I just received my catalog for the Felzmann auction on November 10, 2016.
As usual there is an impressive array of Zeppelin mail and philatelic items, including two Hindenburg crash items, along with some beautiful non-philatelic lots including menus, wine cards, cigarette card books (Zeppelin Weltfahrten I and II), and other items.
The online catalog is well worth a visit.
Lot 3130: Thasler crash card
Lot 3634: Ethiopian cover from LZ-127 Chicago flight
Lot 3258: LZ-127 menu from Tokyo-Los Angeles leg of Weltfahrt
Lot 3444: LZ-129 cover from 1st North America flight
Lot 3469: LZ-129 cover from 9th and 10th North America flights
I am in possession of a 4-color silver pencil made by the NORMA Pen Co. in Germany. It has extra leads in top of pencil, a patent number of .009 .The top side of the barrel has an inscription in German which reads “Gift bought on board the Airship Hindenburg”. If you have any information regarding this pencil or if you may be able to direct me to someone who might have any information, it would be greatly appreciated. can send hi-res photos if you can receive them.
Thank you. Allan Monzietti
I spent ages 12-16 living on the north side of Indy 1962-1967… I was thinking about the 1990’s when I posted…
Thanks for sparking my interest in an old hobby…
I thought philately was a dying hobby, but there there is a lot of Euros changing hands…
Back in 1996 at the biggest regional level stamp show in Sacramento, CA, there was a twenty foot long collection of Hindenburg Crash memorabilia… There was a section of skin and a few burnt girders. Some burnt mail plus an exhaustive set of prior sailings of the Hindenburg. I estimated that it was a few hundred grand to put the collection together. I will bet that this collection was displayed at all the regional shows and probably competed for national honors… Not sure of the year 1996, but there is probably a photo record.
my interest was spurred by meeting a guy in Oxnard, CA who claims to be great grandson of Capt. Max Pruss — on thanksgiving day.
The other philatelic display that was cool was the reconstruction of an entire plate block of british Penny Black — There are 256 in a complete page with a left and right letter at the bottom indicating the position from AA to “TT?” indication row 16 column 16…. Since the stamps averaged about 100 bucks each, the collector had about $25,600 invested plus a lifetime search for each stamp….
At the same show, there was some exeumonia that was in my price range and significant in that I spent 1992-1996 living on the north side of Indianapolis… There was a couple boxes of items purged from the Marion County/Indiana State archives.. for two bucks each I got a Stay of Execution (civil) signed by an Indiana Supreme court judge. There was last will of a civil war soldier listing possessions. There were several other items that I now have no recollection of….
Bill in Oxnard, CA
Thank you for the post!
Thanks…interesting…I’ll share this and credit you. Joe/Travel for Aircraft.