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Pan American World Airways First Flight New York - Lagos Nigeria - 1961
Pan American World Airways First Flight New York - Lagos Nigeria - 1961

Pan American World Airways First Flight New York - Lagos Nigeria - 1961

$ 1.05

Availability: 21 in stock
  • Grade: Ungraded
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Topic: Postal History
  • Type: Aviation History
  • Quality: First Flight Cover
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • Place of Origin: United States
  • Item must be returned within: 14 Days
  • Certification: Uncertified

    Description

    Lagos, Nigeria had been a stop on Pan American’s short-lived Foreign Air Mail Route 22 route to Africa which was
    inaugurated out of Miami in December 1941. With the demise of this route and the shift of most African
    cities to
    Foreign Air Mail Route
    18, there was no service to Nigeria until Kano was added in June 1956. This stop was
    suspended shortly thereafter and finally Pan Am resumed Lagos service on October 2, 1961 as an
    intermediate point between Accra, Ghana, and Leopoldville, Congo.
    This cover was
    carried on the
    inaugural Foreign Air Mail Route 18 flight from New York to Lagos, Nigeria
    (where it was backstamped) and is listed in the Foreign Air Mail (FAM) Section of The American Air Mail Catalogue as F18-330.