Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin became interested in constructing a "dirigible balloon" after the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/1871, where he witnessed the use of French balloons during the siege of Paris. He had also encountered the military use of such aircraft in 1863 during the American Civil War, in which he participated as a military observer on the side of the Union. He began to seriously pursue his project after his early retirement from the military in 1890 at the age of 52.
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Deluxe sheet Djibouti airmail 1980 - Zeppelin
100F airmail 1980
D-LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin 1928
Egypt April 1931
Art. # 301775
Deluxe sheet Djibouti airmail 1980 - Zeppelin
150F airmail 1980
LZ 3. 1907 Ferdinand Von Zeppelin 1838-1917
Art. # 301776
Lebaudy airship on picture postcard 1905
With original autograph Garlot
Art. # 306763
Comoros 1977 - s/s with the "NORD EXPRESS"
Art. # 407002
Südamerikafahrt Zeppelin L.Z.127
Expertised
Art. # 423775
Polar-Flight 1931 complete mint never hinged
Expertised
Art. # 303633
Polarfahrt Graf Zeppelin L.Z.127
Expertised
Art. # 423768
Polarfahrt Graf Zeppelin L.Z.127
Expertised
Art. # 423770
Airmails 1934 Lilienthal & Zeppelin
Some items are hinged - Michel catalogue value 480,-
Art. # 303599
3 Reichsmark with vertical gum rippling
Expertised
Art. # 306590
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