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Postage Stamps of the United States First Issued in 1956 |
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President: Dwight David Eisenhower · Postmaster
General: Arthur E. Summerfield |
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Domestic Letter Rate: 3¢ per oz
· Postcard Rate: 2¢ · Air Mail Rate:
6¢ per oz. |
Commemorative Postage Stamps of 1956
Rotary Press - Perf 11 x 10½ - 200 Subject Electric Eye Plates
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Booker T. Washington Centennial Stamp
Booker Washington Birthplace, VA - 4/5/56
121,184,600 issued |
Fifth International Philatelic Exhibition
New York, NY - Apr. 30, 1956
119,784,200 issued |
Wildlife Conservation - Wild Turkey
Fond du Lac, WI - May 5, 1956
123,159,400 issued |
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Wildlife Conservation
Pronghorn Antelope
Gunnison, CO - June 22, 1956
123,138,800 issued |
Wildlife Conservation - King Salmon
Seattle, WA - Nov. 9, 1956
109,275,000 issued |
Wheatland - Home of President Buchanan
Lancaster, PA - Aug. 5, 1956
125,475,000 issued |
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200th Anniversary of Nassau Hall, Princeton University
Princeton, NJ - Sep. 22, 1956
122,100,000 issued |
Children's
Stamp - Friendship - the Key to World Peace
Washington, D.C. - Dec. 15, 1956
100,975,000 issued |
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Rotary Press - Perf 10½ x 11 - 200 Subject Electric Eye Plates
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250th Anniversary of Benjamin Franklin's Birth
Philadelphia, PA - Jan. 17, 1956
129,384,550 issued |
50th Anniversary of Pure Food and Drugs Laws
Washington, D.C. - June 27, 1956
112,932,200 issued |
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Labor Day Stamp - AFL-CIO Headquarters Mosaic
Camden, NJ - Sept. 3, 1956
117,855,000 issued |
50th Anniversary of Devil's Tower National Monument
Devil's Tower, WY - Sept. 24, 1956
118,180,000 issued |
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The FIPEX Souvenir Sheet of 1956
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Souvenir Sheet: Fifth International
Philatelic Exhibition, 1956
Flat Plate Printing - New York, NY - Apr. 28, 1956
2,900,731 issued |
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The Postage Due Stamp of 1956
Rotary Press - Perf 10½ x 11
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Scott J87 - The $1 Postage Due of 1956
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The following postage stamp varieties were
first issued by the U.S. in 1956:
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Ordinary issue:
see also: The
Series of 1954 - "The Liberty Issue"
Scott 1031 - The 1¢ George Washington - Dry Printing - March
1956
Scott 1032 - The 1½¢ Mount Vernon - Feb. 22, 1956
Scott 1040 - The 7¢ Woodrow Wilson - Rose Carmine - Jan. 10, 1956
Scott 1043 - The 9¢ Alamo - Rose Lilac - June 14, 1956
Scott 1044 - The 10¢ Independence Hall - Rose Lake - Untagged - July 4, 1956
Scott 1047 - The 20¢ Monticello - Ultramarine - April 13, 1956
Scott 1053 - The $5 Alexander Hamilton - Flat Plate - Perf 11 x 11
- Mar. 19, 1956
Scott 1057 - The 3¢ Statue of Liberty Coil - Dry Printing -
Large Holes - Oct. 1956
Commemoratives:
Scott 1073 - The 3¢ 250th Anniversary of Benjamin Franklin's Birth
- Designer: C. R. Chickering - Engraver: C. A. Brooks
Scott 1074 - The 3¢ Booker T. Washington Centennial Stamp
- Designer: C. R. Chickering - Engraver: M. D. Fenton
Scott 1075 - The 3¢ and 8¢ Fifth International Philatelic Exhibition
Souvenir Sheet
- Designer: V. S. McCloskey, Jr.
Scott 1076 - The 3¢ Fifth International Philatelic Exhibition Stamp - Engraver: M. D. Fenton
Scott 1077 - The 3¢ Wildlife Conservation - Wild Turkey Stamp
- Designer: Robert W. Hines - Engraver: C. A. Brooks
Scott 1078 - The 3¢ Wildlife Conservation - Pronghorn Antelope Stamp
- Designer: Robert Hines - Engraver: M. D. Fenton
Scott 1079 - The 3¢ Wildlife Conservation - King Salmon Stamp
- Designer: Robert W. Hines - Engraver: M. D. Fenton
Scott 1080 - The 3¢ 50th Anniversary of Pure Food and Drugs Laws
- Designer: Robert Miller - Engraver: C. A.
Brooks
Scott 1081 - The 3¢ Wheatland - Home of President Buchanan
- Designer: V. S. McCloskey, Jr. - Engraver: C. A.
Brooks
Scott 1082 - The 3¢ Labor Day - AFL-CIO Headquarters Mosaic
- Designer: V. S. McCloskey, Jr. - Engraver: R. M.
Bower
Scott 1083 - The 3¢ 200th Anniversary of Nassau Hall, Princeton
- Designer: V. S. McCloskey, Jr. - Engraver: R. M.
Bower
Scott 1084 - The 3¢ 50th Anniversary of Devil's Tower Monument
- Designer: C. R. Chickering - Engraver: A. W. Dintaman
Scott 1085 - The 3¢ Children's Stamp
- Designer: Ronald Dias - Engraver: C. A. Brooks
Air Mail:
There were no new Air Mail stamps
issued in 1956.
Special Delivery:
There were no new Special Delivery stamps
issued in 1956.
Postage Due:
Scott J87 - The $1 Postage Due of 1956
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