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1937 (May 5): Hindenburg Disaster Flight. Largely intact cover with scorched edges, bearing Hindenburg definitives 1 pf., two copies 12 pf. orange from a booklet sheet and 50 pf., cancelled on board and tied by bold purple "Deutsche Luftpost Europa-Nordamerika Luftschiff Hindenburg 5.5.1937" double-circle datestamp and addressed to Michael Anzer in Chicago, in original cellophane wrapper with Post Office Department seals. A very fine cover recovered from the wreck of the Zeppelin airship 'HINDENBURG' which exploded on Thursday, 6 May 1937 when it was approaching to make a landing at Lakehurst. There are six covers known to the addressee M. Anzer, all posted on board, while there was no passenger of that name. Cover described and shown in Leder "LZ-129 Hindenburg Zeppelin Crash Mail" on p. 142. Cert. Alexander Berezowski (October 1937).
