United States 1929 Zeppelin Round-the-World Flight Postal Card - LOTTO/42254United States 1929 Zeppelin Round-the-World Flight Postal Card

1929 UNITED STATES - Round-the-world voyage of the Zeppelin airship Lz 127. Postal card with added franking and an Orange postmark. It left on the morning of 15 August to begin its circumnavigation under the command of Dr Hugo Eckener, with 20 passengers aboard and a crew of 41, ending at Friedrichshafen. The itinerary included stops at Tokyo, Los Angeles and New York, and the voyage was completed in 12 days. The American Post applied the large violet-ink handstamp to all the mail to commemorate the event. Very fine and uncommon - Lotto/42254 WE WELCOME OFFERS