1946 3¢ Kearny Expedition Issue #944

The Palace of the Governors, Santa Fe, NM
3¢ Brown lilac
Rotary Press Printing - Perf. 11 x 10½
115 million printed - Scott #944 - 1946
Value
Used: $0.01
No postmark with gum (MH): $0.01-$0.02
Full perfect gum, no postmark, no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH): $0.01-$0.02

A first day cover of #944 dated October 16th 1946

A sheet of 50 of #944

Photo essay of #944 on white card (944PE)
Palace of the Governors, Sketch, Santa Fe, NM
This sketch, from the New Mexico archives, is the source of the vignette design

Palace of the Governors, Sketch, Santa Fe, NM , 1884
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View of the Palace of the Governors, 1934

Stephen Watts Kearny, leader of the expedition