FDR, Chief engineer General Goethals and the Panama Canal

3¢ Deep red violet
Rotary Press Printing - Perf. 11
Scott #856 - 1939
68 million printed

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-$0.03

Printing error

A first day cover of #856 dated August 15th 1939

Panama Canal 1914

A pane of 50
There were four panes to a sheet of 200 stamps

The Stephen Daye Press

3¢ violet
Rotary Press Printing - Perf. 10½ x 11
Scott #857 - 1939
71 million printed

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-$0.03

The Stephen Daye Printing Press, 1639
The first printing press in America

Printing error

Small die proof on wove paper (857P2)

Three first day covers of #857 dated September 25th 1939

A pane of 50
There were four panes to a sheet of 200 stamps

Map of North and South Dakota, Montana and Washington

3¢ Pink violet
Rotary Press Printing - Perf. 11 x 10½
Scott #858 - 1939
67 million printed

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-$0.03

Parade at the 1889 Constitutional Convention held in Bismarck.
As a result of this convention and the Pierre convention the Enabling Act of 1889 permitted the entrance of Montana and Washington into the United States of America, as well as the splitting of Territory of Dakota into two states: North Dakota and South Dakota

Photo essay on card with unadopted design (#858E)

Rose purple, small die proof on wove paper. (#858P2)

A first day cover of #858 dated November 2nd 1939

A pane of 50
There were four panes to a sheet of 200 stamps

Washington Irving
Short story writer, essayist, biographer, historian,
and diplomat of the early 19th century

1¢ Bright blue green
Recess Printing - Perf. 10½ x 11
Scott #859 - 1940
56 million printed

Value
Used: $0.01
No postmark with gum (MH): $0.01
Full perfect gum, no postmark, no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH): $0.01

Source photograph for vignette design

Washington Irving's library at Sunnyside

A first day cover of #859 dated January 29th 1940

A sheet of 70

James Fenimore Cooper
Author of the 'Last of the Mohicans'

2¢ Pink carmine
Recess Printing - Perf. 10½ x 11
Scott #860 - 1940
53 million printed

Value
Used: $0.01
No postmark with gum (MH): $0.01
Full perfect gum, no postmark, no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH): $0.01

Source photograph for vignette design

A book cover of James Fennimoe Cooper's 'Last of the Mohicans'

A first day cover of #860 dated January 29th 1940

Small die proof (860-P2)

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Essayist, lecturer, philosopher and poet

3¢ Bright red violet
Recess Printing - Perf. 10½ x 11
Scott #861 - 1940
53 million printed

Value
Used: $0.01
No postmark with gum (MH): $0.01
Full perfect gum, no postmark, no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH): $0.02

Ralph Waldo Emerson

A first day cover of #861 dated February 5th 1940

photo essay (861-E)

Small die proof (861-P2)

A sheet of 70

Louisa May Alcott
Poet and author of the novel Little Women

5¢ Ultramarine
Recess Printing - Perf. 10½ x 11
Scott #862 - 1940
22 million printed

Value
Used: $0.01
No postmark with gum (MH): $0.02
Full perfect gum, no postmark, no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH): $0.03

Source photograph for vignette design

A book cover of Louisa May Alcott

A first day cover of #862 dated February 5th 1940

Large die proof die sunk on wove paper (862-P1)

Small die proof (862-P2)

A sheet of 70

Samuel L. Clemens (aka Mark Twain)
Writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer.

5¢ Dark brown
Recess Printing - Perf. 10½ x 11
Scott #863 - 1940
13 million printed

Value
Used: $0.01
No postmark with gum (MH): $0.04
Full perfect gum, no postmark, no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH): $0.05

Source photograph for vignette design

Mark Twain is best known as the author of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Samuel L. Clemens' (aka Mark Twain) library

A first day cover of #863 dated February 13th 1940

Large die proof on wove paper (863-P1)

A sheet of 70

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Poet and educator

1¢ Bright blue green
Recess Printing - Perf. 10½ x 11
Scott #864 - 1940
52 million printed

Value
Used: $0.01
No postmark with gum (MH): $0.01
Full perfect gum, no postmark, no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH): $0.01

Source photograph for vignette design

A first day cover of #864 dated February 16th 1940

Large die proof on wove paper (864-P1)

