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Worldwide Cover Collections

Lots 3275-3284 Lots 3285-3294 Lots 3295-3301

Lot 3275    

Zeppelin flight cover collection, 1924-37. Well over 100 covers mostly mounted on exhibition pages with many better flights throughout, starting with early German & American airship flights including 1925 Shenandoah flight and a nice section of 1925 Los Angeles airship flights to Bermuda and P.R., strong section of Graf Zeppelin flights including interrupted, round-the-world and commercial service, many better with highlights including United States Zepps set #C13-15 on separate covers (65¢ postcard), 1930 4m South America flight issue usage (#57H, cat €600), 1931 Germany 1m, 2m and 4m separate Polar Flight usages (4mk #119C, cat €1,200) and Russian flights, 1931 Iceland flight card, better 1932 South American flight from scarce countries including Ireland, Poland & Lithuania, 1933 German 2m Chicago usage, 1933 Greece Zepp set on flight cover (#210y, cat €1,000), four U.S. Century of Progress flights with #C18 & various cachets, Hindenberg flights with 1936 Liechtenstien set, etc., well worth inspection.
Estimate    $6,000 - 8,000.

Realized: $6,250

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Lot 3276    

Worldwide cover stock. Over 200 covers and cards in slipcases priced for retail, mixed of countries including better Europe and South America, most items retailing in the $15-75 range with many better in the hundreds, including early turn of century Panama, Luxembourg 1fr & 2fr Zeppelin issues on 1936 Hindenburg flight cover, Belgium 1930's sets in cover, 1920 Switzerland airmail mixed frankings, scarce mint Korea postal cards, Nicaragua "Costa Atlantica B." overprint set on cover, Peru 1d green on 1872 mourning cover to Italy (with Italian dues), etc., other countries including better Italy and states, Portuguese Colonies, good postal stationery items, etc., condition above average overall, with retail well over $10,000.
Estimate    $2,500 - 3,500.

Realized: $2,200

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Lot 3277    

Zeppelin flight covers, 1929-33. 7 cards and 3 covers, better items including 1929 Oriental Flight - Austria card with Wein/Flugpost cds (Sieger 29g €1000), 1932 South American flight - registered card from Rodi, 1933 Italy flight - including Vatican mail card and cover with 20l franking (Sieger 208.M €400 and 208.F €800), other flights including 1933 San Marino flight - 2 cards with combined complete Zepp set, 1931 Polar flight - card and cover with combined complete Russian Zepp set, etc., all in top condition, well worth inspection.
Estimate    $2,000 - 3,000.

Realized: $2,000

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Lot 3278    

Worldwide cover group. Mostly postal cards and covers, wide range of material, Field Post Offices abroad WWII, Germany and German States, Portuguese Colonies especially postal stationery from 19th century Portugal used as well as Azores, St Thomas, Angra, Ponta Delgada, Madeira etc again with much used 19th century, Switzerland with an unusual 'crash cover' 1944 from Zurich to England that came down in Basel, Chinese material during the first revolutionary period, colored German propaganda cards, Zeppelin, postage dues, good Danish West Indies, etc., please inspect.
Estimate    $1,500 - 2,000.

Realized: $725

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Lot 3279    

Worldwide Zeppelin & flight covers accumulation. Over 50 covers with some scarce flights including Zeppelin Sieger #216I, #449A, #20A, etc., Germany 11th July 1913 Wannsee Zeppelin flight on postcard, later issues inc #C35, #C36 and #C37 on various different flight covers, 3 covers of the 1925 Los Angeles via Lakehurst, Brazil, Dr Eckener cacheted covers, Switzerland Zeppelins, Spain with Alfonso X11 definitives 4pts pair, Liechtenstein, Netherlands, etc., inspection recommended.
Estimate    $1,500 - 2,000.

Realized: $725

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Lot 3280    

Worldwide ship postal history, 1906-1930's. Picture postcards and covers, about 60 items, postcards of the 'Hendrick Hudson' steamship and cachet Hudson River Day Line (1906), colorful illustrated cover and card accompanied by the abstracted log of Cunard's 'SS Queen Mary', French Lines including 'SS Paris' and 'Ile de France', Hamburg-Amerika Line with cachets and slogan postmarks, colored postcards for the White Star Line, Cunard Line inc the ill fated 'Lusitania', Panama Pacific Line, etc., German cards from 1907 inc 'Kaiser Wilheim', 'SS Grosser Kurfurst' (1907), please inspect.
Estimate    $1,000 - 1,200.

Realized: $500

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Lot 3281 /o   

Worldwide accumulation. Mostly better material on stock cards and album pages, includes G.B. 1840 1d & 2d four margin singles used and studies of the 1872-74 6d issues, Cuba #5 & #7 used, better early Brazil, Maurtitius 1859 2d blue on bluish (Scott #14B, cat $1,650), Denmark four margin imperfs, etc., well worth careful inspection.
Estimate    $750 - 1,000.

Realized: $625

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Lot 3282    

Worldwide cover accumulation. Approximately 200 covers and cards, mostly early 20th century with a wonderful array of interesting and scarce usages, includes 1890 Kasmir large multiple franking on India entire to England, 1920 registered cover to New York from British P.O. Smyrna, 1904 Port Said/Western Australia mixed franking on postcard, 1934 Transvaal-Orange River franking to England, 1912 Mayotte-Madagascar mixed franking, many others including packetboat, forwarding, dual rate frankings, etc., a wonderful group well worth careful examination.
Estimate    $750 - 1,000.

Realized: $4,250

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Lot 3283    

Rocket mail cover accumulation. 52 covers all different, some better including Jugoslavia 1935 Jug I & Jug II covers sets, France 1935 Roberti flight picture card, G.B. 1934 Scarp-Harris flight with "Damaged by First Explosion" handstamp, Austria with 1935 Rocket "N" flights including "N4", "N1", "N18" x2 as well as the "K1" & "K2" flights., also flights from countries including Australia 1934 1st rocket, Belgium with special adhesive, Netherlands 1934 Herinnering cover signed, India 1935 Jubilee and Sikkim flights, etc., well worth inspection.
Estimate    $600 - 800.

Realized: $1,000

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Lot 3284    

Worldwide cover hoard. Thousands in two large boxes, mix of 20th century commemorative and commercial from all over the globe, mostly from 1930-70's, please inspect.
Estimate    $500 - 750.

Realized: $500

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