Clair Aubrey Huston

Charles Aubrey Huston) was chief postage stamp designer at the United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) early in the 20th century.

[2] Huston often used paintings and sculptures of famous American artists like Gilbert Stuart as models for his stamp designs.

[3] One of the postage issues Huston is most noted for is the 24 cent Curtis Jenny airmail stamp of 1918, whose image became famous when the biplane was printed upside down.

[4] In another aeronautical design, six years earlier Huston had pictured an airplane on the 20 cent parcel post issue.

This was a replacement for the much criticized Washington "flag" stamp from the definitive series of 1902, designed by Raymond Ostrander Smith (who had since left the Bureau of Engraving and Printing).

Inverted Jenny , famous error
Designed by Clair Aubrey Huston, [ a ] Issue of 1918
(Huston designed the stamp with the airplane upright)
Warren G. Harding
memorial issue of 1923
Washington-Franklin design used on issues of 1908–1922
First Parcel Post stamps issued by the U.S. Post Office, 1912–13
Panama-Pacific Issues of 1913/1915