Wouldn't you love to see the Bell X-2 on a stamp?

Write to:
Citizens Stamp Advisory Committee
Stamp Development US Postal Service
1735 North Lynn St. Room 5013
Arlington, VA 22209-6432

And tell them so!

What's so special about the X-2?

• 40 degree swept-wing research airplane
• Triple sonic (3 times the speed of sound), rocket powered
• Conceived in 1945 (before the sound barrier was broken)
• Constructed of heat resistant alloys
• 1956 world's altitude and speed records
- 126,200 feet (38,466 meters)
- 1,196 miles per hour (1,925 km/hr)

Guyana's X-2 stamp (yes...Guyana)