AIR MAIL and ZEPPELIN Switzerland

Lot number 4335 Quality: ✉

13.4.1924 Flugtag Grenchen two covers both franked with the vignette issued for the occasion (SBK 7I, cat. value CHF 60 on cover) alongside a 35rp airmail stamp (SBK F6, cat. value CHF 120 on cover), tied by special flight postmark in blue, Zürich arrival c.d.s. on the back, minor flaws but overall fine aspect, vf

Lot number 4336 Quality: ✉

19.7.1925 Lausanne Colonial Fair illustrated postcard travelled on the Lausanne-Geneva-Lausanne return flight, franked with a 25rp stamp (SBK F5) tied by special cachet "Lausanne Comptoir Suisse et Foire Coloniale Poste Aerienne"

Lot number 4337 Quality: ✉

19.7.1925 Lausanne Colonial Fair lot of 4 postcards sent by airmail within Switzerland, including two different National Day illustrated cards and one photo postcard from the Exhibition, each franking is tied by the special cachet "Lausanne Comptoir Suisse et Foire Coloniale Poste Aerienne", vf

Lot number 4338 Quality: ✉

31.5.1925 Geneva International Aviation Meeting lot of 3 official postcards each showing one or two triangular vignettes issued for the occasion (SBK nos. 13-15, cat. value CHF 50 on cover each), in addition to the normal frankings tied by the special flight cachet, one card sent to Basel and the other two sent to Paris, vf

Lot number 4339 Quality: ✉

31.5.1925 Geneva International Aviation Meeting registered cover sent to Paris and bearing a 90rp franking cancelled with the special flight cachet in violet, regular departure c.d.s. alongside on the front and arrival c.d.s. on the back, vf

Lot number 4340 Quality: ✉

9.9.1925 Zürich - Milano First Flight two covers one sent to Milano and the other one sent registered to Bern, the latter franked with the 75rp airmail stamp (SBK F11, cat. value CHF 150 on cover), both with "I. Flugpost Züruch-Mailand" single-line handstamp in violet, vf

Lot number 4341 Quality: ✉

3.10.1925 Geneva - Milano First Flight two covers both sent to Milano, one of them registered, stamps cancelled with rectangular flight cachet in violet, arrival postmarks on the back, vf/f

Lot number 4342 Quality: ✉

28.11.1926 Swiss Africa Flight two covers one sent to Athens, Greece and the other to Naples, Italy, both with colourful frankings and the special flight cachet on the front, as well as arrival postmarks on the back, vf

Lot number 4343 Quality: ✉

1.7.1926 First Flight Basel - Schaffhausen cover franked with 5rp + 15rp both tied by special flight cachet, with circular postmark alongside on the front, vf

Lot number 4344 Quality: ✉

1.7.1926 First Flight Basel - Schaffhausen on the occasion of the International Inland Navigation and Hydropower Exhibition in Basel, two official illustrated postcards each bearing the vignette issued for the exhibition (SBK 18, cat. value CHF 50 on cover), tied by special rimless cachet, in addition to the normal airmail frankings cancelled by the flight cachet, vf

Lot number 4345 Quality: PWST

1.8.1928 Swiss National Day illustrated postcards (elderly man with young girl) 25rp and 40rp (Michel P134 - P135), both flown from Basel to La-Chaux-de-Fonds with red departure and arrival postmarks, a nice duo, vf

Lot number 4346 Quality: ✉

2.12.1930 Ad Astra Africa Flight illustrated 20rp postcard sent registered from Zürich to Alicante, Spain, up-rated with 45rp and 65rp airmail stamps, flight cachet in blue and Spanish transit and arrival postmarks on the reverse, vf

Lot number 4347 Quality: ✉

12.10.1930 N° 139Aa (Mi. Zeppelin Specialised), LZ 127 Swiss Flight Bern-Basel leg, Swiss 25rp postcard up-rated and addressed to Geneva, great quality, vf

Lot number 4348 Quality: ✉

25.9.1932 Gordon Bennett Weather Balloon Flight photo postcard (depicting a balloon over Basel) sent to Liestal, Switzerland and franked with a 1fr airmail stamp as well as the special vignette issued for the flight (SBK 26, cat. value CHF 50 on cover), vf

