The agency's semiquincentennial will be marked by an event at the Smithsonian's National Postal Museum in Washington, D.C., ...

But real airmail stamp collecting begins on May 15, 1918, with the real U.S. Air Mail Service and a Jenny JN-4H, which appeared on the first U.S. airmail stamp—eventually the most valuable stamp ...

The "Inverted Jenny" stamp sheet was issued in 1918 to commemorate the nation's first airmail flight. However, two unusual events happened surrounding the first airmail flight. Advertisement ...

On May 6, 1918, the Post Office Department authorized airplanes to carry mail at twenty-four cents per ounce. The Bureau of Engraving and Printing immediately rushed the first airmail issue into ...

A rare Inverted Jenny airmail stamp described as “the finest example” of its kind is headed for sale at Siegel Auction Galleries in New York, where it is expected to fetch US$1.5 million to US ...

“Holding this stamp, I think of the people – from the pilot who flew the first airmail flight, to William Robey who bought it at the post office and pocketed a $15,000 profit.

He recognizes the proper shade of red and blue on the stamp, the cloud pattern behind a biplane that is upside down in its center, and even knows most of the tiny digits on the plane's tail: 38262.

Issued in 1918, the airmail stamp — printed in carmine rose and blue ink — is distinguished by the upside-down picture of a Curtiss Jenny airplane created when printers at the Bureau of ...