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Forever Stamp no specific airmail purpose was shown in the design. Rather, the Postal Service stated that this "stamp offers a single price for any First-Class Mail International 1-ounce letter to any country in the world."[6]
Thus a regular series Scott number, 4740, was designated.
1918–1919
Date Issued | Type | Subject | Plate No. | Image | No. Issued |
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May 13, 1918 | 24¢ Rose & Blue Size: 7⁄8 x 3⁄4 inch |
Inverted Curtis Jenny Biplane Design: Claire Aubrey Huston Engravers: J. Eissler and Edward M. Hall |
8493 T, 8493 B | see also |
~100 (1 plate) Error |
May 13, 1918 | 24¢ Rose & Blue Size: 7⁄8 x 3⁄4 inch |
Curtis Jenny Biplane Design: Claire Aubrey Huston Engravers: J. Eissler and Edward M. Hall |
8492 T, 8493 T | 3,095,955[7] | |
July 11, 1918 | 16¢ Green Size: 7⁄8 x 3⁄4 inch |
Curtis Jenny Biplane Design: Claire Aubrey Huston Engravers: J. Eissler and Edward M. Hall |
F8900 T | 3,793,987 | |
December 10, 1918 | 6¢ Orange Size: 7⁄8 x 3⁄4 inch |
Curtis Jenny Biplane Design: Claire Aubrey Huston Engravers: J. Eissler and Edward M. Hall |
1955 T, Unused plate: 9164[8] | 2,134,988 |
Reference:[9]
1920–1929
Date Issued | Type | Subject | Plate No. | Image | No. Issued |
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August 15, 1923 | 8¢ Dark Green Size: 7⁄8 x 3⁄4 inch |
De Havilland Airplane Propeller and Radiator Design: C. A. Huston Engraved: H. Dawson and E. M. Weeks |
14824–14827 L (four plates) | 6,414,576 | |
August 17, 1923 | 16¢ Dark Blue Size: 7⁄8 x 3⁄4 inch |
U.S. Air Mail Service Insignia Design: C. A. Huston Engraved: H. Dawson and E. M. Hall |
14828-14831 L (four plates) | 5,309,275 | |
August 21, 1923 | 24¢ Carmine Rose Size: 7⁄8 x 3⁄4 inch |
De Havilland DH-4 Biplane Design: C. A. Huston Engraved: J. Eissler and E. M. Hall |
14840–14843 L (four plates) | 5,285,775 | |
February 13, 1926 | 10¢ Dark Blue Size: 184⁄100 x 75⁄100 inch |
Map of the U.S. & two planes Design: C. A. Huston |
18246 R, 18247 B | more than 42,092,800 | |
September 18, 1926 | 15¢ Olive Brown Size: 184⁄100 x 75⁄100 inch |
Map of the U.S. & two planes Design: C. A. Huston |
18746 L | 15,597,307 | |
January 25, 1927 | 20¢ Yellow Green Size: 184⁄100 x 75⁄100 inch |
Map of the U.S. & two planes Design: C. A. Huston |
18898 R, F18892 B | 17,616,350 | |
June 18, 1927 | 10¢ Dark Blue Size: 184⁄100 x 75⁄100 inch |
Spirit of St. Louis | 18999 R, 19427 | 20,379,179 | |
July 25, 1928 | 5¢ Carmine & Blue Size: 115⁄32 x 13⁄32 inch |
Beacon on Sherman Hill Design: A.R. Meissner |
19570 T, 19701 T (red) 19546 T (blue) |
106,887,675 |
Reference:[10]
1930–1939
Date Issued | Type | Subject | Plate No. | Image | No. Issued |
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February 10, 1930 | 5¢ Violet[P 1] Size: 184⁄100 x 75⁄100 inch |
Winged Globe Design: Alvin R. Meissner |
19944 L | 97,641,200 | |
April 19, 1930 | 65¢ Green Size: 184⁄100 x 75⁄100 inch |
Graf Zeppelin over the Atlantic | 20077 L | 93,536 sold | |
April 19, 1930 | $1.30 Brown Size: 184⁄100 x 75⁄100 inch |
Graf Zeppelin over the Atlantic | 20085 B | 72,428 sold | |
April 19, 1930 | $2.60 Blue Size: 184⁄100 x 75⁄100 inch |
Graf Zeppelin See also: 1930 Graf Zeppelin stamps |
20092 R | 61,296 sold | |
August 19, 1931 | 5¢ Violet[P 2] Size: 184⁄100 x 75⁄100 inch |
Winged Globe Design: Alvin R. Meissner |
