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2025 Spring Mail Sale Commentary 

Lot 17 E3101 — Billy Mitchell: World War I Ace — 7-30-99

The beautiful stamp honoring Billy Mitchell is a tribute to that famous World War I fighter pilot. The dramatic and very colorful hand-painted cachet is based on a recruitment poster showing an American eagle overpowering a German hawk. A squadron of bi-planes is passing overhead, and the poster message says, "Join the Army Air Service — Be an American Eagle!" Mitchell is depicted on this cover in his uniform of that era with the distinctive campaign hat. He makes a handsome figure on this first day cover which is a gem!