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Post by stampgeezer on Aug 18, 2013 16:59:52 GMT
Let's expand the scope a little by showing covers of that classic era, 1928 - 1938. Here is a cover carried on the Hindenburg, LZ-129, on it's first flight to the US. The flight departed Frankfort on 5/6/1936 and landed in Lakehurst on 5/9. On this flight the great Airship carried 1059 kg of mail in 60 bags and most of that mail was philatelic in nature. This letter was registered from Stuttgart to Portland, Or.   |
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Post by Ryan on Aug 18, 2013 23:45:19 GMT
Here is a cover carried on the Hindenburg, LZ-129, on it's first flight to the US. This cover brings up an interesting point. These stamps had the same gum containing sulfuric acid as was found on the 1935 Ostropa souvenir sheet. Collectors soak those sheets to remove the gum, otherwise the gum damages the stamp paper to the point where it starts to break apart and create holes around the watermark.  Is there a similar problem with stamps on cover? Will these eventually turn brittle and break away? Ryan |
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Post by stampgeezer on Aug 18, 2013 23:59:40 GMT
Interesting point Ryan. I knew about the gum issue with these stamps, so mine are mint no gum, but for some reason I did not think about them on cover. I have another cover that shows no problem but this one has some discoloration around the stamps, so I wonder if that is what caused it. Still, this has been around for 77 years.
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Post by rod222 on Aug 19, 2013 6:27:40 GMT
German Zeppelin on a British Rug.  |
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Post by stampgeezer on Aug 19, 2013 21:37:29 GMT
a stamp collecting rug with a zep on it? If I ever saw that I would fall over myself in a hurry to buy it. What a deal! I would not walk on it though.
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Post by stoltzpup on Sept 8, 2013 20:15:23 GMT
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Post by Londonbus1 on Sept 8, 2013 20:44:27 GMT
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Post by Londonbus1 on Sept 8, 2013 20:46:56 GMT
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Post by Londonbus1 on Sept 8, 2013 20:51:31 GMT
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Post by mac1775 on Sept 16, 2013 13:02:36 GMT
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Post by stoltzpup on Sept 16, 2013 13:12:29 GMT
I like the disappearing baby zep! How do you create the animation? I want to do something like that with the smoke on my avatar stamp.
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Post by mac1775 on Sept 16, 2013 13:21:00 GMT
There are many freeware programs where you can take a jpg or bitmap picture and use cut paste or crop to make multiple pictures each one a little different. Then run it thru the program and it loops them for motion. You can then adjust the timing for the loop to make it look like a smooth continuous motion picture.
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Post by Ryan on Sept 16, 2013 13:50:36 GMT
Here go my US Zeps and a new issue for the future.  Ha ha - love the animation! Ryan |
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Post by stampgeezer on Sept 17, 2013 22:54:23 GMT
mac, I am truly impressed with your US Zeps! I'm glad you were able to get by the image posting issue.
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Post by marius on Oct 15, 2013 12:02:42 GMT
Mongolia 1993  |
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Post by antoniusra on Oct 16, 2013 21:27:32 GMT
Here's another beautiful Zepp set  |
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Post by stampgeezer on Oct 16, 2013 22:19:25 GMT
antoniusra, those are beautiful! I have none of those yet, although the mint issues are not expensive. According to what I read, 20,000 sets of these were issued in 1933. On this trip the LZ-127 flew to Italy and then over the Aegean Islands then North Africa. It then turned north and flew over Greece and then home via Italy.
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Post by antoniusra on Oct 16, 2013 23:34:31 GMT
Geezer, I think they are some of the prettiest. I was not aware the production number was so low?
Was 20k the total production run, or just for that flight?
It would seem that cat value would have to be off.
Doesn't add up to me: Beautiful set + Zepp + Scarce @ 20k =$45.00 Scott 2008
There are a couple other Zepp sets from other Italian colonies that I need .
Not high cat but Italian and Spanish colonies are never very abundant. To me, in general, they seem much scarcer than Scotts values would suggest. I haven't met many world collectors that did not relish those areas or had much luck in finding a simple majority.
