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1933 - UNITED STATES - 9th flight of the Zeppelin airship LZ 127 to South America and Chicago. Cover franked with USA stamps, among them 8 and 24 cent. Airmail (Cat. Unificato A/4 x2 and A/6) plus a 50 cent. (A/18). Narick St. Annex cancellation of 4/10/1933 and Miami (Flo.) of 23 October 1933 - (Cat. stamps used Euro 234.00) - (Mail dropped at Miami during the triangular flight of the Graf Zeppelin to South America and the journey to the United States for the Chicago World's Fair) - Lotto/42262 WE WELCOME OFFERS

20/9/1986 - ITALY - Rovato (BS) - 60th Anniversary of the transpolar flight of the airship Norge, celebrations for Agostino and Attilio Caratti - special pictorial postmark on an official postcard, postally used to Como - Lotto/42298

26/3/1929 GERMANY - Zeppelin flight of the Lz 127 to Palestine. Cover franked with a 2 mark (Cat. Yvert 36), with the on-board postmark and the Er Ramle arrival postmark. (The Palestine arrival handstamp, applied after the drop over Er Ramle, was struck on only a small part of the mail and on that handed in by passengers at the on-board office.) - Lotto/42333 WE WELCOME OFFERS

27/4/1930 GERMANY - Zeppelin flight of the Lz 127, voyage to England. Superb picture postcard franked with a 1 Mark stamp (Cat. Yvert 31), with the on-board postmark "Luftschiff Graf Zeppelin" - Lotto/42334 WE WELCOME OFFERS

15/6/1930 GERMANY - Zeppelin flight of the Lz 127, voyage within Germany to Hartha. Superb picture postcard franked with a 1 Mark stamp (Cat. Yvert 31), with the on-board postmark "Luftschiff Graf Zeppelin" (Sieger 65a) - Lotto/42335 WE WELCOME OFFERS

20/7/1930 GERMANY - Zeppelin flight of the Lz 127, voyage through the Rhine valley. Superb picture postcard franked with Airmail stamps (Yvert 28/29/31) plus a 25pf ordinary post. Postmark "Friedrichshafen (Bodensee)" plus the arrival postmark "Lachen Pfalz" (Sieger 75a) - Lotto/42336 WE WELCOME OFFERS

7/9/1930 GERMANY - Zeppelin flight of the Lz 127 to Breslau (Poland). Superb picture postcard franked with a 1 mark "views" stamp (Unificato 355). Postmark "Friedrichshafen (Bodensee)" plus the arrival mark "Breslau" (Sieger 83a) - Lotto/42337 WE WELCOME OFFERS

8/9/1930 SWITZERLAND - Zeppelin flight of the airship Lz 127 to Moscow. Cover with a Swiss Airmail franking (Cat. Unificato A4 + A5 x2 + A15), flown from Friedrichshafen under the command of Dr Hugo Eckener with a crew of 42 and 23 passengers. On the route flown, the airship reached Moscow at 7.50 on the 10th and landed later, with the help of a military detachment, at 12.05, after a flight of 2372 km. Romanshorn VIII (Switzerland) and Moscow postmarks, 6 - 10 September 1930 - Lotto/42338 WE WELCOME OFFERS

12/10/1930 GERMANY - Zeppelin flight of the Lz 127, voyage to Switzerland. Superb picture postcard franked with a 1 mark Airmail "views" stamp (Yvert 32). Leipzig postmark plus the handstamp "Basel-Flugplatz Zeppelinpost". (According to the flight plan, departure from Friedrichshafen was at 08.07 on 12 October 1930 and the landing at Bern at 13.50; this flight to Bern and Basel closed the series of short voyages within Switzerland.) Lotto/42339 WE WELCOME OFFERS

16/11/1930 GERMANY - Zeppelin flight of the Lz 127, voyage to Saxony. Superb picture postcard franked with a 1 mark Airmail "views" stamp (Yvert 32). On-board postmark plus a Chemnitz handstamp (carried on the Graf Zeppelin as far as the landing at Chemnitz). Lotto/42340 WE WELCOME OFFERS

28/3/1931 - Voyages of the airship Graf Zeppelin Lz 127 in Hungary. Cover with a Budapest postmark and a Debrecen arrival (dropped over the city), franked with the 1 and 2p. Airmail overprinted Zeppelin (Cat. Yvert 24/25) (Cat. Yvert, as used, Euro 160.00) plus the 4 and 16 Fi (Cat. Yvert 12 - 14). Special Zeppelin postmark - Lotto/42341 WE WELCOME OFFERS

