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Domestic U.S. Air Mail was established as a new class of mail service by the United States Post Office Department on May 15, 1918, with the inauguration of the Washington-Philadelphia-New York route. Special postage stamps were issued for use with this service. ^[1] Domestic air mail became obsolete in 1975, and international air mail^[2] in 1995, when the USPS began transporting First Class mail by air on a routine basis.^[3][4]

Contents 1 1918-1919 2 1920-1929 3 1930-1939 4 1940-1949 5 1950-1959 6 1960-1969 7 1970-1979 8 1980-1989 9 1990-Present 10 Notes on Types 11 See also 12 References

[edit] 1918-1919

Date Issed	Type	Subject	No. Plate No.	Image	No. Issued	Designer
May 13, 1918	24¢ Rose & Blue Size: +7⁄8 x +3⁄4 inch	Inverted Curtis Jenny Biplane	C3a 8493 T, 8493 B	see also	~100 (1 plate)	Claire Aubrey Huston Engravers: J. Eissler and Edward M. Hall
May 13, 1918	24¢ Rose & Blue Size: +7⁄8 x +3⁄4 inch	Curtis Jenny Biplane	C3 8492 T, 8493 T		3,095,955[5]	Claire Aubrey Huston Engravers: J. Eissler and Edward M. Hall
July 11, 1918	16¢ Green Size: +7⁄8 x +3⁄4 inch	Curtis Jenny Biplane	C2 F8900 T		3,793,987	Claire Aubrey Huston Engravers: J. Eissler and Edward M. Hall
December 10, 1918	6¢ Orange Size: +7⁄8 x +3⁄4 inch	Curtis Jenny Biplane	C1 1955 T, Unused plate: 9164[6]		2,134,988	Claire Aubrey Huston Engravers: J. Eissler and Edward M. Hall

Reference: ^[7]

[edit] 1920-1929

Date Issed	Type	Subject	No. Plate No.	Image	No. Issued	Designer
August 15, 1923	8¢ Dark Green Size: +7⁄8 x +3⁄4 inch	De Havilland Airplane Propeller and Radiator	C4 14824–14827 L (four plates)		6,414,576	Design: C. A. Huston Engraved: H. Dawson and E. M. Weeks
August 17, 1923	16¢ Dark Blue Size: +7⁄8 x +3⁄4 inch	U.S. Air Mail Service Insignia	C5 14828-14831 L (four plates)		5,309,275	Design: C. A. Huston Engraved: H. Dawson and E. M. Hall
August 21, 1923	24¢ Rose & Blue Size: +7⁄8 x +3⁄4 inch	De Havilland DH-4 Biplane	C6 14840–14843 L (four plates)		5,285,775	Design: C. A. Huston Engraved: J. Eissler and E. M. Hall
February 13, 1926	10¢ Dark Blue Size: 1+84⁄100 x +75⁄100 inch	Map of the U.S. & two planes	C7 18246 R, 18247 B		more than 42,092,800	C. A. Huston
September 18, 1926	15¢ Olive Brown Size: 1+84⁄100 x +75⁄100 inch	Map of the U.S. & two planes	C8 18746 L		15,597,307
January 25, 1927	20¢ Yellow Green Size: 1+84⁄100 x +75⁄100 inch	Map of the U.S. & two planes	C9 18898 R, F18892 B		17,616,350
June 18, 1927	10¢ Dark Blue Size: 1+84⁄100 x +75⁄100 inch	Spirit of St. Louis	C10 18999 R, 19427		20,379,179
July 25, 1928	5¢ Carmine & Blue Size: 1+15⁄32 x 1+3⁄32 inch	Beacon on Sherman Hill	C11 19570 T, 19701 T (red) 19546 T (blue)		106,887,675	A.R. Meissner

Reference: ^[8]

