Vintage Zeppelin Photo-postcard, red visit strike

Zeppelin Photo-postcard, red cancellation to commemorate visit

Zeppelin Photo-postcard: „ Friedrichshafen a. B. Neue Luftschiffhalle mit LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin“.

It shows the airship over the hangar. Oval shaped, red cancellation to commemorate the visit of the airship: „ Zur Erinnerung an die Besichtigung des Luftschiffes Graf Zeppelin.“

Postally used in 1933, good condition.

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Cultural Revolution Letters

PR China: 3 Covers from Cultural Revolution

Peoples Republic of China, 1971 -74. 3 letters ( 2 with content). The covers have revolutionary, poster-style images. Minor aging.

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Red band cover Hangzhou to Yantai from 1923

1923: Red band cover Hangzhou to Yantai

Republic of China 1923: Red band cover from Hangzhou to Yantai.
Overprinted 3 cents coiling dragon at reverse. Hangzhou cancellation,
Cheefoo arrival mark at back.

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Giant Pandas Stamp Set, MNH, China 1973

Chinese Stamp Set Giant Pandas 1973 MNH

PR China 1973: Pandas in various positions.

Stamp set, mint never hinged, very good condition.

Scott# 1108 – 1113, Michel Nr. 1126 – 1131

Two Japanese Covers mith multicolor Franking to Austria

Two Japanese Covers multicolor Franking to Austria 1953-54

Two airmail covers sent Nishiyodogawa as registered mail to Vienna.

1953 via Geneve, 1954 via Zuerich, opened by censor and resealed.

Mixed franking with a 24 Sen Signing of Peace Treaty-val. (Sakura 222).  
Moderate wear.

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Old Austrian Telephone Card, 1916, 3 x 60 Heller Stamps

Telephone Card 1916 Austria with 3 x 60 Heller Stamps

Old Austrian telephone-card from 1905, used in 1916 for a call from Wien to St. Poelten.

Attached are three 60 Heller stamps, ANK 173. Good condition.

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PR China Stamp Set Journey to the West. MNH

PR China Stamp Set Journey to the West. MNH



1979: Peoples Republic of China Stamp Set „The Journey to the West“.

Mint never hinged stamp set, T43, Scott Nr. 1547 – 1554. Michel Nr. 1555 – 1562.

Chinese Stamp Set Red Flag Canal 1972 MNH

Chinese Stamp Set Red Flag Canal 1972 MNH





PR China stamp set: Construction of Red Flag Canal Linhsien county, Honan. 1972

Mint never hinged, very good condition, Scott# 1104-1107, Michel Nr. 1122 – 1125.

RR China: Cover with complete with Guilin Strip of 5

Peoples Republic of China 1980: Air mail cover sent Beijing to Ybbs in Lower Austria. 8 stamps, including a complete strip of Guilin landscape. Very good condition.


Complete (28 x 10,4 cm). Embossed prints, 2 pinholes at upper margins.

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China, Shanghai Local Post 1893, 2 Newspaper Wrappers

China, Qing Dynasty 1893, 2 Newspaper Wrappers Shanghai
 


Imperial China, 2 Shanghai Municipality Emblem issues: 2 paper wrappers, 1 cent und 2 cents.

Complete (28 x 10,4 cm). Embossed prints, 2 pinholes at upper margins.

Taiwan Stamp Set Fishes 1965 MNH



Republic of China, Taiwan: Stamp set Fishes, issued for the Fisherman’s Day, 1965. MNH

 Mint, never hinged, very good condition Scott# 1454-57, Michel Nr. 576-79

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PR China Stamp Set Gymnastics By Radio MNH

PRCh Stamp Set Gymnastics By Radio Second Print



Gymnastics By Radio Stamp Set,
People's Republic of China S4 #141-150. 10 blocks of four. Second print.

Mint never hinged.

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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

1934: Famous Architects. Austrian Stamp Set MNH

1934: Famous Architects. Austrian Stamp Set MNH 



1934: Famous Architects. Austrian Stamp Set MNH Austria

Semi postals. Stamp set Famous Master Builders. Scott B122-B127.

Mint, never hinged set.

Chinese Year of the Pig China Stamp Booklet 1983

Year of the Pig China Stamp Booklet 1983





PR-China stamp booklet from 1983, Year of the Pig. Scott# 1832a, Michel 1852.

Complete, MNH.

Two Covers from Imperial China, unused

2 Covers Imperial China, unused





Imperial China, 2 unused postal covers, one red-band stationery, one with decorative design.

