Zeppelin NT, 80 years of expedition to South America LZ 127 - document, Germany

On June 5, 2010, the mailbag with the receipts for the 80th anniversary of the S & uuml; damerikafahrt of the LZ 127 "Graf Zeppelin" was carried with the Zeppelin NT. The receipts are franked with the postage stamp of the Deutsche Post AG from the block "Day of the Postage Stamp - Historical Airship Traffic to South America". This stamp shows the depiction of the airship "LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin". The stamps were canceled with the special postmark from Friedrichshafen "80 years S & uuml; damerikafahrt LZ 127".

The S & uuml; damerikafahrt of the LZ 127 "Graf Zeppelin, which was highly regarded at the time "was full from May 18 to June 6, 1930.

The route led from Friedrichshafen via Seville to Recife, for the first time across the South Atlantic. This was followed by the drive to Lakehurst of 69 hours and a distance of 7490 km. On June 2nd, "Graf Zeppelin" took off in Lakehurst to drive home to Friedrichshafen and arrived there on June 6th after a stopover in Seville.