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[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, Canton-Shanghai."
[Letter and air mail cover addressed to William E. Boeing from Merl LaVoy, U.S. Consulate, Johannesburg, South Africa, August 2, 1938]
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…