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American First Flight Los Angeles Airport - Baltimore Maryland 1959 - Boeing 707
American First Flight Los Angeles Airport - Baltimore Maryland 1959 - Boeing 707

American First Flight Los Angeles Airport - Baltimore Maryland 1959 - Boeing 707

$ 1.05

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Modified Item: No
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Certification: Uncertified
  • Type: Aviation History
  • Quality: First Flight Cover
  • Item must be returned within: 14 Days
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Place of Origin: United States
  • Exact Topic: First Flight
  • Topic: Postal History
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • Grade: Ungraded

    Description

    American Airlines added the Nation’s capital to its newest extension of transcontinental Boeing
    707 jet service, using Friendship International Airport, located between Washington and Baltimore
    on June 7, 1959.
    This cover was
    carried on the inaugural Boeing 707 flight from the Los Angeles, California Airport Mail Facility to Baltimore, Maryland (where it was backstamped) and is listed in the Jet Age Flights Section of The American Air Mail Catalogue as J-87f.