Airmails of the United States
![Cover flown on the first day of scheduled Air Mail Service in the U.S. and franked with the first U.S. Air Mail stamp, the 24 Cent](/Images/godic/202412/18/First_US_Air_Mail_Flight_Phila_19181757.jpg")
![Wise ascends on the first United States balloon airmail from Lafayette, Indiana, in 1859.](/Images/godic/202412/18/Jwise_airmail1757.jpg")
![The first U.S. Air Mail takes off from Washington, DC on May 15, 1918.](/Images/godic/202412/18/First_US_Air_Mail_Flight_19181758.jpg")
![Maj. Ruben Fleet by Lt. Boyle's Jenny before the take off from Washington, D.C. for Philadelphia on May 15, 1918.](/Images/godic/202412/18/First_airmail_service_19181758.jpg")
Airmails of the United States or U.S. Air Mail relates to the servicing of flown mails by the U.S. postal system within the United States, its possessions, and/or territories, marked as "Via Air Mail" (or equivalent), appropriately franked, and afforded any then existing class or sub-class of U.S. Air Mail service.