Auction 248 of 30 Apr 08

Post Cards (1303-1351)
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Lot Photo Cond. Description Value type Value US$
1303 1303.jpg o Austria, Judaica, Prague Synagogue & Jewish Community quarters, multicolored & captioned, posted from Prague 22.IX.11 EST 40-50
1304 1304.jpg o Germany: Crown Prince on his horse and holding his baby son, in full military dress of LIFE HAUSARS REGIMENT No.1, note the special with SKULL & CROSSBONES, posted feldpost 30.4.15 from Hamburg EST 60-70
1305 1305.jpg o GERMANY, WWI, most unusual Artillery observation post, real photo, from the "German Army' series with Royal Coat of Arms on back, posted Feldpost 24.6.15, with violet unit censor h/s EST 40-50
1306 1306.jpg o Judaica, Munich Synagogue, with message written 15/3/1903, posted from Munich, Amberg TPO receiving cds EST 45-55
1307 1307.jpg ** Zeiher card featuring stamps of the United States, embossed, VF EST 25-35
1308 1308.jpg o Judaica, Strassburg Synagogue, posted with message from Strassburg to Hannover8.10.12 EST 40-50
1309 1309.jpg o Hungary: Gypsy fortune teller in action, multicolored, undivided back. posted from Szabacka 4 Nov 16 EST 55-65
1310 1310.jpg * Judaica, Holocaust, 1946 K Z Mauthausen commemorative card, designed by survivor SIMON WIESENTHAL, features the camp liberation by the U.S. Army, with Wiesenthal's imagery of the famous raising of the U.S. flag on Mt Suribachi, Iwo Jima, this time the US is raised on the camp walls, while a camp inmate throws the Nazi watchman onto the electric barbed-wire fence; captioned on reverse in English, Hebrew, Polish, French & Russian, for 1st Anniversary of liberation, Australian stamp tied by special cancel, but unaddressed EST 60-70
1311 1311.jpg ** The first Gulf War, 1991, depicts a joint attack on BAGDAD and the liberation of Kuwait, limited edition of 1000 printed in UK EST 35-45
1312 1312.jpg o 1909 Hudson-Fulton Celebration, Nieuw Amsterdam Float, posted from Loomis, NY Oct 18 EST 15-25
1313 1313.jpg o 1905 St Louis World's Fair, Palace of Mines & Metallurgy, posted from Hoosick Falls, NY Sep 9, after being mailed without postage, violet HELD FOR POSTAGE, Aug 14 1905, released Sep 7 1905, to Wallingford VT, rec'd Sep 10 EST 15-25
1314 1314.jpg o 1907/10, Group of three cards with Santa Claus, all embossed & multicolored EST 15-25
1315 1315.jpg o 1908, Heinze Ocean Pier, Atlantic City, multicolored view plus adv for Heinz 57 Varieties Permanent Exhibit in inset, VF EST 15-25
1316 1316.jpg o 1904, Brockton (Mass) Fair, post card No 5, illus horses, buggies and grandstand, VF EST 15-25
1317 1317.jpg o 1912, Multicolored card adv benefits of the state of Kansas, posted from Newton Jan 25 to VT EST 15-25
1318 1318.jpg o Japan, 1980, multicolored & embossed card issues to commemorate the visit of the America Fleet in October, posted from Yokohama Oct 24, 4s stamp cancelled with special commemorative cds EST 15-25
1319 1319.jpg o Newfoundland, two cards: Placentia village & water scene, + Camping on the Humber river, both posted in 1910 EST 15-25
1320 1320.jpg o 1910-11, Lot of five cards to Leominster, Mass, all with stamps tied to front of cards; from Madagascar showing a Native with a rifle; Beirut showing people walking on the bridge to Stamboul; Netherlands Indies, Herenstraat, Samarang; Peking, China, Imperial Palace; Tasmania, 'Corra Lynn' Launceston gorge & railroad bridge, this last with DUE 2 CENTS, although stamped on front EST 40-50
1321 1321.jpg o 1908/16, Lot of four different cards showing George Washington and one card showing Abe Lincoln, all multicolored & embossed EST 25-35
1322 1322.jpg o Lot of three different mines: Homstead in Lead , S.D., 1906; Phosphor Mine in Florida, 1909; Mission Mine (?) shipping lead & zinc, 1905 EST 25-35
1323 1323.jpg o New York Fire Fighters series, Hook and Ladder Company in action, posted in 1908 to Austria EST 20-30
1324 1324.jpg o Austria, 1898 Jubilaums Ausstellung, views of two different building and interior room, posted from Wien 24.4.00 with beautiful Marienbad 25.5.00 receiving cancel EST 20-30
1325 1325.jpg * NORTON COMPANY, views of Alundum plant in Niagara Falls and Grinding company in Worcester, unused order acknowledgement card, franked with uncancelled 1¢ Franklin coil single, #348 EST 15-25
1326 1326.jpg o The Home of Shredded Wheat, great adv card posted from Niagara Falls 1915 EST 25-35
1327 1327.jpg o President T Roosevelt Taking the Oath of Office, posted from Michigan on Mar 25, 1905, small cnr creases o/w fine EST 20-30
1328 1328.jpg * Lot of four different cards featuring classic music composers: Handel, Mozart, Greig, & Beethoven, FVF EST 40-50
1329 1329.jpg o Young's New Million Dollar Pier, Atlantic City, NJ, posted July 5, 1914 EST 10-20
1330 1330.jpg o Japan, Yokohama sunset, Sept 7, 1907, posted from Yokohama to East Haven, Conn, arriving Oct 2 EST 15-25
1331 1331.jpg o China, The Chinese Street in Che'oo, posted from Chifi Sept 10, Chefoo transit cds on Sept 17, Kobe, Japan transit cds Sept 22, to Fairhaven, Conn EST 15-25

