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Florida International Airport Cancel Without City Identification - Where?

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Posted 04/11/2022 3:33 pm

I have not seen one of these cancels before.

Can someone tell me from what Florida city this international airport cancel originated?

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Posted 04/11/2022 3:46 pm

Unlikely to be anywhere other than Miami at that point, I assume.

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Posted 04/11/2022 3:50 pm

Miami.

From the 1960 "Directory of Post Offices", POD Publication 26:

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Posted 04/11/2022 3:58 pm

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Miami to Brazil

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Posted 04/11/2022 4:08 pm

International Airport is/was a Classified Branch of Miami, FL per 1951 Postal Guide

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Posted 04/11/2022 4:30 pm

Thanks, John Becker, Geoff, Rod, and mml1942.

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Posted 04/12/2022 3:47 pm

A similar case is the Air Base, California postmark used by the Fairfield-Suisan AFB in the late 1940s and early 50s. The base was later renamed to Travis AFB.

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Posted 04/12/2022 4:15 pm

Indeed! Here is a portion of the California listings from the 1949 Official Postal Guide:

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Posted 06/07/2023 2:46 pm

Briefly resurrecting this thread since the pictured cancel was brought up today in a different thread.

GeoffHa- actually, there were several International airports in Florida both in 1954 and 1958 but glad some folks here had references to establish this particular cancel was used in Miami.

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Posted 06/07/2023 3:20 pm

An international airport meant the airport in question had customs service(s) in place. No customs no international in the airport name.

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Posted 06/07/2023 5:04 pm

Yes and several airports in Florida had International flights during the 1950's. As an example, please review the info on this page:

https://www.tampapix.com/drewfield.htm

Note that International Flights were inaugurated from Tampa Drew Field to Havana and Canada on December 15, 1946, at which time it was renamed Tampa International Airport.

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