GoodChoice: 1935 GRAF ZEPPELIN Europe-Brazil Flown Cover, Stationery & Telegram

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Seller: goodchoice ✉️ (22,070) 99.8%, Location: Ballwin, Missouri, US, Ships to: WORLDWIDE & many other countries, Item: 355566220957 GoodChoice: 1935 GRAF ZEPPELIN Europe-Brazil Flown Cover, Stationery & Telegram. Yes! We offer combined shipping for multiple orders. Thanks for shopping with us. ______________________________________________________________________    22 Aug 1935 Graf Zeppelin Europa-South America flown cover from Friedrichshassen Germany to Rio de Janeiro Brazil to Lake Forest, Illinois.  Description: 
  • Unused sheet of Luftschiff Graf Zeppelin stationery with duotone green/black photo
  • Radio-Telegram from father to son (John T. McCutcheon, Sr. - Chicago Tribune cartoonist & editor to son, John T. McCutcheon, Jr. "Jackie" at Harvard University). 
  • It has Germany stamps Scott # C35, C52 with a 2022 catalogue posted value of $35.
  • The cover originates from the lifetime stamp collection of John T. McCutcheon, Jr.  who was the son of Pulitzer Prize winning father, John Tinney McCutcheon, Sr. famed for his political cartoon work at the Chicago Tribune.
Provenance: John Tinney McCutcheon, Sr.  (May 6, 1870 – June 10, 1949) was an American newspaper political cartoonist, war correspondent, combat artist, and author who won a Pulitzer Prize for his 1931 editorial cartoon, "A Wise Economist Asks a Question," and became known even before his death as the "Dean of American Cartoonists." The Purdue University graduate moved to Chicago, Illinois, in 1890 to work as an artist and occasional writer for the Chicago Morning News. He was an avid philatelist which attracted collectibles from worldwide politicians and notables to him while working at the Tribune. His first front-page cartoon appeared in 1895 and his first published political cartoon was published during the U. S. presidential campaign of 1896. McCutcheon introduced human interest themes to newspaper cartoons in 1902 and joined the staff of the Chicago Tribune in 1903, remaining there until his retirement in 1946. McCutcheon's cartoons appeared on the front page of the Tribune for forty years. As a war correspondent and combat artist, McCutcheon covered the Spanish American War, the Battle of Manila Bay and the Philippine–American War, and the Second Boer War in South Africa. He also reported from Europe during World War I, beginning with his eyewitness account of the German invasion of Belgium. In addition, McCutcheon, made several trips to Asia, Mexico, Africa, and the Bahamas, where he owned Salt Cay, now known as Blue Lagoon Island.
  • McCutcheon, Sr. married Evelyn Shaw  and they were the parents of three sons, John Tinney Jr. “Jackie”, Howard “Shaw”, and George “Barr” . Evelyn’s parents were Howard Van Doren and Frances (Wells) Shaw. Howard was an architect who studied at Yale.
  • John, Sr.  groomed his son’s interest in stamp collecting at a young age and regularly forwarded covers and collectibles to them in their formative and college years. 
  • John McCutcheon, Jr.  became the managing editor of The Harvard Crimson while in school and then, after his graduation in 1939, began work as a reporter for the Chicago Tribune. After Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, he enlisted in the Navy where he met his wife, Susan (Dart), during training in New Orleans. He served in the Pacific Theater and stayed on for several months after the war to help stabilize Japan. His career in newspapers resumed after the war when he authored a popular humor column and rose to become an editorial writer. He collected a wide range of philatelic relics over his lifetime inspired by relics received from his father.
  • Shaw McCutcheon  graduated from Harvard University with a degree in mathematics in 1943. After serving in the United States military during World War II, he returned to his study of art at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. He collected philatelic relics received from his father and brothers.
  • Barr McCutcheon  was an American popular novelist and playwright. His best-known works include a series of novels set in Graustark, a fictional East European country, and the novel Brewster's Millions, which was adapted into a play and several films. He collected philatelic relics received from his father and brothers.
  • Condition: posted - will be shipped by overnight within USA or Registered Mail, internationally.
  • Year of Issue: 1935
  • Type: Cover
  • Place of Origin: Germany & Colonies
  • Quality: Used
  • Color: Multi-Color
  • Region: Germany
  • Grade: VF (Very Fine)
  • Topic: Graf Zeppelin Airship, Aviation
  • Cancellation Type: Handstamped
  • Certification: Uncertified

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