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Click here to subscribeHorseracing/Trade cards: The Far-Famed Cake & Biscuit Co., two postcard- sized advertising cards each showing three quarter length girl in jockey/riding clothes, silver horseshoe background, one wearing pink & white jockey cap & one wearing blue & white jockey cap, rounded corners as issued (gd/vg) (2)
Trade cards: Football selection inc. Barratt`s, Famous Footballers, Series A3, (11/50 nos 8, 14, 18, 28, 34, 36, 37, 38, 40(x2) & 49) (fair), Amalgamated Press, Triumph, English League Footer Captains, (3) (nos 15, 19 & 21) (just gd), Sport, 3 Team groups, Manchester City, Portsmouth & QPR (uneven trim, pinholes) & Anon (postcard size) Bryan Douglas, Blackburn (fair/gd) (18)
Three: 1914-15 star, BWM, Victory (48261 Gnr A F Fisher RA), VF-NEF, together with a postcard showing the mounted recipient and a Memorial Plaque. Note: Alfred Francis Fisher, B Bty 103rd Bde died 5.9.1917, buried Divisional Collecting Post Cemetery and Extension, West Vlaanderen Belgium, grave reference I.C. 5.
Collection of Photographs focusing on USN Airships: Twenty photographs, max size 26cmx20cm, some contemporary and some re-prints, with some spectacular views of the wreck of the USS Shenandoah, USS Los Angeles during her mooring trials at sea to USS Patoka (with original text pasted to rear), and an unusual shot of the USN Metal clad ZMC-2 flying over the Dornier X seaplane as she lies at anchor at North Beach Airport; A photograph (24cmx18cm) showing members of the USS Macon’s crew boarding the ship, The central part of the photograph has been enhanced; Handwritten on the back “The crew going aboard USS ‘Macon’ at Sunnyvale California” and a small cutting stating that this scene featured in the Warner Bros film “here comes the Navy”. 9 of these mixed photographs (12.5cmx10cm) are of US Navy Non-Rigid airships and balloons operating out of Moffet Field, California, together with their negatives, views include: 11 blimps airborne in formation; interior of hanger showing 5 blimps a Vought Corsair and unidentified seaplane (Curtis Sparrowhawk?), and a composite of the blimp squadron in 1943, giving the numbers and names of the blimps operating at the time. Together with a foldout postcard celebrating Akron, Ohio, and a Beermat advertising Havana ‘Zepelinos’ Cigarros. See Plate 1
A collection of rare original photographs, postcards and other items. Six original Photographs of German Rigid Airships. (16cmx11cm) The first is a contact print with 2 photos of the SL11 On the reverse is typed in English, the description of the ship, with a typed addendum “A friend of mine in Germany gave me these photos he is with a Aero Squadron. I was talking with him last week. Home is a long way off. Dan”(sic). The following 5 photographs all have typed descriptions in English as follows (spelling corrected). “German officers in the cabin of one of the big Dirigibles” , “On top of the German Dirigible LZ90 showing one of the machine-gun nests which has 6 machine-guns in it all together capable of firing 4200 shots in one minute”, “Big ship Landing” (the “LZ” is visible, the number is not), “German Dirigible under construction”, “German Gas Producing machine. This machine generates hydrogen gas for the big Dirigibles”. Also four emotive British cards showing WW1 Zeppelins: “The end of the Baby killer” tinted card showing a burning rigid airship caught in spotlight beams ;“Zepp” showing a Zeppelin at height caught in searchlight beams, with the silhouette of an officer gazing up; “The low down thing that plays the low down game” showing a Zeppelin at low level caught by four searchlights, over the silhouette of homes and factories, and “The Raider” similar to “Zepp”, but with silhouette of a village and church steeple; one German WW1 postcard sold for charity to support the families of Imperial German Navy, colourful card showing a Zeppelin raid, with the airships lit from below by the light of the burning docks also page 2 of the Daily Mirror dated 6 September 1916 reporting Leefe-Robinson’s VC for destruction of the German Rigid Airship SL11.German “Popular people in History – Graf Zeppelin” Card (23cmx16cm). Grey with black patterned border and colour portrait of the count.2 x Sweet bags showing Zeppelin dropping sweets on children, with a “Song from Zeppelin” (in German) printed on the reverse. See Plate 1
Selection of cards and photographs of British built rigid airships. Including A very good photograph of R34 reproduced in 1977 from an old negative. 20cm x 23cm. Plus a postcard comparing R34 in size with House of Parliament. An original copy of ‘Air’ magazine from May 1930, with an article on the R34 and R100. Plus one other item. GC, some age wear. Together with Four real photograph postcards of airships comprising R38 (ZR2) emerging from her shed with caption ZR2 1st trip June 23rd 1921 by Blake and Edgar, Bedford; silhouette of airship with title “British Airship at Bedford”, also by Blake and Edgar, the reverse of which bears the message “What do you think of our Air Ship, thought you would like a PC of it”, not postally stamped; a third shows R-101 at her mooring mast, reverse pencil message “Went for her trial trip Tuesday Oct 15th 1929”; the fourth, bearing a George V three-halfpence Postal Union Congress London 1929 stamp shows R-101 in flight with the caption “Oct 18 1929 R-101 Over Small Heath, Birmingham” with the reverse message “Quite a Sight & Quite a Sound!”. GC, little wear to first two. See website.
