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| Folder title: | Air Star Route - Hawaii |
| Date: | 02/09/1950 |
| Description: | Cachet for Hawaii First Flight U.S. mail |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Correspondence ; Drawings ; Cachets |
| Folder number: | 06-05-19 |
| Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets |
| Folder title: | Ashland, Ky |
| Date: | 10/16/1940 |
| Description: | Enclosed city seal of Ashland, Kentucky, for possible cachet for First Flight. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Correspondence ; Drawings |
| Folder number: | 06-05-25 |
| Subject(s): | Cachets |
| Original source: | Postmaster Ashland, Kentucky |
| Folder title: | Cachet Material - Dodge City Kansas |
| Description: | Cachet for Dodge City, Kansas, U.S. Air Mail First Flight |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Drawings ; Cachets |
| Folder number: | 06-05-23 |
| Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets |
| Folder title: | Canal Zone - air Services (Jet) PAA - Panagra - Miami - Balboa - Quito first Jet Flight 2 Jul 64 |
| Date: | 07/02/1964 |
| Description: | Memoranda noting the departure of the inaugural flight to Quito and the 929 first flight covers thereon. Machine copies of various stamps and covers. |
| Collection: | Panama |
| Includes: | Memorandums |
| Folder number: | 30-03-124 |
| Subject(s): | Air Mail Service ; Panagra ; Pan American Airways |
| Folder title: | Canal Zone - Cachet First Flight - Direct Air Service Panama to Los Angeles |
| Date: | 12/07/1951 |
| Description: | Memorandum concerning the shipment of philatelic covers with the authorizes special cachet and postmarked Balboa, Canal Zone. Impressions of the cancellation. |
| Collection: | Panama |
| Includes: | Memorandums |
| Folder number: | 30-03-156 |
| Subject(s): | Air Mail Service ; Pan American World Airways ; First Flight |
| Folder title: | Canal Zone Jet Service Branif: Canal Zone to Miami |
| Date: | 03/21/1960 |
| Description: | Correspondence and publically released information regarding the special first flight cachet to be mailed from the Canal Zone aboard the first regular jet plane mail service started by Braniff Airways, 04/03/1960. Copy of a Braniff Airways brochure in Spanish. |
| Collection: | Panama |
| Includes: | Correspondence ; Brochures ; Bulletins ; Press Releases |
| Folder number: | 30-03-153 |
| Subject(s): | Air Mail Service ; Covers ; First Flight |
| Folder title: | Cheboygan, Mich |
| Date: | 04/17/1941 |
| Description: | Cachet for Cheboygan, Michigan, for the United States Air Mail First Flight. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Correspondence ; Cachets |
| Folder number: | 06-05-37 |
| Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets |
| Original source: | Second Assistant Postmaster General |
| Folder title: | Cut Bank, Montana & Shelby, Montana |
| Date: | 02/27/1941 |
| Description: | Correspondence from Cut Bank and Shelby Montana regarding the Post Office Department's request for views of local places of interest. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Correspondence |
| Folder number: | 06-05-34 |
| Subject(s): | Cachets |
| Original source: | Fourth Assistant Postmaster General |
| Folder title: | Duluth, Minn |
| Date: | 03/15/1940 |
| Description: | Cachets from Duluth Minnesota, for U.S. Air Mail First Flight. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Correspondence ; Cachets |
| Folder number: | 06-05-36 |
| Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets |
| Original source: | Fourth Assistant Postmaster General |
| Folder title: | El Centro, Cal, First Flight (Featuring the lettuce crop) |
| Description: | Cachet for El Centro, California for first U.S. Air Mail First Flight |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Cachets |
| Folder number: | 06-05-10 |
| Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets |
| Folder title: | Fall River, Mass |
| Description: | Cachet for Fall River, Massachusetts, for U.S. Air Mail First Flight. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Cachets |
| Folder number: | 06-05-33 |
| Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets |
| Folder title: | First Flight - Eureka, California - Proofs of Cachet |
| Description: | Cachet for Eureka, CA for U.S. Air Mail First Flight. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Cachets |
| Folder number: | 06-05-12 |
| Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets |
