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Pan American Airways First Flight New York - Kinshasa Zaire Dem Rep of the Congo
Pan American Airways First Flight New York - Kinshasa Zaire Dem Rep of the Congo

Pan American Airways First Flight New York - Kinshasa Zaire Dem Rep of the Congo

$ 1.05

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Topic: Postal History
  • Item must be returned within: 14 Days
  • Grade: Ungraded
  • Exact Topic: First Flight
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Type: Aviation History
  • Country: Philippines
  • Quality: First Flight Cover
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Certification: Uncertified
  • Exact Type: Pan American World Airways
  • Place of Origin: United States

    Description

    For the introduction of all-cargo service from New York to three principal points on its route to west and
    southern Africa, Pan Am furnished cachets for all points in both directions. Although touted as a jet
    inaugural, this was in fact the first all-cargo service rather than the substitution of jet equipment for
    piston planes.
    This cover was
    carried on the April 29, 1973
    inaugural Foreign Air Mail Route 18 flight from New York to Kinshasa, Zaire (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
    (where it was
    backstamped
    ) and is listed in the Foreign Air Mail (FAM) Section of The American Air Mail Catalogue as F18-450b.