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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-8: FAM-8 was awarded to Pan American Airways (Compania Mexicana de Aviacion).
        On July 12, 1921 two American residents living in Mexico, LA Winship and Harry J Lawson founded Compania Mexicana de Transportacion Aerea. The Mexican government awarded CMTA a flight route between Mexico City and Tampico (Gulf of Mexico) to transport wages to the oil field workers in the oil fields surrounding Tampico. In 1924 CMTA was acquired by Compania Mexicana de Aviacion (CMA) and in February 1929 Pan American Airways took over the majority of its stock.
        FAM-8 was awarded to Pan American Airways who operated this Mexican flight service through CMA thus complying with Mexican government regulations. A Ford Trimotor piloted by Charles Lindbergh inaugurated flight service on March 9, 1929 between Mexico City and Matamoros (Brownsville TX). A second Trimotor piloted by EJ Snyder provided flight service between Mexico City and Tampico.

PA
Ford Trimotor

F8-4 290309 Mexico City Mexico-Brownsville TX PA Charles Lindbergh $11.25
F8-4b 290309 Mexico City Mexico-Matamoros Mexico PA Charles Lindbergh $60.00
F8-3 290309 Tampico Mexico-Brownsville TX PA Charles Lindbergh $22.50
F8-1Ba 290310 Brownsville TX-Tampico Mexico PA Charles Lindbergh $12.00
F8-1B 290310 Brownsville TX-Mexico City Mexico PA Charles Lindbergh $7.50
F8-1Ma 290310 Matamoros Mexico-Tampico Mexico PA Charles Lindbergh $75.00
F8-1M 290310 Matamoros Mexico-Mexico City Mexico PA Charles Lindbergh $75.00
F8-4a 290309 Mexico City Mexico-Tampico Mexico PA EJ Snyder $12.00
F8-2 290310 Tampico Mexico-Mexico City Mexico PA Roscoe V Kent $22.50

        FAM-8 was extended to Guatemala City Guatemala on September 1, 1929.

F8-5a 290901 Brownsville TX-Vera Cruz Mexico PA -- $37.50
F8-5b 290901 Brownsville TX-San Geronimo Mexico PA -- $37.50
F8-5c 290901 Brownsville TX-Tapachula Mexico PA -- $37.50
F8-5 290901 Brownsville TX-Guatemala City Guatemala PA -- $26.25
F8-6a 290902 Vera Cruz Mexico-San Geronimo Mexico PA -- $45.00
F8-6b 290902 Vera Cruz Mexico-Tapachula Mexico PA -- $45.00
F8-6 290902 Vera Cruz Mexico-Guatemala City Guatemala PA -- $45.00
F8-9a 290902 San Geronimo Mexico-Tapachula Mexico PA -- $45.00
F8-9 290902 San Geronimo Mexico-Guatemala City Guatemala PA -- $45.00
F8-11 290902 Tapachula Mexico-Guatemala City Guatemala PA -- $52.50
F8-12a 290902 Tapachula Mexico-San Geronimo Mexico PA -- $45.00
F8-12b 290902 Tapachula Mexico-Vera Cruz Mexico PA -- $45.00
F8-12 290902 Tapachula Mexico-Brownsville TX PA -- $30.00
F8-10a 290902 San Geronimo Mexico-Vera Cruz Mexico PA -- $37.50
F8-10 290902 San Geronimo Mexico-Brownsville TX PA -- $30.00
F8-7 290902 Vera Cruz Mexico-Brownsville TX PA -- $30.00

