Zeppelin Mail Liechtenstein Cover to USA 1936

Zeppelin Airship Hindenburg Scarce Liechtenstein Cover

Liechtenstein 1936: Registered mail sent Triesenberg to New York City by Zeppelin Airship Hindenburg L. Z. 129 as 1. North-American flight May 6th.

Attached is a 2 Fr. Fürstentum Liechtenstein stamp with clear cancellation. Additional red “Deutsche Luftpost Europa – Nordamerika. New York arrival-mark.

Clean and fresh, good condition.

Only 49.250 stamps have been issued and not many have been used for real mail.

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Zeppelin LZ 129 Trial Flight 1936 Mixed Franking on Board Cancellation

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Zeppelin Mail first post Flight LZ 129 1936 Hamburg vintage postcard, official postcard by DELAG, Frankfurt with 4 air-mail stamps attached: 5, 10, 15, 20 Pfennig, Luftschiff LZ 126 on-board cancellations from 23.03.36. This was a trial flight.

Sent to Breslau. Good condition. More Zeppelin Postal History: HERE

Ballon Mail Luxemburg 1927 Two Postcards

Two Ballon Mail Luxemburg 1927

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Luxemburg 1927: 2 postcards (G. Duché de Luxemburg, Carte Postale Poste Aerienne.) Each with 2 stamps and “Par Ballon Exp Phil Luxembourg 8 Sept. 1927” - cancellations. Good condition.

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Concentration Camp Letters from Oranienburg and Luettringhausen

Two Concentration Camp Letters Oranienburg and Luettringhausen

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Germany World War II: Two letters from the Concentration Camp Oranienburg (20.04. 44) and the special prison Lüttringhausen 26.11. 1939).

Both by the same inmate to his family. Both are complete and in good condition.

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Ottoman Empire Postcard 2 Stamps to Germany

Old Turkey Postcard Barbers in Constantinople 1912

 

Ottoman Empire, Turkey: Vintage postcard depicting barbers and customers for an haircut in the streets. 2 x 2 Paras stamps with bilingual Constantinople-cancellations. Sent to Bavaria, Germany.

Good condition.

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Antique French Letter 10 + 50 Centimes, 1850s

Antique French Letter with Mixed Franking 1850s

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Attractive old French letter with mixed franking, 10 + 50 Centimes, Scott# 14 and # 18

Sent Paris to Geneve. Paris strike and red PD-mark. Genova-arrival strike.

Minor wear.

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Wrong Date on German Post in China 1899 Letter

German Post in China 1899 Letter with Date Error

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German Post in China, Qingdao. Cover with an overprinted Reichspost 10 Pfennig red – stamp, tied by a TSINTAU 2 / 7 99 KIAUTSCHOU – cancellation. This is a mistake: It should be 2 / 8, August, not July. The Chinese and German cancellation at the reverse are correct with Aug 4 and 4/8. Vertical fold otherwise good condition.

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Germany 1920: Sarre overprinted 80 Pfennig Stamp on Cover

Sarre: Scarce overprinted 80 Pfennig Sarre Stamp on Cover

Germany / Saar / Sarre: Scarce overprinted 80 Pfennig Stamp on Cover

Scarce 80 Pfennig Germania stamp with Sarre overprint on cover, CTO.

Clean cover from 1920 in good condition.

The upper right corner of the stamp has a minor fault. (It rather seems that its because the paper is slightly uneven than that a tear exists). ( Michel DEM 2,500 after old Michel catalogue).

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Deutsche Seepost Asiatische Hauptlinie f Postcard China Stamp

Deutsche Seepost Asian Line Postcard 1903 to England

Deutsche Seepost: b/w postcard depicting an Egyptian lady hitting the water pipe. Shipped 1903 as postcard by Deutsche Seepost to England.

10 Pfennig Germania stamp with “China” imprint, Deutsche Seepost Asiatische Hauptlinie f 24 7 03 – cancellation.

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WWII German Inselpost Greece Agram Imprint Letter 1945

WWII, German fieldpost stamp #2 with dark-blue imprint INSELPOST. Michel #10 b 1. Imprint 36 degrees.

Sent as fieldpost to Wien. Altheide Bad Kr. Glatz 7. 4. 45 – cancellation. Decorative sealing stamp. Good condition.

