US Stamps

1c Green
Rotary Press Printing - Perf 10 Vertically
Scott #839 - 1939
Prices are for pairs

1 1/2c Bister Brown
Rotary Press Printing - Perf 10 Vertically
Scott #840 - 1939
Prices are for pairs

2c Rose Carmine
Rotary Press Printing - Perf 10 Vertically
Scott #841 - 1939
Prices are for pairs

3c Deep Violet
Rotary Press Printing - Perf 10 Vertically
Scott #842 - 1939
Prices are for pairs

4c Red Violet
Rotary Press Printing - Perf 10 Vertically
Scott #843 - 1939
Prices are for pairs

4 1/2c Dark Gray
Rotary Press Printing - Perf 10 Vertically
Scott #844 - 1939
Prices are for pairs

5c Bright Blue
Rotary Press Printing - Perf 10 Vertically
Scott #845 - 1939
Prices are for pairs

6c Red Orange
Rotary Press Printing - Perf 10 Vertically
Scott #846 - 1939
Prices are for pairs

10c Brown Red
Rotary Press Printing - Perf 10 Vertically
Scott #847 - 1939
Prices are for pairs

1c Green
Rotary Press Printing - Perf 10 Horizontally
Scott #848 - 1939
Prices are for pairs

1 1/2c Bister Brown
Rotary Press Printing - Perf 10 Horizontally
Scott #849 - 1939
Prices are for pairs

2c Red Violet
Rotary Press Printing - Perf 10 Horizontally
Scott #850 - 1939
Prices are for pairs

3c Deep Violet
Rotary Press Printing - Perf 10 Horizontally
Scott #851 - 1939
Prices are for pairs

3c Bright Purple
Rotary Press Printing - Perf 10 1/2 x 11
Scott #852 - 1939
Prices for a plate block of four
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The stamp features the amazing 'Tower of the Sun' from the fair.
The story behind this tower is worth reading.

3c Deep Purple
Rotary Press Printing - Perf 10 1/2 x 11
Scott #853 - 1939
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Shown above is a 1939 postcard and a 1939 photo of Trylon and Perisphere,
the highlight of the NY Worlds Fair, the same architecture that was
featured on the stamp.

3c Bright Red Violet
Flat Plate Printing - Perf 11
Scott #854 - 1939
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It would seem to me that the engraving was based on an original
painting. However, I am unable to locate this painting. Shown
above are two paintings of George Washingtons inauguration
ceremony. The top shows the correct order of the people
the bottom shows clearly the railing in front of George Washington.

3c Violet
Rotary Press Printing - Perf 11 X 10 1/2
Scott #855 - 1939
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3c Deep Red Violet
Flat Plate Printing - Perf 11
Scott #856 - 1939
Prices for a plate block of four
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Shown above is post card from 1939 showing a British Ocean Liner
sailing through the canal and a FDO postcard from the C.S. Anderson
sent from the Panama Canal.

3c Violet
Rotary Press Printing - Perf 10 1/2 x 11
Scott #857 - 1939
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Shown in the photograph is the Stephen Day Printing Press, invented
by Stephen Day, a locksmith who came from England to Mass.
This press revolutionized printing in colonial times and gave birth
to many 'penny sheets', one page newspapers.

3c Rose Violet
Rotary Press Printing - Perf 11 X 10 1/2
Scott #858 - 1939
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Due to the fact that the map of the states bordering the
Canadian Border this stamp was nicknamed the
'Wash Line Stamp' The photo on the right was taken
in Montana in 1939.

1c Bright Blue Green
Rotary Press Printing - Perf 10 1/2 x 11
Scott #859 - 1939
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The stamp's design originated from the above
etching (copied from a photograph) of Washington Irving,
author, essayist, biographer and historian. Famous for "The
Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle".

2c Rose Carmine
Rotary Press Printing - Perf 10 1/2 x 11
Scott #860 - 1939
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The stamp's design originated from the above
etching of James Fenimore Cooper, novelist, famous
for frontier novels including "Last of the Mohicans'.

3c Bright Red Violet
Rotary Press Printing - Perf 10 1/2 x 11
Scott #861 - 1939
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The stamp's design originated from the above
photograph of Ralph Walso Emerson, writer, philosopher, and
a force in the Transcendentalist movement.

5c Ultramarine
Rotary Press Printing - Perf 10 1/2 x 11
Scott #862 - 1939
Prices for a plate block of four
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The stamp's design originated from the above
photograph of Louisa May Alcott, writer, famous
for the novel Little Women.

10c Dark Brown
Rotary Press Printing - Perf 10 1/2 x 11
Scott #863 - 1939
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The stamp's design originated from the above
photograph of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better
known as Mark Twain, a humorist, satirist, lecturer and writer.

