This 1956 airmail cover
was sent from Burlington, Iowa, to San Francisco, California. It features a
blue and red lozenge border, typical of mid-century airmail stationery. The
circular date stamp marks the departure on June 17, 1956.
The cover is addressed to Geo. D. Austed and includes a signature and purple handstamp from O.J. Hertel, the Burlington Postmaster. This suggests the item might be a philatelic souvenir or a commemorative local mailing.
This First Flight Cover
commemorates the expansion of Air Mail Route A.M. 107 through Muscatine, Iowa.
Postmarked January 9, 1951, it features a distinctive purple "cachet"
illustrating the flight path between Davenport, Iowa, and St. Louis, Missouri.
The envelope is signed by Muscatine Postmaster Albert S. Barry and addressed to Newburgh, New York. It bears two 3-cent commemorative stamps: the 1950 California Statehood Centennial and the Boy Scouts of America issue, totaling the 6-cent airmail rate.
This 1950 philatelic cover commemorates the Cavalcade of Dearborn, a historic civic festival in Michigan. These events often featured parades and historical pageants. The envelope features a black slogan cancel over a 3-cent California Statehood stamp, promoting the event held that October.
On the left, Dearborn Postmaster John A. Vogler personally signed over his official title. This "postmaster-signed" status validate significant local postal events. The piece was sent to Lasus Brothers, a manufacturing chemist firm in Toledo, Ohio.
