Lot n°
Symbol(s)
Estimate (CHF)
52 | Latin America & USA
30119
CC
Scot 4CL4
1930 Zeppelin 5000 on 20000 blue mint n.h. pair from the upper left corner, fingerprints in the margin,
very fine (Michel €460+ for hinged, Scott $900+).
200 - 300
30120
F / 56
Scot 4CL8 var
1930 5000r green Zeppelin showing interesting variety missing the upper part of the overprint, on 1930
(May 25) postcard from Rio de Janeiro to Pernambunco, sent by the Zeppelin commander Lehmann
with his signature (who was victim of the Hindenburg disaster in 1937), further uprated with 200r,
Condor airmail label, quite likely unique.
300 - 500
30121
CC C J / 48
Scott 4CL5
1930 Zeppelin 10000 Reis on 20000 complete mint sheet of 25 (mounted on one stamp only and in
margins), believed to be unique as complete sheet (Michel €5’000 for hinged, RHM notes +100 % for
never hinged which would €10’000, Scott $9’175+).
2’000 - 3’000
30122
CC C J / 50
Scott 4CL8-4CL10
1930 “U.S.A.” overprint on Zeppelin set of 3 in complete sheets of 25 stamps, the 5000 Reis sheet is
partly separated, with 60 of the 75 stamps in mint n.h. condition, the others with light hinge traces.
Michel value for hinged is €9’000 EURO (never hinged in Brazil catalogue 2.5 times hinged, so
approximate €18’000). Possibly unique as set of complete sheets.
3’000 - 5’000
30123
DCE P
Scott 3CL15/3CL17 var
1931 “VARIG” airmail stamps depicting Icarus, group of 4 proofs with different denominations on
yellow, green and blue paper, some minor toning, scarce.
100 - 200
30124
F / 56
1935 (28.XI.) airmail cover to Hamburg, prepared for LZ-127 16th South American flight, but not
collected because of the Communist uprising in Natal, Recife and Rio, bearing two-line red handstamp
‘Wegen der Unruhen in/ Brasilien verzögert’; fine clean example.
500 - 600
30125
F / 56
1935 (28.XI.) airmail cover to Lahr, prepared for LZ-127 16th South American flight, but not collected
because of the Communist uprising in Natal, Recife and Rio, bearing two-line red handstamp ‘Wegen
der Unruhen in/ Brasilien verzögert’; fine example of interrupted mail.
500 - 600