| Folder title: | Frankfort, Ky |
| Date: | 04/22/1946 |
| Description: | Cachet for Frankfort, Kentucky, for First Flight U.S. mail. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Correspondence ; Cachets |
| Folder number: | 06-05-26 |
| Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets |
| Folder title: | Grand Junction, Colo. - Cachet Proofs - First Flight 1946 |
| Date: | 02/01/1946 |
| Description: | Cachet for Grand Junction Colorado for U.S. Air Mail First Flight. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Correspondence ; Negatives ; Drawings |
| Folder number: | 06-05-07 |
| Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets |
| Folder title: | Grennup, Ky |
| Date: | 10/29/1940 |
| Description: | Reply for letter requesting views of Greenup, Kentucky. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Correspondence |
| Folder number: | 06-05-27 |
| Subject(s): | Cachets |
| Original source: | Postmaster |
| Folder title: | Gulfport, Miss |
| Description: | Cachet for Gulfport, Mississippi, for the United States Air Mail First Flight. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Cachets |
| Folder number: | 06-05-38 |
| Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets |
| Folder title: | Helicopter - Chicago |
| Description: | Cachet for the Chicago area Experimental Helicopter Service. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Cachets |
| Folder number: | 06-05-21 |
| Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets |
| Folder title: | Helicopter - New York |
| Date: | 12/16/1946 |
| Description: | U.S. Air Mail in the New York area by Experimental Helicopter Service Cachet. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Correspondence ; Cachets |
| Folder number: | 06-05-41 |
| Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets |
| Original source: | Fourth Assistant Postmaster General |
| Folder title: | Historic Flights 1918, 1938, 1948 |
| Date: | 05/15/1918 |
| Description: | Photo of the planes and a copy of the letter each Postmaster General sent on the flight. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Photographs |
| Folder number: | 03-04-08 |
| Subject(s): | Air mail service |
| Original source: | Post Office Department |
| Folder title: | Hutchinson, Kansas |
| Date: | 03/15/1939 |
| Description: | Enclosure of city seal of Hutchinson, Kansas, for possible cachet for First Flight |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Correspondence |
| Folder number: | 06-05-24 |
| Subject(s): | Cachets |
| Original source: | Postmaster Hutchinson, Kansas |
| Folder title: | Hyannis, Mass |
| Description: | Cachet for Hyannis, Massachusetts, for U.S. Air Mail First Flight. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Cachets |
| Folder number: | 06-05-32 |
| Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets |
| Folder title: | Kansas Coffeyville Kan |
| Description: | Cachet for Coffeyville and Hutchinson, Kansas, U.S. Air Mail First Flight. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Cachets |
| Folder number: | 06-05-20 |
| Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets |
| Folder title: | La Junta, Cal. - Cachet Material - 1940 First flight |
| Date: | 07/23/1940 |
| Description: | Cachet for La Junta, Colorado for U.S. Air Mail First Flight. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Correspondence ; Negatives ; Drawings |
| Folder number: | 06-05-08 |
| Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets |
| Folder title: | Lakehurst, New Jersey |
| Description: | Cachet from Lakehurst New Jersey for the First Flight of the Hindenburg Trans-Atlantic to Frankfurt. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Cachets |
| Folder number: | 06-05-40 |
| Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets |
| Folder title: | Lexington, Ky |
| Date: | 04/22/1946 |
| Description: | Cachet for Lexington, Kentucky, U.S Air Mail First Flight. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Correspondence ; Cachets |
| Folder number: | 06-05-15 |
| Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets |
| Folder title: | Maine - Millinocket, Houlton, Presque Isle, Caribou, ETC. |
| Description: | Cachet for Bangor, Moncton, Auburn, Lewiston, Waterville, Millnocket, Houlton, Presque Isle and Caribou, Maine for U.S. Air Mail First Flight. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Cachets |
| Folder number: | 06-05-46 |
| Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets |
| Folder title: | Marysville, Calif. |
