First flight covers and other postal history of the U.S. Navy airships USS Akron and USS Macon.
I welcome comments and emails, but please note that for various reasons I don’t like to offer an opinion on the value or authenticity of zeppelin covers or other items of airship memorabilia.
I recently acquired a macon collection that contained Ullmann#10/28/33 – 1.1 and 11/17/33 – 1.3 both “carried by courtesy” I cannot find any other information on what appears to extremely rare Macon “unofficial” carried mail. Can you help?
I came across a Macon cover, signed by 61 crew members, on the day of the crash. It is mailed to a news agency. I have never seen a anything like this. Has anyone else? A Shanandoa survivor, was also on the Macon (a little fun fact)
i have a few hundred akron ad macon covers. is there any interest out there in purchasing them anymore??
Larry,
I don’t know if you received any interest regarding your covers. I may be interested. I’m a collector in upstate New York. You can contact me @ tweixlmannjr@stny.rr.com if you still have them.
Tom
Hi, thank you for the very exciting pages about postal history
how can i purchase a mail cover envelope( akron/ macon ) w/ charles rosendahl’s autograph? thanks for a reply. david helms
What a great website. I was searching for information on flight schedules for the U.S. Navy ships and came across it. As a dealer for many years in this material, it’s wonderful to see someone publish this information on the internet. Thanks so much Dan. It would be great to… Read more »