385th Auction

1910, Heliopolis Air Meeting, perforated advertising vignette in black/red/yellow, tied together with 2 m. adhesive by cds. “CAIRO II. 10” to illustrated postcard “Grande semaine d´aviation d´heliopolis (Caire- Egypte). - Février 1910. -LL” sent to Paris, without arrival, negligible toning on a few perfs, still fine, very scarce

1930, Zeppelin 65 c.-2,60 $, each tied by duplex cancel on two envelopes and one card with the special postmarks “EUROPE PAN-AMERICA ROUND FLIGHT” and red “LUFTSCHIFF GRAF ZEPPELIN SÜDAMERIKA 1930”, the 65 cents a couple of toned perfs, otherwise very fine

1927/59 (ca.), Egyptian Airmail collection with over 85 covers, strength before the 1940s, starting with the 1910 Heliopolis Air Meeting perforated vignette in black/red/yellow unused, the collection follows with an abundance of First Flight covers with many better items like 1931 First Flight Africa-England(4), 1931 Premier Vol Louxor-Mwanza, 1929 Egypt-Crete and 1932 Egypt-Transval by Imperial Airways, a very rare set of eight covers each with blue oval cachet “First Flight Egypt-South-America By Imperial Airways and Berlin-Buenos Aires Airline 4th June 1935”, most “retour” or “rebut” or “return to sender”, scarce 1933 First Flight Cairo-Singapore with Straits Settlements 30 c. applied on arrival, 1940 Eastern horseshoe route from Cairo via Australia and San Francisco, together with some incoming airmail from Germany with Zeppelin LZ 127 Orientfahrt 1929, Zeppelin LZ 127 1931 Return Flight with special cancellations from Port Said(2), Alexandrie(3), Caire(2), etc. Mixed condition with some occasional toning, overall fine, neatly mounted and expertly described on exhibition pages, in 3 albums

1927/34, Ausstellungs-Sammlung “Persien - Die Luftpostausgaben 1927-1934” mit ca. 75 Belegen, dabei Erstflüge, Junker-Versuchsflug Lingeh-Delhi vom 14.1.1930 und weitere Besonderheiten, dazu großformatiger Luftpost-Dienstbrief von London mit rotem Stempel “OIFFICAL PAID 15.SP. 22” und violettem Cachet-Stempel “AIR MAIL” nach Bushire mit Ankunftsstempel

1928/49, interessante Sammlung “Luftpost in Brasilien” mit fast 150 Briefen und Karten, dabei Inlandspost, bessere Frankaturen, Zensuren, Air France, LATI, Condor-Luftpost, Deutsche Luftpost usw.

1955/2005 (ca.), extensive collection with over 700 cards/covers of First Flight mail to and from Argentine, including different legs, starting with 1955 Hamburg-Buenos Aires with acceptances from Saar(4), DDR(13), Austria(13), Luxemburg(2), Finland(3) and Switzerland(2), 1956 First Direct flight Service “LH520” Hamburg-Paris-Buenos Aires with acceptances from Saar(2), France (4, one with certificate Grabowski), together with mail from Argentine back to Germany with legs to Brazil, further Swiss acceptances including 1957 LH502 flight via Hamburg to Buenos Aires as well as Argentine acceptance to 1960 First Flight service Rome-Dharan, Saudiarabia (only five recorded), etc., overall condition is very good, neatly housed in seven albums

Argentinien: 1921/82, interessante Sammlung mit einigen frühen Erstflügen 1928/29, interessanten Frankaturen und weiteren Besonderheiten, sauber im Album