24c Carmine Rose & Blue, 1918 Air Post, Fast Plane Variety (C3 var). Clear vignette shift with the top wing of the plane well into the Carmine frame, tied by "Air Mail Service Wash. N.Y. Phila. Washington May 15, 1918 First Trip" datestamp on 2c postal card (UX29) to New Haven Conn., typed "By Aero Mail via Philadelphia and New York", New Haven receiving backstamp of May 16, Very Fine, a rare example of the Fast Plane variety used on the May 15, 1918 flight, only a few examples are recorded by Joe Kirker, the use of a 24c on a first flight postal card is also very rare, ex Price, with 2017 P.F. certificate

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