1c Bright Blue Green
Rotary Press Printing - Perf 10 1/2 x 11
Scott #864 - 1939
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The stamp's design originated from the
above photograph of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, poet whose
works include "Paul Revere's Ride", The Song of Hiawatha,
and "Evangeline".

2c Rose Carmine
Rotary Press Printing - Perf 10 1/2 x 11
Scott #865 - 1939
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The stamp's design originated from the
above drawing of the quaker poet and ardent advocate
of the abolition of slavery, John Greenleaf Whittier.
There are many similar photos of John Whittier, however
this drawing most closely resembles the stamp.

3c Bright Red Violet
Rotary Press Printing - Perf 10 1/2 x 11
Scott #866 - 1939
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The stamp's design originated from the
above photograph of James Russell Lowell, Romantic poet,
critic, satirist, writer, diplomat, and abolitionist.

5c Ultramarine
Rotary Press Printing - Perf 10 1/2 x 11
Scott #867 - 1939
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The stamp's design originated from the
above photograph of Walt Whitman, poet,
essayist, journalist, and humanist.

10c Dark Brown
Rotary Press Printing - Perf 10 1/2 x 11
Scott #868 - 1939
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The stamp's design originated from the
above photograph of James Whitcomb Riley, poet
remembered for nostalgic dialect verse and often
called “the poet of the common people.”

1c Bright Blue Green
Rotary Press Printing - Perf 10 1/2 x 11
Scott #869 - 1939
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The stamp's design originated from the
above photograph of Horace Mann, educator,
the first great American advocate of public education.

2c Rose Carmine
Rotary Press Printing - Perf 10 1/2 x 11
Scott #870 - 1939
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The stamp's design may have originated from the
above photograph of Mark Hopkins, educator.
Professor of moral philosophy and rhetoric,
Williams College, an inspired teacher and
lecturer, prolific author.

3c Bright Red Violet
Rotary Press Printing - Perf 10 1/2 x 11
Scott #871 - 1939
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The stamp's design originated from the
above photograph of Charles W. Eliot. Known as a
academic who was selected as Harvard's president in 1869.
He transformed the provincial college into the preeminent
American research university. Eliot served the longest term
as president in the university's history.

5c Ultramarine
Rotary Press Printing - Perf 10 1/2 x 11
Scott #872 - 1939
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The stamp's design originated from the
above photograph of Frances E. Willard. Known as a
Temperance Reformer, and women's suffragist.

10c Dark Brown
Rotary Press Printing - Perf 10 1/2 x 11
Scott #873 - 1939
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The stamp's design originated from the
above photograph of Booker T. Washington. educator,
author and leader of the African American community.

1c Bright Blue Green
Rotary Press Printing - Perf 10 1/2 x 11
Scott #874 - 1939
Prices for a plate block of four
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The stamp's design originated from the
above photograph of James Audubon. He was an
American ornithologist, naturalist, hunter, and painter. He painted,
catalogued, and described the birds of North America

2c Rose Carmine
Rotary Press Printing - Perf 10 1/2 x 11
Scott #875 - 1939
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The stamp's design originated from the
above photograph of Dr Crawford Long, probably
the first physician to perform surgery using ether
as an anesthetic

3c Bright Red Violet
Rotary Press Printing - Perf 10 1/2 x 11
Scott #876 - 1939
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The stamp's design originated from the above
photograph of Luther Burbank, botanist and
pioneer in agricultural science.

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	MNH	Graded	MNH	Graded
Spring 2008	$2	-	$25	95
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5c Ultramarine
Rotary Press Printing - Perf 10 1/2 x 11
Scott #877 - 1939
Prices for a plate block of four
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The stamp's design originated from the above
photograph of Walter Reed, US Army Surgeon during
the civil war. Not only did he establish the cause of
Yellow Fever, he helped complete the Panama Canal.

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10c Dark Brown
Rotary Press Printing - Perf 10 1/2 x 11
Scott #878 - 1939
Prices for a plate block of four
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The stamp's design originated from this
photograph of Jane Addams, first woman to be
awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and founder
of the 'Settlement House Movement'.

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Spring 2009	$2	-	-	-
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1c Bright Blue Green
Rotary Press Printing - Perf 10 1/2 x 11
Scott #879 - 1939
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The stamp's design originated from this
painting of Stephen Collins Foster, songwriter
famous for such pieces as Camptown Races
and Oh! Susanna.

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2c Rose Carmine
Rotary Press Printing - Perf 10 1/2 x 11
Scott #880 - 1939
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The stamp's design originated from this
photograph of John Philip Sousa, conductor and composer
of march's.

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3c Bright Red Violet
Rotary Press Printing - Perf 10 1/2 x 11
Scott #881 - 1939
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The stamp's design originated from this
photograph of Victor Herbert, cellist, conductor and composer
of light operas.

