Group of Four Pre WW1 Flight Based Postcards – Nulli Secundus

Here is a group of four Edwardian pre WW1 postcards one of which I found to be very interesting it features the Nulli Secundus the first British army Dirigible No1 semi-rigid airship, the first powered military aircraft, this card shows it in flight over London, it was first tested in September 1907 and in October was flown over London taking in the sights including St Pauls, due to return home...  read more

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Rare 1929 Commemorative badge Zeppelin LZ127

In 1929 the German Zeppelin airship LZ127 circumnavigated the globe, its starting point was Lakehurst New Jersey, from there to Friedrichshafen in Germany onto Tokyo (spelt Tokio on badge) then Los Angeles before returning to Lakehurst, the trip took 21 days and covered 30,000 miles.
Commemoratives where produced and sold in most locations this one I think comes from Germany, it ...  read more

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Two Modern Zeppelin Postcards from Original Photo’s

These are French issue postcards, fairly modern showing the French airship ‘Spiess’ and the other a German zepellin airship which was forced to land at Luneville both pictures taken from original photo’s. Both come in very good condition.  read more

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Good Vintage Photo Postcard German Airship LZ8

This is a great vintage photo postcard of the German airship LZ8 which had its maiden voyage on the 30th March 1911 and just under two months later was caught by a strong crosswind while being walked out of its hangar and damaged beyond repair on 16 May 1911. It comes in very good condition and has not been written on.  read more

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Good Vintage Photograph – British Army Dirigible No2A 1910

This photo taken around 1910 shows a British army dirigible, on the back of the pic it suggests that it is ‘No2A’ but my research indicates that it might be the earlier version known as Beta 1, below is a bit of history for the model. This picture comes in very good condition with signs of age and measures 7 inches x 5.
The Beta 1 was a non-rigid airship constructed for experimen...  read more

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Good Vintage Airship Photograph 1909 – Espana

Below is a bit of history for the production of airships including the Espana, on the back of the photo it has ‘Espagna wreck 1909’ and then a sentence possibly in Spanish, I cant find details for this ship being wrecked but in the photo it doesn’t look good! Comes in good order with some surface marks to the photo, it measures 7 inches x 5.
In 1902, the Spanish engineer Leonard...  read more

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Pre WW1 Postcard - French Air Ship the Patrie

The ‘Patrie’ was the first airship built for the French military, she was completed in 1906 and had training manoeuvres in 1907, in November 1907 she broke her moorings in a storm and drifted from France to Ireland, she came to ground but was blown back into the air and vanished across the ocean never to be seen again.
The postcard shows the ship in flight and is in very good con...  read more

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Two Pre WW2 Photo Postcards – LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin

Both of these postcards have the date of 1943 on the back but by then the Graf Zeppelin had been retired for 3 years so I am assuming the date to be an error. Both photo postcards come in very good condition.  read more

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Vintage Postcard Shots of American Airships 1946

Two vintage photo postcards dated 1946 showing American airships at I assume an airshow in this country as the photographers details are for Liverpool, one shows the airship ‘resolute’ and the other the ‘macon’, there is a third small photo of part of the resolute, this is a bit worn on the surface, the postcards are in very good condition.  read more

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Vintage German Postcard – Graf Zeppelin at Dock

Original photo postcard of the famous Graf Zeppelin at dock with numerous soldiers marching past, with official stamps on the back. It comes in very good condition.  read more

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