Set Date(s)
20 August 1929
Catapult Post
Bremen – New York (20 August 1929)
Haberer 3b (front)
Haberer 3b (rear)
Haberer 3c (front)
Haberer 3c (rear)
On 20 August 1929, Bremen launched a catapult flight to New York.
Mail carried on the flight was stamped with a catapult flight cachet. The last “9” in the flight cachet date is a modified “8”.
Flight Cachet
Mail carried on board also bears the “Mit Katapultflug” cachet required on all catapult airmail from mid-August 1929 through 1930.
Catapult Flight Cachet
This voyage of the Bremen was the first in which mail was delivered from Köln to Cherbourg via a supplementary flight, then loaded onto the Bremen.
Supplementary Flight Cachet
Mail originating on-board Bremen was cancelled with Bremen‘s postmark.
Bremen Postmark
Bremen – New York (20 August 1929)
Haberer 3b (front)
Haberer 3b (rear)
Haberer 3c (front)
Haberer 3c (rear)
On 20 August 1929, Bremen launched a catapult flight to New York.
Mail carried on the flight was stamped with a catapult flight cachet. The last “9” in the flight cachet date is a modified “8”.
Flight Cachet
Mail carried on board also bears the “Mit Katapultflug” cachet required on all catapult airmail from mid-August 1929 through 1930.
Catapult Flight Cachet
This voyage of the Bremen was the first in which mail was delivered from Köln to Cherbourg via a supplementary flight, then loaded onto the Bremen.
Supplementary Flight Cachet
Mail originating on-board Bremen was cancelled with Bremen‘s postmark.
Bremen Postmark