UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AIR MAIL

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AIR MAIL

1918 Curtiss Jenny in flight Perforation 11 1923 Different subjects Perforation 11 Wooden propeller and radiator Emblem of air service De Havilland biplane 1926/27 Contractual Inauguration (C.A.M.) Perforation 11 Map of US and two Mail Planes Page 1

1927 June 18 Lindbergh Issue Charles Lindbergh s Airplane Spirit of Saint Louis 1928 July 25 1930 February 10 Beacon on Rocky Mountains Winged Globe 1930 April 19 Graf Zeppelin Issue Issued for use on mail carried on first Europe-Pan-America round-trip flight of Graf Zeppelin, May, 1930 Zeppelin Over Atlantic Ocean Zeppelin be tween Continents Zeppelin passing Globe Page 2

1931 August 19 Type of 1930 1932 September 26 Type of 1930 Winged Globe Winged Globe 1933 October 2 Century of Progress Issue Flight of the Graf Zeppelin in Oct. 1933 to Miami, Akron and Chicago, and from the last city to Europe 1934 June 30 Type of 1930 Airship Graf Zeppelin Winged Globe Transpacific Issues Issued to pay postage on mail carried on the Transpacific Air Post Service, inaugurated November 22, 1935 1935 November 22 1937 February 15 1937 February 15 The China Clipper over the Pacific Page 3

1938 May 14 1939 May 16 Transatlantic Issue Eagle Holding Shield, Olive Branch and Arrows Winged Globe 1941 1944 Definitive Twin -Motored Transport Plane 1941 June 25 Coil Stamp From Booklet 1944 March 21 1941 August 15 1941 August 19 1941 August 27 1941 September 25 1941 October 29 Page 4

1946 September 25 1947 March 26 1948 January 15 DC-4 Skymaster DC-4 Skymaster Coil Stamp Perf. 10 Horizontally 1947 Different Views August 30 Pan-American Union Building, Washington, DC August 20 Statue of Liberty and New York Skyline July 30 Plane over San Francisco- Oakland Bay Bridge 1948 July 31 New York City Issue 50 th anniversary of the consolidation of the five boroughs of NYC 1949 January 18 Type of 1947 Map of 5 Boroughs, Circular Band and Planes DC-4 Skymaster From Booklet Page 5

1949 May 11 Alexandria Bicentennial Issue Founding of Alexandria, Va, 200 th anniversary 1949 August 25 Type of 1947 1949 December 17 Wright Brothers Issue 46 th Anniversary of Wright Brothers 1 st Flight, Dec. 17, 1903 Home of John Carlyle, Alexandria Seal and Gadsby s Tavern Coil Stamp Perforated 10 Horiz. Wilbur and Orville Wright and their Plane 1949 Universal Postal Union Issue 75 th Anniversary of UPU November 18 Post Office Department Building October 7 Globe and Doves Carrying Messages November 30 Boeing Stratocruiser and Globe 1952 March 26 1953 May 29 Powered Flight Issue 50 th anniv. of Powered Flight 1954 September 3 For Domestic Post Cards Diamond Head, Honolulu, Hawaii First Plane and Modern Plane Eagle in Flight Page 6

1959 August 17 Balloon Jupiter Issue Cent. of the carrying of mail by the balloon Jupiter, from Lafayette to Crawfordsville, Ind. 1957 August 1 Air Force Issue 50 th anniv. of U.S. Air Force 1959 August 27 Pan American Games Issue 3 rd Pan American Games, Chicago, Aug. 27 - Sept. 7 Balloon and Crowd B-52 Stratofortress and F-104 Starfighters Runner Holding Torch 1958 July 31 Type of 1954 1958 July 31 Silhoue tte of Jet Airliner Eagle in Flight Perforated 10½ x 11 From Booklet. Coil Stamp Perforated 10 Horiz. 1959 January 3 Alaska Statehood Issue Alaska s admission to statehood 1959 August 21 Hawaii Statehood Issue Hawaii s admission to statehood Big Dipper, North Star and Map of Alaska Alii Warrior, Map of Hawaii and Star of Statehood Page 7

1960-1961 Liberty Symbols June 1960 Liberty Bell January 1961 Statue of Liberty Type I April 1960 Abraham Lincoln 1960 August 12 Silhouette of Jet Airliner Type of 1958 Perforated 10½ x 11 From Booklet. Coil Stamp Perforat ed 10 Horiz. 1959-1961 Liberty Symbols June 1961 Liberty Bell November 1959 Statue of Liberty Type II Page 8

1962 December 5 Jet Airliner Over Capitol Perforated 10½ x 11 From Booklet. Coil St amp Perforated 10 Horiz. 1963 May 3 Montgomery Blair Issue Blair (1813-1883), Postmaster General (1861-1864), who call the 1 st International Postal Conference, Paris, 1863, forerunner of the UPU 1963 July 12 For Domestic Post Cards 1963 July 24 Amelia Earhart Issue Earhart (1898-1937) first woman to fly across the Atlantic Montgomery Blair Bald Eagle Amelia Earhart and Lockheed Electra 1964 October 5 Dr. Robert H. Goddard Issue Goddard (1882-1945), Physicist and Pioneer Rocket Researcher Robert H. Goddard, Atlas Rocket and Lunching Tower, Cape Kennedy Page 9

1967 March 30 Alaska Purchase Issue UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Centenary of the Alaska Purchase. The Tlingit Totem is form the Alaska State Museum, Juneau 1967 April 26 Tlingit Totem, Southern Alaska Columbia Jays by Audubon 1968 January 5 50-Star Runway Perforated 11x10½ From Booklet. Coil Stamp Perforated 10 Vert. 1968 April 4 Airlift Issue 1968 May 15 Service Issue 50tha anniv. of regularly scheduled US Mail Service Eagle holding Pennant Curtiss Jenny Page 10

1969 September 9 Moon Landing Issue Man s 1 st landing on the moon, July 20, 1969. U.S. Astronauts Neil A. Armstrong and Col. Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., with Lieut. Col. Michael Collins piloting Apollo 11. 1968 November 22 USA and Jet First Man on the Moon 1971 May 7 Silhouette of Jet Airliner Perforated 11x10½ From Booklet. Coil Stamp Perforated 10 Vert. 1971 May 15 1971 May 21 1971 July 13 Silhouette of Delta Wing Plane USA and Jet Statue of Liberty Page 11

1972 May 3 National Parks Centennial Issue Centenary of the National Parks System. Natl. Historical Park at Honaunau 1972 August 17 Olympic Games Issue 11 th Winter Olym pic Games, Sapporo, Japan, Feb. 3-13 and 20 th Summer Olympic Games, Munich, Germany, Aug. 26-Sept. 11 1973 July 10 Electronics Progress Issue Kii Statue and Temple, City of Refuge, Hawaii Eagle holding Pennant De Forest Audions 1973 November 16 Winged Airmail Envelop Perforated 11x10½ From Booklet. Coil Stamp Perforated 10 Vert. 1974 January 2 1974 January 11 Mt. Rushmore National Memorial Statue of Liberty Page 12