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Northwest First Flight Boston Massachusetts - Amsterdam Netherlands 1979 Cargo
Northwest First Flight Boston Massachusetts - Amsterdam Netherlands 1979 Cargo

Northwest First Flight Boston Massachusetts - Amsterdam Netherlands 1979 Cargo

$ 1.05

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

    Description

    In June 1979, the Civil Aeronautics Board authorized Northwest Airlines to add Manchester, United
    Kingdom and Amsterdam to its transatlantic all-cargo service, then being operated as a New York-Boston-
    Glasgow service. On September 11, 1979, the route was extended from Glasgow to Amsterdam, returning
    to New York via Manchester without retracing any of the outbound legs. Northwest requested philatelic
    service and furnished a map-type cachet showing the route and a Boeing 747 Freighter. The U.S. Postal Service announcement, however, made no reference to the fact that this was to be a cargo flight.
    This cover was
    carried on the September 11, 1979 inaugural Northwest Airlines flight from
    Boston, Massachusetts
    to Amsterdam, Netherlands (where it was backastamped) and is listed in the The American Air Mail Catalogue as NW-F18b.
    On April 15, 2008, Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines announced a merger agreement. The merger of the two carriers formed what was then the largest commercial airline in the world, with 786 aircraft. Delta Air Lines' brand survived, while Northwest's brand officially ended in 2009.