airmail flight cover: Antonio Arnaiz and Juan Calvo, Manila to Madrid route

Date:1936
Medium:Paper, ink
Credit Line: Collection of SFO Museum
Accession Number:2019.121.1329
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 commemorating the first flight from Manila to Madrid of Filipino aviators Antonio Arnaiz and Juan Calvo; black printed cachet with illustration of aircraft flying over Don Quixote and Sancho Panza with descriptive text, second stamped green cachet with globe and text “First day sale / Arnacal / Sept. 6, 1936”; postmarked September 6, 1936 in Manila over three stamps with “Arnacal” overstrike; backstamp: Shanghai; addressed to Mrs. H.M. Bixby.

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