#792 1937 3ยข Army & Navy Issue (Navy)
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Basic Info
3¢ Violet, bright violet
Subject: Farragut, Porter and the USS Hartford
Perforations: 11 x 10½
Number issued: 93,291,650
Scott #: 792
Issued: February 18th, 1937
Value
Used
10¢
No postmark with gum (MH)
15¢ - 30¢
Full perfect gum, no postmark
no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH)
50¢ - $1
Full perfect gum, no postmark
no trace of stamp hinge mark PLATE BLOCK OF FOUR (MNH)
75¢ - $1.75
A full pane
A pane of 50 stamps, there were four panes to a sheet of 200
First Day Cover
A first day cover, dated February 18th, 1937
Notable Sales
M-94 var, McIntyre multi-color hand-painted period cachet, design with goat, postmarked Washington, DC February 18, 1937,
Sold November 2019 for $224
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The Inspiration for the Design
David Glasgow Farragut
David Dixon Porter
U.S.S. Powhatan
The stamp used the photo of David Glasgow Farragut, the painting of David Dixon Porter. I am unable to trace the source of the ship, instead I have shown a contemporary painting of U.S.S. Powhatan
Plate #'s
#792 was issued with the following plate #'s
Numbers
21630-33
Essays
792-E
Original drawing
792-E
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