OtherUS Los Angeles ZR 3 Page 2

Cachets should be listed in chronological order based on earliest known usage. Use the postmark date or best guess. This applies to add-on cachets as well.

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Ring Laying July 1922 - Launched August 1924 - Commissioned 25 November 1924 - Decommissioned 30 June 1932 - Struck from Naval Register 24 October 1939 -
Broken up for scrap in 1941
Built in 1923–1924 by the Zeppelin company in Friedrichshafen, Germany, as war reparation. It was delivered to the United States Navy in October 1924 and after being used mainly for experimental work, particularly in the development of the American parasite fighter program, was decommissioned in 1932.

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1. USS LOS ANGELES ZR-3 Covers Page 1 (1924)
   
2. USS LOS ANGELES ZR-3 Covers Page 2 (1925)
   
3. USS LOS ANGELES ZR-3 Covers Page 3 (1930-1996)
   

 

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N/A			1925-02-18 USPO Machine Cancel Washington DC USPO 4-bar Cancel "Air Mail Service" New York NY
			Flight from Lakehurst to Hamilton, Bermuda

Machine cancel on the back dated 21 Feb 1925 Hamilton Bermuda.

 

N/A		N/A	1925-02-19 USPO Duplex Cancel New York NY USPO 4-bar Cancel "Air Mail Service" New York NY
			Flight to Hamilton, Bermuda

Note:

 

N/A			1925-02-19 USPO Machine Cancel Newark NJ USPO 4-bar Cancel "Air Mail Service" New York NY
			Flight to Hamilton, Bermuda

Machine cancel on the back from Friedrichshafen, Germany

 

N/A			1925-04-10 USPO Slogan Machine Cancel Hud. Term. Sta. NY USPO 4-bar Cancel "Air Mail Service" New York NY
			Flight to Hamilton, Bermuda

Senders return address on the back.

 

N/A			1925-04-13 Bermuda Hand Cancel Hamilton Bermuda
			Flight to Lakehurst NJ

Registered mail. Registry Div. New York NY oval cancel dated 24 April 1925 and Registered round cancel dated 25 April 1925 from Millburn NJ on the back.

 

N/A			1925-04-15 USPO 4-bar Cancel "Air Mail Service" New York NY
			Flight to Hamilton, Bermuda

Machine cancel on the back dated 22 April 1925 Hamilton Bermuda.

 

N/A			1925-04-15 USPO 4-bar Cancel "Air Mail Service" New York NY
			Flight to Hamilton, Bermuda

Machine cancel on the back dated 22 April 1925 Hamilton Bermuda.

 

N/A			1925-04-15 USPO 4-bar Cancel "Air Mail Service" New York NY
			Flight to Hamilton, Bermuda

Hand cancel on the back dated 22 April 1925 St. Georges Bermuda. Cachet by A. C. Roessler.

 

N/A			1925-04-15 USPO 4-bar Cancel "Air Mail Service" New York NY
			Flight to Hamilton, Bermuda

Hand cancel on the back dated 22 April 1925 St. Georges Bermuda. Cachet by A. C. Roessler.

 

N/A			1925-04-15 USPO 4-bar Cancel "Air Mail Service" New York NY
			Flight to Hamilton, Bermuda

Hand cancel on the back dated 22 April 1925 St. Georges Bermuda. Cachet by A. C. Roessler.

 

N/A			1925-04-15 USPO 4-bar Cancel "Air Mail Service" New York NY
			Flight to Hamilton, Bermuda

Machine cancel on the back dated 22 April 1925 Hamilton Bermuda.

 

N/A			1925-04-15 USPO 4-bar Cancel "Air Mail Service" New York NY
			Flight to Hamilton, Bermuda

Machine cancel on the back dated 22 April 1925 Hamilton Bermuda.

 

N/A		N/A	1925-04-15 USPO 4-bar Cancel "Air Mail Service" New York NY
			Flight to Hamilton, Bermuda

Note:

 

N/A			1925-04-15 USPO 4-bar Cancel "Air Mail Service" New York NY
			Flight to Hamilton, Bermuda

Hand cancel on the back dated 22 April 1925 St. Georges Bermuda. 3-line rubber stamp cachet.

 

N/A		N/A	1925-04-15 USPO 4-bar Cancel "Air Mail Service" New York NY
			Flight to Hamilton, Bermuda

Note:

 

N/A		N/A	1925-04-15 USPO 4-bar Cancel "Air Mail Service" New York NY
			Flight to Hamilton, Bermuda

Airmail envelope.

 

N/A			1925-04-15 USPO 4-bar Cancel "Air Mail Service" New York NY
			Flight to Hamilton, Bermuda

Machine cancel on the back dated 22 April 1925 Hamilton Bermuda.

 

N/A			1925-04-15 USPO 4-bar Cancel "Air Mail Service" New York NY
			Flight to Hamilton, Bermuda

Machine cancel on the back dated 22 April 1925 Hamilton Bermuda. Add-on cachet by Melissa Fox.

 

N/A		N/A	1925-04-15 USPO 4-bar Cancel "Air Mail Service" New York NY
			Flight to Hamilton, Bermuda

Cachet by A. C. Roessler.

 

N/A			1925-04-16 Machine Cancel Hamilton Bermuda
			Flight from Hamilton, Bermuda

Typed cachet. Machine cancel dated 24 April 1925, East Orange NJ on the back.

 

N/A		N/A	1925-04-16 Machine Cancel Hamilton Bermuda
			Flight from Hamilton, Bermuda

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N/A		N/A	1925-04-16 Machine Cancel Hamilton Bermuda
			Flight from Hamilton, Bermuda

Note:

 

N/A		N/A	1925-04-16 Machine Cancel Hamilton Bermuda
			Flight from Hamilton, Bermuda

Note:

 

N/A		N/A	1925-04-17 Machine Cancel Hamilton Bermuda
			Flight from Hamilton, Bermuda

Note:

 

N/A			1925-04-18 USPO 4-bar Cancel "Air Mail Service" New York NY
			Flight to Hamilton, Bermuda

Machine cancel on the back dated 22 April 1925 Hamilton Bermuda.

 

N/A		N/A	1925-04-18 USPO 4-bar Cancel "Air Mail Service" New York NY
			Flight to Hamilton, Bermuda

Note:

 

N/A			1925-04-25 USPO Machine Cancel Varick St. Sta. NY 1 USPO 4-bar Cancel "Air Mail Service" New York NY
			Flight to Porto Rico

Duplex cancel (1) dated 6 May 1925 San Juan P.R. on the back.

 

N/A			1925-04-25 USPO Duplex Cancel Sta. Y New York NY USPO 4-bar Cancel "Air Mail Service" New York NY
			Flight to Porto Rico

Duplex cancel (1) dated 6 May 1925 San Juan P.R. on the back.

 

N/A			1925-04-25 USPO Duplex Cancel Sta. Y New York NY USPO 4-bar Cancel "Air Mail Service" New York NY
			Flight to Porto Rico

Duplex cancel (1) dated 6 May 1925 San Juan P.R. on the back.

 

N/A			1925-04-26 USPO Duplex Cancel Varick St. Sta. New York NY USPO 4-bar Cancel "Air Mail Service" New York NY
			Flight to Porto Rico

Machine cancel dated 6 May 1925 San Juan P.R. on the back.

 

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