Content of Michel Handbook Zeppelin- und Flugpost-Spezial 2017/2018:

Zeppelin mail carried on journeys of the big air ships according to stages. Army and Navy airships, American airships, State treaty Post. Airmail with pioneer flights as well as first and opening flights of scheduled air mail traffic in Germany between 1919 and 1945; presentation and quotation of Airmail postmarks, listing of semi-official flight and airmail stamps. Table and listing of the German airmail stamps until 1945.

Description:

• New: Hardcover with ribbon bookmark
• New edition after a 15-years break
• New: Many images in colour
• Complete revision of the whole reference work, detailed revaluation of the documents with numerous price changes most of them increases!
• Many new documents discovered: The part Zeppelin mail has grown by over 100 pages
• Even clearer preparation and presentation of information, however, proven principle of naming after the journey list of the Zeppelin shipyard is maintained
• Completion and revision of combinations of zeppelin mail and catapult flights
• More than 1700 illustrations and about 8000 price quotations

The Michel Catalog Plattenfehler Bund/Berlin is a handbook that provides guidance about what can – and cannot – be included in a plate flaw collection. Only deviations confirmed as plate flaws are catalogued. Yet a true plate flaw should be visible. Therefore the MICHEL Editorial Team only presents striking plate flaws that are clearly distinctive to anyone with a 20-20 vision and without a magnifying glass.The air journey to America from May 16, 1929 already ended on May 17, in the French town Cuers with a forced landing of LZ 127. After repair the airship returned to Friedrichshafen.

On board: 10 documents with French and German double franking. The value has more than doubled in the new Zeppelin and Airmail Specialized.

Image: Auctions House Felzmann

Target Group:

Stamp collectors specialized in booklets of Germany, experts, dealers, thematic collectors, study groups, teachers

Additional Information:

3rd edition, in colour
576 pages
Format: 155 x 230 mm, Hardcover
First day of sale: September 8, 2017
Publisher: Schwaneberger Verlag GmbH
Language: German
ISBN: 978-3-95402-161-1

Press Release

This 3rd Edition of the popular Michel Handbook Zeppelin- und Flugpost-Spezial contains lots of new information:

• The zeppelin mail section has grown by more than 100 pages
• Many newly discovered vouchers have been added.
• We have completely revised and re-designed the whole structure of the zeppelin mail section. The tried-and-true principle of specifying the trips based on the logbook of the zeppelin dockyard has been kept.
• We have carefully revised the combinations of zeppelin mail and catapult flights and included many supplements.
• Additional focal points:
  • the South America trip of LZ 127, “Graf Zeppelin“, in the Year of 1930, or
  • the last journey of LZ 129, “Hindenburg“, to North America, which ended with the disastrous accident at Lakehurst on May 6th, 1937.
• Wherever possible, the illustrations are in colour.
• We have updated the appraisals. Many of the numerous modifications are higher appraisals.

Collectors now have an updated, comprehensive and clearly structured reference work at their fingertips. The information will help them to establish and expand their collections. Concerning zeppelin mail, this reference book also focuses on the mail transported by airplane up to World War Two.

Any revision as comprehensive as this one can only be prepared with the aid of numerous experts. At this point the publisher wants to thank the expert team that includes Günter Fuchs, Peter Hagedorn, Alfred Nuzinger and Gunter Weber from the Zeppelinpost Work Group, as well as Sandra Bohm, Helmut Herbrand and Dr. Karlheinz Herdt.

We especially want to thank – also in the name of each user of this book - Eckhard Förster and Karl Hofmeister. Their contributions were essential to the processing of this edition. They sacrificed a lot of spare time for more than a year to prepare this work.

The Michel Handbook Zeppelin- und Flugpost-Spezial describes and provides evidence of the first days of mail delivery by air. The mail pieces depicted here also show the pioneer spirit and romanticism of these early days of commercial aviation. Collectors will find all the information they need about this interesting topic in this book.

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Michel Handbuch Zeppelin- und Flugpost-Spezial 2017/2018

Inhalt:

Zeppelinteil mit Fahrten aller großen Luftschiffe nach Etappen gegliedert. Heeres- und Marine-Luftschiffe, Vertragsstaatenpost. Flugpostteil mit Pionierflugpost sowie Erst- und Eröffnungsflügen des planmäßigen Luftpostverkehrs in Deutschland zwischen 1919 und 1945; Darstellung und Bewertung von Flugpoststempeln, Katalogisierung von halbamtlichen Flug- und Flugpostmarken. Aufstellung und Katalogisierung der deutschen Flugpostmarken bis 1945.

