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My contribution is my mini collection of the only Zeppelin stamp issued by Finland. I just completed a trifecta - mint, used and on cover with a Zeppelin marking.
FYI - a very rare variety of this issue exists with the incorrect year of 1830.
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Here is a screen shot of the rare Finland Zeppelin error with the date 1830. Picture is from the Colnect site.
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For many Zeppelins stamps, price are prohibitive for the casual collector. However, they are often used in commemorative cards or displays, and I started to look for some of them, as they are highly decorative, and iconic.
Here are 3 cards I recently received:
Please share some of yours too, if you have been collecting them.
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Early on I discovered that Zeps on cover, ones that had actually flown in the craft on a historic flight, cost about the same as a mint stamp. That's when I decided mine would be used on cover!
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Would this "Zeppelin" stamp count???
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pigStamper asked, "Would this "Zeppelin" stamp count???"
Answer: No.
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I disagree!! A Led Zeppelin is still a Zeppelin!!
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No Led Zeppelin here, just an aluminum and fabric zep, and a steel one:
Just last night I mounted this print in a special frame I had made. It shows the first successful British attack on a zeppelin, in 1916.
According to Wikipedia:
"The newly commissioned Schütte-Lanz SL 11 dropped a few bombs on Hertfordshire while approaching London: it was picked up by searchlights as it bombed Ponders End and at around 02:15 it was intercepted by a B.E.2c flown by Lt. William Leefe Robinson, who fired three 40-round drums of Brocks and Buckingham ammunition into the airship. The third drum started a fire and the airship was quickly enveloped in flames. It fell to the ground near Cuffley, witnessed by the crews of several of the other Zeppelins and many on the ground; there were no survivors. The victory earned Leefe Robinson a Victoria Cross; the pieces of SL 11 were gathered up and sold as souvenirs by the Red Cross to raise money for wounded soldiers."
The print, by an artist named Charles Hubbell, is one of 12 included in a calendar published in 1947. My dad, who worked for Ingersoll-Rand at the time, brought it home from work. In my early teens, I stuck every one of them to the walls of my bedroom. I have no idea what happened to them, but I do remember some were damaged when they came off the wall, carrying some plaster with them! About a year ago I got curious to see if I could find any of them on eBay, and I did, a complete set in pristine condition for only $35 and nominal shipping.
I asked a model maker in Montreal, who had made display cases for my scale models, if he could build an acrylic frame according to my design, and he did. Now I can rotate the prints in and out of the frame. Here's a photograph with another of the prints in it, picturing the defeat of Germany's ace fighter pilot, the Red Baron (Baron von Richthoffen).
Here's another German "Zep," the aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin, pictured in a real-photo postcard in my collection and displayed on a sheet from my "Battle of the Atlantic" exhibit:
Here's Wikipedia's lead paragraphs about the Graf Zeppelin, which is named, obviously, after the designer of the first Zeppelins:
"Since the 1300s, naval power had depended on “line-of-battle ships,” a term shortened in 1795 to “battleship”. However, during the Second World War, one fifth of all battleships in service were sunk by enemy aircraft, half of which had flown from aircraft carriers. The Age of the Battleship was over; the Age of Aircraft Carrier had begun.
"Only Japan, the United States, and Great Britain had aircraft carriers in their inventories at the beginning of the war. Germany attempted to build aircraft carriers, but failed.
"Flugzeugträger A*, the [i]Graf Zeppelin, launched December 8, 1938, was the lead ship in a class of two aircraft carriers ordered by the Kriegsmarine to project German naval power into the Atlantic and beyond. Hitler, however, had greater faith in the Luftwaffe: except for the Unterseewaffe's U-boats, which Hitler came to count on, the Kriegsmarine became a stepchild of Germany's military budget.
Shortages of labour and materials, shifting priorities, and political hubris caused Graf Zeppelin's construction to languish.
"Late in 1941, the unfinished Graf Zeppelin was used to store hardwood lumber for the Kriegsmarine. After another stillborn effort to resume construction — builders faced daunting technical problems — Hitler ordered all of the Kriegsmarine's capital ships to be demolished. Political infighting saved Graf Zeppelin, but it was never completed, and was scuttled in April, 1945 to keep it out of the hands of advancing Russian forces."
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The Red Baron in song?
https://youtu.be/Oxzg_iM-T4E
Way to go Snoopy!!!
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While Ralph is correct that some Zeppelin stamps are pricy, there are MANY classic Zeppelin stamps that are quite affordable not to mention all of the newer Zep thematic issues. Each of the Zeppelins in my post above were purchased for under $60! Believe me, I’m no trust fund baby - just a retiree on a pension so if I can afford to buy some of them so can most collectors.
Also you don’t need to own an item to mention it in a topical discussion.
So let’s try again … let’s see some Zeppelin Airship stamps and covers.
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"While Ralph is correct that some Zeppelin stamps are pricy, there are MANY classic Zeppelin stamps that are quite affordable"
There! I'm trying to participate as Theresa wishes! Think of it as crowd sourcing a Zep collection!
As she said, some of it isn't all that expensive. I believe I paid $12 for this one. And the 1929 post card shown in my previous post above, was found in the postcard section on eBay for around $5.
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A 1931 Austrian postcard flown by Zeppelin. A new arrival this week to add some spice to my Austria collection. 
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Hi Theresa, i like your Austrian Zep. I think mine missed the flight and had to go by slow boat.
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This is whats on the back of the envelope !
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My airmail collection contains a set of Spanish charity stamps benefiting orphans and depicting the history of mail transportation. The 2 Pta value shows a zeppelin over the coast of Spain. The set is relatively inexpensive.
