U.S. and Worldwide Stamps & Postal History
January 10-11, 2017

ImagesDescriptionCurrent Bid
Lot #557
GERMANY Zeppelin Flights
1916 (23 March) Bulgarian picture postcard posted in Yambol (Jamboli), with "Feldpost-Station No.185" cds, also violet "Kgl. Preuss. Luftschifftrupp No.18" (Brief-stempel) cachet, sent to Germany, message reads (in part) "next week, the King of Bulgaria will visit us." A fine card (in 1917, Zeppelin LZ 104, construction number designated L59 by the German Imperial Navy, nicknamed "Das Afrika-Schiff" was launched from Jamboli and attempted a long-distance resupply mission to the beleaguered garrison of Germany's East Africa)
Envelope
Price Realized
$150.00

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