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Postage Stamps of the United States First Issued in 1938
Regular Issues First Issued
in 1938 - The Prexies |
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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. |
Commemorative Postage Stamps of 1938
Rotary Press - Perf 11 x 10½ - 200 Subject Plates
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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 |
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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 |
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The Air Mail Stamp of 1938
Flat Plate - Perforated 11 - 100 Subject Plates
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C23 - 6¢ Eagle Holding Shield, Olive Branch
and Arrows
First Day: May 14, 1938 - 349,946,500 Issued |
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The following postage stamp varieties were
first issued by the U.S. in 1938:
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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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