airmail flight cover: Pan American Airways, Boeing 314

Date:03/13/1939
Medium:Paper, ink
Credit Line: Gift of Dorothy Whitmore
Accession Number:2011.146.001 a b
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

a. Airmail flight cover issued by Pan American Airways; red cachet at left with printed caption, “The Boeing Clipper Inaugural Flight 1939” followed by profile view rendering of Boeing B314 aircraft and Pacific route map; green 20-cent postage stamp at upper right corner with cancellation mark and dial, “Honolulu, Hawaii / March 13 / 2 PM / 1939”; envelope addressed to Mimi Lebo, San Francisco. b. Typed and handwritten correspondence on single sheet addressed to Mimi Lebo from office of Ben Seelig & Company, concerning flight cover.

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