1¢ green
Subject: George Washington
Perforations: 11 x 10½
Number issued: 20,804,006,500
Scott #: 804
Issued: April 25th, 1938
Used
< 5¢
No postmark with gum (MH)
5¢
Full perfect gum, no postmark
no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH)
10¢ - 20¢
Full perfect gum, no postmark
no trace of stamp hinge mark PLATE BLOCK OF FOUR (MNH)
$1 - $1.25
804b booklet pane with an inverted tab
804b booklet pane with a rare showing of the plate number
Used
$1
No postmark with gum (MH)
$1
Full perfect gum, no postmark
no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH)
$1- $2
A pane of 100 stamps, there were two panes to a sheet of 200
A first day cover, dated April 25th, 1938
Bust of George Washington by Jean-Antoine Houdon 1785. The source of the vignette design
Jean-Antoine Houdon
French sculptor
Daniel Chester French's 1889 bust of Adams, displayed in the U.S. Capitol's Senate Gallery, This photograph of the bust was used for the design of the stamp.
#804 was issued with the following plate #'s
Numbers
21823-26, 28-34, 59-70
22150, 52-53
22240-47, 53-54, 56, 61-68, 75-80
Bottom right plate number 21868 single, this is the rarest 1¢ Presidential issue plate number.
Plate number 21834 is almost as rare as plate number 21868
Sold January 2016 for $240 (MH)
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An entry submitted for the design competition
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An somewhat grim George Washington entry submitted for the design competition
804-E
An entry submitted for the design competition