Postage Stamps of the United States First Issued in 1962
President: John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Postmaster General: J. Edward DayDomestic Letter Rate: 4¢ per oz · Postcard Rate: 3¢ · Air Mail Rate: 7¢ per oz.
Postage Stamps of 1962
Designs, Designers and Engravers
50th Anniversary of
New Mexico Statehood50th Anniversary of
Arizona StatehoodProject Mercury - 1st Orbital Flight of
US Astronaut - John Glenn
Santa Fe, NM - February 6, 1962
Giori Press - Perf 11 - 200 Subject
112,870,000 issued
Cape Canaveral, FL - Feb. 20, 1962
Giori Press - Perf 11 - 200 Subject
289,240,000 issuedPhoenix, AZ - February 14, 1962
Giori Press - Perf 11 - 200 Subject
121,820,000 issued
World United Against Malaria Centenary of the Battle of Shiloh Charles E. Hughes (1862-1948) - Noted Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
Washington, D.C. - March 30, 1962
Giori Press - Perf 11 - 200 Subject
120,155,000 issued
Shiloh, TN - April 7, 1962
Rotary Press - Perf 11 x 10½ - 200 Subject
Electric Eye Plates - 124,865,000 issuedWashington, D.C. - April 11, 1962
Rotary Press - Perf 10½ x 11 - 200 Subject
Electric Eye Plates - 124,595,000 issued
1962 Seattle World's Fair 150th Anniv. of Louisiana Statehood 100th Anniv. of the Homestead Act
New Orleans, LA - April 30, 1962
Giori Press - Perf 11 - 200 Subject
118,690,000 issued
Beatrice, NE - May 20, 1962
Rotary Press - Perf 11 x 10½ - 200 Subject
Electric Eye Plates - 122,730,000 issuedSeattle, WA - April 25, 1962
Giori Press - Perf 11 - 200 Subject
147,310,000 issued
50th Anniv. of Girl Scouts of America Atomic Energy Act - Brien McMahon National Apprenticeship Program Burlington, VT - July 24, 1962
Rotary Press - Perf 11 x 10½ - 200 Subject
Electric Eye Plates - 126,515,000 issuedNorwalk, CT - July 28, 1962
Rotary Press - Perf 11 x 10½ - 200 Subject
Electric Eye Plates - 130,960,000 issuedWashington, D.C. - Aug. 31, 1962
Rotary Press - Perf 11 x 10½ - 200 Subject
Electric Eye Plates - 120,055,000 issued
Sam Rayburn (1882-1961)
Dag Hammarskjold - UN Issue Dag Hammarskjold "Error Stamp"
New York, NY - Oct. 23, 1962
Giori Press - Perf 11 - 200 Subject
121,440,000 issued
Washington, D.C. - Nov. 16, 1962
Giori Press - Perf 11 - 200 Subject
40,270,000 issuedBonham, TX - Sep. 16 1962
Giori Press - Perf 11 - 200 Subject
120,715,000 issued
1962 Christmas Stamp
Higher Education Issue Winslow Homer Issue Pittsburgh, PA - Nov. 1, 1962
Giori Press - Perf 11 - 400 Subject
861,970,000 issuedWashington, D.C. - Nov. 14, 1962
Giori Press - Perf 11 - 200 Subject
120,035,000 issuedGloucester, MA - Dec. 15, 1962
Giori Press - Perf 11 - 200 Subject
117,870,000 issued
5¢ Washington - Regular Issue
New York, NY - Nov. 23, 1962
Rotary Press - Perf 11 x 10½ - 400 Subjects
The Air Mail Stamp of 1962
The 8¢ Jetliner Over Capitol Air Mail Stamp
Washington, D.C. - Nov. 14, 1962
Rotary Press - Perf 10½ x 11 - 400 Subjects
The following postage stamp varieties were first issued by the U.S. in 1962:
Scott 1213 - 5¢ George Washington - Untagged - Designer: William Schrage - Engraver: C. A. Brooks Scott 1213a 5¢ George Washington - Booklet Pane of 5 plus Label - Untagged Scott 1213d 5¢ George Washington - Horizontal Pair Imperforate Between Scott 1229 - 5¢ George Washington - Coil Stamp Perf 10 Vertically - Not Tagged Scott 1229b 5¢ George Washington - Imperforate from Coil Stamp Commemoratives:
Scott 1179 - 4¢ Rifleman at the Battle of Shiloh - Designer: Noel Sickles - Engraver: M. D. Fenton Scott 1191 - 4¢ Scene from Shiprock, New Mexico - Designer: Robert J. Jones - Engraver: R. M. Bower Scott 1192 - 4¢ Giant Saguaro Cactus & Starry Night - Designer: Jimmy E. Ihms & James M. Chemi - Engraver: A. W. Dintaman Scott 1193 - 4¢ "Friendship 7" Capsule and Earth - Designer: C. R. Chickering - Engraver: R. M. Bower Scott 1194 - 4¢ Great Seal of the U.S. and Seal of WHO (World Health Organization) - Designer: Chickering - Engraver: Bower Scott 1195 - 4¢ Charles Evans Hughes 100th Anniversary of Birth - Designer: C. R. Chickering - Engraver: R. M. Bower Scott 1196 - 4¢ "Space Needle" and Monorail - "Century 21" International Exposition - Designer: John Maas - Engraver: Brooks Scott 1197 - 4¢ Mississippi Riverboat - Designer: Norman Todhunter - Engraver: A. W. Dintaman Scott 1198 - 4¢ Homesteaders Next to Sod Hut - Designer: C. Chickering - Engraver: M. D. Fenton Scott 1199 - 4¢ Girl Scout and American Flag - Designer: Ward Brackett - Engraver: M. D. Fenton Scott 1200 - 4¢ Senator Brien McMahon and Atomic Energy Symbol - Designer: V. S. McCloskey - Engraver: R. M. Bower Scott 1201 - 4¢ Journeyman Handing Micrometer to Apprentice - Designer: Robert Geissmann - Engraver: R. M. Bower Scott 1202 - 4¢ Sam Rayburn House Speaker with Capitol in Distance - Designer: Robert L. Miller - Engraver: C. A. Brooks Scott 1203 - 4¢ Dag Hammarskjold - Secretary General of the UN - Designer: Herbert Sanborn - Engraver: C. A. Brooks Scott 1204 - 4¢ Dag Hammarskjold - Special Issue of "Error Stamp" - Designer: Herbert Sanborn - Engraver: C. A. Brooks Scott 1205 - 4¢ Christmas Stamp - Wreath and Candles - Designer: Jim Crawford - Engraver: R. M. Bower Scott 1206 - 4¢ Education Issue - Oil Lamp over Map of the U.S. - Designer: Henry K. Bencsath - Engraver: M. D. Fenton Scott 1207 - 4¢ "Breezing Up" - Oil Painting by Winslow Homer - Designer: V. S. McCloskey - Engraver: C. A. Brooks Scott 1207a 4¢ "Breezing Up" - Oil Painting by Winslow Homer - Horizontal Pair Imperforate Between and at Right Air Mail:
Scott C64 - 8¢ Jetliner Over Capitol Air Mail Stamp
Scott C64b - 8¢ Jetliner Over Capitol Booklet Pane of 5 + Label
Scott C65 - 8¢ Jetliner Over Capitol Coil Stamp - Perforated 10 Horizontally
Special Delivery:
There were no new Special Delivery stamps issued in 1962.
