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lot # 4350 - World germany

Thursday Jun 24, 2021 12:00 Australia/Sydney

1912 remarkable use of Germany official postcard (real photo Hesse Royal Family) posted to Samoa during experimental Air Mail flights on Rhein & Main, dated 15.6.1912 & endorsed 'per Zeppelin', franked special 10pf & 5pf Germania tied by 'Flugpost am Rhein u. am Main Darmstadt 16.6.12' pmk. Believed to be unique to Samoa, & the earliest jusqu'a airmail item to South Pacific. The experimental flights were by airship 'Schwaben' & airplane 'Gelber Hund'. The Zeppelin endorsement suggests this item was intended to be carried by the airship. Unique (P)
Estimate A$700

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