Small die proof on card (864-P2)

A sheet of 70

John Greenleaf Whittier
Quaker poet and advocate of the abolition of slavery

2¢ Pink carmine
Recess Printing - Perf. 10½ x 11
Scott #865 - 1940
52 million printed

Value
Used: $0.01
No postmark with gum (MH): $0.01
Full perfect gum, no postmark, no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH): $0.01

Source photograph for vignette design

A first day cover of #865 dated February 16th 1940

Small die proof on card (865-P2)

A sheet of 70

James Russell Lowell
Romantic poet, critic, editor, and diplomat

3¢ Bright red violet
Recess Printing - Perf. 10½ x 11
Scott #866 - 1940
52 million printed

Value
Used: $0.01
No postmark with gum (MH): $0.01
Full perfect gum, no postmark, no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH): $0.02

Source photograph for vignette design

A first day cover of #866 dated February 20th 1940

Small die proof on card (866-P2)

A sheet of 70

Walt Whitman
Poet, essayist, and journalist

5¢ Ultramarine
Recess Printing - Perf. 10½ x 11
Scott #867 - 1940
22 million printed

Value
Used: $0.01
No postmark with gum (MH): $0.02
Full perfect gum, no postmark, no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH): $0.03

Source photograph for vignette design

A book cover page from one of Walt Whitmans books

A first day cover of #867 dated February 20th 1940

Small die proof on card (867-P2)

A sheet of 70

James Whitcomb Riley
Writer, poet, and best-selling author

5¢ Dark brown
Recess Printing - Perf. 10½ x 11
Scott #868 - 1940
12 million printed

Value
Used: $0.01
No postmark with gum (MH): $0.04
Full perfect gum, no postmark, no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH): $0.05

Source photograph for vignette design

One of James Whitcomb Riley's more familiar poems

A first day cover of #868 dated February 24th 1940

Small die proof on card (868-P2)

A sheet of 70

Horace Mann
American educational reformer and politician
dedicated to promoting public education

1¢ Bright blue green
Recess Printing - Perf. 10½ x 11
Scott #869 - 1940
52 million printed

Value
Used: $0.01
No postmark with gum (MH): $0.01
Full perfect gum, no postmark, no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH): $0.01

Source charcoal sketch for vignette design

1849 daguerreotype of Horace Mann, newly elected to the US congress

A first day cover of #869 dated March 14th 1940

Large die proof on india, die sunk on card (869-P1)

Small die proof on card (869-P2)

A sheet of 70

Mark Hopkins
Educator and Congregationalist theologian

2¢ Pink carmine
Recess Printing - Perf. 10½ x 11
Scott #870 - 1940
52 million printed

Value
Used: $0.01
No postmark with gum (MH): $0.01
Full perfect gum, no postmark, no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH): $0.01

Mark Hopkins

A first day cover of #870 dated March 14th 1940

Small die proof on card (870-P2)

A sheet of 70

Charles William Eliot
Educator, leader in public affairs, president of Harvard University

3¢ Bright red violet
Recess Printing - Perf. 10½ x 11
Scott #871 - 1940
52 million printed

Value
Used: $0.01
No postmark with gum (MH): $0.01
Full perfect gum, no postmark, no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH): $0.02

Source photograph for vignette design

L to R. Rev. Samuel A. Eliot, Charles W. Eliot, 3rd, James A. Farley
autographing some first day covers for young Eliot and Boston's Post Master Peter Tague

autographing Charles W. Eliot first day covers at Cambridge Post Office

A first day cover of #871 dated February 5th 1940

Small die proof on card (871-P2)

A sheet of 70

Frances E. Willard
Educator, temperance reformer, and women's suffragist

5¢ Ultramarine
Recess Printing - Perf. 10½ x 11
Scott #872 - 1940
21 million printed

Value
Used: $0.01
No postmark with gum (MH): $0.02
Full perfect gum, no postmark, no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH): $0.03

Source photograph for vignette design

A first day cover of #867 dated March 28th 1940

Large die proof on india, die sunk on card (872-P1)

Small die proof on card (872-P2)

A sheet of 70

Booker T. Washington
Educator, reformer and influential
spokesman for black Americans between 1895 and 1915

