1944 3¢ Steamship Issue #923

The steamship SS Savannah
3¢ Violet
Rotary Press Printing - Perf. 11 x 10½
61 million printed - Scott #923 - 1944
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-$0.02

Photo essay on card

A first day cover of #923 dated May 22nd 1944

A sheet of 50 of #923

1819 - The SS Savannah leaves her operating port,
Savannah, GA, to make the first Atlantic crossing of a Steamship

Savannah docks from a 19thC engraving

Plaque commemorating S.S. Savannah in Savannah, Georgia.

Captain Moses Rogers who sailed the SS Savannah on her maiden and historical voyage