Eleven highly emotive Sport and General Press rough proof black and white photographs of the scenes from various elements relating to repatriation of crew (R101) and the London funeral cortege: from French soldiers carrying the coffins from the train at Boulogne ready to be taken aboard the British Destroyers; next coffins draped in Union flags aboard the destroyers; then the long queues of people waiting to pay their respects at the lying in state; a view inside Westminster Hall showing the public filing past the sea of coffins; the next two show notables leaving St. Paul’s following the service; then three pictures show the cortege moving through London to Euston station, some displaying crowds 10 to 15 deep and spilling onto the road and including one iconic image as they pass the Cenotaph; the last is a group photograph showing, in the centre, Arthur Bell in civilian dress and to his left a crew member in uniform showing a cap badge of the Royal Airship Works (not identified, possibly the inquiry?). The photos 30.5cms x 20.5cms to 25cms x 19.5cms approx. Generally GC (some edges torn) and graphically displaying the sombre mood. Together with Alfred J G Cook R101 Engineer and crash survivor: A hand written letter dated 6th November 1989 in response to an enquiry answering questions regarding the R101 survivors, uniform details etc and refers to a BBC series “Reach for the Skies” in which the third programme covered the R101. “It contained photos of me with Savory & Disley taken at Croydon Airport on our return from France, I was of course covered in bandages looking like the invisible man…”. GC (tape repaired along centre fold); together with 4 contemporary photo postcards of the aftermath: showing Cook heavily bandaged and on a stretcher at Beauvais indeed resembling the invisible man; a Beauvais photo postcard showing a wagon bearing coffins emerging from the town hall, the assembled military personnel saluting; a photo postcard of the square at Beauvais showing some of the amassed military personnel including a troop of Spahis and one of the airship looking proud at the Cardington mooring tower; a French news agency b&w photo of the mangled wreckage and 2 modern Museum of R101 souvenir postcards showing the R101 under construction and the other after the disaster showing one of the five engine cars which, by comparison, although somewhat battered looks remarkably intact. See Plate 1
20 pre 1918 Zeppelin photographs. Including 17cm 12cm. With close up of hangers. Postcard size of ‘Sachsen’. Mounted photo of Albert Bocker who survived being shot down in L.33. Airship hanger being towed by two paddle steamers. Early Zeppelin LZ3 in hanger, pictures of hangers being constructed, and photo of ‘Hansa’ shot from the ground, etc. QGC-GC for age, some wear. See website
Photographs of Early Zeppelins: Over 50 photographs from 17cmx12cm and smaller, showing passengers on early Zeppelin’s, personalities etc. One particular personality of note is a signed and dedicated photographic portrait postcard of Felix Graf Luckner (the ‘Sea Devil’ whose crew was called Emperor’s Pirates), inscribed in ink: ”Es Sinkt des Schiff die Ehre nie Der Schule Seedorf”(To Seedorf School, the ship can sink, but honour, never). Worth inspection. See website.
