1928 (Oct 29-Nov 1), America Flight, Lakehurst - Friedrichshafen, Radolfzell drop (Michel 8 I a), Otto Amtsberg Zeppelin-Eckener Fund card (Frost P 6a-2) with red Oct 31 onboard cachet/cancel, dropped with 8pf Ebert tied by Radolfzell c.d.s., Jan 9, 1929, Very Fine.
Sieger 21. l; €500 ($530).
Michel €500 ($530).
Estimate $200 - 300.
Sale 707 The Knapp Collection of Airmail Flights
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Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions Sale 707 The Knapp Collection of Airmail Flights
The Thomas P. Knapp Collection of Aerophilately, including important offerings from many name collections (some lots still on exhibition pages) and loaded with original news articles, period photographs and research notes. A premier classic airmail postal history collection started in the 1930's by the late Mr. Knapp. Highlights include:
- U.S. Pioneer Airmail Flights
- East and West Transcontinental
- Lindbergh and Earhart
- Zeppelin Flights
- Crash Covers
- Balloons including Ballon Monté
- Great Britain, Canada and Newfoundland Flights
- Other Worldwide including West Indies, South Atlantic, South America, Europe, Asia, Australia
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Lot #101 - 1: Lighter-Than-Air Flights Graf Zeppelin LZ 127 Flights: German
Lot #102 - 1: Lighter-Than-Air Flights Graf Zeppelin LZ 127 Flights: German
1929 (Feb 4), Württemburg Flight, Friedrichshafen mailing and Ravensburg drop (Michel 12, 12 I c), first is a real photo postcard of the Graf Zeppelin coming out of its hanger franked with 3pf Ebert & 5pf Eagle tied by Friedrichshafen c.d.s.; the other a Zeppelin-Eckener Fund card (Frost P 6c) unfranked with blue manuscript "15" due and red oval "Nachgebühr" handstamp, Ravensburg c.d.s.; both with red flight cachet/cancels, Very...
Lot #103 - 1: Lighter-Than-Air Flights Graf Zeppelin LZ 127 Flights: German
1929 (Feb 22), Workshop Flight, Mecklenbeuren drop (Michel 16 I a), Zeppelin card (airship in flight) franked on picture side with 10pf Eagle tied by Mecklenbeuren c.d.s.; red onboard flight cachet/cancel, Very Fine.
Sieger 022. VIIIa; €500 ($530).
Michel €300 ($320).
Estimate $200 - 300.
Lot #104 - 1: Lighter-Than-Air Flights Graf Zeppelin LZ 127 Flights: German
1929 (Mar 25-May 2), Orient, Mediterranean & Austria Flights (Michel 18/21), group containing Orient Flight (7) including an Er Ramle drop with Er Ramle receiver and a Rome drop but with ROMA CENTRO receiving c.d.s. with hour 12 time indication (forgery?); Mediterranean Flight (4) including a San Remo drop; and Austria Flight, Vienna drop without franking or postage due, Fine to Very Fine.
Estimate $250...
Lot #105 - 1: Lighter-Than-Air Flights Graf Zeppelin LZ 127 Flights: German
1929 (Jul 27), Workshop Flight, Saulgau drop (Michel 25 I d), real photo Zeppelin card (Airship landing at Friedrichshafen) franked on picture side with 3pf Ebert tied by Saulgau c.d.s.; red onboard flight cachet/cancel, Very Fine.
Sieger 026. IIaa; €1,000 ($1,070).
Michel €600 ($640).
Estimate $350 - 500.
Lot #106 - 1: Lighter-Than-Air Flights Graf Zeppelin LZ 127 Flights: German
1929 (Jul 28), Southwest Germany Flight, Saulgau drop (Michel 26 a), real photo Zeppelin card (Airship over Lake Constance with Castle Church in background) franked with 3pf Ebert tied by Stuttgart c.d.s.; red onboard flight cachet/cancel.
Sieger 026. IIIa; €500 ($530).
Michel €320 ($340).
Estimate $150 - 200.
Lot #107 - 1: Lighter-Than-Air Flights Graf Zeppelin LZ 127 Flights: German
1929 (Aug 1-5), America Flight, Friedrichshafen - Lakehurst, Ponta Delgada drop (Michel 27 I b), real photo Zeppelin postcard franked with 2m Zeppelin (C36) tied by onboard cancel, blue flight cachet and Ponta Delgada receiver, Aug 10, Very Fine.
Sieger 27bI; €750 ($800).
Michel €600 ($640).
Estimate $250 - 350.
