Description: To serve the Eastern coast of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, as well as to provide a shorter and more direct route to Miami, Florida, an important terminus of Foreign Air Mail (FAM) routes, effective April 1, 1931, the Eastern Seaboard branch route was established connecting on the north with the main route at Richmond, Virginia, and on the south at Jacksonville, Florida. Raleigh, North Carolina, Florence and Charleston, South Carolina, and Savannah, Georgia were intermediate stops. On April 1, 1931 Contract Air Mail Route 25 was officially discontinued and combined with this route to form a new consolidated route known as Contract Air Mail Route 19 between New York and Miami. No official cachets were provided for inaugural mail from Richmond. This cover was carried on the inaugural Contract Air Mail Route 19 flight from Richmond, Virginia to Jacksonville, Florida (where it was backstamped) and is listed in the Contract Air Mail Flights (CAM) Section of The American Air Mail Catalogue as 19S20.Lester Manning, a noted air mail historian, prepared the cover.Texas Air Corporation, parent corporation of Continental Airlines, New York Air and People Express, purchased Eastern Airlines. Eastern continued to operate as a separate airline. Operations were not integrated with any of the Texas Air owned companies.As a result of labor disputes, Eastern filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and significantly cut back on its operation on March 9, 2989. After the initial reduction, Eastern slowly rebuilt its system with service to a few of the points previously served with a smaller number of flights. Eastern sold its lucrative “Shuttle” operation to Donald Trump and, in addition, sold off a large number of aircraft.Eastern Air Lines ceased operations on January 18, 1991. This concluded the long history of an airline that could trace it roots back to May 1, 1928, with the first service of Pitcairn Aviation, Inc. In 1990, Eastern had sold its Central and South American routes to American Airlines and had been in receivership since declaring bankruptcy on March 9, 1989.
Price: 7 USD
Location: Cranford, New Jersey
End Time: 2024-10-02T20:36:52.000Z
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: Transportation
Place of Origin: United States
Quality: First Flight Cover
Event: First Flight
Country: United States
Grade: Ungraded
Exact Topic: Aviation History
Exact Type: Postal History
Topic: Aviation
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Certification: Uncertified
Modified Item: No
