Gambia - Graf Zeppelin Pendulum Flights. 1935 (Nov 21) Cover...

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Gambia - Graf Zeppelin Pendulum Flights. 1935 (Nov 21) Cover from Recife to Bathurst franked Brazil 200r + 2000r pair inscribed "Graf Zeppelin" and bearing a "VIA / CONDOR - ZEPPELIN" label with red "DEUTSCHE LUFTPOST / EUROPA - SUDAMERIKA" cachet, backstamped at Stuttgart (Nov 25) and Bathurst (Nov 29), then reposted from Bathurst (Nov 30) to Pernambuco franked Silver Jubilee 6d (2), with Recife arrival c.d.s (Dec 2). The Graf Zeppelin flew three pendulum flights between Brazil and Gambia in November when the usual Deutsche Lufthansa service was suspended whilst the service ships in the Atlantic were being repaired. This cover carried on the second Zeppelin flight to Bathurst, then strangely flown from Bathurst to Stuttgart by Deutsche Lufthansa, returned by DLH then flown back on the third return flight by Graf Zeppelin. A little light staining but an exceptionally scarce double pendulum flight cover. Photo on Page 124.