page_title: Flugpost am Rhein und am Main
section_title: Event overview
hierarchical_section_title: Flugpost am Rhein und am Main / Event overview
caption_attribution_description: English: 50 years of airmail Deutsch: 50 Jahre Luftpostbeförderung Graphics by Michel und Kieser Ausgabepreis: 60 Pfennig First Day of Issue / Erstausgabetag: 12. September 1962 Michel-Katalog-Nr: 230
context_page_description: The Flugpost am Rhein und am Main of 1912 was an early landmark in postal history, in which mail flights took place between Frankfurt am Main Mainz, Offenbach am Main, Worms and Darmstadt.
context_section_description: The airmail on the Rhine and Main took place from 9–23 June 1912 under the patronage of Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig and Grand Duchess Eleonore of Hesse. The proceeds went to the Großherzogliche Zentrale für Mutter- und Säuglingsfürsorge in Hessen (Grand Ducal Head Office for Mother and Infant Welfare in Hesse). The airmail was carried by the airship Schwaben and August Euler's aircraft Gelber Hund. In order for the cards to be transported they had to be provided with semi-official postage stamps, called airmail stamps. Although these had no postal value, but were instead issued by the event organizer, they received a postal validation.
caption: On the occasion of "50 years of airmail transport" a stamp was made in Berlin in 1962 showing a four-jet airplane. In front of the plane was the "Yellow Dog" from 1912 from the Euler company.
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