airmail flight cover: Qantas Airways, Boeing 707
| Date: | 1959 |
| Medium: | paper, ink |
| Dimensions: | 3 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches (8.9 x 16.5 cm) |
| Credit Line: | Gift of Mrs. Siusiadh Rasmussen |
| Accession Number: | 2003.013.001 |
| Collection: | Aviation Archive |
| Category: | Philately |
| Subcategory: | Airmail Flight Cover |
| Airline: | Qantas Airways |
| Aircraft: | Boeing 707 |
Description
Printed cachet with route map and starboard wing with two engines; "Boeing 707 First Scheduled Jet Flight Sydney, Fiji, Honolulu, San Francisco" printed across top of cachet, "Qantas Australia's Overseas Airline" across bottom; postmark from Honolulu, August 1, 1959; blue and white U.S. 25-cent stamp with image of Boeing 377 Stratocruiser flying over bridge; stamped address to Qantas Empire Airways Limited, Sydney, Australia; backstamp from Sydney, August 12, 1959 3:30 PM.