{"product_id":"1929-fam-6-inaugural-first-flight-cover-miami-to-santo-domingo-dominican-rep","title":"1929 FAM 6 Inaugural First Flight Cover Miami to Santo Domingo Dominican Rep","description":"\u003cp\u003eFAM Route 6 inaugural first flight cover, January 9, 1929, flown from Miami, Florida to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic on Pan American Airways' historic Caribbean airmail inaugural. Franked with two examples of the 5¢ Beacon airmail stamp (Scott C11) plus the 2¢ Washington definitive (Scott 634), tied by Miami hand cancel at 8:30 AM on the day of the inaugural flight. Features the purple rectangular \"First Flight Air Mail \/ International F.A.M. 6\" cachet with Caribbean route map and aircraft vignette. Printed return corner card identifies the sender as John A. Jungwirth, 4810 Baldwin Ave., Detroit, Michigan.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJungwirth addressed this cover to himself at General Delivery, Santo Domingo - a deliberate and sophisticated technique practiced by serious flight cover collectors of the era. By sending to himself at a foreign General Delivery window he knew would go unclaimed, Jungwirth guaranteed the cover would make the complete round trip: flying the inaugural route outbound, receiving the Santo Domingo arrival backstamp, and then returning through the postal system back to Detroit - accumulating a full documentary record of the entire journey in cancellations. This was careful, intentional philatelic planning, not an accident of postal history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe result is a remarkably complete record preserved on the reverse. The cover arrived Santo Domingo on schedule January 10, 1929. Returned unclaimed, it traveled back through Miami (January 17), New York (January 21), and Ohio before arriving back in Detroit - documented by two Detroit receipt backstamps dated January 19 and January 22, 1929 at the Harper Ave. Station. The complete outbound and return journey is preserved in the cancellation record, making this an unusually rich and well-documented piece. Route handstamp on reverse records intermediate Caribbean island chain stops. \"Air Mail\" label also present on reverse.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSome soiling and toning consistent with the cover's well-traveled history. A fascinating and deliberately engineered dual-journey postal history piece from the FAM 6 inaugural.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShips from St. Petersburg, Florida.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAny catalog prices specified in the title of this listing are from the current Scott catalog.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe item(s) shown in the photo is an unmodified image of the exact item the buyer will receive unless otherwise noted.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor international shipments similar size\/weight items ship free if you pay postage for this one.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlease use scans to verify any suggested Scott # as sometimes mistakes are made. If you notice an error please let us know so it can be corrected.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eItem will be shipped with plastic wrapping and cardboard to help guard against shipping damage or water damage. No hassle returns available.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOffered by Vegas Stamps and Hobbies, Inc. 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