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Airmail became a driving force in the development of commercial aviation after World War I, and airmail envelopes and letters were instant souvenirs of new routes and first flights. This image was posted on October 12, 2022. #airmaildownunder #airmail #avgeek #philately

In the 1920s, aviation visionaries imagined how the nations of the Pacific Rim could be linked by a new mode of transportation: the aircraft. This image was posted on June 14, 2022. #airmail #australia #avgeek #aviationhistory #philately

The official inauguration of Pan American Airways’ daily airmail service from Key West to Havana, Cuba began #onthisday in 1927. This image was posted on October 28, 2019. #avgeek #panamerican #panam #airmail #inauguralflight #fokker #havana #cuba #keywest #florida

#Onthisday in 1939, Pan American Airways established the first regular air mail service across the Atlantic. This image was posted on May 20, 2019. #panamerican #paa #boeing #boeing314 #transatlantic #airmail #aviationhistory

The first Western Air Express flight departed #onthisday in 1926 with an airmail flight from Los Angeles to Salt Lake City in a Douglas M-2 mailplane. This image was posted on April 17, 2019. #twa #westernairexpress #airmail #avgeek #1920s

During the 1920s and early 1930s, airlines found it very difficult to make a profit in commercial aviation without a lucrative airmail route contract. This image was posted on October 19, 2018. #tdih #panamerican #earlyaviation #airmail #aviationhistory #panam #avgeek #paa #fairchild #fokker #earlyaviation #keywest #florida #havana #cuba

Susan Hale (1833-1910) edited the six numbers of the Balloon Post, a news sheet in 1871 about airmail via balloon to raise funds for the relief of French war refugees from the Franco-Prussian War. This image was posted on August 03, 2018. #intotheether #hotairballoon #hotairballoons #balloon #balloons #ballooning #avgeek #aeronaut #earlyaviation #susanhale #balloonpost #airmail #womeninaviation

From the late 1920s to the 1940s, new airports were built and aviation records were broken on a regular basis. This image was posted on July 13, 2018. #airmail #boardgames #games #avgeek #avationgeek #aviation #aviationhistory #vintageaviation #history #avhistory #aviationgeeks #avgeeks

Our online database features over 10,000 objects from our collection, including over 200 airmail covers from all over the world, commemorating different airmail routes. This image was posted on February 18, 2018. #avgeek #avationgeek #aviation #aviationhistory #vintageaviation #history #avhistory #aviationgeeks #avgeeks #philately #airmail #sfo #manila #panam #panamerican #transpacific

#Onthisday in 1932, Pacific Air Transport (PAT), part of United Air Lines, became a tenant at San Francisco Airport. This image was posted on December 22, 2017. #sfohistory #avgeek #avationgeek #aviation #aviationhistory #vintageaviation #history #avhistory #aviationgeeks #avgeeks #pacificairtransport #unitedairlines #airmail #biplane #1920s

@SFOMuseum Instagram Posts Tagged airmail This is SFO Museum's archive of the @SFOMuseum Instagram account. There are 18 posts and this is page 1 of 2. See all the tags or all the Instagram posts that have been archived so far.