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| Folder title: | "Airmail's Amazing Growth Sets Aviation Record. "Pppular Mechanics Vol. 48, No. 6 (Dec. 1927) p. 954-55 |
| Date: | 01/01/1927 |
| Description: | Article "Air Mail's" amazing growth sets aviation record with many proposed new routes. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Articles |
| Folder number: | 05-06-05 |
| Subject(s): | Air Routes ; Air mail service |
| Original source: | Popular Mechanics |
| Folder title: | "First Flying Truck for Overnight Air Mail" |
| Date: | 04/01/1925 |
| Description: | Magazine article concerning the acquisition of cargo airplanes for transporting mail. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Articles |
| Folder number: | 06-05-56 |
| Subject(s): | Postal Service - Air Mail ; Air mail service |
| Folder title: | "The Air Mail's Limitless Future" the Literary Digest. Vol LXXXVI, No. 1 (July 4, 1925) p. 67 |
| Date: | 07/04/1925 |
| Description: | Author looks forward to a limitless future for air mail. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Articles |
| Folder number: | 05-06-12 |
| Subject(s): | Air Routes ; Air mail service |
| Original source: | Literary Digest |
| Folder title: | 12/21/68 - Lexington, KY. P.O. - Campbell |
| Date: | 12/31/1968 |
| Description: | Letters concerning postal service at the Lexington Post Office. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Correspondence |
| Folder number: | 02-06-07 |
| Subject(s): | Post Office Stations & Branches ; Air mail service ; Air Routes |
| Original source: | Post Office Department |
| Folder title: | 1946-47 Antartic R. E. Byrd Air Mail |
| Date: | 11/12/1946 |
| Description: | Information about Admiral Byrd and the expedition to the Antarctic. Photographs by Byrd and others on the expedition. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Press Releases ; Photographs |
| Folder number: | 05-05-01 |
| Subject(s): | Air mail service ; Public Relations - Press Releases |
| Original source: | Navy Department |
| Folder title: | 2/25-28/69 Story on AMF's - Chicago, Network, K..C. |
| Date: | 03/07/1960 |
| Description: | Material concerning the future and viability of airport Mail Facilities and a copy the Methods Handbook for Transfer Clerks Airport Mail Facilities. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Correspondence ; Memorandums |
| Folder number: | 02-06-14 |
| Subject(s): | Postal Service ; Air mail service ; Post Office Stations & Branches |
| Original source: | Post Office Department |
| Folder title: | 75.5-1 Envelopes, Letter Sheet V-Mail 1942 |
| Date: | 02/10/1942 |
| Description: | Correspondence pertaining to the inception, use and inquires about V - mail. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Photographs ; Correspondence |
| Folder number: | 01-02-05 |
| Subject(s): | Army Postal Service ; APO ; V Mail ; Airmail ; Air mail service ; V - Mail |
| Original source: | Post Office Department War Department |
| Folder title: | Air Mail - "Flying Post Office Experiment Horrt Lived" |
| Date: | 10/06/1986 |
| Description: | Linn's Stamp News article about the experiment of processing mail in flight. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Articles |
| Folder number: | 06-05-55 |
| Subject(s): | Postal Service - Air Mail ; Air mail service |
| Folder title: | Air Mail - 5/1918 Leaving N.Y. |
| Date: | 05/01/1918 |
| Description: | Leaving New York with Air Mail. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Photographs |
| Folder number: | 06-05-47 |
| Subject(s): | Air mail service |
| Folder title: | Air Mail Letters Identified with Label Tape "Popular Mechanics. Vol. 48, No. 6 (Dec 1921) p. 957" |
| Date: | 12/01/1927 |
| Description: | Air Mail letters identified with label tape. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Articles |
| Folder number: | 05-06-03 |
| Subject(s): | Air mail service |
| Original source: | Popular Mechanics |
| 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: | Airlift (Background & Policy) |
| Date: | 02/16/1967 |
| Description: | Documentation pertaining to Air Mail service: volume - payments to air carriers, expansion of air lift program, installation of air programs 26 major cities all over the country. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Press Releases ; Memorandums |
| Folder number: | 02-02-18 |
| Subject(s): | Air mail service ; Public Relations - Press Releases ; Administration |
| Folder title: | Bilstein, Robert A. "Technology & Commerce: Aviation in the Coduce of American Business 1918-29. |
| Date: | 07/01/1969 |
| Description: | Article by Roger E. Bilstein "Technology and Commerce Aviation in the Conduct of American Business, 1918-29". |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Articles |
| Folder number: | 05-06-27 |
| Subject(s): | Air mail service |
| 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 Service (Jet) (Braniff) Canal Zone - Sao Paulo |
| Date: | 04/18/1960 |
| Description: | Press Release regarding the inauguration of jet service from Balboa, Canal Zone to Sao Paulo, Brazil on or about 04/27/1960 and the preparation and servicing of commemorative covers for this event. Machine copies of various stamps, covers and cachets, rubber stamp copy of cachet. Copy of Braniff Airways El Dorado Super Jet brochure in Spanish. |
