Catalogue
Germany - Germany, 1934, Catapult Mail, cover carried on plane catapulted from S.S.Bremen sailing from Southampton (?). Handstamped boxed ``Mit Vorausflug nach Southampton'' in Red. Also cachet in Purple showing boat, plane. Backstamped Berlin. Used (1).
Estimate $50
SOLD $100
Canada, 1916, Military Mail, Field Service Post Card. Creased down middle. Used (1).
Estimate $30
SOLD $25
Great Britain, 1915, Military Mail, On Active Service Envelopes (4), Field Post Covers with Censor markings (3), Thankyou cards with Censor markings (2) and another 3 contemporaneous items. Condition not great. Used (12).
Estimate $100
SOLD $150
Natal - Wales, 1900, Military Mail, Boer War stampless cover, indistinct pencilled markings ``...Field...'', oval handstamp Eland8 18th April, 1900, other indistinct markings, backstamped Ladysmith same day. Very battered, grubby, yet collectable. Used (1).
Estimate $100
SOLD $150
USA, 1862 or so, Military Mail, Civil War cover, inscribed From Battery A, 1st O.L.A. (?). addressed to Shalersville, Portage County, Ohio. Cover roughly opened and reduced at left. Cancel smudged. Used (1).
Estimate $40
SOLD $40
USA, 1945, Military Mail, cover sent from Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force. Used (1).
Estimate $50
SOLD $40
USA, 1945, Military Mail, letter addressed to President Harry S. Truman from James P. Geelay (?). Corner card Congress of the United States/House of Representatives/Official Business - Free. Cover has two vertical file folds. Used (1).
Estimate $40
SOLD $40
Polar Mail, 1924-25, small card addressed to the Trans-Polar Flight Expedition, postmarked New York, April 19, 1924, franked with 2c Red Washington, on reverse North Pole Mail postmarked Kings Bay (indistinct) 18th June 1925, franked with two Norwegian stamps, addressed to New York. Some corner creasing. Nice little item.
Estimate $100
SOLD $220
Canada, 1943, 1944, Polar Mail, covers to New Jersey via the Eastern Arctic Patrol R.M.S. Appropriate backstamp. Used (2).
Estimate $40
SOLD $50
Australia, 1935, Rocket Mail, S.S.Maheno-Fraser Island, Green sticker on Buff cover, 1d Green. Eustis R2. Used (1).
Estimate $75
SOLD $100
Australia, 1935, Rocket Mail, Fraser Island-S.S.Maheno, Green cover with Red sticker, 2 x 1/2d Orange, Eustis R3. Small grease-spot near address hardly detracts. Used (1).
Estimate $75
SOLD $100
Australia, 1936, Rocket Mail, Moggill-Riverview, Dark Brown sticker on Blue cover, #171 of 299, Eustis R6, accompanied by illustrated full-page article from the Queenslander Pictorial. Used (1).
Estimate $150
SOLD $150
Australia, 1936, Rocket Mail, Enoggera Rifle Range, Green sticker on Ivory cover, unregistered, franked with 2 x 1/2d Orange. Eustis R7. Used (1).
Estimate $80
SOLD $140
India, 1934, 3rd October, Rocket Mail, Saugor Island, First Rocket Firing, thence via Muriganga to Calcutta, with Green and Red sticker tied by one-line ``From Saugor Island'' in Black, backstamped Calcutta (twice) and one other (indistinct), signed on front by Rashon Ali (Semaphore Attendant). Heavily hinged to album page. Used (1).
Estimate $250
SOLD $280
Netherlands, 1935, Rocket Mail, cover carried by First Night Rocket Mail. Appropriate Cinderella (tied by Rocket cancel in Orange-Red), Blue Rocket cachet. Used (1).
Estimate $50
SOLD $90
Germany - USA, 1917, Submarine Mail, cover carried on the U-boat Bremen when US joined WWI. Bremen was captured, and mail on board stamped Zurueck and returned to sender. Backflap damaged. Used (1).
Estimate $100
SOLD $250
Thailand - Australia, 1940, Wreck Mail, cover recovered from Bali crash, stamped front and back ``Recovered from lost flying boat''. Eustis 888. Adhesives on back. Condition as might be expected. Used (1).
