AROUND THE WORLD FLIGHT OF THE LZ 127 “GRAF ZEPPELIN”
Start: Lakehurst 8th of August 06:40 o’clock
Landing: Friedrichshafen 10th 01:02
Start : Friedrichshafen 15th 04:35
Landing: Tokyo 19th 10:40
Start: Tokyo 23rd 07:13
Landing: Los Angeles 26th 14:49
Start : Los Angeles 27th 09:15
Landing: Lakehurst 29th 13:14
Start: Lakehurst 1 September 13:18
Landing: Friedrichshafen 4 September 08:46
Duration of the flight: Friedrichshafen to Friedrichshafen: 20 days, 7 hours, 44 minutes
Fee:
Friedrichshafen to Tokyo: Card- 2.75 Gulden; Letter- 5.50 Gulden
Friedrichshafen to Los Angeles: Card- 5.50 G; Letter- 11.0 G.
Friedrichshafen to Lakehurst: Card- 6.75 G; Letter- 13.50 G.
Friedrichshafen to Friedrichshafen: Card- 9.50; Letter- 19.0 G.
Forwarded Danzig Mail:
Tokyo: 11 Cards 5 Letters
Los Angeles 4 Cards 5 Letters
Lakehurst 34 Cards 26 Letters
Around the World 18 Cards 10 Letters = 113 pieces of mail 141 Pieces of mail were posted, but 28 pieces (13 letters and 15 cards) missed the connection. They were returned to the senders and the fee was returned.
Philatelic prices:
Friedrichahafen to Tokyo: Card- 15 RM Letter- 50 RM
Friedrichshafen to Los Angeles: 30 RM 50 RM
Friedrichshafen to Lakehurst: 20 RM 30 RM
Around the World: 25 RM 35 RM
Figure 12: Cachet, 6.2 cm, applied to mail originating in the U.S.
Figure 13: Cachet, 3.6 cm, applied to German mail.
The Around the World Flight (at least for the Americans) was entered with the destination of the second transoceanic flight of the LZ 127 from Lakehurst. Upon the return trip from Lakehurst to Friedrichshafen, the American mail carried a huge, beautiful 6.2 cm circle cancellation with a design of the globe showing the voyage route Figure 12. The German Around the World cachet with the inscription “LUFTSCHIFF GRAF ZEPPELIN /WELTRUNDFAHRT 1929” arid the syfribolic representation of the airship over the rising sun were applied on shipments delivered in Friedrichshafen Figure 13. Diameter of the red circle cancel was 3.6 cm.
Danzig Report Nr. 6 – November - December - 1975, Page 10.
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