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Let’s share pics of our Zeppelin stamps and covers here in the Stamporama thematic board. I’m sure that between all of us that we could display an extensive selection of classic Zeppelin issues.
My contribution is my mini collection of the only Zeppelin stamp issued by Finland. I just completed a trifecta - mint, used and on cover with a Zeppelin marking.
FYI - a very rare variety of this issue exists with the incorrect year of 1830.
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Here is a screen shot of the rare Finland Zeppelin error with the date 1830. Picture is from the Colnect site.
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For many Zeppelins stamps, price are prohibitive for the casual collector. However, they are often used in commemorative cards or displays, and I started to look for some of them, as they are highly decorative, and iconic.
Here are 3 cards I recently received:
Please share some of yours too, if you have been collecting them.
rrr...
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Early on I discovered that Zeps on cover, ones that had actually flown in the craft on a historic flight, cost about the same as a mint stamp. That's when I decided mine would be used on cover!
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Would this "Zeppelin" stamp count???
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pigStamper asked, "Would this "Zeppelin" stamp count???"
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I disagree!! A Led Zeppelin is still a Zeppelin!!
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No Led Zeppelin here, just an aluminum and fabric zep, and a steel one:
Just last night I mounted this print in a special frame I had made. It shows the first successful British attack on a zeppelin, in 1916.
According to Wikipedia:
"The newly commissioned Schütte-Lanz SL 11 dropped a few bombs on Hertfordshire while approaching London: it was picked up by searchlights as it bombed Ponders End and at around 02:15 it was intercepted by a B.E.2c flown by Lt. William Leefe Robinson, who fired three 40-round drums of Brocks and Buckingham ammunition into the airship. The third drum started a fire and the airship was quickly enveloped in flames. It fell to the ground near Cuffley, witnessed by the crews of several of the other Zeppelins and many on the ground; there were no survivors. The victory earned Leefe Robinson a Victoria Cross; the pieces of SL 11 were gathered up and sold as souvenirs by the Red Cross to raise money for wounded soldiers."
The print, by an artist named Charles Hubbell, is one of 12 included in a calendar published in 1947. My dad, who worked for Ingersoll-Rand at the time, brought it home from work. In my early teens, I stuck every one of them to the walls of my bedroom. I have no idea what happened to them, but I do remember some were damaged when they came off the wall, carrying some plaster with them! About a year ago I got curious to see if I could find any of them on eBay, and I did, a complete set in pristine condition for only $35 and nominal shipping.
I asked a model maker in Montreal, who had made display cases for my scale models, if he could build an acrylic frame according to my design, and he did. Now I can rotate the prints in and out of the frame. Here's a photograph with another of the prints in it, picturing the defeat of Germany's ace fighter pilot, the Red Baron (Baron von Richthoffen).
Here's another German "Zep," the aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin, pictured in a real-photo postcard in my collection and displayed on a sheet from my "Battle of the Atlantic" exhibit:
Here's Wikipedia's lead paragraphs about the Graf Zeppelin, which is named, obviously, after the designer of the first Zeppelins:
"Since the 1300s, naval power had depended on “line-of-battle ships,” a term shortened in 1795 to “battleship”. However, during the Second World War, one fifth of all battleships in service were sunk by enemy aircraft, half of which had flown from aircraft carriers. The Age of the Battleship was over; the Age of Aircraft Carrier had begun.
"Only Japan, the United States, and Great Britain had aircraft carriers in their inventories at the beginning of the war. Germany attempted to build aircraft carriers, but failed.
"Flugzeugträger A*, the [i]Graf Zeppelin, launched December 8, 1938, was the lead ship in a class of two aircraft carriers ordered by the Kriegsmarine to project German naval power into the Atlantic and beyond. Hitler, however, had greater faith in the Luftwaffe: except for the Unterseewaffe's U-boats, which Hitler came to count on, the Kriegsmarine became a stepchild of Germany's military budget.
Shortages of labour and materials, shifting priorities, and political hubris caused Graf Zeppelin's construction to languish.
"Late in 1941, the unfinished Graf Zeppelin was used to store hardwood lumber for the Kriegsmarine. After another stillborn effort to resume construction — builders faced daunting technical problems — Hitler ordered all of the Kriegsmarine's capital ships to be demolished. Political infighting saved Graf Zeppelin, but it was never completed, and was scuttled in April, 1945 to keep it out of the hands of advancing Russian forces."
Bob
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The Red Baron in song?
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Way to go Snoopy!!!
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While Ralph is correct that some Zeppelin stamps are pricy, there are MANY classic Zeppelin stamps that are quite affordable not to mention all of the newer Zep thematic issues. Each of the Zeppelins in my post above were purchased for under $60! Believe me, I’m no trust fund baby - just a retiree on a pension so if I can afford to buy some of them so can most collectors.
Also you don’t need to own an item to mention it in a topical discussion.
So let’s try again … let’s see some Zeppelin Airship stamps and covers.
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"While Ralph is correct that some Zeppelin stamps are pricy, there are MANY classic Zeppelin stamps that are quite affordable"
There! I'm trying to participate as Theresa wishes! Think of it as crowd sourcing a Zep collection!
As she said, some of it isn't all that expensive. I believe I paid $12 for this one. And the 1929 post card shown in my previous post above, was found in the postcard section on eBay for around $5.
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A 1931 Austrian postcard flown by Zeppelin. A new arrival this week to add some spice to my Austria collection.
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Hi Theresa, i like your Austrian Zep. I think mine missed the flight and had to go by slow boat.
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This is whats on the back of the envelope !
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My airmail collection contains a set of Spanish charity stamps benefiting orphans and depicting the history of mail transportation. The 2 Pta value shows a zeppelin over the coast of Spain. The set is relatively inexpensive.
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