He oversaw all aspects including recruiting and training airmail pilots, creating rules and regulations for airmail operations, and working to maintain reliable aircraft. Prices start at 51.70 at a Post Office location. Airmail M-Bag ® packaging is the most affordable way to send large amounts of printed material internationally, including newspapers, magazines, journals, books, sheet music, catalogs, directories, commercial advertising, and promotional matter. During this time many of the manufacturers of aircraft were as well providing passenger service such as United Aircraft and North American Aviation. The separation of the airlines from manufactures. Air Mail is delivered to subscribers’ in-boxes every Saturday at 6:00 AM. The Air Mail Act of 1934 : Re-introduced competitive biding as a means for commercial airlines to procure mail contracts. The links between the military and the new airmail service continued when Captain Benjamin Lipsner resigned from the Army to serve as superintendent of the service. Airmail M-Bags Send Large Amounts of Printed Material. Air Mail is a mobile-first digital weekly that unfolds like the better weekend editions of your favorite newspapers. Officials also ordered 6 airplanes from the Standard Aircraft Company designed specifically to carry mail. The Post Office Department began service with World War I surplus Curtiss Jennys and DeHavilland DH-4s provided by the U.S. Routes like College Park to New York were only slightly faster than the railroad, but were a good laboratory for developing safe and reliable airmail operations. Transcontinental air service was the best opportunity for airmail to provide faster service at lower costs than the existing railroads. This 218-mile route was the first step in establishing a transcontinental route by air. Post Office Department on August 12, 1918. This is the 2nd stamp in the series, United States Air Mail Red commemorate the beginning of airmail delivery through the U.S. Air Mail Service from College Park Airfield to New York City on August 12, 1918. In honor of the 100th anniversary of the beginning of airmail service, the Postal ServiceItm) is issuing two stamp designs in 2018. The Post Office Department initiated regular U.S.