tomiseksj
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Post by tomiseksj on Jul 23, 2013 14:02:31 GMT
Scott C1 (6c orange, December 10), C2 (16c green, July 11) and C3 (24c carmine rose & blue, May 13)
Paraphrasing the note in Scott's U.S. Specialized, C3 was first used on airplane mail service between Washington, DC, Philadelphia and New York on May 15, 1918 (it was also valid for ordinary postage). At that time, the air mail rate was 24c per ounce and that included immediate delivery.
Rates were reduced to 16c for the first ounce and 6c for each additional ounce (which included immediate delivery) on July 15, 1918 by a June 26, 1918 Postmaster General's order. C2 was first used for air mail in the tri-city service on July 15th.
Rates of postage were reduced on December 15, 1918 to 6c per ounce and C1 was first used for the tri-city air mail service on December 16th. |
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ratio411
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Post by ratio411 on Jul 24, 2013 2:25:38 GMT
Something is wrong with your C3... The plane is flying upright.
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Post by Admin on Jul 24, 2013 2:30:54 GMT
This is my c3  |
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tomiseksj
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Post by tomiseksj on Jul 24, 2013 11:40:07 GMT
Something is wrong with your C3... The plane is flying upright. Thanks for pointing that out, Dave -- I guess I got careless when scanning. This is what I meant to post.   |
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ratio411
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Post by ratio411 on Jul 24, 2013 15:54:59 GMT
Something is wrong with your C3... The plane is flying upright. Thanks for pointing that out, Dave -- I guess I got careless when scanning. This is what I meant to post. That's more like it! Mine is better centered though!  |
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tomiseksj
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Post by tomiseksj on Jul 24, 2013 16:04:19 GMT
Mine started out very nicely centered but then the plane accelerated and started to descend.  |
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Post by I.L.S. on Jul 24, 2013 18:02:32 GMT
Mine started out very nicely centered but then the plane accelerated and started to descend.  I once seen a spoof of the inverted jenny that had the pilot falling out of it! Ha-ha I wish I could find it! I only have 2 early airmail stamps. A #C1 on an advert cover with lavender US Air Mail logo and wings stamped across it and the words "AEROPLANE MAIL" typed in bold face. I also have a decent looking #C4 used single. I have just about everything (sans the zepps) from #C7-#C21 however. My #C1 on cover: If you wist to see the back just let me know and I'll scan it. I think there is just a receiving mark if that?  My #C4 single: |
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Post by mark on May 27, 2014 19:01:48 GMT
One of the more humorous comments in the story of the C3a find was made by the postal clerk responding to his supervisor about how he should have noticed the error of the inverted airplane and not sold the pane of stamps to Robey. The clerk's response was "What's an airplane?" No wonder he didn't appreciate the value of the pane!
Robey knew what he was doing. The inverted 1901 Pan American stamps were well known and he went to the PO clearly intent on trying to find an error. The fact that he was rewarded is truly remarkable (and very lucky). Too bad he didn't end up with a copy of the stamp when Col. Green broke up the sheet.
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tomiseksj
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Post by tomiseksj on May 24, 2016 13:43:12 GMT
Linn's is reporting that Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries has unveiled an online reference source devoted to the 24c carmine and blue error stamp -- the inverted Jenny (Scott C3a). The site, accessible here, provides background on the single sheet discovered by William T. Robey on May 14, 1918. The Linn's article may be accessed here. |
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I once seen a spoof of the inverted jenny that had the pilot falling out of it! Ha-ha I wish I could find it! I only have 2 early airmail stamps. A #C1 on an advert cover with lavender US Air Mail logo and wings stamped across it and the words "AEROPLANE MAIL" typed in bold face. I also have a decent looking #C4 used single. I have just about everything (sans the zepps) from #C7-#C21 however.