100 years Bordstempel – eZEP-newsletter April 2011

Dear Aerophilatelist,

do you know what happened today in history 75 and 100 years ago?
Well, 75 years ago, on 10 April 1936, LZ-129 HINDENBURG arrived back at Friedrichshafen, the airship was returning from the first South America Flight 1936, the first intercontinental trip of the new airship.

And 100 years ago, on 10 April 1911, airship LZ-8 DEUTSCHLAND was transfered from Baden-Oos to Düsseldorf. Nothing special about this positioning flight, except that this was the first flight with an on-board cachet (Bordstempel).


Bordstempel of airship LZ-8 DEUTSCHLAND from 1911

The design of the Bordstempel from 1911 was used for numerous Bordstempel of other airships as well, like the Bordstempel of LZ-127 GRAF ZEPPELIN. And the 1911 design is even used for Bordstempel of the latest zeppelin NT airships, like the illustrated Bordstempel of airship D-LZZR BODENSEE.


Bordstempel of airship D-LZZR BODENSEE from 2003

The whole story of “100 years Bordstempel” can be read here: http://www.ezep.de/article/2011sp_100_years_bordstempel.html

ZEPPELIN POST JOURNAL – 100th issue
The Spring2011 issue of the ZEPPELIN POST JOURNAL is the 100th issue of this publication. And the topic of this jubilee issue is “100″ with interesting and fascinating articles about Count Zeppelin’s 100th birthday, LZ-100, flight number 100, 100 dropped pieces, registration number 100, R100 and 100 years Bordstempel, just to mention a few.

The jubilee issue will be mailed to subscribers mid of April, for a sneak preview see here: http://www.ezep.de/zpj/2011sp.html

eZEPtalk – FASCINATING STORIES FROM THE ZEPPELIN BOARD
According to an article by Cyril Deighton (“Some New Data on Irish Zeppelin post”, The Airpost Journal, November 1982, page 40-42), there are only 5 Irish covers known to have been flown on the 1st South America Flight 1932 of LZ-127 GRAF ZEPPELIN. Andreas Schlegel started a thread on http://www.ezeptalk.de/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=334 to find out more about the five covers from Ireland. The counting started and thanks to the help of our great zeppelin mail community, we have now traced 15 covers from Ireland on this first flight.

The whole story can be followed here on http://www.ezeptalk.de/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=334 de and the listing includes also images of all 15 recorded covers from Ireland. If you have another one in your collection, please report it.


Ireland, 1st South America Flight 1932, one of the 15 recorded covers.

NEW AND INTERESTING ZEPPELIN LINKS

- LZ-127 GRAF ZEPPELIN at Boeblingen-Flughafen 1929 and 1931: A very stylish website about airfield Boeblingen with a fascinating section on the two zeppelin landings there.
http://flughafenbb.wordpress.com/zeppelin-lz-127/

- LZ-129 HINDENBURG model: German postal service Deutsche Post is selling a zeppelin model of LZ-129: The metal-model is almost 20 cm long and is available for Euro 19,95 here: http://philatelie.deutschepost.de/philatelie/shop/templates/produktseiten/produktdetail_standard.jhtml?id=prod13750071&navCount=0&navAction=jump

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON ZEPPELIN MAIL AND AIRSHIP MEMORABILIA:

- The web portal for zeppelin mail and airship memorabilia: http://www.eZEP.de/
- The board for zeppelin mail and airship memorabilia: http://www.eZEPtalk.de/
- Find us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/zeppelinpost/116072294222
- Follow us on twitter: http://twitter.com/zeppelinpost

Deutsche Version des April 2011 eZEP-Newsletters

Lieber Aerophilatelist,

aerophilatelistisch gesehen ist der 10. April ein interessantes Datum:

Vor 75 Jahren, am 10. April 1936 kam das Luftschiff LZ-129 HINDENBURG von seiner 1. Südamerikafahrt 1936 zurück, es war die erste große, transatlantische Reise des neuen Luftschiffes.

Und vor 100 Jahren, am 10. April 1911 wurde das Luftschiff LZ-8, DEUTSCHLAND von Baden-Oos nach Düsseldorf überführt. Eigentlich nichts Besonderes, aber auf dieser Fahrt wurde erstmalig ein Bordstempel auf einem Luftschiff verwendet.


