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Post Office Expedite Labels

Bill Ruh has sent us ten copies of Hindenburg covers from 1936. Four of the ten contain Expedite labels marked Postamt The covers are arranged according to flight number and date. All of them are from and to the same persons, flown from New York to Danzig, beginning with the first flight of ‘36.

Illustration 5: Hindenburg cover flown on first 1936 flight from Lakehurst 11.5.36, with backstamps from Frankfort/Main (1 4.5 36), Berlin a (1 4.5 36) and Danzig/Langfuhr (15536). Total postage: U.S. 43 cents.

Danzig Report Nr. 86 - January - February - March - 1995, Page 5.