Front:
Dlting Gmmere
Chamkes
Inprint
Back:
CBA
Ni
VT
OSTA
11
FEB 29
12 M
1928
N. Y
UZSHINGTON
CATS
The illustration shows Clarence
Chamberlin bringing in the first mail
by plane from the steamer Leviathan
A stamp dealer of East Orang
placed the mail in the cabin of tl
plane as it was mounted on the fifth
deck of the steamer. In this picture
he is removing the philatelic mail
while Joe, the P. O. clerk, holds a
white bag under his arm. The bag
has the unpostmarked mail of the
steamship officials. The time of the
landing was 10:40 A. M. Aug. 1. The
field is at Teterboro, N. J. Total
number of letter carried was 916 of
which 600 were in specially printed
envelopes for the United States Lines.
This mail was cancelled at Hasbrouck
Heights (which is the P. O. for
Teterboro). The philatelic section,
about 300 letters, was backstamped
“Hasbrouck Heights, Aug. 1, 12-M.”
Of the 300 letters about 100 were
burned as defective.
7. Lauterning
110
Newark & I
