This second stamp, United States Air Mail Red, identical to the first except for being rendered in red, commemorates the beginning of airmail delivery through the U.S. Rendered in blue and printed in intaglio, the stamp features a drawing of the type of plane typically used in the early days of airmail, a Curtiss JN-4H biplane. The first stamp, United States Air Mail Blue, commemorated the pioneering spirit of the brave Army pilots who initiated airmail service on May 15, 1918. In honor of the 100th anniversary of the beginning of airmail service, the Postal Service™ has issued two stamp designs in 2018.
Air Mail Service” later that summer, operating it from August 12, 1918, through September 1, 1927. The United States Post Office Department took charge of the “U.S. On May 15, 1918, in the midst of World War I, a small group of Army pilots delivered mail along a route that linked Washington, Philadelphia, and New York-initiating the world's first regularly scheduled airmail service. The stamp designer and typographer was Dan Gretta, while Greg Breeding served as the art director. The stamp design evokes that earlier period. Both stamps are printed in intaglio and feature a drawing of the type of plane typically used in the early days of airmail, a Curtiss JN-4H biplane. Post Office Department on August 12, 1918. This second stamp, identical to the first except that it is rendered in red, commemorates the beginning of airmail delivery through the U.S. The first stamp, United States Air Mail (blue), issued in May, paid tribute to the pioneering spirit of the brave Army pilots who initiated the airmail service on May 15, 1918. The United States Air Mail (red) stamp will be the second stamp issued in 2018 by the Postal Service ™ to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the beginning of regular airmail service. The stamp will go on sale nationwide August 11, 2018. Postal Service ® will issue the United States Air Mail (red) stamp (Forever ® priced at the First-Class Mail ® rate) in one design, in a pressure-sensitive adhesive pane of 20 stamps. This would change as aircraft development would rapidly accelerate during the War.On August 11, 2018, in College Park, MD, the U.S. Other airmail related firsts would occur before the First World War, but existing aircraft were not technologically advanced enough to make large scale mail delivery by air practical. Postal Airmail flight. The autographed image is from the Charles Babb collection. Ovington and his Bleriot, in which he made the first official U.S. Ovington never landed, but instead tossed sacks of mail out of his airplane, scattering mail in all directions. Post office was made by Earle Ovington in New York on September 23rd, 1911. The first airmail delivery sanctioned by the U.S. A day later, the first "official" airmail flight was made when Henri Pequet flew 6,500 letters a distance of eight miles in India.Ī Sommer biplane, similar to the type used by Pequet in India The first known airmail flight by aircraft occurred on February 17th, 1911 when Fred Wiseman carried letters, newspapers and groceries a distance of 15 miles. John Wise sets out from Lafayette, Indiana in 1859 Although he was forced to land after only traveling 25 miles, he would try again in a month and travel over 800 miles. The earliest airmail pioneer, Jean-Pierre BlanchardĪnother important event in the history of airmail occurred on August 17, 1859, when John Wise set off for New York from Lafayette, Indiana with over 120 letters in his balloon, Jupiter. Blanchard would also deliver the first letter by balloon in the United States, in 1793. The earliest "airmail" was most likely delivered by homing pigeons over a thousand years ago, but the first recorded use of an air vehicle to deliver mail occurred on January 7, 1785, when Jean-Pierre Blanchard and John Jeffries delivered a letter across the English Channel to France on a hot air balloon.
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