Hugo Eckener & The Leipzig Fair 1936: Set of five labels showing Eckener in his flying heavy overcoat and peaked cap. He is pointing to the inscription below. In different languages, English, German, Spanish, Italian and French. Plus 3 large labels of the same design (postcard size). In English, French and German. GC-VGC See Plate 12
Lady Grace Drummond-Hay. 2 letters to Grace from the British Vice Consulate in Marrakesh 1931. To her address 76 The Strand London. Together with a commorative cover ‘First All-Australian Air Mail Service 1931’ sent to Lady Grace at 76 The Strand London. GC. Together with 4 letters to Lady Drummond-Hay. 2 from Hugo Eckener, one from Capt. Christiansen (Captain of the Do-X flying boat) and a postcard addressed to Lady Grace ‘Partaker in the World Flight of ‘Graf Zeppelin’. GC. See Plate 13
Graf von Zeppelin. Printed ‘Thank You’ card (Heizliden Dank) for friendly good wishes Freidrichshafen. Card written in Stuttgart ‘2nd Jan 1917’ with good autograph of Count von Zeppelin. Together with a postcard featuring Graf von Zeppelin on the front with with written text to the reverse. GC See Plate 13
20 Zeppelin postcards. Mixed cards, pre WW1 fantasy, real photos of Graf Zeppelin in the air, plus patriotic, advert etc. Also postcard of 9 airships from Austria, England, Italy and Russia. DEROP oil company postcard showing Zeppelin, Mercedes racing cars and ship. Zeppelin over Saltsburg. Early Zeppelin over Lindau and Leipzig etc. GC See Plate 17
16 airship related photo and painted picture postcards. Zeppelin- Hindenburg over a tropical island, Graf Zeppelin over Sofia. Early Zeppelin over Berlin. Schutte Lanz airship over lakes. Spanish ‘Torres-Quevedo’ landing. Brazilian airship with Brazilian postage stamp. L’Italia landing on snow. Plus an interesting photo postcard of the interior of an aircraft/airship related museum with real aircraft and model airships, ‘Luftschiffhalle Wesrseite’. An interesting group. Some postally used. GC some wear to a few. See website
12 postcards of airship/Zeppelin wrecks. ZR2 at Hull Zeppelin LZ4 at Echterdingen; Lebaudy wreck at Aldershot. A rare card of the wreck of Erbsloh. Plus 4 items connected with the R.101, A card mounted photo of the wreck L.33 in Essex 1917. Plus a French printed postcard of Zeppelin L.19 and the fishing boat ‘The King Stephen’ in the North Sea. To become known as ‘The King Stephen incident’. GC See Plate 18 Note: The floating wreck of L.19 was discovered by a British steam fishing trawler, ‘The King Stephen’ captained by William Martin. The trawler, which was fishing in restricted waters on the 2nd February 1916 had sighted the distress signals during the night and had spent several hours steaming towards the stricken vessel which turned out to be a German Zeppelin whose engines had failed. Clinging to the wreck was the airships 16 crew. As the fishing-vessel approached, the commander of the L.19 Kapitänleutnant Loewe, who spoke good English, asked Captain Martin to help them. Captain Martin, seeing the number of crew to be saved refused, fearing for his own crew’s safety. They were unarmed fishermen. Also as The King Stephen was in restricted waters, Martin would be prosecuted for breaching the fishing restrictions in that area if he reported the incident. He and his crew steamed away leaving the Zeppelin to its fate. When questioned about the incident many years later, Captain Martin said he intended to search for a Royal Navy ship to report his discovery to. However, he met none and the encounter with the L.19 was only reported to the British authorities on his return to the King Stephen’s home-port of Grimsby, by then it was too late to attempt a rescue. In 1964, a journalist researching the incident interviewed two surviving members of the King Stephen’s crew. This revealed that The King Stephen had been in a forbidden zone and had initially given the naval authorities a false position for the incident in order to conceal this, making the Naval search for the airship futile.
