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flying westward, superimposed over a map of the continents of Europe and South and North
America with the names of various cities shown. This issue paid the postcard and letter rates on the May 1930 Pan American flight that departed from Germany, flying to Brazil and then the United States. Postage
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flying eastward over the
Atlantic Ocean. Like the other two denominations, its inscription along the top reads GRAF ZEPPELIN – EUROPE PAN AMERICAN FLIGHT, and UNITED STATES POSTAGE along the bottom. The lowest of the three denominations, this issue paid the post card rate. The Scott catalog number
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Friedrichshafen. The $ 1.30 and $ 2.60 stamps paid the postage for postcards and letters, respectively, that were carried on the round trip flight via Friedrichshafen or Seville. The round trip letter rate was $ 3.90, the exact amount which could be paid with the $ 2.60 and $ 1.30 stamps. Mail
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on its first flight, and a red cancellation specially made to cancel mail it carried, bearing the name of and used in
Friedrichshafen, along with an image of the Zeppelin. The great cost of the famous round the world flight of 1929 was offset by the abundance of souvenir mail carried by the Graf
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and the coming transatlantic flight, which were used to pay the postage for mail carried aboard the
Zeppelin, a rigid airship that was over 775 feet (236 m) long. Mail would be carried and delivered from Germany to points in North and South America and back again.
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flew scheduled airmail flights delivering mail across the
Atlantic Ocean between the United States and points in Europe. At the time conventional fix-wing aircraft were not yet readily available where they could be used to fly such a distance on a regular basis.
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A total of 1,000,000 of each denomination were printed, but only 227,260 stamps in all were sold, or 7% of the total. The
Zeppelin stamps were withdrawn from sale on June 30, 1930, and the remaining stocks were destroyed by the Post Office Department.
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in various configurations. All three stamps were first issued in
Washington, D.C., on April 19, 1930, one month before the historic trans-Atlantic first flight was made. The stamps were placed on sale at other selected post offices on April 21, 1930.
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among clouds, superimposed over a globe and traveling toward the west. This issue was designed by C. A. Huston and A. R. Meissner. The Scott catalog number for this issue is C15. Out of 1,000,000 stamps printed, only 61,296 were sold.
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depicted below made the complete round trip, bearing all three
Zeppelin stamps attached to a 5-cent Air Post envelope that received special hand-stamped cachets. The diamond shaped cachet depicts a map showing the route used by the
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exhibition, of which 324,700 were issued. It should not be confused with the
Zeppelin stamps that were issued in 1930. With a far higher number available to collectors, it is also considerably less expensive than the 1930 issues.
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in 1930, exclusively for delivery of mail carried aboard that airship. Although the stamps were valid for postage on mail sent on the Zeppelin Pan American flight from
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for this issue is C13. Out of 1,000,000 stamps printed, 93,336 were sold.
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This particular airship was used as the model for the engraving of this 2.
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Zeppelin. A U.S. stamped letter flown on the entire round trip from
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airmail stamps, first issued in Washington DC, April 19, 1930
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Postage stamps and postal history of the Confederate States
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Round the world flight - LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin Airship Story
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List of people on the postage stamps of the United States
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Commemoration of the American Civil War on postage stamps
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Scott Specialized Catalogue of United States Stamps, 1982
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Bottom Plate block from sheet of 65-cent Zeppelin stamps
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Presidents of the United States on U.S. postage stamps
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Hatcher, James B.; Cummings, William W., eds. (1981).
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Postage stamps and postal history of the United States
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Smithsonian National Postal Museum, cover description
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Plate Block of six, Graf Zeppelin, $ 2.60, 1930 issue
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The 1933 Chicago World's Fair: A Century of Progress
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661:Smithsonian National Postal Museum:$ 1.30 Zeppelin
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934:"65-cent Zeppelin Over Atlantic Ocean"
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1735:United States Post Office Department
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1442:List of United States airmail stamps
1027:"Zeppelin Flown Covers of the World"
977:"$ 1.30 Zeppelin Between Continents"
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464:List of United States airmail stamps
220:The green 65-cent stamp depicts the
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1986:Postage stamps of the United States
1925:Revenue stamps of the United States
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1654:Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee
1346:U.S. Parcel Post stamps of 1912–13
272:The blue $ 2.60 stamp depicts the
129:The three stamps all featured the
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1935:United States Postmaster General
1884:U.S. Philatelic Classics Society
1879:United Postal Stationery Society
1834:Bureau of Engraving and Printing
1639:Apollo 15 postage stamp incident
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165:Bureau of Engraving and Printing
1730:San Antonio–San Diego Mail Line
1404:Statue of Liberty Forever stamp
1398:Raising the Flag at Ground Zero
997:"$ 2.60 Zeppelin Passing Globe"
766:US Air Mail, v. 1A, pp. 276-278
163:The stamps were printed by the
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1382:Distinguished Americans series
1351:US Regular Issues of 1922–1931
1111:Philately of the United States
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340:"Baby Zeppelin" stamp of 1933
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307:Plate Block of six stamps
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1757:The American Philatelist
1679:Postal history of Oregon
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1291:Great Americans series
1246:Antarctic Treaty issue
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