Skip to main content

Archives at The Museum of Flight


Box 4

 Container

Contains 1 Result:

Letter to WEB from Merl LaVoy, U.S. Consulate, Johannesburg, South Africa. Sends commemorative air mail cover for WEB's collection, 1938 August 2

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 17
Additional details

Includes centenary commemorative envelope with illustration depicting the “Great Trek” of 1838 by the Voortrekker [Dutch-speaking settlers] from Cape Colony into the interior of South Africa. LaVoy notes that first one thousand miles of the letter's trip was via ox cart, while the rest would be air mail.

Dates: 1938 August 2

The Museum of Flight | 9404 E. Marginal Way South | Seattle WA 98108-4097 | 206-764-5874
Contact us with a research request
curator@museumofflight.org