Putney Stamps

I buy US Stamp Collections. Member of APS, USSS, AAMS, USPCS and IPDA. Stamp collector since mid-1960s, philatelist since late 1970s.

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Philatelic Friday. US #763. 8c Zion, Sage Green. Quantity: 1,638,644. Date: March 15, 1935. Zion National Park was established on November 19, 1919. Humans first entered the area of the present day park about 8,000 years ago.

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US #762. 7c black. Acadia. We’re back. Quan: 1,682,948. Date: March 15, 1935. On July 8, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson created Sieur de Monts National Monument, which later became Acadia National Park.

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Philatelic Friday. Late again :( if this keeps up, I’m gonna have to change the name. US #761. 1935 6¢ Crater Lake. Dark Blue. Special Printing Issued Imperforate without Gum. Issue Date: March 15, 1935. Quantity Issued: 1,647,696. 2nd deepest lake in the US.

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Philatelic Friday. US #760. 5c Yellowstone, Blue. Quantity: 1,724,576. Date: March 15, 1935. On March 1, 1872, president Ulysses S. Grant signed legislation establishing Yellowstone National Park, the first such park in the world.

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Philatelic Friday. A bit late 😞 US #759. 4c Mesa Verde. Brown. Imperf. Quantity: 1.822,684. Date: March 15, 1935. On June 29, 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt established Mesa Verde National Park, the first American park created to “preserve the works of man.”

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Philatelic Friday. US#758. 3c Mount Rainier. Deep purple. Quantity: 2,168,088. Date: March 15, 1935. Mount Rainier was formed by volcanic activity. And in the prehistoric past, debris flowing from Mount Rainier’s volcano formed the lands east of Tacoma and south of Seattle.

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Philatelic Friday. US #767, Grand Canyon, 2c Imperf Red. Quantity: 2,746,640. Date: March 15, 1933. On February 26, 1919, Woodrow Wilson signed legislation establishing the Grand Canyon National Park. The history of the Grand Canyon began up to two billion years ago.

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Philatelic Friday (back after the holidays). US #756 1c Green. Yosemite’s “El Capitan”. Issued Imperforate Without Gum. Quantity: 3,217,636. March 15, 1935. This stamp pictures Yosemite National Park’s famous “El Capitan.”

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Philatelic Friday. US #310, 50c Orange. Quantity: 2,651,775 (estimate). Date: March 23, 1903. This Series of 1902-03 50¢ stamp pictures Thomas Jefferson, a Founding Father and our nation’s third President. Used blocks are scarce and are even more desirable.

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Philatelic Friday. US #309. 15c Henry Clay. Olive Green. Quan: 41,205,754. Date: May 27, 1903. This 15¢ stamp most often paid the rate for letters over 2 ounces to Europe, and on fourth class and Parcel Post packages.

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Philatelic Friday. US #307. 13c Purple Black. Benjamin Harrison. Quan: 31,290,174. Date: Nov 18, 1902. This was the first stamp of the series to go on sale and the first 13¢ U.S. stamp to be issued. Used on international mail.

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Philatelic Friday. US #307 Daniel Webster. 10c Pale Red Brown. Quan: 206,010,574 (est). Date: Feb 5, 1903. Webster was one of the leading politicians of his time.

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Philatelic Friday. US #306. 8c Violet Black. Martha Washington. Quan: 176,841,474 (est). Date: Dec 6, 1902. The PO dept chose America’s first lady for this stamp, considered to be the most beautiful of the set, is also the only one to include the subject’s first name, Martha.

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Philatelic Friday. US #305, 6c Claret. James Garfield. Quan: 117,567,474. Date: Feb 20, 1903. The last of the “log cabin presidents,” James A. Garfield was born November 19, 1831, near Cleveland, Ohio, to impoverished farmers.

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Philatelic Friday. US #304, 5c Blue Abraham Lincoln. Quantity: 550,000,000. Date: Jan 20, 1903. On April 15, 1865, President Lincoln died less than 12 hours after being shot by John Wilkes Booth.

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Philatelic Friday. US #303, 4c Brown, Ulysses S. Grant. Quan: 346,666,374 (est). Date: Feb 10, 1903. Grant’s victories in the south and his defeat of Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia led to the fall of the Confederacy in 1865.

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Philatelic Friday. US #302, Andrew Jackson, 3c Bright Violet. Quantity: 276,212,074 (est) Date: February 11, 1903. Andrew Jackson was born on March 15, 1767, in the Waxhaws area near the border between North and South Carolina.

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Philatelic Friday. US #301. 2c Carmine. George Washington. Quan: 3,261,541,426 (estimate). Date: January 1, 1903. When stamp experts saw the beautiful proofs of this stamp in black they agreed this was the finest they had ever seen. More on this next week.

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Philatelic Friday. Second Bureau Series. (Series of 1902) US #300, 1c Benjamin Franklin, Blue Green (shades exist), Quan: 11 Billion. Date: Feb 3, 1903. The stamp was issued as part of the new set to promote mail awareness.