On the occasion of LUPOSTA a “balloon mail” with children’s balloons was organised. The postcards bear on the front the details of the exhibition as well as the request that the card should be sent back with details of the place where found and the address of the finder. The back of the card has a picture with the exhibition logo on. Although these cannot be classed as true airmail items, these very rarely encountered cards are much sought after by Danzig collectors.
73 171 5th flight to South America 29 August — 7 September. S/HS
74 177 6th flight to South America 12 — 21 September. S/US
75 183 7th flight to South America 26 September — 4 October. S/HS
76 189 8th flight to South America 9 — 19 October. S/HS
77 195 9th flight to South America 24 October - 3 November. S/US
Connecting flights from Berlin were also arranged for the 5th to 9th flights to South America. Connections from Stuttgart to these flights were also made but there was hardly any Danzig mail on them.
On the various 1932 flights to South America the amounts of Danzig mail carried are only known by their gram weights. Thus the following weights of post are obtained
1st flight to South America 871g
2nd flight to South America 549g
3rd flight to South America 582g
4th flight to South America 772g
5th flight to South America 676g
6th flight to South America 583g
7th flight to South America , 393g
8th flight to South America 284g
9th flight to South America 726g
Zeppelin mail 1933
78 201 Flight to Germany 1 May. S/HS
79 202 1st flight to South America 6 - 17 May. S/US
On this flight it was permitted for the first time that sendings could be meter-franked rather than franked with postage stamps for Zeppelin mail. Such sendings from Danzig are predominantly franked with the meter franking of the Zoppot municipal authority along with the slogan advertising the Forest Opera.
80 207 Flight to Rome 29 — 30 May. S/HS
81 214 2nd flight to South America 3 - 13 June. S/HS
82 217 Flight to Saar 25 June. S/HS
83 219 3rd flight to South America 1 - 12 July. S/HS
84 222 Flight to Switzerland 18 July. S/HS
85 223 4th flight to South America 5 — 15 August. S/HS
86 226 5th flight to South America 19 - 29 August. S/HS
87 229 6th flight to South America 2 — 12 September. S/HS
88 232 7th flight to South America 16 — 26 September. S/HS
89 235 8th flight to South America 30 September -10 November S/HS
Danzig Report Vol. 1 - Nr. 64 - July - August - September - 1989, Page 17.
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