Scotts #811 US stamps

#811 1938 Presidential Series (PREXIE) 6¢

6¢ Red Orange

Subject: John Quincy Adams
Perforations: 11 x 10½
Number issued: 3,614,501,500
Scott #: 811
Issued: July 28th, 1938

Value

Used
< 5¢
No postmark with gum (MH)
5¢ - 10¢
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)
$1.50 - $2.50

Plate #'s

#811 was issued with the following plate #'s

Numbers
21964-67
22347-48
22745
22800
23531-32
23880-81
24074-75
24475-76
24847-48

Notable Sales

Tied by "New York, N.Y., Feb 7, 1945" machine cancel on Prisoner of War Formula Lettersheet to Camp Stalag Loft 4, Germany, purple "11082 U.S. Censor" handstamp at left, held by censor for eight months, purple "Returned to Sender, By Division of the War Department, Undeliverable as Addressed" three-line handstamp and reentered mails with "New York, N.Y., Nov 24, 1945" machine backstamp,

Sold June 2020 for $236

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The Inspiration for the Design

The source is the marble bust in Office of Clerk of House, in the U.S. Capitol. Also shown above is the photograph of the bust that was used as the source of the vignette.