1945 3¢ Army Issue #934
US soldiers march through the Arc de Triomphe in Paris after liberating the city
3¢ Olive
Rotary Press Printing - Perf. 11 x 10½
128 million printed - Scott #934 - 1945
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
A first day cover of #934 dated September 28th 1945
A sheet of 50 of #934
Small die proof on white wove paper
934P2
The original photograph. In the final design planes were added to recognize the contribution of the US air force
There was no Air Force issue, although the Coast Guard and Navy both had issues
The identity of the soldiers (this sent to this website by a viewer and participant in the march)
The Ludendorff Bridge, the bridge that the Germans failed to destroy and led to the shortening of the war.
This was the propose subject of the army stamp, but the Post office later changed the design to the Arc de Triomphe
The stamp design as it would have looed with the Ludendorff Bridge