Friedrichshafen: Zeppelin LZ 127 Landing Water Ballast Cachet (Vintage RPPC 1931)

vintage real photo style postcard titled lz 127. graf zeppelin. bei der landung. das luftschiff laesst wasserballast ab, showing the famous german rigid airship lz 127 graf zeppelin releasing water ballast during landing while crowds and ground crew watch below.
published by graph. kunst- u. verlagsanstalt a. weber & co., stuttgart (no. 6691), from an official photograph by luftschiffbau zeppelin g.m.b.h.
features a purple circular souvenir cachet on the reverse reading graf zeppelin l.z. 127 friedrichshafen.
postally used and cancelled in friedrichshafen (bodensee) on april 18, 1931, franked with an 8 pfennig deutsches reich friedrich ebert definitive stamp. handwritten message in german dated april 18, 1931 mentioning watching the zeppelin ascend, addressed to pirmasens.

size: ~ 9 x 14 cm (1 cm ~ 0.39 inch)

postally used in 1931

condition: very good to excellent...please also refer to scans which show complete front and back of postcard

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