United States Postage Meter Stamp Catalog/Sub-group AR-AIR: Stamps used primarily for Air Force official business

Sub-group AR-AIR: Stamps used primarily for Air Force official business

 * Some of these stamps are quite elusive but their actual rarity is not known. As a consequence no specific rarity indicators are shown for this sub-group.
 * Earliest date seen, 1971.

Type AIR-IA4A in 2001 edition '''AR-AIR1.1. Pitney Bowes'''.
 * Type IA4.1 with town marks:
 * A.      AIR FORCE POSTAL SERVICE at top, APO number at bottom:
 * -     09057     (369788, 375471, 388383)
 * -     09611     (375698)


 * B.       (space) AIR FORCE POSTAL SVC at top ("ARMY" removed), APO and five-digit number at bottom:
 * -     APO 09238     (388383)
 * -     APO 09240     (338275)


 * V/F:    ≋ 00 :


 * a. Town mark inverted:      AIR FORCE POSTAL SERVICE       /       APO 96528      (380260)

Type AIR-IA10A in 2001 edition '''AR-AIR1.2. Pitney Bowes'''.
 * As Type AR-AIR1.1 but with larger colon in the value figures indicating the meter cannot print fractions of a cent values.
 * Type IA4.5 with town marks:
 * A.      AIR FORCE POSTAL SERVICE at top, APO and number at bottom


 * B.       (space) AIR FORCE POSTAL SVC at top ("ARMY" removed), APO and number at bottom:
 * -     APO 09012     (369933)
 * -     APO 09132     (370000)
 * -     APO 09283     (369909)


 * C.    Town mark contains no indication of Air Force use but with slogan used by the Air National Guard for official business
 * V/F:     ≋ 00 :      (widely spaced colon dots)

Type AIR-IA10B in 2001 edition

'''AR-AIR1.3. Pitney Bowes'''.
 * As Type AR-AIR1.2 but with larger meter number below "P.B. METER".
 * Type IA4.6 with town marks:
 * A.      AIR FORCE POSTAL SERVICE at top, APO and number at bottom:
 * -     APO 09680     (375431)
 * -     APO 34007     (370020)
 * -     APO 34008     (369817)
 * -     APO 96431     (379758)


 * B.       (space) AIR FORCE POSTAL SVC at top ("ARMY" removed), APO 09012 at bottom:     ](369933)


 * V/F:     ≋ 00 :  (widely spaced colon dots)

Type AIR-IC3A in 2001 edition '''AR-AIR2.1. Pitney Bowes'''.
 * Type IC3.1 with town marks:
 * A.      AIR FORCE POSTAL SERVICE at top, APO and five-digit number at bottom  )


 * B.      AIR FORCE POSTAL SERVICE APO AE or AP at top, five-digit number at bottom:
 * -     09012     (969145)
 * -     09468     (35322#)
 * -     96330     (953251)


 * V/F:     ≋ 0 .00     ( wavy lines at left 2mm tall )
 * V/F:     ≋ 0 .00     ( small wavy lines at left 1mm tall )

Type AIR-IC3B in 2001 edition '''AR-AIR2.2. Pitney Bowes'''.
 * As Type AR-AIR2.1 but with larger meter number below "P.B. METER".
 * Type IC3.2 with town marks:
 * A.      AIR FORCE POSTAL SERVICE at top, APO and five-digit number at bottom  )


 * B.      AIR FORCE POSTAL SERVICE APO at top, five-digit number at bottom:
 * -     09464     (3371782)
 * -     09821     (3322126)
 * -     96319     (3350345, 3370285)
 * -     96368     (3351861)


 * C.      AIR FORCE POSTAL SERVICE APO AE or AP at top, five-digit number at bottom)


 * D.      AIR FORCE APO AE       /       09449     (3355794)


 * E.      US AIR FORCE       /       96570     (indistinct)


 * V/F:     ≋ 0 .00     ( wavy lines at left 2mm tall )
 * V/F:     ≋ 0 .00     ( small wavy lines at left 1mm tall )


 * a. Error, town mark with "MAIL" instead of "FORCE":       AIR MAIL POSTAL SERVICE       /       09852     (3370339)

Type AIR-IC4A in 2001 edition '''AR-AIR2.3. Pitney Bowes'''.
 * Type IC4.1 with town marks:
 * A.      AIR FORCE POSTAL SERVICE at top, APO and number at bottom


 * B.       (space) AIR FORCE POSTAL SVC at top ("ARMY" removed), APO and number at bottom:
 * -     APO 09323     (863202)
 * -     APO and indistinct number     (862915)


 * C.      AIR FORCE POSTAL SERVICE APO AE       /       09720     (856466)


 * V/F:     USA meter stamp wide triad symbol.jpg. 00

Type AIR-IC4B in 2001 edition '''AR-AIR2.4. Pitney Bowes'''.
 * As Type AR-AIR2.3 but with larger meter number below "P.B. METER".
 * Type IC4.2 with town marks:
 * A.      AIR FORCE POSTAL SERVICE at top, APO and number at bottom:
 * -     09292     (375494)
 * -     34001     (819145)
 * -     34002     (953489)


 * B.      AIR FORCE POSTAL SERVICE APO AE       /       09720     (3032946)


 * V/F:     USA meter stamp wide triad symbol.jpg. 00

Type AIR-KB1 in 2001 edition '''AR-AIR3.1. Friden'''.
 * Type KB1.1 with town mark:      AIR FORCE POSTAL SERVICE       /       SAN FRANCISCO 96323     (030494, 030596)


 * V/F:     ≋ .00 ≋

Type AIR-KB3 in 2001 edition '''AR-AIR3.2. Friden'''.
 * As Type AR-AIR3.1 but with wider value box.
 * Type KB2.1 with town marks:
 * A.      AIR FORCE POSTAL SERVICE       /       SAN FRANCISCO 96264     (030844, 031091, 222902)


 * B.      AIR FORCE POSTAL SER.       /       APO NEW YORK N.Y. 09102     (030844)      [RRRR]


 * V/F:     ≋ .00 ≋

Unlisted in 2001 edition '''AR-AIR4.1. Pitney Bowes'''.
 * Commercial meter stamps with slogan:    UNITED STATES AIR FORCE      /       OFFICIAL BUSINESS . All letters the same size.
 * A. Used with Type IC4.1
 * B. Used with Type IE1


 * a. As A, with town mark:     APO NY      /       09136     (910063)

Unlisted in 2001 edition '''AR-AIR4.2. Friden'''.
 * Type KA1.3 with slogan:    GO       /       AIR       /       FORCE! 

Unlisted in 2001 edition '''AR-AIR4.3. Hasler'''.
 * Type LB1.1 with slogan:    UNITED STATES AIR FORCE      /       OFFICIAL BUSINESS . Letters in bottom line larger than letters in top line.