1936 Hindenburg Germany - USA

1936 LZ129 Hindenburg Germany - USA flown cover with five Olympic stamps and a LZ129 Zeppelin 50pf stamp. Purple Deutsche Luftpost Europa-NordAmerika cancellation. Hindenburg illustration & 'First Europe-America Hindenburg Flight' text. New York typed address.

The Hindenburg was a German passenger airship named after Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg, President of Germany from 1925 until his death in 1934. The airship was in service from March 1936 until it was destroyed on May 6^th 1937 when it caught fire during an attempt to dock at the Naval Air Station in Lakehurst, New Jersey.