Balloon/Zeppelin Mail

PARAGUAY - 1928 Registered Zeppelin stationery cover to Germany franked 1.50p Map (3), and 1932 20p brown Zeppelin adhesive tied by Paraguay airmail cds and violet diamond Zeppelin cachets with illustrated Servico Aereo Transatlantico cachet. Sieger 127 - 143K, Very fine.

GERMANY - 1929 28th July Zeppelin Flight in to the Occupied Territory, superb close up photo of LZ127 franked with 3pf adhesive and special "On board" cachet in red. Dropped at Stuttgart. Attractive black and white circular Zeppelin label. Scarce item.

AUSTRIA - 1929 GRAF ZEPPELIN ROUND THE WORLD FLIGHT. (10 Aug) card bearing 2s & 10s stamps tied by "Wien" cds, plus airmail label, "Wien Flugpost" & "Friedrichshafen" cds's and "LUFTSCHIFF GRAF ZEPPELIN WELTRUNDFAHRT 1929" cachet alongside and "Friedrichshaven" machine cancel on reverse. Very fine condition, attractive.

BRAZIL - 1930 1st Commercial Flight Graf Zeppelin-Condor from Rio to Friedrichshafen, cover franked Condor 10,000r Zeppelin plus 500r postage tied by Condor Rio cds with Recife transit and violet diamond First Round Trip Europe Pan America Zeppelin cachet, with green and yellow Condor Airmail label. Very attractive.

GERMANY - SAAR - 1930 GRAF ZEPPELIN SWITZERLAND FLIGHT (25 Apr) picture postcard addressed to Netherlands, bearing six stamps (two on front with airmail label alongside) tied by "Saarbrucken" cds's, with red oval "MIT LUFTSHIFF GRAF ZEPPELIN BEFORDERT" cachet, "Lausanne" cds & "C 386" in oval mark alongside. Very fine & fresh condition, attractive.

GERMANY - 1931 GRAF ZEPPELIN CARD (18-28 October) 3RD SOUTH AMERICA FLIGHT . An interesting Friedrichshafen Round Trip card bearing a mixed franking of Germany and Brazil stamps including Germany 2m, First South America Flight (Mi 438, SG 456), various cachets including green pictorial "3. Sudamerikafahrt". Interesting item

EGYPT - 1931 GRAF ZEPPELIN EGYPT FLIGHT (8 Apr) cover addressed to Germany, bearing 1931 "Graf Zeppelin" opts complete set (SG 185/86) tied by "Alexandrie Graf Zeppelin" cds's, plus "Friedrichshaven" cds on reverse.

GERMANY - 1931 GRAF ZEPPELIN POLAR FLIGHT, superb airmail cover franked Germany 1931 4Rm Polar Flight adhesive tied by Berlin cds and sent to the Icebreaker "Malygin", with illustrated arrival and red Polar Flight cachet.Sieger 119H. Rare and highly attractive cover.

PARAGUAY - 1931 Illustrated Zeppelin stationery air letter to France franked 3c on 4c Zeppelin ovpt (2) and 4c Zeppelin ovpt stamp (4) tied by black triangular Graf Zeppelin cachets. Scarce flight and  franking .

BRAZIL - 1931 Zeppelin stationery card addressed to Brazil franked Germany Zeppelin 2Rm blue cancelled Friedrichshafen 18.9.31 cds with violet 2nd South America Flight boxed cachet in violet, with Brazil 200r and 2,500r on 3000r  air  with Pernambuco 24 IX 31 airmail cds and return cds of Friedrichshafen 28.9.31 with violet Zeppelin - Condor Transatlantic service cachet in association. Extremely fine.

BRAZIL - 1931 Zeppelin Stationery card franked 2Rm blue Zeppelin stamp cancelled "On Board" Luftschiff Graf Zeppelin 18.10.1931, with 20.X.31 and 22.X.31 Pernambuco transit cds with red bi-lingual Use Condor to get your mail to the Zeppelin Flight and superb strike in green of the 3rd South America Flight. Friedrichshafen 28.10.31 arrival on reverse.

