Postage Stamps of the United States First Issued in 1934 President: Franklin Delano Roosevelt  ·  Postmaster General: James A. Farley Domestic Letter Rate: 3¢ per oz  ·  Postcard Rate: 1¢ Air Mail Rate: Jan. 1 - Jun. 30: 8¢ per oz  ·  Jul. 1 - Dec. 31: 6¢ per oz.  Air Mail Special Delivery Rate: Aug. 30, 1934: 16¢ per oz Commemorative Postage Stamps of 1934   Flat Plate · Perf 11 (see also - The Farley Issues) Maryland Tercentenary First Day: Mar. 23, 1934 46,258,300 Issued Mothers of America First Day: May 2, 1934 15,432,200 Issued Wisconsin Tercentenary First Day: July 7, 1934 64,525,400 Issued    Rotary Press · Perf 11 x 10½ Mothers of America First Day: May 2, 1934 - 193,239,100 Issued The National Parks Issue of 1934  Flat Plate · Perf 11 · 200 Subject Plates (see also - The Farley Issues of 1935) El Capitan at Yosemite First Day: July 16, 1934 84,896,350 Issued Old Faithful Geyser at Yellowstone First Day: July 30, 1934 30,980,150 Issued "Great White Throne" at Zion First Day: Sept. 18, 1934 15,288,700 Issued Great Smoky Mountains First Day: Oct. 8, 1934 18,874,300 Issued The Grand Canyon First Day: July 24, 1934 74,400,20 Issued Mirror Lake at Mount Rainier First Day: August 3, 1934 95,089,00 Issued Glacier National Park First Day: Aug. 27, 1934 17,472,600 Issued Wizard Island at Crater Lake First Day: Sept. 5, 1934 16,923,350 Issued Cliff Palace at Mesa Verde First Day: Sept. 25, 1934 19,178,650 Issued "The Great Head" at Bar Harbor First Day: Oct. 2, 1934 15,988,250 Issued The Air Mail Stamp of 1934    Rotary Press - Perf 11 x 10½ - 200 Subject Plates C19 - The Six Cent Winged Globe  First Day: June 30, 1934 - 302,205,100 issued Note: Although the new air mail rate of 6¢ did not go into effect until July 1, some of these stamps were issued on the day before. "First Day" Covers are from that date, although to meet the correct postage an additional two cent stamp was added to most of these covers. Some of the envelopes made it through the mails without the added 2¢ postage necessary to pay the then current rate of 8¢. The majority of the June 30 covers originated from the Baltimore Post Office, although covers are known from Brooklyn and New York City as well. All are very collectible. July 1, 1934 was a Sunday and, breaking precedent, the D.C. Post Office postmarked covers on that day. The July 1 covers, although officially the first day covers using the new stamps for the new rate, do not bring the premiums that the June 30 covers bring.  The Air Mail Special Delivery Stamp of 1934    Flat Plate · Perf 11 · 200 Subject Plates (see also - The Farley Issues of 1935) CE1 - Great Seal of the United States  First Day: Aug. 30, 1934 - 9,215,750 issued

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