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LZ 129 Hindenburg Zeppelin Airship 1st North America Flight RPPC 1936 Postcard โ๏ธ Message on the Postcard
Back:
* Printed: \"I. Aufstieg des LZ 129 Mit Luftschiff โHindenburgโ nach Nordamerika.\" (First Ascent of the LZ 129 With Airship \"Hindenburg\" to North America.)
* Printed: \"ERSTER NORDAMERIKAFLUG\" (First North America Flight).
* Printed: \"Einschreiben!\" (Registered Mail!).
No personal handwritten message is visible.
๐ผ๏ธ Information on the Front of the Postcard
๐ In-Scene Text
D-LZ129 (on the side of the airship), Swastika symbols (on the airship\'s tail fins and gondola)
๐ข Publisher Information
Not visible
๐ฌ Captions
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๐ฌ Information on the Back of the Postcard
๐ฎ Address
Herrn Karl Hennig
Grand Central Palace
Lexington Avenue 46 th. 47. th. Streets
New York u.S.A.
II. Etage Booth 77
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Postmark & Stamp
* **Stamp**: One stamp of \"50 Deutsche Luftpost 50\" (50 German Airmail Pfennig) denomination, depicting the LZ 129 Hindenburg airship flying over waves, with text \"MIT LZ 129 nach Nordamerika\" (With LZ 129 to North America).
* **Postmark 1 (over stamp)**: Circular black postmark. Postmark location appears to be BERLIN BAHNPOSTAMT C (Berlin Railway Post Office C) but some parts of the surrounding text are not fully legible. It also reads \"AUSLANDS STELLE\" (Foreign Section). Date: \"3.26.36\" (March 26, 1936). Time: \"8Uhr b\" (8 o\'clock b).
* **Postmark 2 (left of center)**: Circular black postmark. Postmark location is LINGEN 152 K 66. It also reads \"BAHNPOSTAMT\" (Railway Post Office) and \"AUSLANDS STELLE\" (Foreign Section). Date: \"5.26.36\" (May 26, 1936).
* **Red Cachet 1 (bottom left)**: Circular red commemorative cachet featuring an image of the LZ 129 Hindenburg airship. Text reads \"ERSTER NORDAMERIKAFLUG\" (First North America Flight) and \"L.Z. 129\".
* **Red Cachet 2 (center)**: Circular red commemorative cachet showing an airship and an airplane flying over a map depicting Europe and North America. Text reads \"DEUTSCHE LUFTPOST\" (German Airmail) and \"EUROPA - NORDAMERIKA\". Small text \"Gebr. Metz, A.\" and \"1936\" are also visible.
๐๏ธ Publisher & Postal Note
* **Publisher**: \"Lichtbildabteilung Luftschiffbau Zeppelin\" (Photographic Department Airship Construction Zeppelin), \"Abs. Martensievert Kassel\" (Abs. [Abteilung/Department] Martensievert Kassel).
* **Postal Note**: The prominent printed word \"Einschreiben!\" (Registered Mail!) serves as a postal instruction/note. No other specific postal service notes (like \"Writing on this part permitted...\") are present.
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