Sale 1003 — Specialized U.S. Collections, Air Post, Foreign Stamps & Covers
Sale Date — Wednesday-Friday, 15-17 December, 2010
Category — Air Post and Flight Covers (Foreign Flight Covers: Gibralter to Vatican)
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
5157
1933, Oct. 14-Nov. 2, Century of Progress Flight, Gibraltar to Rio de Janeiro (Sieger 238E). Four different Gibraltar stamps on registered European size cover, tied by flight cachets and registry ovals, Very Fine
E. 500-750
700
5158
1934, June 23-July 6 Argentina Flight, Gibraltar to Pernambuco, Brazil (Sieger 254). Registered cacheted flight cover with four different Gibraltar stamps, tied and with proper transits, fresh and Very Fine, colorful usage, ex Sieger
E. 300-400
375
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1932, March 21-29 1st South America Flight, Great Britain to La Paz, Bolivia (Sieger 138B). 1sh King George V tied by bold triangle with rectangular block in center, on cacheted flight cover (purple Zeppelin and red Berlin connecting flight), typewritten "Printed Paper" at top, La Paz, Bolivia arrival backstamp, Very Fine, this is the first flight that printed matter was allowed at a reduced rate
E. 200-300
150
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Great Britain and Offices in Morocco Zeppelin Flight Covers. Five Great Britain and four Offices, virtually all South America flights with a nice variety of flight cachets and frankings, one Great Britain is oversized cover franked with 20 1sh King George V used from Belfast Ireland to Buenos Aires (depart Nov. 17, arrive Nov. 24), possibly not a Zeppelin flight but has the red double circle "Deutsche Luftpost Europa-Sudamerika" Plane/Zeppelin cachet, generally Fine-Very Fine
E. 750-1,000
1,300
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Greece, 1933, 30d-120d Graf Zeppelin (C5-C7). Tied by Athens circular datestamps on European size Italian Flight cover to Rome (Sieger 210y), blue flight cachet, Rome "Posta Aerea/Crociera Zeppelin" illustrated duplex receiver, Very Fine, attractive "set" cover of this popular issue
E. 500-750
325
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1933, October 14-November 2 Century of Progress Flight, Greece to Chicago (Sieger 238E), card with six stamps tied by Greek circular datestamps, incl. two each Nos. 231 and 333 totaling 86 drachma postage, registry use on preprinted Chicago Flight corner card, red cachets also tie stamps, purple Chicago Registry Div. Oct. 26, 1933 receiver, couple other boxed markings, Very Fine, scarce and quite attractive, ex Belinkoff
E. 500-750
325
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Iceland, 1931, 30a-2k "Zeppelin 1931" Ovpts. (C9-C11). On registered cacheted flight cover to Barcelona, Spain, tied by Reykjavik circular datestamps (Sieger 113), Friedrichshafen arrival backstamp, Stutgart and Barcelona destination transits, Very Fine
E. 400-500
225
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1933, August 5-15 4th South America Flight, Great Britain/India to Pernambuco (Sieger 223). Registered combination franking with 10p GB postage and 9a6p Indian, tied by London and Karachi Registered circular datestamps, two different red Zeppelin cachets, Paris, Berlin and Pernambuco transits, Fine-Very Fine, attractive and very scarce
E. 500-750
2,000
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Ireland Zeppelin Covers. Two, incl. Sieger 202 and 238E, former registered, both with appropriate cachets and transits, latter red cachets affected somewhat by exposure to water, otherwise Very Fine, there were reportedly only nine Irish franking covers carried on the Century of Progress flight
E. 400-500
450
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Italy, 1934, 20c-10l Second World Soccer Championship (324-328, C62-C65). Regular issue on May 24, 1934 cover to the Vatican, Air Post on Aug. 18, 1934 flown Graf Zeppelin cover to Buenos Aires, some minor toning, otherwise Very Fine, scarce
E. 1,000-1,500
650
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Italy and Colonies Zeppelin Flight Covers. Six covers or cards, three different flights, beautiful range of frankings, incl. Libya, Italian Colonies, Cyrenaica, Somalia and Rhodes and Italy mixed franking, virtually all Fine-Very Fine
E. 500-750
1,500
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Ivory Coast Zeppelin Cover. Seventeen pictorials (three on back) from either Ivory Coast or Upper Volta tied by Koroko Cote D'Ivoire Sep. 7 1933 double-circle datestamps, 8th South America Flight, on registered cacheted cover to Buenos Aires, range of backstamps, Fine and scarce, striking colorful franking
E. 1,000-1,500
900
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1933, October 14-November 2 Century of Progress Flight, Latvia to Montevideo, Uruguay Via Brazil (Sieger 238). Franked with four sets of 1932 Air Post Imperforates on front and back of cover (also two other regular issues), tied by Riga circular datestamps and two red Zeppelin cachets on front, same Riga markings tie stamps on back along with illustrated Zeppelin "Condor" transit, Very Fine, colorful and very scarce cover
E. 400-500
650
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1933, Oct. 14-Nov. 2, Century of Progress Flight, Liechtenstein Franking (Sieger 238). Cover and card, one registered and franked with two singles 2fr Gray Green and Red Brown No. 107b and C2, C3 and C6 to Seville, other with Nos. 106 and 107b to Chicago, appropriate cachets, circular datestamps and backstamps, Very Fine
