Small Archive of Graf Zeppelin Transmittals

Group of twenty-five (25) transmittal covers and cards, carried aboard the LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin. All very good or better condition. The LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin was a German rigid airship that became one of the most celebrated aircraft of the interwar period. Entering service in 1928, it demonstrated the possibilities of long-distance passenger flight through voyages across the Atlantic, around the world, and into the Arctic. Measuring more than 770 feet in length, it carried passengers in relative comfort while also transporting mail and conducting scientific missions. During nearly a decade of operation, the airship completed hundreds of flights and traveled more than one million miles without a fatal passenger accident. The Graf Zeppelin was withdrawn from service after the 1937 Hindenburg disaster brought the era of hydrogen-filled passenger airships to an abrupt end, and it was dismantled in Germany in 1940.