ZEPPELIN STAMPS OF THE WORLD 1912-1943 - superbly written up collection on leaves in protectors, predominantly UM in three lever arch binders. The collection begins with six sheets featuring the world's first Zeppelin semi official airmail stamps to commemorate The Grand Duchess Eleanor's Postcard Week (Airmail on the Rhein), 3 stamps 10pfg, 20pfg & 30pfg inscribed Deutsches Luftpost AM Rhein in singles & blocks, plus the overprinted EELP versions and a single 20pfg with the listed flaw 'stroke in 0 of 20,' also incl. a postcard of the Ducal family and the airship Schwaben, and an example of the flight card. Next, the private issue 'New Guinea' blue Zeppelin stamp, 1913 semi official Liegnitz flight stamp of the airship LZ17 (the two shades incl. cert), also pair reprints, 1924 Private Essays of 1924 LZ126 airship to America singles & blocks, 1925 Eckener Spende Charity stamps in blocks with special postcards, Germany 1928 Zeppelin set plus a marginal block of the 4mk (all UM. 1930 South America flight set plus the 4mk with flaw 'lightning strike next to eagle' fine M, USA 1930 Zeppelin set UM. Bolivia 1930 overprints normal & inverted, 1930 Argentina & Brazil Pan-Am flight stamps plus Brazil photographic essays. Finland 1930 10m Zeppelin marginal UM, Hungary 1931 set Perf & Imperf (with cert) UM, 1931 Egypt flight with listed flaws UM, 1931 Soviet Union Airship Construction Fund in singles plus Imperf pairs UM. 1931 Iceland set plus the 1k with listed flaw 'white spot at base of I' plus the set in UM blocks, Liechtenstein 1931 set M, another set optd 'MUSTER' with cert, Germany 1931 Polar flight set with extra 1m with MISSING HYPHEN after POLAR, also the set in vertical pairs with both incl. the MISSING HYPHEN variety. Paraguay 1931 S.A flight stamps Perf & Imperf plus some listed varieties COREO for CORREO, 1932 Paraguay triangular set with 4p part Imperf block of four. Italy 1933 Zeppelin set UM, San Marino 1933 propaganda flight to Italy in UM corner marginal singles UM, 1933 set of ten UM, Greece 1933 set UM, Paraguay 1931 set, Aegean Islands 1933 Zeppelin set M, Latvia 1933 set Imperf UM, Germany 1933 Chicago flight set UM, also UM corner marginal blocks of four, USA 1933 Century of Progress photographic essays (6) in different colours. Germany 1934 Count Ferdinand 3rm UM strip of four, 1936 Hindenburg set in blocks of four, also the 50pf in marginal block of twenty five UM, Liechtenstein 1936 Zeppelin set UM plus corner marginal blocks of four UM, Germany 1938 Air set in marginal UM blocks of four & more to view. A truly outstanding collection and a wonderful opportunity to obtain an original lot completely intact.
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