Remarkable ~ C15 On Cover... Lakehurst To Lakehurst...

Beautiful, gorgeous and awesome.


-IBFS

What does "RTW" means in the thread title? A good writer never uses an abbreviation by itself the first time she uses it. Also, some readers of this thread may be non-native English speakers. Clarity is always important.

RTW : Round The World

However, it is NOT Round the World. Only went from USA to Spain to Brazil and back to USA. No where near going around the world.

disi, the "Round the World" flight, was in 1929. This was the first "Pan American" flight. The postmark appears to be New York on May 30th. I believe that means, this was on the last leg of the journey, returning to Europe.

Does it have any other postmarks?

Edit: Sorry, just noticed that the postmark is for April 30th. That doesn't jibe with what I've read about this flight. However, I do not own any covers from that flight, therefore have not studied it much.

I didn't look at the postmarks...

The lister stated round the world.. I took it at face value...

I finally clicked on the link (sometimes I'm a bit slow) for myself.

It has a very poor picture of the back. Looks like the only other postmark is the Lakehurst cachet. I see it does have Lakehurst to Lakehurst written on the front. That seems misleading. From what I've read, the Pan flight originated and finished in Germany.

It could have been sent from New York, via conventional means, to be put aboard the Graf for the flight. But...It should have other postmarks.

Regardless of all my musings, It's gorgeous.

Besides all the criticism of the samantics...
how about just enjoying the beauty of the
cover, which is the reason for posting it, FCS...

P.S. And don't ask me to tell you what FCS means...
I believe you can figure that out for yourself...

Oh I absolutely enjoy it, hence my comment "it's gorgeous". I didn't realize you didn't want to discuss it further. I love the aesthetics of covers. But I also love piecing together their history. That's all.

Thanks for posting it.

Hi, stampcrow... my statement was directed at the post above yours...

Can't say I know FCS but I've adjusted been bad at text abbreviations. Either way, love this cover. Not much of a zepp woman myself but even I can appreciate this piece.

Just acquired Friday in a stamp collection I purchased:





The sender used a plain envelope instead of the Roessler cover created for the occasion, but it is clearly the same trip. The first day of issue was April 19, 1930. As I understand it the unsold Zeppelin stamps were withdrawn June 30, 1930 and the remainders destroyed.

Clark

Here is another one any comments?

Great covers with crown jewel of zeps.

But I'm still confused by the "flight".

We have posted here three covers, all with differently dated New York postmarks. All show the Lakehurst cachet on the adverse side. But, my question remains, where did they fly to?