US 1968 50th Anniversary of Air Mail Service ; Curtiss Jenny 10c. Scott. C74


US 1968 50th Anniversary of Air Mail Service ; Curtiss Jenny 10c. Scott. C74


Series: 50th Anniversary of Air Mail Service Issue

Stamp details: Bi-plane Curtiss Jenny

Issued date: 15-05-1968 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Face value: 10c.

Emission: Air Post
Watermark: No Watermark

Catalogue No:-
Scott (USA): C74
Stanley Gibbons (UK): A1327
Michel (Germany): 948
Yvert et Tellier (France): PA70

Dimensions (height x width):
25mm x 40mm

Printer: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Print Method: Giori Press

Stamp Colors: Blue, black, and red
Perforation: Perf 11 x 11
Paper: Tagged

Themes: Aviation, Aircraft, Plane

Total print: 60,000,000 (estimate)

The Curtiss JN "Jenny" was a series of biplanes built by the Curtiss Aeroplane Company of Hammondsport, New York, later the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company. Although the Curtiss JN series was originally produced as a training aircraft for the US Army, the "Jenny" (the common nickname derived from "JN") continued after World War I as a civil aircraft, as it became the "backbone of American postwar [civil] aviation". Thousands of surplus Jennys were sold at bargain prices to private owners in the years after the war and became central to the barnstorming era that helped awaken the US to civil aviation through much of the 1920s.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtiss_JN_Jenny