| Date: | 10/03/1946 |
| Description: | Cachet for Marysville, California, for U.S. Air Mail First Flight. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Cachets ; Correspondence |
| Folder number: | 06-05-50 |
| Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets |
| Folder title: | Merced, Cal. - first Flight 1945 - Cachet - Drawing original & proofs |
| Date: | 05/22/1946 |
| Description: | Cachet for Merced, California for U.S. Air Mail First Flight. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Correspondence ; Negatives ; Drawings |
| Folder number: | 06-05-09 |
| Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets |
| Folder title: | Michigan - Grand Rapids, Traverse City |
| Description: | Cachets from Traverse City and Grand Rapids, Michigan for U.S. Air Mail first Flight. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Cachets |
| Folder number: | 06-05-35 |
| Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets |
| Folder title: | Minot, N.D. |
| Date: | 04/16/1940 |
| Description: | Cachet for Minot, North Dakota for U.S. Air Mail First Flight. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Correspondence ; Cachets |
| Folder number: | 06-05-43 |
| Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets |
| Original source: | First Assistant Postmaster General |
| Folder title: | Mobile, Alabama |
| Description: | Cachet created for Mobile, Alabama for U.S. Air Mail First Flight. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Cachets |
| Folder number: | 06-05-39 |
| Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets |
| Folder title: | Modesto, Cal. - First flight 1946 - Original drawing and proof for Cachet |
| Date: | 05/22/1946 |
| Description: | Cachet for Modesto and Merced, CA for U.S. Air Mail first flight. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Correspondence ; Negatives ; Drawings |
| Folder number: | 06-05-05 |
| Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets |
| Folder title: | Montana - Great Falls / Lewistown |
| Description: | Cachet for Great Falls and Lewistown, Montana, for U.S. Air Mail First Flight. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Cachets |
| Folder number: | 06-05-45 |
| Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets |
| Folder title: | Nantucket, Mass |
| Description: | Cachet for Nantucket, Massachusetts, for U.S. Air Mail First Flight. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Cachets ; Photographs |
| Folder number: | 06-05-31 |
| Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets |
| Folder title: | New Bedford, Mass |
| Description: | Cachet for New Bedford Massachusetts, for U.S. Air Mail First Flight. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Brochures ; Cachets |
| Folder number: | 06-05-29 |
| Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets |
| Folder title: | New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Description: | Cachet for New Orleans, LA, for U.S. Air Mail First Flight. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Cachets |
| Folder number: | 06-05-28 |
| Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets |
| Folder title: | Norwalk, Conn |
| Date: | 08/07/1946 |
| Description: | Cachet for Norwalk, Connecticut, U.S. Air Mail First Flight. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Correspondence ; Cachets |
| Folder number: | 06-05-17 |
| Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets |
| Folder title: | Oak Bluffs, Mass. (on island of Martha's Vineyard) |
| Description: | Cachet for Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, for U.S. First Flight Air Mail. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Drawings ; Cachets |
| Folder number: | 06-05-30 |
| Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets |
| Folder title: | Palm Springs, Cal. - First Flight - Negative and Proofs - 1945 |
| Date: | 10/03/1945 |
| Description: | Cachet for Palm Springs, CA for U.S. Air Mail First Flight. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Correspondence ; Negatives ; Drawings |
| Folder number: | 06-05-06 |
| Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets |
| Folder title: | Pan American - Portland to London 1957 |
| Date: | 11/25/1957 |
| Description: | Philatelic treatment of first flight covers for Portland, Oregon to London |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Press Releases |
| Folder number: | 05-05-27 |
| Subject(s): | Covers (Philately) ; Air Routes ; Public Relations - Press Releases |
