#810 1938 Presidential Series (PREXIE) 5ยข
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Basic Info
5¢ Bright Blue
Subject: James Monroe
Perforations: 11 x 10½
Number issued: 2,568,730,000
Scott #: 810
Issued: July 21st, 1938
Value
Used
< 5¢
No postmark with gum (MH)
5¢ - 10¢
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 - $2
Plate #'s
#810 was issued with the following plate #'s
Numbers
22003-06
22345-46
22835-38
23784-85
24269-70
24562-63
Notable Sales
50-stamp franking on cover sent New York to the Philippine Islands, postage split 20 stamps on front with 30 on reverse (six singles, one pair, two strips of three, one strip of four, two blocks of eight and a block of 16), paying five times the 50¢ per ½-ounce Airmail rate to the Philippines; stamps on front tied by June 19, 1939, New York Church Street Annex duplexes, those on reverse by roller edge-type cancels, with two stamps additionally tied by Manila June 27 receiver, imaged on page 174 of Rustad, The Prexiest" hand stamp and censor tape and hand stamps at left
Sold December 2019 for $480
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The Inspiration for the Design
The source the stamp's vignette is the above photograph (top photo) of the US Mint's Monroe Medial (bottom photograph)
A full pane
A pane of 100 stamps, there were two panes to a sheet of 200
First Day Cover
A first day cover, dated July 21st, 1938
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