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lot # 1221 - airmails

Saturday Jun 28, 2014 09:00 Australia/Melbourne

1931 (18th July) Russian registered letter used for return trip from Russian Icebreaker "Malygin" stationed near North Pole & bearing boxed Registration handstamp "Brise-glace Malygin". 1931 North Pole "Polar Bear & Zeppelin" 35k & 2r imperforates struck with "BRISE-GLACE MAYGUIN ARTIQUE 18 V I31" & addressed to "LUFTSCHIFFBAU Friedrichshafen Bodensee DEUTSCHLAND". Receival stamp "FRIEDRICHSHAFEN 31.7.31 (Bodensee) in black with red "LUFTSCHIFF GRAF ZEPPELIN POLAR FAHRT 1931" cachet & violet "Mit Eisbrecher" Malygin" & Luftschiff Gr. Zeppelin ARCHANGELSK-NORDPOLE-FRIEDRICHSHAFEN" cachet bolth on the front. Exc. cond. Michel Cat. €420

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