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Zeppelins in Liechtenstein stamps :



Printed in photogravure by Courvoisier

Wow, great stamps and covers! Not sure how I missed this thread but I have lots of good stuff. This cover was on the Graf Zeppelin's round the world flight, the Los Angeles to Lakehurst leg. I have the letter that went in the cover and 2 newspaper articles the sender put in.

What a great topic! I have a baby zep (C-18) but it doesn't fly like 1775mac's does.

Here is an image of an engraved airmail stamp depicting a dirigible airship over the Dnieprostroi Dam, designed by F. Slutsky, and issued by Russia (USSR) on September 21, 1932, Scott No. C25, Zagorski No. 301.

- nethryk

OK, First Trans Atlantic & First Around the World.

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LZ 127 Cinderella's from Sescal 2012 in California. I also have a short set on covers.

One of the earlier seasons of the television program FRINGE, depicted a few scenes of alternate Earth with Zeppelins moored to the Empire State Building. It was quite cool to see.

Nice frame job, TreeFrog

A timely news article from Bermuda that seems to fit this thread:

http://bernews.com/2013/06/bermudas...-by-airship/

Here is an image of an airmail stamp featuring portraits of Hungarian-Croatian aviation pioneer David Schwarz (1852-1897), Ferdinand Adolf Heinrich August Graf von Zeppelin (1838-1917), and dirigible airships, designed by Hungarian artist Sándor Légrády (1906-1987), printed by photogravure, and issued by Hungary on May 15, 1948 as one of a set of ten stamps honoring explorers and inventors, Scott No. C57. Historical note: Schwarz created the first flyable rigid airship, which was also the first airship with an external hull made entirely of metal, but he died before he could see it finally flown. It has been claimed that Count Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin purchased Schwarz's airship patent from his widow, but this claim is disputed. Note also the discrepancy in Schwarz's year of birth on the stamp.

- nethryk

Graf Zeppelin over Vaduz Castle, 1931, designed by Otto Stefferl, printed by photogravure (Courvoisier S.A,), and issued by Liechtenstein on March 8, 1979, Scott No. 664.

- nethryk

That's a beautiful stamp, nethryk. Haven't seen that one before.

HungaryForStamps - Thanks! Glad you liked it. Here's an image another airmail stamp from Hungary which may be familiar to you:

American inventor and businessman Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931), a movie projector, and a screen showing a film of a Zeppelin flying over New York City, designed by Sándor Légrády, printed by photogravure, and issued by Hungary on May 15, 1948 as one of a set of ten stamps honoring explorers and inventors, Scott No. C58.

- nethryk