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| Keywords: CAM-5 First Flight Covers 1926.jpg Covers flown Eastbound top and Westbound bottom on the first flights on CAM-5 between Pasco WA and Elko NV April 6 1926 Notes The postal stationary cover U436h flown Eastbound is also an unusual 3-cent carmine error Die 5 The correct color for 3-cent printed postage is violet; carmine is the color for 2-cents The cover flown Westbound and autographed by pilot Franklin Rose is also a crash cover as the first leg of the flight was forced 75-miles off course by storms enroute from Elko to Boise before making a forced landing near Jordan Valley The pilot and mail remained missing for two days until pilot Rose finally managed to reach a telephone on April 8 after carrying the 98 pounds of mail for many miles out of the wilderness by foot and later on a horse borrowed from a farmer The mail finally arrived at the Post Office in Pasco late in the morning of April 9 three days after leaving Elko The Cooper Collection of Aero Postal History Photographs and composite image by uploader 1926-04-06 Postage stamps CDS PD-USGov PD-USGov-pre1978stamp Anything else postal address etc PD-Pre1978 Original upload log en wikipedia Stefan4 CommonsHelper page en wikipedia CAM-5_First_Flight_Covers_1926 jpg 2008-05-31 17 09 Centpacrr 638×592× 267177 bytes <nowiki> fixed cropping </nowiki> 2008-05-31 12 14 Centpacrr 624×592× 275383 bytes <nowiki>Covers flown Eastbound top and Westbound bottom on the first flights on CAM-5 between Pasco WA and Elko NV April 6 1926 The Cooper Collections </nowiki> Stamps of the United States 1921-1930 Blue stamps Red stamps Airmail stamps of the United States First flight covers | ||||
