Postage Stamps of the United States First Issued in 1935
(see also - The Farley
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President: Franklin Delano Roosevelt · Postmaster
General: James A. Farley |
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Domestic Letter Rate: 3¢ per oz
· Postcard Rate: 1¢ |
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Air Mail Rate: 6¢ per oz. · Air Mail
Special Delivery Rate: 16¢ per oz. |
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Trans-Pacific Air Mail: Nov.
22, 1935: 25¢ per ½ oz. (3-stop route: 75¢ from
S.F. to Manila - see below) |
Commemorative Postage Stamps of 1935
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Rotary Press - Perf 11 x 10½ - 200 Subject Plates
(unless noted otherwise)
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Boulder Dam - Flat Plate - Perf 11 x 11
First Day: Sep. 30, 1935 - 73,610,650 issued |
Connecticut Tercentenary
FDC: Apr. 26, 1935 - 70,726,800 issued |
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California Pacific Exposition
FDC: May 29, 1935 - 100,839,600 issued |
Michigan Centenary
FDC: Nov. 1, 1935 - 75,283,900 issued |
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The Air Mail Stamp of 1935 - The China Clipper of 1935
Flat Plate - Perforated 11 - 200 Subject Plates
see the Air
Mail Stamps of 1937 for the other Trans-Pacific "China
Clipper" Stamps
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C20 - 25¢ Martin
M-130 over the Pacific
Ocean
First Day: Nov. 22, 1935 - 10,205,400 issued |
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The following rates applied for the Trans-Pacific mail
service in 1935: |
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| San Francisco to Honolulu: 25¢ per ½ oz. |
San Francisco to Guam: 50¢ per ½ oz. |
| Honolulu to Guam: 25¢ per ½ oz. |
Honolulu to Manila: 50¢ per ½ oz. |
| Guam to Manila: 25¢ per ½ oz. |
San Francisco to Manila: 75¢ per ½ oz. |
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The following postage stamp varieties were
first issued by the U.S. in 1935:
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Ordinary issue:
There were no new varieties of the ordinary
stamps issued in 1935.
Commemoratives:
Scott 752-771 (see also - The
Farley Issues)
Scott 772 - The 3¢ Connecticut Tercentenary - Designer:
V. S. McCloskey, Jr. - Engraver: J. C. Benzing
Scott 773 - The 3¢ California Pacific Exposition -
Designer: A. R. Meissner - Engraver: C. T. Arlt
Scott 774 - The 3¢ Boulder Dam - Designer: V. S.
McCloskey, Jr. - Engraver: C. T. Arlt
Scott 775 - The 3¢ Michigan Centenary - Designer: A. R.
Meissner - Engraver: L. C. Kauffmann
Air Mail:
Scott C20 - The 25¢ China Clipper
over the Pacific Ocean
Special Delivery:
There were no new Special Delivery stamps
issued in 1935.
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