Postage Stamps of the United States First Issued in 1946 President: Harry S Truman  ·  Postmaster General: Robert E. Hannegan Domestic Letter Rate: 3¢ per oz  ·  Postcard Rate: 1¢  Air Mail Rates: Jan. 1 - Sep. 30: 8¢ per oz.  ·  Oct. 1 - Dec. 31: 5¢ per oz.  (see below) 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 Anniversary 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    C32 - 5¢ Issue - 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. According to Glass, in some cases this reduction was from as much as 90¢ an ounce!

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