Both in very good condition

Republic of China SYS Mausoleum Part of Sheet. MNH

Republic of China SYS Mausoleum Part of Sheet. MNH



Republic of China: 4 Cents stamp Sun Yatsen Mausoleum. Scott#284, Michel Nr. 220.

12 stamps as part of the sheet, including margins with imprint of printing office (Chinese Bureau of Engraving and Printing).

Original gum, no hingemarks, good condition.

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Chinkiang Postal Card 1 Cent, China 1897

China 1897: Chinkiang Postal Card CTO



Jinjiang (Chinkiang) 1 Cent postal card, cancelled to order CHINKIANG POSTAL OFFICE 19 MY 97.
 
Good condition.

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Polarflight UdSSR Zeppelin 1931 Cover and Postcard

Polarflight UdSSR Zeppelin 1931 Cover and Postcard



Polarflight UdSSR 1931: 2 Zeppelin mails, cover and postcard.

Sieger catalogue numbers 119 Ba and 119 Bb. Register mail Leningrad. Good condition.

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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.

Zeppelin Mail LZ 129 to Rio 1936 Mixed franking

Zeppelin Mail LZ 129 to Rio de Janeiro 1936 Mixed franking



Zeppelin L.Z.129: Cover as registered mail and hand-written text: “Mit Luftschiff L.Z.129“. Multicolor franking.

Tuebingen to Rio de Janeiro 30. 03. 1936.

Clear cancellations, good condition.

Zeppelin Mail First North Amerika Flight 1936

Zeppelin Mail First North Amerika Flight 1936



Zeppelin L.Z.129: Postcard with Zeppelin imprint and text: “Mit Luftschiff Hindenburg L.Z.129 Erste Fahrt nach Nordamerika“.

Mixed franking.

Frankfurt to New York 6. 5. 1936. 2 New York arrival-strikes.

Letter POW Camp Dachau 1946

W.W.II.: Lager Dachau POW Letter, 1946



Prisoners of war camp Dachau. Letter by an Austrian inmate in Lagers PWE-29-1 136 Dachau.

Complete letter in German.

Minor wear, fine condition.

China 1969: Xinjiang Letter with Red Lantern Stamp,

PR China: Xinjiang Letter with Red Lantern Stamp, 1969



Peoples Republic of China 1969, Cultural-Revolution: Business envelope used in Xinjiang. Attached is a 8 Fen stamp from the Set Piano music from the Opter The Red Lantern.

Scott# 1005, Michel Nr. 1033. Uighur and Han-Chinese cancellation. Fine condition.

Letter from Cultural Revolution, Peking Opera Stamp

Letter from Cultural Revolution, Peking Opera Stamp



PR China, Cultural Revolution. Browns cover with Chairman Mao calligraphy at front and a stamp from the set franked with a stamp from Revolutionary Operas set, Scott# 1051, Michel#1067.

 Sent Shaoxing to Shanghai.

Norman Bethune: 2 Covers from Cultural Revolution

2 Covers from Cultural Revolution Norman Bethune



Peoples Republic of China, Cultural Revolution periode. 2 letters, one with content. Mao-slogans and images of the Canadian physician Norman Bethune at front side.

Fine condition.

元年 Yuan-Nian cancellation on Junk Stamp

China: Junk Stamp with Yuan-Nian Cancellation



10 cents junk stamp China, 1913 with 元年 Yuan-Nian cancellation ( Yuan Nian – First Year – referring to 袁世凱 Yuan Shi-Kai’s first year of gouverning China). This cancellation is scarce. 

Legible Amoy-cancellation, fine condition.

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.

Great Wall vintage Postcard with US Post in China cancel

Postcard Great Wall US Post in China 1920



China 1920: b/w postcard with view at the Great Wall of China.

Attached is a US overprinted stamp “Shanghai 2 Ct China”. US. PCS. Services Shanghai China JUN 11 – cancellation. Fine condition.

Cultural Revolution Letter with Pair, registered

Letter from Cultural Revolution, registered, 1970



PR China, Cultural Revolution. Browns cover, franked with a pair of Scott# 1010, Michel#1038.

Sent as registered mail from Nanjing to Shanghai in 1970. Fine condition.

Imperial China Temple of Heaven 2 Cents Block of Four



Imperial China: 2 Cents val. from the stamp set 1. year of the reign of Hsuan T'ung (Puyi).

