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May 13, 1954%u2014%u2014Spurgeon%u2014%u2014Enos AirportUnknown number of pieces cancelled.Addressee, philatelist George Daniel Austed, advertised in The Airpost Journal in the 1950s. No backstamp.This short-lived airport never consisted of more than a simple unpaved runway and an airsock. It was used by the Enos Coal Mine to allow mine managers from Cleveland, Ohio to fly in for a visit, then return home the same day. The runway remained in use until the Old Ben Coal Company purchased Enos in 1965.Image captured c. 1995 of the Enos Airport runway from: Enos Coal Mining Company, Indiana%u2019s Largest and Most Modern Coal Mine, by Lela Aja Mason, 2015.
