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5 Hawaii Long Stamp Air Mail Covers

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5 Hawaii Long Stamp Air Mail Covers
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These are dated 1934-41. In 1926 the Post Office Department issued the first in a series of airmail stamps that no longer featured the square shape of the first six airmail stamps. The reason for a new horizontal rectangle shape, or long stamp, was simple—postal clerks needed to easily distinguish airmail letters from regular mail. On July 1, 1934, the airmail rate dropped to six cents per ounce, requiring a new stamp issue. Alvin R. Meissner designed this issue, which was printed on a rotary press in plates of two hundred and cut into panes of fifty with perforations 10.5 x 11. (Prag Collection)

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HWAC#: : 29804