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5c Ultramarine
Rotary Press Printing - Perf 10 1/2 x 11
Scott #882 - 1939
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Edward MacDowell, pianist and composer.

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Fall 2008	$11	95	-	-
Spring 2009	$1	-	-	-
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10c Dark Brown
Rotary Press Printing - Perf 10 1/2 x 11
Scott #883 - 1939
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The stamp's design originated from this
photograph of Ethelbert Nevin, pianist and composer.

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Spring 2008	-	-	$110	98
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1c Bright Blue Green
Rotary Press Printing - Perf 10 1/2 x 11
Scott #884 - 1939
Prices for a plate block of four
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The stamp's design originated from this
self portrait by Gilbert Stuart, painter.

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Spring 2008	< $1	-	$25	95
Spring 2008	$15	95	$110	98
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Spring 2009	< $1	-	-	-
	$27	98	-	-
	$140	100	-	-
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2c Rose Carmine
Rotary Press Printing - Perf 10 1/2 x 11
Scott #885 - 1939
Prices for a plate block of four
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The stamp's design originated from this
photograph of James Whistler, painter.

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Spring 2009	$7	95	-	-
Fall 2009	$1	-	-	-
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Portrait of the painters mother by James Whistler.
This painting was a favourite of FDR who used it
for the stamp whose design is accredited to him.
See below

3c Bright Red Violet
Rotary Press Printing - Perf 10 1/2 x 11
Scott #886 - 1939
Prices for a plate block of four
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The stamp's design originated from this
photograph of Augustus Saint-Gaudens, sculptor.

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Augustus Saint-Gaudens standing by one
of his monuments. He was also famous
for creating many of the bas reliefs of
US coins.

5c Ultramarine
Rotary Press Printing - Perf 10 1/2 x 11
Scott #887 - 1939
Prices for a plate block of four
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Daniel Chester French, American sculptor who specialized in
large works. His most famous piece is shown below.

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Abraham Lincoln sculpture, the Lincoln Memorial, Washington DC.
Created by Daniel Chester French

10c Dark Brown
Rotary Press Printing - Perf 10 1/2 x 11
Scott #888 - 1939
Prices for a plate block of four
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The stamp's design originated from this
photograph of Frederic Remington, artist,
famous for his paintings of the American
West in the day of the wild wild West.

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Spring 2008	$15	95	-	-
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Fall 2009	$4-$11	-	$25	100
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Coming and Going of the Pony Express
Frederic Remington

1c Bright Blue Green
Rotary Press Printing - Perf 10 1/2 x 11
Scott #889 - 1939
Prices for a plate block of four
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The stamp's design originated from this
painting of Eli Whitney, inventor
of the cotton gin and also a son
of my town; Savannah, Georgia .

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Spring 2008	< $1	-	$28	95
Spring 2008	$15	95	$110	98
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Spring 2009	$1	-	-	-
Fall 2009	< $1	-	-	-
Fall 2009	$15	98	-	-
Spring 2010	-	-	-	-
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2c Rose Carmine
Rotary Press Printing - Perf 10 1/2 x 11
Scott #890 - 1939
Prices for a plate block of four
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The stamp's design originated from this
photograph of Samuel Morse, inventor
of the telegraph.

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Fall 2009	$1	-	-	-
	$3	95	-	-
	$12	98	-	-
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3c Bright Red Violet
Rotary Press Printing - Perf 10 1/2 x 11
Scott #891 - 1939
Prices for a plate block of four
Graded prices are for singles

The stamp's design originated from this
photograph of Cyrus Hall McCormick
who is credited with the development
of the mechanical reaper, which
allowed a farmer to reap a crop five
times faster than the hand scythe.

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	$10	95	$100	98
	-	-	$280	100
Fall 2008	$1	-	-	-
Spring 2009	$1	-	$110-$170	100
Spring 2009	$35	98	-	-
Fall 2009	$1-$5	-	$100	100
Spring 2010	-	-	-	-
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Spring 2011	-	-	-	-
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Spring 2011	-	-	-	-

5c Ultramarine
Rotary Press Printing - Perf 10 1/2 x 11
Scott #892 - 1939
Prices for a plate block of four
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The stamp has a representation of this Elias Howe
portrait. Elias Howe did not invent the Sewing Machine
(that credit goes to Walter Hunt), but he did invent
a sewing machine with the lockstitch design.

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10c Dark Brown
Rotary Press Printing - Perf 10 1/2 x 11
Scott #893 - 1939
Prices for a plate block of four
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The portrait on the stamp was stylized from this
well-known photo of Alexander Graham Bell.
Bell was the inventor of the telephone.

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