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General Philatelic/Gen. Discussion : Airmail Arrows in California

 

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Pogopossum

16 Feb 2018
05:55:17pm
I did a search but couldn't find a thread about airmail arrows - here is a link to a brief article on remaining dual concrete arrows in California from the early days of US Airmail. If you live in the Bay Area maybe it is time for a picnic!

https://99percentinvisible.org/article/concrete-airmail-arrows-accessing-bay-areas-unique-double-arrow-set/

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I thought I was wrong once, but I was mistaken.

16 Feb 2018
09:20:18pm

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re: Airmail Arrows in California

There is a show on the Science TV channel called, "What on Earth". The show depicts satellite images of strange geological occurrences and man-made structures on Earth. About a month ago they had a complete show regarding the concrete airmail arrows. If I remember correctly, they showed arrows in 3 different states, all out west. Very interesting.

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16 Feb 2018
09:41:06pm
re: Airmail Arrows in California

Here is the link to the thread about the arrows.
https://stamporama.com/discboard/disc_main.php?action=20&id=16653#125847

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17 Feb 2018
09:13:00am
re: Airmail Arrows in California

Yes, this is quite an interesting aside to the early airmail days in the US.

I'll be including more of this info in the update to my article about the US Scott C11

Beacon airmail stamp of 1928.


I hope to someday take a trek across the USA to visit the last known remaining ones.

There are many of the arrows still out there, and also a couple restored towers!

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Pogopossum

16 Feb 2018
05:55:17pm

I did a search but couldn't find a thread about airmail arrows - here is a link to a brief article on remaining dual concrete arrows in California from the early days of US Airmail. If you live in the Bay Area maybe it is time for a picnic!

https://99percentinvisible.org/article/concrete-airmail-arrows-accessing-bay-areas-unique-double-arrow-set/

Geoff

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16 Feb 2018
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re: Airmail Arrows in California

There is a show on the Science TV channel called, "What on Earth". The show depicts satellite images of strange geological occurrences and man-made structures on Earth. About a month ago they had a complete show regarding the concrete airmail arrows. If I remember correctly, they showed arrows in 3 different states, all out west. Very interesting.

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sheepshanks

16 Feb 2018
09:41:06pm

re: Airmail Arrows in California

Here is the link to the thread about the arrows.
https://stamporama.com/discboard/disc_main.php?action=20&id=16653#125847

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musicman

APS #213005
17 Feb 2018
09:13:00am

re: Airmail Arrows in California

Yes, this is quite an interesting aside to the early airmail days in the US.

I'll be including more of this info in the update to my article about the US Scott C11

Beacon airmail stamp of 1928.


I hope to someday take a trek across the USA to visit the last known remaining ones.

There are many of the arrows still out there, and also a couple restored towers!

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