Lot #108 - 1: Lighter-Than-Air Flights Graf Zeppelin LZ 127 Flights: German
1929 (Aug 15-Sep 4) Round-the-World Flight, four legs (Michel 29a-32a), three covers and a card, Friedrichshafen to Tokyo, to Los Angeles, to Lakehurst and to Friedrichshafen (the card), all franked with 2m and/or 4m Zeppelins (C36-37) with flight cachets and appropriate backstamps; also includes an unused Japanese postcard of the Zeppelin over Tokyo, Very Fine.
Sieger 30Aa-d; €940 ($1,000).
Michel €245+ ($260).
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Lot #109 - 1: Lighter-Than-Air Flights Graf Zeppelin LZ 127 Flights: German
1929 (Aug 15-Sep 4) Round-the-World Flight, Berlin drop (Michel 29 I), Zeppelin photo card red onboard catchet/cancel of Aug 15, franked with 8pf Ebert tied by Berlin c.d.s. of the same date, Very Fine.
Sieger 30 m; €1,000 ($1,070).
Michel €700 ($750).
Estimate $300 - 400.
Lot #110 - 1: Lighter-Than-Air Flights Graf Zeppelin LZ 127 Flights: German
1929 (Sep 11-12), Germany Flight, Düsseldorf, Dortmund & Bielefeld drops (Michel 33 I a, b, e), first two are Zeppelin photo cards franked with 3pf Eberts, last is a cover to Switzerland franked with a 25pf Hindenburg; all canceled Sep 12 with red flight cachet/cancel, Very Fine.
Sieger 33. a, b, e; €850 ($910).
Michel €730 ($780).
Estimate $350 - 500.
Lot #111 - 1: Lighter-Than-Air Flights Graf Zeppelin LZ 127 Flights: German
1929 (Sep 11-12), Germany Flight, Hannover drop (Michel 33 I h), cover franked with two 8pf Eberts tied by Hannover c.d.s.; with red flight cachet/cancel and private cachets commemorating the Airship's return from its Round-the-World journey, Very Fine.
Sieger 33. h; €500 ($530).
Michel €600 ($640).
Estimate $300 - 400.
Lot #112 - 1: Lighter-Than-Air Flights Graf Zeppelin LZ 127 Flights: German
1929 (Sep 17-18), Germany Flight, eight different drops (Michel 34 I c/n), comprising Simmern, Brand/ Aachen, Eschweiler, Aachen, Osnabrük, Oldenburg and Hamburg; all with the red onboard cachet/cancel, Very Fine. A scarce group.
Michel €2,220 ($2,370).
Estimate $750 - 1,000.
Lot #113 - 1: Lighter-Than-Air Flights Graf Zeppelin LZ 127 Flights: German
1929 (Sep 26-Oct 6), Switzerland flights, six different (Michel 35/40), Sep 26, drops to Basel, Lausanne, Geneva & Zurich, Sep 28, Zurich drop, Oct 2, Biel drop, and Oct 6, mixed German/Swiss franking, onboard and Zurich Airfield cancels, Very Fine.
Michel €1,920 ($2,050).
Estimate $600 - 800.
Lot #114 - 1: Lighter-Than-Air Flights Graf Zeppelin LZ 127 Flights: German
1929 (Oct 1), Bavaria Flight, Lanshut & Munich drops (Michel 38 I d, e), two picture postcards posted onboard, the first with red flight cachet/cancel, second with red Munich Airmail handstamp, Very Fine.
Sieger 38. d, e; €500 ($530).
Michel €425 ($450).
Estimate $200 - 300.
Lot #115 - 1: Lighter-Than-Air Flights Graf Zeppelin LZ 127 Flights: German
1929 (Oct 15-17), Balkan & Silesia Flights, various drops (Michel 42 I c, 42 II, etc.;), four cards: official Bucharest drop (photo of Do-X), Breslau wild drop (photo of Airship on the rise), semi-official Betheun drop ("Leaving Saverne, Elsass"), semi-official Gleiwitz drop (Zeppelin-Eckener Fund portrait of Count von Zeppelin); last with light corner bend, Very Fine.
Sieger 42. B, 43. B, 43. c, d; €1,110 ($1,180).
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Lot #116 - 1: Lighter-Than-Air Flights Graf Zeppelin LZ 127 Flights: German
1929 (Nov 15), 50th Flight to Switzerland, St. Gallen & Romanshorn drops (Michel 50 I c, e), two covers franked with 1m Eagles, St. Gallen drop with onboard cancel of Nov 9 (from Frankfurt Flight), Romanshorn with type b onboard cancel, Nov 15, is a Roessler cover with his "53¢/ $1.05" Zeppelin label on reverse, Very Fine.
Sieger 50. BI, C; €1,000 ($1,070).
Michel €530 ($560).
Estimate $250 - 350.