20606 LL | 57,340,050 | |
September 26, 1932 | 8¢ Olive Bistre Size: 184⁄100 x 75⁄100 inch |
Winged Globe Design: Alvin R. Meissner |
21030 UR | 76,648,803 | |
October 2, 1933 | 50¢ Green[P 1][PERF 1] Size: 184⁄100 x 75⁄100 inch |
Graf Zeppelin | 21172 B | 324,070 | |
June 30, 1934 | 6¢ Dull Orange Size: 184⁄100 x 75⁄100 inch |
Winged Globe Design: Alvin R. Meissner |
22135 UL | 302,205,100 | |
August 30, 1934 | 16¢ Dark Blue | Great Seal of the U.S. (Air Mail Special Delivery) |
21313, 21313 F – Reprinted imperforate, 1935 |
9,215,750 | |
November 22, 1935 | 25¢ Blue | China Clipper Design: Alvin R. Meissner |
21473 | 10,205,400 | |
February 10, 1936 | 16¢ Carmine & Blue | Great Seal of the U.S. (Air Mail Special Delivery) |
21497 F, 21495 F, 21493 | 72,517,850 | |
February 15, 1937 | 20¢ Green |
China Clipper Design: Alvin R. Meissner |
21622 | 12,794,600 | |
February 15, 1937 | 50¢ Carmine |
China Clipper Design: Alvin R. Meissner |
21624 | 9,285,300 | |
May 14, 1938 | 6¢ Carmine & Blue | Eagle and Shield | 349,946,500 | ||
May 16, 1939 | 30¢ Blue Size: 184⁄100 x 75⁄100 inch |
Winged Globe Design: Alvin R. Meissner |
F22384 T, 22381 | 19,768,150 |
Reference:[11]
1940–1949
Date Issued | Type | Subject | Plate No. | Image | No. Issued |
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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 | Following are shared among the 1941 issues: 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 | 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 | 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 | 78,434,800 | ||
August 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 | 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 | 59,880,850 | ||
October 29, 1941 | 50¢ Orange[P 2][PERF 2] (200 Subject Electric Eye Plates) |
The Twin-Motored Transport Plane | 22779 | 11,160,600 | |
September 26, 1946 | 5¢ Carmine Size: 1.44 x 0.84 inch |
DC-4 Skymaster | 22778, 22779 | 72,517,850 | |
March 26, 1947 | 5¢ Carmine[P 2][PERF 2][D 1] (400 Subject Electric Eye Plates) Size: 1.44 x 0.84 inch |
DC-4 Skymaster | 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. | [D 1] [D 2] 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 | [D 1][D 2] 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 San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge | [D 1][D 2] 25615 |
132,956,100 | |
January 15, 1948 | 5¢ Carmine[PERF 3] | DC-4 Skymaster | 33,244,500 | ||
July 31, 1948 | 5¢ Red | New York City | 23846, 23851 | 38,449,100 | |
January 18, 1949 | 6¢ Carmine | DC-4 Skymaster | 5,070,095,200 | ||
May 11, 1948 | 6¢ Carmine | Alexandria Bicentennial | 24085 | 75,085,000 | |
August 25, 1949 | 6¢ Carmine[PERF 3] | DC-4 Skymaster | 260,307,500 | ||
November 18, 1949 | 10¢ Violet | U.P.U. P.O. Building | 21,061,300 | ||
October 7, 1949 | 15¢ Ultramarine | U.P.U. Globe and Doves | 36,613,100 | ||
November 30, 1949 | 25¢ Rose | U.P.U. Boeing Stratocruiser | 16,217,100 | ||
December 17, 1949 | 6¢ Magenta | Wright Brothers | 24158 | 80,405,000 |
1950–1959
Date Issued | Type | Subject | Plate No. | Image | No. Issued |
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March 28, 1952 | 80¢ Red Violet | Diamond Head, Hawaii | 24592-4 (3 plate) | 18,876,800 | |
May 29, 1953 | 6¢ Carmine | 50 Years of Powered Flight | |||
September 9, 1954 | 4¢ Blue | Eagle | 25034-35, 40–41 (4 plate) | ||
