U.S. #C128
1990 50¢ Harriet Quimby
Issue Date: April 27, 1991
First City: Plymouth, Michigan
Quantity Issued: 250,000,000
Printed by: Stamp Ventures
Printing Method: Photogravure
Perforation: 11
Color: Multicolored
This stamp features Harriet Quimby (1875-1912), one of the few women honored on Airmail stamps. A journalist and drama critic, she was the first American woman to receive a pilot’s license, and the first woman to fly the English Channel solo.