ANON. Luftschiff Graf Zeppelin, Fracht.
Original luggage label, c.1929. 100 x 140 mm.
LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin was a German passenger carrying hydrogen filled rigid airship that flew from 1928 to 1937. The ship was named after the German airship pioneer Ferdinand Von Zeppelin.
It offered the first commercial transatlantic passenger flight service.
This label was collected by a gentleman on Graf Zeppelins "round the World flight." Half the cost of this project was paid for by William Randoplh Hearst. The tickets for the full journey were around $3,000 and were sold worldwide through Hamburg-America Lines offices.
The flight commenced on 8th August 1929 from Lakehurst naval air station and returned on 29th August.
These "Fracht" labels were issued to passengers who wished to stow baggage in the hold.
Rare.
SKU: 2126633
ANON. Luftschiff Graf Zeppelin, Fracht.
Original luggage label, c.1929. 100 x 140 mm.
LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin was a German passenger carrying hydrogen filled rigid airship that flew from 1928 to 1937. The ship was named after the German airship pioneer Ferdinand Von Zeppelin.
It offered the first commercial transatlantic passenger flight service.
This label was collected by a gentleman on Graf Zeppelins "round the World flight." Half the cost of this project was paid for by William Randoplh Hearst. The tickets for the full journey were around $3,000 and were sold worldwide through Hamburg-America Lines offices.
The flight commenced on 8th August 1929 from Lakehurst naval air station and returned on 29th August.
These "Fracht" labels were issued to passengers who wished to stow baggage in the hold.
Rare.
SKU: 2126633
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