Denmark: Scott # C3 (1934)

Airmail stamp featuring a dramatic allegorical aviation design. Offered here mint never hinged (MNH) with full original gum.

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10/1/1910 — b. Evelyn Sharp, American aviator, flying instructor. Known as “Sharpie”; pioneer aviatrix, #military pilot; one of the first female U.S. #airmail #pilots w/the Women’s Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (1941). Taught 350+ men how to fly airplanes! #womenshistory #WomenInStem #aviation #EduSky

Mexico: Scott # C614 (1979)

Universiada ’79 souvenir sheet, MNH. A modern sports-themed airmail issue celebrating international university athletics.

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1959 U.S. First Flight Cover from Dayton, Ohio, commemorating the AM-1 Air Mail Route Extension, franked with Scott #1108 and #1120, with authentic postal markings.

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Gabon: Scott # C77 (1969)

Airmail commemorative with attached tab, issued for PHILEXAFRIQUE in Abidjan and depicting Father Charles Garnier. A desirable exhibition issue for collectors of African airmails and philatelic events.

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In #SEPTEMBER 1929
Cover illustration by Herbert Paus (1880-1946)
*Popular Science Monthly*, September 1929
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#OTD in 1920
Pilot William Cochran 'Wild Bill' Hopson (1887-1928), US Mail Service. Winter flying clothing.
'Wild Bill' Hopson was a popular early air mail pilot. He flew the mail for eight years before he died in a crash in 1928.
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The most famous heroic airmail pic
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