Irving Louis Shechter Philatelic Collection

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: 2020-10-24

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The Irving Louis Shechter Philatelic Collection consists of 53 philatelic airmail covers. The items span 1927-1954 and are arranged in chronological order. Of note are covers related to Lindbergh and his promotional airmail flights after his record-setting transatlantic flight, as well as the first airmail express flight to the Panama Canal that he piloted in 1930. Also present are cacheted covers for the first night flight on C.A.M. route 26 from Pocatello, Idaho to Salt Lake City, Utah, 1930; the first shore-to-ship airmail service from Glendale, California to the SS City of Los Angeles, 1931; the first regular 16-hour airmail service from Los Angeles, California to New York, 1934; assorted inter-island flights in Hawaii in the 1930s; various trans-Pacific flights to locations including Guam and Hong Kong; the first airmail flight via rotary-wing aircraft (autogiro) in 1939; the first airmail flight via helicopter in Long Beach, California, 1946; among others.

Dates

Creation: 1927-1954

Creator

Schechter, Irving Louis, 1910-1998 (Collector, Person)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research but has not been fully processed. Access to the collection may be limited or may require additional processing time. For more information contact us.

Conditions Governing Use

The Museum of Flight (TMOF) Archives is the owner of the physical materials in the archives and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from TMOF archives before any publication use. TMOF does not necessarily hold copyright to all of the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from copyright owners. Consult repository for more details.