Comments on: Hindenburg Covers

By: John Lutz

John Lutz — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 10:45:19 +0000

Thank you for the informative site. I’ve known about Zeppelin flights all my stamp collecting life, but it has been a confusing welter of information. I like the way your site helps makes some sense of this amazing period of airmail and postal history. — jal

By: Dan (Airships.net)

Dan (Airships.net) — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 21:43:36 +0000

The smallest load of mail was the 4 kg carried on Flight 60 (March 23-March 26: Rio de Janeiro-Frankfurt). As a comparison, 213 kg of mail was carried on Flight 59, from Frankfurt to Rio, and 1,059 kg was carried on the first flight to North America.

By: Bruce Vincent

Bruce Vincent — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 13:28:31 +0000

Hi Dan, do you know which flights carried the least mail – i.e. which flight covers would therefore be the scarcest. Thanks for a great site. Regards Bruce

By: Knight Elite

Knight Elite — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 01:21:54 +0000

This is an awesome collection. By far my favorite is the forgery, however. Unfortunately, I cant tell the differences in the 3′s that you pointed out. What is it? Im dying here.

By: Glenn Morgan

Glenn Morgan — Wed, 19 May 2010 13:10:17 +0000

Your help is much appreciated. GLENN

By: Dan (Airships.net)

Dan (Airships.net) — Wed, 19 May 2010 10:38:39 +0000

There was a letter-box in Hindenburg’s writing room, or letters could be given to a member of the staff on Hindenburg or Graf Zeppelin. There was also a letter-box in the hangar into which letters could be deposited for posting on board.

By: Glenn Morgan

Glenn Morgan — Wed, 19 May 2010 05:57:11 +0000

Letter mail items could be “Posted on Board”.

(a) Does this mean posted into an on-board letter box (briefkasten), or would items of mail simply be handed to a member of staff? I have never been able to ascertain.

(b) Would this facility have been on all Zeppelin’s or just the Hindenburg?

Confirmation would really be appreciated. A fascinating and useful website – thank you. GLENN

By: eric winslow

eric winslow — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 15:59:23 +0000

can you tell me anything about a flight 8-8-36 from brennon germ. to the usa. the card has the zepp. flying over the ship . the ship is at full steam . the stamp is a mit LZ129nach Nordamerika 50 deutche thanks any information would be help full eric

By: david helms

david helms — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 01:29:28 +0000

hi dan . in terms of airship history, what do you consider to be valuable that can be purchased? thanks for a reply.

david

By: Myles Dean

Myles Dean — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 12:22:05 +0000

Here is a link showing the passenger list of the Olympic June 23/24, 1936 flight.

http://www.airships.net/wp-content/uploads/schmeling-passenger-list-web1.jpg

Please note that this photo may have copywrite restrictions.

Regards, /M