August 1, 1957 | 6¢ Blue | U.S. Air Force, 50th Anniversary | 25763 | ||
July 31, 1958 | 5¢ Red | Eagle | 26052 | ||
July 31, 1958 | 7¢ Blue | Jet Silhouette | 26046 | ||
July 31, 1958 | 7¢ Blue[PERF 3] | Jet Silhouette | – small holes | ||
January 3, 1959 | 7¢ Blue | Alaska Statehood | 26225 | ||
August 17, 1959 | 7¢ Red & Blue | Jupiter Balloon | 26392 | ||
August 21, 1959 | 7¢ Rose | Hawaii Statehood | 26432 | ||
August 27, 1959 | 10¢ Blue & Red | Pan Am Games | 26413 | ||
November 20, 1959 | 15¢ Orange & Black | Statue of Liberty | 26482 |
1960–1969
Date Issued | Type | Subject | Plate No. | Image |
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June 10, 1960 | 10¢ Green & Black | Liberty Bell Number issued: 39,960,000 |
26630 | |
April 22, 1960 | 25¢ Maroon & Black | Abraham Lincoln | 26563 | |
August 12, 1960 | 7¢ Red | Jet Silhouette | 26714 | |
October 22, 1960 | 7¢ Red[PERF 3] | Jet Silhouette | ||
June 28, 1961 | 13¢ Red & Black | Liberty Bell | 26970 | |
January 13, 1961 | 15¢ Orange & Black | Statue of Liberty | 26878 | |
December 5, 1962 | 8¢ Red[P 2][PERF 4] 400 Subjects |
Jetliner Over Capitol Building | – Booklet Pane of 5 + Label 28024 |
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December 5, 1962 | 8¢ Red[PERF 3] (Perforated 10 Horizontally) |
Jetliner Over Capitol Building | ||
May 3, 1963 | 15¢ Red, Brown & Blue | Montgomery Blair Number issued: 42,245,000 Design: Robert J. Jones |
27466 | |
July 12, 1963 | 6¢ Red | Eagle Design: V. S. McCloskey |
27390 | |
July 24, 1963 | 8¢ Carmine & Maroon | Amelia Earhart Number issued: 63,890,000 Design: Robert J. Jones |
27548 | |
October 5, 1964 | 8¢ Blue & Red | Robert Goddard Number issued: 62,255,000 |
27861 | |
March 30, 1967 | 8¢ Brown | Alaska Purchase Number issued: 55,710,000 |
29013 | |
April 26, 1967 | 20¢ Multicolored | Audubon "Columbia Jays" Number issued: more than 50 million |
29087 | |
January 5, 1968 | 10¢ Red | Runway | 29518 | |
January 5, 1968 | 10¢ Red[PERF 3] | Runway | ||
April 4, 1968 | $1 Multicolored | Airlift | ||
May 15, 1968 | 10¢ Red, Blue & Black | 50th Anniversary of Air Mail | 29673 | |
November 22, 1968 | 20¢ Red, Black & Blue | Jet & "USA" | 30510 | |
September 9, 1969 | 10¢ Multicolored[PERF 1] | Moon Landing Number issued: 152,364,800 Design: Paul Calle |
– red omitted – tagging omitted 31378 |
1970–1979
Date Issued | Type | Subject | Plate No. | Image |
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May 15, 1971 | 9¢ Red[PERF 4] | Jet Silhouette | 32946 | |
May 7, 1971 | 11¢ Red[PERF 2] | Jet Silhouette | 33020 | |
November 10, 1973 | 13¢ Red | Winged Letter | 34584 | |
July 13, 1971 | 17¢ Red, Green & Black | Statue of Liberty | 33096 | |
May 21, 1971 | 21¢ Red & Blue | USA | 33279 | |
May 7, 1971 | 11¢ Red[PERF 5][PERF 3] | Jet Silhouette | ||
December 27, 1973 | 13¢ Red[PERF 5][PERF 3] | Winged Letter | ||
May 3, 1972 | 11¢ Multicolored[PERF 1] | City of Refuge | 33463 | |
August 17, 1972 | 11¢ Blue, Black, Green, Red & Yellow[PERF 2] | Winter Olympics, Sapporo, Skiing | 33322-6 | |
July 10, 1973 | 11¢ Multicolored[PERF 1] | Progress in Electronics | 34192 | |
January 11, 1974 | 18¢ Black, Red & Blue[PERF 1] | Statue of Liberty | 34931, 34959 | |
January 2, 1974 | 26¢ Black, Red & Blue[PERF 1] | Mount Rushmore | 34875 | |
January 2, 1976 | 25¢ Red, Black & Blue | Plane & Globes | 36957 | |
January 2, 1976 | 31¢ Red, Black & Blue | Plane & Globes | 36981 | |
