Today I want to blog about my favorite stamps of all time, which of course is, the three Graf Zeppelin stamps of 1930. Although 3,260,000 stamps were printed only 10% or a little over 300,000 stamps survived. The mint, after disappointing sales, destroyed 90% of the remaining stamps. Think of 10"s of millions of collectors through out the world trying to buy the 300,000 remaining stamps. Now you know why the value of the stamps have stayed high for the last 40 years.
The Zeppelin was a rigid air ship that flew more than a million miles between 1928 and 1937. the Hindenburg, the most famous of the Zeppelins crashed in 1937 in New Jersey and 35 people died out of the 97 on board.
why is the postage amount so high on these stamps? wouldn't stamps have only been a couple cents in the 30's?
ReplyDeleteBecause in 1937 the postal rates from San Francisco to Hawaii was 20 cent per 1/2 oz, to the Philippines was 50 cent per 1/2 oz, and to China was 70 cents per 1/2 oz. The Zeppelins flew from the United states to Europe in just a few days, compared to Ocean liners that took 2 weeks. So if you add extra money for the speed added to the weight, you get the price of the postage.
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ReplyDeletevery informative, thank you!
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