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True-colour facsimile print of a Zeppelin-postcard of the German Empire from 1932; The obverse of the postcard shows a photography of the airship "Luftschiff Graf Zeppelin, LZ127" during his "2nd South America Travel" in 1932 (direction: Captain Hugo Eckner) in Pernambuco (Brazil) (original photography taken from the light cruiser "Karlsruhe“ during his abroad travel in 1931/1932; The photograph was made on order of the "Zeppelin-Reederei, Abteilung Luftschiffbau" and was merchandised as postcard-motive by the Postcard Publishing Company of the Brothers Metz (= former "Kunstanstalt“) in Tübingen (1828 founded, from 1890 with own postcard production, from 1895 onwards also in Basel (Switzerland).); The postcard is franked with the both different stamps, airmail Michel No. 381 from 1926 (valid to 1934, 50 Pf. orange; Wm No. 2, standing waffles) by O.H.W. Hadank (1889-1965) and the definitive stamp Michel No. 416 from 1928 (valid to 1935, 25 Pf, blue; Wm No. 2, standing waffles) by Carl Goetz (1875-1950), which were postmarked with a two-circle bridge board cancellation (bridge not continious) with 35.0 mm diameter from the "Luftschiff Graf Zeppelin", . This postcard was sent to Zurich (Switzerland).
Stamp: Michel No. 381 (orange) + No. 415 (blue); Yvert & Tellier: No, PA31 (orange) + No. 407 (blue); Scott: No. C31 (orange) + No. 377 (blue)
Color: orange (50 Pf.); blue (25 Pf.)
Watermark: Germany No. 2 (standing waffles) (both stamps)
Nominal value: 75 (Pf.) = 50 (Pf.) (orange) + 25 (Pf.) (blue) (Pfennig)

Postage validity: from 1 April 1926 until 30 June 1934
date QS:P,+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1926-04-01T00:00:00Z/11,P582,+1934-06-30T00:00:00Z/11
(orange) + from 1 September 1028 until 31 December 1935
date QS:P,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P580,+1028-09-01T00:00:00Z/11,P582,+1935-12-31T00:00:00Z/11
(blue)

Stamp size (printed area of a single stamp): 18.0 x 22.0 mm

Postmark: “Luftschiff Graf Zeppelin“,
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(date of postmark)
(first issue date of the stamp, orange stamp)

(first issue date of the stamp, blue stamp)
Source scan of original
Author Deutsche Reichspost
Permission
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Public domain This work of bildende Kunst (visual art) or photography was published in Germany before the Law on Copyrights and Neighboring Rights (UrhG) came into effect on January 1, 1966. It does not indicate its author and was published by a legal entity under public law (§ 5 KUG; for details see Wikipedia:Bildrechte). Therefore according to § 134 Satz 2 UrhG, copyright expires 70 years after publishing.

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Picture description The airship LZ127 in Pernambuco (Brazil) in 1932 (postcard),

Eagle on base (stamp after a template by Oskar Hermann Werner Hadank) (1889-1965) (orange stamp),
Paul von Hindenburg (2nd Reichsprasident, stamp after a template by Karl Goetz) (1875-1950) (blue stamp)

First day of issue and
Publisher Deutsche Reichspost
Design Oskar Hermann Werner Hadank (1889-1965) and Carl Goetz (1875-1950) (stamps)
Printer “Postkartenverlag (Kunstanstalt) der Gebrüder Metz“, Tübingen (postcard)

"Reichsdruckerei“, Berlin (stamps)

Printing technique Letterpress printing on coated paper (stamps)
Perforation Comb perforation, K 14 : 14¼ (stamps)
MICHEL Nr. Deutsches Reich, Nr. 381 + 416
SCOTT Nr. Germany. No. C31 + 377

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