airmail

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The Inverted Jenny stamp was part of a collection made to mark the start of regular airmail service.

From BBC • Nov. 13, 2023

William Boeing’s namesake company was building seaplanes on South Lake Union in Seattle and found a partner to launch airmail and passenger travel, which eventually broke off as United Airlines.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 30, 2022

He had covered the tissue-thin airmail stationary corner to corner with his typing, leaving only a little room for the address.

From Salon • Nov. 23, 2022

Like the Magenta, the airmail plate-number block is unique, an error created when the 24-cent stamps were printed at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing with the illustration of a Curtiss Jenny aircraft upside down.

From Washington Times • Jun. 5, 2021

The lined airmail paper was so thin I took it into the shade because the midday sun shone right through it.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago