355 / Oktober 2013

1925, July 25th., special flight Tokyo-Paris, franked cover with red cachet showing aeroplane and japanese characters, transit and arrival mark on front, also the special rectangle arricing cachet "SERVICES NAVIGATION AERIENNE 28 SEP 1925 PORT DU BOURGET", scarce, only 82 letters transported, very fine (Muller.-Nr. 15; AAMC.-Nr. 12)

1935, Amelia Earhart 20 c., with upper sheet margin, very good centering, mint never hinged, extremely fine; a most desirable example of this rarity, with only 300 printed; signed Sanabria and accompanied by a 1979 Mepsi certificate.

Amelia Earhart Nonstop flight Mexico-Newark 20 c. red with additional franking of Mexico Air official 40 c. and United States Air post 10 c. and two regular issues, all tied by Mexico City and Newark cds. to flown registered cover, originating in California on April 19th where it was registered with the 10 c. Air post and addressed to George Putnam (Earhart's husband!) in Mexico City, it was then re-addressed to New York City, re-registered and franked with with the Mexican adhesives for the flight of New Jersey, finally it was franked with US adhesives for its last leg to New York City! United States registration handstamp, Mexican registration label and in neat manuscript "Carried by Air" cleary signed Amelia Earhart, with all transit marks on reverse. Very fine condition and with this combination of flight, stamp and signature for sure one of the most desirable airpost and Mexico rarities!  Provenance: The Erich Koenig Collection (Sotheby's 1995)

1921, Airmail 1-10 p., 1 p. as horizontal pair with almost cpl. printing date, all tied by Halep cds. to envelope, fine, signed J.F. Brun

1921, Amundsen and Maud Expedition trial flight, cover with two vignettes in red and violet with the corresponding stamps attached to it, with adjacent straight line "MAUDEXPEDITIONEN" and the green five line cachet "DATE/LATD/LONG/TEMP", signed by Amundsen, Hubert Work, the Postmaster General, and by Warren G. Harding, the President of the United States of America, fine

1928, Brother Wright 2 c. upper margin block of 9 with plate number and signature of "Orville Wright" above the plate number, mint never hinged, very fine and rare

1930, Trans-Oceanic Record Flight Croydon - India - California, cover carried by the Aviator van Lear Black in his airplane "Maryland Free State", with special cachet "AIR LINER MARYLAND FREE STATE", signed by the co-pilot Scholn, rare with only 26 covers carried, very fine

1932, Transatlantic solo flight by Amelia Earhart, cover franked with U.S. and British adhesvies with violet diamond shaped cachet "TRANS - ATLANTIC NON-STOP SOLO-FLIGHT  FIRST AVIATRIX AMELIA EARHART FLIGHT NEWFOUNDLAND - IRELAND MAY 20 - 1932  - MAY 21" alongside, autographed by Mrs. Earhart. After taking off from Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, Mrs. Earhart landed near Culmore, close to Londonderry, Ireland on May 21, 1932, flying the distance in 14 hours and 54 minutes, very fine and rare this being cover 17 out of only 50 carried, signed with Holcombe certificate - besides one cover "Earhart arrives at New York" with her signature, newspaper articles and some modern stamps

1877, Buffalo Balloon 5¢ deep blue, a magnificent mint example of this great air post rarity, in a condition which places it among the very finest of the known examples, being completly flawless, overall very fresh and bright color with wide even margins all round, with full clean original gum with a small hinge remainder, very fine, PF certificate (1985) (Scott #CL1)

1909, Hudson-Fulton Celebration, special vignette depciting an airplane, two airships and a ballon over the Hudson, tied by cds. to small piece, fine

1919, Manila Exhibition Flight by Ruth Law, souvenir card with inscription "AERIAL POST CARD to commemorate the First Aerial Mail Service in the Philippines", 4 c. stamp tied by triangular violet cachet "AERIAL MAIL SRVICE BUREAU OF POSTS PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. MISS RUTH LAW", card number 988A, rare flown card, one horizontal crease (affecting adhesive), otherwise fine

