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1930 Graf Zeppelin stamps

Okay kiddo, so way back in 1930, there was this big blimp-like thing called the Graf Zeppelin. It was a really cool airship that could fly through the sky and people were really excited about it.

And the people who make stamps wanted to celebrate this super cool airship, so they made some special stamps with a picture of the Graf Zeppelin on them.

Now, these stamps were worth money, just like regular stamps are worth money today. But back then, people would use them to send letters and things through the mail.

So if you had one of these special Graf Zeppelin stamps, you could use it to mail a letter and it would make your letter extra special because it had a picture of the cool airship on it.

And now, many years later, some people still like to collect these stamps because they are a piece of history and remind us of how cool the Graf Zeppelin was.