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Postage Stamps of the United States First Issued in 1938
 
Regular Issues First Issued in 1938 - The Prexies


President:
Franklin Delano Roosevelt  ·  Postmaster General: James A. Farley

Domestic Letter Rate: 3¢ per oz  ·  Postcard Rate:
Air Mail Rate: 6¢ per oz. ·  Air Mail Special Delivery Rate: 16¢ per oz.

Commemorative Postage Stamps of 1938
 
Rotary Press - Perf 11 x 10½ - 200 Subject Plates

Scott 835 - Ratification of the Constitution Sesquicentennial Scott 836 - Swedish Finnish Tercentenary
Ratification of the Constitution Sesquicentennial
Philadelphia - June 21, 1938
73,043,650 issued
Delaware Swedish-Finnish Tercentenary
Wilmington, Delaware - June 27, 1938
Flat Plate - 192 subjects - Perf 11 - 58,564,368 issued


Scott 837 - Northwest Territory Sesquicentennial Scott 838 - Iowa Territory Centennial
Northwest Territory Sesquicentennial
Marietta, Ohio - July 15, 1938
Rotary Press - 400 Subject Plates - 65,939,500 issued
Iowa Territory Centennial
Des Moines, Iowa - August 24, 1938
47,064,300 issued


 The Air Mail Stamp of 1938
 
Flat Plate - Perforated 11 - 100 Subject Plates


Scott C23 - 6c Bi-color Eagle Holding Shield Airmail Stamp
C23 - 6¢ Eagle Holding Shield, Olive Branch and Arrows
First Day: May 14, 1938 - 349,946,500 Issued


The following postage stamp varieties were first issued by the U.S. in 1938:

Ordinary issue: 

see also: The Presidential Series of 1938 - "The Prexies"
Scott 803 - The ½¢ Benjamin Franklin - May 19 - Designer: William Schrage -  Engraver: J. Eissler
Scott 804 - The 1¢ George Washington - April 25 - Designer: Elaine Rawlinson -  Engraver: J. Eissler
Scott 805 - The 1½¢ Martha Washington - May 5 - Designer: William Schrage -  Engraver: L. C. Kauffmann
Scott 806 - The 2¢ John Adams - June 3 - Designer: William Schrage -  Engraver: C. A. Brooks
Scott 807 - The 3¢ Thomas Jefferson - June 16 - Designer: William Schrage -  Engraver: C. T. Arlt
Scott 808 - The 4¢ James Madison - July 1 - Designer: William Schrage -  Engraver: L. C. Kauffmann
Scott 809 - The 4½¢ White House - July 11 - Designer: William Schrage -  Engraver: J. R. Lowe
Scott 810 - The 5¢ James Monroe - July 21 - Designer: R. L. Miller, Jr. -  Engraver: J. Eissler
Scott 811 - The 6¢ John Quincy Adams - July 28 - Designer: William Schrage -  Engraver: F. Pauling
Scott 812 - The 7¢ Andrew Jackson - August 4 - Designer: William Schrage -  Engraver: C. A. Brooks
Scott 813 - The 8¢ Martin Van Buren - August 11 - Designer: William Schrage -  Engraver: C. A. Brooks
Scott 814 - The 9¢ William Henry Harrison - August 18 - Designer: William Schrage -  Engraver: C. A. Brooks
Scott 815 - The 10¢ John Tyler - September 2 - Designer: William Schrage -  Engraver: C. T. Arlt
Scott 816 - The 11¢ James K. Polk - September 8 - Designer: R. L. Miller, Jr. -  Engraver: L. C. Kauffmann
Scott 817 - The 12¢ Zachary Taylor - September 14 - Designer: William Schrage -  Engraver: J. Eissler
Scott 818 - The 13¢ Millard Fillmore - September 22 - Designer: William Schrage -  Engraver: F. Pauling
Scott 819 - The 14¢ Franklin Pierce - October 6 - Designer: William Schrage -  Engraver: L. C. Kauffmann
Scott 820 - The 15¢ James Buchanan - October 13 - Designer: R. L. Miller, Jr. -  Engraver: C. A. Brooks
Scott 821 - The 16¢ Abraham Lincoln - October 20 - Designer: William Schrage -  Engraver: C. T. Arlt
Scott 822 - The 17¢ Andrew Johnson - October 27 - Designer: William Schrage -  Engraver: L. C. Kauffmann
Scott 823 - The 18¢ Ulysses S. Grant - November 3 - Designer: William Roach -  Engraver: C. A. Brooks
Scott 824 - The 19¢ Rutherford B. Hayes - November 10 - Designer: R. L. Miller, Jr. -  Engraver: C. A. Brooks
Scott 825 - The 20¢ James A. Garfield - November 10 - Designer: William Roach -  Engraver: C. A. Brooks
Scott 826 - The 21¢ Chester A. Arthur - November 22 - Designer: V. S. McCloskey, Jr. -  Engraver: W. O. Marks
Scott 827 - The 22¢ Grover Cleveland - November 22 - Designer: V. S. McCloskey, Jr. -  Engraver: M. D. Fenton
Scott 828 - The 24¢ Benjamin Harrison - December 2 - Designer: V. S. McCloskey, Jr. -  Engraver: C. A. Brooks
Scott 829 - The 25¢ William McKinley - December 2 - Designer: V. S. McCloskey, Jr. -  Engraver: J. R. Lowe
Scott 830 - The 30¢ Theodore Roosevelt - December 8 - Designer: William Roach -  Engraver: J. R. Lowe
Scott 831 - The 50¢ William Howard Taft - December 8 - Designer: William Roach -  Engraver: H. R. Rollins
Scott 832 - The $1 Woodrow Wilson - August 29 - Designer: V. S. McCloskey, Jr. -  Engraver: L. C. Kauffmann
Scott 833 - The $2 Warren G. Harding - September 29 - Designer: V. S. McCloskey, Jr. -  Engraver: F. Pauling
Scott 834 - The $5 Calvin Coolidge - November 17 - Designer: V. S. McCloskey, Jr. -  Engraver: J. Eissler

Commemoratives:

Scott 835 - The 3¢ Ratification of the Constitution Sesquicentennial - Designer: V. S. McCloskey, Jr. -  Engraver: M. D. Fenton
Scott 836 - The 3¢ Delaware Swedish-Finnish Tercentenary - Designer: A. R. Meissner -  Engraver: C. T. Arlt
Scott 837 - The 3¢ Northwest Territory Sesquicentennial - Designer: R. L. Miller, Jr. -  Engraver: C. T. Arlt
Scott 838 - The 3¢ Iowa Territory Centennial - Designer: A. R. Meissner -  Engraver: C. T. Arlt

Air Mail:

Scott C23 - The 6¢ Bi-Color Eagle Holding Shield, Olive Branch and Arrows

Special Delivery:

There were no new Special Delivery stamps issued in 1938.

 

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