5¢ Dark brown
Recess Printing - Perf. 10½ x 11
Scott #873 - 1940
14 million printed

Value
Used: $0.01
No postmark with gum (MH): $0.04
Full perfect gum, no postmark, no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH): $0.05

Source photograph for vignette design

Booker T. Washington and Theodore Roosevelt met for dinner at the White House

A first day cover of #873 dated April 7th 1940

Small die proof on card (873-P2)

A sheet of 70

John James Audubon
Ornithologist, naturalist, and painter

1¢ Bright blue green
Recess Printing - Perf. 10½ x 11
Scott #874 - 1940
59 million printed

Value
Used: $0.01
No postmark with gum (MH): $0.01
Full perfect gum, no postmark, no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH): $0.01

Source photograph for vignette design

An Audubon drawing of Columbia Jays

A first day cover of #874 dated April 8th 1940

Small die proof on card (874-P2)

A sheet of 70

Dr. Crawford W. Long
Discoverer of ether as an anesthetic

2¢ Pink carmine
Recess Printing - Perf. 10½ x 11
Scott #875 - 1940
58 million printed

Value
Used: $0.01
No postmark with gum (MH): $0.01
Full perfect gum, no postmark, no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH): $0.01

Source etching for the vignette design

Tintype of Dr. Crawford Long

A first day cover of #875 dated April 8th 1940

Small die proof on card (875-P2)

A sheet of 70

Luther Burbank
Botanist, horticulturist and pioneer in agricultural science

3¢ Bright red violet
Recess Printing - Perf. 10½ x 11
Scott #876 - 1940
58 million printed

Value
Used: $0.01
No postmark with gum (MH): $0.01
Full perfect gum, no postmark, no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH): $0.02

Source photograph for vignette design

Thomas Edison, Luther Burbank and Henry Ford at Burbank's Santa Rosa home in 1915.

The plant wizard at Burbank Seeds

A first day cover of #876 dated April 17th 1940

Small die proof on card (876-P2)

A sheet of 70

Dr. Walter Reed
U.S. Army pathologist and bacteriologist who led the experiments
that proved that yellow fever is transmitted by the bite of a mosquito.

5¢ Ultramarine
Recess Printing - Perf. 10½ x 11
Scott #877 - 1940
24 million printed

Value
Used: $0.01
No postmark with gum (MH): $0.02
Full perfect gum, no postmark, no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH): $0.03

Source photograph for vignette design

Walter Reed's birthplace

Conquerors of Yellow Fever
Painting by Dean Cornwell
Walter Reed is in a white uniform at centre back

A first day cover of #877 dated April 17th 1940

Photo essay on card 877-E

Small die proof on card (877-P2)

A sheet of 70

Jane Addams
Leader in the womens suffraget movement

5¢ Dark brown
Recess Printing - Perf. 10½ x 11
Scott #878 - 1940
15 million printed

Value
Used: $0.01
No postmark with gum (MH): $0.04
Full perfect gum, no postmark, no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH): $0.05

Source photograph for vignette design

Jane Addams campaigned for child welfare, here she is reading to children

A first day cover of #878 dated April 26th 1940

Small die proof on card (878-P2)

A sheet of 70

Stephen Collins Foster
Songwriter known primarily for his parlor and minstrel music

1¢ Bright blue green
Recess Printing - Perf. 10½ x 11
Scott #879 - 1940
57 million printed

Value
Used: $0.01
No postmark with gum (MH): $0.01
Full perfect gum, no postmark, no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH): $0.01

Source photograph for vignette design

Inspiration for his most famous song "My Old Kentucky Home"

"My Old Kentucky Home"

A first day cover of #879 dated May 3rd 1940

Small die proof on card (879-P2)

A sheet of 70

John Philip Sousa
Composer and conductor

Composed "Stars and Stripes are Forever"

2¢ Pink carmine
Recess Printing - Perf. 10½ x 11
Scott #880 - 1940
58 million printed

Value
Used: $0.01
No postmark with gum (MH): $0.01
Full perfect gum, no postmark, no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH): $0.01

Source photograph for vignette design

John Sousa directed the Marine Corps Band for many years

"The Thunderer" by John Philip Sousa | The Concert Band of The U.S. Army Field Band

A first day cover of #879 dated May 3rd 1940

Small die proof on card (880-P2)

