Scotts #815 US stamps

#815 1938 Presidential Series (PREXIE) 10¢

10¢ Brown red

Subject: John Tyler
Perforations: 11 x 10½
Number issued: 3,849,605,9000
Scott #: 815
Issued: September 2nd, 1938

Value

Used
< 5¢
No postmark with gum (MH)
5¢ - 10¢
Full perfect gum, no postmark
no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH)
20¢ - $1
Full perfect gum, no postmark
no trace of stamp hinge mark PLATE BLOCK OF FOUR (MNH)
$2 - $5

Plate #'s

#815 was issued with the following plate #'s

Numbers
22039-42
22351-52
22448-49
22983-84
23634-35
23876-77
24077
24126
24471-72

First Day Cover

A first day cover, dated September 2nd, 1938

The Inspiration for the Design

The source of the stamps vignette is the bust of John Tyler in the Rotunda of the Virginia State Capitol. Also shown above is the photograph of the bust that was used as the source of the vignette.

Notable Sales

10¢ Presidential. Tied by "Northampton Mass." double-oval on Jan. 1939 insured parcel wrapper free franked "Grace Coolidge" to Claremont, Cal., purple "Insured" handstamp, accompanied by another "Grace Coolidge" free frank letter use from the same correspondence.

Former President Calvin Coolidge was 60 when he died in Northampton on January 5, 1933. His widow, Grace, was granted the franking privilege, free use of the mails for life, by a special act of Congress on June 16, 1934. The Former Presidents Act of 1958 formalized the granting of the franking privilege to former Presidents and their widows. Grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge died in Northampton at the age of 78 in 1957.

Sold June 2020 for $2,242

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