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TRANS-PACIFIC AIRMAIL STAMP-ISSUE OF 1935

This special stamp in the denomination of 25 cents was issued primarily for use on
mail matter dispatched by Trans-Pacific airmail service to Hawaii, Guam, and Philippine
Islands. The new stamp is also valid for use on regular airmail.

The stamp is of the same size as the special delivery stamp, 84/100 by 1 44/100 inches
in dimension, arranged horizontally. It is surrounded by a double-line border and
is printed in blue ink. In a narrow panel with white edges and dark ground across
the top of the stamp is the wording, "Trans-Pacific Air Mail", in white Roman,
with the date "November 1935" directly underneath in dark Gothic. In a horizontal
panel with white edges and dark ground at the centcr of the lower margin
of the stamp is the inscription reading "U. S. postage", in white Roman. I
n circular panels with white edges and dark ground in each lower corner
of the stamp is the denomination designation "25c' in white. Included in
the central design is a representation of the sun rising from the shores of
America, with a seaplane in flight over the ocean. At the right is pictured a
modern ocean liner and at the left a Chinese junk, both partly obscured by
the panels contain­ing the denomination numeral. In the distance is a three
masted sailing vessel and a steamship representative of the middle
nineteenth century period. The shield of the United States is shown at the
upper left and that of the Philippine Islands at the upper right.

The new airmail stamp was first placed on sale November 22, 1935,
at the post offices in San Francisco, Calif., and Washington, D.C.