1945 3¢ Iwo Jima Issue #929
Marines raising the United States flag over
Mount Suribachi on the island of Iwo Jima
3¢ Yellow green
Rotary Press Printing - Perf. 10½ x 11
137 million printed - Scott #929 - 1945
Value
Used: $0.01
No postmark with gum (MH): $0.02-$0.03
Full perfect gum, no postmark, no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH): $0.02-$0.03
A first day cover of #929 dated July 11th 1945
(the Battle of Iwo Jima had only ended four months before)
A sheet of 50 of #929, signed by Hershel Williams, Iwo Jima Medal of Honor hero
The original photograph, taken by American photographer Joe Rosenthal on 23 February 1945
"I took the picture, the Marines took Iwo Jima."