Lot number 4349 Quality: ✉

31.7.1932 "Internat. Flugmeeting Zürich - Interlaken" Flight lot of two postcards addressed to both terminuses and showing the special postmark in red, one is a photo postcard (Interlaken) and the other one is franked with, amongst others, a 35rp airmail stamp (SBK F14, cat. value CHF 140 on cover), vf

Lot number 4350 Quality: ✉

18.3.1932 N° 234a (Mi. Zeppelin Specialised), LZ 127 South America Flight cover sent from Geneva to Recife, Brazil and franked with a 75rp Swiss airmail stamp (SBK F11, cat. value CHF 150 on cover) on the front and the complete Geneva 1932 Disarmament Conference issue on the back (SBK F16-F18, cat. value for F18 is CHF 120 on cover), all tied by special Conference postmark on departure from Geneva, Friedrichshafen c.d.s. on the front together with zeppelin flight cachet in violet, arrival c.d.s. on the back, uncommon, vf

Lot number 4351 Quality: ✉

26.4.1933 SWISSAIR Mediterranean Flight cover sent on the Zürich - Tunis - Zürich roundtrip (which was delayed, as indicated by the framed handstamp on the front as well) and bearing a 2fr franking including the 35rp stamp (SBK F14, cat. value CHF 140 on cover), various transit and arrival postmarks on the front, uncommon, vf

Lot number 4352 Quality: ✉

1.5.1934 N° 24.3/02 (Mi. Zeppelin Specialised), Basel-Frankfurt Night Flight cover sent registered to Assen, Netherlands, bearing Swiss franking applied in Basel on departure, German airmail cachet in red applied in transit in Berlin, as well as normal postal cancel on the back, alongside arrival c.d.s., vf

Lot number 4353 Quality: ✉

26.4.1934 SWISSAIR Balkan Flight cover sent to Naples, Italy on the first leg of the flight, bearing a 1fr airmail single franking, departure delayed due to adverse weather conditions, arrival postmarks on both front and back, uncommon, vf

Lot number 4354 Quality: ✉

26.4.1934 SWISSAIR Balkan Flight cover sent to Athens, Greece on the second leg of the flight, bearing two 75rp airmail stamps (SBK F11, cat. value CHF 150 on cover), departure delayed due to adverse weather conditions, arrival postmarks on both front and back as well as a postla label applied by the Greek Postal service on the front, scarce, vf

Lot number 4355 Quality: ✉

18.5.1934 N° 358 (Mi. Zeppelin Specialised), LZ 127 German Flight Friedrichshafen - Berlin leg, Swiss postcard originally posted in Romanshorn and addressed to Assen, Netherlands, bearing Swiss franking and forwarded to Friedrichshafen where it received the c.d.s. dated 19.5 and the zeppelin flight cachet in red, Berlin transit postmark alongside, cat. value for the flight is €250, vf

Lot number 4356 Quality: ✉

18.5.1934 N° 359 (Mi. Zeppelin Specialised), LZ 127 German Flight Friedrichshafen - Berlin - Königsberg leg, Swiss postcard originally posted in Romanshorn and addressed to Assen, Netherlands, bearing Swiss franking and forwarded to Friedrichshafen where it received the c.d.s. dated 19.5 and the zeppelin flight cachet in red, Königsberg landing transit postmark alongside, cat. value for the flight is €260, vf

Lot number 4357 Quality: ✉

25.2.1935 "Erste Winterluftpost in den Bündneralpen Februar 1935" lot of two first flight covers bearing identical frankings consisting of SBK nos. F7 (cat. value CHF 130 on cover), F19 and F20, one dropped off at the St. Moritz stop and the other at the Lenzerheide stop, vf

Lot number 4358 Quality: ✉

25.2.1935 "Erste Winterluftpost in den Bündneralpen Februar 1935" cover flown on the Zürich - St. Moritz leg (addressed to Bern), bearing a beautiful franking consisting of a pair of the 10 on 15rp italic surcharge (SBK F19) and a block of four of the regular surcharge (SBK F20), vf

Lot number 4359 Quality: ✉

16.9.1935 First Swiss International Glider Mail Flight - Jungfraujoch photo postcard (depicting a glider in flight) sent to Belgium and bearing a 1fr airmail stamp tied by special postmark in red, flight cachet alongside in blue as well as Meiringen transit c.d.s. dated the next day, relatively uncommon, particularly addressed abroad, vf

