Purchased online today for under $1,000.00.
Years, and a nice looking mint lightly hinged set of the 1930 Zeppelins can be The prices have actually decreased considerably, over the
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With the exception of the Inverted Jenny, these are theĬollecting benchmark of the entire series of U.S. Needless to say though, only about 8% of the total printing of a little over 1,000,000 of each denomination was sold The unsold stamps were returned to the Post Officeĭepartment and incinerated. Post Office, an airmail operation was launched in 1918 as a wartime effort to stimulate aircraft production and to generate a pool of trained pilots. Although the American experience sometimes reflected European trends, it also demonstrated clear differences. CollectorsĪnd dealers that could afford the stamps bought many of them for use onįlown covers carried by the Graf Zeppelin. From airmail to airlines in the United States. Graf Zeppelin set was only on sale for about two months. And, these stamps were issued right at the beginning of the worldwide Great Depression. The $4.55 face value of a set of single stamps, in 1930, would be equivalent to about $48.00 today. Graf Zeppelin, but the rates for letters carried on board the airship Germany - Weimar : Graf Zeppelin Issues - 1930-1931Īmericans were enthusiastic about the flights of the airship For more information on the Europe-Pan American flight of the Graf Zeppelin, click on the following link:
The $2.60 denomination depicts the airship Graf Zeppelin in flight, in front of a world globe, with clouds on either side. The $1.30 denomination depicts the airship Graf Zeppelin in flight, between Europe and the Americas. The 65 Cent denomination depicts the airship Graf Zeppelin flying over the ocean. #C13-15) were issued Apfor the Europe-Pan America Flight of the German airship Graf Zeppelin. The three US airmail stamps shown above (Sc.
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