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  GERMANY / U.S. – ENVELOPE – STAMPED – FLOWN ON FIRST ZEPPELIN FLIGHT FROM GERMANY TO USA

  SKU: 21-298

  $125.00

  This is an envelope that was flown on the first flight of the Graf Zeppelin from Germany to the U.S. The Graf Zeppelin entered service in 1928. It was a major effort for the company, which struggled financially after the Graf Zeppelin’s death in 1917 and the war’s end. Hugo Eckner assumed the company’s control after the Graf’s death and navigated the company through a difficult period. He convinced the German government to include building a zeppelin to count toward German war reparations. Thus, theLZ-124 was constructed. Eckner personally commanded it in an historic 1924 flight and, with a great deal of publicity, turned it over to the U.S. Navy to become the U.S.S. Los Angeles. The historic flight began in Friedrichshafen, and ended in Lakehurst, NJ, a U.S. Navy station. Lakehurst was the East Coast base for zeppelin operations. The Graf Zeppelin and Hindenburg landed there. The Hindenburg landed for the last time as a fireball at Lakehurst in 1937. The U.S.S. Los Angeles continued in service until 1940, partly because it ran on the much safer helium, while the German zeppelins were forced to use highly flammable hydrogen due to the U.S.’s embargo.
  Today we are offering a very special zeppelin-flown envelope. It was flown aboard the LZ-127 Graf Zeppelin on its FIRST flight from Germany to the U.S. It is a deluxe envelope prepared just for the event. A yellow zeppelin that covers most of its top width is preprinted on the envelope. A special blue German stamp that was specially produced for mail flown aboard the Graf Zeppelin appears in the envelope’s upper right corner. It sports a zeppelin circling the globe, and proclaims “Deutsche Luftpost.” It mentions “Amerika” on the left and “Europa” on the right. The cost of the stamp was two Reichsmarks. The stamp is cancelled twice: once with “Friedrichshafen Bodensee Luftpost,” then with the normal postal cancellation.
  Below it, a large, very elaborate, hand-stamped cancellation shows the New York skyline, including the Statue of Liberty. Within the hand cancellation we also see “Luftschiff Graf Zeppelin 1. Amerikafahrt 1929.” In the lower left corner we see the more traditional blue “Mit Luftpost – Par Avion.” To the right we see the hand-stamped cancellation where the envelope was received in New York on 5 August 1929. In the center is the large legend, “Zeppelin Mail,” which was pre printed on the envelope like the yellowzeppelin. The envelope was prepared for the collector firm of A.b.s. Roessler in East Orange, NJ. The envelope was prepared for postage stamp and first-day-cover collectors. It is a fine example of a first-day-cover. It would make a fine addition to a zeppelin collection. 

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  This is an envelope that was flown on the first flight of the Graf Zeppelin from Germany to the U.S. The Graf Zeppelin entered service in 1928. It was a major effort for the company, which struggled financially after the Graf Zeppelin’s death in 1917 and the war’s end. Hugo Eckner assumed the company’s control after the Graf’s death and navigated the company through a difficult period. He convinced the German government to include building a zeppelin to count toward German war reparations. Thus, theLZ-124 was constructed. Eckner personally commanded it in an historic 1924 flight and, with a great deal of publicity, turned it over to the U.S. Navy to become the U.S.S. Los Angeles. The historic flight began in Friedrichshafen, and ended in Lakehurst, NJ, a U.S. Navy station. Lakehurst was the East Coast base for zeppelin operations. The Graf Zeppelin and Hindenburg landed there. The Hindenburg landed for the last time as a fireball at Lakehurst in 1937. The U.S.S. Los Angeles continued in service until 1940, partly because it ran on the much safer helium, while the German zeppelins were forced to use highly flammable hydrogen due to the U.S.’s embargo.
  Today we are offering a very special zeppelin-flown envelope. It was flown aboard the LZ-127 Graf Zeppelin on its FIRST flight from Germany to the U.S. It is a deluxe envelope prepared just for the event. A yellow zeppelin that covers most of its top width is preprinted on the envelope. A special blue German stamp that was specially produced for mail flown aboard the Graf Zeppelin appears in the envelope’s upper right corner. It sports a zeppelin circling the globe, and proclaims “Deutsche Luftpost.” It mentions “Amerika” on the left and “Europa” on the right. The cost of the stamp was two Reichsmarks. The stamp is cancelled twice: once with “Friedrichshafen Bodensee Luftpost,” then with the normal postal cancellation.
  Below it, a large, very elaborate, hand-stamped cancellation shows the New York skyline, including the Statue of Liberty. Within the hand cancellation we also see “Luftschiff Graf Zeppelin 1. Amerikafahrt 1929.” In the lower left corner we see the more traditional blue “Mit Luftpost – Par Avion.” To the right we see the hand-stamped cancellation where the envelope was received in New York on 5 August 1929. In the center is the large legend, “Zeppelin Mail,” which was pre printed on the envelope like the yellowzeppelin. The envelope was prepared for the collector firm of A.b.s. Roessler in East Orange, NJ. The envelope was prepared for postage stamp and first-day-cover collectors. It is a fine example of a first-day-cover. It would make a fine addition to a zeppelin collection. 

