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

    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.