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Zeppelin LZ-129 Hindenburg crash cover from May 6, 1937

Thursday, May 6th, 2010

Flying from Frankfurt, Germany to Lakehurst, NJ, USA, zeppelin LZ-129 HINDENBURG carried on the 1st North America Flight 1937 a total of 8 mail bags containing 17,609 cards, covers and parcels. When approaching Lakehurst, the airship burst into flames. Only 368 of the 17,609 postal items were salvaged after the crash, most of them in more or less bad condition.

The illustrated postcard survived the crash and was found in the wreckage of LZ-129 HINDENBURG – the picture side of the card illustrates the good old days of airship travel while parts of the card were burnt. The stamp in the top left corner was washed off another postcard and stuck on this card.

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Today, crash covers from the 1937 LZ-129 HINDENBURG disaster are rare collectible items.

If you want to learn more about zeppelin mail and zeppelin crash covers, visit the website of the ZEPPELIN STUDY GROUP at http://www.ezep.de/

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Zeppelin LZ-5, Z-II strands at Weilburg, 100 years ago

Sunday, April 25th, 2010

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100 years ago, on April 25, 1910, German airship Zeppelin LZ-5, which was also known as military airship Z-II, stranded at Weilburg and was completely destroyed.

Contemporary newspaper reports about that crash can be found here: http://www.weilburg-lahn.info/zeppelin/z2_3.htm

And if you want to know more about zeppelin and zeppelin mail, visit the website of the ZEPPELIN STUDY GROUP at http://www.ezep.de/

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Zeppelin Post Journal, Spring2010 issue

Wednesday, April 21st, 2010

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The Spring2010 issue of the ZEPPELIN POST JOURNAL is done, a sneak preview is online at http://www.ezep.de/zpj/2010sp.html

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Fall2009 issue of the ZEPPELIN POST JOURNAL online

Sunday, November 1st, 2009

The Fall2009 issue of the ZEPPELIN POST JOURNAL is now online. This is a special issue for the BEIJING 2009 AEROPEX international airmail show.

To see details of the new issue, follow this link: http://www.ezep.de/index.html

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ZEPPELIN POST JOURNAL press recognition

Monday, October 19th, 2009

The special issue of the ZEPPELIN POST JOURNAL about the zeppelin mail forgeries (http://www.ezep.de/zpj/2009ibra.html) gets national and international press recognition:

The current issue of the Stamp Magazine from England is featuring the forgeries story. The story appears in their printed edition, in their new online edition and also on their website http://www.stampmagazine.co.uk/content/news.html

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ZEPPELIN POST JOURNAL press recognition

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

The special issue of the ZEPPELIN POST JOURNAL about the zeppelin mail forgeries (http://www.ezep.de/zpj/2009ibra.html) gets national and international press recognition:

The Airpost Journal of the American Airmail Society featured the ZEPPELIN POST JOURNAL special issue and the recently discovered zeppelin mail forgeries in their September 2009 issue: Bob Wilcsek´s “Zeppelin Letters” column It was only a matter of time is dealing with the special ZPJ issue and the forgeries. The significance of this topic is underlined by Bob´s seven-page column and by the illustrated forgery on the title page of the Airpost Journal.

Thank you Bob Wilcsek, and also special thanks to Wayne Youngblood (editor of the Airpost Journal) and to the American Airmail Society for joining us in the fight against forgeries!


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