F8-15A 300115 Brownsville TX-San Salvador El Salvador PA -- $7.50
F8-15fA 300115 Brownsville TX-San Salvador El Salvador PA -- $52.50
F8-15 300115 Brownsville TX-San Lorenzo Honduras PA -- $7.50
F8-16A 300115 Tampico Mexico-San Salvador El Salvador PA -- $45.00
F8-16 300115 Tampico Mexico-San Lorenzo Honduras PA -- $45.00
F8-17A 300116 Veracruz Mexico-San Salvador El Salvador PA -- $45.00
F8-17 300116 Veracruz Mexico-San Lorenzo Honduras PA -- $45.00
F8-18A 300116 San Geronimo Mexico-San Salvador El Salvador PA -- $45.00
F8-18 300116 San Geronimo Mexico-San Lorenzo Honduras PA -- $45.00
F8-19A 300116 Tapachula Mexico-San Salvador El Salvador PA -- $45.00
F8-19 300116 Tapachula Mexico-San Lorenzo Honduras PA -- $45.00
F8-20 300122 San Salvador El Salvador-San Lorenzo Honduras PA -- $135.00
F8-21A 300101 San Salvador El Salvador-Tapachula Mexico PA -- $37.50
F8-21B 300101 San Salvador El Salvador-San Geronimo Mexico PA -- $37.50
F8-21C 300101 San Salvador El Salvador-Veracruz Mexico PA -- $37.50
F8-21D 300101 San Salvador El Salvador-Tampico Mexico PA -- $37.50
F8-21 300101 San Salvador El Salvador-Brownsville TX PA -- $26.25
F8-23A 300121 Panama City Panama-San Salvador El Salvador PA -- $37.50
F8-23B 300121 Panama City Panama-Guatemala City Guatemala PA -- $37.50
F8-23C 300121 Panama City Panama-Veracruz Mexico PA -- $37.50
F8-23 300121 Panama City Panama-Brownsville TX PA -- $30.00
F8-24A 300121 Colon Canal Zone-San Salvador El Salvador PA -- $15.00
F8-24B 300121 Colon Canal Zone-Guatemala City Guatemala PA -- $30.00
F8-24C 300121 Colon Canal Zone-Veracruz Mexico PA -- $33.75
F8-24 300121 Colon Canal Zone-Brownsville TX PA -- $60.00
F8-25A 300121 Cristobal Canal Zone-San Salvador El Salvador PA -- $30.00
F8-25B 300121 Cristobal Canal Zone-Guatemala City Guatemala PA -- $30.00
F8-25C 300121 Cristobal Canal Zone-Veracruz Mexico PA -- $30.00
F8-25 300121 Cristobal Canal Zone-Brownsville TX PA -- $15.00

F8-27 300311 San Jose costa Rica-Any FAM-8 point north PA -- $45.00

F8-30A 300316 Guatemala City Guatemala-San Salvador El Salvador PA -- $15.00
F8-30B 300316 Guatemala City Guatemala-San Lorenzo Honduras PA -- $18.75
F8-30C 300316 Guatemala City Guatemala-Managua Nicaragua PA -- $18.75
F8-30D 300316 Guatemala City Guatemala-San Jose Costa Rica PA -- $18.75
F8-30E 300316 Guatemala City Guatemala-David Panama PA -- $60.00
F8-30F 300316 Guatemala City Guatemala-Panama City Panama PA -- $82.50
F8-30 300316 Guatemala City Guatemala-Cristobal Canal Zone PA -- $18.75
F8-31 300317 Guatemala City Guatemala-Any FAM-8 point north PA -- $30.00

F8-33A 300601 Mexico City Mexico-Guatemala City Guatelmala PA -- $26.25
F8-33B 300601 Mexico City Mexico-San Salvador El Salvador PA -- $26.25
F8-33C 300601 Mexico City Mexico-San Lorenzo Honduras PA -- $26.25
F8-33D 300601 Mexico City Mexico-Magagua Nicaragua PA -- $26.25
F8-33E 300601 Mexico City Mexico-San Jose Costa Rica PA -- $26.25
F8-33F 300601 Mexico City Mexico-Panama City Panama PA -- $30.00
F8-33 300601 Mexico City Mexico-Cristobal Canal Zone PA -- $22.50

F8-35 320415 Cristobal Canal Zone-Mexico City Mexico PA -- $30.00
F8-36 320415 Panama City Panama-Mexico City Mexico PA -- $30.00
F8-37 320416 Colon Canal Zone-Mexico City Mexico PA -- $33.75

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