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An Air Mail Envelope from Airship Hindenburg's Final Voyage

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An Air Mail Envelope from Airship Hindenburg's Final Voyage

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An Air Mail Envelope from Airship Hindenburg's Final Voyage

Air mail envelope sent with airship “Hindenburg” on final voyage, 15.1 x 9.5 cm. Date of item: 1937. Condition: very good, signs of aging. An empty envelope transported by the airship “Hindenburg”, addressed to one Richard Fussen in Cottbus. It was posted on May 1st, 1937 in Frankfurt/Main (Flug- und Luftschiffhafen Rhein-Main) with a 2 Reichsmark postage stamp. Another stamp on the back was put there in Cologne on May 3rd. A third stamp was used in the space of the recipient, but is so faint that it is impossible to say where or when it was applied. A red stamp shows a picture of the airship with the words “Luftschiff (airship) Hindenburg – Deutschlandfahrt (Germany journey) – May 1st, 1937”. However, another stamp informs that because of the cancellation of the Germany journey the mail dropping will commence during the North America journey. Of course, this journey would be the airship’s last one, since on May 6th, just three days after the letter was stamped in Cologne, the “Hindenburg” was destroyed in an accident when attempting to land in Lakehurst near New York.