1925, Manila-Aparri Flight, as part of Marquie Francisco de Pinedo's Flight Italy-Philippines-Tokyo, franked cover with cds. of Manila and special 3-line cachet in blue "Comm. F. de Pinedo's * Airplane SAVOIA 1925 * ROME-PHILIPPINES-TOKYO" and black arriving cachet on reverse reading "VIA PINEDO'S FLIGHT ROUND THE WORLD APARRI PHILIPPINE ISLANDS SEP 16 1925", very fine (Muller.-Nr. 8)

1931, First Flight Manila to Southern Islands by U.S. Army Squadron from Stotsenbug, cover with all appropriate postmarks and special green cachet "VIA U.S. ARMY AIR SERVICE AIR MAIL MAY 11 1931 * PIONEER FLIGHT *", the same cachet struck on the reverse but in blue, with arrival mark, signed by the pilot, very fine, rare (AAMC.-Nr. 44)

1912, 20 pfg. on picture postcard "Arrival of the Airhsip 'Schwaben'", used with cancellation "FRANKFURT 19.6.12" with on-board cancellation "An BORD DES ZEPPELIN LUFTSCHIFFES SCHWABEN" alongside, very scarce, slightly soiled at bottom, otherwise fine (Michel.-Nr. 10 Jb)

 Treaty Mail Danzig: 1929, "BREMEN"-New York, cover from Danzig via Berlin and with catapult flight to New York, with special cachet "Deutscher Katapultflug D.'Bremen' New York 1. Oktober 1929", fine

Treaty Mail Danzig: 1930, "EUROPA"-New York, cover with all three different cachets in red, fine and scarce (Haberer-Nr. 31 Dz)

Treaty Mail Liechtensein: 1931, "EUROPA"-New York, card from Vaduz on the "Graf Zeppelin" to Lusanne, connecting with catapult flight to New York, with special framed blue cachet "DEUTSCHER SCHLEUDERFLUG 18.6.31 DAMPER 'EUROPA' NEW YORK", 1 fr. stamp deep scissor cut, otherwise fine (Haberer-Nr. 50 Li)

1933, "EUROPA"-New York, cover with mixed franking German Empire and Sovjet Union, from Leningrad via Berlin onto the "S.S. EUROPA" and by catapult aeroplane to New York, with special red cachet (little faded) "22./23. August 1933 Deutscher Schleuderflug Damper "EUROPA"- New York", fine and scarce (Haberer-Nr. 137 R)

"BREMEN"-New York, registered cover with mixed franking German Empire with se-tenant and Sovjet Union, from Leningrad via Berlin onto the "BREMEN" and by catapult aeroplane to New York, with special red cachet (illegible) "Deutscher Schleuderflug D. 'Bremen'-New York", fine and scarce (Haberer-Nr. 147 R; Airmail label Muller 32)

1929, 77th Trial Flight,  Austrian post, Zeppelin picture card, mail drop at Geissau, with special black and red cachet "Südfunk an Bord", scarce, very fine (Harms 1c AU; AAMC 1b)

1930, Mail-drop at Bourg sur Gironde, pre-printed cover with french franking addressed to Zürich, with special board cachet "AN BORD DES Do.X 20 NOV. 1930", sligtly toned, otherwise fine and scarce (Harms 16 FR; AAMC.-Nr. 4c)

America Flight, Dutch post, card from "AMSTERDAM 28.10.30" via Friedrichshafen with Puerta de la Luz arrival mark, on-board cachet und special red cachet on front, slight edge wear, otherwise fine and scarce (Harms 14 NL a)

America Flight, Portugese post, cover from "LISBOA 29.JAN.31" addressed to new York, with on-board cancel and special red cachet and Rio arrival mark, fine, scarce (Harms 15 c)

1931, Suriname, cover with complete set, the 60 c., 1 and 1½ gld. with missing stop after "Do", addressed to Amsterdam and return arrvial mark "PARAMARIBO 29.9.31", special cachets on front and reverse, fine (Harms 50)

