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Postage Stamps of the United States First Issued in 1942


President: Franklin D. Roosevelt  ·  Postmaster General: Frank C. Walker
Domestic Letter Rate: 3¢ per oz  ·  Postcard Rate: 1¢  ·  Air Mail Rate: 6¢ per oz.

Commemorative Postage Stamps of 1942
  Rotary Press - Perf 11 x 10½ - 200 Subject Electric Eye Plates (unless noted otherwise)
Scott 904 - The 150th Anniversary of Kentucky's Statehood Scott 905 - Win the War Issue Scott 906 - The Chinese Resistance Issue
150th Anniversary of Kentucky Statehood
Frankfort, Kentucky - June 1, 1942
63,588,400 issued		 Win the War Issue - 400 Subject Plates
Washington, D.C. -  July 4, 1942 20,642,793,310 issued		 Free China Issue
Denver, Colorado - July 7, 1942
 21,272,800 issued


The following postage stamp varieties were first issued by the U.S. in 1942:

Ordinary issue: 

There were no new Regular Issue stamps issued in 1942.

Commemoratives:

Scott 904 - The 3¢ 150th Anniversary of Kentucky's Statehood - Designer: William Roach -  Engraver: C. A. Brooks
Scott 905 - The 3¢ Win the War Issue - Designer: Mark O'Dea -  Engraver: J. S. Edmondson
Scott 906 - The 5¢ Free China Issue - Designer: William Roach -  Engraver: L. C. Kaufmann

Air Mail:

There were no new Air Mail stamps issued in 1942.

Special Delivery:

There were no new Special Delivery stamps issued in 1942.

 

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