2017 First-Class Forever Stamp,WPA Posters: City of New York Municipal Airports

# 5184 - 2017 First-Class Forever Stamp - WPA Posters: City of New York Municipal Airports

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US #5184
2017 City of New York Municipal Airports – WPA Posters

  • Pictures famous Workers Projects Administration (WPA) poster


Stamp Category: 
Commemorative
Set:  WPA Posters
Value:  49¢ First Class Mail Rate (Forever)
First Day of Issue:  March 7, 2017
First Day City:  Hyde Park, New York
Quantity Issued:  100,000,000
Printed by:  Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd.
Printing Method:  Offset
Format:  Double-Sided Booklets of 20
Tagging:  Nonphosphored type III, overall

Why the stamp was issued:  To commemorate the Workers Projects Administration (WPA) and its many accomplishments.

About the stamp design:  Pictures the “City of New York Municipal Airports” WPA poster from the Prints & Photographs Division of the Library of Congress.  Designed by Maribel O. Gray in collaboration with art director Antonio Alcalá.  The poster was created to support the ideas of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his New Deal programs.

First Day City:  The First Day of Issue Ceremony was held at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum in Hyde Park, New York.

About the WPA Posters set:  Includes 10 different stamp designs picturing different WPA posters from the era of FDR’s New Deal.  Issued to celebrate the Workers Projects Administration and its contributions to the economy and American culture.

History the stamps represent:  Before the Great Depression, flying was considered a novelty or a luxury.  But under Roosevelt’s New Deal, the Works Progress Administration expanded and modernized hundreds of airports, ushering in a new age of civil aviation.

In 1935, President Roosevelt created the Division of Engineering and Construction, which oversaw airport, dam, and highway construction projects.  Over the course of the program, they built more than 160 brand-new airports and expanded or improved another 500-plus.

New York City in particular received a boost to its airports.  The city’s first municipal airport, Floyd Bennett Field, was vastly modernized by the WPA with concrete runways and a machine shop.

In 1937, the WPA also overhauled North Beach, the city’s second municipal airport.  One of the WPA’s largest projects, it employed over 20,000 workers and was completed in just two years.  The new airport, later renamed after New York Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia, was America’s most modern commercial aviation complex and home to one of the most important land and seaplane terminals on the East Coast.

By the time the WPA was dissolved in 1943, commercial flights were no longer a luxury, but a convenience most Americans could enjoy.

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US #5184
2017 City of New York Municipal Airports – WPA Posters

  • Pictures famous Workers Projects Administration (WPA) poster


Stamp Category: 
Commemorative
Set:  WPA Posters
Value:  49¢ First Class Mail Rate (Forever)
First Day of Issue:  March 7, 2017
First Day City:  Hyde Park, New York
Quantity Issued:  100,000,000
Printed by:  Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd.
Printing Method:  Offset
Format:  Double-Sided Booklets of 20
Tagging:  Nonphosphored type III, overall

Why the stamp was issued:  To commemorate the Workers Projects Administration (WPA) and its many accomplishments.

About the stamp design:  Pictures the “City of New York Municipal Airports” WPA poster from the Prints & Photographs Division of the Library of Congress.  Designed by Maribel O. Gray in collaboration with art director Antonio Alcalá.  The poster was created to support the ideas of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his New Deal programs.

First Day City:  The First Day of Issue Ceremony was held at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum in Hyde Park, New York.

About the WPA Posters set:  Includes 10 different stamp designs picturing different WPA posters from the era of FDR’s New Deal.  Issued to celebrate the Workers Projects Administration and its contributions to the economy and American culture.

History the stamps represent:  Before the Great Depression, flying was considered a novelty or a luxury.  But under Roosevelt’s New Deal, the Works Progress Administration expanded and modernized hundreds of airports, ushering in a new age of civil aviation.

In 1935, President Roosevelt created the Division of Engineering and Construction, which oversaw airport, dam, and highway construction projects.  Over the course of the program, they built more than 160 brand-new airports and expanded or improved another 500-plus.

New York City in particular received a boost to its airports.  The city’s first municipal airport, Floyd Bennett Field, was vastly modernized by the WPA with concrete runways and a machine shop.

In 1937, the WPA also overhauled North Beach, the city’s second municipal airport.  One of the WPA’s largest projects, it employed over 20,000 workers and was completed in just two years.  The new airport, later renamed after New York Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia, was America’s most modern commercial aviation complex and home to one of the most important land and seaplane terminals on the East Coast.

By the time the WPA was dissolved in 1943, commercial flights were no longer a luxury, but a convenience most Americans could enjoy.