Sale 1159 — 2017 Rarities of the World
Sale Date — Tuesday, 27 June, 2017
Category — Worldwide Stamps and Covers, Bermuda thru Germany
Lot
Symbol
Photo/Description
Cat./Est. Value
Realized
337°
1937, May 6, Hindenburg Disaster Flight. German despatch bearing German Air Post stamps (at top right and bottom left) on part of charred cover addressed to C. Ford in San Francisco, centrally struck red flight cachet, wrapped in cellophane by the post office and with Post Office Department seal on reverseFINE. A RARE EXAMPLE OF A HINDENBURG CRASH COVER AND STRIKING RELIC OF ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS AIR DISASTERS IN HISTORY.
With 1993 Dr. Simon BPP and 1993 German Philatelic Society certificates. Proceeds from this lot will be donated to the Smithsonian National Postal Museum.
E. 3,000-4,000
2,000