Stamps

Commemorative Postage Stamps of 1946
Rotary Press - Perf 11 x 10½ - 200 Subject Electric Eye Plates

5¢ Roosevelt Memorial - Four Freedoms
Washington, D.C. - Jan. 30, 1946
76,455,400 issued

Merchant Marine Issue
Washington, D.C. - Feb. 26, 1946
135,927,000 issued

150th Anniv. of Tennessee Statehood
Nashville, Tennessee - June 1, 1946
132,274,500 issued

Centenary of Iowa Statehood
Iowa City - August 3, 1946
132,430,000 issued

The Smithsonian Institution
Washington, D.C. - Aug. 10, 1946
139,209,500 issued

General Kearny Expedition
Santa Fe, New Mexico - Oct. 16, 1946
114,684,450 issued

Rotary Press - Perforated 11 x 10½ - 400 Subject Electric Eye Plates

Veterans of World War II
Washington, D.C. - May 9, 1946
260,339,100 issued

The 5¢ Air Mail Stamp of 1946 - The Five Cent DC-4 Skymaster
Rotary Press - Perf 11 x 10½ - 200 Subject Electric Eye Plates

5¢ DC-4 Skymaster
Sept. 25, 1946
864,753,100 issued

This stamp heralded one of the most sweeping rate reductions in U.S. Air Mail history. For many letters this reflected a three cent reduction, but for the Territories of the United States, including Alaska and Hawaii the reduction was much greater. This was doubly critical, since mail to the territories took weeks to arrive unless sent via air. In some cases this reduction was as much as 90¢ an ounce!

The following postage stamp varieties were first issued by the U.S. in 1946

Ordinary issue
There were no new Regular Issue stamps issued in 1946.

Commemoratives
Number 933 - 5¢ Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial Stamp - The Four Freedoms - Designer: McCloskey, Jr. - Engraver: C. A. Brooks
Number 939 - 3¢ Merchant Marine Issue - Liberty Ship Unloading Cargo - Designer: V. S. McCloskey, Jr. - Engraver: M. D. Fenton
Number 940 - 3¢ Veterans of World War II - Honorable Discharge Emblem - Designer: V. S. McCloskey, Jr. - Engraver: E. R. Grove
Number 941 - 3¢ 150th Anniversary of Tennessee Statehood - Designer: V. S. McCloskey, Jr. - Engraver: C. A. Brooks
Number 942 - 3¢ Centenary of Iowa Statehood - Designer: V. S. McCloskey, Jr. - Engraver: M. D. Fenton
Number 943 - 3¢ The Smithsonian Institution - Designer: William Roach - Engraver: E. R. Grove
Number 944 - 3¢ General Kearny Expedition - The Capture of Santa Fe - Designer: William Roach - Engraver: C. T. Arlt

Air Mail
Number C32 - The 5¢ DC-4 Skymaster Air Mail Stamp of 1946

Special Delivery
There were no new Special Delivery stamps issued in 1946.