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Stamp Info

Name Value
Date of Issue May 1, 2018
Year 2018
Quantity 7,500,000
Denomination
First-Class Mail Forever
Denomination Value $0.50
Perforation or Dimension 1.56 x 0.98 in/39.62 x 24.89 mm
Issue Location Washington, DC 20066
Postal Administration United States

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Layouts

Pane of 20 (1 Design)

Quantity Produced - 375,000
Original Purchase Price: $10.00
SKU: 477704
Dimension: 7.25 x 7.25 in/184.15 x 184.15 mm
Printer: Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd. (APU)
Printed at: Williamsville, NY
Printing Process: Intaglio
Gum Type: Pressure-sensitive
Paper: Nonphosphored Type III, Block Tag
Layout Number: “P” followed by one (1) single digit
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Press Sheet With Die-Cuts

Quantity Produced - Unknown
Original Purchase Price: $60.00
SKU: 477706
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First Day Cover

Quantity Produced - Unknown
Original Purchase Price: $0.94
SKU: 477716
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Digital Color Postmark

Quantity Produced - Unknown
Original Purchase Price: $1.65
SKU: 477721
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Ceremony Program

Quantity Produced - Unknown
Original Purchase Price: $6.95
SKU: 477730
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DCP Keepsake

Quantity Produced - Unknown
Original Purchase Price: $11.95
SKU: 477710
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Ceremony Memento

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Original Purchase Price: $18.95
SKU: 477734
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About Stamp

On May 1, 2018, in Washington, DC, the U.S. Postal Service® will issue the United States Air Mail stamp (Forever® priced at the First-Class Mail® rate) in one design, in a pressure-sensitive adhesive pane of 20 stamps. The stamp will go on sale nationwide May 1, 2018.

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 United States Post Office Department took charge of the “U.S. Air Mail Service” later that summer, operating it from August 12, 1918, through September 1, 1927.

In honor of the 100th anniversary of the beginning of airmail service, the Postal Service™ is issuing two stamp designs in 2018. The first stamp, United States Air Mail Blue, commemorates the pioneering spirit of the brave Army pilots who initiated airmail service on May 15, 1918. Rendered in blue and printed in intaglio, this stamp features a drawing of the type of plane typically used in the early days of airmail, a Curtiss JN-4H biplane. A second stamp, identical to the first except for being rendered in red, will commemorate the beginning of airmail delivery through the U.S. Post Office Department on August 12, 1918. That stamp, United States Air Mail Red, will be issued later this summer.

For airmail service to succeed in the early days of flight, the Post Office had to develop profitable routes, such as between New York and Chicago, and to establish the infrastructure for safely making night flights. It set up lighted airfields and erected hundreds of airmail guide beacons between New York and San Francisco so that by 1924 regularly scheduled, transcontinental flying was possible, day and night.

Colors

Pantone 280C

Creators

Art Director: Greg Breeding, Charlottesville, VA.
Designer: Dan Gretta, Philadelphia, PA.
Typographer: Dan Gretta, Philadelphia PA.
Modeler: Joseph Sheeran.

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Reference

USPS Postal Bulletin 22490. Copyright: USPS.

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