airmail flight cover: American Air Mail Society, first day of issue for 10-cent airmail stamp

Date:08/15/1941
Medium:Paper, ink
Credit Line: Gift of the Captain John B. Russell Family
Accession Number:2012.149.1568
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

Airmail flight cover issued by American Air Mail Society for first day of issue for the 10-cent airmail stamp; printed color cachet at left with text, “Twelfth Annual Convention / Hotel Claridge / Aug 15 - 17, 1941”; postmarked August 15, 1941, Atlantic City, New Jersey, with commemorative cancellation mark over 10-cent postage stamp; envelope addressed to Oscar H. Fatout.

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