Postcards of the N4 “Italia” Expedition: The Italia was a semi-rigid airship designed and built by Umberto Nobile, after his successful airship the “Norge” was commissioned by Amundsen for a Polar Crossing in 1926. Subsequently, Nobile organised a second aerial expedition to the Arctic, and built the “Italia”, financed to a large extent by the City of Milan, although the Italian government provided a support ship. In May 1928, the Italia set off from Svalbard in Norway, reached the North Pole, but crashed in worsening weather during an attempt to return to Svalbard. In the crash, the control cabin was ripped open leaving 10 crew on the ice; the engineer, still aboard the Airship threw supplies down to the survivors as the airship was blown away. No remains of the “Italia” or the six crew which remained aboard her were ever found. After an international rescue effort (during which Amundsen’s aircraft crashed, killing him) eight survivors from the control car, including Umberto Nobile, were rescued. The collection of postcards begin with a postcard portrait of Generale Nobile, signed, and continues with 12 photocards of the “Italia”, her crew, and the support ship (the “Citta di Milano”)in the Arctic, prior to the Polar flight. There are 3 cards at the end of this group, 2 of Nobile’s “N” Class Airships (one mis-identified by the printer as “Italia”), and one of an early Italian combat airship titled “One of our airships over an enemy camp”, sent from Milan in 1916. See Plate 19
German/British Postcards/Field Post. Balloon Squadron, WW1. One cover and one postcard from ‘Gas Column of Field Balloon section 39’ and a coloured postcard of ‘Luftschiffe Bataillion No. 2’, Field Post and stampless. GC. Together with 6 Early Zeppelin related postcards, includes 1916 Field Post, rare photo card of a German machine gun ‘dropped at Tiptree Hall Farm from the Zeppelin brought down in the locality September 24th 1916’. Photo card of two young children standing by a large Zeppelin bomb. QGC-GC. Together with Coloured German airship cards. 4 Deutsche Luftflotten-Verein (German Air Fleet Union) cards, showing Zeppelins in action. GC. See website
Zeppelin group of postcards etc. Including postcard from Luftschiffbau Zeppelin. British WW1 anti-Zeppelin postcard, postcard size label for Leipzig fair with a pointing Hugo Eckener. Russian postcard with airship over WW1 style tank printing. 6 photographs on board ‘Hindenburg’ including view of hanger at Frankfurt, smoking and reading room, clouds etc. Also a 1973 card with coloured picture showing crew members of Zeppelin crew and crew signatures including Oskar Rosch, Oskar Fink and Adolf Fischer etc. GC See Plate 19
Graf Zeppelin Mail. Postcard from Swiss flight 12th April 1930. Cancelled on board. Dropped at Basel. Only 515 dropped. Sieger 51C. Reverse of card has ‘Das Zeppelinlied’ (The Zeppelin Song). Also a USA cover, round-the-world flight 1929 on the Los Angeles-Lakehurst stage. Sieger 29A. GC See Plate 19 (2)
American and Brazilian Covers and cards. ‘Graf Zeppelin’ Chicago flight 1933. Plain postcard with 1 RM Chicago flight Zeppelin stamp. Sieger 238 u. Date error 1.10.33 instead of 1.11.33. Verso blank All marks on front. VGC. Together with ‘Graf Zeppelin’ 4th South America flight 1933. SAAR mail. Rover to Rio de Janeiro. 5 SAAR airmail stamps, one 5 Franc slightly foxed. ‘Respondo Logo Via Condor-Zeppelin’… cachet on reverse. Sieger 223 A. VGC. Together with Brazilian Zeppelin Mail 1933. Six items, various flights, most to Europe. Interesting cachets and stamps. GC. See Plate 19
5 modern (1950-1980) commemorative covers. Including RAF cover 1980, 1st commercial airline 1909, Moscow with Russian Zeppelin stamp, East German commemorative of LZ17 ‘Sachsen’ 1983. Uruguay aero commemorative 1984. French commemorative postmark on reproduction postcard. Also complete Russian airship stamp set on registered cover, Moscow-Scotland. GC-VGC See website
