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Wednesday, May 19, 2010

GRAF ZEPPELIN MAIL - 1930 EUROPE-PAN AMERICA ROUND FLIGHT, SPANISH DISPATCHES

LUFTSCHIFF GRAF ZEPPELIN
EUROPE-PAN AMERICA ROUND FLIGHT, SPANISH DISPATCHES 
SEVILLA, SPAIN TO LAKEHURST, NEW JERSEY, USA
This leg of the flight: May 19, 1930 - May 31, 1930

Spain did not issue any special Zeppelin stamps for this service, but applied a special red cachet to all mail.

The "American Air Mail Catalogue, Volume 1" (fifth edition, 1974), states that 2,210 covers and 638 post cards were carried on the Sevilla, Spain to Lakehurst leg of the flight.

Cover and cachet by A.C. Roessler of East Orange, N.J.  Notable franking includes Spain's airmail stamp Scott C5.