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Background: The Post Office Department designated any contract air mail route flown by an airline into/from a foreign country into/from the US as a "Foreign Air Mail" route. The Foreign Air Mail routes became known as FAM's.

FAM-2: FAM-2 was awarded to Hubbard Air Transport.
        On March 3, 1919 William E. Boeing (1881-1956) and Edward Hubbard (1889-1928) made a demonstration flight from Vancouver British Columbia to Seattle WA's Lake Union transporting the first bag of international US air mail. Hubbard went on to found Hubbard Air Transport.
        Hubbard Air Transport was awarded FAM-2 and on October 15, 1920 began flight service between Seattle WA and Victoria British Columbia Canada flying the Boeing C-700 flying boat.

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Boeing C-700 Seaplane (Hubbard-left & Boeing-right)

F2-1 201015 Seattle WA-Victoria Canada HAT Edward Hubbard $225.00
F2-2 201015 Victoria Canada-Seattle WA HAT Edward Hubbard $300.00

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