Postage Stamps of the United States First Issued in 1939   Regular Issues First Issued in 1939 - The Prexie Coils President: Franklin Delano Roosevelt  ·  Postmaster General: James A. Farley Domestic Letter Rate: 3¢ per oz  ·  Postcard Rate: 1¢ Air Mail Rate: 6¢ per oz. ·  Air Mail Special Delivery Rate: 16¢ per oz. Trans-Atlantic Air Mail : May, 1939: 30¢ per ½ oz. (see below) Commemorative Postage Stamps of 1939     Rotary Press - Perf 10½ x 11 - 200 Subject Plates Golden Gate Intl. Expo San Francisco - Feb. 18, 1939 114,439,600 issued New York World's Fair New York - April 1, 1939 101,699,550 issued  Washington's Inauguration New York - April 30, 1939 72,764,550 issued Printing in Colonial America New York - Sept. 25, 1939 71,394,750 issued   Rotary Press - Perf 11 x 10½ - 200 Subject Plates Baseball Centennial Cooperstown, N.Y. - June 12, 1939 81,269,600 issued Panama Canal Issue U.S.S. Charleston, Canal Zone - Aug. 15, 1939 67,813,350 issued 50th Anniversary of Four States  Bismarck ND; Pierre SD; Helena MT; Olympia WA Nov. 2, 1939 - 66,835,000 issued  The Air Mail Stamp of 1939   Flat Plate - Perforated 11 - 100 Subject Plates C24 - 30¢ Trans-Atlantic Winged Globe First Day: May 16, 1939 - 19,768,150 Issued Although deemed not necessary by the Postmaster General and the U.P.U, this stamp was issued on May 16, possibly to promote the new Trans-Atlantic service. The first flights were from New York to Paris via Bermuda and Portugal, with a New York to Great Britain service, via Canada and Newfoundland, added later.

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