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US Airmail First Flight Cover, Allentown to Los Angeles
uncommon1900-1945

US Airmail First Flight Cover, Allentown to Los Angeles

United States · 1935 · 5¢ and 10¢

This First Flight Cover features two US airmail stamps: a 5-cent blue stamp depicting a winged globe and a 10-cent green stamp showing an airplane flying over a beacon.

This cover commemorates the inaugural flight of Air Mail Route 1 between Allentown, PA and Los Angeles, CA in 1935, marking a significant expansion of airmail service in the United States.

Catalog Numbers

scottC19, C18

Image: unknown, self scanned · License: Public domain

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