1961 - Mogadiscio, Somalia to Reggio Emilia, Italy
Registered Airmail Letter.
July 4 is Independence Day in America. The flag shown is a copy of the flag Francis Scott Key would have seen while imprisoned at Fort McHenry. Francis Scott Key wrote the national anthem - The Star-Spangled Banner.
Hope everyone has a great Fourth of July. Two for today.
Mendocino, posted twice, a cropped version on 7/4/2015, and both sides on 7/4/2017. One of my favorite RPPCs as it shows a typical summer day on the Mendocino Coast. When it gets hot in the inland valleys, the marine layer moves in and fog comes with it.
I collect most of California's Redwood Empire , Humboldt & Mendocino counties, including the RPOs that ran through them. Any town or city I mention is located in one or the other. My primary sources are California Town Postmarks 1850 - 1935 compiled by John H. Williams & the Western Cover Society Mobil Post Office Society RPO Catalog, MPOS U. S. Route and Station Agent Catalog, and the MPOS RPO Directory and AGT Directory California Postmaster Compensation compiled by Alan H. Patera
1940 - Lisbon, Portugal to Des Moines, Iowa, USA Twelve days by airmail
1940 - Nassau, Bahamas to Louisville, Kentucky, USA
1937 - On board the Koninklijke Nederlandsche Stoomboot-Stuyvesant to Brussels, Belgium Postage paid with a stamp from British Guiana, taken off the steamer in Trinidad before being forwarded to Belgium
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