C284 First U.S. Airmail Stamp 90th Anniversary

Issue Date: December 10, 2008

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On December 10, 2008, the Marshall Islands Postal Service issues a historic new stamp commemorating the 90th Anniversary of the first U.S. Airmail stamp. Created by designer D. Zoe Seemel, the souvenir sheet for this stamp celebrates the issuance of the first U.S. Airmail stamp in 1918. Three years after the first stamp's appearance, the U.S. Post Office proved the feasibility of coast-to-coast airmail flights, and visionaries began planning a system of round-the-clock delivery. The key was a system to literally light up the country from New York to San Francisco, with acetylene gas beacons at three mile intervals, emergency landing fields with rotating beacons mounted on 50-foot towers and regular landing fields with large beacon lights. On July 1, 1924, a test of the night-flying route began. Twenty-one pilots took part, flying in relays. Fresh pilots and planes took over in Cleveland, OH; Chicago, IL; Omaha, NE; Cheyenne, WY; Salt Lake City, UT and Reno, NV, and day and night flights arrived on both coasts the next day. With them came permanent coast-to-coast airmail service.

TECHNICAL DATA

  • Issue: First U.S. Airmail Stamp 90th Anniversary
  • Face Value: 1 x $1
  • Issue Date: December 10, 2008
  • Issue Place: Majuro
  • Designer: D. Zoe Seemel
  • Printing Process: Cyan, black, magenta, and yellow by offset lithography on unwatermarked gummed paper
  • Printer: Pioneer Pringing, Cheyenne, Wyoming, U.S.A.
  • Souvenir Sheet Format: Horizontal
  • Stamps per Sheet: 1
  • Number of Designs per Souvenir Sheet: 1
  • Overall Size of Souvenir Sheet: 110mm x 87mm
  • Size of Stamp: 80mm x 50mm
  • Issue Number: C284
  • Withdrawal Date: While supplies last.

    • Stamp designs ©2008 Marshall Islands Postal Service. All rights reserved.

    Stamps in this Issue

    Currency Face Value Stamp Description
    US$ 1.00 First U.S. Airmail Stamp 90th Anniversary

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    Item Description Withdrawal Date Stock
    Number (SKU)         		Express
    Shopping         		US$ Price
    Mint Souvenir Sheet None 4660307
    		$1.40
    First Day Cover None 4662458
    		$2.80

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