Fiorella LaGuardia Demanded—and Got—an Airport in New York City

Today’s #stampoftheday hints at the wonderful backstory behind the construction of LaGuardia Airport, which opened in 1939. The stamp itself is a 15-cent airmail stamp, issued on August 20, 1947 that pictures an airplane flying over the Statue of Liberty with the Manhattan skyline in the background. It shows this vignette because the stamp’s value […]

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