Sale #165

1925 reg envelope to England with 4d cancelled Hamilton 16.AP.25, New York 4.24.1925 arrival cancels on back. BERMUDA FIRST/OVERSEAS AIRMAIL h/stamp and 'Via Air-Mail, Bermuda - Lakehurst N.J' at top. This cover was flown on the return LZ 126 flight to Lakehurst, the first Bermuda overseas airmail.

1930 Ostsee flight envelope to Sweden, franked 2rm Zeppelin, SG.456a (Cat. £500), cancelled 'Luftschiff Graf Zeppelin,' bears green flight cachet, b/stamped Stockholm, VF.

1930 South America flight envelope to Buenos Aires annotated 'Via Rio di Janeiro,' franked 4rm Zeppelin commem, cancelled Friedrichshafen, bears red 'Sugar Loaf' flight cachet & Rio transit c.d.s on reverse.

1931 Egypt six covers or cards with Zeppelin P.P.C bearing Cairo arrival of 11.Ap.31 franked German 1m Air with red Zeppelin cachet, the other five covers bears Egypt Zeppelin 50m (2) or 100m (3) on e100m with apparent 1831 for 1931. Scarce group. (6)

1931-33 Vienna first South America & Deutschland flight cards & envelope, all franked 1rm Zeppelin & other vals, bearing a variety of cachets. Fine. (3)

1932 April 9th second South American flight card, franked 20pf Air & 1m Zeppelin from the return leg of the flight from Recife (Pernambuco) to Friedrichshafen, stamps tied by violet on board double ring cancel, green pictorial Zeppelin cachet at lower left. Some slight toning.

1932 second South American flight to Rio, Brazil, franked Bradbury 2/6d & 1s, tied London airmail 1.Ap.32 double ring c.d.s's, airmail label attatched with 'Per Graf Zeppelin' instruction, pictorial Zeppelin cachet in green adjacent with large red 'Deutsche Luftpost, Berlin - Friedrichshafen' double ring cachet, envelope torn away at upper left corner & reduced at right side.