Hindenburg disaster card

Image: Smithsonian's National Postal Museum
September 12, 2013
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Hindenburg disaster card
Image: Smithsonian's National Postal Museum

Hindenburg disaster card, May 6, 1937.
Under this panel is a piece of mail salvaged from the wreckage of the airship Hindenburg. The burnt card reached its address in a glassine with an official seal. At least 360 of the more than 17,000 pieces of mail on board the airship survived the disastrous fire.