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Did you know that in addition to our current exhibition on airmail, “Airmail Down Under” our online database also has over 1,600 airmail flight covers!
This image was posted on November 01, 2022.
#avgeek #philately #aerophilately #museum #collection
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 early 1940s, Pan American Airways established regular service to Auckland, New Zealand, with their Boeing 314 Clipper flying boats.
This image was posted on August 30, 2022.
#airmaildownunder #avgeek #philately #panam
Following the historic first flight from North America to Australia by Charles Kingsford Smith and crew in 1928, the transpacific “Southern Cross” route— named after the aircraft they flew, the Fokker F.VIIb/3m Southern Cross—received worldwide fame.
This image was posted on June 24, 2022.
#flyingsoutherncross #australia #avgeek #aviationhistory #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
After taking her first flying lessons in 1932, Jackie Cochran obtained her pilot license in just three weeks.
This image was posted on March 04, 2019.
#jackiecochran #aviatrix #pilot #philately #womenshistorymonth
After taking her first flying lessons in 1932, Jackie Cochran obtained her pilot license in just three weeks.
This image was posted on March 04, 2019.
#jackiecochran #aviatrix #pilot #philately #womenshistorymonth
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
Taxiing out from Pan American seaplane base at Dinner Key, Miami, Florida, the airline's new Sikorsky S-40 NC80V prepares for take off on its inaugural passenger flight.
This image was posted on November 19, 2016.
#onthisday #panam #airmail #philately #lindbergh #charleslindbergh #cristobal #aviationhistory #avgeek
#OnThisDay in 1948, the first Pan American World Airways airmail service to Barcelona, Spain departed from New York.
This image was posted on November 08, 2016.
#traveltuesday #barcelona #airmail #philately #panam #spain
