airmail flight cover: Hughes Airwest, 30th anniversary

Date:03/19/1976
Medium:Paper, ink
Credit Line: Gift of Trudy and Henry Sandoval
Accession Number:2010.012.050 a b
Dimensions:4 x 7 1/2 inches (10.2 x 19.1 cm)
Collection:Aviation Archive
Category:Philately
Subcategory:Airmail Flight Cover
airline: Hughes Airwest
aircraft: Boeing 727
company: Boeing , Hughes Airwest
Description

Airmail flight cover issued by Hughes Airwest on occasion of air carrier’s thirtieth anniversary; square preprinted cachet at left, “Commemorating 30 years of air service in the West by Hughes Airwest and its predecessors”; postmarked March 19, 1976 in Chicago with “First day of issue” cancellation mark over 13-cent stamp. a. Envelope b. Enclosed typed memo folded in thirds, dated March 19, 1976

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