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| Flight Number | GZII 08 a |
|---|---|
| Airship Number | LZ 130 Graf Zeppelin |
| Flight Name | Sudetenland Flight |
| Departure Date | December 2, 1938 |
| Departure Location | Frankfurt, Germany |
| Arrival Date | December 3, 1938 |
| Arrival Location | Frankfurt, Germany |
| Dispatch Type | Rhein-Main Cancel, Reichenberg (Sudetenland) Drop |
| Value | $ |
Notes
This was a propaganda flight undertaken in support of a purported "election" in which occupants of the Czech Sudentenland could vote for that region to be absorbed into the German Reich. The airship dropped 105,000 pieces of mail over Reichenberg in the Sudetenland, along with propaganda leaflets, of which there are sixteen varieties. The arrival cancel applied to the dropped mail urged "a yes for your Fuhrer" in the supposed election.
This example features a variety of the red flight cachet where the zeppelin has a rounded rather than pointed nose.