Postage Stamps of the United States First Issued in 1937 President: Franklin Delano Roosevelt  ·  Postmaster General: James A. Farley Domestic Letter Rate: 3¢ per oz  ·  Postcard Rate: 1¢ Air Mail Rate: 6¢ per oz. ·  Air Mail Special Delivery Rate: 16¢ per oz. Trans-Pacific Air Mail : 20¢ per ½ oz. (S.F. to Honolulu) - 50¢ per ½ oz. (to Philippines) - 70¢ per ½ oz. (to China) Commemorative Postage Stamps of 1937   Rotary Press - Perf 11 x 10½ - 200 Subject Plates  The Army Issue 1¢ Army - Generals Washington and Greene Washington D.C. - December 15, 1936 105,196,150 issued 2¢ Army - Generals Jackson and Scott Washington D.C. - January 15, 1937 93,848,500 issued 3¢ Army - Sherman, Grant, and Sheridan Washington D.C. - February 18, 1937 87,741,150 issued   4¢ Army - Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson Washington D.C. - March 23, 1937 - 35,794,150 5¢ Army - United States Military Academy at West Point West Point NY, Washington D.C. - May 26, 1937 - 36,839,250    The Navy Issue 1¢ Navy - John Paul Jones and John Barry Washington D.C. - December 15, 1936 104,773,450 issued 2¢ Navy - Decatur and MacDonough Washington D.C. - January 15, 1937 92,054,550 issued 3¢ Navy - - Admirals Farragut and Porter Washington D.C. - February 18, 1937 93,291,650 issued   4¢ Navy - Admirals Sampson, Dewey and Schley Washington D.C. - March 23, 1937 - 34,552,950  5¢ Navy - Seal of the U.S. Naval Academy Annapolis MD, Washington D.C. - May 26, 1937 - 36,819,050      Other Commemoratives of 1937 Northwest Territory Sesquicentennial Marietta, Ohio - July 13, 1937 84,825,250 issued Virginia Dare - Flat Plate 192 Subjects Manteo, NC - Aug. 18, 1937  25,040,400 issued Constitution Sesquicentennial Philadelphia - September 17, 1937 99,882,300 issued Hawaii Territorial Issue  Honolulu - Oct. 18, 1937 78,454,450 issued Alaska Territorial Issue Juneau, Alaska - November 12, 1937 77,004,200 issued Puerto Rico Territorial Issue San Juan , Puerto Rico - November 25, 1937 81,292,450 issued Virgin Islands Territorial Issue Charlotte Amalie, VI - December 15, 1937 76,474,550 issued The Souvenir Sheet of 1937 Society of Philatelic Americans Souvenir Sheet - New York FDC: August 26, 1937 - only 5,277,445 issued see also: National Parks Issue of 1934  The Air Mail Stamps of 1937   Flat Plate - Perforated 11 - 200 Subject Plates C21 - 20¢ "China Clipper" Over the Pacific First Day: Feb. 15, 1937 - 12,794,600 Issued C22 - 50¢ "China Clipper" Over the Pacific First Day: Feb. 15, 1937 - 9,285,300 Issued In 1937, the Trans-Pacific route added a new destination, Hong Kong. These stamps were issued to conform with this added service. These stamps took on the nickname "China Clippers' after the Martin M-130 seaplane whose nickname was the "China Clipper".

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