1) largest helium-filled airship
2) 73 dead=greatest aviation disaster prior to #WWII (Hindenburg: 36 lives lost)
3) dirigibles were under Navy command

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Akron

https://www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-topic/exploration-and-innovation/airships-dirigibles.html
#philately
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two postal covers

each bears at left a special rectangular cachet in purpile

text:

US NAVY 1932
U.S.S. AKRON
COAST TO COAST TRIP
CARRYING MAIL

the image shows the airship cruising from left to right over a psatoral landscape of farms. with the sun rising in the background

text at bottom

UNITED STATES
POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT

reverse sides

at upper right: cancellation, San Diego May 11 1932 7 PM along with an outline of a biplane with the motto AIRMAIL SAVES TIME

special oval stamp in purple

in the outer ring:

COAST TO COAST TRIP
P.O. DEPARTMENT (BACK STAMP

in the center:
U.S.S. AKRON
CARRYING AIR MAIL
LEFT LAKEHURST
MAY 8 1932

**Cletus."El Viejo"** @Cletus@mastodon.la · 4d

Cletus."El Viejo" @Cletus@mastodon.la

Sello de la Unión Soviética de 1949

Escudo nacional

#Stamps #SellosPostales #Filatelia

**Cletus."El Viejo"** @Cletus@mastodon.la · 6d

Cletus."El Viejo" @Cletus@mastodon.la

Sello de Portugal de 1972

Universidad de Coimbra

#Stamps #SellosPostales #Filatelia

**Cletus."El Viejo"** @Cletus@mastodon.la · Mar 31

Mar 31

Cletus."El Viejo" @Cletus@mastodon.la

Sello de Alemania de 1957

Serie: Mineros del carbón

Picador

#stamps #SellosPostales #Philately

**Cletus."El Viejo"** @Cletus@mastodon.la · Mar 30

Mar 30

Cletus."El Viejo" @Cletus@mastodon.la

Sello de Polonia del 2010

Serie: Amor

#stamps #SellosPostales #Filatelia

**Haliotis Pourtales** @Haliotis94@mastodon.social · Mar 29

Mar 29

Haliotis Pourtales @Haliotis94@mastodon.social

Postal de Colombia: Ximena Barrera

#Colombia #XimenaBarrera #Postales

**Cletus."El Viejo"** @Cletus@mastodon.la · Mar 29

Mar 29

Cletus."El Viejo" @Cletus@mastodon.la

Sello de Tanzania de 1994

Serie: Fauna protegida

Oso panda

#Stamps #SellosPostales #Philately

**Tom Hunt** @tomhunt@vermont.masto.host · Mar 28

Mar 28

Tom Hunt @tomhunt@vermont.masto.host

Network news doesn't usually notice the art on a new postage #stamp. But, of course, the late #BettyWhite was always tough to ignore.

https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/celebrity/betty-whites-new-stamp-hidden-details-story-full-heart-rcna198424

NBC News · Mar 27Betty White's new stamp has hidden details — and a story full of heartBy Alex Portée, TODAY

#USPS #Philately

**Cletus."El Viejo"** @Cletus@mastodon.la · Mar 27

Mar 27

Cletus."El Viejo" @Cletus@mastodon.la

Sello de Yemen del norte de 1969

Serie: Olimpiadas culturales. Cuadros de la galería nacional. Londres

Retrato de niña de Jan Gossaert Mabuse

#Stamps #SellosPostales #Filatelia

**Cletus."El Viejo"** @Cletus@mastodon.la · Mar 26

Mar 26

Cletus."El Viejo" @Cletus@mastodon.la

Sello de Santo Tomé y Príncipe de 1993

Serie: trenes

#Stamps #SellosPostales #Filatelia

**Tom Hunt** @tomhunt@vermont.masto.host · Mar 26

Mar 26

Tom Hunt @tomhunt@vermont.masto.host

"Historic Battlefields of the American Revolution" #stamps will be released by #USPS in a #ConcordMA ceremony three weeks from now. 15 stamps recall five battles: Lexington & Concord, Bunker / Breed's Hill, Trenton, Saratoga, Yorktown.

https://about.usps.com/newsroom/national-releases/2025/0306ma-usps-to-issue-stamps-of-historic-battlefields-of-the-american-revolution.htm

about.usps.comUSPS to Issue Stamps of Historic Battlefields of the American RevolutionA first-day-of-issue ceremony for Battlefields of the American Revolution, new Forever stamps to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the start of the American Revolutionary War.

#Philately #BattlefieldsStamps #USHistory