1870-71, Ballon Monté covers, group of 11, all are normal folded letters; the lot comprises États-Unis, Vaubon, Général Uhrich, Jules Favre, Franklin, Ville de Paris, Parmentier, Bayard, Newton, Duquesne and Général Bourbaki; all have condition problems with some combination of the letter, the stamp or the markings, most not being particularly serious. Also includes a reproduction of an 1873 Membership application for The Aéronautic-...
Sale 707 The Knapp Collection of Airmail Flights
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Nov 29, 2017 America/New_York
Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions Sale 707 The Knapp Collection of Airmail Flights
Wednesday Nov 29, 2017 10:00 to Thursday Nov 30, 2017 16:00 America/New_York
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Wednesday Nov 29, 2017 09:00 America/New_York
The Thomas P. Knapp Collection of Aerophilately, including important offerings from many name collections (some lots still on exhibition pages) and loaded with original news articles, period photographs and research notes. A premier classic airmail postal history collection started in the 1930's by the late Mr. Knapp. Highlights include:
- U.S. Pioneer Airmail Flights
- East and West Transcontinental
- Lindbergh and Earhart
- Zeppelin Flights
- Crash Covers
- Balloons including Ballon Monté
- Great Britain, Canada and Newfoundland Flights
- Other Worldwide including West Indies, South Atlantic, South America, Europe, Asia, Australia
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Lot #77 - 1: Lighter-Than-Air Flights Ballon Monté
Franco-Prussian War postal history, small group, nearly all German, comprising 11 German Military Correspondence cards (6 mint), 11 stampless covers with different Military Unit markings, an Alsace-Lorraine cover from Muhlhause to Rodez, France, franked with 20c ultramarine (N6), Sep 5-8, 1871; and an Official Military Telegraph dated Aug 12, 1870, from the Governor of Paris, General Louis Jules Trochu, to Admirals Saisset and de la...
Lot #78 - 1: Lighter-Than-Air Flights Other Balloon Flights
Austria, 1915, Siege of Przemysl Ballon Post, two censored Feldpost cards on ordinary paper stock, handstamped "Fliegerpost Przemysl" and "IX/54"; one written in January, the other Feb 15, the first with file folds, the second pristine.
Muller 8c.
Estimate $150 - 200.
Lot #79 - 1: Lighter-Than-Air Flights Other Balloon Flights
France, 1905, Louis Goddard advertisement, four-page 10x12-inch leaflet advertising Goddard's aeronautical construction company, Very Fine, a rare piece of ephemera from one of the pioneer balloonists.
Estimate $100 - 150.
Lot #80 - 1: Lighter-Than-Air Flights Other Balloon Flights
Great Britain, 1907 (Oct 14), "Daily Graphic" Balloon Mail, special "Message from Mid-Air" illustrated postcard mailed unfranked from Tösse, Sweden, where the balloon landed, to Cheshire, England; marked "T" for postage due and handstamped "2d/ F.B.A.", Very Fine.
AAMC 5.
Estimate $200 - 300.
Lot #81 - 1: Lighter-Than-Air Flights Other Balloon Flights
United States, Fanning Balloon Ascent, Riverhead, NY, picture post card showing J.J. Fanning's ascent at the bottom of a balloon (on what looks like a glider's hanger - not in a basket!); published by J.H. Brown of Riverhead and titled "No. 519. Balloon ascension at Suffolk County Fair/Riverhead, L.I."; unused and without inscription, but showing oval photogravure image with negative signature, "J.J. Fanning Aeronaut" on reverse;...
Lot #82 - 1: Lighter-Than-Air Flights Other Balloon Flights
Worldwide, 1906-80, balloon flight postal history collection, approximately 450 balloon & related covers & cards presented in three albums, includes Gordon Bennet cover from Zurich Oct 1 1909, 1912 Germany balloon card, 1927 Luxembourg balloon card, 1929 U.S. National Elimination Balloon Races in Pittsburgh PA, 1932 Balloon Race Air Races Omaha NE, 1939 Gordon Bennett Trophy cards with Sanabria Poland S119-S121, also includes...