[edit] 1930-1939

Date Issed	Type	Subject	No. Plate No.	Image	No. Issued	Designer
February 10, 1930	5¢ Violet[P 1] Size: 1+84⁄100 x +75⁄100 inch	Winged Globe	C12 19944 L		97,641,200
April 19, 1930	65¢ Green Size: 1+84⁄100 x +75⁄100 inch	Graf Zeppelin over the Atlantic	C13 20077 L		93,536 sold, see also
April 19, 1930	$1.30 Brown Size: 1+84⁄100 x +75⁄100 inch	Graf Zeppelin over the Atlantic	C14 20085 B		72,428 sold, see also
April 19, 1930	$2.60 Blue Size: 1+84⁄100 x +75⁄100 inch	Graf Zeppelin	C15 20092 R		61,296 sold, see also
August 19, 1931	5¢ Violet[P 2] Size: 1+84⁄100 x +75⁄100 inch	Winged Globe	C16 20606 LL		57,340,050
September 26, 1932	8¢ Olive Bistre Size: 1+84⁄100 x +75⁄100 inch	Winged Globe	C17 21030 UR		76,648,803
October 2, 1933	50¢ Green[P 1][PERF 1] Size: 1+84⁄100 x +75⁄100 inch	Graf Zeppelin	C18 21172 B		324,070
June 30, 1934	6¢ Dull Orange Size: 1+84⁄100 x +75⁄100 inch	Winged Globe	C19 22135 UL		302,205,100	Alvin R. Meissner
August 30, 1934	16¢ Dark Blue	Great Seal of the U.S. (Air Mail Special Delivery)	CE1 21313, 21313 F		9,215,750
November 22, 1935	25¢ Blue	China Clipper	C20		10,205,400
February 10, 1936	16¢ Carmine & Blue	Great Seal of the U.S.	CE2 21497 F, 21495 F, 21493
February 15, 1937	20¢ Green	China Clipper	C21		12,794,600
February 15, 1937	50¢ Carmine	China Clipper	C22		9,285,300
May 14, 1938	6¢ Carmine & Blue	Eagle & Shield	C23		349,946,500
May 16, 1939	30¢ Blue Size: 1+84⁄100 x +75⁄100 inch	Wingled Globe	C24 F22384 T, 22381		19,768,150	Alvin R. Meissner

Reference:^[9]

[edit] 1940-1949

Date Issed	Type	Subject	No. Plate No.	Image	No. Issued	Designer
June 25, 1941	6¢ Carmine[P 2][PERF 2] 200 Subject Electric Eye Plates) Size: 1.44 x 0.84 inch	The Twin-Motored Transport Plane	C25 Following are shared among C25-C31: 40 plates between 22752-23349 & 22756-9 (4 plates)		4,746,527,700
March 21, 1944	8¢ Olive Green[P 2][PERF 2] (200 Subject Electric Eye Plates) Size: 1.44 x 0.84 inch	The Twin-Motored Transport Plane	C26 23126		1,744,878,650
August 15, 1941	10¢ Violet[P 2][PERF 2] (200 Subject Electric Eye Plates) Size: 1.44 x 0.84 inch	The Twin-Motored Transport Plane	C27		67,117,400
August 10, 1941	15¢ Brown[P 2][PERF 2] (200 Subject Electric Eye Plates) Size: 1.44 x 0.84 inch	The Twin-Motored Transport Plane	C28		78,434,800
Auguat 27, 1941	20¢ Green[P 2][PERF 2] (200 Subject Electric Eye Plates) Size: 1.44 x 0.84 inch	The Twin-Motored Transport Plane	C29		42,359,850
September 25, 1941	30¢ Blue[P 2][PERF 2] (200 Subject Electric Eye Plates) Size: 1.44 x 0.84 inch	The Twin-Motored Transport Plane	C30		59,880,850
October 29, 1941	50¢ Orange[P 2][PERF 2] (200 Subject Electric Eye Plates)	The Twin-Motored Transport Plane	C31 22779		11,160,600
September 26, 1946	5¢ Carmine Size: 1.44 x 0.84 inch	DC-4 Skymaster	C32 22778, 22779
March 26, 1947	5¢ Carmine[P 2][PERF 2] (400 Subject Electric Eye Plates "wet printing") Size: 1.44 x 0.84 inch	DC-4 Skymaster	C33 23486, 23588, 23973, 25422		971,903,700
August 30, 1947	10¢ Black[P 2][PERF 2] (200 Subject Electric Eye Plates) Size: 1.44 x 0.84 inch	Martin 2-0-2 over Pan American Union Building, Wash. D.C.	C34[D 1] C34a[D 2] - date of issue unknown 23694		207,976,550
August 20, 1947	15¢ Green[P 2][PERF 2] (200 Subject Electric Eye Plates) Size: 1.44 x 0.84 inch	Lockheed Constellation over New York Skyline	C35[D 1] C35b[D 2] - date of issue unknown 23683		756,186,350
July 30, 1947	25¢ Blue[P 2][PERF 2] (200 Subject Electric Eye Plates) Size: 1.44 x 0.84 inch	Stratocruiser over the Golden Gate Bridge	C36[D 1] C36a[D 2] - date of issue unknown 25615		132,956,100
January 15, 1948	5¢ Carmine[PERF 3]	DC-4 Skymaster	C37
July 31, 1948	5¢ Red	New York City	C38 23846, 23851		38,449,100
January 18, 1949	6¢ Carmine	DC-4 Skymaster	C39
May 11, 1948	6¢ Carmine	Alexandria Bicentennial	C40 24085		75,085,000
August 25, 1949	6¢ Carmine[PERF 3]	DC-4 Skymaster	C41
November 18, 1949	10¢ Violet	U.P.U. P.O. Building	C42		21,061,300
October 7, 1949	15¢ Ultramarine	U.P.U. Globe and Doves	C43		36,613,100
November 30, 1949	25¢ Rose	U.P.U. Boeing Stratocruiser	C44		16,217,100
December 17, 1949	6¢ Magenta	Wright Brothers	C45 24158		80,405,000

