The Jenny And Dehaviland Dh-4 On US Stamps

I'm trying to identify all the stamps (and post cards or postal stationary) that depict the Jenny and the DH-4.

The Jenny first:

C1, C2, C3 -- the first US airmail stamps
C74 -- 50th anniversary of mail
2781 -- National Postal Museum Stamp
3142s -- Classic American Aircraft Panel
4806 -- Inverted Jenny stamp

A couple I am not sure of:




Any opinions or information about whether these are "Jennies" will be appreciated.

Now for the DH-4:

C6 -- is a "De Haviland Biplane"

What about the "mail planes" on C7, C8 and C9? Are they DH-4's, or "generic"?

Any other US postage stamp depicting the DH-4?

As for postal stationary or post cards, the only one I know of, for either, is UCX17, depicting the Jenny. Have I overlooked any?

Thanks for any help you can give me with this.

Basil

Edit: Fixed the wrong # for the inverted Jenny stamp. Meanwhile, while I cannot find any source for the two stamps I posted images of being "Jennies," I'm pretty sure they are intended to be. Both have 8-cylinder engines (like the OV-5), and have other similarities.

Confirmation of the DH-4 on C7-C9 here:

http://arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=1...&tid=2033366

I will infer from the lack of replies that no one disagrees with any that I've included in my lists, and no one knows of any I've missed. I hope that's right.

Short of trying to get information from the Postal service I believe you're correct.

I too get frustrated by the lack of responses.

LOL, I'm pretty sure that we all do! But, generally, it means that no one has an asnwer.

One really good thing about stamp collector is they're opinionated which makes for good information. By the way do you have any FDC of the stamps?

I have FDC's of all the stamps. As I wonder why you asked, it occurs to me that some covers of the stamps I have questions about might have information about the plane depicted on the stamp. Whether or not that's why you asked, I will check!

I agree that no replies usually means no one has anything to say about the matter. So I just try to put the best spin on it, as I did here.

The image used on Scott 2436 (20th Universal Postal Congress) is referred to simply as a biplane.

Donning my militaria hat for you, blcjr. The two stamps you are wondering about do depict the Curtiss JN-4 "Jenny" even if there is nothing "official" from the USPS stating so. The exhaust and vents are unmistakeable.

As for C6, she's clearly a DH-4/-4A. The identifying trait is the rear "cockpit" which is a separate cut-out (originally housed a .303in Lewis machinegun on a swivel-ring). Please don't exclude the 8c stamp, C4. The radiator/propeller design depicts the front of the DH-4!

As for the C7-9 set, I would also identify them as DH-4/-4A. The squared-off bottom rear of the engine housing is the giveaway.

wt1,

I realize that the "official" description just said "biplane," but I agree with kollectorkurt that the engine exhaust makes it most likely modeled after the Jenny. But I will probably qualify anything I have to say about that stamp and hedge it a bit. Eventually, all this information will make it, hopefully, into an exhibit I'm working on. So I will want to be as precise as I can be, without overstating anything.

I have other sources identifying the C6-C9 stamps as DH-4's, so am comfortable with their designation.

I don't know if this is of any help or not, but I came upon this USPS publication (about 12 years old now) that refers to several aircraft by name as depicted on US Stamps:

https://about.usps.com/publications/pub528.pdf

wt1,

Thanks for the link! There was nothing in it really dispositive of my questions in this thread, but it has information I can put to use later, so I much appreciate the link.

Basil

Basil, Hi from New Zealand. My Stanley Gibbons (London,UK) book on "aircraft on Stamps" depicts both of your US stamps posted above as Curtiss JN-4 Jenny aircraft. From your posting I am presuming that your are referring to US stamps only. I say this as many other countries include the both the Jenny and DH-4 on stamps.

Below are scans of a US postcard and FDC, both of which are in my collection. The text is from the reverse side of the FDC.

Hope this is helpful, Allen