German Empire - Slingshot flight (catapult mail) from
Are you interested in this item?This item is up for auction at Catawiki. Please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the Catawiki website. Catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available. Our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store. Between and , in addition to the ocean crossings with the Zeppelin, so-called 'catapult flights' were carried out from and to America. The Bremen and Europe steamboats were equipped with a catapult with a Junkers aircraft. To shorten the delivery times, the catapult with aircraft was started approx. miles before the coast. Post which was transported via catapult post flight reached the coast 1-2 days earlier than the steamboat.Rare catapult post letter from flight on 4/5 June dispatched on board with the corresponding sea mail cancellation. Pristine and flawless condition, see scansCatalogue value: €175 (grey, , Netto catalogue)Insured shipping Read more