Western Airlines First Flight Los Angeles California - Phonix Arizona - RARE

Description

Effective February 18, 1958, Western Air Lines (later absorbed by Delta Airlines) extended Air Mail Route 35 from Phoenix to Los Angeles under a restriction by the Civil Aeronautics Board that flights on this extension were required to terminate or originate at Portland, Oregon or Seattle, Washington. This greatly improved Phoenix's service to the Pacific Northwest.
No official cachets were provided for the inaugural mail.
This cover was one of approaximately
32 pieces of mail
carried was carried on the inaugural Air Mail Route 35 flight from the Los Angeles, California Airport Mail Facility to Phoenix, Arizona (where it was backstamped) and is listed in the Contract Air Mail Flights (CAM) Section of The American Air Mail Catalogue as 35E32f.
Herb Hauptmann, a noted air mail collector, prepared the cover.