Scotts #736 US stamps

#736 1934 3¢ Maryland Tercentenary

3¢ Carmine rose, deep carmine rose

Printing Method: Flat Plate
Subject: The Ark and the Dove
Perforations: 11
Number issued: 46,258,300
Scott #: 736
Issued: March 23rd, 1934

Value

Used
15¢
No postmark with gum (MH)
20¢ - 25¢
Full perfect gum, no postmark
no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH)
25¢ - 60¢

First Day Cover

A first day cover, dated March 23rd, 1934

Plate #'s

#736 was issued with the following plate #'s

Number only
21188-91, 96-99

A Full Pane

A pane of 100, there were four panes to a sheet of 400

The Story Behind the Stamp

The stamp commemorated the tercentenary of the founding t of the colony of Maryland by Cecil Calvert, First Lord Baltimore (shown above). The Ark and the Dove ships are depicted in the vignette. These two ships carried the colonists that landed near Point Lookout Maryland.

This stamp confuses many as being a 2¢ stamp due to its red color.

The design inspiration

The source for the design was a drawing Edward Tunis of the Ark and the Dove for the Maryland Tercentenary Commission. The bureau engravers changed the position of the ships. Also shown above s a 19thC painting of the same subject