I wish I had the production run figures for most of, at least, the Classic Period.
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Post by stampgeezer on Oct 17, 2013 1:52:42 GMT
I agree, I went out to ebay(north america only), for completed items and could not find any mint sets sold, nor could I find any current listings available. I also saw several used sets for over $500 that did not sell. The fact that not one mint set is available on ebay tells me that they are indeed much scarcer than the catalogues show. There is a used set on bidstart for $125, but the listing says questionable cancels. I got the 20,000 from an auction listing, not sure if it is accurate. The big Seattle area stamp show is coming up, I'll have to keep my eyes open for some.  |
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Post by antoniusra on Oct 25, 2013 18:13:49 GMT
Geezer Here is one I did not think of before. I received a large lot, of mostly later Liechtenstein, yesterday. It had a single I needed because all I had was this sheet, it reminded me of <:~`) Since it was one of the few countries that had anything to do with the Zepps to begin with, you would probably want to put it on your wantlist, if you don't have it. Fills a whole page! <:~`O  |
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Post by stampgeezer on Oct 25, 2013 19:18:18 GMT
Ha Ha, my want list will most likely outlive me!  |
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Post by stampgeezer on Nov 23, 2013 21:20:08 GMT
First North American Flight from Germany to USA via airship Hindenburg.
In May of 1936 the LZ-129 made it's first commercial flight to the US. It was 803 feet long and had a diameter of 135 feet. To this day it is the largest object ever to fly. This cover has German airmails Scott# C57 & C58 and Scott # 472. My German is rudimentary but I believe the handwriting says "by airship to North America and by airmail to New York, registered".
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Post by darkormex on Mar 26, 2019 1:35:03 GMT
On my FB page, a fellow collector and follower of my page who also attended the KPS Stamp Bourse here in Grand Rapids, MI picked up this item and I asked his permission to share on this page. Not knowing much about zeppelin-related material from Germany, I was wondering if PostmasterGS has any insight into this item?   |
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Post by PostmasterGS on Mar 26, 2019 15:01:46 GMT
darkormex, That appears to be a normal usage of a PPC with photo of a zeppelin on the reverse. It's not a zeppelin usage. Cancelled in Charlottenburg.
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Post by darkormex on Mar 26, 2019 17:48:40 GMT
Thank you for your help. I am guessing in the world of zeppelin postcards this one is not particularly significant as well.
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Post by kosmo on May 20, 2019 13:51:19 GMT
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Post by daniel on Feb 13, 2021 23:20:47 GMT
This cover is a bit of a mongrel. A Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen cover for the First Flight of Zeppelin LZ1, Lake Constance 2nd July 1900. But, the Friedrichshafen postmark is for 2001 on a 100th year of the Zeppelin stamp. The reverse shows that it was flown on a Good Year Airship, 'Spirit of Europa' around the Millenium Stadium, Cardiff where the 2001 FA Cup Final was played between Arsenal and Liverpool on 12th May 2001!! Issued in a good cause for the Veterans Charities Consortium. Signed by Wolfgang von Zeppelin, grand-nephew of Ferdinand von Zeppelin.  Scan_20210213 (3) by Daniel, on Flickr  Scan_20210213 (4) by Daniel, on Flickr |
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Post by stoltzpup on Feb 14, 2021 17:19:07 GMT
I continue to wonder why Count von Zeppelin's disastrous impracticality has so completely captured the imagination of stamp collectors. Myself included. Any opinions?
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Post by kasvik on Feb 14, 2021 20:41:03 GMT
I continue to wonder why Count von Zeppelin's disastrous impracticality has so completely captured the imagination of stamp collectors. Myself included. Any opinions?
• They introduced intercontinental air mail.
• They were huge; much larger than anything ever to fly since. They could fill the sky.
• When they emerged the future of aviation was unknowable. At the time, they were more reliable and safer in trans-oceanic travel than heavier-than-air craft. They might be the future.
• Anything involving air mail bordered on the incredible through the 1930s.
• Zeppelin mail was eye-watering expensive.
• Collectors are romantics, happy to leave practicality outside the door?
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