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

    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.