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Showing posts with label first flight. Show all posts
Showing posts with label first flight. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 30, 2016

Zeppelin Mail Liechtenstein Cover to USA 1936

Zeppelin Airship Hindenburg Scarce Liechtenstein Cover

Zeppelin Airship Liechtenstein Cover 1936

Liechtenstein 1936: Registered mail sent Triesenberg to New York City by Zeppelin Airship Hindenburg L. Z. 129 as 1. North-American flight May 6th.

Attached is a 2 Fr. Fürstentum Liechtenstein stamp with clear cancellation. Additional red “Deutsche Luftpost Europa – Nordamerika. New York arrival-mark.

Clean and fresh, good condition.

Only 49.250 stamps have been issued and not many have been used for real mail.

More Zeppelin Mail: HERE

Friday, May 20, 2016

Maiden Flight Hongkong to Guam USA in 1937

Maiden Flight Hongkong to Guam 1937

Maiden Flight Hongkong to Guam

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Hong Kong 1937: Air mail letter, First Eastbound Flight China to USA Hong Kong to Guam via trans pacific route.

Attached are 30 and 50 cents stamps, tied by a clear Hong-Kong Air Mail 29. AP 37 – cancellation.

Guam arrival-mark at reverse. Good condition.

 More vintage Postcards: HERE

Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Siam Maiden Flight 1939: Bangkok to Delhi

Siam Maiden Flight 1939: Bangkok to Delhi



Siam Maiden Flight

Siam postal card with imprinted 15 Baht stamp, upfranked. Sent as registered air mail on the maiden flight Bangkok to Delhi. Clear cancellations 15.01.1930. Good condition.

More such collectibles: HERE


Friday, February 07, 2014

Wipa Flight 1933: Four-country-flight by Robert Kronfeld

Wipa Flight 1933: Four-country-flight by Robert Kronfeld




Kronfeld Wipa Flight


Wipa 1933: Four-country-flight Robert Kronfeld, Wien-Innsbruck. Postcard with 3 stamps, Wipa 1933 cancellations.

Post-Segelflug strike. Good condition.

More such collectibles: HERE


Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Zeppelin Mail. Cover America-Flight 1929 LZ 127

Zeppelin cover with 4 stamps, per LZ127 to America.

Red strike: „Befoerderung verzoegert wegen Abbruchs der 1. Amerikafahrt“. (delayed transport due to abandonment of 1. America-Flight”).


Zeppelin Mail America-Flight

Blue Luftschiff Graf Zeppelin 1. Amerikafahrt-strike.

New York 5. Aug. 1929 – arrival strike.

Some brown spots from aging.

Monday, April 11, 2011

Mixed Franking on First Glider Flight Wien Semmering 1933 Letter

1933 Air mail cover „ Erster Segelflug Wien Semmering 1933“.


First Glider Flight Cover

10, 15, 25, 30, 80 Groschen and one Shilling air mail stamps. Segelflugausstellung Robert Kornfeld, 22. 1. 33 –cancellations.

1. Oesterr. Segel-Flugpost Wien Semmering Jaenner 1933 – commemorative strike.
Fine condition.

Monday, February 02, 2009