Lot 1515 Germany Group of 26 First Flight or Air Mail Covers, with a variety of better items dated between 1912 and 1934, includes many franked with airmail issues #C1/C31, also a few CL1, CL2, etc. Note a Graf Zeppelin flown picture postcard from Luxembourg to Calcutta India (Stephen Smith), a 1914 special card Dresden to Leipzig, and more interesting material. Overall fine, a few have soiling, scans only show a small portion. From the The Leon Victor Pont Collection of Early India, New Zealand and Worldwide Pioneer Flight Covers. Estimate $300, sold for C$1,100.00 plus 17% buyer’s premium.
Luxembourg
Lot 2854, postcards of Canadian War Memorial at Vimy Ridge, including 1940 visit by Hitler, realized $518
Lot 2854 France 1936 Canadian War Memorial at Vimy Ridge. Three postcards of Hitler visiting Vimy Memorial in 1940, as well as articles and a French press photo of Georges Vanier at Vimy Dec. 12 1944 checking for Canadian government if memorial had been destroyed as rumors suggested (it was intact). Two of the postcards are used with Luxembourg stamps, the third is unused. Scarce items, very fine. Estimate C$100, sold for C$450 plus buyer’s premium.