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Germany, 1937 Hindenburg Crash Cover, substantial portion of cover addressed to Detroit, Michigan, franked with 1933, 25pf + 60pf Von Hindenburg issues tied by "Saarbucken, 2.5.37" cds's, bold red German flight cachet, Very Fine for this; with 1941 F.W. Kessler letter of attest. Sieger Nos. 454A Estimate $5,000 - 7,500.
A EXCEPTIONAL 1937 HINDENBERG CRASH COVER BEARING MULTIPLE VON HINDENBERG ISSUES.
The German Zeppelin Hindenburg made sixty-three flights, including ten roundtrips to the United States in 1936. It met tragedy May 6, 1937. Attempting to land at Lakehurst, New Jersey, the giant airship burst into flames near the mooring mast. In only thirty-two seconds, the Zeppelin was smoldering wreckage. Amazingly, nearly two-thirds of the passengers and crew survived (thirty-five people on board died plus one member of the ground crew; sixty-two survived). Postal officials salvaged approximately 358 pieces from the 17,609 estimated pieces of mail on the flight.
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Realized: $5,750