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1691 - Philately Lufthansa. Collection of 56 first flight covers.
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Estimate €350 - €500
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Philately Lufthansa. Collection of 56 first flight covers. With accompanying letter. Various places of issue, no postmark, 1978. Each approx. 16.5 x 9.5 cm. Two of each inserted into 28 double-pocket transparent sleeves with perforations, these housed in the original dark blue Lufthansa slip-in album with the company logo on the front cover and a mounted title label on the back. A unique collection comprising an original album of 56 Lufthansa First Flight Covers from 1978. – First Flight Covers were issued to mark the opening of new routes and thus also document the expansion of air traffic in all directions. The covers, consisting of a colour-illustrated envelope and an inserted greeting card, were always carried on the first aircraft on the new route (outbound or return flight); they feature special stamps and 1–2 special postmarks each, and usually also bear the local arrival postmark as proof that they were ‘genuinely’ posted. Amongst others, the inaugural flights from Cairo to Frankfurt, Bogotá to Caracas, Frankfurt to Athens to Jeddah and Anchorage to Osaka are documented. - As the enclosed cover letter indicates, this particular item was a gift from Karl H. Koepcke, then Director of Public Relations at Lufthansa, to the editor of a US aviation magazine. - A unique philatelic and aviation-historical document, here in excellent condition. A unique collection comprising an original album containing 56 Lufthansa First Flight Covers from 1978. - First Flight Covers were issued to mark the opening of new routes and thus also document the expansion of air traffic in all directions at that time. The covers, each comprising a colour-illustrated envelope and an inserted greeting card, were always carried on the first aircraft operating the new route (either the outbound or return flight); they feature special stamps and 1–2 special postmarks each, and usually also bore the local arrival postmark as proof that they had actually been posted. Among others, the inaugural flights from Cairo to Frankfurt, Bogotá to Caracas, Frankfurt to Athens to Jeddah and Anchorage to Osaka are documented. - As the accompanying letter shows, this very album is a gift from the then Lufthansa Director of Public Relations, Karl H. Koepcke, to the editor of a US aviation magazine. - A unique philatelic and aviation-historical document, here in excellent condition. This lot is subject to standard tax. A 24.95% buyer’s premium is payable on the hammer price, and 7% (Books and Art) or 19% VAT (Manuscripts, Screenprints, Offset Prints, Photographs) is payable on the final invoice amount within the European Union. This lot is subject to the standard margin scheme. A 24.95% buyer’s premium applies to the hammer price, and 7% (books and art) or 19% VAT (manuscripts, screen prints, offset prints and photographs) applies to the final invoice amount within the European Union.
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About the sale Valuable books, prints, historical photographs
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Auction time 10/24/2026 at 10:00 AM
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