Lot #83 - 1: Lighter-Than-Air Flights Early Non-German Dirigibles
Europe, 1908-12, dirigible postcards, six in all, one each from Belgium and Spain, two each from Austria and Italy, Very Fine, a difficult group of non-German LTA vessels.
Estimate $150 - 200.
Lot #84 - 1: Lighter-Than-Air Flights Early Non-German Dirigibles
France, 1902-24, pioneer airships postcards, group of 60, featuring French airships, virtually all different, many being real photos with about half used.
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
Lot #85 - 1: Lighter-Than-Air Flights Early Non-German Dirigibles
Great Britain, 1903-15, dirigible postcards, group of 15, featuring British airships, all different, 10 are real photos, 12 are used; also includes three Lambert & Butler cigarette cards picturing airships in full color.
Estimate $300 - 400.
Lot #86 - 1: Lighter-Than-Air Flights Early Non-German Dirigibles
Italy, 1913-19, dirigible M.1 flights, 1913 card actually carried aboard, along with 1919 card scheduled to be carried, both with images of the airship, Fine to Very Fine, scarce pair.
AAMC 17. Muller 119a.
Estimate $200 - 300.
Lot #87 - 1: Lighter-Than-Air Flights Early Non-German Dirigibles
Italy, 1926, Nobile Norge Arctic Flight, three covers, Rome - Kings Bay, Rome - Teller, and Rome - France favor, all with the Nobile label, properly tied with large purple oval handstamp, two signed by crew member, Very Fine.
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
Lot #88 - 1: Lighter-Than-Air Flights Early Non-German Dirigibles
United States, 1904-10, lighter-than-air vessel postcards, various, including Knabenshue (9), Baldwin, Dixon (2), Jones, Strobel (2) and Van Vranken, plus nine unidentified as to maker and a number of reprinted photographs, Very Fine, rare lot virtually impossible to duplicate now.
Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
Lot #89 - 1: Lighter-Than-Air Flights Early Non-German Dirigibles
United States, 1930 (Jul 4), National Balloon Race, Thomas G.W. Settle [Navy Balloon No. 1], cover canceled Jul 5 and addressed to Lakehurst; typed inscription "Carried in Navy Balloon No. 1, National Balloon Race…"; on back is a typed statement signed by Settle, the balloon's pilot, "Dropped from Navy Balloon No. 1…", along with a Jul 7 Lakehurst duplex and an NAS Lakehurst time/ datestamp of the same date, Very Fine, see the U.S.S....
Lot #90 - 1: Lighter-Than-Air Flights Early Non-German Dirigibles
United States, 1931-86, lighter-than-air selection, 17 commemorative cacheted covers, Very Fine to Extremely Fine, inspection invited.
Estimate $150 - 200.
Lot #91 - 1: Lighter-Than-Air Flights Early Non-German Dirigibles
United States, 1934 (Nov-Dec), Akron - Miami - St. Petersburg [Blimp Reliance 2] (Frost REL2-A), cover franked with 6¢ Winged Globe tied by St. Petersburg machine cancel, Dec 4, with blue handstamped flight cachet and signature of the pilot, Capt. S.H. Sheppard, Very Fine.
Frost $150.
Estimate $100 - 150.
Lot #92 - 1: Lighter-Than-Air Flights Early Non-German Dirigibles
United States, 1935 (May 21), South Washington, Va., to Akron [Blimp Enterprise] (Frost ENT-A), cover franked with 6¢ Winged Globe tied by Akron duplex, May 21, with blue AAMS flight cachet and signature of the pilot, Karl Lange, Very Fine.
Frost $150.
Estimate $100 - 150.
Lot #93 - 1: Lighter-Than-Air Flights Early Zeppelin Flights
1912-13, L.Z. 11, Viktoria Luise, L.Z. 13, Hansa & L.Z. 14 (Z. I), small group comprising Viktoria Luise, two Special 5pf + 50pf cards, canceled Frankfurt & Wiesbaden, a DELAG card with a Jul 18, 1913 Viktoria Luise favor cancel, a picture postcard of Viktoria Luise over a crowded field. The message, dated Jul 9, 1912 states that "yesterday the Zeppelin landed twice in Lübeck…", it is canceled Lubeck, Jul...
