382nd Auction

JEAN BART No. 1: Lauré 20 c. tied by star cancel to an entire letter to Dieppe, adjacent "PARIS 13 OCT. 70" with arrival "DIEPPE 18 OCT. 70", from there redirected to a poste restante in Bruxelles, all appropriate transit cancels, fine and scarce redirected balloon mail, certificate B. & P. Behr (2014)

NOBILE "ITALIA" ARTIC EXPEDITION: 1928, official folded lettersheet with crowned imprint at top left, graced with a selection of seventeen Italian adhesives neatly tied by cds. "R.N.C. DI MILANO * SPED. ARTICA 1928 * 25 5 28", alongside with straight two-line handstamp and the company black wax seal; May 25th was the day when the balloon Italia crashed. A fine and eye-appealing document, very scarce  

1930, Russlandfahr, Post der Rückfahrt, Brief mit normale Markenfrankatur von Moskau via Friedrichshafen mit deutschen Bestätigungstempel in die Schweiz, Beförderungsspuren

"ISLANDFAHRT 1931": 30 a. red/green and 2 kr. brown/green, tied by cds. "REYKJAVIK 30. VI. 31" to registered envelope to Offenbach, endorsed "mit Luftschiff Graf Zeppelin!", green triangular cachet "ISLANDFAHRT 1931" alongside, reverse transit and arrival postmarks "OFFENBACH -4 7. 31.", very fine

INDOCHINA: 1934, Argentinien-Fahrt, R-Brief nach Pernambuco. Große Seltenheit.

1931, Amerikaflug, Brief mit rumänischer Frankatur sowie SAF 2 M. und 4 M. mit Transitstempel von Rio de Janeiro nach New York. Bordstempel vom 30. 1. Ein außerordentlich seltenes Stück.

"BREMEN CATAPULT FLIGHT", 1933 Registered cover with mixed franking German Empire with Soviet Union, from Leningrad via Berlin onto the "BREMEN" and by catapult flight to New York, with special green cachet "Deutscher Schleuderflug D. 'Bremen'-New York 9./10. Juli 1933", reverse departure, transit and arrival cds. "NEW YORK 7 -9 1933"; fine and scarce

Hungary: postcard from "BUDAPEST 936 JUL 25" to Germany, small transportation marks, still fine and scarce