Lot #117 - 1: Lighter-Than-Air Flights Graf Zeppelin LZ 127 Flights: German
1929 (Feb 22), Workshop Flight, Romanshorn drop (Michel 16 I c), Otto Amtsberg Zeppelin-Eckener Fund card (Frost P 6a-1) unfranked with blue manuscript "35" due and large "T" handstamp; red onboard flight cachet/cancel, Romanshorn c.d.s, Feb 25.; addressed by Capt. Albert Lehmann to Glaus, Switzerland and signed "Grüss Albert", Very Fine.
Sieger 022. VIIIb; €400+ ($430).
Michel €300+ ($320).
Estimate $150 - 200.
Lot #118 - 1: Lighter-Than-Air Flights Graf Zeppelin LZ 127 Flights: German
1930 (May 18-24), South America Flight (Michel 62/63), nine covers including Friedrichshafen - Seville (1st landing): two covers & three cards, a card with onboard cancel and another with Roessler Eckener cachet; also Friedrichshafen - Recife card with 2m South America Flight Zeppelin (light crease in stamp), plus a card originating in Liechtenstein and another in Saar; and finally a Friedrichshafen - Bahia...
Lot #119 - 1: Lighter-Than-Air Flights Graf Zeppelin LZ 127 Flights: German
1930 (May 18-24), South America Flight, Praia drop (Michel 63 I b), card franked with 2m South America Flight Zeppelin tied by onboard cancel, May 19, with red flight cachet and Praia, Cape Verde receiver, May 21, Very Fine.
Sieger 57bb; €675 ($720).
Michel €460 ($490).
Estimate $200 - 300.
Lot #120 - 1: Lighter-Than-Air Flights Graf Zeppelin LZ 127 Flights: German
1930 (May 18-24), South America Flight, Bahia drop (Michel 64 I b), card and cover franked with 2m & 4m South America Flight Zeppelin, respectively, tied by onboard cancels, May 19, with flight cachets and Bahia receivers, Very Fine.
Sieger 57bb; €1,525 ($1,630).
Michel €900 ($960).
Estimate $300 - 400.
Lot #121 - 1: Lighter-Than-Air Flights Graf Zeppelin LZ 127 Flights: German
1930 (Sep 2-3), Kassel Flight, Friedrichshafen - Kassel & Return (Michel 116, 116g, 118b), four different: card and cover to Kassel, both with onboard cancel and type II flight cachet, franked with 1m Eagle and 2m Zeppelin, respectively; also a cover originating in Liechtenstein franked with C1-5 + 101 canceled Aug 31 and flown Friedrichshafen - Kassel; and card franked with 1m Eagle and flown Kassel - Friedrichshafen with type II...
Lot #122 - 1: Lighter-Than-Air Flights Graf Zeppelin LZ 127 Flights: German
1930 (Sep 9-11), Moscow Flight & Return (Michel 121, 122 A e), card originating in Danzig franked with 1.50g postage canceled Sep 5 with red flight cachet and Moscow receiver; also card franked with 60k postage (3x 20k+2k B56) tied by small Moscow c.d.s. with red flight cachet and Friedrichshafen receiver, Very Fine.
Sieger 84, 85D; €400+ ($430).
Michel €700 ($750).
Estimate $250 - 350.
Lot #123 - 1: Lighter-Than-Air Flights Graf Zeppelin LZ 127 Flights: German
1930 (Sep 23-25), Baltic Sea Flight (Michel 127b/128Aa), six cards and a cover comprising Friedrichshafen - Berlin, Friedrichshafen - Riga, Friedrichshafen - Tallinn (cover originating in Switzerland), Friedrichshafen - Helsinki (2: Berlin & onboard cancels), Friedrichshafen - Stockholm, and Helsinki - Friedrichshafen with Finland Zeppelin overprint; all Friedrichshafen origins bear onboard cancels, Very Fine.
Estimate $200...
Lot #124 - 1: Lighter-Than-Air Flights Graf Zeppelin LZ 127 Flights: German
1931 (Apr 9-11), Egypt Flight, Palestine round trip (Michel 166), two real photo Zeppelin postcards franked with 1m Eagles tied by onboard cancels (Apr 9) with red flight cachets and Cairo Zeppelin cancels (Apr 11), one to Tel Aviv with Apr 12 receiver, the other addressed to Germany with no receiving postmark.
Sieger 104c; €1,000 ($1,070).
Michel €360+ ($380).
Estimate $200 - 300.
Lot #125 - 1: Lighter-Than-Air Flights Graf Zeppelin LZ 127 Flights: German
1931 (May 5), Bavarian Auto Club Flight to Switzerland (Michel 170), real photo Zeppelin postcard (landing maneuver) franked with 1m Eagle tied by onboard cancel, Very Fine.
Sieger 0106I; €350 ($370).
Michel €320 ($340).
Estimate $150 - 200.
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