Keith Larson First commercial air mail service flights have typically been recorded by the creation of philatelic covers. The use of Scout commemorative stamp issues increases their interest to Scouts on Stamps collectors.
Typical usage has two stamps on cover to meet the air mail postage rate.
This Scout air mail postage usage in the United States began with the Juliet Low issue of 1948. The addition of new domestic air mail routes slowed after the 50th Anniversary of BSA issue of 1960. The cover is backstamped at Jacksonville on the same day. The pilot for this flight was J.W. Kendall. It is backstamped at the Buffalo AMF on the same day.