Eastern Airlines First Flight Miami Florida - Saint Croix Virgin Islands - 1969

Description

The initial service pattern of Eastern Airlines’ new service to the Virgin Islands was Miami - St. Thomas - St. Croix – Miami.
No cachet was provided for inaugural mail from Miami.
This cover was one of
only 140 pieces of mail
carried on the March 1, 1969 inaugural Foreign Air Mail Route 29 flight from Miami, Florida to Christiansted, Virgin Islands
(where it was backstamped) and is listed in the Foreign Air Mail Flights (FAM) Section of The American Air Mail Catalogue as F29-51.