Air Mail Jubilee
On Wednesday the air mail celebrated its silver jubilee. On September 16, 1911, the first official air mail in history travelled from Windsor to London in a fragile monoplane piloted by Mr. Graham White. For some months thereafter a more or less [regular service was maintained to [ meet the demands of philatelists or | "souvenir hunters” who wished to ov. ;i [novel air mail “cover.” A New Plymouth woman, Miss W. Tichbon, is fortunate enough to possess one of the original air mail postcards with well preserved stamps. The card bears the date “September 16, 1911,” and the special cancellation arranged by the General Post Office for letters carried by Mr. Graham White’s remarkable “service.” On it is printed a photograph of the monoplane in flight over Windsor Castle. The card was addressed by a relative in England to Miss Tichbon’s father, who was then a resident of Stratford.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 222, 19 September 1936, Page 7
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151Air Mail Jubilee Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 222, 19 September 1936, Page 7
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