1908 (6 Sep) pre-printed "thank you" card addressed to "His Excellency Count Dr. Ing. Ferdinand von Zeppelin" in Friedrichshafen, with arrival pmk. Posted in Stuttgart, the card depicts a verse in which the people thank Count Zeppelin for his contributions and wish him further successes. An interesting Zeppelin collateral item
Estimate: $200
U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Covers
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Cherrystone Auctions U.S. and Worldwide Stamps and Covers
We are pleased to present our November 29-30 sale, with 1,504 lots, including part one of the Heinz Gappe (HGI Company) inventory of Flight and Zeppelin covers of the world, as well as properties of numerous other vendors and estates sold by their order.
Heinz was well known to Aerophilatelists, having been active in this field since the 1960s and amassed a wonderful holding of this ever-popular and exciting area.
There are selections of attractive United States, Western European countries with Austria, Benelux, Scandinavia, France, Germany, Italy and Colonies, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and Scandinavia. Great and Britain and British Commonwealth are well represented, with many interesting flight covers.
As always, the sale includes selections of better South America, Asia and rest of the world. The sale concludes with 165+ large lots and collections, which range from single country collections to multi-carton worldwide groups of stamps and covers, including groups of the ex-Gappe stock.
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Lot #488 - GERMANY Zeppelin Flights
Lot #489 - GERMANY Zeppelin Flights
1909 (29 July) pre-printed 5pf picture postcard (Zeppelin, new model), personally written and signed by Count Zeppelin, little toning at right, otherwise fine and extremely rare item
Estimate: $500
Lot #490 - GERMANY Zeppelin Flights
1912 "Hansa" on board cachet (2 Sep) 5pf picture postal card, additionally franked and addressed to Buenos Aires, little toning, otherwise fine, scarce (Si.5x/6Ia)
Estimate: $250
Lot #491 - GERMANY Zeppelin Flights
1919 (2 Sep) "Bodensee", specially prepared picture postcard, with 10pf regular franking, canceled by oval railroad departure postmark, round "An Bord Des Zeppelin Luftschiffes Bodensee" handstamp, sent by rail to Charlottenburg, fine (Si.19Ad, €1,650)
Estimate: $250
Lot #492 - GERMANY Zeppelin Flights
1919 (24 Oct) "Bodensee", 7 1/2pf stationery card, additionally franked with 7 1/2pf orange and 10pf commemorative, canceled by Friedrichshafen pmks, round "An Bord Des Zeppelin Luftschiffes Bodensee" handstamp, addressed to Peter Ingradsen Steuermann (navigator) at airship airport, Staaken bei Berlin, fine (Si.19C, €900)
Estimate: $250
Lot #493 - GERMANY Zeppelin Flights
1919 (28 Nov) "Bodensee", specially prepared picture postcard, with 15pf regular franking, canceled by Friedrichshafen departure postmark, round violet "An Bord Des Zeppelin Luftschiffes Bodensee" handstamp, fine return flight card (Si.19C, €900)
Estimate: $250
Lot #494 - GERMANY Zeppelin Flights
1919 (1 Oct) "Bodensee", picture postcard (airship in flight), with 20pf regular franking, canceled by Friedrichshafen departure postmark, round violet "An Bord Des Zeppelin Luftschiffes Bodensee" handstamp struck on each side, addressed to Chicago ("travelling in this Zeppelin from Berlin to Switzerland in less than 6 hours. It is wonderful") (Si.19C, €900)
Estimate: $250
Lot #495 - GERMANY Zeppelin Flights
1919 (25 Nov) "Bodensee", specially prepared picture postcard (of the airship), with 25pf franking, canceled by Friedrichshafen departure postmark, irregular violet "An Bord Des Zeppelin Luftschiffes Bodensee" handstamp, addressed to Malmo, Sweden, German censor strike "Freigegeben", with Malmo machine arrival datestamp on back. A rare Bodensee flight card to a foreign destination (Si.19C, €900+)
Estimate: $250
Lot #496 - GERMANY Zeppelin Flights
1929 LZ 127 picture postcard (Graf Zeppelin), canceled on board, Kronstad drop (oval "Biblioteca Muzicala Brasov" in green) (16 Oct 1929), v.f., only 27 carried, signed Gappe (Si.42f)
Estimate: $150
Lot #497 - GERMANY Zeppelin Flights
1929 card addressed to Madrid, stamps canceled on board "Graf Zeppelin" 23 October, red cachets (struck twice), with Madrid and Barcelona drop pmks on back, v.f., scarce
Estimate: $150
Lot #498 - GERMANY Zeppelin Flights
