airmail flight cover: First airmail flight, FAM-6, Miami - Santiago, Cuba, Edwin C. Musick

Date:01/09/1929
Medium:Paper, ink
Credit Line: Gift of the Captain John B. Russell Family
Accession Number:2012.149.2193
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: New York, Rio, and Buenos Aires Line (NYRBA)
aircraft: Fokker F-10
company: New York, Rio, and Buenos Aires Line (NYRBA) , Fokker
Description

Airmail flight cover, Pan American Airways, first airmail flight, International FAM-6, Miami - Santiago, Cuba route; signed by pilot Edwin Musick at upper left corner; purple cachet with route map and image of monoplane; postmarked January 9, 1929 in Miami, Florida, with “Air Mail Saves Time” cancellation mark over 2-cent and 10-cent stamps; backstamp: January 10, 1929 in Santiago de Cuba; addressed to Floyd Lundell, Pan American Airways, Inc. field officer.

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