The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-10-02

was made in the fall of 1906 with
the L. z. III and from that time
until his death in 1917, Zeppelin
continued to build airShips at
Freidrichshafen, where he was
born.
The greatest achievement in dir
igible construction, built upon his
foundation, was realized after
Zeppelin's death, in the marvellous
performance of the l.. z. 127,
known as the Graf Zeppelin (Graf
meaning Count. Built and COM
manded by DR.. Hugo Eckener,
Zeppelin's friend and associate,
the Graf Zeppelin made her first
Atlantic crossing in 1928, circled
the globe in 1929 and began
regular commercial trips from
Germany to Brazil in 1880, max
ing her seventh trip this season
on Sept. goth.
The United States will issue a
special 50-cent stamp for use on
mail carried by the Zeppelin on
her forthcoming flight. The
stamp will be the same shape and
size as the current airmail stamp
with the central design a repre-
sentation of the dirigible over the
Atlantic ocean. 1t will be placed
on sale at the New York post
office Oct. 2, to accommodate COL
lectors who wish covers aboard
when the airShip leaves Germany.
All such covers should be adj
dressed properly, accompanied by
a postal order for the correct
amount of postage required and
sent under separate cover to reach
the postmaster in New York,
N. Y, not later than noon, Oct. 4.
The cost per ounce leaving New
York and including the return to
any address in the United States
follows: Carried by airship from
Germany to Brazil, the remain
der of the trip by boat, so cents;
or Germany via Brazil to Miami
by airship, 81; or the same trip
to Chicago or Akron, O., $3.50;
if taken back to Germany by air.
ship, thus making the round trip
by air and then returning to the
United States by boat, So.
y II u
IF German or Brazilian stamps
Il are preferred, send to F. w. Won
Meister, 354 Fourth Avenue New
York, N. Y, and add 10 cents to
each of the above amounts.
Zeppelin stamps will be on sale at
Chicago, Akron, and Miami before
Oct. %, and poStmasters will
handle addressed covers at the
rate of so cents each. Fifty cents
also is the rate on the return trip
to Germany, including return to
the United States. Such covers
should be sent to the postmaster
either at Chicago or Akron and
space allowed on the left hand side
of the envelope for a cachet.
The cover here pictured is part
of an almost complete Graf Yep
pelin collection owned by c. o.
Warnock of this city. 1t was
carried on the first trip from Ger
many to Brazil. Mr.. Warnock has
two around the world covers, one
starting from Japan and the
other making the entire trip, for
which he has been offered $50.
Zeppelin covers and stamps
make a valuable and exclusive COL
lection Brazil and Liechtenstein
each have issued one set of Yep
pelin stamps, Germany and the
United States have had two issues
each and Bolivia, Argentina, Ice
land, Finland, Russia, and Egypt
have surcharged stamps for eX-
elusive Zeppelin use.
Working as an engineer with
the Colonial army, the Polish gen.
eral, Thaffeus KoSciusko, was re-
sponsible for the Notifications at
Philadelphia, Saratoga and West
Point, as well as giving other mill
tary assistance. AS a reward, the
Continental congress made him
brigadier- general and offered him
American citizenship in 1888.
In commemoration of this act
scent stamp will be issued on
Oct. Is, to be placed on sale first
at Chicago, Boston, Detroit, st.
Louis and Buffalo, N. Y.
Collectors desiring f1rst-day
cancellations may send addressed
covers with cash or money order
to the postmasters of the desig-
mated cities not later than Oct.
II. The central figure of the
stamp will be likeness of Kos
ciusko taken from a statue in La
fayette park in Washington, D.
G. Five of the gallant foreigners
who fought with the coloniSts
during the Revolution now have
been honored with a commemora-
tive stamp, Won Stuben, in 1880
De Grasse and Rochambeau, on
the Yorktown issue of 1881, and
the other Polish patriot, Pulaski,
in 1881.