AIR MAIL and ZEPPELIN USA

Lot number 4374 Quality: ✉

15.4.1925 N° 5b (Mi. Zeppelin Specialised), ZR 3 "Los Angeles" (an airship produced by the Zeppelin Works in Germany under the number LZ 126 and taken over by the United States and subsequently renamed and operated by the US Navy) cover sent from Metuchen, NJ to Hamilton, Bermuda, franked with a 2c stamp cancelled by a New York airmail postmark in red on departure, arrival c.d.s. on the back, uncommon, vf

Lot number 4375 Quality: ✉

27.10.1928 N° 8Ac (Mi. Zeppelin Specialised), LZ 127 Amerikafahrt illustrated postcard sent from Brooklyn, NY to Hamburg, Germany and franked for 53c, zeppelin flight cachet "First Flight Air Mail" in violet alongside, as well as Friedrichshafen arrival c.d.s., minor creasing but overall fine, vf

Lot number 4376 Quality: ✉

16.10.1928 N° 8Ac (Mi. Zeppelin Specialised), LZ 127 Amerikafahrt cover sent from New York to Altona, Germany and franked with $1 + 5c stamps, zeppelin flight cachet "First Flight Air Mail" in violet alongside, Friedrichshafen arrival c.d.s. on the back, vf

Lot number 4377 Quality: ✉

6.8.1929 N° 28Aa (Mi. Zeppelin Specialised), LZ 127 Amerikafahrt two postcards both sent from New York to Switzerland and Germany respectively, both franked for 53c and both showing the zeppelin flight cachet "First Round-the-World Flight U.S. Air Mail" in violet, Friedrichshafen arrival postmarks on back, vf

Lot number 4378 Quality: ✉

30.5.1930 N° 68Ja (Mi. Zeppelin Specialised), LZ 127 USA Flight illustrated postcard sent from Lakehurst, NJ to Pratteln, Switzerland and franked with a 65c US zeppelin stamp (Michel 326, cat. value €240 on cover) tied by regular machine cancel, "First Europe Pan-America Round Flight" special cachet in violet and also zeppelin South America Flight cachet in red alongside, as well as Friedrichshafen arrival postmarks, uncommon, vf

Lot number 4379 Quality: ✉

28.10.1933 N° 355Cc (Mi. Zeppelin Specialised), LZ 127 Century of Progress Chicago Exhibition Flight cover sent from Akron, Ohio to Nürnberg, Germany and franked with 50c zeppelin stamp (Michel 358, cat. value €100 on cover) tied by normal machine postmark, zeppelin flight cachet alongside on the front in violet and Friedrichshafen arrival postmark on the back in green, vf

Lot number 4380 Quality: ✉

7.10.1936 N° 47A (Mi. Zeppelin Specialised), LZ 129 Nordamerikafahrt cover sent from Ambler, PA to Hannover, Germany, bearing airmail franking and no zeppelin flight cachet, Friedrichshafen arrival postmark on the back, vf