Lindbergh and the Airmail
Lindbergh couldn't stop in every city in the U.S., but after his post-transatlantic flight tour, millions had seen him and he had been the main factor in convincing Americans to use the new airmail service.
Lindbergh, Charles A.: flew inaugural flight of Contract Air Mail (CAM) Route 2, between St. Louis, Mo. and Chicago, Ill. 1926.
Lindbergh Enero 1928: Lindberg 1928; overprint on stamps of Costa Rica for Lindbergh issue.
Figure 5. A 2-centesimo Lindbergh's Airplane stamp, Panama Scott 256. Click on image to enlarge.
Figure 6. This 10-escudo blue-violet Alfonso de Albuquerque stamp, Mozambique Scott 286, is common design type CD38. Click on image to enlarge.
Still others collect "Lincolniana," "Lindberghiana," and similar selected subjects. Such limiting of collecting to the pictures on the stamps leads to one of the most fascinating forms of collecting - the "subject" or "topical" collection.
Autographed USPOD cover with rubber-stamp cachets and backstamps flown northbound by Charles Lindbergh between St. Louis and Chicago on February 21, 1928, and southbound on February 21. (The Cooper Collections) ...
 See also: Stamp, Cover, Philatelic, First day, First day cover
  
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