Scotts #820 US stamps

#820 1938 Presidential Series (PREXIE) 15¢

15¢ Blue gray

Subject: James Buchanan
Perforations: 11 x 10½
Number issued: 1,900,000,000
Scott #: 820
Issued: October 13th, 1938

Value

Used
< 5¢
No postmark with gum (MH)
10¢ - 15¢
Full perfect gum, no postmark
no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH)
50¢ - $1.25
Full perfect gum, no postmark
no trace of stamp hinge mark PLATE BLOCK OF FOUR (MNH)
$2 - $4.50

Plate #'s

#820 was issued with the following plate #'s

Numbers
22124-27
22922-24
23223
23707, 86-87
24312-13
24727-28, 33-36

First Day Cover

A first day cover, dated October 13th, 1938

The Inspiration for the Design

The source of the stamps vignette was a bust of James Buchanan displayed in the National Gallery of Art in Washington

A full pane

A pane of 100 stamps, there were two panes to a sheet of 200

Notable Sales

15¢ Presidential. Two singles, tied by "New York, N.Y., Aug 24, 1943" machine cancel on "Internee of War" blue-green envelope from the Crystal City, Texas Internment Camp to Lima, Peru, purple "U.S. Censorship, Examined by 249" circular censor hand stamp and "(J)" denoting contents written in Japanese

Sold June 2020 for $384

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