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[Letter and first flight air mail cover "carried on the 'Boeing Hornet Shuttle,'" August 27, 1929]
Letter and first flight air mail cover "carried on the 'Boeing Hornet Shuttle,'" August 27, 1929. Letter was carried on "the first plane to carry mail while attempting one or more round-trip non-stop flights over the New York-San Francisco air mail…

[Letter and air mail cover addressed to William E. Boeing from W. Irving Glover, Second Assistant Postmaster General, June 3, 1930]
Letter and air mail cover addressed to William E. Boeing from W. Irving Glover, Second Assistant Postmaster General, June 3, 1930. Congratulates Boeing Air Transport, Inc. on upcoming completion of ten million miles of flight with the Air Mail. One…

[Postcard addressed to Herrn M. Cremer, Bremen, Germany, September 11, 1930]
Postcard addressed to Herrn M. Cremer, Bremen, Germany, September 11, 1930. Sent via air mail aboard the Graf Zeppelin from Russia. Stamped on front of postcard: "Mit Luftschiff Graf Zeppelin, Moskau - Friedrichshafen."

[United Airport brochure and first flight air mail cover addressed to William E. Boeing, Seattle, Washington, April 30, 1931]
United Airport brochure and first flight air mail cover addressed to William E. Boeing, Seattle, Washington, April 30, 1931.Stamped: "First Flight A.M. Route 4 from United Airport, Burbank, California."Stamped: "First Dispatch - Airmail Field Post…

[Air mail envelope commemorating 15th anniversary of air mail service]
Air mail envelope commemorating the 15th anniversary of air mail service, May 15, 1933. Addressed to the National Cachet Publishing Service in Brooklyn, New York. Text from original exhibit label: "Airmail commemorating fifteen years of airmail…

[Letter and first flight air mail covers addressed to William E. Boeing, October 23, 1933]
Letter to William E. Boeing from Merl LaVoy, October 23, 1933. Sends two first flight air mail covers from the Canton-Shanghai route.Stamped on first envelope: "First Flight, Shanghai-Canton."Stamped on second envelope: "First Flight,…

[Air mail envelope commemorating U.S. Army air mail deliveries]
Air mail envelope commemorating the first day of the U.S. Army Air Corps taking over air mail deliveries, February 19, 1934. Addressed to Cal. E. D. Adams in San Francisco, California. Text on envelope: "The Army flies the mail. First day cover."

[Air mail envelope commemorating pilots who died while delivering the mail]
Air mail envelope commemorating pilots who died while delivering the mail, May 15, 1934. Addressed to Harold B. Wright in Hutchinson, Kansas. Text on envelope: "In memorium. U.S. Army. Pilots who died flying the mail. Memorial Day, 1934. Sponsored by…

[First flight air mail cover addressed to William E. Boeing, Seattle, Washington, from Glenn L. Martin Company, Cleveland, Ohio, July 1, 1934]
First flight air mail cover addressed to William E. Boeing, Seattle, Washington, from the Glenn L. Martin Company, Cleveland, Ohio, July 1, 1934.Stamped: "Via Air Mail - On first trip of through schedule involving night flying on Transcontinental Air…

[First flight air mail cover addressed to Mr. Milo [Rauek?], Honolulu, Hawaii, October 8, 1934]
First flight air mail cover addressed to Mr. Milo [Rauek?], Honolulu, Hawaii, October 8, 1934.Stamped: "First Flight - United States Air Mail - Wailuku, Maui, T.H. [Territory of Hawaii], USA."
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