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American Landmark Series1947Anniversary ofNew York City1948Martin 2-0-2 over the Pan-Am Union Building, Washington D.C.C34%u2014August 30, 1947Lockheed Constellation over New York skylineC35%u2014August 20, 1947Stratocruiser over the San Francisco Oakland Bay BridgeC36%u2014July 30, 1947New York CityC38%u2014July 31, 1948Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the consolidation the five New York City boroughs: Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Richmond (Staten Island). This was the first U.S. Air Mail stamp issued without a thematic or design connection to aviation.The 10%u00a2 stamp in the American Landmark series was for mail sent to Central and South America. The 15%u00a2 was for mail to Europe and North Africa, and the 25%u00a2 was for mail to Asia, the Pacific, and eastern Africa.Anniversary of Alexandria, Virginia1948Alexandria BicentennialC40%u2014May 11, 1948Honoring the 200th anniversary of the founding of Alexandria, Virginia, with an image of the home of John Carlyle, one of the founders of the city, and Gadsby%u2019s Tavern, which was once frequented by George Washington and John Paul Jones.