American Airlines continued its expansion of European routes with nonstop service from Chicago to Düsseldorf with continuing service to Munich on May 15, 1986. Boeing 767 equipment provided the service.

This cover was carried on the inaugural American Airlines flight from the O'Hare Airport Mail Facility in Chicago, Illinois to Munich, Germany (where it was backstamped) and is listed in The American Air Mail Catalogue as AA-F258f.