1930 Roessler cacheted cover with German franking (2x2m South America), cancelled in Friedrichshafen (18 May) to Brazil, where three stamps were added and canceled Recife (24 May), red South America Cachet and "Via Nyrba Correspondencia Aerea" handstamps, arrival in Newark (31 May), with U.S. 2c adhesive added on back, some toning, otherwise fine, interesting three-country (Germany+Brazil+USA)
Estimate: $500
Lot #499 - GERMANY Zeppelin Flights
1930 (2 Nov), short flight in Switzerland, picture card (Zurich), canceled on board (2.11.1930), addressed to Hannover, "Mit Graf Zeppelin uber Chemnitz beforden" endorsement, Friedrichshafen cds alongside, card tear at right, otherwise fine, rare card (the flight to Chemnitz was canceled due to bad weather and instead a short flight in Switzerland took place, with Dr.Eckener on board), signed Gappe (Si.96c, €1,900)
Estimate: $250
Lot #500 - GERMANY Zeppelin Flights
1930 (19 May) South America flight cover (opened on all sides, reduced and re-glued), franked with 4M (C39), also Brazil Condor stamps, all canceled Berlin, with Santos arrival, some toning, interesting combination
Estimate: $150
Lot #501 - GERMANY Zeppelin Flights
1930 (14 Apr) large-size cover originating in New York, with 5c franking (Roosevelt), used in combination with Germany South America Flight 2M and 4M set of two (Mi.438-439), canceled on board (22 May), with Seville drop cancel on back, forwarded to Brazil, where additional franking was added for the return trip back to USA, some faults, otherwise a fine three-country combination cover
Estimate: $500
Lot #502 - GERMANY Zeppelin Flights
1930 South America Flight, two covers, one franked with 2x2m and 4m, the other with 2x4m, both flown to Lakehurst, with appropriate cachets and arrival pmks, fine-v.f.,
Cat. Val. $2,000
Estimate: $300
Lot #503 - GERMANY Zeppelin Flights
1930 South America 2m and 4m, four complete sets, used on individual covers and cards, various destinations, each with red "Sudamerikafahrt" cachet, addressed to USA and Brazil, with appropriate arrival pmks, fresh, v.f. group,
Cat. Val. $3,400
Estimate: $500
Lot #504 - GERMANY Zeppelin Flights
1931 2nd SAF card to Pernambuco, franked with 2m Zeppelin, canceled on board, with Brazilian adhesives added on arrival, with appropriate bilingual directional markings, v.f.
Estimate: $150
Lot #505 - GERMANY Zeppelin Flights
1933 Chicago Flight, set of three used on round-trip cover from Ulm to Friedrichshafen, cover defective at bottom, stamps fine-v.f.
Estimate: $200
Lot #506 - GERMANY Zeppelin Flights
1934 Argentina Flight cover, registered from Berlin, franked with 1M and 2M Chicago Flight, used in combination with 20pf and 40pf Wagner Operas, tied by cds, with corresponding cachet and Buenos Aires arrival pmks, cover folds away from the stamps, fine and extraordinary combination franking
Estimate: $150
Lot #507 - GERMANY Zeppelin Flights
1934 round-flight with German and Brazilian franking, Christmas flight cachet, Condor-Zeppelin markings on back, little perf. toning, otherwise fine, signed Gappe
Estimate: $200
Lot #508 - GERMANY Zeppelin Flights
1935 (14 Nov) Shuttle Flight cover addressed to Captain Max Pruss, on board the "Graf Zeppelin" Stuttgart, v.f., signed Gappe (Si.330Avar, this date not listed)
Estimate: $150
Lot #509 - GERMANY Zeppelin Flights
1936 cover posted on three different (First, Second and Third) North America Flights, all on-board cancels, addressed and signed by Clara Adams, to New York City, with May 9, 1936 arrival pmk, little toning at top, otherwise fine and interesting item
Estimate: $250
Lot #510 - GERMANY Zeppelin Flights
1936 First North America Flight via "Hindenburg" to Manila, picture postcard (color Zeppelin caricature), addressed to U.S. Naval Base carried from the East Coast by Air Mail to San Francisco and from there by Pan-American clipper to the Philippines, v.f.
Estimate: $250
Lot #511 - GERMANY Zeppelin Flights
1936 Zeppelin/Glider combination flight card, with Germany (stamp with little toning at top) and Austrian stamps, Sopron drop, fine and scarce, with appropriate cachets, only 10 carried
Estimate: $200
Lot #512 - GERMANY Zeppelin Flights
1937 Hindenburg (LZ 129) flight from Buttstadt (scarce Horse-Market cachet) to Brazil, attractively franked with the souvenir sheet and blocks of four; also return trip from Brazil to Germany, with Brazil-Europa Condor Zeppelin Lufthansa cachet, addressed to Hermann E. Sieger, with 27 March, 1937 arrival pmk. This was the last South America Flight of the Hindenburg, colorful franking, v.f. (Si.450B,451)
Estimate: $150
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