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mail ship cover: Pacific Naval Ship, U.S.S. Astoria, May 30, 1939

Date:05/30/1939
Medium:Paper, ink
Credit Line: Gift of Jon E. Krupnick
Accession Number:2008.075.134
Dimensions:3 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches (8.9 x 16.5 cm)
Collection:Aviation Archive
Category:Philately
Subcategory:Airmail Flight Cover
Description

Mail ship cover for U.S.S. Astoria- May 30, 1939; envelope postmarked May 30, 1939 on the U.S.S. Astoria with International Date Line cancellation mark over one red 2-cent postage stamp in black ink; addressed to Robert W. Matthews; identified by donor with additional information: "Pacific Naval Ship covers".

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