2019 First-Class Forever Stamp,Post Office Murals: "Air Mail"

# 5372 - 2019 First-Class Forever Stamp - Post Office Murals: "Air Mail"

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US #5372
2019 55¢ “Air Mail” – Post Office Murals

• Commemorates the Great Depression-era mural “Air Mail” at the Piggott, Arkansas, post office


Stamp Category:  Commemorative
Value:  55¢ First Class Mail Rate (Forever)
First Day of Issue:  April 2, 2019
First Day City:  Piggott, Arkansas
Quantity Issued:  30,000,000
Printed by:  Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd.
Printing Method:  Offset
Format:  Panes of 10
Tagging:  Nonphosphored Type III, Block Tag

Why the stamp was issued:  To honor the “Air Mail” post office mural in Piggott, Arkansas, created during the Great Depression.

About the stamp design:  Pictures the US post office mural “Air Mail” (1941) in Piggott, Arkansas. The oil-on-canvas mural was completed by artist Dan Rhodes.

First Day City:  The First Day of Issue Ceremony was held at Piggott Main Post Office in Piggott, Arkansas, the location of one of the murals on the stamps.

About the Post Office Murals set:  Includes five stamps celebrating the artwork of muralists tasked with beautifying American post offices and boosting morale during the Great Depression. Each of the stamp designs pictures a different mural from a US post office: “Kiowas Moving Camp” (1936) Anadarko, Oklahoma; “Mountains and Yucca” (1937) Deming, New Mexico; “Antelope” (1939) Florence, Colorado; “Sugarloaf Mountain” (1940) Rockville, Maryland; and “Air Mail” (1941) Piggott, Arkansas.

History the stamp represents:  In 1937, Piggott, Arkansas, sought permission to use funds from building a new post office to commission a mural. The request was approved, but it took three years to complete the painting.

At first, Piggott commissioned Iowa artist Lowell Houser to paint their post office mural. However, when Houser failed to begin the painting after two years, they asked another Iowa artist – Dan Rhodes – to do the job. Rhodes was mainly a ceramic and sculpture artist, but on August 21, 1940, he agreed to submit a design proposal.

Rhodes came back with his design on November 4, saying “As you will note, I have chosen as subject matter the Air Mail. I feel the Air Mail is of unusual significance to the smaller and more isolated community, linking them as it does with the most distan[t] centers.” Ed Rowan, the section superintendent in charge of Piggott, loved the design. The contract with Rhodes was signed November 18 and the mural was completed and hung in the post office by March 11, 1941.

Rhodes was paid a total of $700 for his work on the Piggott Post Office mural, equal to over $22,000 today. The painting hangs in the post office to this day, a permanent reminder of the history of rural America.

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US #5372
2019 55¢ “Air Mail” – Post Office Murals

• Commemorates the Great Depression-era mural “Air Mail” at the Piggott, Arkansas, post office


Stamp Category:  Commemorative
Value:  55¢ First Class Mail Rate (Forever)
First Day of Issue:  April 2, 2019
First Day City:  Piggott, Arkansas
Quantity Issued:  30,000,000
Printed by:  Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd.
Printing Method:  Offset
Format:  Panes of 10
Tagging:  Nonphosphored Type III, Block Tag

Why the stamp was issued:  To honor the “Air Mail” post office mural in Piggott, Arkansas, created during the Great Depression.

About the stamp design:  Pictures the US post office mural “Air Mail” (1941) in Piggott, Arkansas. The oil-on-canvas mural was completed by artist Dan Rhodes.

First Day City:  The First Day of Issue Ceremony was held at Piggott Main Post Office in Piggott, Arkansas, the location of one of the murals on the stamps.

About the Post Office Murals set:  Includes five stamps celebrating the artwork of muralists tasked with beautifying American post offices and boosting morale during the Great Depression. Each of the stamp designs pictures a different mural from a US post office: “Kiowas Moving Camp” (1936) Anadarko, Oklahoma; “Mountains and Yucca” (1937) Deming, New Mexico; “Antelope” (1939) Florence, Colorado; “Sugarloaf Mountain” (1940) Rockville, Maryland; and “Air Mail” (1941) Piggott, Arkansas.

History the stamp represents:  In 1937, Piggott, Arkansas, sought permission to use funds from building a new post office to commission a mural. The request was approved, but it took three years to complete the painting.

At first, Piggott commissioned Iowa artist Lowell Houser to paint their post office mural. However, when Houser failed to begin the painting after two years, they asked another Iowa artist – Dan Rhodes – to do the job. Rhodes was mainly a ceramic and sculpture artist, but on August 21, 1940, he agreed to submit a design proposal.

Rhodes came back with his design on November 4, saying “As you will note, I have chosen as subject matter the Air Mail. I feel the Air Mail is of unusual significance to the smaller and more isolated community, linking them as it does with the most distan[t] centers.” Ed Rowan, the section superintendent in charge of Piggott, loved the design. The contract with Rhodes was signed November 18 and the mural was completed and hung in the post office by March 11, 1941.

Rhodes was paid a total of $700 for his work on the Piggott Post Office mural, equal to over $22,000 today. The painting hangs in the post office to this day, a permanent reminder of the history of rural America.