A sheet of 70

Victor Herbert
Irish-born American composer of operettas and light music

3¢ Bright red violet
Recess Printing - Perf. 10½ x 11
Scott #881 - 1940
56 million printed

Value
Used: $0.01
No postmark with gum (MH): $0.01
Full perfect gum, no postmark, no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH): $0.02

Source photograph for vignette design

Victor Herbert, Irving Berling, Jno. Phillip Sousa, 4/17/24

Victor Herbert: Cello Concerto No. 2 in E minor Op. 30

A first day cover of #881 dated May 13th 1940

Small die proof on card (881-P2)

A sheet of 70

Edward A. MacDowell
Composer and pianist of the late Romantic period

5¢ Ultramarine
Recess Printing - Perf. 10½ x 11
Scott #882 - 1940
21 million printed

Value
Used: $0.01
No postmark with gum (MH): $0.02
Full perfect gum, no postmark, no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH): $0.03

Source photograph for vignette design

Edward MacDowell's birthplace in New Hampshire

Edward MacDowell - Miroslav Skorik : To a Wild Rose

A first day cover of #882 dated May 13th 1940

Small die proof on card (882-P2)

A sheet of 70

Ethelbert Nevin
Pianist and composer.

5¢ Dark brown
Recess Printing - Perf. 10½ x 11
Scott #883 - 1940
13 million printed

Value
Used: $0.01
No postmark with gum (MH): $0.04
Full perfect gum, no postmark, no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH): $0.05

Source photograph for vignette design

Ethelbert Nevin photographed in his study

Ethelbert Nevin - Op:13, No.4 - Narcissus; Pianistic

A first day cover of #883 dated June 10th 1940

Small die proof on card (883-P2)

A sheet of 70

Gilbert Stuart
Painter, best known work is the unfinished portrait of George Washington

1¢ Bright blue green
Recess Printing - Perf. 10½ x 11
Scott #884 - 1940
54 million printed

Value
Used: $0.01
No postmark with gum (MH): $0.01
Full perfect gum, no postmark, no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH): $0.01

Source photograph for vignette design

Gilbert Stuart's famous unfinished portrait of George Washington

A first day cover of #884 dated September 5th 1940

Large die proof on india, die sunk on card (884-P1)

Small die proof on card (884-P2)

A sheet of 70

James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Artist, active during the American Gilded Age

2¢ Pink carmine
Recess Printing - Perf. 10½ x 11
Scott #885 - 1940
54 million printed

Value
Used: $0.01
No postmark with gum (MH): $0.01
Full perfect gum, no postmark, no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH): $0.01

Source photograph for vignette design

'Portrait of the artist's mother' by James McNeill Whistler.

In 1934 the Post Office used 'Portrait of the artist's mother' by James McNeill Whistler for the design of a stamp in memory of the mothers of America

A first day cover of #885 dated September 5th 1940

Photo essay on card (885-E)

Small die proof on card (885-P2)

A sheet of 70

Augustus Saint-Gaudens
Sculptor of the Beaux-Arts generation

3¢ Bright red violet
Recess Printing - Perf. 10½ x 11
Scott #886 - 1940
55 million printed

Value
Used: $0.01
No postmark with gum (MH): $0.01
Full perfect gum, no postmark, no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH): $0.02

Source photograph for vignette design

Augustus Saint-Gaudens and the Arts Students League

A first day cover of #886 dated September 16th 1940

Small die proof on card (886-P2)

A sheet of 70

Daniel Chester French
Sculptor of bronze and marble statues and monuments

5¢ Ultramarine
Recess Printing - Perf. 10½ x 11
Scott #887 - 1940
22 million printed

Value
Used: $0.01
No postmark with gum (MH): $0.02
Full perfect gum, no postmark, no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH): $0.03

Source photograph for vignette design

Daniel Chester French in his studio

Probably Daniel French's most famous work, the Lincoln Memorial

A first day cover of #887 dated September 16th 1940

Large die proof on india, die sunk on card (887-P1)

Small die proof on card (887-P2)

A sheet of 70

Frederic Remington
Painter famous for his depictions of the American West at the end of the 19th Century

5¢ Dark brown
Recess Printing - Perf. 10½ x 11
Scott #888 - 1940
14 million printed

