Auction No. 44

Lot 808

Zepplin Z.R.III.

Opening $60
Unsold

1924 Germany Zeppelin cover, ZR3 (later Los Angeles) Friedrichshafen Lakehurst First Transatlantic Zeppelin Flight card.  Sieger # 20.a.Souvenir postcard carried by the airship ZR3 (LZ126) October 12-15, 1924 Germany delivered to the US navy as war reparations. card properly franked w. the 1924 airmail 50pf Scott #C23. Mi:DR 347X, Sn:DE C23, SG 361 tied by Luftpost - airmail cds September 15  and oval onboard postmark 'Mit Luftschiff Z.R.3 befordert' in violet. The reverse side bears a special rectangle cachet in red describing the flight of the ZR3 as well are New York cds Oct. 15, 1925 and Brooklyn Oct. 15 1924.. Based at Lakehurt, New Jersey the Navy later named the Zeppelin 'Los Angeles'

Category
Zeppelin
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