This is an unaddressed commemorative cover celebrating the 40th anniversary of the LZ 129 Hindenburg's 1936 Frankfurt-to-Lakehurst flights, featuring a vibrant Zaso silk cachet.
Year of Issue: 1976.
Cachet Producer: Zaso.
Cachet Design: A color silk appliqué illustrating the Hindenburg airship flying over a hangar. The surrounding text reads "HINDENBURG / 40th ANNIVERSARY" and "62-HINDENBURG FRANKFURT-LAKEHURST FLIGHT No. 7".
Postmark: Tied by two clear circular datestamps from Frankfurt am Main Flughafen (Airport), Germany, dated August 16, 1976.
Postage: Deutsche Bundespost (West Germany) 10-pfennig stamp featuring an electric train.
Addressee: Unaddressed.
Entering service in March 1936, the German Zeppelin airship Hindenburg inaugurated the first scheduled transatlantic passenger and mail flights. Throughout its highly successful 1936 season, the airship made numerous round trips between Frankfurt, Germany, and the U.S. Naval Air Station at Lakehurst, New Jersey, crossing the ocean in about half the time of contemporary ocean liners. This 1976 cover was produced to commemorate the 40th anniversary of those historic 1936 flights, which remain a major milestone in early commercial aviation history despite the airship's tragic destruction the following year.
This is a clean, legible piece for collectors specializing in Zeppelin postal history, aviation topicals, or classic silk cachets.