Lot #94 - 1: Lighter-Than-Air Flights Early Zeppelin Flights
1912, L.Z. 10, Schwaben Rhine Main Flights, 17 flown cards with special stamps (Mi I-IV), nearly all different cities/dates; comprises 10pf (9), 20pf (4), 30pf (one with 3 stamps, as usual), and im "Gelber Hund" (3); six cards are mounted on colorful, professionally handmade pages (text in Dutch).
Michel €2,045 ($2,180).
Estimate $400 - 600.
Lot #95 - 1: Lighter-Than-Air Flights Early Zeppelin Flights
1912, L.Z. 11, Viktoria Luise (Michel 11 G a, d), two special 5pf + 50pf cards carried on the October Frankfurt-Wiesbaden-Frankfurt flights, canceled Frankfurt (Oct 16) and Wiesbaden (Oct 20); also an unused DELAG Zeppelin view card with a favor cancel of the Viktoria Luise oval handstamp dated Jul 18, 1913. All are on colorful, professionally handmade album pages (text in Dutch).
Sieger 16. Ab, Ad; €390+ ($420).
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Lot #96 - 1: Lighter-Than-Air Flights Early Zeppelin Flights
1913, L.Z. 16 (Z. IV), "Incident at Lunéville, France", group of six French picture postcards featuring the L.Z. 16 (Army Airship Z. IV) when it was forced to land near French Army troop maneuvers near Lunéville on Apr 1, 1913; the Airship was on her way from Friedrichshafen to Bad Oos during trials, when she lost her way in heavy weather. The forced landing nearly caused an international incident.
Estimate $100 - 150.
Lot #97 - 1: Lighter-Than-Air Flights Early Zeppelin Flights
1913, L.Z. 17, Saschen (Michel 17Bc, Gh), two flown cards: Aug 31, Leipzig - Chemnitz, 5pf Germania tied by oval datestamp with violet onboard cachet alongside; Nov 9, Haida Flight, Austrian mail, Special card with adhesive 5h stamp and type I special cancel; the last is on a colorful professionally handmade album page (text in Dutch); also 4 picture postcards featuring Saschen (one with souvenir cancel, Jul 22, 1914) and a...
Lot #98 - 1: Lighter-Than-Air Flights Early Zeppelin Flights
1915-17, Military Zeppelins, intact collection representing 26 different Military Airships between L.Z. 23//L.Z. 120; includes more than 35 photos, 18 picture postcards, 12 cards or covers with Zeppelin Unit markings and a Zeppelin Service shoulder patch; a fascinating lot scanned in its entirety.
Estimate $750 - 1,000.
Lot #99 - 1: Lighter-Than-Air Flights Graf Zeppelin LZ 127 Flights: German
1928 (Sep 20), Southwest Germany Flight, Offenburg drop (Michel 2c), Otto Amtsberg Zeppelin-Eckener Fund card (Frost P 6a-4) unfranked with blue manuscript "15" due and red boxed "Nachgebühr" handstamp; red onboard flight cachet/cancel, Offenburg c.d.s.; addressed by Capt. Albert Lehmann to himself in Friedrichshafen, Very Fine.
Sieger 021. IIb; €500+ ($530).
Michel €450+ ($480).
Estimate $200 - 300.
Lot #100 - 1: Lighter-Than-Air Flights Graf Zeppelin LZ 127 Flights: German
1928 (Oct 2-3), Southwest Germany Flight, Würzburg drop (Michel 5 I c), Zeppelin card (showing a typical passenger cabin) franked with 10pf Eagle tied by Würzburg Autopost slogan cancel, red onboard flight cachet/cancel, Very Fine.
Sieger 021. IVb; €750 ($800).
Michel €380 ($400).
Estimate $200 - 300.
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