Bordstempel des Luftschiffes LZ-8 DEUTSCHLAND von 1911

Das Design des Bordstempels von 1911 wurde noch für viele weitere Bordstempel auf anderen Luftschiffen verwendet, so auch für den Bordstempel des Luftschiffes LZ-127 GRAF ZEPPELIN. Und das Design von 1911 wurde auch für die Bordstempel der neuesten Zeppelin NT Luftschiffe verwendet, wie der abgebildete Bordstempel des NT-Luftschiffes D-LZZR BODENSEE dokumentiert.


Bordstempel des NT-Luftschiffes D-LZZR BODENSEE von 2003

Der komplette Artikel “100 Jahre Bordstempel” kann man in der Frühjahr2011 Ausgabe des ZEPPELIN POST JOURNAL http://www.ezep.de/deutsch/zpj/2011sp.html oder auch hier nachlesen: http://www.ezep.de/deutsch/article/2011sp_100_jahre_bordstempel.html

ZEPPELIN POST JOURNAL – 100. Ausgabe
Bei der Frühjahr 2011 Ausgabe des ZEPPELIN POST JOURNAL handelt es sich um die 100. Ausgabe dieses Magazins. Und “100″ ist auch das Thema dieser Jubiläumsausgabe mit Graf Zeppelin’s 100. Geburtstag, der 100. Fahrt, 100 abgeworfenen Belegen, Einschreibenummer 100, R100 und 100 Jahre Bordstempel.

Abonenten und Mitglieder der ZEPPELIN STUDY GROUP erhalten die Jubiläumsausgabe Ende April zugesandt, eine kleine Vorschau gibt es schon hier: http://www.ezep.de/deutsch/zpj/2011sp.html

eZEPtalk – SPANNENDES AUS DEM ZEPPELIN FORUM
Gemäß einem Artikel von Cyril Deighton (“Some New Data on Irish Zeppelin post”, The Airpost Journal, November 1982, Seiten 40-42) sind von der 1. Südamerikafahrt 1932 des LZ-127 GRAF ZEPPELIN nur fünf Belege aus Irland bekannt. Andreas Schlegel hat in dem Diskussionsforum für Zeppelinpost www.eZEPtalk.de einen Beitrag hierzu gestartet, um zu sehen, wie viele Belege ab Irland es tatsächlich gibt. Und dank der Mithilfe zahlreicher Zeppelinpostsammler haben wir nunmehr 15 Belege von Irland zu dieser Fahrt dokumentieren können: http://www.ezeptalk.de/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=334

Die ganze Geschichte sowie sämtliche abgebildeten Zeppelinbelege ab Irland gibt es im eZEPtalk.de Forum http://www.ezeptalk.de/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=334 . Und wer noch einen bislang nicht bekannten Irland-Zeppelinbeleg zur 1. Südamerikafahrt 1932 kennt, soll ihn bitte hier melden.


1. Südamerikafahrt 1932, Zuleitung Irland, einer der bisher bekannten 15 Belege

NEUE UND INTERESSANTE ZEPPELIN LINKS

- LZ-127 GRAF ZEPPELIN in Böblingen 1929 und 1931
Eine gut gemachte Webseite zur Flughafen Böblingen mit einer eigenen Rubrik zu den Zeppelinlandungen von 1929 und 1931.
http://flughafenbb.wordpress.com/zeppelin-lz-127/

- LZ-129 HINDENBURG Metall-Modell
Die Deutsche Post bietet gerade ein etwa 20 cm langes Metall-Modell des Luftschiffes LZ-129 HINDENBURG an. Alle weiteren Informationen hierzu hier: http://philatelie.deutschepost.de/philatelie/shop/templates/produktseiten/produktdetail_standard.jhtml?id=prod13750071&navCount=0&navAction=jump

FÜR WEITERE INFORMATIONEN ÜBER ZEPPELINPOST UND LUFTSCHIFF MEMORABILIEN:

- The web portal for zeppelin mail and airship memorabilia: http://www.eZEP.de/
- The board for zeppelin mail and airship memorabilia: http://www.eZEPtalk.de/
- Find us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/zeppelinpost/116072294222
- Follow us on twitter: http://twitter.com/zeppelinpost

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First official airmail 1911, Allahabad – Naini, India

On the day 100 years ago, on 18 February 1911, a mail bag with approximately 6.000 covers was flown by French pilot Henri Pequet from Allahabad to Naini, India. This small hop of only five miles made history: It was the first official airmail.

The mail was postmarked with a special cancel showing an airplane flying over mountains, the inscript of the marking reads “First Aerial Post, 1911, U. P. Exhibition Allahabad.” (Cover courtesy of Pradip Jain, India).

This information was brought to you by the ZEPPELIN STUDY GROUP.

