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AIR MAIL SAVES TIME. Circa 1926.
28x22 inches, 71x56 cm.
Condition B+ / B: creases and abrasions in image; grommets in corners and side margins.
The first Air Mail flight in the United States was flown in a Curtiss “Jenny” biplane. By the mid 1920s
the aging fleet of
De Havilland
aircraft was replaced with Douglas M-1s (depicted here). Through
1926, the U.S. Government owned and operated all airmail planes until the Kelly Act allowed the
government to subcontract airmail delivery with commercial airlines. The Post Office terminated its
dedicated airmail service in 1975.
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