Lot number 4360 Quality: ✉

8.9.1938 airmail cover sent registered from Zürich to Sibiu, Romania and displaying a colourful franking including the 10 on 15rp italic surcharge (SBK F19, cat. value CHF 75 on cover), framed postal marking on the front indicating that additional franking had to be collected from the sender as the letter was underpaid, transit and arrival postmarks on the back, a scarce destination, vf

Lot number 4361 Quality: ✉

21.9.1938 Aarau Stamp Exhibition Balloon Post two covers sent to Assen, Netherlands and displaying colourful 1.50fr frankings, both tied by special exhibition postmark, flight cachet in blue alongside, vf

Lot number 4362 Quality: ✉

15.5.1939 SWISSAIR Europa Flight on the occasion of the Swiss National Exhibition of 1939 registered cover sent from Zürich to Odensee, Denmark, franked for 1fr80rp and cancelled with the special postmark of the exhibition, transit c.d.s. on the front and arrival c.d.s. on the back, vf

Lot number 4363 Quality: ✉

29.4.1939 SWISSAIR Europa Flight on the occasion of the Swiss National Exhibition of 1939 registered cover sent from Zürich to Belgrade, Serbia and franked for 1fr80rp, stamps cancelled in Zürich, special flight cachet alongside in blue, Serbian Zemun transit c.d.s. on the front, vf

Lot number 4364 Quality: ✉

29.4.1939 SWISSAIR Europa Flight on the occasion of the Swiss National Exhibition of 1939 registered cover sent from Zürich to Cairo, Egypt and franked for 1fr80rp, stamps cancelled in Zürich, special flight cachet alongside in blue, returned to sender, various transit and arrival postmarks on both front and back, including the final Zürich return c.d.s. dated 10.7, uncommon, f

Lot number 4365 Quality: ✉

29.4.1939 SWISSAIR Europa Flight on the occasion of the Swiss National Exhibition of 1939 registered cover sent from Zürich to Oslo, Norway and franked for 1fr80rp, stamps cancelled in Zürich, special flight cachet alongside in blue, arrival c.d.s. on the front, vf

Lot number 4366 Quality: ✉

29.4.1939 SWISSAIR Europa Flight on the occasion of the Swiss National Exhibition of 1939 registered cover sent on the roundtrip from Zürich and back, franked for 1fr80rp, special flight cachet alongside in blue, as wel as an exhibition postmark, arrival c.d.s. dated 7.5 on the back, vf/f

Lot number 4367 Quality: ✉

15.5.1939 SWISSAIR Europa Flight on the occasion of the Swiss National Exhibition of 1939 registered cover sent from Zürich to Kaunas, Lithuania, franked for 1fr80rp and cancelled with special postmark of the exhibition, flight cachet alongside in blue, transit and arrival c.d.s.' on the back, vf

Lot number 4368 Quality: ✉

18.3.1940 SWISSAIR Locarno-Roma First Mail Flight lot of 4 covers one of which sent registered to Torino, Italy, various frankings, some foxing here and there but still a useful lot, f

Lot number 4369 Quality: ✉

9.5.1940 Special Postal Flights for the benefit of the Red Cross lot of 3 covers sent from Lausanne, Frauenfeld and Bellinzona respectively to Assen, Netherlands, each franked for 1fr and two of them with German censorship, vf

Lot number 4370 Quality: ✉

9.5.1940 Special Postal Flights for the benefit of the Red Cross lot of 3 covers sent from Samedan and Bellinzona respectively to Assen, Netherlands, and Basel, Switzerland respectively, each franked with, amongst others, PRO PATRIA stamps of the 1940 issue, one of the covers to Assen with German censorship, vf/f

Lot number 4371 Quality: ✉

1.4.1940 SWISSAIR Locarno-Barcelona First Mail Flight 2 covers both sent to Assen, Netherlands and both franked for 70rp, hexagonal Barcelona landing c.d.s. on the front, some foxing here and there but still a useful lot, vf/f

Lot number 4372 Quality: ✉

28.5.1941 Pro Aero Flight cover addressed to Montreux and flown between Buochs and Payerne, franked with the overprinted stamp issued for this flight (SBK F35), flight cachet at upper left, vf

Lot number 4373 Quality: ✉

28.9.1952 N° 25.64/01 (Mi. Zeppelin Specialised), Basel-Mannheim Flight cover showing the oval flight cachet in blue used both on the cover as well as obliterator for the Swiss franking, with Mannheim arrival framed postmark on the front as well, vf