Description: When Friendship Airport, built to accommodate jets which National Airport in Washington could not handle, was opened 10 miles south of Baltimore and 25 miles north of Washington, Pan American launched service from this area to Paris (with a stop at New York) and subsequently extended the route to include various cities in Europe and the Middle East. Until Dulles International Airport was built several years later, Europe-bound mail from Washington was dispatched through its Post Office and Airport Mail Facility and loaded at Friendship Airport. This cover was carried on the June 18, 1960 inaugural Foreign Air Mail Route 18 flight from the Friendship Airport Mail Facility in Washington, DC to Paris, France (where it was backstamped) and is listed in the Foreign Air Mail Flights (FAM) Section of The American Air Mail Catalogue as F18-315F.
Price: 3 USD
Location: Cranford, New Jersey
End Time: 2024-10-25T12:58:19.000Z
Shipping Cost: 1.35 USD
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Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 14 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Type: Aviation History
Place of Origin: United States
Quality: First Flight Cover
Event: First Flight
Grade: Ungraded
Exact Topic: First Flight
Topic: Postal History
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Modified Item: No
Certification: Uncertified
