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Closer to 19th century tradition in the series of 1902 was its pantheon of celebrated Americans. Nine of the values—the 1¢, 2¢, 3¢, 6¢, 10¢, 15¢, 50¢, $2 and $5—depicted the same statesmen who had appeared on the corresponding denominations of the First Bureau Series. Moreover, on the 4¢ and 5¢ stamps, Lincoln and Grant merely ...
The Regular Issues of 1922–1931 were a series of 27 U.S. postage stamps issued for general everyday use by the U.S. Post Office. Unlike the definitives previously in use, which presented only a Washington or Franklin image, each of these definitive stamps depicted a different president or other subject, with Washington and Franklin each confined to a single denomination.
A postage stamp featuring Martha Washington, the first stamp to honor an American woman, was issued as part of the 1902 stamp series. An 8-cent stamp, it was printed in violet-black ink. [36] The second stamp issued in her honor, [37] a 4-cent definitive stamp printed in yellow-brown ink, was released in 1923. [38]
Presidential Issue. The Presidential Issue, nicknamed the Prexies by collectors, is the series of definitive postage stamps issued in the United States in 1938, featuring all 29 U.S. presidents who were in office between 1789 and 1928, from George Washington to Calvin Coolidge. The presidents appear as small profile busts printed in solid-color ...
The 2-cent George Washington stamp appeared with two different designs (the original version was poorly received) while each of the other values has its own individual design. [21] [35] This was the first U.S. definitive series to include the image of a woman: Martha Washington, who appeared on the 8-cent stamp. Selected Issues
Martha Washington, America's first "First Lady" was also the first American woman to appear on stamps, featured in the series of 1902 on the 8-cent denomination, and later appeared on the 4-cent value in the so-called "Fourth Bureau Issue": the 1922-1931 Series (which comprised 27 stamps). The Fourth Bureau stamp employed an engraving based on ...
The first portrait of a woman on a US postage stamp. 8-cent Martha Washington Stamp, Issued 1902 The first stamp featuring an American women. [2] The history of women on US stamps begins in 1893, when Queen Isabella became the first woman on a US stamp. [3] Queen Isabella helped support Christopher Columbus 's 1492 voyage, and 1893 marked the ...
George Washington on an 1847 stamp "Pop" Warner (1997) Football coach [22] Robert Penn Warren (2005) Author and poet [14] Martha Washington on a 1923 stamp. Booker T. Washington (1940) Educator; Fredi Washington (2008) Actress [21] Daniel Webster on an 1890 stamp. George Washington (1847) 1st president [24] John P. Washington (1948) Chaplain ...