September 23, 1978 | 31¢ Multicolored | Wright Brothers | ||
September 23, 1978 | 31¢ Multicolored | Wright Brothers | ||
March 29, 1979 | 21¢ Multicolored | Octave Chanute | 38856 | |
March 29, 1979 | 21¢ Multicolored | Octave Chanute | ||
November 20, 1979 | 25¢ Multicolored | Wiley Post | 39197 | |
November 20, 1979 | 25¢ Multicolored | Wiley Post | ||
November 1, 1979 | 31¢ Multicolored | Olympics |
1980–1989
Date Issued | Type | Subject | Plate No. | Image |
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October 13, 1980 | 40¢ Multicolored | Philip Mazzei | [PERF 1] (1980) – perf 10 1/2x11 1/2 |
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December 30, 1980 | 28¢ Multicolored | Blanche Stuart Scott | ||
December 30, 1980 | 35¢ Multicolored | Glenn Curtiss | ||
June 17, 1983 | 28¢ Multicolored | Olympics | ||
June 17, 1983 | 28¢ Multicolored | Olympics | ||
June 17, 1983 | 28¢ Multicolored | Olympics | ||
June 17, 1983 | 28¢ Multicolored | Olympics | ||
April 8, 1983 | 40¢ Multicolored | Olympics | – block[PERF 1] | |
April 8, 1983 | 40¢ Multicolored | Olympics | – block[PERF 1] | |
April 8, 1983 | 40¢ Multicolored | Olympics | – block[PERF 1] | |
April 8, 1983 | 40¢ Multicolored | Olympics | – block[PERF 1] | |
November 4, 1983 | 35¢ Multicolored | Olympics | ||
November 4, 1983 | 35¢ Multicolored | Olympics | ||
November 4, 1983 | 35¢ Multicolored | Olympics | ||
November 4, 1983 | 35¢ Multicolored | Olympics | ||
February 13, 1985 | 33¢ Multicolored | Alfred V. Verville | ||
February 13, 1985 | 39¢ Multicolored | Lawrence and Elmer Sperry | ||
June 10, 1985 | 44¢ Multicolored | Transpacific 50th Anniversary | ||
August 22, 1985 | 44¢ Multicolored | Junipero Serra | ||
March 29, 1988 | 44¢ Multicolored | New Sweden Settling | ||
July 14, 1988 | 45¢ Multicolored | Samuel P. Langley | – overall tagging | |
June 23, 1988 | 36¢ Multicolored | Igor Sikorsky | ||
July 14, 1989 | 45¢ Multicolored | French Revolution | ||
October 12, 1989 | 45¢ Multicolored | Pre-Columbian America | ||
November 27, 1989 | 45¢ Multicolored | Future Mail Delivery | ||
November 27, 1989 | 45¢ Multicolored | Future Mail Delivery | ||
November 27, 1989 | 45¢ Multicolored | Future Mail Delivery | ||
November 27, 1989 | 45¢ Multicolored | Future Mail Delivery | ||
November 24, 1989 | $1.80 Multicolored | Future Mail Delivery Miniature sheet |
1990–2012
Date Issued | Type | Subject | Plate No. | Image |
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October 12, 1990 | 45¢ Multicolored | Tropical Coast | A1111 UL | |
April 27, 1991 | 50¢ Multicolored | Harriet Quimby | [PERF 1] S1111 LL – Perf 11.2 S2222 LR |
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May 17, 1991 | 40¢ Multicolored | William T. Piper | A1111 UL | |
June 21, 1991 | 50¢ Multicolored | Antarctic Treaty | S1111 UR | |
October 12, 1991 | 50¢ Multicolored | Bering Land Bridge | 111111 LR | |
1993 | 40¢ Multicolored | William T. Piper | S1111 LR | |
May 12, 1999 | 48¢ Multicolored | Niagara Falls | V11111 UL (First of the Scenic American Landscapes Series[14]) | |
July 30, 1999 | 40¢ Multicolored | Rio Grande | V11111 LR | |
January 20, 2000 | 60¢ Multicolored | Grand Canyon | B1111 UR – die cutting omitted error B1111 UR |
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March 6, 2001 | 70¢ Multicolored | Nine-Mile Prairie | P11111 LL | |
