Lot 2142
Germany
Opening bid
120.00
CAD
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1925 (April 20), Flugsport-Club Pforzheim, 10pf Segel-flüge overprint on glider postcard, franked with a 5pf green Air Post, tied by Segelflüge am Buchelberg / Mühlhausen / (Amt Pforzheim) double-ring c.d.s., with purple 10pf Segel-flüge semi-official airmail stamp tied by blue circular Flugsport-Club / Pforzheim cachet, red boxed "Mit Segelflugpost befördert / Hausen a. d. Wurth" instructional mark, reverse identifying the card as a Luftpost-Karte issued "Zur Erinnerung an die Segel-Flug-Woche am Büchelberg / April 1925," very fine.
The 10pf Pforzheim overprint was a semi-official issue produced to raise funds for the local Flugsport-Club and to frank mail carried by motorless gliders during the Büchelberg Gliding Week.