airmail flight cover: United States Air Mail, first airmail flight, FAM-22, Miami - Leopoldville route

Date:12/06/1941
Medium:Paper, ink
Credit Line: Gift of the Pan Am Association
Accession Number:2000.058.1271
Dimensions:3 3/4 x 6 1/2 inches (9.5 x 16.5 cm)
Collection:Aviation Archive
Category:Philately
Subcategory:Airmail Flight Cover
airline: Pan American Airways
aircraft: Boeing 314 Clipper
company: Boeing
Description

Airmail flight cover, FAM-22, first airmail flight, Miami - Leopoldville, Belgian Congo (now Congo) route; blue cachet with route map and Boeing 314 in flight aircraft; signed by Captain William Masland; postmarked December 6, 1941 in Miami with four-line cancellation mark on two blue 30-cent stamps; backstamp: December 12, 1941, Leopoldville.

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