Reference:^[10][11]

[edit] 1950-1959

Date Issed	Type	Subject	No. Plate No.	Image	No. Issued	Designer
March 28, 1952	80¢ Red Violet	Diamond Head, Honolulu	C46 24592-4 (3 plate)
May 29, 1953	6¢ Carmine	50 Years of Powered Flight	C47
September 9, 1954	4¢ Blue	Eagle	C48 25034-35, 40-41 (4 plate)
August 1, 1957	6¢ Blue	U.S. Air Force, 50th Anniversary	C49 25763
July 31, 1958	5¢ Red	Eagle	C50 26052
July 31, 1958	7¢ Blue	Jet Silhouette	C51 26046
July 31, 1958	7¢ Blue[PERF 3]	Jet Silhouette	C52 C52s - small holes
January 3, 1959	7¢ Blue	Alaska Statehood	C53 26225
August 17, 1959	7¢ Red & Blue	Jupiter Balloon	C54 26392
August 21, 1959	7¢ Rose	Hawaii Statehood	C55 26432
August 27, 1959	10¢ Blue & Red	Pan-Am Games	C56 26413
November 20, 1959	15¢ Orange & Black	Statue of Liberty	C58 26482

[edit] 1960-1969

Date Issed	Type	Subject	No. Plate No.	Image	No. Issued	Designer
June 10, 1960	10¢ Green & Black	Liberty Bell	C57 26630		39,960,000
April 22, 1960	25¢ Maroon & Black	Abraham Lincoln	C59 26563
August 12, 1960	7¢ Red	Jet Silhouette	C60 26714
October 22, 1960	7¢ Red[PERF 3]	Jet Silhouette	C61
June 28, 1961	13¢ Red & Black	Liberty Bell	C62 26970
January 13, 1961	15¢ Orange & Black	Statue of Liberty	C63 26878
December 5, 1962	8¢ Red[P 2] (Perf 10½ x 11 400 Subjects)	Jetliner Over Capitol Building	C64 C64b - Booklet Pane of 5 + Label 28024
December 5, 1962	8¢ Red[PERF 3] (Perforated 10 Horizontally)	Jetliner Over Capitol Building	C65
May 3, 1963	15¢ Red, Brown & Blue	Montogomery Blair	C66 27466		42,245,000	Robert J. Jones
July 12, 1963	6¢ Red	Eagle	C67 27390			V. S. McCloskey
July 24, 1963	8¢ Carmine & Maroon	Amelia Earhart	C68 27548		63,890,000	Robert J. Jones
October 5, 1964	8¢ Blue & Red	Robert Goddard	C69 27861		62,255,000
March 30, 1967	8¢ Brown	Alaska Purchase	C70 29013		55,710,000
April 26, 1967	20¢ Multicolored	Audubon “Columbia Jays”	C71 29087		more than 50 million
January 5, 1968	10¢ Red	Runway	C72 29518
January 5, 1968	10¢ Red[PERF 3]	Runway	C73
April 4, 1968	$1 Multicolored	Airlift	1341
May 15, 1968	10¢ Red, Blue & Black	50th Anniversary of Air Mail	C74 29673
November 22, 1968	20¢ Red, Black & Blue	Jet & “USA”	C75 30510
September 9, 1969	10¢ Multicolored[PERF 1]	Moon Landing	C76 C76a - red omitted C76b - tagging omitted 31378		152,364,800	Paul Calle

