US Airmail Postcard with 2¢ George Washington Stamp, Tom Gunn Flight 1914

United States · 1914 · 2¢

A 2-cent red stamp featuring a profile bust of George Washington facing left, set within an oval frame. It is affixed to a postcard addressed to John Gribble in Honolulu, Hawaii, and bears a Koloa, Hawaii postmark.

This postcard represents an early instance of airmail service in the United States, carried by aviator Tom Gunn during a 1914 exhibition in Koloa, Hawaii. It highlights the experimental phase of aviation and its integration into postal services.