Description
You are bidding on a FANTASTIC and 100% ORIGINAL example of a 1936 LZ-129 “Hindenburg” Zeppelin Flown Cover / Envelope! This was sent during the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games.
LZ 129 Hindenburg (Luftschiff Zeppelin #129; Registration: D-LZ 129) was a German commercial passenger-carrying rigid airship, the lead ship of the Hindenburg class, the longest class of flying machine and the largest airship by envelope volume. It was designed and built by the Zeppelin Company (Luftschiffbau Zeppelin GmbH) on the shores of Lake Constance in Friedrichshafen, Germany, and was operated by the German Zeppelin Airline Company (Deutsche Zeppelin-Reederei). It was named after Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg, who was President of Germany from 1925 until his death in 1934.The airship flew from March 1936 until it was destroyed by fire 14 months later on May 6, 1937, while attempting to land at Lakehurst Naval Air Station in Manchester Township, New Jersey, at the end of the first North American transatlantic journey of its second season of service. This was the last of the great airship disasters; it was preceded by the crashes of the British R38, the US airship Roma, the French Dixmude, the USS Shenandoah, the British R101, and the USS Akron.
Made of lightweight paper, this item is in EXCELLENT used condition! The envelope features the textbook “Olympia-Fahrt 1936 Ink Stamp from the Olympic Games; as well as numerous, “August 1, 1936” Cancellation Stamps! A SUPERB piece of history, it would make a PERFECT addition to any collection!
