1936 1¢ Navy Commemorative #790
Admiral John Paul Jones, Commodore John Barry
and US warships at the time of the Revolutionary War
1¢ Green
Rotary Press Printing - Perf. 11 x 10½
Scott #790 - 1936
52.5 million printed
Value
Used: $0.05-$0.10
No postmark with gum (MH): $0.15-$0.25
Full perfect gum, no postmark, no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH): $0.20-$0.30
A first day cover of #790 dated December 15th 1936
A sheet of 50
23 September 1779: “I have not yet begun to fight!”…
a historic day for the US Navy
The British 50-gun HMS Serapis engaged John Paul Jones' Continental Navy's Bonhomme Richard, 23 September 1779
Commodore John Barry
Father of the American Navy
The USS Lexington
Captain: Commodore John Barry