April 17, 2001 | 80¢ Multicolored | Mount McKinley | V11111 UL | |
May 20, 2001 | 60¢ Multicolored | Acadia National Park | – 2001 year date, prephosphored, die cut 11.25 x 11.5 (B1111 UR) – 2001 year date, overall tagging, die cut 11.5 x 11.9 (B2222 UR) – 2005 year date (S1111 UR) – Acadia error, printed on the backing paper (S1111 LR) |
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February 22, 2006 | 63¢ Multicolored | Bryce Canyon, Utah | S22222 LL | |
February 22, 2006 | 75¢ Multicolored | Great Smoky Mountains | P11111 LR | |
February 22, 2006 | 84¢ Multicolored | Yosemite National Park | V11111 UR | |
June 1, 2007 | 69¢ Multicolored | Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge | P11111 LL | |
June 1, 2007 | 90¢ Multicolored | Hagatña Bay, Guam | V11111 UR | |
May 16, 2008 | 72¢ Multicolored | 13-Mile Woods, New Hampshire | S11111 UL | |
May 16, 2008 | 94¢ Multicolored | St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands | V11111 LL | |
June 28, 2009 | 79¢ Multicolored | Zion National Park | ||
June 28, 2009 | 98¢ Multicolored | Grand Teton National Park | ||
April 11, 2011 | 80¢ Multicolored | Voyageurs National Park | ||
January 19, 2012 | 85¢ Multicolored | Glacier National Park | ||
January 20, 2012 | $1.05 Multicolored | Lancaster County, Pennsylvania |
Notes on types
Plate type (P notes) |
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[P 1][P 2] – plate type |
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Perforation (PERF notes) | Printing Dryness (D notes) |
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[PERF 1][PERF 2][PERF 4][PERF 5][PERF 3] – perforation details, see here[15][16] for more details | |
See also
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References
- ISBN 978-1-4000-4842-7
- ^ "United States Postage stamps: 1847 through 1947 ~ The first 100 years". Junior Philatelists. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
- ^ "Airmails C1-C15". Usstamps.coinsandstamps.com. Archived from the original on 2009-06-21. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
- ^ "U.S. Airmail Stamp Color Catalog". Stampandcoin.com. 2014. Retrieved 2019-07-17.
- ^ Under US Copyright.
- ^ "Global Forever". Archived from the original on 2013-10-09. Retrieved 2013-09-14.
- ^ "Air Mail Issues of the United States: 1918–1944". 1847usa.com. Retrieved 2011-12-09.
- ^ Kirker, Joe (May 18, 2006). "6-cent Curtiss Jenny". First Airmail Issues. Arago, Smithsonian National Postal Museum. Retrieved 2013-09-08.
- ^ "Stamps from 1918–1919". American Air Mail Society. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
- ^ "Stamps from 1920-1929". American Air Mail Society. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
- ^ "Stamps from 1930-1939". American Air Mail Society. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
- ^ "Stamps from 1940-1949". American Air Mail Society. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
- ^ "Alaska Coin Exchange Presents Stamp Plate Block Collection Book One Scott #C40 Alexandria Bicentennial & C45 Wright Brothers Air Post Air Mail Stamps". Coinandstampgallery.com. Archived from the original on 2011-05-08. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
- ^ Scenic American Landscapes
- ^ "Stamp Q and A". Stamp Paraphernalia.com. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
- ^ Note: all plate numbers referenced from: http://www.apnss.org/Airmails.htm