This set of 4 First Supersonic Flight stamps were issued in 1997, This stamp pictures an X1 aircraft, the first plane to fly faster than the speed of sound. Air Force Captain “Chuck” Yeager was at the controls. The first day ceremony for the stamp, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the flight, took place at the Air Force Base where the historic event happened.

This set of 4 Department of the Air Force 50^th Anniversary was issued in
1997, The youngest branch of the U.S. armed forces, the Air Force was originally developed as an aeronautical division of the Army Signal Corps in 1907. The following year the Army purchased its first plane, and in 1911 Congress appropriated funds for aviation. Control passed to the aviation division in 1914.

This set of 5 Berlin Airlift was issued in 1998, Proceeding World War II, Berlin was divided into two sectors, one being occupied by America, Britain, and France, and the other by Russia. In June of 1948, the Soviets blocked all land and water routes through East Germany to West Berlin, which lay 110 miles inside the Soviet occupation zone. The allies responded by setting up a series of airlifts to deliver food and supplies. The Soviets ended the blockade in May,1949.

These set of 10 Commercial Aviation stamps were issued in 1976, The Post Office Department got commercial aviation off the ground in 1926, when it contracted for private firms to carry the mail. By 1976, commercial flight was the principal means of inter-city passenger travel.

This set of 5 U.S. Postal Service Bicentennial was issued in 1975 and consist of,

Stagecoach and Tractor Trailer, Locomotives, Airplanes, Satellite  This stamp is part of a block of four stamps displaying the different modes of transportation used for conveying mail over the years by road, rail, air, and space. The stamps were issued in observance of the U.S. Postal Department’s 200th anniversary.

 

The stamps you see in the photo are the stamps you will receive.

These stamps are in superb unused condition.

Stamps will be shipped and bagged in a stay flat mailer.

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