If you want to learn more and if you are interested in airmail, airships and zeppelin mail, these sites might be of interest to you:

The web portal for zeppelin mail and airship memorabilia: http://www.eZEP.de/
The board for zeppelin mail and airship memorabilia: http://www.eZEPtalk.de/
Find zeppelin mail on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/zeppelinpost/116072294222
Follow zeppelin mail on twitter: http://twitter.com/zeppelinpost

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Zeppelin L4 (LZ-27) crashed at Denmark, fuel shortage

Today in history: On 17 Februar 1915, German naval airship L4 crashed at the shore near Blaavandshuk, Denmark. The airship was on the return flight of a scouting mission along the Norwegian coast when they were facing strong head winds and a severe snow storm. The shortage of fuel finally forced the crew to an emergency landing. Four crew members died, the airship was damaged beyond repair.

Remains of L4 at Denmark.

This information was brought to you by the ZEPPELIN STUDY GROUP.

If you want to learn more and if you are interested in airmail, airships and zeppelin mail, these sites might be of interest to you:

The web portal for zeppelin mail and airship memorabilia: http://www.eZEP.de/
The board for zeppelin mail and airship memorabilia: http://www.eZEPtalk.de/
Find zeppelin mail on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/zeppelinpost/116072294222
Follow zeppelin mail on twitter: http://twitter.com/zeppelinpost

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Fred Wiseman – First airmail flight 100 years ago

On this day in 1911, the first airmail flight took place. Fred Wiseman flew on a self-made Wisman-Peters plane 15 miles from Petaluma to Santa Rosa, California, USA. The flight took two days with a total flying time of only 15 minutes. Wisman carried three letters, Santa Rosa Press Democrat newspapers and a bag of groceries from Hickey and Vonsen’s store in Petaluma.

Further details of this fascinating story are provided here http://www.fredwiseman.org/ and the Petaluma website Past – Now – Future is reporting about some discrepancies of the event which are fun to read http://bill-hammerman.blogs.petaluma360.com/10816/first-air-mail-flight-discrepancies/

Fred Wiseman’s airplane is on permanent display at the Smithsonian National Postal Museum http://www.postalmuseum.si.edu/museum/1d_Wiseman_Cooke.html

And if you are interested in airmail, airships and zeppelin mail, these sites might be of interest to you:

The web portal for zeppelin mail and airship memorabilia: http://www.eZEP.de/
The board for zeppelin mail and airship memorabilia: http://www.eZEPtalk.de/
Find zeppelin mail on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/zeppelinpost/116072294222
Follow zeppelin mail on twitter: http://twitter.com/zeppelinpost

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Dickson Preston on GPS board

Dickson Preston, well known zeppelin mail collector, was recently invited to join the Germany Philatelic Society Board of Directors. Together with GPS president Jim Graue and GPS treasurer Michael Peter, Dickson Preston is the third specialized zeppelin mail collector on the GPS board. Congratulations Dickson for joining this great team and supporting the German Philatelic Society!

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Kuno Sollors passed away

Kuno Sollors passed away peacefully on 26 December 2010.

Kuno was a dedicated aerophilatelist, expert, researcher, author and Honorary President of FISA. Kuno shaped the aerophilatelic world for decades. The aerophilatelic community has lost a good friend and mentor.

Our condolences go out to Kuno’s family, friends and wider community.

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Derrick Pillage on FISA board

Derrick Pillage, former president of the AAMS – American Airmail Society, is now on the board of FISA.

Congratulations….

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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

The Zeppelin Study Group is wishing everyone Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

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Zeppelin Post Journal, Winter 2010 issue

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The Winter 2010 issue of the ZEPPELIN POST JOURNAL is ready. Enjoy a sneak preview of the 32-pages issue with the full index here: http://www.ezep.de/zpj/2010wi.html

The selected web article by Richard Gibbons about double-marked zeppelin LZ-127 Rome Flight covers from 1933 can be read here: http://www.ezep.de/article/2010wi_doub.html

And if you are interested in airships and zeppelin mail, these sites might be of interest to you:

The web portal for zeppelin mail and airship memorabilia: http://www.eZEP.de/
The board for zeppelin mail and airship memorabilia: http://www.eZEPtalk.de/
Find us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/zeppelinpost/116072294222
Follow us on twitter: http://twitter.com/zeppelinpost

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BEIJING 2009 AEROPEX opened one year ago

Today one year ago, BEIJING 2009 AEROPEX opened. This was the specialized airmail exhibition which was held in Beijing from November 12 – 16, 2009. And it was one of the best aerophilatelic shows ever. We are all looking forward to the next BEIJING AEROPEX….

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