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  SPECIAL DRINKING SET WITH ZEPPELIN MOTIF

  SKU: 21-314 A

  $1,195.00

   Today we are offering you a very special drink group suitable for schnapps or wine. What really makes it special is that it commemorates zeppelins. First is a small barrel or cask. It measures 7″ in length and 15″ in circumference. At its bottom it measures 4″ in diameter. The barrel has four metal bands/straps that stretch around it. On its top is a knob with a cork where the beverage is poured into the barrel. The barrel’s front sports a tap for dispensing the beverage. At this point, I have been unable to dislodge the tap to make it functional. Because I do not want to break something, I have not forced it. At this point I would have to describe the barrel as unusable for its original purpose.
  A small metal zeppelin sits on top of the barrel near one end. It measures 3/4″ x 4 ½,” and makes the barrel all the more interesting. The barrel rests on a wooden cradle, flanked by six small wooden cups for the beverage of choice. The cups are shot glass-sized and hold between 1-2 ounces.
  It is a most impressive set. It would add an interesting focal point to a zeppelin display. I have not seen anything like it, and have been eyeing it for inclusion with my personal items. I have just the place on a nearby office bookcase where it will look dandy until somebody claims it. 

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   Today we are offering you a very special drink group suitable for schnapps or wine. What really makes it special is that it commemorates zeppelins. First is a small barrel or cask. It measures 7″ in length and 15″ in circumference. At its bottom it measures 4″ in diameter. The barrel has four metal bands/straps that stretch around it. On its top is a knob with a cork where the beverage is poured into the barrel. The barrel’s front sports a tap for dispensing the beverage. At this point, I have been unable to dislodge the tap to make it functional. Because I do not want to break something, I have not forced it. At this point I would have to describe the barrel as unusable for its original purpose.
  A small metal zeppelin sits on top of the barrel near one end. It measures 3/4″ x 4 ½,” and makes the barrel all the more interesting. The barrel rests on a wooden cradle, flanked by six small wooden cups for the beverage of choice. The cups are shot glass-sized and hold between 1-2 ounces.
  It is a most impressive set. It would add an interesting focal point to a zeppelin display. I have not seen anything like it, and have been eyeing it for inclusion with my personal items. I have just the place on a nearby office bookcase where it will look dandy until somebody claims it. 

   

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  GERMANY – TABLE MEDAL – GRAF ZEPPELIN

  SKU: 21-281

  $250.00

   This is a large table medal that features the Graf von Zeppelin, and measures 2 3/8″ in diameter……

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   This is a large table medal that features the Graf von Zeppelin, and measures 2 3/8″ in diameter. The obverse displays a high-relief three-quarters-view of the German nobleman who began lighter than air aviation at the turn of the 20^th Century. His name also appears on the obverse. Its reverse shows a zeppelin in the sky. Below that we see the legend “Das Ende Krönt Das Werk” (The end crowns the work). Below that we see a man and woman, with the words below them, “Bewunderung und Entsetzen” (Admiration and astonishment).

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