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Rocket Mail by Schmiedle: Commemorative postal card V7

Rocket Flight V7 Postcard with Vignette, Schmiedl

Rocket Mail : Commemorative postal card V7, Start 12.2.1971. Typed text: “”V7”....1971 “APOLLO 14” ON WAY TO MOON”.

Nr. 20 of 30 postal cards only. Signed by Schmiedl at the upper left corner. Graz-Kroisbach arrival-strike. Very good condition.

The Austrian engineer Friedrich Schmiedl fired the world’s first postal rocket on 2nd February 1931 which transported 100 letters from Schoeckel to Sankt Radegund. He began with what he called 'regular mail service' in September 1931 with launch of his G1 rocket from Hochtroetsch to Semriach.

Schmiedl dreamed of using enormous rockets to transport long-range mail from Vienna to Budapest and Graz to Budapest, or to deliver mail to remote oases in North Africa. But the Austrian Post office obtained a law prohibiting further rocket mail activities in 1934, followed by a general government ban on private rocket development in 1935.

After the second world war began, he destroyed his rocket work, not wanting it to be used for military purposes. Similarly he refused an offer after the war to go to the United States and conduct further rocket research.

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Lot of 6 Postcards with Railway Cancellations Austria 1915

Lot of 6 postal cards, photo-postcards and postcard from the time of the 1 World War, 1915. At all 6 items are horse-drawn light railway cancellations. K.uk. Pferdefeldbahn No. 5 Betriebssektion No. 2 and No. 3, Pferdefeldbahn -Trainbegleitungskadron No. 3 Sektion 3, 16 Zug and. No.4, Pferdefeldbahn No. 3 B.S.3.

All are in good condition.

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German Zeppelin Cover Sudeten Flight 1938, Propapanda Strike

Zeppelin Cover Sudetenland-Flight 1938

Zeppelin cover with Winterhilfwerk stamp set. Flug- und Luftschiffhafen Frankfurt – cancellations. Red “Luftschiff Graf Zeppelin Fahrt ueber das befreite Sudetenland” - strike Reichenberg strike with propaganda-slogan at reverse.

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Italian Post in China Misprint

Italian Post in China Misprint inverted Imprint



Italian Post in China: 10 Cents val with black overprint PECHINO 4 CENTS. The imprint is upside down. Used, good condition. Scott# 15.

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Austrian Stamps Imperial Austria Fieldpost Specials

Austrian Stamps Specials Imperial Fieldpost

Austria, 1915-18. K. u. K. Fieldpost, 10 Heller stamp from worn-out printing plate, 25 Heller cut pair and proof 10 Kronen as pair.

All are unused and in good condition

Zeppelin Mail Deutschlandfahrt 1937 with Miniature Sheet

Zeppelin Mail Deutschlandfahrt 1937 with Miniature Sheet



Airship Hindenburg Germany Flight from 1. May 1937. Cover, franked with a Hitler miniature sheet, Hindenburg and 75 Pfennig airmail stamps.

Red Luftschiff Hindenburg Deutschlandfahrt – strike and square cancellation: Wegen Ausfalls der Deutschlandfahrt Postabwurf bei Nordamerikafahrt.

Koeln-arrival-mark 3. 5. 37 Good condition, clean, unfolded.

Old Turkish Letter to Wien, 1916



Constantinople, Turkey: Cover, franked with 3 overprinted stamps. Business letter Tasartez & Barzilai, Constantinople.

Bilingual cancellation Voivoda 21. 10. 16 Red vignette and 3 strikes in black. Fine condition.

Poland Inflation-Cover with 23 Stamps, 1923



Poland 1923: Company cover with mixed franking 1950 MK ( 23 stamps).
Fine condition.

Airship Zeppelin Letter to Holland, 1929



Hollandflight with airship „Graf Zeppelin“. Franked with a 100 Mark Deutsches Reich-stamp. Michel Nr. 343. Numerals shifted to left version.

“Luftschiff Graf Zeppelin 13. 10. 1929” - cancellation.

 A few small mould spots otherwise fine condition.

Zeppelin Mail Swiss-Flight 1933 LZ 127

1933, May 26: Zeppelin cover with 12 stamps, short trip per LZ 127 to Switzerland. Sieger catalogue: 206 I




Some brown spots from aging.