NAZI GERMANY
MY POSTCARDS
100th ANNIV of ZEPPELIN
(8th/12th Jul 1938)
This postcard was published by Gebr. Metz, Täbingen to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Graf von Zeppelin, from a portrait by Emerich. The card also commemorates the Zeppelin Post Exhibition sponsored by the Konstanz Postage Stamp Collectors' Club, the city of Zeppelin's birth.
There are at least four versions of this card. The first, PP127-C-40, has four lines of text below Zeppelin's portrait and a 6Pf Hindenburg pre-printed stamp. The second, PP144-C-1, is identical except that it now has a 15Pf Luftpost stamp. The third, is identical to the two cards above except it does not have a pre-printed stamp and the fourth only has two lines of text below Zeppelin's portrait.
PP127-C-40
This card features a pre-printed 6Pf Hindenburg Medallion stamp and was intended for domestic usage. On the reverse of this card, on the top left-hand side, as well as on PP144-C-1 below, there is an inscription "Zeppelinpost-Austellung | Veranstaltet vom | Breifmarkensammler-Verein Konstanz | im Reichsbund der Philatelisten" and the logo of the R.d.P. There is a second inscription on the bottom edge that reads "Druck von R.Oldenburg, Munchen | Nach farbigen Original von Emerich".
PP127-C-40
6Pf HINDENBURG
6Pf HINDENBURG
FROM MY COLLECTION
PP144-C-1
This card features a pre-printed 15Pf Luftpost stamp and was intended for international mail.
PP144-C-1
15Pf LUFTPOST
15Pf LUFTPOST
FROM MY COLLECTION
NO PRE-PRINTED STAMP
This card does not have a pre-printed stamp, neither does it have the inscription "Zeppelinpost-Austellung | Veranstaltet vom | Breifmarkensammler-Verein Konstanz | im Reichsbund der Philatelisten" and the logo of the R.d.P. on the reverse side of the card.
NO PRE-PRINTED STAMP
FROM MY COLLECTION
TWO LINES of TEXT
Like the card above, this card does not have a pre-printed stamp, neither does it have the inscription "Zeppelinpost-Austellung | Veranstaltet vom | Breifmarkensammler-Verein Konstanz | im Reichsbund der Philatelisten" and the logo of the R.d.P. on the reverse side of the card. It also has fewer lines of text on the front of the card. The original inscription "ZEPPELINPOST-AUSSTELLUNG | anlaβlich des 100. Geburtstages des Grafen Zeppelin | vom 8. bis 12. Juli 1938 in seinem Geburtsort | KONSTANZ a. Bodensee" has been replaced by "GRAF VON ZEPPELIN | ALS GENERAL DER KAVALLERIE".
TWO LINES of TEXT
FROM MY COLLECTION