United States Commemorative Airmail Postage Stamps Honoring Pioneer Female Pilot Blanche Stuart Scott(1886-1970) and Aviation Pioneer Glenn Hammond Curtiss (1978-1930),
Blanche Stuart Scott was the first U. S. woman to fly solo in an airplane, and the first and only woman to take flying lessons from Glenn Curtiss, at Hammondsport, N. Y,
Scott is considered to be one of America's great aviators.
Glenn H.Curtiss
Accomplishments Include:
1904 Invented handlebar throttle control 1907,
"Fastest Man in the World" at 136.36 mph with V8 motorcycle1908,
Flight engineer for 1st Army dirigible trial 1909,
Produced and sold first private aircraft in US 1911,
RECEIVED PILOT'S LICENSE NUMBER ONE 1911,
First successful pontoon aircraft in America 1911,
"Father of Naval Aviation",
Hydroaeroplane A-1 1912,
Developed and flew first flying boat 1914-1918,
Produced 6,000 "Jennys"1919,
Curtiss NC-4 flying boat--first to cross the Atlantic 1878-1930,
Produced over five hundred inventions in his life time,
Issued December 30, 1980 in Hammondsport, New York,
Dual Stamp First Day of Issue Cover, FDC, House of Farnam Engraving Cachet, Unaddressed, Ideal for Framing,
Cover in Removable Transparent Poly Sleeve and Mailed With Protection,
Made in the USA
Genuine First Day of Stamp Issued Cover Cancelled on the First Day of Issue Date by the U.S. Postal Service,
