airmail flight cover: Pan American World Airways, Malaysia
Date: | 1957 |
Medium: | paper, ink |
Credit Line: | Gift of the Captain John B. Russell Family |
Accession Number: | 2012.149.2336 a b |
Collection: | Aviation Archive |
Category: | Philately |
Subcategory: | Airmail Flight Cover |
Airline: | Pan American World Airways |
Description
a. Airmail flight cover, postmarked Johore, Malaysia, August 31, 1957; white envelope with orange and black map of Malaysia printed at left, “First day cover commemorating Malayan Independence.” b. Backing sheet with two sets of mounting corners, with handwritten caption: “First day cover of Malaya” and black and white photograph of Pan American World Airways, Douglas DC-6.