Christie Hotel Hollywood 1939 Airmail Cover Advertising with Letter

Postmarked in the fall of 1939, a year often called Hollywood's golden year, this airmail cover carries the name of the Christie Hotel of Hollywood, California. Hotel advertising covers like this were a familiar sight in the mail of the day, and they are a favorite with postal history and Hollywood ephemera collectors. This one still holds the handwritten letter that travelled in it, so you get the envelope and the message together.

Details

• The cover is franked with a pair of 3-cent Thomas Jefferson stamps, 6 cents in all, the airmail rate of the time.
• It is postmarked Los Angeles, Calif., Arcade Annex, Sep 19, 1939, 6:30 PM, with an AIR-MAIL SAVES TIME slogan cancel.
• It is addressed in pencil to a Springfield, Missouri, address.
• Enclosed are two handwritten pages on Christie Hotel letterhead, written from a Los Angeles address.

Condition: The envelope is toned and foxed, with brown staining on the front and brown streaks along the back flap folds, plus creases. The letter sheets are creased with light spotting. See photos.

Please note: It will be packed flat and carefully.

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