ISSUE 137 - May 6, 2022 - Stamp News Online Magazine

Zeppelins on Stamps

May 6th, 2022 marks the 85th Anniversary of the Hindenburg catching fire while docking at the Naval Air Station in Lakehurst, New Jersey. Below is a collection of Zeppelin stamps commemorating the disaster and remembering the tragic loss of life on that day 85 years ago.

The Hindenburg and other Zeppelins
Dirigibles, Zeppelins, and Blimps: the Difference Explained
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindenburg_disaster
C-SPAN Video Library Hindenburg Disaster

Germany - 1936 Hindenburg airmail stamp

Germany - A Hindenburg "First Flight" cover with Liechtenstein "Graf Zeppelin" and other stamps canceled May 4, 1936, sent from Liechtenstein to Germany and carried on the first North American flight of the Hindenburg. http://www.airships.net/zeppelin-mail/hindenburg-covers

U.S. New York, New York - Zeppelin 1937, The Hindenburg over Battery Park in lower Manhattan on a previous flight.

U.S. - 1930 Graf Zeppelin set on April 19, 1930 First Day Cover signed by Postmaster General Arch Coleman and other postal officials, flown on the Graf Zeppelin South America Flight.

Netherlands - A Hindenburg cover with Netherlands Scout Jamboree stamp sent from the Netherlands to Frankfurt, Germany, and placed on board the Hindenburg for the trip to America. http://www.slettebo.no/scout/hindenburg.htm

Chad - 1983 "Gold Foil" Hindenburg stamp

Maldives - 1992 Mysteries of the Universe "Explosion of the Hindenburg" Souvenir Sheet

Germany - Flown cover carried on the D-LZ129 "Hindenburg" to Berlin for the opening ceremonies of the 1936 Summer Olympic Games, August 1, 1936.

Germany

Germany
http://inventors.about.com/od/xzstartinventors/ss/Zeppelin.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_von_Zeppelin

Germany - Liechtenstein, postal history pioneer airmail, Zeppelin over Vaduz Castle on 6/10/31 Vaduz castle, home of Leichtenstein's reigning prince

Germany - Liechtenstein, Graf Zeppelin

Germany - - Germany Hindenburg Basel Zeppelin Postcard

Finland - http://spot.colorado.edu/~dziadeck/zf/stamps.htm

Greece 1933 - Graf Zeppelin Issue

Italy

U.S. - Graf Zeppelin Europa-Pan American round trip flight Map of Round-the-World Trip, LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin

North Korea - Issued 1988, 150th Anniversary of Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin (1938 - 1917)

Republic of Upper Volta - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Upper_Volta

Russia

S. Tomé and Príncipe - St. Thomas & Prince Islands, Rendezvous of zeppelin with Russian ice breaker Malygin http://www.airships.net/lz127-graf-zeppelin/polar-flight

S. Tomé and Príncipe - São Tomé and Príncipe a Portuguese-speaking island