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[Letter and first flight air mail cover "carried on the 'Boeing Hornet Shuttle,'" August 27, 1929] (Item)

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 route" and is addressed to Mr. W. E. Boeing, Jr., Seattle, Washington. One typed page signed by William E. Boeing and envelope.Stamped: "First…

[United Airport brochure and first flight air mail cover addressed to William E. Boeing, Seattle, Washington, April 30, 1931] (Item)

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 Office - United Airport Company of California, Ltd., United Airport, Burbank, California - American Airways, Inc. - Western Air Express."

[Letter and air mail cover addressed to William E. Boeing from W. Irving Glover, Second Assistant Postmaster General, June 3, 1930] (Item)

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 typed page and envelope.Stamped: "Air Mail. Send Via Air Mail, by authority of Superintendent Contract Air mail Service Per. [signature]."

[Air mail cover addressed to William E. Boeing, Washington, D.C., from Gerald D. Bliss, Cristobal, Canal Zone, March 18, 1929] (Item)

Air mail cover addressed to William E. Boeing, care of W. Irving Glover, Second Assistant Postmaster General, Washington, D.C., from Gerald D. Bliss, Postmaster, Cristobal, Canal Zone, March 18, 1929. Stamped: "Via Special Flight - Cristobal, Canal Zone to Brownsville, Texas."

[Letter and first flight air mail covers addressed to William E. Boeing, October 23, 1933] (Item)

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, Canton-Shanghai."

[Commemorative letter and air mail cover honoring 25th anniversary of Glenn L. Martin's flight from Newport Bay, California to Avalon, Catalina Island, May 10, 1937] (Item)

Commemorative letter honoring the 25th anniversary of Glenn L. Martin's record-making flight from Newport Bay, California to Avalon, Catalina Island, then the longest over-water flight in aviation history, May 10, 1937. One typed page on Glenn L. Martin Company stationery with air mail cover addressed to William E. Boeing.Stamped cachet: "25th Anniversary - First Flight to Catalina Island."

[Letter and first flight air mail cover addressed to William E. Boeing and Bertha Boeing from J. Parker Van Zandt, May 10, 1937] (Item)

Letter to William E. Boeing and Bertha Boeing from J. Parker Van Zandt, May 10, 1937. Sends greetings and hopes this will be added to Boeing's first flight collection. One handwritten page with first flight air mail cover.Stamped cachet: "Primeiro Voo – Correio - Transpacific - Macau-USA."

[Letter and air mail cover addressed to William E. Boeing from Merl LaVoy, U.S. Consulate, Johannesburg, South Africa, August 2, 1938] (Item)

Letter to William E. Boeing from Merl LaVoy, U.S. Consulate, Johannesburg, South Africa, August 2, 1938. Includes centenary commemorative envelope with a cachet illustration depicting the Great Trek of 1838 by the Voortrekker [Dutch-speaking settlers] from Cape Colony into the interior of South Africa. LaVoy notes that first one thousand miles of the letter's trip was via ox cart, while the rest…

[First flight air mail cover addressed to the Mr. and Mrs. Bill Boeing, Seattle, Washington, from Bruce and Gina Snyder, December 5, 1935] (Item)

First flight air mail cover addressed to the Mr. and Mrs. Bill Boeing, Seattle, Washington, from Bruce and Gina Snyder, December 5, 1935. Includes a single sheet of paper with printed poem by "R.P.S." about air mail from Hawaii.Stamped cachet: "First Flight - Transpacific Route F.A.M. Route 14 - Honolulu-San Francisco (Alameda Airport)."

[Letter and first flight air mail cover addressed to Bill Boeing, Jr. from Donald R. Drew, November 20, 1935] (Item)

Letter and first flight air mail cover addressed to "Billie" [Bill Boeing, Jr.] from Donald R. Drew, November 20, 1935. Discusses social news and wishes a happy thirteenth birthday. One typed page on W. E. Boeing stationery and envelope.Stamped: "Manila Air Mail - United Air Lines-Pan American Airways - First transcontinental-transpacific air mail flight from mainland U.S. cities to Hawaii, Guam,…