1918 Curtiss Jenny airmail stamps

The 1918 Curtiss Jenny Air Mail Stamps were a set of three Airmail postage stamps issued by the United States in 1918. The 24¢ variety was the first of the stamps to be issued, and was in fact, America's first Airmail stamp. (The world's first airmail stamp was issued by Italy in 1917). The 16¢ and 6¢ varieties were issued later in the year to reflect reductions in the postage rate. It features the image of the Curtiss JN-4 airplane.

The order of the Scott Catalog numbers for these stamps (C1 through C3) is the inverse of the order of release dates for the stamps.

Individual Stamp Designs

Design	Scott Catalog Numbers	Date of Issue
6¢ Curtiss Jenny	C1	Dec. 10, 1918
16¢ Curtiss Jenny	C2	July 11, 1918
24¢ Curtiss Jenny	C3	May 13, 1918

Inverted Jenny Error

Inverted Jenny

Main article: Inverted Jenny

A single sheet of 100 of the two-color 24¢ was printed with the center design inverted, thus creating the Inverted Jenny.

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