Worldwide Stamps and Covers BRITISH COMMONWEALTH IRAQ Zeppelin Flights
Sale No: 0523
Lot No:650
Symbol:e
1936 Hindenburg 1st North America Flight, Friedrichshafen to Lakehurst, registered cover franked with a 50f brown tied by Baghdad cds, with five German stamps totaling 50pf (including complete Winter Olympics, B79-81) tied by Leipzig cds 4 May; Frankfurt "d" flight cachet, backstamped New York, 9 & 11 May. A very rare combination Hindenburg dispatch from Iraq (Sieger unlisted) (Image)