4 Covers. ‘Graf Zeppelin’ Christmas flight 1934. Commercial window envelope, from Gustav Zimmermann Maschinenfabrik, Dusseldorf-Rath. Meter frank. Green cachet code ‘C’. Sieger 286 Ba. VGC. ‘Graf Zeppelin’ Christmas flight 1934. Plain postcard, Bordpost code ‘C’, with a red 1,000,000 Km cachet and a green Christmas tree cachet. Sieger 286 Ca. VGC. Together with ‘Graf Zeppelin’ 8th South America flight 1933. Two-way plain postcard. Bordpost cancelled whilst over South Atlantic. Then flown from Parnambuco to Friedrichshafen on return flight. Franking includes a 1 RM Zeppelin stamp. All cachets and postmarks on front. Sieger 235 Ab and 236 A. VGC. Together with ‘Graf Zeppelin’ 1st and 7th South America flight 1933. Brazil to Europe, to England and re-directed to Rio de Janeiro. British stamps applied and flown on 7th flight back to Rio. A rare Sieger unlisted double flight. Sieger 230A and 232 B. With Sieger Photo Attest March 1982. VGC. See Plate 19
4 Covers. ‘Graf Zeppelin’ 5th South America flight 1934. Uruguay post. Cover from Montevideo to Germany. Friedrichshafen arrival on reverse. VGC. ‘Graf Zeppelin’ 7th South America flight 1934. Commercial lightweight cover from Gera to Rio de Janeiro. ‘Responda logo’ cachet on reverse. Sieger 271A. VGC for age. Together with ‘Graf Zeppelin’ 10th South American flight 1934. Plain postcard, flown via Stuttgart to Rio de Janeiro. ‘Responda Logo’ part cachet on reverse – feint. Sieger 280 Ba. GC, slight marking to one reverse edge. Together with ‘Graf Zeppelin’ 11th South America flight 1934. Commercial cover to Rio de Janeiro. With large, 4 language, ‘By Air-Mail’ cachet. Sieger 283Aa. VGC. See website
4 U.S. Covers plus one postcard: 1. Cashet marking arrival of ZR3 (LZ 126) in the USA 1924. Postcard illustration ‘Blick auf Bad Homburg’: 2. ‘Welcome LZ 129 Hindenburg upon her arrival in the United States on her 1st trip to North America. Lakehurst N.J. May 9, 1936’: 3 and 4 flown on Graf Zeppelin to Germany 1929 and 1936: 5. Graf Zeppelin 1st return to Germany 1928, Sieger 21. GC (5). See website
2 Covers and card, Zeppelin Interest. (1) International Airpost Exhibition, “Luposta” Danzig. Child’s Balloon Race, Postcard showing “Graf Zeppelin” which visited the show. (2) US Cover intended for Los Angeles – Lakehurst stage of the “Graf Zeppelin” world flight, Cachet “Received too late to connect with Graf Zeppelin Flight”. (3) Advertising cover for Zeppelin Weinbrand Wine. Airship with bottle. 1943. GC. See Plate 20
Wiener Werkstatte postcard Froheostern Wiener Werkstatte postcard, "Froheostern," No. 396, 4"w x 5.5"h Please contact the John Toomey Gallery to request a condition report on this lot: info@johntoomeygallery.com or (708) 383-5234. The absence of a condition report does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition. Starting Price: $100
Kennedy Family, Photograph Collection, 1960s-1970s. Three signed photographs of Ted Kennedy, one signed photograph of Joan Kennedy, and a portrait of JFK with two examples of the 1964 Kennedy half dollars set into a commemorative matting, all of the above framed; four unframed 8 x 10 in. black and white photos: two of Joan Kennedy, one signed on the mat; one of Ted, Joan, and Robert Kennedy on a boat; another of Rose Kennedy and two men seated at a restaurant; four Christmas cards from Ted`s family, one of which is signed by Ted; two letters signed by Joan Kennedy, one by Rose, and one typed letter signed by rocket scientist Robert Goddard`s widow Esther, dated December 30, 1968, all letters with envelopes; one postcard signed by Ted, sent from Tunisia; other Kennedy-related ephemera, including Look magazine from December 3, 1963, and Life from November 29, 1963, both with cover stories on JFK; and thirty-six candid color snapshots of Ted, Robert, Joan, and other Kennedy family members and friends fishing, sailing, swimming, sometimes posing, including duplicates, most 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. Provenance: By descent through the family of Joseph T. Benedict (1912-1995), former president and chairman of Worcester Federal Savings Bank and Kennedy family friend.
Autographs-Aviation Interest-Henri Salmet-Postcard, signed to the reverse and with facsimile signature to the front, Louis Noel, postcard, signed to the reverse and J.L. Travers-Program for the South Coast Waterplane Tour 1912, signed to the front Please see images. Telephone department for further information
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