U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
November 29-30, 2016

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #514
GERMANY Zeppelin Flights
1937 Hindenburg, picture postcard (Rauchsalon LZ 129 "Hindenburg"), addressed to Frankfurt, delivered on board the Hindenburg and canceled "Luftschiff Hindenburg 27.4.1937", with arrival pmk alongside. Also included picture postcard (Capt. Ernst Lehmann), with notation dated 6 May, 1937 (although Max Pruss was the commanding officer of the last flight of the Hindenburg, Captain Lehmann was the most senior officer on board, but was there only as an observer. He was fatally burned when the ship caught fire at Lakehurst on 6 May 1937 and died the following day)
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Price Realized
$325.00

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