Very rare and desirable Hindenburg disaster Thoolen Scout Jamboree cover that was recovered from the Hindenburg after the disaster around May 6, 1937. Possibly unpublished. Most people are aware that the Hindenburg (LZ-129) burst into flames while docking at Lakehurst, New Jersey on May 6, 1937. Nearly two-thirds of her passengers and crew survived the incident. In addition, at least 360 pieces of mail of the 17,609 pieces that were on board that day survived the fire. Some are scorched a bit, but most have edges burned away. One group of letters that was on the airship were a number sent from Rotterdam, the Netherlands, to "Mr. G. Thoolen, c/o Mr. Donald E. Dickason, Wooster, Ohio, US Amerika." These were postmarked at Rotterdam on May 1, 1937, then sent to Frankfurt and placed on the Hindenburg. At least 17 of the Thoolen pieces of mail survived. This example includes the Rotterdam postmark, although the stamp, which was theoretically a 12 1/2 cent Scout Jamboree (which occurred in the Netherlands in the summer of 1937) stamp (issued in the spring before the event), has burned nearly completely. Part of the Air Mail stamp has burned away as well. After the crash, if mail had a readable address, the Postal Service put it in a glassine envelope and sent it on its way to the intended recipient. A few are still found in those secondary covers and have become known as "ambulance envelopes." This cover is missing its glassine envelope, although the address is perfectly readable. In the various listings of the 17 Thoolen surviving covers, this one does not appear. It may have been in private hands for most of its "life." (See http://www.slettebo.no/scout/hindenburg.htm.)
Very rare and desirable Hindenburg disaster Thoolen Scout Jamboree cover that was recovered from the Hindenburg after the disaster around May 6, 1937. Possibly unpublished. Most people are aware that the Hindenburg (LZ-129) burst into flames while docking at Lakehurst, New Jersey on May 6, 1937. Nearly two-thirds of her passengers and crew survived the incident. In addition, at least 360 pieces of mail of the 17,609 pieces that were on board that day survived the fire. Some are scorched a bit, but most have edges burned away. One group of letters that was on the airship were a number sent from Rotterdam, the Netherlands, to "Mr. G. Thoolen, c/o Mr. Donald E. Dickason, Wooster, Ohio, US Amerika." These were postmarked at Rotterdam on May 1, 1937, then sent to Frankfurt and placed on the Hindenburg. At least 17 of the Thoolen pieces of mail survived. This example includes the Rotterdam postmark, although the stamp, which was theoretically a 12 1/2 cent Scout Jamboree (which occurred in the Netherlands in the summer of 1937) stamp (issued in the spring before the event), has burned nearly completely. Part of the Air Mail stamp has burned away as well. After the crash, if mail had a readable address, the Postal Service put it in a glassine envelope and sent it on its way to the intended recipient. A few are still found in those secondary covers and have become known as "ambulance envelopes." This cover is missing its glassine envelope, although the address is perfectly readable. In the various listings of the 17 Thoolen surviving covers, this one does not appear. It may have been in private hands for most of its "life." (See http://www.slettebo.no/scout/hindenburg.htm.)
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