1929 US 5¢ Beacon Airmail Stamp on First Flight Cover

United States · 1929 · 5¢

A 1929 First Flight Cover from Camden, NJ to Allentown, PA, featuring the 5-cent US airmail stamp (Scott C11) depicting an airplane beacon, cancelled with a 'FIRST FLIGHT' postmark.

This cover commemorates an early airmail route between Camden, New Jersey, and Allentown, Pennsylvania, part of the significant expansion of airmail services in the United States during the late 1920s.