[edit] 1970-1979

Date Issed	Type	Subject	No. Plate No.	Image	No. Issued	Designer
May 15, 1971	9¢ Red[PERF 4]	Jet Silhouette	C77 32946
May 7, 1971	11¢ Red[PERF 2]	Jet Silhouette	C78 33020
November 10, 1973	13¢ Red	Winged Letter	C79 34584
July 13, 1971	17¢ Red, Green & Black	Statue of Liberty	C80 33096
May 21, 1971	21¢ Red & Blue	USA	C81 33279
May 7, 1971	11¢ Red[PERF 5][PERF 3]	Jet Silhouette	C82
December 27, 1973	13¢ Red[PERF 5][PERF 3]	Winged Letter	C83
May 3, 1972	11¢ Multicolored[PERF 1]	City of Refuge	C84 33463
August 17, 1972	11¢ Blue, Black, Green, Red & Yellow[PERF 2]	Winter Olympics, Sapporo, Skiing	C85 33322-6
July 10, 1973	11¢ Multicolored[PERF 1]	Progress in Electronics	C86 34192
January 11, 1974	18¢ Black, Red & Blue[PERF 1]	Statue of Liberty	C87 34931, 34959
January 2, 1974	26¢ Black, Red & Blue[PERF 1]	Mount Rushmore	C88 34875
January 2, 1976	25¢ Red, Black & Blue	Plane & Globes	C89 36957
January 2, 1976	31¢ Red, Black & Blue	Plane & Globes	C90 36981
September 23, 1978	31¢ Multicolored	Wright Brothers	C91
September 23, 1978	31¢ Multicolored	Wright Brothers	C92
March 29, 1979	31¢ Multicolored	Octave Chanute	C93 38856
March 29, 1979	31¢ Multicolored	Octave Chanute	C94 shared with C93
November 20, 1979	31¢ Multicolored	Wiley Post	C95 39197
November 20, 1979	31¢ Multicolored	Wiley Post	C96 shared with C95
November 1, 1979	31¢ Multicolored	Olympics	C97

[edit] 1980-1989

Date Issed	Type	Subject	No. Plate No.	Image	No. Issued	Designer
October 13, 1980	40¢ Multicolored	Philip Mazzei	C98 - perf 11 C98a (1980) - perf 10 1/2x11 1/2
December 30, 1980	28¢ Multicolored	Blanche Stuart Scott	C99
December 30, 1980	35¢ Multicolored	Glenn Gurtis	C100
June 17, 1983	28¢ Multicolored	Olympics	C101
June 17, 1983	28¢ Multicolored	Olympics	C102
June 17, 1983	28¢ Multicolored	Olympics	C103
June 17, 1983	28¢ Multicolored	Olympics	C104
April 8, 1983	40¢ Multicolored	Olympics	C105 C105a - perf 11 block
April 8, 1983	40¢ Multicolored	Olympics	C106 C106a - perf 11 block
April 8, 1983	40¢ Multicolored	Olympics	C107 C107a - perf 11 block
April 8, 1983	40¢ Multicolored	Olympics	C108 C108a - perf 11 block
November 4, 1983	35¢ Multicolored	Olympics	C109
November 4, 1983	35¢ Multicolored	Olympics	C110
November 4, 1983	35¢ Multicolored	Olympics	C111
November 4, 1983	35¢ Multicolored	Olympics	C112
February 13, 1985	33¢ Multicolored	Alfred V. Verville	C113
February 13, 1985	39¢ Multicolored	Lawrence and Elmer Sperry	C114
June 10, 1960	44¢ Multicolored	Transpacific 50th Anniversary	C115
August 22, 1985	44¢ Multicolored	Junipero Serra	C116
March 29, 1988	44¢ Multicolored	Junew Sweden Settling	C117
July 14, 1988	45¢ Multicolored	Samuel P. Langley	C118 C118a - overall tagging
June 23, 1988	36¢ Multicolored	Igor Sikorsky	C119
July 14, 1989	45¢ Multicolored	French Revolution	C120
October 12, 1989	45¢ Multicolored	Pre-Columbian America	C121
November 27, 1989	45¢ Multicolored	Future Mail Delivery	C122
November 27, 1989	45¢ Multicolored	Future Mail Delivery	C123
November 27, 1989	45¢ Multicolored	Future Mail Delivery	C124
November 27, 1989	45¢ Multicolored	Future Mail Delivery	C125
November 24, 1989	$1.80 Multicolored	Future Mail Delivery	C126