| Collection: | Panama |
| Includes: | Press Releases |
| Folder number: | 30-03-123 |
| Subject(s): | Air Mail Service ; Inaugural Flight ; Braniff |
| Folder title: | Canal Zone - Air Service KLM, Pam Am Douglas DC-3 |
| Date: | 11/01/1938 |
| Description: | Marketing brochures from KLM royal Dutch Air Lines showing service and schedules. Copy of the Plan Views of Douglas DST & DC-3. Copy of Pan American Airways. |
| Collection: | Panama |
| Includes: | Brochures |
| Folder number: | 30-03-129 |
| Subject(s): | Air Mail Service ; KLM ; Pan American Airways |
| 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: | 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: | Finance 3 Airmail Rates |
| Date: | 12/02/1964 |
| Description: | Air Mail service: Petition to reduce domestic airmail rates and various tables and statistics. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Spreadsheets ; Memorandums ; Fact Sheets |
| Folder number: | 02-03-25 |
| Subject(s): | Air mail service ; Postal Rates ; Administration |
| Original source: | Post Office Department |
| 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: | 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: | 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: | Indiana |
| Date: | 04/01/1938 |
| Description: | The first U.S. Air Mail service was by balloon from Lafayette Indiana, Aug. 17, 1859. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Articles |
| Folder number: | 06-05-22 |
| Subject(s): | Balloon post |
| Original source: | Postmaster Gazette |
| Folder title: | Int'l - Flying Tiger Lines - 1964 |
| Date: | 04/07/1964 |
| Description: | The Flying Tiger Lines was in conflict with the Civil Aeronautics Board concerning air mail rates. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Articles |
| Folder number: | 02-06-26 |
| Subject(s): | Air mail service ; Postal Rates |
| 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: | P. 1. History "History of Air Trans. Of Mail" |
| Date: | 05/02/1963 |
| Description: | Materials depicting and describing the history of Air Mail in the Post Office Department. Some examples of material include the following: Directory of Publications, Air Transportation, Transportation of Mail by Air, facts and figures lists for topics on Air Mail history. Postal policy on mail matters vs. those of the Air Transportation Association. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Articles ; Correspondence ; Brochures ; Memorandums |
| Folder number: | 02-02-17 |
| Subject(s): | Air mail service ; History - Postal ; Public Relations - Press Releases |
| Folder title: | P.1. History Transportation & Photos |
| Date: | 08/14/1961 |
| Description: | Articles and Press Releases providing historical information on the mail service transportation. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Articles ; Press Releases |
| Folder number: | 02-05-25 |
| Subject(s): | Postal Service - Transportation ; Star Routes ; Air Mail Service |
| Folder title: | P.1. History Fact Sheets 3.1.25 |
| Description: | Materials on postal information fact sheets. Some of the material in this file are Organizational charts, and fiscal year fact sheet from 7/1/1959 to 6/30/1960; 7/1/1961 to 6/30/1965, 7/2/1965 to 6/30/1968; and accomplishments of the Post Office Department 1961 to 1963: Postal rate reform, more efficient mail handling, four hour business mail service, mail service to Alaska, pay reform, better mail law enforcement, |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Reports ; Fact Sheets ; Fiscal Statements |
| Folder number: | 01-07-24 |
| Subject(s): | Air mail service ; Postal Rates ; Postal Service - Employees |
| Folder title: | P.1. Post Office Dept. Gen. Corres. 1968 |
| Date: | 01/24/1967 |
| Description: | Correspondence includes requests for information for educational purposes, zip code system, history of air mail. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Correspondence |
| Folder number: | 01-07-36 |
| Subject(s): | Administration ; Zip Code ; Air Mail Service |
| Folder title: | P.O. DEPT. News Kit of 1/11/68 |
| Date: | 01/11/1968 |
| Description: | First Class Mail by Air News Kit. Postmaster General Lawrence O'Brien will be asking Congress to make the postage rate the same for airmail and first class mail. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Press Releases |
| Folder number: | 05-05-05 |
| Subject(s): | Air mail service ; Postal Rates ; Public Relations - Press Releases |
| Original source: | Post Office Department |
| 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: | 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: | Pilottown - New Orleans, Hoverplane 1920's |
| Date: | 09/09/1968 |
| Description: | Letters and memoranda pertaining to Hover plane mail service |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Memorandums ; Correspondence |
| Folder number: | 01-02-23 |
| Subject(s): | Air mail service |
| Original source: | Post Office Department |
| Folder title: | PMG News Conference on Airlift 1/11/68 |
| Date: | 12/01/1967 |
| Description: | Material on the January 11, 1968 press conference by the Postmaster General |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Memorandums ; Transcripts |
