1784

Nutmeg Mail Auction 135 30 January 2007 Specialised Airmail Etiquettes¬ Airline Tags¬ Catapult Mail¬ Zeppelin and US Pioneer Flights 204 page full colour illustrated catalogue. ()

£7.50

 

1785

1928 Lightly soiled colour postcard of view of Fifth Avenue from 58th Street carried on LZ-127 Graf Zeppelin first flight having large purple 'First Flight Air Mail via Graf Zepplin United States - Germany 28 October 1928' pictorial cachet applied to Germany at 53 rate bearing Lincoln 3c Unknown Soldiers Tomb 50c (SG563 &578) tied by New York duplex cancel dated 25 October 1928 having manuscript instructions for New York Postmaster. ()

£20.00

 

1786

1929 LZ-127 Graf Zeppelin typed address cover to New York Lakehurst -Los Angles Round the World Flight having large purple cachet applied at $3.53 rate bearing 5c¬ 50 $1 & $2 stamps tied by New York City Hall Station duplex cancels dated 5 August 1929 having Green pictorial Graf Zeppelin Round the World Flight Lakehurst backstamp dated 29 August 1929.. ()

£25.00

 

1787

1929 3c postal stationery card (creased top left corner a little soiling on front) carried airmail on LZ-127 Graf Zeppelin flight hand addressed to Holland on Lakehurst - Friedrichshafen large purple "First Round The World USS Air Mail" cachet applied uprated with 50c SG578 tied by New York NY GPO duplex cancels dated 6 August 1929 with Friedrichshafen Bodensee Luftpost slogan cancel dated 10 August on reverse. ()

£20.00

 

1788

1929 Colour postcard carried airmail on LZ-127 Graf Zeppelin flight hand addressed to France on Los Angles - Friedrichshafen stage having large purple "First Round The World USS Air Mail" cachet applied bearing 4 stamps making 83c rate tied by Los Angles duplex dated 26 August 1929 and Los Angles Cal oval undated cancels with Friedrichshafen Bodensee Luftpost slogan cancel dated 4 September on reverse. ()

£20.00

 

1789

1932 Zeppelin Mail pictorial USS Akron Air Mail hand addressed to New York cover large purple "Tactical Training Flight USS Akron Carrying Mail United States Navy 1932 US Post Office Department" cachet with 5 stamps making 8c rate tied by Lakehurst machine cancel 2 August 1932. Same on reverse along with large blue US Navy USS Akron pictorial cachet. ()

£10.00

 

1790

1933 LZ-127 Graf Zeppelin Centenary of Progress Zeppelin airmail cover Miami -Chicago having large "Graf Zeppelin Flight to Centenary of Progress Exposition Dispatched from Miami" pictorial cachet applied typed address to New York bearing Zeppelin 50c green SGA732 tied by Miami machine cancel dated 23 October 1933. Chicago Centenary of Progress World's Fair slogan cancel dated 26 October on reverse. ()

£25.00

 

1791

1933 LZ-127 Graf Zeppelin Centenary of Progress Zeppelin airmail black & white postcard having large "Graf Zeppelin Flight to Centenary of Progress Exposition Dispatched from Chicago" pictorial cachet applied typed address to Germany Zeppelin 50c green SGA732 tied by Chicago Centenary of Progress World's Fair machine cancel 26 October 1933. Green Friedrichshafen pictorial Zeppelin arrival cancel 2 November also applied tying Air Mail label. ()

£20.00

 

1792

1933 LZ-127 Graf Zeppelin Centenary of Progress Via Graff Zeppelin Chicago Friedrichshafen typed address to German being last return flight of South America series having large "Graf Zeppelin Flight to Centenary of Progress Exposition Dispatched from Chicago" pictorial cachet applied at 50c rate bearing Air 5c SGA649 and Air 15c x 3 SGA629 tied by Chicago Centenary of Progress World's Fair machine cancel 26 October 1933. Off cover green Friedrichshafen pictorial Zeppelin arrival cancel 2 November on reverse. ()

£20.00

 

1793

1936 Typed address cover to Belgium carried on airship LZ-129 von Hindenburg New York to Frankfurt am Main with large purple pictorial "Lakehurst - Frankfurt-am-Main Trans Atlantic First Flight Hindenburg 1936" cachet applied at 40c rate with Statue of Liberty 15c SG574 and 25c SGA776 tied by New York NY machine cancel 11 May 1936. Laken single ring cds 15 May on front with pictorial Hindenburg Frankfurt arrival cancel 14 May on reverse. ()

£20.00

 

1794

1936 Hand addressed cover (central vertical fold & backflap a little damaged) to Germany carried on airship LZ-129 von Hindenburg with large purple pictorial "Lakehurst - Frankfurt-am-Main Trans Atlantic First Flight Hindenburg 1936" cachet applied at 40c rate bearing 10c blue & 15c light-brown x 2 SGA628/629a tied by New York NY machine cancel dated 11 May 1936. Hindenburg pictorial Frankfurt arrival cancel dated 14 May on reverse. ()

£15.00