Estimate $75
SOLD $260
Germany - Australia, 1929, Zeppelin Mail. Photocard carried by Graf Zeppelin on Round-the-World Journey, franked with 2M Blue Graf Zeppelin stamp, with circular Graf Zeppelin handstamp in Red, one-line ``Friedrichshafen (Bodensee) - Tokio'' handstamp in Red, handstamped Tokio in Purple. Sieger 30A. Used (1).
Estimate $200
SOLD $340
Germany - Philippines, 1930, Zeppelin Mail, photo card showing the Graf Zeppelin in flight, carried by the Graf Zeppelin to Cardington, then by boat. Oval cancel in Red, all markings clear. Sieger 55A. Small corner crease. Used (1).
Estimate $100
SOLD $200
Austria (Vienna) - England (Liverpool), 1930, Zeppelin Mail, card carried by Graf Zeppelin on its round-the-Baltic flight in September (postmarked 8th August). Triangular Green Graf Zeppelin handstamp. Sieger 88. Used (1).
Estimate $100
SOLD $110
Sweden - Germany, 1930, Zeppelin Mail, photo card showing the Graf Zeppelin in flight, carried by the Graf Zeppelin on its trip round the Baltic, triangular Green cancel, all markings clear. Sieger 88D. Used (1).
Estimate $100
SOLD $140
Finland - Estonia, 1930, Zeppelin Mail (?). Photocard franked 1930 Zeppelin overprint, Purple Zepplelin handstamp, also handstamped boxed Stuttgart in Red, Berlin in Red and Friedrichshafen in Black. Hinge remainders, a little grubby. Used (1).
Estimate $250
SOLD $320
USSR (Moscow) - Germany (Dresden), 1930, Zeppelin Mail, registered cover, stamps cancelled with three somewhat indistinct strikes of a Zeppelin cancel in Black. Used (1).
Estimate $30
SOLD $120
Germany (Berlin) - Australia (Wentworth Falls), 1931, Pale Green cover, registered Berlin, franked with 1M and 2M Polar Zeppelin stamps (both tied), backstamped Perth, Melbourne, Sydney and Wentworth Falls. Used (1).
Estimate $250
SOLD $280
Germany - Danzig, 1931, Zeppelin Mail, carried by the Graf Zeppelin on its trip to Pommerania. Usual Green handstamp. Sieger 106. Heavily hinged onto album page. Used (1).
Estimate $100
SOLD $110
Liechtenstein (Vaduz) - Switzerland (Lausanne), 1931, Zeppelin Mail, card franked with 2Fr. Blue, carried by the Graf Zeppelin, usual Red handstamp. Sieger 110. Heavily hinged onto album page. Used (1).
Estimate $400
SOLD $300
Germany - Germany, 1931, Zeppelin Mail, card franked with 1M Red Polar Flight stamp carried on the Polar Flight from Friedrichshafen to Berlin via Leningrad, usual Red handstamp, Black Leningrad postmark. Sieger 119. Heavily hinged to album page. Used (1).
Estimate $200
SOLD $220
Germany - England, 1931, Polar Zeppelin Mail, card carried by Graf Zeppelin on its North Polar Flight, franked with 2M Blue Polar Zeppelin stamp issued for this flight, Graf Zeppelin handstamp in Red, Brise-Glace Malyguin handstamp in Black. Sieger 119B. Used (1).
Estimate $400
SOLD $400
Brazil (Rio de Janeiro) - Brazil (Recife), 1932, Zeppelin Mail, cover carried by the Graf Zeppelin. Usual Blue handstamp. Sieger 178B. Heavily hinged onto album page. Used (1).
Estimate $50
SOLD $70
Paraguay - Australia, 1932, Zeppelin Mail, registered cover carried by the Graf Zeppelin via Germany, franked with five stamps, including two showing Zeppelin, usual star-shaped Violet handstamp (two), Graf Zeppelin cachet in Black, backstamped Friedrichshafen, Munich and Central Concord, as well as Condor Zeppelin Servicio Aereo Transatlantico in Grey-Green oval. Sieger 182. Heavily hinged onto album page. Used (1).
Estimate $150
SOLD $210