28/3/1931 - Voyages of the airship Graf Zeppelin Lz 127 in Hungary. Cover with a Budapest postmark and a Budapest arrival (dropped over the city), franked with the 2p. Airmail overprinted Zeppelin (Cat. Yvert 25) (Cat. Yvert, as used, Euro 80.00) and the 20 Fi (Cat. Yvert 15). Special Zeppelin postmark. Initialled A. Diena - Lotto/42342 WE WELCOME OFFERS

3/5/1931 GERMANY - Zeppelin flight of the Lz 127, voyage over the Baltic Sea. Cover franked with Airmail stamps (Yvert A27/A32) plus a 4pf ordinary post. On-board postmark plus the arrival postmark, Stettin airport, 3/5/1931. (In 1931 several voyages were made over Germany for tourist purposes, but they were called instruction voyages and served as training flights for the crew.) - Lotto/42343 WE WELCOME OFFERS

7/6/1931 NETHERLANDS - Zeppelin flight of the Lz 127, voyage to Magdeburg. Card franked with Dutch stamps. Postmarks "'s-Gravenhage" (Netherlands) plus "Friedrichshafen (Bodensee)". (Between the North Sea voyages and the Liechtenstein flight of 1931, a propaganda flight was arranged to Magdeburg on the river Elbe, which was given considerable tourist prominence.) Carried by air to Magdeburg - Lotto/42344 WE WELCOME OFFERS

12/7/1931 AUSTRIA - Zeppelin flight of the Lz 127, voyage to Vienna. Cover franked with Austrian Airmail stamps (Cat. Unificato A24 - A29), cancelled "Wien 1". (The airship reached Vienna by the most direct route and landed at Aspern airport; the return to Friedrichshafen was made the same evening, shortly after midnight.) (Cat. Unificato, the two stamps used, Euro 115.00) - Lotto/42345 WE WELCOME OFFERS

18/8/1931 GERMANY - Zeppelin flight of the Lz 127, voyage to England. Cover franked with a 2 mark Airmail "views" stamp (Yvert 36), with the on-board cancellation, addressed to poste restante, London (the used stamp catalogues Euro 75.00). Signed L. Gazzi - Lotto/42347 WE WELCOME OFFERS

29/8/1931 GERMANY - Zeppelin flight of the Lz 127, first voyage to South America. Cover franked with a pair of the 2 mark Airmail "views" stamp (Yvert 36 x2), carried on the air link between Berlin and Friedrichshafen that brought in the mail gathered in the capital. Addressed to Rio de Janeiro, with Cape Verde and Rio de Janeiro postmarks on the reverse (the used stamp catalogues Euro 75.00 x2) - Lotto/42348 WE WELCOME OFFERS

18/9/1931 GERMANY - Zeppelin flight of the Lz 127, second voyage to South America. Card franked with a 2 mark Airmail "views" stamp (Yvert 36) plus two Brazilian stamps, one of them an Airmail overprinted "Zeppelin" (Cat. Yvert 27). Handed in for despatch at Friedrichshafen, this card carried a double mixed franking covering the outward and return postal service. Addressed to Pernambuco, Brazil - Lotto/42349 WE WELCOME OFFERS

1/4/1932 LIECHTENSTEIN - 2nd Zeppelin Lz 127 flight, South America voyage. Postcard franked with Liechtenstein Airmail stamps (Yvert 2 x2 + 3 x2 and the 1 franc, 6 stamps in all). (Most of the mail carried by the German airship that originated in other countries could be franked with that country's own stamps only where a postal convention had been signed; for Liechtenstein and Switzerland this was done at the time of the 1929 voyages.) Vaduz postmark plus a Friedrichshafen postmark. Postcard to Sao Paulo, Brazil (value of the stamps alone, used, Euro 210.00) - Lotto/42351 WE WELCOME OFFERS

18/6/1932 GERMANY - Zeppelin flight of the Lz 127, voyage to the Netherlands. Card franked with 2 German stamps (Cat. Unificato A/31 + 407), with the on-board postmark plus a Groningen handstamp. Mail drop - Lotto/42353 WE WELCOME OFFERS