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Graue and Klein with zeppelin and catapult double-win at SESCAL 2011

admin — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 13:48:48 +0000

Jim Graue and Allen Klein scored a double-win at the SASCAL 2011 exhibition held in Los Angeles, CA on October 14 – 16, 2011: Jim Graue won the Grand Award in the multiple-frame class with his exhibit German North Atlantic Catapult Airmail 1927 – 1935 while Allen Klein won the Single Frame Grand Award with his exhibit Flown Mail on USS Shenandoah.

Congratulation to both – well done!

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80 years ago: LZ-127 Graf Zeppelin Polar Flight in 1931, icebreaker Malyguin

admin — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 14:48:57 +0000

Do you know what happened today in history 80 years ago?

On 24 July 1931, airship LZ-127 GRAF ZEPPELIN departed Friedrichshafen at 9.55 a.m. to fly to Berlin. It was the first leg of the famous Polar Flight. The next day the flight continued via Leningrad to Franz-Josephland to meet the Russian icebreaker Malyguin.

Polar Flight, German zeppelin on-board dispatch with icebreaker Malyguin arrival marking. The cover is franked with a full set of German Polar Flight stamps (the 2 RM stamp in blue shows the missing hyphen variety) and signatures from the LZ-127 GRAF ZEPPELIN crew including Hugo Eckener, Lehmann, Dörr, Pruss and Knut Eckener.

ZEPPELIN COLLECTORS MEETING AT STAMPSHOW AT COLUMBUS, OH
Zeppelin collectors meet at StampShow in Columbus, OH on Friday, 12 August 2011. The meeting starts at 2 p.m. For further details, see here: http://www.ezep.de/meet.html

eZEPtalk – FASCINATING STORIES FROM THE ZEPPELIN BOARD
eZEPtalk.de member pasol published a fascinating cover on eZEPtalk.de: A Russian Polar Flight dispatch from the icebreaker Malyguin. A full set on cover dispatched on the Malyguin is quite a rarity, but this cover is even more – it bears the perforated Russian zeppelin stamps postmarked on board the Malyguin on 18 July 1931.

Polar Flight, Russian dispatch from the icebreaker Malyguin with perforated stamps.

This cover was postmarked on 18 July 1931, a good week before the official first day of the perforated stamps on 24 July 1931, and it is so far the only recorded Malyguin dispatch with perforated stamps.

Is this a new discovery or what is the story behind it? We don’t know yet and the discussion is still going on….

The full thread is here: http://www.ezeptalk.de/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=378

NEW AND INTERESTING ZEPPELIN LINKS
- LZ-127 GRAF ZEPPELIN on the Polar Flight, an interesting video on Youtube featuring a new and so far unrecorded mail and food drop over Dikson Island, Russia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVP2pZX2yGo#t=3m4s

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75 years airport Flughafen Frankfurt Rhein Main

admin — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 08:39:08 +0000

75 years ago, on 8 July 1936, Frankfurt Rhein Main airport was officially opened. A Junkers Ju 52 Auntie Ju / Tante Ju aiplane was the first aircraft to land at Frankfurt Rhein Main airport. Later on that day, airship LZ-129 HINDENBURG arrived at Frankfurt Rhein Main airport to make two round trips. Also airship LZ-127 Graf Zeppelin was expected to arrive at Frankfurt but could not land at the new airport and returned back to Friedrichshafen.

Transmitted mail from Belgium flown on LZ-129 HINDENBURG on the opening of the Frankfurt Rhein Main airport.

And do not forget, today is also the birthday of Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin, he was born on 8 July 1838…..

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100 years Bordstempel – eZEP-newsletter April 2011

admin — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 12:53:13 +0000

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

First official airmail 1911, Allahabad – Naini, India

admin — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 04:57:03 +0000

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.

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