The 1918 Curtiss Jenny Air Mail Stamps were a set of three Airmail postage stamps issued by the United States in 1918.[1] The 24¢ variety was the first of the stamps to be issued, and was in fact, America's first Airmail stamp. (The world's first airmail stamp was issued by Italy in 1917[2]). The 16¢ and 6¢ varieties were issued later in the year to reflect reductions in the postage rate. It features the image of the Curtiss JN-4 airplane.

The order of the Scott Catalog numbers[3] for these stamps (C1 through C3) is the inverse of the order of release dates for the stamps.

Individual stamp designs

Design Scott Catalog Numbers Date of Issue Image
6¢ Curtiss Jenny C1 Dec. 10, 1918 6¢ Curtiss Jenny
16¢ Curtiss Jenny C2 July 11, 1918 16¢ Curtiss Jenny
24¢ Curtiss Jenny C3 May 13, 1918 24¢ Curtiss Jenny

Inverted Jenny error

The unique plate block, Positions 87-88 and 97-98, original gum previously hinged, owned by Stuart Weitzman as of March 11, 2021.[4]
Main article: Inverted Jenny

A single sheet of 100 of the two-color 24¢ was printed with the center design inverted, thus creating the Inverted Jenny.[5]

References

  1. ^ Kirker, Joe. "24c Curtiss Jenny single". Smithsonian National Postal Museum. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  2. ^ Miller, Rick. "Landmarks of airmail history: who's on first?". Linn's Stamp News. Amos Media Company. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  3. ^ Bigalke, Jay (April 1, 2020). 2021 Scott Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue - Volume 1 (US & A-B) (177th ed.). Scott Publishing. ISBN 0894875825.
  4. ^ "POSITION 87 ⇒ BLOCK 87-88/97-98".
  5. ^ "Production of the Inverted Jenny". InvertedJenny.com. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1918_Curtiss_Jenny_airmail_stamps
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