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Postage Stamps of the United States First Issued in 1961 |
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Presidents: Jan.1 - Jan. 20:
Dwight David Eisenhower · Jan.
20 - Dec.31: John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Postmasters General: Jan.1 -Jan. 20: Arthur E. Summerfield
· Jan.
21-Dec. 31: J. Edward Day |
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Domestic Letter Rate: 4¢ per oz
· Postcard Rate: 3¢ · Air Mail Rate:
7¢ per oz. |
Commemorative Postage Stamps of 1961
Designs,
Designers
and Engravers |
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Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)
-A leader in the Indian campaign
for home rule perhaps
best known and admired for his belief in non-violence and
passive-resistance |
Horace
Greeley (1811-1872)
Journalist, Editor and Political
Leader |
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Washington, D.C. -
Jan. 26, 1961
Rotary Press - Perf 10½ x 11 - 280 Subject
Electric Eye Plates - 112,966,000 issued
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Washington, D.C. - January 26, 1961
Giori Press - Perf 11 - 288 Subject
41,644,200 issued |
Chappaqua, NY - Feb. 3, 1961
Rotary Press - Perf 10½ x 11 - 280 Subject
Electric Eye Plates - 98,616,000 issued |
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Range
Conservation |
Centenary of
the Firing on Fort Sumter |
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Salt Lake City, UT - Feb. 2, 1961
Giori Press - Perf 11 - 200 Subject
110,850,000 issued |
Charleston, SC - April 12, 1961
Rotary Press - Perf 11 x 10½ - 200 Subject
Electric Eye Plates - 101,125,000 issued
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| 100th
Anniversary of Kansas Statehood |
Senator
George W. Norris of Nebraska
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50th
Anniversary of Naval Aviation
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Council
Grove, KS - May 10, 1961
Giori Press - Perf 11 - 200 Subject
106,210,000 issued |
Washington, D.C. - July 11, 1961
Rotary Press - Perf 11 x 10½ -
200 Subject
Electric Eye Plates - 110,810,000 issued |
San Diego, CA - Aug. 20, 1961
Rotary Press - Perf 11 x 10½ -
200 Subject
Electric Eye Plates - 116,995,000 issued |
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| 50th
Anniv. Workmen's Compensation |
100th
Anniv. Frederic Remington's Birth |
50th
Anniv. of the Republic of China
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Milwaukee, WI - Sep. 4, 1961
Rotary Press - Perf 10½ x 11 -
200 Subject
Electric Eye Plates - 121,015,000 issued |
Washington, D.C. - Oct. 4, 1961
Giori Press - Perf 11 - 200 Subject
111,600,000 issued |
Washington, D.C. - Oct. 10, 1961
Rotary Press - Perf 10½ x 11 -
200 Subject
Electric Eye Plates - 110,620,000 issued |
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| 100th
Anniv. of James Naismith's Birth
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Honoring the
Nursing Profession |
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Springfield, MA - Nov. 6, 1961
Rotary Press - Perf 10½
x 11 - 200 Subject
Electric Eye Plates - 109,110,000 issued |
Washington, D.C. - Dec. 28, 1961
Giori Press - Perf 11 - 200 Subject
145,350,000 issued |
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The Air Mail Stamps of 1961
Giori Press - Perf 11 x 11 - 200 Subject Plates
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The 15¢ Statue
of Liberty Air Mail Stamp
Buffalo, NY - Jan. 13, 1961 |
The 13¢ Liberty Bell Air Mail Stamp
New York, NY - June 28, 1961 |
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The following postage stamp varieties were
first issued by the U.S. in 1961: |
Commemoratives:
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Scott 1144
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4¢ American Credo - Quotation from
Patrick Henry - Designer: Frank Conley - Engraver:
R.J. Jones
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Scott 1174 -
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4¢ Mohandas K. Gandhi
- Promoted Peaceful Overthrow of Britain and
India's Independence
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Scott 1175 - |
8¢ Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
- Designer: Arnold Copeland - Engraver: C. A. Brooks
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Scott 1176 - |
4¢ Range Conservation -
The Trail Boss watching over his herd - Designed by
Rudolph Wendelin from a drawing by the American West
artist Charles Marion Russell - Engraver: M. D. Fenton
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Scott 1177 - |
4¢ Horace Greeley -
Designed by Charles R. Chickering (BEP Artist) -
Engraver: R. M. Bower
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Scott 1178 -
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4¢ Fort
Sumter, illus. the "Dictator" - 13" Model
1861 seacoast mortar - Designer: Chickering - Engraver:
Dintaman |
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Scott 1183 - |
4¢ 100th Anniversary of Kansas
- The "Sunflower" State - Designer: C.
Chickering - Engraver: R. M. Bower
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Scott 1184 - |
4¢ Senator George William Norris/Norris
Dam, Nebraska - Designer: C. Chickering - Engraver: M.
D. Fenton
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Scott 1185 - |
4¢ 50th Anniv. of Naval Aviation/1911
Curtiss A-1 - Designer: John Maass - Engraver: R. M.
Bower
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Scott 1186 - |
4¢ Scales of Justice
Weighing Factory Vs Workman and Family - Designer: N.
Todhunter - Engraver: C. A. Brooks |
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Scott 1187 - |
4¢ "The Smoke
Signal" by American West Artist Remington -
Designer: C. Chickering - Engraver: R. M. Bower |
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Scott 1188 - |
4¢ Sun Yat-Sen - Republic of
China - Designer: C. Chickering - Engraver: M. D. Fenton
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4¢ James Naismith
(1861-1939) - Inventor of Basketball - Designer: C.
Chickering - Engraver: M. D. Fenton |
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4¢ Honoring the Nursing Profession-
Designer: Alfred C. Parker - Engraver: R. M. Bower |
Air Mail:
Scott C62 - The 13¢ Liberty Bell Air Mail Stamp
Scott C63 - The 15¢ Statue of
Liberty Air Mail Stamp
Special Delivery:
There were no new Special Delivery stamps
issued in 1961.
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