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Map of AlaskaC53%u2014January 3, 1959Balloon JupiterC54%u2014August 17, 1959Hawaiian Alii, or Chief C55%u2014August 21, 1959Pan-Am Torch BearerC56%u2014August 27, 1959Statehood Issues1959Balloon Jupiter Issue1959Pan-Am Games Issue1959These two stamps were the first United States Air Mail stamps produced by the new Giori printing process which enabled the Bureau of Engraving and Printing to produce multi-color stamps without alignment problems, and at a lower cost. The Jupiter stamp was released to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the first official Air Mail flight, which involved carrying mail by the balloon Jupiter from Lafayette to Crawfordsville, Indiana. The stamp honoring the 3rd Pan American Games, which was held in Chicago, Illinois in August, 1959, was issued in a 10%u00a2-denomination for the Air Mail rate to Central and South America.These stamps mark the admission of the Territories of Alaska and Hawaii to the Union as its 49th state and 50th states. Alaska became the country%u2019s largest state, and Hawaii America%u2019s only island state.