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First Day Cover: KLM Amsterdam - Khartoum Flight
uncommon1945-1980

First Day Cover: KLM Amsterdam - Khartoum Flight

Netherlands · 1956 · 10c, 20c

A First Day Cover commemorating the inaugural KLM flight from Amsterdam to Khartoum, postmarked April 26, 1956. It features two definitive stamps of the Netherlands: a 10c stamp depicting Queen Juliana and a 20c stamp showing a ship.

This FDC marks a significant event in Dutch aviation history, celebrating KLM's expansion of its international routes to Khartoum, Sudan, in the mid-20th century.

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