#826 1938 Presidential Series (PREXIE) 21ยข
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Basic Info
21¢ Dull blue
Subject: Chester Arthur
Perforations: 11 x 10½
Number issued: 118,616,900
Scott #: 826
Issued: November 22nd, 1938
Value
Used
10¢ - 15¢
No postmark with gum (MH)
15¢ - 20¢
Full perfect gum, no postmark
no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH)
$1.25 - $1.50
Full perfect gum, no postmark
no trace of stamp hinge mark PLATE BLOCK OF FOUR (MNH)
$3.50 - $8.25
Plate #'s
#826 was issued with the following plate #'s
Numbers
22112-15
22053
23933
First Day Cover
A first day cover, dated November 22nd, 1938
The Inspiration for the Design
The source of the stamps vignette is the bust of Chester Arthur in the Senate gallery of the US Capitol. Also shown above is the photograph of the bust that was used as the source of the vignette.
A full pane
A pane of 100 stamps, there were two panes to a sheet of 200
Notable Sales
c. 1938, cover to China, franked with 21¢ Presidential tied by dumb oval, to seaman originally on USS Melville, forwarded to Honolulu, San Francisco, Shanghai, Asiatic fleet, Manila and five naval vessels, with twenty backstamps
Sold May 2017 - $180
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Proofs
826-P2
Small die proof on India
826-P2
1938 Issues
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