US AIRMAIL C23 BEAUTIFUL PLATE BLOCK OF 16 STAMPS MNH/OG

Item Specifics

Country

United States

Catalog Number

C23

Stamp Type

Air Mail

Condition

Mint (NH)

Centering

XF/Superb

Stamp Format

Plate Block

Year of Issue

1938

Item Description

Us airmail c23 beautiful plate block of 16 stamps mnh/og
issue date: may 14, 1938
City: Dayton, OH, and St. Petersburg, FL
Quantity: 349,946,500
Printed by: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Printing Method: Flat plate printing
Perforations: 11
Color: dark blue and carmine
This bi-colored 6¢ airmail stamp was issued in celebration of National Airmail Week, which commemorated the 20th anniversary of the first government airmail flight. President Franklin Roosevelt, a stamp enthusiast, was presented with some possible designs for the new stamp, but sketched his own idea instead. His flying eagle became the picture on the new airmail stamp.
The 6¢ Eagle first went on sale in Dayton, OH, the home of the Wright brothers, and St. Petersburg, FL, where the first passenger flight was made. A temporary post office was established, because the American Air Mail Society was holding its annual convention in St. Petersburg.

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Item Location

New Hampshire, United States

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