In August 12, 2004, 50 postage stamps from the Marshall Islands were featured as the World’s Greatest Aircraft.  The postage stamps were illustrated by renowned aviation artists Jack Fellows and Steve Ferguson.  It depicted 50 aircraft that have been pivotal in the history of powered flight.  The subject of the stamps was selected by the History of Powered Flight Advisory Board chaired by Colonel Walter J. Boyne (USAF, Ret.), former director of the National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution. 

World’s Greatest Aircraft features the Wright 1903 Flyer, the first powered airplane to demonstrate sustained flight under full pilot control; France’s Deperdussin Racer, the world’s fastest pre-World War I aircraft; Germany’s Fokker E1, considered to be the first true fighter plane by many people; and America’s Lockheed Vega, flown around the world by Wiley Post and by Amelia Earhart nonstop across the Atlantic. 

Also included among the 50 stamps are outstanding military aircraft from World Wars I and II: Britain’s Avro Lancaster, Germany’s Fokker D VII, Japan’s A6M Zero and
America’s P-51 Mustang.  Each stamp has a face value of $0.23.

Listed below are the complete 50 aircraft stamps in the issue:  

Wright 1903 Flyer, Bleriot X1, Curtiss Golden Flyer, Curtiss Flying Boat, Deperdussin Racer, Sikorsky Il’ya Muromets, Fokker E 1, Junkers J 1, S.E. 5a, Handley Page O/400, Fokker D VII, Junkers F 13, Lockheed Vega, M-130 Pan Am Clipper, Messerschmitt Bf 109, Spitfire, Junkers Ju 88, A6M Zero, Ilushin II-2, Heinkel He 178, C-47 Skytrain, Piper Cub, Avro Lancaster, B-17 Flying Fortress, Messerschmitt Me 262, B-29 Superfortress, P-51 Mustang, Yak 9, Bell Model 47, Bell X-1, Beechcraft Bonanza, An-225 Mriya, B-47 Stratojet, MIG-15, SAAB J35 Draken, B-52 Stratofortress, Boeing 367-80, U-2, C-130 Hercules, F-4 Phantom II, North American X-15, Sikorsky S-61 (HH-3E), Learjet 23, SR-71 Blackbird, Boeing 747, Concorde, Airbus A300, MIG-29, F-117A Nighthawk, F/A-22 Raptor