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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;scottishmoney, post: 1670403, member: 12789&quot;]You force my paw:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.scottishmoney.net/germany/dreimark1930.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.scottishmoney.net/germany/funfmark1930.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The Graf Zeppelin flew around the world in 1929 - while it was not the first aircraft to fly around the world, it was the first to do it with much longer flights in betwixt landings.&nbsp; Several records were broken, speed, time etc.&nbsp; The flight across Russia and Siberia was a first.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course it was a major event in Germany - enough so that commemorative 3 and 5 RM coins were issued in 1929 and 1930 - the latter in large enough numbers that they are easily available to modern collectors.&nbsp; Which is fortunate because the postage stamps from that era that were issued for the Zeppelin flights are practically stratospheric price wise.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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