Value
Used: $0.01
No postmark with gum (MH): $0.04
Full perfect gum, no postmark, no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH): $0.05

Source photograph for vignette design

'Victory Dance' by Frederic Remington

A first day cover of #888 dated September 30th 1940

Large die proof on india, die sunk on card (888-P1)

Small die proof on card (888-P2)

A sheet of 70

Eli Whitney
Inventor best known for inventing the cotton gin

1¢ Bright blue green
Recess Printing - Perf. 10½ x 11
Scott #889 - 1940
48 million printed

Value
Used: $0.01
No postmark with gum (MH): $0.01
Full perfect gum, no postmark, no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH): $0.01

Source photograph for vignette design

Eli Whitney's invention, the cotton gin

A first day cover of #889 dated October 7th 1940

Photo essay on card (889-E)

Small die proof on card (889-P2)

A sheet of 70

Samuel Morse
Painter and inventor

2¢ Pink carmine
Recess Printing - Perf. 10½ x 11
Scott #890 - 1940
53 million printed

Value
Used: $0.01
No postmark with gum (MH): $0.01
Full perfect gum, no postmark, no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH): $0.01

Source photograph for vignette design

Early use of the telegraph

A first day cover of #890 dated October 7th 1940

Photo essay on card (890-E)

Small die proof on card (890-P2)

A sheet of 70

Cyrus Hall McCormick
Inventor of the mechanical reaper and businessman

3¢ Bright red violet
Recess Printing - Perf. 10½ x 11
Scott #891 - 1940
54 million printed

Value
Used: $0.01
No postmark with gum (MH): $0.01
Full perfect gum, no postmark, no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH): $0.02

Source photograph for vignette design

McCormick's invention advertised by his own company

A first day cover of #891 dated October 14th 1940

A sheet of 70

Elias Howe
Inventor best known for his creation of the modern lockstitch sewing

5¢ Ultramarine
Recess Printing - Perf. 10½ x 11
Scott #892 - 1940
20 million printed

Value
Used: $0.01
No postmark with gum (MH): $0.02
Full perfect gum, no postmark, no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH): $0.03

Source etching for vignette design

Small die proof on card (892-P2)

Elias Howe's birthplace

The lockstitch sewing machine

A first day cover of #892 dated October 14th 1940

A sheet of 70

Alexander Graham Bell
Inventor of the telephone

5¢ Dark brown
Recess Printing - Perf. 10½ x 11
Scott #893 - 1940
14 million printed

Value
Used: $0.10
No postmark with gum (MH): $0.10-$0.20
Full perfect gum, no postmark, no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH): $0.20-$0.30

Source etching for vignette design

Small die proof on card (893-P2)

Experimental receiver by Alexander Graham Bell

The invention of the Telephone changed the world

A first day cover of #893 dated October 28th 1940

A sheet of 70

The Pony Express

3¢ Brown red
Rotary Press Printing - Perf. 11 x 10½
46 million printed - Scott #894 - 1940

Value
Used: $0.01
No postmark with gum (MH): $0.02
Full perfect gum, no postmark, no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH): $0.02

Small die proof on card (894-P2)

Pony Express and stage office, Santa Cruz Big Trees California, 1860

Map of the Pony Express route April 3, 1860 - October 24. 1861

Postmarks of the Pony Express

A first day cover of #894 dated April 3rd 1940

A pane of 50, there were four panes to a sheet of two hundred stamps

Scene from 'La Primavera'
Painting by Sandro Botticelli

3¢ Bright Violet
Rotary Press Printing - Perf. 11 x 10½
48 million printed - Scott #895 - 1940

Value
Used: $0.01
No postmark with gum (MH): $0.02
Full perfect gum, no postmark, no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH): $0.02

Small die proof on card (895-P2)

'La Primavera'
Painting by Sandro Botticelli
Source for the stamp design

The Pan American Union building in Washington D.C.

