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Pan American World Airways First Flight Detroit Michigan - Stockholm Sweden
Pan American World Airways First Flight Detroit Michigan - Stockholm Sweden

Pan American World Airways First Flight Detroit Michigan - Stockholm Sweden

$ 3.95

Availability: 33 in stock
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Type: Aviation History
  • Topic: Postal History
  • Item must be returned within: 14 Days
  • Place of Origin: United States
  • Certification: Uncertified
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Grade: Ungraded
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • Quality: First Flight Cover
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back

    Description

    On June 1, 1954 Detroit made the first air mail dispatch to Sweden.
    This cover was
    carried on the June 1, 1954
    inaugural Foreign Air Mail Route 18 flight from Detroit, Michigan to Stockholm, Sweden (where it was backstamped) and is listed in the Foreign Air Mail (FAM) Section of The American Air Mail Catalogue as F18-226.
    Perry Nahl, a former Editor-in-Chief of the American Air Mail Catalogue, prepared the cover.