USPS on 17 December 2003 issued a 37 cent stamp in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the first control-powered airplane flight. Wilbur (1867-1912) and Orville (1871-1948) Wright were self-taught inventors and engineers. They built a controlled, powered, heavier-than-air machine that flew for 12 seconds and 120 feet at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, on 17 December 1903. This cachet depicts their historic aircraft. This First Day Cover features a cancellation postmark that originated from Dayton, Ohio. The postmark design depicts the first aircraft and space capsule to illustrate 100 years of man d flight.
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