BOLIVIA - 1932 1st SOUTH AMERICA - EUROPE ZEPPELIN FLIGHT, cover to UK franked selection of Bolivian stamps tied by La Paz cds cancels with red Berlin Airmail cachet, on reverse scarce boxed "Primer Correo Aereo Graf Zeppelin" cachet.

GERMANY - DANZIG - 1932 Danzig Flight, illustrated 10pf Stationery card franked 1932 Airmail Exhibition set complete tied by exhibition cancels with boxed green Zeppelin cachet. Dropped at Ronne. Sieger 170Aa.  Very fine.

NETHERLANDS - 1932 GRAF ZEPPELIN DANZIG FLIGHT (LUPOSTA) (27 July) picture postcard addressed to England, bearing 21c on 22½c & 36c stamps tied by violet "s-Gravenhage Indische Tentoonstellung" cds's, plus "Friedrichshaven" & "Ronne" cds's and blue "LUFTSCHIFF GRAF ZEPPELIN FAHRT ZUR LUPOSTA IN DANZIG 1932" & violet "Mit Luftschiff Graf Zeppelin" cachets alongside. Good condition, scarce card from the mail dropping in Ronne.

GERMANY - DANZIG - 1932 GRAF ZEPPELIN DANZIG FLIGHT (LUPOSTA) (29 July) special registered picture postcard addressed to Germany, bearing 1932 "Luftpost Austellung" opts complete set (Michel 231/35) & 20pf stamp tied by "Danzig" exhibition cds's, plus airmail & registration labels, "Danzig" cds, green boxed "LUPOSTA DANZIG 1932 LUFTSCHIFF GRAF ZEPPELIN RUCKFAHRT AB DANZIG" cachet and "Friedrichshaffen (Bodensee)" Zeppelin cancel alongside, plus "Hamburg" cds on front. Very fine & fresh condition, attractive.

PARAGUAY - 1933 EUROPE - SOUTH AMERICA  - NORTH AMERICA - EUROPE ZEPPELIN FLIGHT Condor-Zeppelin illustrated air letter franked 5p stamp plus Zeppelin $9 and $13.50 adhesives tied by air mail cds with large boxed flight cachet with violet Condor - Zeppelin 2nd flight cachet in association. Scarce.

PARAGUAY - 1933 Registered cover to England franked Paraguay postage 4p and 50c cancelled Map Type Graf Zeppelin cancel with $4.50 and $9 (pair) Zeppelin stamps tied by green Condor Zeppelin Transatlantic Mail cachet with Friedrichshafen transit in green on reverse. Fine and fresh.

PARAGUAY - 1934 Registerd air letter to Germany franked 1p, 1p50 and 2p "Flag" stamps tied various cds cancels incl Condor, Lufthansa, Zeppelin  "Servicio Aereo Transoceanico" plus Zeppelin 4.50p pair and 13.50p overprinted "1934" tied by triangular "Por Graf Zeppelin 1934" cachets. Superb item.

SWITZERLAND - 1934 Zeppelin Switzerland Flight card, franked 50pf "Eagle" tied by Friedrichshafen cds with Zurich arrival and green Zeppelin cachet. Very fine.

GERMANY - 1936 AIRSHIP COVER registered to New York and bearing 50pf and 75pf Hindenburg Airs, 5pf and 25pf Airs, plus 25pf Railway Centenary, these all tied by Frankfurt (Main) cds cancels of 3.5.36, plus "Deutsche Luftpost / Europa-Nordamerika" cachet in red alongside, Richmond Hill NY arrival of May 12 1936 on the back.

ZEPPELIN AIRSHIP A most interesting monochrome 1932 picture post card of LZ 127 Zeppelin franked Colombia 1c on 4c pair, Scadta 10c mauve and Expreso Tobon 6c vermilion sent from Bogota to Cali. Probably carried by train from Buenaventura as far as Cali then flown to Bogota on the 1st Air service. Rear has boxed 1st Flight between Rio Magdalena and The Pacific boxed cachet. Very fine.