flight cover bearing 4m sepia tied Freidrichschafen 24.7.31 CDS addr to USA and Polar Flight cachet in red alongside with FIRST INTOURIST / EXPEDITION / ICE-BREAKER MALIGN on reverse in violet and French Brise Glace Malyguin / Artique 27 VI 31 on obverse. Fine and scarce for these, Frost 3) 127-127A ($1800).

Estimate £ 250.00
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Lot 103
POSTAL HISTORY - ZEPPELIN FLIGHTS

Iceland: 1931 Zeppelin flight printed cover for the Reykjavik to Friedrichshafen bearing Iceland 2kr Zeppelin overprint tied local cds with flight cachet green triangle alongside, typed addr, very fine. Sieger 114d.

Estimate £ 85.00
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Lot 104
POSTAL HISTORY - ZEPPELIN FLIGHTS

Liechtenstein: 1936 (1 May) Zeppelin plain postcard for Europe - North America flight to New Jersey bearing 10r & 1fr airs tied TRIESENBERG cds, flight cachet and New York arrival on obverse. Sieger 408B.

Estimate £ 50.00
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Lot 105
POSTCARDS

EUROPE - Early to middle periods well filled shoebox of town and village postmarks for France, Switzerland, Netherlands, Gibraltar Paquebot, Belgium, Cape Colony, GB from EDVII onwards with many nice town CDS's, USA, Germany, 1911 Levant, Palestine etc, for approx 570 different PPCs, lots of greetings, Views, topographical etc.

Estimate £ 250.00
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Lot 106
POSTCARDS

FRANCE: 1903-1920 Shoebox of postcards from the turn of the 20th century mainly a correspondence to Vosges mostly postally used with a variety of defins, some on obverse from a good range of different towns, all sorts of topics including nice range of Luna theme park Water Chute, Les Roues Diaboliques, Scenic Railway, La Riviere Mystery, Japanese card from Paris, Greetings, plus large group of unused, large quantity mainly all different, nice original lot. (Approx 350+).

Estimate £ 175.00
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Lot 107
POSTCARDS

FRANCE: An extensive unused and used (without adhesives) assembly in a shoebox from an original correspondence of circa 1900-1920 PPCs, portraits, greetings, places and districts. Many with CDS cancels but no adhesives affixed, then many more unused, pretty much all different. Approx 700+, from an original correspondence.

Estimate £ 350.00
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Lot 108
POSTCARDS

FRANCE: An extensive used assembly in a shoebox from an original correspondence of circa 1900-1920 PPCs, portraits, greetings, places and districts. All with postage stamps used variety of Sowers, Blanc defins at postcard rates in France, 1914 Arrival of the Turkish military, 1906 Big Wheel Paris, 1903 Vittel Water Source, pretty much all different. Approx 435, nice original correspondence

Estimate £ 400.00
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