File:First US Air Mail Flight 1918.jpg

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English: First U.S. Air Mail flight takes off from Washington, D.C. on May 15, 1918, flown by U.S. Army pilot Lt. George Boyle (U.S. Army photo) with "Inaugural Aerial Post" cover with Washington, DC "First Trip" canceled cover carried on that flight. (Composite digital illustration created by the uploader.)
Date circa 1918
date QS:P,+1918-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source http://www.stamp-collecting-world.com/images/xUS_Air_Mail_DC_May_1918.jpg.pagespeed.ic.I0-b2uPVk-.jpg
Author U.S. Air Mail

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This United States postage stamp was published prior to 1978 and is therefore in the public domain in the United States. See Commons:Hirtle chart for further explanation. Note that it may still be copyrighted in jurisdictions that do not apply the rule of the shorter term for US works (depending on the date of the author's death), such as Canada (70 p.m.a.), Mainland China (50 p.m.a., not Hong Kong or Macao), Germany (70 p.m.a.), Mexico (100 p.m.a.), Switzerland (70 p.m.a.), and other countries with individual treaties.
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  • 2011-10-16 01:39 Centpacrr 800×764× (527463 bytes) Composite image adding first flight cover to image of first flight mailplane.
  • 2011-10-16 01:39 Centpacrr 800×764× (527463 bytes) Composite image adding first flight cover to image of first flight mailplane.
  • 2011-10-15 04:50 Centpacrr 870×455× (196150 bytes) New version with Washington First Flight Cover, C-3, and canceled Philadelphia First Flight C-3.
  • 2008-05-30 11:19 Centpacrr 870×480× (202661 bytes) First U.S. Air Mail flight takes off from Washington, D.C. on May 15, 1918.

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