1 / 2
Balsan Encheres
82
-
MANAGED FLIGHT of the GRAF ZEPPELIN 1933 LZ 127 SWITZERLAND …
See original version (French)
82
-
MANAGED FLIGHT of the GRAF ZEPPELIN 1933 LZ 127 SWITZERLAND …
See original version (French)
Estimate
€175
Voluntary lot
Description
MANAGED FLIGHT of the GRAF ZEPPELIN 1933 LZ 127 SWITZERLAND - ROME ( * ).
Bern illustrated postal stationary at 20c + additional franking with Swiss aviation mobile stamps no. 8, biplane, and no. 13, letter carried by 2 wings. Departure stamp ROMANSHORN ( Switzerland / Lake Constance ), transit date stamp Zeppelin base : FRIEDRICHSAFEN - Nice special commemorative stamp, struck in red, illustrated with a she-wolf suckling Romulus and Remus legend : " LUFTSCHIFF GRAF ZEPPELIN ROMFAHRT - 1933 " - on the back correspondence and illustrated flame of the commemorative air ship " Croisière Zeppelin 1933 " Roma posta aéra 1933 ".
( * ) LZ 127 - on 29 May 1933 at 00 h 17 "the Count" left for Rome. The captain was Ernst A. Lehman. On board were guests who had already travelled on the Zeppelins, in particular the new national socialist leaders. One of them, Carl Bruer, wrote a lengthy account: "The journey took us along the Rhine via Basle, then through the Rhone valley to Avignon, and from there to the Mediterranean". The airship then made its way to Rome via Marseille and Genoa: "We are approaching Rome and everyone is excited. We soon left the coast and, accompanied by 2 planes, we could already see the Tiber and the sea of houses in the background... The holy city, greeted by cheers, thousands of people on the rooftops.... etc...
full, well-documented account: zeppelin-museum.de ; voyage LZ 127.
small, unobtrusive archival crease in centre.
See original version (French)
Auto-translation. Refer to original language for legal validity.
ID: 87493888
Pictures credits: Contact the Auction House
You may also like