[edit] 1990-Present

Date Issed	Type	Subject	No. Plate No.	Image	No. Issued	Designer
October 12, 1990	45¢ Multicolored	Tropical Coast	C127 A1111 UL
April 27, 1991	50¢ Multicolored	Harriet Quimby	C128 S1111 LL C128b - perf 11.2 S2222 LR
May 17, 1991	40¢ Multicolored	William T. Piper	C129 A1111 UL
June 21, 1991	50¢ Multicolored	Antarctic Treaty	C130 S1111 UR
October 12, 1991	50¢ Multicolored	Bering Land Bridge	C131 111111 LR
1993	40¢ Multicolored	William T. Piper	C132 S1111 LR
May 12, 1999	48¢ Multicolored	Niagara Falls	C133 V11111 UL
July 30, 1999	40¢ Multicolored	Rio Grande	C134 V11111 LR
January 20, 2000	60¢ Multicolored	Grand Canyon	C135 B1111 UR C135a - die cutting omitted error B1111 UR
March 6, 2001	70¢ Multicolored	Nine-Mail Prairie	C136 P11111 LL
April 17, 2001	80¢ Multicolored	Mt. McKinley	C137 V11111 UL
May 20, 2001	60¢ Multicolored	Arcada National Park	C138 - 2001 year date, prephosphored, die cut 11.25 x 11.5 (B1111 UR) C138a - 2001 year date, overall tagging, die cut 11.5 x 11.9, (B2222 UR) C138b - 2005 year date (S1111 UR) C138c - Acadia error, printed on the backing paper (S1111 LR)
February 22, 2006	63¢ Multicolored	Bryce Canyon, Utah	C139 S22222 LL
February 22, 2006	75¢ Multicolored	Great Smoky Mounyains	C140 P11111 LR
February 22, 2006	84¢ Multicolored	Yosemite National Park	C141 V11111 UR
2007	69¢ Mutlicolored	Okefenokee Swamp National Park	C142 P11111 LL
2007	90¢ Multicolored	Hagatña Bay, Guam	C143 V11111 UR
2008	72¢ Multicolored	9-Mile Woods, New Hampshire	C144 S11111 UL
2008	94¢ Multicolored	St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands	C145 V11111 LL

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• ^{[P 1][P 2]} - plate type
• ^{[D 2][D 1]} - printing dryness, see also (airmail section)

^{[PERF 1] [PERF 2] [PERF 4][PERF 5] [PERF 3]} - perforation details, see here^[12] for more details Note: all plate numbers referenced from: http://www.apnss.org/Airmails.htm

[edit] Notes on Types

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Plate type (P notes)

Printing Dryness (D notes)

^ a b c Flat Plate Printing - A printing process in which stamps are printed from a flat plate pressed straight down onto the blank sheet. The gum on the back of a Flat Plate stamp will be smooth. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Rotary Press Printing - A printing process in which stamps are printed from a round plates that roll over the blank sheets. The design will be slightly larger than flat plate stamps due to stretching during the printing process. The gum on the back of a Rotary Press stamp will have ridges.

^ a b c d wet technique, from 15 to 35% moisture content, less sharp ^ a b c d dry technique, from 5 to 10% moisture content, more sharp

Perforation (PERF notes)
^ a b c d e f g Perf 11 ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Perf 11 x 10½ ^ a b c d e f g h i Coil stamp - a type of postage stamp sold in strips one stamp wide ^ a b Perf 10½ x 11 ^ a b c Perf 10 Vertical

[edit] See also

• Airmails of the United States
• Commons:Category:Airmail stamps of the United States
• Commons:Stamps of the United States

[edit] References

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