airmail flight cover: Transamerican Airlines Corp., National Aircraft Show, Detroit

Date:04/19/1931
Medium:Paper, ink
Credit Line: Gift of Captain Jon Simmonds
Accession Number:2014.156.213
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: Trans American Airlines , Transamerican Airlines Corporation
company: Trans American Airlines
Description

Airmail flight cover, Transamerican Airlines Corp, National Aircraft Show, Detroit, Michigan, postmarked April 19, 1931, with one 1-cent postage stamp and two 2-cent postage stamps; purple cachet at left with text, “National Aircraft Show / Detroit, Michigan / April 11-19-1931 / Transamerican Airlines Corp.”; envelope addressed to Alfred f. Dunham; backstamped April 21, 1931, New Bedford.

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