airmail flight cover: Gordon Bennett International Balloon Race and Aerial Carnival

Date:09/02/1930
Medium:Paper, ink
Credit Line: Gift of Captain Jon Simmonds
Accession Number:2014.156.148
Dimensions:3 3/4 x 6 1/2 inches (9.5 x 16.5 cm)
Collection:Aviation Archive
Category:Philately
Subcategory:Airmail Flight Cover
Description

Airmail flight cover promoting Gordon Bennett International Balloon Race and Aerial Carnival, postmarked September 2, 1930, Cleveland Ohio, with one 5-cent postage stamp; pink cachet at left with image of balloon and text, “Gordon Bennett International Balloon Race and Aerial Carnival / Cleveland / Aug. 31 and Sep. 1, 1930”; envelope addressed to James C. Burns, San Diego, California.

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