The Pan American Union building's courtyard

A first day cover of #895 dated April 14th 1940

A pane of 50, there were four panes to a sheet of two hundred stamps

Idaho State Capitol Building, Boise, Idaho

3¢ Bright Violet
Rotary Press Printing - Perf. 11 x 10½
51 million printed - Scott #896 - 1940

Value
Used: $0.01
No postmark with gum (MH): $0.02
Full perfect gum, no postmark, no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH): $0.02

Small die proof on card (896-P2)

The Idaho State Capitol
Source for the stamp design

Inside the Idaho State Capitol Building

he beautiful rotunda of the Idaho State Capitol Building

A first day cover of #896 dated July 3rd 1940

A pane of 50, there were four panes to a sheet of two hundred stamps

The Great Seal of Wyoming

3¢ Brown Violet
Rotary Press Printing - Perf. 10½ x 11
50 million printed - Scott #897 - 1940

Value
Used: $0.01
No postmark with gum (MH): $0.02
Full perfect gum, no postmark, no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH): $0.02

Small die proof on card (897-P2)

Source engraving for the design

The Great Seal of Wyoming

A first day cover of #897 dated July 10th 1940

A pane of 50, there were four panes to a sheet of two hundred stamps

Coronado and his Captains

3¢ Violet
Rotary Press Printing - Perf. 11 x 10½
61 million printed - Scott #898 - 1940

Value
Used: $0.01
No postmark with gum (MH): $0.02
Full perfect gum, no postmark, no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH): $0.02

Large die proof on india die sunk on card
(898-P1)

Small die proof on card (898-P2)

'Coronado and his Captains' by Gerald Cassidy
Source painting for the design

The Coronado Expedition

The Coronado Expedition Map

A first day cover of #898 dated September 7th 1940

A pane of 50, there were four panes to a sheet of two hundred stamps

The Statue of Liberty

1¢ Bright blue green
Rotary Press Printing - Perf. 11 x 10½
Scott #899 - 1940

Value
Used: $0.01
No postmark with gum (MH): $0.01
Full perfect gum, no postmark, no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH): $0.01

Vertical Imperf.
Scott #899a

Value
Used: No data available
No postmark with gum (MH): $125-$160
Full perfect gum, no postmark, no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH): $150-$200

Horizontal Imperf.
Scott #899b

Value
Used: No data available
No postmark with gum (MH): $8-$12
Full perfect gum, no postmark, no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH): $10-$15

Large die proof on india die sunk on card
(899-P1)

The opening of the Statue of Liberty, 1886

A first day cover of #899 dated October 16th 1940

A pane of 100, there were four panes to a sheet of four hundred stamps

Anti aircraft gun

2¢ Pink Carmine
Rotary Press Printing - Perf. 11 x 10½
Scott #900 - 1940

Value
Used: $0.01
No postmark with gum (MH): $0.01
Full perfect gum, no postmark, no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH): $0.01

Horizontal Imperf.
Scott #900a

Value
Used: No data available
No postmark with gum (MH): $25-$35
Full perfect gum, no postmark, no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH): $30-$50

Large die proof on india die sunk on card
(900-P1)

US Anti aircraft gun and gun crew

The components of a typical WWII anti-aircraft gun

A first day cover of #900 dated October 16th 1940

A pane of 100, there were four panes to a sheet of four hundred stamps

Torch of Enlightenment

3¢ Bright violet
Rotary Press Printing - Perf. 11 x 10½
Scott #901 - 1940

Value
Used: $0.01
No postmark with gum (MH): $0.02
Full perfect gum, no postmark, no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH): $0.02

Horizontal Imperf.
Scott #901a

Value
Used: No data available
No postmark with gum (MH): $35-$45
Full perfect gum, no postmark, no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH): $40-$60

The Torch of Enlightment (as used by Columbia Pictures)

The torch of Enlightenment portrayed on the Statue of Liberty

A first day cover of #901 dated October 16th 1940

A pane of 100, there were four panes to a sheet of four hundred stamps

Lincoln and Kneeling Slave

3¢ Deep violet
Rotary Press Printing - Perf. 10½ x 11
44 million printed - Scott #902 - 1940

Value
Used: $0.01
No postmark with gum (MH): $0.02
Full perfect gum, no postmark, no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH): $0.02

Small die proof on card (902-P2)

Emancipation Statue in Lincoln Park, Washington DC
source for the vignette design

Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation on Jan. 1, 1863

The First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation Before the Cabinet

A first day cover of #902 dated October 20th 1940

A pane of 50, there were four panes to a sheet of two hundred stamps