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An Airmail Transported by Airship LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin

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An Airmail Transported by Airship LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin

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An Airmail Transported by Airship LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin

Measures 8.9 x 13.9 cm; Date of item: July 1st, 1929; The postcard shows a photograph of the flying airship. The name “Graf Zeppelin” and the registration no. “D-LZ127” are clearly visible. On the back is a handwritten note: “Mit L.Z. 127 befӧrdert” (transported by L.Z. 127). The sender was A. Lehmann from Stuttgart, Germany, the recipient was Miss Milly Kempf in Rochester, New Jersey, USA. Next to an “airmail” stamp there is a special stamp that reads “Luftschiff Graf Zeppelin – 1. Amerikafahrt 1929” (Airship Graf Zeppelin – 1st America journey 1929”). You can see the skyline of New York in the background with the Statue of Liberty in the front and the airship flying above it. The postage stamp is a Deutsche Luftpost (German airmail) stamp for 2 Reichsmark. America and Europe as arrival and departure points are also listed on it. It was stamped in Friedrichshafen at the Bodensee (Lake Constance) on July 1st, 1929. Another stamp on the bottom indicates when it arrived in New York: August 5th, 1929 at 3 a.m.