Online Auction December 2024 - 606

Bids to be received by Sunday 29th of December 2024 9:30 AM

Lots (1008)

Lot 73
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
Lot 74
POSTAL HISTORY

United Nations: Covers collection in a well filled cover binder covering various missions and forces mail including 1978 Emergency Force d/s AUSTAIR UNEF Ismailia, 1976 Polish mission Egypt/Syria, Finland Forces in Egypt, 1963 Forces air letter with EL ARISH h/s (2 diff), Canada El Arish (2), Colombia Batt. Danor Batt. in Gaza, in Italy, Denmark, Batt. Suez, 1976 Indonesia Batt., two Xmas cards from UNEF Hospital Rafah, approx. 120 items. Interesting lot with some covering noted accompanying.

Estimate £ 250.00
Lot 75
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
Lot 76
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
Lot 77
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
Lot 78
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
Lot 79
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
Lot 80
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
Lot 81
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
Lot 82
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
Lot 83
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
Lot 84
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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