#807 1938 Presidential Series (PREXIE) 3ยข
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Basic Info
3¢ Deep Violet
Subject: Thomas Jefferson
Perforations: 11 x 10½
Number issued: 28,309,771,500
Scott #: 807
Issued: June 16th, 1938
#807 Value
Used
< 5¢
No postmark with gum (MH)
5¢
Full perfect gum, no postmark
no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH)
10¢ - 20¢
Full perfect gum, no postmark
no trace of stamp hinge mark PLATE BLOCK OF FOUR (MNH)
$1 - $1.25
807a
807a Booklet pane
#807a Value
Full perfect gum, no postmark
no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH)
$3 - $4
807b
807b
Vertical imperforate between stamps
807c
807c
Imperforate
Probably not issued as such, more likely these imperforate are the forgeries shown below
807d
807d
Booklet pane. Imperforate between left stamps
Forgeries
In NY, NY, a Mr Levine developed a scheme. Using a blend of photography and lithograph printing, he produced counterfeited copies of #807. Levine easily sold sheets of 100 perforate and imperforate stamps for $1.75 each until his 1949 arrest.
Today they retail for $100 a pair (MNH)
The Inspiration for the Design
A bust of Thomas Jefferson, on display in the Congressional Library, was the source the stamp's vignette
Plate #'s
#807 was issued with the following plate #'s
Numbers
21925-32, 38-45
22055-70
22104-07, 31-34, 37-42, 61
22301-02
22355
A full pane
A pane of 100 stamps, there were two panes to a sheet of 200
First Day Cover
A first day cover, dated June 16th, 1938
Notable Sales
3¢ (#807a) Presidential. Booklet pairs and single, used with 1¢ defense (899), tied by barred oval duplexed with "Santa Fe, N.Mex., Aug 6, 1943" cds on gray cover with "P.O. Box 1534, Santa Fe, N. Mexico" return address to Detroit Mich.; minor stamp flaws, Very Fine undercover address use.
The "P.O. Box 1534" was an undercover address assigned to medical staff and non-technical personnel working on the atomic bomb project. All outgoing mail was submitted unsealed for censorship, but bore no censor markings. This cover was prepaid 16¢ for the 6¢ airmail rate plus 10¢ Special Delivery fee
Sold June 2020 for $2,478
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