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Sale 76: Gems of Philately

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France & Germany

Lot 321    

Germany, 1937 Hindenberg Crash Cover, substantial portion of cover addressed to Detriot, Michigan, franked with 1933, 25pf + 60pf Von Hindenberg issues tied by "Saarbucken, 2.5.37" cds's, bold red German flight cachet, Very Fine for this; with 1941 F.W. Kessler letter of attest.
Sieger No. 454A    Estimate $7,500 - 10,000.

A EXCEPTIONAL 1937 HINDENBERG CRASH COVER BEARING MULTIPLE VON HINDENBERG ISSUES.

The German Zeppelin Hindenburg made sixty-three flights, including ten roundtrips to the United States in 1936. It met tragedy May 6, 1937. Attempting to land at Lakehurst, New Jersey, the giant airship burst into flames near the mooring mast. In only thirty-two seconds, the Zeppelin was smoldering wreckage. Amazingly, nearly two-thirds of the passengers and crew survived (thirty-five people on board died plus one member of the ground crew; sixty-two survived). Postal officials salvaged approximately 358 pieces from the 17,609 estimated pieces of mail on the flight.


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Realized: $7,250

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