Zeppelins & Planes

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Lot Photo Cond. Description Value type Value US$
1332 1332.jpg o Germany, Zeppelin over Konstanz, multicolored real photo, posted from Konstanz 31.7.09 with message to Vienna EST 45-55
1333 1333.jpg o Germany, various military Zeppelins & airplane during air bombardment, with van Zeppelin photo in center, captioned 'Beloved fatherland, you must be calm'; speia propaganda card, posted Feldpost 7.10.14 with boxed unit censor h/s EST 55-65
1334 1334.jpg o Germany, Zeppelin squadron over battleships, captioned 'Towards England', official issue of the German Aviation League, propaganda card, posed Feldpost 14.4.15, with message EST 40-50
1335 1335.jpg o Germany, three different military Zeppelins, captioned 'Air maneuvers', official issue of the German Aviation League, propaganda card, posted Feldpost 4.6.15, with message EST 40-50
1336 1336.jpg o Germany. Zeppelin and plane over Friedrichshafen, multicolored real photo, posted in 1916 EST 40-50
1337 1337.jpg o Germany: Graf Zeppelin over Friedrichshafen, real photo, posted 16.7.31, with message EST 45-55
1338 1338.jpg o Germany: Graf Zeppelin after take off, real photo taken from an airplane (per caption), posted from Friedrichshafen 30.7.31 EST 45-55
1339 1339.jpg ** Germany: Hindenberg & Graf Zeppelin in air over Friedrichshafen, real photo taken from an airplane, both with swastika on tail, official Zeppelin Industires issue, VF EST 45-55
1340 1340.jpg o Germany, Graf Zeppelin over Bodensee, real photo, posted 1934 EST 45-55
1341 1341.jpg o Germany: Zeppelin in flight over Friedrichshafen, real photo taken from air, posted 30.9.35 EST 40-50
1342 1342.jpg o Germany, Hindenberg over Friedrichshafen, real photo taken from airplane, posted 7.8.36 EST 45-55
1343 1343.jpg ** Germany, Zeppelin hangar in Leipzig showing two airships and crowd of visitors, EST 35-45
1344 1344.jpg (*) Germany, two different view os Graf Zeppelin, one posted 11.16.18 of him in suit, the other unused of him near water EST 35-45
1345 1345.jpg ** American Airship Knabenshue, real photo on thick unused card, EST 35-45
1346 1346.jpg ** Germany: Graf Zepp LZ 129, with Naze swastika on its tail, & LZ8 after crashing on roof of hangar in Dusseldorf, both are reprints, VF EST 25-35
1347 1347.jpg o Peru, 1913, airplane at Lima Hippodrome, multicolored, posted to Anvers, Belgium arriving 2.IX.1913 EST 20-30
1348 1348.jpg ** Ovington & passenger starting transcontinental flight, real photo type EST 15-25
1349 1349.jpg ** Air race scene from unknown location, very early EST 15-25
1350 1350.jpg ** Metz Aerodrome, Malden, Mass, multicolored, very early EST 10-20
1351 1351.jpg o Lowe Field, Moore Haven Airplane Landing Station, First plane to land, posted from Miami, FL 2-12.1920, colored EST 10-20