On May 15, 1918 the United States Post Office began regular air mail services between Washington D.C., Philadelphia, and New York City. The Post Office set a controversial rate of 24 cents for the service, eight times the price of a letter sent by first-class mail. A new stamp was issued especially depicting the Curtiss Jenny biplane chosen to shuttle the mail. The stamp was printed in two colours, each sheet being fed through the printing press twice, a process prone to misprints. It is believed that only one misprinted sheet of 100 stamps got through unnoticed. A block of 4 Inverted Jenny stamps was sold at auction in 2005 for $US2.9 million.Project 3
Denomination: 24c
Feature colour: Red
Size: 32.5mmWx30mmH or 1:0.9
Due: 19 February
this stamp also appears in one of my favourite movies - 'Brewster's Millions' with Richard Pryor (i especially like the movie because it's got an accountant as the main love interest)
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