The purpose of this book is to present all of research and the relevant facets pertaining to the Wisconsin Statehood Centennial stamp of 1948 (Scott 957) in one convenient volume. Relevant facets include the evolution of the stamp from concept to production. Emphasis is given to first day activities, with the bulk of the book devoted to cacheted first day covers (FDCs). The two appendices are: an index of issue-specific cachet makers and an expansive biography of cachet makers.

This book is the extension of the initial study of surface mail – Foreign Incoming Mail to the United States 1844-1951 – published in 2024. Since airmail routings are very different from shipping routes across oceans, this book attempts to summarize the routes used for airmail sent to the United States from all corners of the world beginning in 1920.

This “reverse” approach to postal history looks at research from the other direction and discovers many heretofore undiscovered and unappreciated nuances of mail travel across the globe into the USA. Emphasis is placed on the ports of entry of incoming mail and resulting backstamps.

This “reverse” approach to postal history looks at research from the other direction and discovers many heretofore undiscovered and unappreciated nuances of mail travel across the globe into the USA. Emphasis is placed on the ports of entry of incoming mail and resulting backstamps from Pacific and the Americas.