| Folder title: | PANAGRA Pan American - Grace Airways Airline |
| Date: | 01/01/1954 |
| Description: | The summary of thirty years of aviation progress by Panagra as reflected by postage stamps and first flight covers. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Essays |
| Folder number: | 05-06-11 |
| Subject(s): | Postage Stamps ; Air mail service ; Covers |
| Folder title: | Pennslyvania Phila. and Camden, N. J. Negatives |
| Date: | 03/27/1939 |
| Description: | Cachets for New Kensington, Philadelphia, Butler, Coatesville, Kane, Corry, Gettysburg, Erie, Warren, Tyrone, York, Wilkes-Barre, Dubois, Titusville, Natrona, Pennsylvania. Camden, New Jersey for U.S. Air Mail First Flight. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Correspondence ; Cachets |
| Folder number: | 06-05-44 |
| Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets |
| Folder title: | Pueblo, Colo. - First Flight Cachet - 1939 |
| Date: | 03/14/1939 |
| Description: | Cachet for Pueblo, Colorado for U.S. air Mail First Flight. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Correspondence ; Negatives ; Cachets |
| Folder number: | 06-05-11 |
| Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets |
| Folder title: | Red Bluff, Calif. - Photographs (for cachet?) 1946 |
| Date: | 09/07/1946 |
| Description: | Request from fourth assistant Post Master General for photographs of public interest to the Postmaster of Red Bluff, California. Photo response enclosed. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Correspondence ; Photographs |
| Folder number: | 06-05-04 |
| Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) |
| Folder title: | Sailboat - Photo, Drawing, Cachet |
| Description: | First Flight Air Mail cachet requested by Long Beach, California. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Drawings ; Photographs |
| Folder number: | 06-05-02 |
| Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets |
| Folder title: | Salinas, Calif. - First Flight Cachet materials - June 1946 |
| Date: | 06/06/1946 |
| Description: | First Flight Air Mail cachet requested by Salinas, California |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Correspondence ; Photographs ; Drawings |
| Folder number: | 06-05-03 |
| Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets |
| Folder title: | San Berardino, Calif - First Flight Cachet Materials - negative & proofs |
| Date: | 10/25/1945 |
| Description: | Cachets requested by San Bernadino and Palm Springs California for their "First Flight" air mail. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Correspondence ; Negatives |
| Folder number: | 06-05-01 |
| Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets |
| Folder title: | Stamford - Norwalk, Conn |
| Date: | 08/06/1946 |
| Description: | Cachet for Stamford and Norwalk, Connecticut, U.S. Air Mail First Flight. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Correspondence ; Cachets |
| Folder number: | 06-05-42 |
| Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets |
| Original source: | Fourth and Second Assistant Post Master General |
| Folder title: | Stockton, Cal |
| Date: | 04/01/1946 |
| Description: | Cachet for Stockton, California for U.S. Air Mail First Flight. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Correspondence ; Cachets ; Booklets |
| Folder number: | 06-05-49 |
| Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets |
| Folder title: | Valdosta, Ga |
| Description: | Cachet for Valdosta Georgia, U.S. Air Mail First Flight. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Cachets |
| Folder number: | 06-05-18 |
| Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets |
| Folder title: | Visalia, Cal |
| Date: | 04/01/1946 |
| Description: | Cachet for Visalia, California plus a brochure published by the Chamber of Commerce. Pictures of tall trees. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Correspondence ; Postcards ; Cachets |
| Folder number: | 06-05-48 |
| Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets |
| Folder title: | Yreka City, Calif. |
| Date: | 08/21/1946 |
| Description: | Cachet for Yreka California for U.S. Air Mail First Flight. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Correspondence ; Cachets |
| Folder number: | 06-05-14 |
| Subject(s): | Cancellations (Philately) ; Air mail service ; Cachets |
| Original source: | Post Office Department Fourth Assistant Post Master General |
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