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The history of aviation in America is the history of the mails, as the post office and the drive for faster delivery of the mail was the principle energy beyond early advances in aviation. Every airport opening, every first flight of a new airmail route, the intriguing Zephelins, and unfortunately there are also crash covers to be collected; amil that shows scars of having been in a mishap in the skys. Of course, the airplane also played a part in our national need for speed and thus developed the covers commemorating Air Races and Special Events. iHobb.com has an extensive and always changing inventory of Air Mail and Air Race related postal history for your collecting enjoyment.

Air Races & Event Covers

Air Races, Air Shows and Special Event Covers

Air Races, airshow and other special event involving aviation would with certainty include the production of a special event cover. Because the mail was so closely linked to the progress of aviation due to the mail contracts that funded much of the development, this is a logical extension and one that is enjoyable for collectors today.

Airmail First Flight Covers

Airmail First Flight Covers

First Flight Covers mark the initial transport of mail over newly established routes connecting cities to the new wonder of airmail. Know as CAM routed for domestic mail and FAM routes for international mail, a collection of these covers in any degree of completeness is a challenge that can give years of enjoyment.

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U.S. #C14 1930 Lakehurst to Friedrichshafen to New York

U.S. #C14 1930 Lakehurst to Friedrichshafen to New York

Code: B5888*Vault

Price: $180.00

SOLD... more info

Code: A5680*Cover

Price: $3.00

U.S. #C21 First Day of Issue with Washington, DC Cancel, February 1937... more info

Code: A5681*Cover

Price: $3.00

U.S. #C22 First Day of Issue with Washington, DC Cancel, February 1937... more info

U.S. #C20 FAM 14

U.S. #C20 FAM 14

Code: A5695*Cover

Price: $5.00

Trans-Pacific Cover Honolulu to San Francisco (backstamped), December 5, 1935, F.A.M. Route 14 First F... more info

U.S. #23 FAM 18-10a

U.S. #23 FAM 18-10a

Code: A5704*Cover

Price: $1.00

U.S. #C23 on FAM 18-10a First Flight Cover New York to Shediac, Canada Une 24, 1939... more info

U.S. #C20 FAM 14 FAM 14

U.S. #C20 FAM 14 FAM 14

Code: A5706*Cover

Price: $10.00

U.S. #C20 Trans-Pacific Air Mail FAM 14 First Flight Honolulu to San Francisco (backstamped)... more info

Code: A5707*Cover

Price: $3.00

U.S. #C10 FDC First Day of Issue Flight from Little Falls, MN (Lindberghs Home Town... more info

U.S. #C32 CAM 82

U.S. #C32 CAM 82

Code: A5708*Cover

Price: $3.00

U.S. #C32 FAM 82 First Flight, Del Rio, Texas to San Antonio, June 25, 1948... more info

U.S. #C10 FAM 5

U.S. #C10 FAM 5

Code: A5709*Cover

Price: $3.00

U.S. #C10 FAM Route 5 to Kingston, Jamaica, backstamped Kingston, December 3, 1930... more info

Hydsburg Alaska Cover

Hydsburg Alaska Cover

Code: A5711*Cover

Price: $3.00

Emergency mail service March 28, 1940 cover inagurating Emergency Mail Service via Airplane from Hydeb... more info

U.S. #790 & #791

U.S. #790 & #791

Code: A5728*Cover

Price: $5.00

U.S. #790 & #791 FAM 17 First Flight, Baltimore to Bermuda, March 16, 1938... more info

Code: A5729*Cover

Price: $3.00

Air Mail Week - 1938 U.S. #C23 on Cachet Cover dated May 15, 1938, commemorating a San Diego First, fi... more info

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