The American Philatelist May 2018
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<strong>The</strong> Contract Air Mail Act of<br />
1925 set up the use of private airlines<br />
for transporting mail. Contract<br />
Air Mail Route No. 2 was awarded to<br />
Robertson Aircraft Corporation at<br />
Lambert Field in Missouri. <strong>The</strong> airline<br />
carried mail between St. Louis<br />
and Chicago, using Springfield and<br />
Peoria, Illinois as connecting points.<br />
Charles A. Lindbergh was their chief<br />
pilot and he flew the First Flight of<br />
this route, lifting off from <strong>May</strong>wood<br />
Field in Chicago on April 15, 1926, as<br />
shown on this autographed cover carried<br />
on that flight.<br />
Here is a First Trip cover with a <strong>May</strong> 15, 1918 cancel that went from New York City to Washington, D.C. with an interim<br />
stop in Philadelphia. <strong>The</strong> two southbound flights went smoothly on the first day. <strong>The</strong> letter is addressed to W.B. Hibbs & Co.,<br />
William Robey’s employer. Could Robey, the discoverer of the Inverted Jenny sheet of 100, have been responsible for this cover?<br />
486 AMERICAN PHILATELIST / MAY <strong>2018</strong>
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