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U. S. BACK OF THE BOOK AIR MAIL. Kenneth Pruess Lincoln Stamp Club. Types of Air Mail Stamps and Their Uses. C = Airmail CE = Airmail Special Delivery CL = Semi-Official Issues CM = RF Overprints UC = Stamped Envelopes UXC = Postal Cards. C3 Came First.
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U. S. BACK OF THE BOOK AIR MAIL Kenneth Pruess Lincoln Stamp Club
Types of Air Mail Stampsand Their Uses • C = Airmail • CE = Airmail Special Delivery • CL = Semi-Official Issues • CM = RF Overprints • UC = Stamped Envelopes • UXC = Postal Cards
C3 Came First Issued May 13, 1918 Paid for May 15 Service Washington-Philadelphia-New York
C3a The famous inverted Jenny Courtesy of Siegel Auctions
C2 Fee Reduced July 15 For Tri-City Service
C1 Came Last Issued Dec. 10 Fee Reduced for Tri-City Service Dec. 16
C4-6 Night Mail Service New York – San Francisco began July 1, 1924 Three Zones: New York – Chicago, Chicago – Cheyenne, Cheyenne – San Francisco. Fee was 8 cents per Zone.
Omaha, NE to Monrovia, CA 16 Cents for 2 Zones
Registered to Germany Stamp was valid for ordinary postage
Lindberg C10a Booklet Cover And Pane of 3
C11 Beacon Air Aug. 1, 1928 First Day of 5 cent Air Rate
First Flight By Lindberg Puerto Rico to South America Airport Dedication and First Flight
The Zepps C13-15 Images courtesy of Siegel Auctions
South America Flight Image courtesy of Rumsey Auctions 65 cents Each Leg, $2.60 for Round Trip
The Baby Zep Courtesy of Rumsey Auctions 42½ cents went to Zeppelin Company
Airport Dedications Red Cloud, Nebraska
CE = Air Mail Special Delivery CE1 CE2
CE2 FIRST DAY Courtesy of Siegel Auctions Dorothy Knapp Hand-Painted Add-On Cachet
CL = Semi-Official Airmail CL1 Buffalo Balloon Post June 18, 1877 Nashville – Gallatin Tennessee
Buffalo Balloon Post Courtesy of Matthew Bennett Only Known Cover
CL = Semi-Official Air Mail Vin Fiz Flyer First Transcontinental Flight 1911 13 copies known Only 1 On Cover Use Known CL2
Use on Post Card 8 Uses on Post Cards Known Courtesy of Siegel Auctions
CM = RF Overprints Courtesy of Rumsey Auctions Used by French Naval Personnel on Mail to US or Canada
Another Type of Handstamp Overprint Image courtesy of Rumsey Auctions
Postal Stationery UC = Stamped Envelopes Most can be obtained mint, used, or as First Day covers
UC1 UC31 UC1
Use from Canal Zone Canal Zone UC8
AIR LETTER Same price anywhere in the world UC32 Destination Switzerland
Postal Stationery UXC = Postal Cards Most easily obtained mint or as First Day covers Postally used a real challenge!
THE END Domestic Air Mail rates abolished October 11, 1975 Separate Foreign rates ended Feb. 3, 1991. But stamps for foreign delivery still have small planes and are listed as Air Mail (which is the only foreign service).