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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.
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