On 24 December 24 1964, Pan American extended its long-standing Miami to Nassau service to Rock Sound in the Eleuthera Islands group of the Bahamas, some 80 miles east of Nassau. Rock Sound was the location of The Cotton Bay Club – originally developed by the founder of Pan Am Airlines, Juan Trippe, in 1959.
First Flight Covers
Pan American Airways arranged to cachet and postmark covers at Miami airport on the day of the flight.
References
- Austrian Information, Volumes 22-25
- British Caribbean Philatelic Journal Vol 5 No 2 (1965)
- Flying Magazine Dec 1968