Beschreibung:

• Neu: Festeinband und Lesebändchen
• Neuauflage nach 15-jähriger Pause!
• Neu: Viele Abbildungen in Farbe
• Überarbeitung des gesamten Nachschlagewerks, gründliche Neubewertung der Belege mit zahlreichen Preisänderungen – zumeist Steigerungen!
• Viele neue Belege entdeckt: Der Teil Zeppelinpost ist um über 100 Seiten gewachsen
• Noch übersichtlicherer Aufbau des Zeppelinteils, bewährtes Prinzip der Benennung nach dem Fahrtenverzeichnis der Zeppelin-Werft ist aber beibehalten
• Ergänzung und Überarbeitung der Kombinationen von Zeppelinpost und Katapultflügen
• Über 1700 Abbildungen und 8000 Preisnotierungen

Produktinformation:

3. Auflage, in Farbe
576 Seiten
Format: 155 x 230 mm, Hardcover
Erstverkaufstag: 8. September 2017
ISBN: 978-3-95402-161-1Die Amerikafahrt vom 16. Mai 1929 endete schon am 17. Mai in der französischen Stadt Cuers mit einer Notlandung des LZ 127. Nach der Reparatur fuhr das Luftschiff zurück nach Friedrichshafen.

Mit an Bord: 10 Belege mit französischer und deutscher Doppelfrankatur. Deren Wert hat sich im neuen Zeppelin- und Flugpost-Spezial mehr als verdoppelt.

Abbildung: Auktionshaus Felzmann

Presse Information

Diese 3. Auflage des beliebten MICHEL Zeppelin und Flugpost-Spezial enthält zahlreiche neue Informationen:

• Der Teil Zeppelinpost ist um über 100 Seiten gewachsen
  • Viele neuentdeckte Belege wurden aufgenommen
• Den gesamten Aufbau der Zeppelinpost haben wir vollständig überarbeitet und übersichtlicher gestaltet. Das bewährte Prinzip der Benennung der Fahrten nach dem Fahrtenverzeichnis der Zeppelin-Werft ist beibehalten
• Die Kombinationen von Zeppelinpost und Katapultflügen haben wir sorgfältig überarbeitet und mit vielen Ergänzungen versehen
• Weitere Schwerpunkte der Bearbeitung:
  • die Südamerikafahrt der LZ 127 „Graf Zeppelin“ im Jahr 1930 oder
  • die letzte Fahrt der LZ 129 „Hindenburg“ nach Nordamerika, die am 6. Mai 1937 mit dem Unglück von Lakehurst endete
• Die Abbildungen sind - so weit möglich - in Farbe
• Die Bewertungen haben wir auf den aktuellen Stand gebracht. Bei den vielen Änderungen handelt es sich vielfach um Höherbewertungen.

Der Sammler hat jetzt ein aktuelles, umfassendes und übersichtliches Werk zur Verfügung. Die Informationen helfen ihm beim Auf- und Ausbau seiner Sammlung. Zur Zeppelinpost behandelt dieses Werk auch die mit Flugzeugen beförderte Post bis in die Zeit des Zweiten Weltkriegs.

Eine umfangreiche Bearbeitung wie diese kann nur mit der Hilfe zahlreicher Experten vorgenommen werden. Der Verlag dankt an dieser Stelle dem Bearbeiterteam mit den Herren Günter Fuchs, Peter Hagedorn, Alfred Nuzinger und Gunter Weber von der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Zeppelinpost, sowie Frau Sandra Bohm und den Herren Helmut Herbrand und Dr. Karlheinz Herdt.

Unser ganz besonderer Dank, den wir auch im Namen der Nutzer dieses  Buches aussprechen, gilt den Herren Eckhard Förster und Karl Hofmeister. Deren Beiträge waren entscheidend bei der Bearbeitung dieser Auflage. Mehr als ein Jahr haben sie viel von ihrer Freizeit geopfert, um dieses Werk zu erarbeiten.

Der MICHEL Zeppelin- und Flugpost-Spezial beschreibt und zeigt Belege aus den Anfangstagen der Postbeförderung durch die Luft. Die hier erfassten Poststücke künden auch von Pioniergeist und Romantik dieser frühen Tage der kommerziellen Luftfahrt. Zu diesem interessanten Thema findet der Sammler in diesem Werk die Informationen, die er braucht.

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RedaktionSome links on the topic:

• International Federation of Aerophilatelic Societies (FISA) - http://www.fipearo.org
• Zeppelin Study Group - Germany : http://www.ezep.de
• Zeppelin Collector's Club @American Air Mail Society - http://www.americanairmailsociety.org
• Internationale Aero-Philatelisten Club (IAPC) e.V. - http://www.aerophila.com

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