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

$ 1.05

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