Zeppelin

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=100 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Stamps of King George V Silver Jubilee - Zeppelin Mail  </B></div> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="King George V Silver Jubilee"><U><B>Home</B></U></A><B>               </B><A HREF="id8.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Information"><U><B>General Information</B></U></A><B>               </B><A HREF="id16.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Stamps"><U><B>Stamps</B></U></A><B>               </B><A HREF="id3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Postal History"><U><B>Postal History</B></U></A><B>               </B><A HREF="id298.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Location"><U><B>Variety Locator</B></U></A><B>         </B></div> <div> <A HREF="id28.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Site Information"><U><B>Help/Site Information</B></U></A><B>                              </B><A HREF="id147.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Search"><U><B>Search</B></U></A><B>                               </B><A HREF="mailto:philatel2@yahoo.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:philatel2@yahoo.com"><U><B>Contact Me</B></U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=165 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="137" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div> <B>POSTAL HISTORY</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id325.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="PH Stamp Issue Dates"><U>Dates of Issues of Stamps</U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id311.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Issue Design History"><U>Issues Design History</U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div> <A HREF="id296.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Postal Rates"><U>Postal Rates</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div> <A HREF="id14.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Postal Covers"><U>Postal Covers</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div>    - <A HREF="id189.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Inland Mail"><U>Inland Mail</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div>       - <A HREF="id189.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Inland Mail"><U>Inter-Island</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div>       - <A HREF="id200.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Cyprus local"><U>Local</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div>    - <A HREF="id180.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Solomon"><U>Empire Mail</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div>    - <A HREF="id188.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Foreign Mail"><U>Foreign Mail</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div>    - <A HREF="id190.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Registered Mail"><U>Registered Mail</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div>       - <A HREF="id190.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Registered Mail"><U>Empire</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div>       - <A HREF="id192.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bahamas"><U>Foreign</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div>    - <A HREF="id191.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Airmail"><U>Air Mail</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div>       - <A HREF="id199.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Double airmail"><U>Double Rate</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div>       - <A HREF="id270.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="GBairmail"><U>Airmail - Perfin</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div>    - <A HREF="id179.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mauritius"><U>Added Charges</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div>       - <A HREF="id179.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mauritius"><U>Extra weight</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div>       - <A HREF="id186.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sierra Leone"><U>No postage</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 ><NOBR><div>       - <A HREF="id368.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Redirected Mail"><U>Redirected Mail</U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div>    - <A HREF="id194.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Postal Marks"><U>Postal Marks</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div>       - <A HREF="id194.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Postal Marks"><U>Flying Boat</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div>       - <A HREF="id412.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Zeppelin"><U>Zeppelin Mail</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div>       - <A HREF="id195.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Dutch"><U>Posted at Sea</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div>       - <A HREF="id197.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Paquebot"><U>Paquebot</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div>    - <A HREF="id391.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Book Mail"><U>Book Mail</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div>    - <A HREF="id182.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Honduras"><U>Other Mail</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div> <A HREF="id12.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Collectors Covers"><U>Commemoratives</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div> <A HREF="id269.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Rocket Mail"><U>Rocket Mail</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 14 WIDTH="131"><div> <A HREF="id13.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Other Postal Items"><U>Other Postal Items</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=380 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="045fa583.png"> <div> <B>Click on covers to see other examples:</B></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="405" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 46 WIDTH="96"><div> <A HREF="id194_flying_boat.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Postal Marks"><U><IMG SRC="30c32210.jpg" border=0 width="50" height="33" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id412.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Zeppelin"><U><IMG SRC="8b450240.jpg" border=0 width="80" height="36" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A> </div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="96"><div> <A HREF="id195.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Dutch"><U><IMG SRC="30d32280.jpg" border=0 width="50" height="40" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="96"><div> <A HREF="id197.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Paquebot"><U><IMG SRC="31232250.jpg" border=0 width="50" height="37" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 32 ><NOBR><div> By Flying Boat</div> <div> 27k</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> Zeppelin Mail</div> <div> 58k</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> Posted at Sea</div> <div> 43k</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="96"><div> Paquebot</div> <div> 35k</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Great Britain to Brazil via Graf Zeppelin Airmail</B></I></div> <div> Zeppelins are aluminum framed lighter-than-air crafts (dirigibles) named after their inventor Count ("Graf" in German) Ferdinand von Zeppelin. LB-127 had the unique distinction of being named after Zeppelin. The Graf Zeppelin was 776 feet long, 100 feet in diameter and 100 feet high. It was powered by five 550 hp engines and had a top speed of 80 mph. It was withdrawn from service after the crash of LB-129 (The Hindenburg) in 1937.</div> <div> Mail flights between Germany (Friedrichshafen on Bodensee near Berlin) and Brazil (Pernambuco, also known as Recife, and then Rio de Janeiro) began in 1930. European and other mail was carried under contract between the two countries. Between May 8, 1935 and December 9, 1935 it undertook a total of 33 trans-atlantic f lights. Two were between Pernambuco and Seville, Spain. Three other (six trans-atlantic) mail only flights occured between Pernambuco and Bathurst in Gambia. These were known as pendulum flights as the Graf Zeppelin either dropped or hauled up mail in Bathurst without actually landing.</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="553" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 322 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="8b5c23c0.jpg" border=0 width="450" height="316" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 66 WIDTH="545"><div> This registered letter was mailed from Brixton on November 2nd. Note the Graf Zeppelin Air Mail sticker and the red cancellation mark on the cover. The flight departed Germany on November 7th and took 75 hours 41 minutes to cover the 7843 km distance. Note the Pernambuco (Recife) arrival cancellation of November 10 on the back.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 324 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="8b6c23e0.jpg" border=0 width="450" height="318" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 16 ><NOBR><div> The scanned images of this beautiful cover were provided by <B>David Raynes</B> of Great Britain.</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="271"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="271" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="271"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="271" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 322 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="8f8c23c0.jpg" border=0 width="450" height="316" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 30 WIDTH="545"><div> This registered cover was flown from Morocco to Pernambuco</div> <div> Scan courtesy of <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.grosvenorauctions.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.grosvenorauctions.com"><U>Grosvenor Auctions</U></A></FONT></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> Silver Jubilee covers carried by Zeppelin mail can  be found from the following colonies and countries. Ascension, Bechuanaland, Ceylon, Gambia, Gibraltar, Gold Coast, Great Britain, Kenya Uganda and Tanganyika, Malta, Morocco, Northern Rhodesia, Sierra Leone, Straits Settlements, Southern Rhodesia, South Africa, South West Africa, Swaziland and St. Helena. </div> </td> </tr></table></body>