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First Flight Cover, Air Mail Route S-33, Buzzards Bay to Boston, Mass., May 19, 1938.

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Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1938

GUSN

GUSN-291320

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Description

Fiirst Flight Cover Air Mail Route S-33, Buzzards Bay to Boston, Mass., May 19, 1938. Stamped, postmarked, envelope, National Air Mail Week, May 15 - 21, 1938 with cachet, "largest vertical lift bridge in the world, Buzzard's Bay, Mass".

Details

Descriptive Terms

first day covers
canals
lift bridges
envelopes
airmail stamps
first day covers

Additional Identification Number

DigitalID 002106
AccessID 4072
Other identifier HNEDID-002106

Physical Description

One First Flight Cover, Air Mail Route S-33,, 3.5" x 5.25"

Collection Code

MS028

Collection Name

Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

Date of Acquisition

2012

Reference Code

MS028.04.028.009

Places

Cape Cod (Barnstable county, Massachusetts) [peninsula]
Buzzards Bay (Bourne, Barnstable county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]

Record Details

Originator

United States Postal Service (Producer)

Material Type

first day covers

Description Level

Item

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