1958 U.S. Postage Stamp Issues

Postage Stamps of the United States First Issued in 1958

President: Dwight David Eisenhower · Postmaster General: Arthur E. Summerfield

Jan. 1 - July 31 Domestic Letter Rate: 3¢ per oz · Postcard Rate: 2¢ · Air Mail Rate: 6¢ per oz.

Aug. 1 - Dec. 31 Domestic Letter Rate: 4¢ per oz · Postcard Rate: 3¢ · Air Mail Rate: 7¢ per oz.

Commemorative Postage Stamps of 1958
Rotary Press - Perf 11 x 10½ - 200 Subject Electric Eye Plates


U.S. Pavilion at the Brussels Exhibition Detroit, MI - Apr. 17, 1958 113,660,200 issued	200th Anniversary of Monroe's Birth Montross, VA - Apr. 28, 1958 280 Subject Plates - 120,196,580 issued	Minnesota Statehood Centenary Saint Paul, MN - May 11, 1958 120,805,200 issued


Home of George Mason - Gunston Hall Lorton, VA - June 12, 1958 108,415,200 issued	Atlantic Cable Centenary New York City, NY - Aug. 15, 1958 114,570,200 issued	Lincoln-Douglas Debate Centenary Freeport, IL - Aug. 27, 1958 114,860,200 issued


Overland Mail Centenary San Francisco, CA - Oct. 10, 1958 125,770,200 issued	Fort Duquesne Bicentennial Pittsburgh, PA - Nov. 25, 1958 124,200,200 issued

Giori Press Printings - Perf 11 x 11 - 200 Subject Plates


International Geophysical Year Stamp Chicago, IL - May 31, 1958 125,815,200 issued	"Champion of Liberty" Simon Bolivar Washington, D.C. - July 24, 1958 288 Subject Plates - 39,743,640 issued	"Champion of Liberty" Lajos Kossuth Washington, D.C. - Sept. 19, 1958 288 Subject Plates - 44,064,576 issued


Forest Conservation Stamp Tucson, AZ - Oct. 27, 1958 156,600,200 issued

Rotary Press - Perf 10½ x 11 - 200 Subject Electric Eye Plates


Gardening Horticulture Stamp Ithaca, NY - Mar. 15, 1958 122,765,200 issued	The Mackinac Bridge Stamp Mackinac Bridge, MI - June 25, 1958 107,195,200 issued	"Champion of Liberty" - Simon Bolivar Washington, D.C. - July 24, 1958 280 Subject Plates - 115,745,280 issued


"Champion of Liberty" - Lajos Kossuth Washington, D.C. - Sept. 19, 1958 280 Subject Plates - 120,561,280 issued	Freedom of the Press Stamp Columbia, MO - Sept. 22, 1958 118,390,200 issued	Noah Webster Stamp West Hartford, CT - Oct. 16, 1958 280 Subject Plates - 114,114,280 issued

The Air Mail Stamp of 1954
Rotary Press - 400 Subject Electric Eye Plates


The 5¢ Eagle in Flight Air Mail Stamp Colorado Springs, CO - July 31, 1958 Perf 11 x 10½ - 72,480,000 issued	The 7¢ Jet Silhouette Air Mail Stamp Philadelphia, PA - July 31, 1958 Perf 10½ x 11 - 1,326,960,000 issued	The 7¢ Jet Silhouette Coil Stamp Miami, FL - July 31, 1958 Perf 10 Horizontally - 157,035,000 issued

The following postage stamp varieties were first issued by the U.S. in 1958:

Ordinary issue:

see also: The Series of 1954 - "The Liberty Issue"
Scott 1030 - The ½¢ Benjamin Franklin - Dry Printing - May 1958
Scott 1036a - The 4¢ Abraham Lincoln - Booklet Pane - Dry Printing - July 31, 1958
Scott 1042 - New Design 8¢ Statue of Liberty - Giori Press Printing - March 22, 1958
Scott 1046 - The 15¢ John Jay - Untagged - Dec. 12, 1958
Scott 1048 - The 25¢ Paul Revere - April 18, 1958
Scott 1050 - The 40¢ John Marshall - Dry Printing - April 1958
Scott 1051 - The 50¢ Susan B. Anthony - Dry Printing - April 1958
Scott 1052 - The $1 Patrick Henry - Dry Printing - Oct. 1958
Scott 1057 - The 3¢ Statue of Liberty Coil - Dry Printing - Small Holes: Mar. 1958
Scott 1058 - The 4¢ Abraham Lincoln Coil - Dry Printing - Large Holes: July 31, 1958

Commemoratives:

Scott 1100 - The 3¢ Gardening Horticulture Stamp - Designer: Denver Gillen - Engraver: C. A. Brooks
Scott 1104 - The 3¢ U.S. Pavilion at the Brussels Exhibition - Designer: Bradbury Thompson - Engraver: C. A. Brooks
Scott 1105 - The 3¢ 200th Anniversary of President Monroe's Birth - Designer: Frank Conley - Engraver: C. A. Brooks
Scott 1106 - The 3¢ Minnesota Statehood Centenary - Designer: Homer Hill - Engraver: M. D. Fenton
Scott 1107 - The 3¢ International Geophysical Year Stamp - Designer: Ervine Metzl - Engraver: R. M. Bower
Scott 1108 - The 3¢ Home of George Mason - Gunston Hall - Designer: Rene Clarke - Engraver: M. D. Fenton
Scott 1109 - The 3¢ Mackinac Bridge Stamp - Designer: Arnold Copeland - Engraver: R. M. Bower
Scott 1110 - The 4¢ Champion of Liberty - Simon Bolivar - Designer: Arnold Copeland - Engraver: C. A. Brooks
Scott 1111 - The 8¢ Champion of Liberty - Simon Bolivar - Designer: Arnold Copeland - Engraver: C. A. Brooks
Scott 1112 - The 4¢ Atlantic Cable Centenary - Designer: George Giusti - Engraver: C. A. Brooks
Scott 1115 - The 4¢ Lincoln-Douglas Debate Centenary - Designer: Ervine Metzl - Engraver: M. D. Fenton
Scott 1117 - The 4¢ Champion of Liberty - Lajos Kossuth - Designer: Arnold Copeland - Engraver: R. M. Bower
Scott 1118 - The 8¢ Champion of Liberty - Lajos Kossuth - Designer: Arnold Copeland - Engraver: R. M. Bower
Scott 1119 - The 4¢ Freedom of the Press Stamp - Designer: Lester Beall - Engraver: R. M. Bower
Scott 1120 - The 4¢ Overland Mail Centenary - Designer: William H. Buckley - Engraver: C. A. Brooks
Scott 1121 - The 4¢ Noah Webster Stamp - Designer: C. R. Chickering - Engraver: A. W. Dintaman
Scott 1122 - The 4¢ Forest Conservation Stamp - Designer: Rudolph Wendelin - Engraver: C. A. Brooks
Scott 1123 - The 4¢ Fort Duquesne Bicentennial - Designer: William H. Buckley - Engraver: C. A. Brooks

Air Mail:

Scott C50 - The 5¢ Eagle in Flight Air Mail Stamp
Scott C51 - The 7¢ Jet Silhouette Air Mail Stamp
Scott C51a - The 7¢ Jet Silhouette Booklet Pane - San Antonio, TX - July 31, 1958
Scott C52 - The 7¢ Jet Silhouette Coil Stamp

Special Delivery:

There were no new Special Delivery stamps issued in 1958.

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