Author: Anthony Sheehan

Originally Published September 2006 A few years ago, I asked the question, ‘If Graf Zeppelin carried mail from Helsinki, did she bring any mail to Helsinki?’   Kaj Hellman, the Finnish stamp auctioneer, replied ‘Yes’.   In fact, 2110 postcards and 1246…...

Originally Published June 2006 I wrote about the production of the ZEPPELIN overprint, 1930. I now consider what happened to the mail it generated, and how philatelists made the most of the stamps then available. The occasion gave the opportunity…...