Suriname, cover with 10 and 20 c.,the 20 c. with missing stop after "Do", via Trinidad to Georgetown/British Guayana, very rare only 3 covers known, few stains, otherwise fine (Harms 50 c)

Suriname, cover via Port of Spain to Bandoeng (Java), transit- and arrival mark and special cachets on reverse, very scarce, fine

Antigua, registered cover from "ST. JOHN'S AU 20" via San Juan and Miami to Jamaica, Long Island, New York, vertical fold, some erased pencil marks, otherwise fine (Harms 52)

1932, New Foundland, dispatch Harbour Grace on cover to England, vertical crease, otherwise fine (Harms 64)

1933, Passau Flight, Russia, cover from Leningrad to Bex, Switzerland, transit- and arrival mark and  delay cachet on front and reverse, fine (Harms 69d RU)

 1 Kreuzer schwarz, Platte 1, allseits sehr breitrandig mit Zwischenlinien oben und rechts, mit klar aufgesetztem L2 "MÜNCHEN 13 JAN. 1850" auf kpl. Drucksache von Kriegshaber nach Obergünzburg, feinste und tadellose Erhaltung; ein ganz besonders attraktives Stück, sign. Fulpius und Brettl BPP mit Fotoattest Provenienz: Sammlung Dörfler

 1 Kreuzer schwarz, Platte 1, schöne tiefe Farbe und voll- bis meist breitrandig mit L2 "MÜNCHEN 16 JAN. 1852" auf Ortsbriefhülle (Seiten fehlen und in den Faltungen teils gestützt); Faltungen außerhalb der Frankatur; eine äußerst seltene Spätverwertung der Platte 1, Fotoattest Brettl BPP

 1 Kreuzer schwarz, Platte 1, allseits breit- bis überrandig, 3-seitig mit Zwischenlinien, unten mit kleinem Teil der doppelten Trennungslinie ('Kleine Brücke') mit klar aufgesetztem OPA-DKr. "NÜRNBERG 20 JUL. 1850" auf Streifband nach Naabburg; ein äußerst attraktives Stück in tadelloser Erhaltung, Fotoattest Brettl BPP

 1 Kreuzer schwarz im 3er-Block (sogenannter "Stuhl"), farbfrisch und allseits breit- bis überrandig mit insgesamt 4 vollen und 2 teilweisen Zwischenlinien, oben links mit kleinem Teil der Doppellinie ('Kleine Brücke'), die obere Marke mit Plattenfehler "E von EIN oben ausgefüllt", die linke untere Marke mit Plattenfehler "Randlinie rechts unten gebrochen" auf Briefhülle mit nebengesetztem Halbkreisstempel "AU b LDSHT: 9/9" nach Mallersdorf; eine sehr seltene Frankatur in tadelloser und ursprünglicher Erhaltung, Fotoattest Brettl BPP

 1 Kreuzer tiefschwarz, Platte 1, mit Plattenfehler "linke Randlinie oben neben Wertziffernkasten beschädigt...", sehr schöne Farbe und allseits breitrandig, dreiseitig mit Teilen der Zwischenlinien, mit sauberem Halbkreisstempel "BAYREUTH 24/4" (1850) auf Drucksache mit Teiladresse (Streifband aus optischen Gründen ergänzt) nach Gefres, Kabinett, sehr schönes Stück der seltenen Farbe, Fotoattest Brettl BPP

 3 Kreuzer blau, allseits gleichmäßig breitrandig und sehr schön farbfrisch mit klar aufgesetztem DKr. "NÜRNBERG 7 DEC. 1849" auf Briefhülle mit Teil des Inhaltes nach Syburg bei Weißenburg, Kabinett

 3 Kreuzer blau, allseits sehr breitrandig mit Zwischenlinien an allen Seiten, mit ideal aufgesetztem Halbkreisstempel "GUNZENHAUSEN 22/6" auf Faltbrief nach Ansbach, Luxus, sign. Schmitt BPP