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1924 (Apr-Sep) First Aerial Circumnavigation of the Globe by members of the United States Army Air Service, preliminary stage Santa Monica (CA)-Seattle (WA) Franklin 1c Postal Card with 'AROUND THE WORLD FLIGHT/UNITED STATES AIR FORCE' & 'SANTA MONICA CAL/CLOVER/FIELD/1924/FIRST LEG/SEATTLE WASH' cachets plus 'DOUGLAS WORLD AIR CRUISERS/LIBERTY MOTOR 400HP BIPLANE' cachet on the reverse, forwarded to New York, minor blemishes. The American Air Mail Catalogue states "Several covers and cards were carried...".