| Folder number: | 02-07-07 |
| Subject(s): | Public Relations - Press Releases ; Air mail service ; Postal Service - Postmasters |
| Original source: | Post Office Department |
| Folder title: | Post Office Department Records 1938/39 |
| Description: | Records of the Post Office Department Bureau of the 2nd Assistant Postmaster General Division of the Air Mail Service 1938 and 1939. A list of records relating to National Air Mail week, May 15-21, 1938. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Lists |
| Folder number: | 01-01-02 |
| 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: | 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: | Scandinavian Airlines - 1954/55 |
| Date: | 05/28/1954 |
| Description: | Correspondence concerning the Post Office Department non-assignment of foreign air mail route numbers to air services operated by carriers of other countries. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Correspondence |
| Folder number: | 05-05-26 |
| Subject(s): | Air Mail Routes ; Air mail service |
| 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: | Trans - 10 Executive Planning BD - Airlift Program |
| Date: | 04/22/1966 |
| Description: | To achieve next day delivery of mail, research and development is necessary. The use of computer controlled, dispatch oriented, mail processing systems may accomplish this. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Memorandums ; Correspondence |
| Folder number: | 02-01-29 |
| Subject(s): | Postal Service - Speed Mail ; Automation ; Air mail service |
| Folder title: | Trans 11 News Stories (Misc) |
| Date: | 07/30/1964 |
| Description: | Copies of articles prepared for publication. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Articles |
| Folder number: | 02-05-21 |
| Subject(s): | Administration ; Star Routes ; Air Mail Service |
| Folder title: | Trans 6-2 Air Taxi Safety and Crashes |
| Date: | 05/29/1968 |
| Description: | Material related to aircraft accidents and safety of air taxis. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Memorandums ; Correspondence |
| Folder number: | 02-07-17 |
| Subject(s): | Air mail service |
| Original source: | Post Office Department |
| Folder title: | Trans. 2 Airlift |
| Date: | 10/08/1953 |
| Description: | Material on Air Mail Service. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Press Releases ; Memorandums |
| Folder number: | 02-07-08 |
| Subject(s): | Air mail service ; Public Relations - Press Releases |
| Original source: | Post Office Department |
| Folder title: | Trans. 3 Airlines |
| Date: | 04/26/1966 |
| Description: | Material on the role of airlines in moving the mail. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Memorandums ; Press Releases ; Statements |
| Folder number: | 02-07-10 |
| Subject(s): | Air mail service ; Public Relations - Press Releases |
| Original source: | Post Office Department |
| Folder title: | Trans. 4 Airline Strikes (General) |
| Date: | 04/21/1966 |
| Description: | Material on moving the mails during strikes. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Fact Sheets ; Memorandums ; Articles |
| Folder number: | 02-07-11 |
| Subject(s): | Postal Service - Strikes and Lockouts ; Air mail service |
| Original source: | Post Office Department |
| Folder title: | Trans. 4-1 Airline Strike (Pan American) |
| Date: | 12/02/1966 |
| Description: | Discussion of moving the mail via alternate airline if this strike occurs. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Fact Sheets ; Telegrams |
| Folder number: | 02-07-12 |
| Subject(s): | Postal Service - Strikes and Lockouts ; Air mail service |
| Original source: | Post Office Department |
| Folder title: | Trans. 4-2 Cancellation of Eastern Flts. |
| Date: | 06/03/1966 |
| Description: | Eastern Airlines cancelled flights without previous announcement. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Fact Sheets ; Correspondence |
| Folder number: | 02-07-13 |
| Subject(s): | Air mail service |
| Original source: | Post Office Department |
| Folder title: | Trans. 5 Airmail - Domestic |
| Date: | 02/28/1967 |
| Description: | Request for information about early air mail pilots, one such organization is noted. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Articles ; Correspondence |
| Folder number: | 02-07-14 |
| Subject(s): | Air mail service |
| Original source: | Post Office Department |
| Folder title: | Trans. 6-4 Air Taxi - Publicity |
| Date: | 12/28/1967 |
| Description: | Articles about the air taxi service carrying mail. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Articles ; Correspondence |
| Folder number: | 02-07-16 |
| Subject(s): | Air mail service |
| Original source: | Post Office Department |
| Folder title: | Trans. Air Taxis - Cancellations Iimitations |
| Date: | 03/18/1968 |
| Description: | Material related to transport of air mail by small aircraft. |
| Collection: | Third Assistant Postmaster General Files |
| Includes: | Correspondence ; Forms |
| Folder number: | 02-07-15 |
| Subject(s): | Air mail service |
| Original source: | Post Office Department |
| 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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