Description: In the 1977-78Transatlantic Route Proceeding Pan American acquired Houston – previously a gateway to Mexico and Latin America over Foreign Air Mail Route 5 – as a co-terminal on its transatlantic route. In mid-1978the airline took the first step to make this city a major international transportation hub by extending its round-the-world flights from the previous New York terminus. The basic cachet used for westbound covers lists all cities on the route in sequence and shows a plane flying westbound around a globe, while the eastbound cachet is the reverse on both counts. Although the Los Angeles Worldway Postal Center did not dispatch eastbound covers, it was inexplicably furnished with an eastbound cachet, and this was apparently applied to all westbound covers before the error was discovered. Through a misunderstanding of procedures, instructions were then given to destroy those covers intended for dispatch to Houston and to substitute envelopes which were processed with the correct postmark, cachet and backstamp, and addressed to the addressees of the destroyed covers who received them almost a month after the flight. These substitute covers were not carried on the first flight.
Price: 2 USD
Location: Cranford, New Jersey
End Time: 2024-08-14T17:53:55.000Z
Shipping Cost: 1.35 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 14 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Type: Aviation History
Place of Origin: United States
Quality: First Flight Cover
Country: United States
Event: First Flight
Grade: Ungraded
Exact Topic: First Flight
Topic: Postal History
Exact Type: Pan American World Airways
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Certification: Uncertified
Modified Item: No
