Lindbergh San Thomas Antigua First Airmail Flight FAM6 Paramaribo 1929 Cover USA

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Antigua

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Cover (Postal History)

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Single

Item Description

Grade: Ungraded
Postal History Item: Airmail envelope. This item was created for philatelic purposes as a First Flight cover and was postally used. This cover was flown by Charles A. Lindbergh on a segment of the inaugural FAM-6 route. From: Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands (as indicated by origin postmark). To: Frank Herget, c/o Postmaster, St. Johns, Antigua, Leeward Islands (British West Indies). Postmarks: Origin: SAINT THOMAS, V.I. circular postmark dated SEP 22, 1929, 7 AM. Receiving: ST. JOHNS, ANTIGUA, B.W.I. circular postmark dated SP 23 29 (September 23, 1929). Transit Details: Complete Travel Time: 1 day. Approximate Travel Distance: Approximately 175 miles (St. Thomas, USVI to St. Johns, Antigua). Historical Context for Postmark Date (September 22, 1929, Saint Thomas, V.I.): The date September 22, 1929, marks a segment inauguration for Pan American Airways (PAA) Foreign Air Mail Route FAM-6. Charles A. Lindbergh, serving as a technical advisor to Pan American Airways, piloted the Sikorsky S-38 amphibian aircraft on the inaugural multi-leg flight of the San Juan, Puerto Rico, to Paramaribo, Dutch Guiana (now Suriname) route between September 20-24, 1929. This cover was carried on the St. Thomas to Antigua segment of that historic inaugural flight piloted by Lindbergh. This was a significant expansion of Pan American Airways' early international airmail network in the Caribbean.

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