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Postage Stamps of the United States First Issued in 1962 |
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President: John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Postmaster General: J. Edward Day |
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Domestic Letter Rate: 4¢ per oz
· Postcard Rate: 3¢ · Air Mail Rate:
7¢ per oz. |
Postage Stamps of 1962
Designs, Designers
and Engravers
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50th Anniversary of
New Mexico Statehood |
50th Anniversary of
Arizona Statehood |
Project Mercury -
1st Orbital Flight of
US Astronaut - John Glenn
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Santa Fe, NM - February 6, 1962
Giori Press - Perf 11 - 200 Subject
112,870,000 issued |
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Cape Canaveral, FL - Feb. 20, 1962
Giori Press - Perf 11 - 200 Subject
289,240,000 issued |
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Phoenix, AZ -
February 14, 1962
Giori Press - Perf 11 - 200 Subject
121,820,000 issued |
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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 issued
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Washington, D.C. -
April 11, 1962
Rotary Press - Perf 10½ x 11 - 200 Subject
Electric Eye Plates - 124,595,000 issued |
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| 1962 Seattle World's Fair |
150th Anniv. of Louisiana
Statehood |
100th Anniv. of the Homestead
Act |
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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 issued |
Seattle,
WA - April 25, 1962
Giori Press - Perf 11 - 200 Subject
147,310,000 issued |
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50th Anniv. of Girl Scouts of
America |
Atomic Energy Act - Brien
McMahon |
National Apprenticeship
Program |
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Burlington,
VT - July 24, 1962
Rotary Press - Perf 11 x 10½ -
200 Subject
Electric Eye Plates - 126,515,000 issued |
Norwalk, CT - July
28, 1962
Rotary Press - Perf 11 x 10½ -
200 Subject
Electric Eye Plates - 130,960,000 issued |
Washington, D.C.
- Aug. 31, 1962
Rotary Press - Perf 11 x 10½ -
200 Subject
Electric Eye Plates - 120,055,000 issued |
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Sam Rayburn (1882-1961) |
Dag Hammarskjold - UN Issue |
Dag Hammarskjold "Error
Stamp" |
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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 issued |
Bonham,
TX - Sep. 16 1962
Giori Press - Perf 11 - 200 Subject
120,715,000 issued |
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1962 Christmas
Stamp |
Higher Education Issue |
Winslow Homer Issue |
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Pittsburgh,
PA - Nov. 1, 1962
Giori Press - Perf 11 - 400 Subject
861,970,000 issued |
Washington, D.C. - Nov. 14, 1962
Giori Press - Perf 11 - 200 Subject
120,035,000 issued |
Gloucester, MA - Dec.
15, 1962
Giori Press - Perf 11 - 200 Subject
117,870,000 issued |
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5¢ Washington
- Regular Issue |
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New York, NY -
Nov. 23, 1962
Rotary Press - Perf 11 x 10½ - 400 Subjects |
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The Air Mail Stamp of 1962
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The 8¢
Jetliner Over Capitol Air Mail Stamp
Washington, D.C. - Nov. 14, 1962
Rotary Press - Perf 10½ x 11 - 400 Subjects |
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The following postage stamp varieties were
first issued by the U.S. in 1962:
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Regular Issues
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Scott 1213 - |
5¢ George Washington - Untagged - Designer: William
Schrage - Engraver: C. A. Brooks |
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Scott 1213a |
5¢ George Washington - Booklet Pane of 5
plus Label - Untagged |
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Scott 1213d |
5¢ George Washington - Horizontal Pair
Imperforate Between |
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Scott 1229 - |
5¢ George Washington - Coil Stamp Perf 10
Vertically - Not Tagged |
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Scott 1229b |
5¢ George Washington - Imperforate from Coil Stamp |
Commemoratives:
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Scott 1179 -
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4¢ Rifleman at the Battle
of Shiloh - Designer: Noel Sickles - Engraver: M. D. Fenton
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Scott 1191 -
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4¢ Scene from Shiprock,
New Mexico - Designer: Robert J. Jones - Engraver: R. M. Bower
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Scott 1192 - |
4¢ Giant Saguaro Cactus
& Starry Night - Designer: Jimmy E. Ihms & James
M. Chemi - Engraver: A. W. Dintaman
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Scott 1193 - |
4¢ "Friendship
7" Capsule and Earth - Designer: C. R. Chickering - Engraver: R. M. Bower
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Scott 1194 - |
4¢ Great Seal of the U.S.
and Seal of WHO (World Health Organization) - Designer: Chickering
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Engraver: Bower
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Scott 1195 -
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4¢ Charles Evans Hughes
100th Anniversary of Birth - Designer: C. R. Chickering - Engraver:
R. M. Bower |
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Scott 1196 - |
4¢ "Space
Needle" and Monorail - "Century 21"
International Exposition - Designer: John Maas - Engraver:
Brooks
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Scott 1197 - |
4¢ Mississippi Riverboat - Designer:
Norman Todhunter - Engraver: A. W.
Dintaman
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Scott 1198 - |
4¢ Homesteaders Next to
Sod Hut - Designer: C.
Chickering - Engraver: M. D. Fenton
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Scott 1199 - |
4¢ Girl Scout and
American Flag -
Designer: Ward Brackett - Engraver: M. D. Fenton |
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Scott 1200 - |
4¢ Senator
Brien McMahon and Atomic Energy Symbol
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Designer: V. S. McCloskey - Engraver: R. M. Bower |
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Scott 1201 - |
4¢ Journeyman Handing
Micrometer to Apprentice - Designer: Robert Geissmann - Engraver:
R. M. Bower
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Scott 1202 - |
4¢ Sam Rayburn House
Speaker with Capitol in Distance - Designer: Robert L.
Miller - Engraver: C. A. Brooks |
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Scott 1203 - |
4¢ Dag
Hammarskjold - Secretary General of the UN -
Designer: Herbert Sanborn - Engraver: C. A. Brooks |
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Scott 1204 - |
4¢ Dag
Hammarskjold - Special Issue of "Error Stamp"
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Designer: Herbert Sanborn - Engraver: C. A. Brooks |
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Scott 1205 - |
4¢ Christmas Stamp -
Wreath and Candles - Designer: Jim Crawford - Engraver: R. M. Bower |
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Scott 1206 - |
4¢ Education Issue - Oil
Lamp over Map of the U.S. -
Designer: Henry K. Bencsath - Engraver: M. D. Fenton |
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Scott 1207 - |
4¢ "Breezing
Up" - Oil Painting by Winslow Homer - Designer: V.
S. McCloskey - Engraver: C. A. Brooks |
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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.
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