Unused, clean and fresh, no gum. Scott# 131 (Michel Nr. 79).

PR China Cultural Revolution Letter to 苏尼特左旗

PR China Cultural Revolution Letter to Mongolia



PR China 1970: Letter with content (2 pages), franked with Scott# 1012, Michel# 1050 (Defense of Chen Pao-tao).

Sent to Mongolia 苏尼特左旗. Inner Mongolia, Left Sonid-Banner - cancellations.

Scribbling at reverse of cover.

First Flight Macau to San Francisco 1937, Trans-Pacific Route

Maiden Flight Macau to San Francisco 1937



Airmail cover Macau to San Francisco by Trans-Pacific Route. Mixed franking, 4 stamps. Commemorative strike. Back-stamped San Francisco.

Poland Inflation-Cover with 23 Stamps, 1923



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

Chinese Stamp Mao Zedong. Revolutionary Literature and Art, MNH



PR China single stamp from the set “Mao's direction for revolutionary literature and art”.

Mint never hinged. Scott# 990, Michel Nr. 1018.

WWII: Scarce German Shanghai Strike on Receipt



China, Shanghai 1936: German Agfa company in Shanghai. Receipt for Registered article with violet strike „Deutsche Gesandtschaft in Shanghai“ and Nazi eagle beneath.

Black Shanghai cancellation 16. 9 25 ( = 1936).
Green strike at reverse, oval Shanghai District Head Office cancellation. Very scarce.

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.

Cultural Revolution. Mongolian Letter with Pair




PR China, Cultural Revolution, 1972: Cover with a pair of 8 Fen Stamps from the set „Revolutionary Operas“.  

Franked with Michel Nr: 1068 as pair + 4 Fen regular stamp.

 Sent as registered mail from Er Dao He (Inner Mongolia ) to Kun Shan ( Jiangsu province), 1972, fine condition.

Chinese Stamp Set Oil Industry 1964 CTO



PR China stamp – set, Oil Industry from 1964 Cancelled to order.

Scott# 799- 803, Michel Nr. 827-831

2 Chinese Stamp Sets Lenin and Engels MLH


Two PR China stamp – sets 85. birthday Lenin and 60. birthday Friedrich Engels. First time hinged. Scott# 267-270, Michel Nr. 282-285.

PR China. Miniature Sheet Bridges 1978 FDC





Peoples Republic of China 1978: Highway bridges.

Miniature Sheet, Scott# 1452. First Day Cancellation to order. Very fine condition.

Imperial China 1 Cent Stamp with Gutter




Imperial China 1 Cent coiling dragon stamp with gutter at right margin.
Clear Shanghai-cancellation. Fine condition.

Republic of China: Cover Shanghai to Huzhou 1916



Republic of China 1916: Traditional cover, franked with a strip of 3 x 1 cent stamps.

Huchowfu-arrival strike. Fine condition.

Republic of China: Letter to England, Mixed Franking
 


Republic of China: Letter with 7 stamps sent to Manchester, England. Pair of Michel# 828, 826, 828, 786, 834 795, 7 stamps.

Bilingual Shanghai 9. 2. 48 – cancellation. Jardin Matheson & Co Shanghai – company stamp. Fine condition.

PR China: 2 Letters with Stamps Red Lantern Opera

Peoples Republic of China, Cultural Revolution: 2 covers with Mao-Slogans at front side and each with a stamp from the set Piano Music from the opera The Red Lantern.

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Scott#1005-06, Michel Nr. 1033-34.

Fine condition.

PR. China Miniature Sheet 1958. First Day Cancel

Peoples Republic 1958. Miniature sheet Unveiling of People’s Heroes Monument, Peking.

First Day cancellation. Minimal bend at upper right edge.
Scott# 344a, Michel Nr. 372 Block 5.

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.

Zeppelin Mail. Cover America-Flight 1929 LZ 127

Zeppelin cover with 4 stamps, per LZ127 to America.

Red strike: „Befoerderung verzoegert wegen Abbruchs der 1. Amerikafahrt“. (delayed transport due to abandonment of 1. America-Flight”).



Blue Luftschiff Graf Zeppelin 1. Amerikafahrt-strike.

New York 5. Aug. 1929 – arrival strike.

Some brown spots from aging.

Republic of China Register Letter, Swatow

Interesting Chinese stampless letter from app. 1920, sent as registered mail. Red strikes,
Swatow to Tai-Ping-Pu. Black Swatow cancellation at reverse. Fine condition.