552 Aviation Balloons/Aviation Ballons
Lot No |
Type |
Description |
Reserve |
Estimate |
24520 |
PAT |
U.S.A. (1861) Balloon disaster. Unused Civil War patriotic cover with illustration of "Southern Politicians on a Bust."
| $15 |
$20 |
24521 |
L |
GERMANY (1929) Graf Zeppelin. Palm tree. 1929 Zeppelin Mediterranean flight to Spain with red handstamp and Sevilla back cancel.
| $90 |
$110 |
24522 |
MAX |
FRANCE (1946) Leon Gambetta. Scott No 341. Yvert No 378. Maximum Card with illustrated Balloon Post 1870 Siege Paris cancellation.
| $25 |
$30 |
24523 |
OBL |
AUSTRIA (1950) Balloon. Commemorative illustrated cancellation for Balloon Post of Dornbirn on postcard.
| $15 |
$20 |
24524 |
L |
CANADA (1967) Balloon Post. First Balloon flight from Montreal.
| $15 |
$20 |
24525 |
EL |
NIGER (1970) Montgolfier. Balloon. Rocket. Deluxe sheet, part of the Pioneers of Space Research Series. Scott No C123, Yvert No PA123. Not easy to find!
| $15 |
$20 |
24526 |
ND |
NIGER (1976) Zeppelin LZ 127. Imperforate S/S. Scott No C278, Yvert No BF15.
| $10 |
$10 |
24527 |
ESS |
BENIN (1977) Zeppelin. Trial color proof strip of 3. Scott No C266. Yvert No PA270. History of aviation.
| $50 |
$60 |
24528 |
ESS |
BENIN (1977) Zeppelin. Scott No C266. Yvert No PA270. FULL SHEET of 25 Trial Color Plate Proofs with color codes in pencil in the margin. . Magnificent and hard to find! .
| $200 |
$250 |
24529 |
EP |
BHUTAN (1978) LZ-3 zeppelin docking. Imperforate proof mounted on Format International Card. Scott No 245.
| $60 |
$75 |
24530 |
EP |
BHUTAN (1978) LZ-11 zeppelin. Imperforate proof mounted on Format International Card. Scott No 245. This must be the central vignette of the souvenir sheet.
| $60 |
$75 |
24531 |
EL |
UPPER VOLTA (1978) Balloon. Verne. Deluxe sheet. Scott No C257, Yvert No PA224.
| $20 |
$25 |
24532 |
ESS |
WALLIS & FUTUNA (1982) Santos-Dumont. Dirigible. Plane. Trial color proofs in full sheet of 25. Brazilian aviation pioneer with dirigibles, then invented a plane based on the box kite. Scott No C114, Yvert No PA117.
| $400 |
$500 |
24533 |
ESS |
WALLIS & FUTUNA (1982) Santos-Dumont. Dirigible. Plane. Trial color proofs in strip of 5 with multicolor. Brazilian aviation pioneer with dirigibles, then invented a plane based on the box kite. Scott No C114, Yvert No PA117.
| $80 |
$100 |
24534 |
VAR |
TUVALU (1983) Montgolfier balloon. Vertical misperforation in margin pair almost cutting the stamps in half. Scott No 208.
| $25 |
$30 |
24535 |
VAR |
TUVALU (1983) Double Eagle II balloon. Vertical misperforation in gutter pair almost cutting the stamps in half. Scott No 211.
| $25 |
$30 |