Here is a small collection of rare vintage photos that shows the world's first flight airmail letters. Most of them were being thrown out because of water damage.
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First flight from Venezeula to Trinidad, February 12, 1931 |
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First Flight, Datona Beach to Miami, March 1, 1929 |
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From Nuevitas, Cuba to Miami, December 6, 1931 |
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Letter mailed on the first flight of Hindenburg (LZ-129) to Lakehurst, New Jersey in 1936 |
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National Air Races, Cleveland, Ohio, 1931 |
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Panama Canal Zone to Trinidad, February 12, 1931 |
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This mail was ready to be sent on the Akron balloon blimp but it never made it, ca. 1929-30 |
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Airmail Field Atlanta to West Palm Beach, February 9, 1931 |
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Atlanta to Miami, December 1, 1928 |
(Photos from
Richard)