USPS Air Mail Red Forever First Class Postage Stamps Airmail Colors of the Flag (20 stamps)

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 ServiceItm) is issuing two stamp designs in 2018. This is the 2nd stamp in the series, United States Air Mail Red commemorate the beginning of airmail delivery through the U.S. Post Office Department on August 12, 1918. Rendered in red, this stamp features a drawing of the type of plane typically used in the early days of airmail, a Curtiss JN-4H biplane. 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. Airmail delivery, daily except on Sundays, became part of the fabric of the American economy and spurred the growth of the nation’s aviation industry. The stamp designer and typographer is Dan Gretta; Greg Breeding is the art director.

• United States Air Mail Red, commemorates the 100th anniversary of the beginning of airmail service, t
• It is part of a series of two stamps - blue and red - released to commemorates the beginning of airmail delivery through the U.S. Post Office Department on August 12, 1918.
• This Forever stamp will always be equal in value to the current First-Class Mail one-ounce price.
• The stamp designer and typographer is Dan Gretta; Greg Breeding is the art director.