Thematic: Airmail

28/3/1931 - Voyages of the airship Graf Zeppelin Lz 127 in Hungary. Cover with a Budapest cancellation 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 cancellation - Lotto/42341 WE WELCOME OFFERS

16/11/1930 - GERMANIA - Volo Zeppelin Lz 127  viaggio in Saassonia - Splendida cartolina illustrata affrancata con un francobollo di Posta aerea da 1 marco vedute (Yvert. 32)- Annullo di bordo più bollo di Chemnitz -  (trasportato sul Graf Zeppelin fino all'atterraggio di Chemnitz) Lotto/42340

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12/10/1930 - GERMANIA - Volo Zeppelin Lz 127  viaggio in Svizzera - Splendida cartolina illustrata affrancata con un francobollo di Posta aerea da 1 marco vedute (Yvert. 32)- Annullo di Lipsia più bollo " Basel-Flugplatz Zeppelinpost -  (secondo il piano di navigazione la partenza da Frirdrichshafen avvenne all 8,07 del 12 ottobre 1930 e l'atterraggio a Berna all 13,50- con questo volo diretto a Berna e Basilea si concludeva la serie di piccoli viaggi in Svizzera) Lotto/42339

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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 cancellations, 6 - 10 September 1930 - Lotto/42338 WE WELCOME OFFERS

7/9/1930 - GERMANIA - Volo Zeppelin Lz 127  viaggio a Breslau (Polonia) - Splendida cartolina illustrata affrancata con un francobollo da 1 marco vedute (Unificato.355)- Annullo "Frieddrichshafen (Bodensee) più annulo di arrivo " Breslau"  (Sieger 83a) - Lotto/42337

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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

22/3/1935 - PARAGUAY - 1° volo del Graf Zeppelin Lz 127 - Volo di Ritorno - Busta affrancata con francobolli di Posta aerea del Paraguay per Amburgo con annulli "Servicio Aereo Transoceanico Paraguay Europa" più annullo "Servizio Aereo Paraguay Condor Zeppelin Lufthansa" - Lotto/42369

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12/10/1934 SWITZERLAND - 10th voyage to South America of the airship Lz 127. Cover franked with Swiss Airmail stamps (Cat. Unificato A15 + A16 x2), with the Swiss cancellation of Rorschach plus the Friedrichshafen cancellation and the Montevideo (Uruguay) arrival - Lotto/42368 WE WELCOME OFFERS

3/8/1934 SWITZERLAND - 5th voyage to South America of the airship Lz 127. Cover franked with Swiss stamps (Cat. Unificato 230 + 259 + 277), cancelled Zurich 7 (Enge), plus the Friedrichshafen cancellation and the Montevideo (Uruguay) arrival - Lotto/42367 WE WELCOME OFFERS

25/5/1934 - GERMANIA - 1° Viaggio del Dirigibile Zeppelin Lz 127 nell'America del Sud  cartolina per Buenos Aires affrancata con 2 marchi di posta Aerea (Cat. Unificato A/52 ) effigie di Lilienthal  annullo di Berlino di Friedrichdhafen e di arrivo a Buenos Aires  - Lotto/42366

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4/9/1933 GERMANY - 6th flight of the Zeppelin airship Lz 127 to South America. Cover to Rio de Janeiro franked with a 1 mark Airmail (Cat. Unificato A/35) plus the 20 and 30p. effigy of Hindenburg (Cat. Unificato 452 and 454), with the on-board cancellation. Initialled L. Gazzi - Lotto/42365 WE WELCOME OFFERS

30/4/1933 SWITZERLAND - Zeppelin flight of the Lz 127, voyage over Germany. Card franked with 2 Swiss stamps, one of them Airmail (Cat. Unificato 243 + A18), with cancellations of Romanshorn, Friedrichshafen (Bodensee) and Dresden. (Shortly before the 1933 South America voyage, the Graf Zeppelin, then on its 301st voyage, left Friedrichshafen for a propaganda tour over Germany, which ended after mail drops over several German cities.) The Airmail stamp used catalogues Euro 67.00 - Lotto/42361 WE WELCOME OFFERS

11/10/1932 BRAZIL - 8th South America voyage of the airship Lz 127, return flight. Cover franked with Brazilian stamps and stamps of the Varig company, carried by aeroplane via Varig Condor from Santa Cruz to Porto Alegre, then by airship as far as Friedrichshafen and on to Berlin by air. A very fine and uncommon cover, not least for the 50 reis Varig franking - Lotto/42360 WE WELCOME OFFERS

28/7/1932 LIECHTENSTEIN - Zeppelin flight of the Lz 127, voyage to Danzig. Card franked with a Liechtenstein Airmail stamp (Cat. Unificato/Yvert A/6), with the departure cancellation of Triesenberg and Friedrichshafen (Bodensee) and that of Ronne (Danzig). (Between the England voyage and the 5th South America crossing, the airship reached Danzig for the LUPOSTA aerophilatelic exhibition.) The Airmail stamp used catalogues Euro 70.00 - Lotto/42359 WE WELCOME OFFERS

28/6/1932 SWITZERLAND - Zeppelin flight of the Lz 127, voyage to Switzerland. Card franked with 2 Swiss stamps, one of them Airmail (Cat. Unificato 260 + A18), with cancellations of Friedrichshafen (Bodensee) and Zurich. (All post offices in Switzerland were authorised to collect letters and documents to be sent by the airship.) The Airmail stamp used catalogues Euro 67.00 - Lotto/42358 WE WELCOME OFFERS

18/6/1932 - GERMANIA - Volo Zeppelin Lz 127 viaggio in Olanda -  cartolina affrancata con  2  francobolli tedeschi (Cat. Unificato A/31+407) annullo di bordo più bollo Croningen - Lancio postale  -  Lotto/42353

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18/4/1935 - GERMANIA - 2° Viaggio in America del Sud Rio de Janeiro - Busta affracata con 15/50/100p. di Posta Aerea (Cat. Unificato A45/A49/A51) annullo di Arnsberg e annullo in rosso" Deutsche Luftpost Europa Sudamerika c - al verso annullo di Rio de Janeiro e Manha Rio - Lotto/42370

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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. Cancellation "Friedrichshafen (Bodensee)" plus the arrival postmark "Lachen Pfalz" (Sieger 75a) - Lotto/42336 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 cancellation "Luftschiff Graf Zeppelin" (Sieger 65a) - Lotto/42335 WE WELCOME OFFERS