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This Airmail flight cover promoting the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition honoring National Air Mail Week was postmarked on May 15, 1938. “Dear friend - The people of the Western States have asked me to extend you an invitation to visit their World’s Fair on San Francisco Bay in 1939. Next year this Empire of the West will add to the attractions that draw thousands of travelers each year, a Fair that will express the charm and glamour not only of this region but of the nations of the Pacific. The Orient, South Seas, Antipodes, and the Latin Americas are joining us in a vast Pageant of the Pacific to be shown on 400-acre Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay. These countries are building with us a Fair that will dramatize the scenery, culture, and recreation of the world’s most glamorous nations. In 1939 the Golden Gate International Exposition will be ready, so that you, traveling through the Western Wonderland, may make your destination the Treasure Island that will hold for you the romantic story of the western world.” Leland W. Cutler, President, 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition #avgeek #aviationhistory #GoldenGateInternationalExposition #airmailweek #airmail #philately Image: Golden Gate International Exposition airmail flight cover, National Air Mail Week, May 15-21, 1939,1938. SFO Museum Collection. 1997.16.01 This image was posted on February 24, 2017.