![]() ![]() Heinmuller Collection of Zeppelin Covers Covers & Letters Record ID npm_0.222097.4.20. ![]() The Graf Zeppelin had covered a total of 24,764 miles with a flying time of just twelve days, eleven hours and twenty-eight minutes! Data Source National Postal Museum Date 1929 Object number 0.222097.4.20.1 Type Covers & Associated Letters Medium paper ink Place Germany (German empire) See more items in National Postal Museum Collection Title Sieger Catalog 30.Bd Topic John P. Aquí se ha reconstruido una parte del legendario Hindenburg que explotó en 1937 en Lakehurst. The reverse of the cover bears a Friedrichshafen arrival postmark dated September 4, 1929, the date on which the LZ127 returned from her world flight. Situado en la antigua estación marítima, el Museo Zeppelin está dedicado a los dirigibles que inventara el conde Ferdinand von Zeppelin (1838-1917). ![]() A blue airmail etiquette has also been affixed. The front also bears the special confirmation postmark "Luftschiff Graf Zeppelin Weltrundfahrt 1929" ("Airship Graf Zeppelin world flight 1929") in red as well as an official "Friedrichshafen (Bodensee) - Friedrichshafen (Bodensee)" route marking in red. The story is told in this fascinating museum containing. The Friedrichshafen post office used this Graf Zeppelin onboard postmark in addition to the normal Friedrichshafen postmark to handle the flight's heavy volume of mail. Friedrichshafen on Lake Constance was the birthplace of the airship. The museum that started as a regional museum in 1869, and installed a Zeppelin Cabinet for the first time in 1912 holds the largest collection of airship. The stamps are tied with an onboard postmark dated August 16, 1929. The cover is franked with four German stamps totaling RM14, the correct postage for the complete world flight from Friedrichshafen to Friedrichshafen. Object Details Description Cover carried by the airship Graf Zeppelin on its 1929 world flight. ![]()
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