Postage Stamps of the United States First Issued in 1953 Presidents: Jan.1 - Jan. 20: Harry S Truman  · Jan. 20 - Dec. 31: Dwight David Eisenhower   Postmasters General: Jan.1 -Jan. 20: Jesse M. Donaldson · Jan. 21-Dec. 31: Arthur E. Summerfield Domestic Letter Rate: 3¢ per oz  ·  Postcard Rate: 2¢  ·  Air Mail Rate: 6¢ per oz.  Commemorative Postage Stamps of 1953    Rotary Press - Perf 11 x 10½ - 200 Subject Electric Eye Plates   The National Guard Stamp Washington, D.C. - Feb. 23, 1953 114,894,600 issued Ohio Statehood Sesquicentennial Stamp Chillicothe, OH - Mar. 2, 1953 280 Subject Plates - 118,706,000 issued Washington Territory Centennial  Olympia, WA - Mar. 2, 1953 114,190,000 issued   Louisiana Purchase Sesquicentennial Saint Louis, MO - Apr. 30, 1953 113,990,000 issued Opening of Japan Centennial Washington, D.C. - July 14, 1953 89,289,600 issued American Bar Association Stamp Boston, MA - Aug. 24, 1953 114,865,000 issued   The Sagamore Hill Stamp  Oyster Bay, NY - Sept. 14, 1953 115,780,000 issued The Future Farmers of America Stamp  Kansas City, MO - Oct. 13, 1953 115,244,600 issued 50th Anniversary of the Trucking Industry  Los Angeles, CA - Oct. 27, 1953 123,709,600 issued The General Patton Stamp Fort Knox, KY - Nov. 11, 1953 114,789,600 issued The New York City Tercentenary Stamp  New York City, NY - Nov. 20, 1953 115,759,600 issued The Gadsden Purchase Centenary Stamp  Tucson, AZ - Dec. 30, 1953 116,134,600 issued The Air Mail Stamp of 1953    Rotary Press - Perf 11 x 10½ - 200 Subject Electric Eye Plates The 6¢ 50th Anniversary of Powered Flight Air Mail Stamp Dayton, OH - May 29, 1953 78,415,000 issued

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