Zepp Cover Collector Here

Hi all. I just joined this community. I'm a collector of flown Zeppelin covers and postcards featuring C13-15 and the C18 Baby Zepp. Looking to connect with likeminded. Here's a cover from my collection that I thought people might enjoy seeing. Best to all.


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Nice cover.

Let's keep this going!

This is in an auction now. Current bid is 150 €.

Hi @ MurphThePerf,
fyi, a bunch of Zeppelin covers are being sold today (Friday 3/31) one-at-a-time from ck on e* including some C18s and a lot of Akron, Macon, and some newer commemorative covers. Based on the beautiful cover that you posted, there may not be anything there of interest to you, but it looks like he is breaking up a large collection so maybe there are some scarcer flights there, I don't know. fyi.

Murph, not a collector of covers and generally don't comment as such; but that's a very attractive piece you have there!

These are not very often in auctions. The winning bid: 196 €.

Here's another nice Zepp cover to start our week off right. This cover was in a Siegel sale a few years back before finding its way to me. Hope you enjoy.

1933 Century of Progress Flight.
Miami to Seville, Spain.
Sieger 242C; Michel LZ 127-354Cb.

According to U.S. postal regulations, mail for the airship's return flights to Seville and Friedrichshafen was only to be accepted at Akron or Chicago. In spite of this, some mail intended for Seville and Friedrichshafen was dispatched at Miami. These items were offloaded at Chicago, postmarked and forwarded by surface mail to Akron to connect there for the second Akron flight back to Europe. Proper franking for these two flights should be $1.00 – 50¢ for each leg.

Because of this regulatory restriction, the Miami-Seville and Miami-Friedrichshafen legs of the Century of Progress Flight are the rarest for U.S. mail featuring the C18 stamp.

This cover is underfranked by 50 cents, but escaped the eyes of the Zeppelin postal officials and was flown to Seville. Back of cover shows 10/26/1933 Chicago and 11/01/1933 Seville receiver marks.

1933 Century of Progress Flight.
Miami to Friedrichshafen, Germany.
Sieger 242D; Michel LZ 127-355Cb.

Same narrative as above, but this cover is properly franked with $1.00 postage.

Back of cover shows 10/26/1933 Chicago and 11/02/1933 Friedrichshafen receiver marks.

1930 South American Flight.
Friedrichshafen to Lakehurst.
Sieger 64A/B; Michel LZ 127-66Hc.

Cover franked with C13 (x2) and C14 paying the proper rate for a cover from Germany to North America.

1930 South American Flight.
Friedrichshafen to Lakehurst.
Sieger 64A (variety = Zeppelin stamp with normal postage); Michel LZ 127-66Hc/d.

Cover franked with C13 and $2 Franklin (547) paying the proper rate for a cover from Germany to North America (overfranked by five cents).

1930 South American Flight.
Friedrichshafen to Friedrichshafen (Round Trip).
Sieger 64D II; Michel LZ 127-68Hb.

Cover franked with complete set of Graf Zeppelin stamps overpaying the proper rate ($3.90) for the round trip. The card also contains the purple "This Article Made the Complete Round Trip" handstamp.

1930 South American Flight.
Friedrichshafen to Friedrichshafen (Round Trip).
Sieger 64B/C II; Michel LZ 127-68Hb.

Two covers franked with appropriate combination of Graf Zeppelin stamps to pay the proper rate ($3.90) for the round trip. Both cards also contain the purple "This Article Made the Complete Round Trip" handstamp. Bottom cover also has an uncommon destination (Cuba) for Zeppelin mail.