E. 500-750
600
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1933, July 1-12 3rd South America Flight, Malta to Rio De Janeiro (Sieger 219). Six different Malta stamps tied by purple "Air Mail Malta 6-Jun. 1933" circular datestamps on cover with blue Zeppelin cachet, additional "Sliema.B.O" and Friedrichshafen July 1 circular datestamps, large purple four-line backstamp "-Responda logo-'Via Condor-Zeppelin' A mala de 'ultima hora' fecha SEXTA-FEIRA 7/7/33, as 12 horas", also Rome transit and Rio receiver, Fine-Very Fine, quite attractive
E. 300-400
375
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Mauritania Zeppelin Flight Cover. Four 20c-10fr Pictorials tied by Boutilmit Mauritanie June 2, 1934 double-circle datestamps, Argentine Flight cachet, backstamps incl. St. Louis and Dakar Sengal, Very Fine
E. 1,000-1,500
900
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1933, October 14-November 2 Century of Progress Flight, Netherlands to Miami (Sieger 238). Registered cover franked with two different Air Post Nos. C5-C6 tied by Amsterdam circular datestamps, red triangular flight cachet, backstamped with purple "Miami, Fla Registered Oct. 23 1933" receiver, New York and Berlin return transits, Very Fine, Netherlands frankings to Miami are quite scarce
E. 300-400
0
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Netherlands Zeppelin Flight Covers. 18 covers or cards, wonderful range of colorful frankings and a fair number of scarce flights with several Oct. 1933 Century of Progress (Sieger 238E), 1930 Graf Zeppelin Round Trip, Iceland, Argentina, Netherlands, England and other South America flights, virtually all Fine-Very Fine
E. 1,500-2,000
1,700
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Newfoundland, 1933, $4.50 on 75c Balbo Flight (C18). Tied by "St. John's Newf'd 26 Jul. 33" circular datestamp on General Balbo Squadron Flight cover to Rome, blue cachet, Shoal Harbor and Rome backstamps, Fine
E. 300-400
350
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1933, October 14-November 2 Century of Progress Flight, Great Britain/Palestine to Ascuncion, Paraguay (Sieger 238E). Two 6p GB and six Palestine stamps (28m total), one was overlapped at right and small piece missing, tied by London and Jerusalem Registered circular datestamps, red triangular cachet on front and the large truncate rectangle one on back, Paraguay receiver, Fine and rare
E. 750-1,000
1,400
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1933, October 14-November 2 Century of Progress Flight, Poland to Nijmegen, Netherlands via Friedrichshafen Round Trip Flight (Sieger 238E). Registered cacheted cover franked with eight 1.20z Indigo No. 278 (front and back) and a lone 275, all tied by Rybnik circular datestamps, green Friedrichshafen Nov. 2 arrival and Nijmegen backstamp, Very Fine and very scarce
E. 400-500
850
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Russia, 1931, 30k-2r North Pole, Imperforate (C26-C29). Tied by Leningrad Zeppelin circular datestamps on cacheted registered Icebreaker "Malygin" cover (Sieger 120), very trivial cover edge tape stain at right, otherwise Very Fine
E. 300-400
650
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Russia, 1931, 30k-2r Polar Flight, Perforated (C30-C33). Tied by Leningrad Zeppelin July 25, 1931 cancels on cacheted flown registered cover, posted aboard the Icebreaker "Malygin" two days later, Fine and scarce
E. 500-750
600
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Russia Flown Catapult Cover. From Leningrad to Berlin to the U.S. with Russian and German franking, registered, "Bremen" catapult plane pictorial cachet, all stamps tied by various markings, five backstamps, Very Fine
E. 400-500
350
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Scandinavian Zeppelin Flight Covers. Twelve covers or cards, incl. two Denmark, four Iceland, four Norway and two Sweden, variety of flights and cachets, several colorful and interesting frankings, nearly all Fine-Very Fine, very scarce lot
E. 500-750
1,400
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Sweden Zeppelin Flight Covers. Two covers and a card for the October 14-November 2, 1933 Century of Progress Flight (Sieger 238E), two registered, all with both red Zeppelin cachets as customarily seen, destinations incl. Chicago, Pernambuco and Rio De Janeiro, variety of frankings, Fine-Very Fine, scarce
E. 500-750
450
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1933, October 14-November 2 Century of Progress Flight, Vatican City to Wooster, Ohio via Akron (Sieger 238). Seven different Vatican City stamps on front, six different Italian Air Post stamps on back, tied by October 13, 1933 Vatican City and Milan circular datestamps respectively on registered cacheted cover, purple Akron, Ohio Registered Oct. 25, 1933 and Wooster, Ohio Registered Oct. 26, 1933 backstamps, Very Fine, very few known, ex Belinkoff
E. 750-1,000
2,000
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1933, October 14-November 2 Century of Progress Flight, Vatican City to Santos, Brazil (Sieger 238). Seven different Vatican City stamps on front, two different Italian Air Post stamps on back, tied by October 13, 1933 Vatican City and Milan circular datestamps respectively on registered cacheted cover, light double circle arrival backstamp, Very Fine, very few known
E. 750-1,000
2,300
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