Air Mail First Day Cover

Creator

Preview

Identifier

20042885

Description

The cover for the first day issue of the new 6-cent Air Mail stamp from Washington, D. C., which was sponsored by the Fleetwood Cover Service of Mount Vernon, New York. The cover was designed by L. W. Staehle, of New York City, New York. The 6-cent is the first of six new air mails to be issued by the Post Office Department. Part of the design features an airplane, along with the American flag, the Alaskan flag, and the Canadian flag.

Archival Date

1941-06-26

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-1150

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

Rights

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License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License

Subjects

Air mail service; Postal service; Postage Stamps; Envelopes; Postal stationery; Flags; Staehle, L. W.; Fleetwood Cover Service