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Cuba
The first airline in Cuba was Compania Aerea Cubana which operated from February 1920 to January 1921. Anything collectable from this airline is rare. Next came Compania Nacional Cubana de Aviacion Curtiss formed in 1929 and purchased by Pan American Airways in 1932. They dropped Curtiss from the name and the airline became commonly known as Cubana. Pan American Airways had a strong presence in Cuba in the 1920's and 1930's with many scarce to rare postcards. Cubana eventually became the national airline of Cuba.
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Compania Aerea Cubana Farman F.40
One of the 4 Farman F.40 aircraft along with 2 Farman Goliaths which were initially used by this company.

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Compania Aerea Cubana Farman F.40
The AZO stamp box with two triangles up and 2 down dates the postcard to the time when the airline operated.

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Compania Aerea Cubana Cover 1920
The ticket was dated after this but this could be the envelope the Real Photo postcard was mailed in. This cover has a clear postmark of August 18, 1920.

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Compania Aerea Cubana Ticket 1920
One of the earliest airline tickets I've seen. It is dated October 5, 1920. These three items are the only items I've seen for this airline. The airline operated from February 1920 to January 1921.

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Compania Aerea Cubana Ticket 1920
It is interesting that even in 1920 the ticket was printed on watermarked paper for security.

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Cubana de Aviacion Curtiss Ford Tri-Motor
The pilots for the airline posed for this scarce litho postcard.

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Cubana de Aviacion Curtiss Ford Tri-Motor
Back of this company issued postcard.

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Cubana de Aviacion Curtiss Ford Tri-Motor
Great view of the Ford Tri-Motor used by the airline. Also a scarce postcard.

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Cubana de Aviacion Curtiss Ford Tri-Motor
This is another company issued litho postcard.

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Cubana Lockheed Constellation
A common Chrome era postcard showing their Constellation.

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Cubana Lockheed Constellation
View of the back of this company issued postcard.

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Aerovias Q Airways Curtiss Commando CU-T583
This airline started operating in 1946 and merged into Cubana in 1959. This Chrome era postcard is fairly common.

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Aerovias Q Airways Curtiss Commando CU-T583
I'm not sure if this is a company issued postcard or not. It may be a locally produced card to be sold at the airports.

 
   
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