Graf Zeppelin 50c Airmail Stamp

United States · 1933 · 50¢

The stamp features the Graf Zeppelin LZ-127 airship in flight, with a stylized globe in the background, commemorating its journey to the 1933 Chicago World's Fair.

Issued by the U.S. Post Office Department, 42½ cents of the stamp's value helped defray the costs of the Graf Zeppelin's special flight to Chicago for the Century of Progress Exposition.