HINDENBURG Airship Fire Lakehurst, NJ Disaster Color Image First Day Airmail 8c

Description

German Zeppelin HINDENBURG LZ 129 Memorial first day cover postmarked at
Chantilly, VA on Nov 17, 1962. Color photo of disaster printed on cachet
#1955 by Alvin Eckert. Archive Quality Envelope with gum on open flap.
Cover with a DIY matte and 5x7 frame, makes a fine gift!
Airship Hindenburg: On May 6, 1937 at 7:25pm, the 804 foot rigid German passenger
airship inflated with hydrogen caught fire and crashed at NAS Lakehurst in Manchester,
NJ with the loss of 36 lives. After the Hindenburg disaster the public was no longer
interested in airship travel. Cover prepared on an 8 cent Airmail stamped envelope # AC-41.
Seller has covers for several other USN airships: USS Los Angeles, Akron, Shenandoah
and Macon, plus the Graf Zeppelin and two USN Blimps. Check out my
other items
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These items make fine Airship fan gifts when mounted on a colored matte
and placed in a 5x7 picture frame.
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