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AIRBORNE COMMERCIAL MAIL TO AUSTRALASIA 1899-1945
1936 (May 8) Phoenix Assurance Co (New York) cover to Sydney franked 49c for airmail via London, arriving in time for loading to Imperial Airways service Flight IE445, detailed in preceding two lots, confirmed by Sydney arrival (May 30), a little stained, unusual participant in this interrupted flight.
$250
1936 (May 10) The Willard Hotel (Washington D.C.) cover and letterhead enclosure to Melbourne, endorsed ‘VIA ZEPPELIN TO EUROPE/THENCE AIR MAIL TO AUSTRALIA’, Hindenburg requisite handstamp, and Frankfurt arrival (May 14), arriving UK in time to be loaded to Imperial Airways interrupted flight IE445 (details in preceding three lots), confirmed by Melbourne arrival (May 30). The quintessential Zeppelin cover to Australia, only three commercial Hindenburg items recorded to that destination. [Sender comments: ‘We saw the arrival of the Hindenburg the day before last, she arrived about 5 o’clock just as dawn was breaking and really Eve I have never seen a more wonderful sight, she was all light [sic] up and looked simply marvelous with the blue sky in the back ground, she flew right down Broadway right over the Mc Alpin and we had a wonderful view of her from our windows, Evan was awake from 2.30 waiting for her, he was so thrilled when she did arrive. Don is arranging to have this letter sent back by her & then mailed from Germany’] [See Lot 742.]
$6,000
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