Image: airmail flight cover: New York International Airport - Idlewild

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airmail flight cover: New York International Airport - Idlewild

Date:06/31/1948
Medium:Paper, ink
Credit Line: Gift of Captain Jon Simmonds
Accession Number:2014.156.217
Dimensions:4 x 7 1/2 inches (10.2 x 19.1 cm)
Collection:Aviation Archive
Category:Philately
Subcategory:Airmail Flight Cover
airport: Indianola Municipal Airport , New York International Airport
Description

Airmail flight cover, New York International Airport, Idlewild dedication, postmarked July 31, 1948, with 5-cent postage stamp; blue cachet at left depicting map of New York City boroughs with text, “5-Cent Air Mail United States Postage Commemorating the City of Greater New York / 1898 - 1948 Golden Anniversary / First Day of Issue, July 31, 1948 / Dedication of New York International Airport - Idlewild”; envelope addressed to Albert E. Conway, Boston, Massachusetts.

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