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HINDENBURG LZ129 OLYMPIC FLOWN COVERS (2)

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HINDENBURG LZ129 OLYMPIC FLOWN COVERS (2)
1936 Olympic Flight - On 1 August 1936, the Hindenburg (LZ-129) made a round-trip flight from Frankfurt over the grounds of the 1936 Summer Olympics. The flight carried over 100,000 pieces of mail. Cancels exist from Frankfurt Rhein-Main, on-board, and the numerous treaty states. Frankfurt Rhein-Main Cancel Mail carried on board bears a red or red-lilac confirmation stamp. The covers offered here are bear arrival stamps from the Flug-und Luftschiffhafen Rhein-Main, Frankfurt. Two pieces.