3¢ Bright blue, blue
Printing Method: Flat Plate
Subject: Globe with Byrd's routes
Perforations:11
Number issued: 5,735,944
Scott #: 733
Issued: October 9th, 1933
Used
25¢
No postmark with gum (MH)
50¢
Full perfect gum, no postmark
no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH)
$1 - $1.35
A first day cover dated October 9th, 1933
#733 was issued with the following plate #'s
Number only
21167-70
A pane of 50, there were four panes to a sheet of 200. Shown above is the top right pane
The tent which served as the post office at the base camp, the little tent housed the mail bags
Inside the tent, note the bundles of mail awaiting a cancellation lying on the desk in the foreground.
The cancelling device is in front of Andersons (L) hands
A cover from 'Little America' Byrd's base camp in Antartica
The Post Office Department arranged for 'philatelic mail' bearing this stamp to be carried by the expedition and postmarked at the Little America post office at the expedition's base camp for a fee of fifty-three cents.
FDR's sketch for the design, signed by himself
FDR being a philatelist wanted stamp collectors to have a souvenir from the icy continent. Hence, this purely philatelic issue came about. It was originally supposed to be a 25¢ issue, hence the color blue, it was later changed to 3¢. The color of the stamp should have been the standard violet used for 3¢ values.
#753 was a special printing that is identical to #733, the only differences are that #733 is without gum and #757 has lines between some of the stamps. The lines occur where two panes of 100 sheets join and were only obtainable in on sheets of #757.
733-E
Photo essay with unadopted design showing a 25¢ rate
733-E
Photo essay with unadopted design showing a 25¢ rate
733-E
Photo essay with unadopted design showing a 25¢ rate