Postage Stamps of the United States First Issued in 1965 President: Lyndon Baines Johnson Postmasters General: Jan.1 - Nov. 3: John A. Gronowski · Nov. 3 - Dec. 31:  Lawrence F. O'Brien Domestic Letter Rate: 5¢ per oz · Postcard Rate: 4¢ · Air Mail Rate: 8¢ per oz.  Commemorative Stamps of 1965    Regular Stamps of 1965-1978 "The Prominent Americans"    Designs, Designers and Engravers Centenary of the Surrender at Appomattox Appomattox, VA  - Apr. 9, 1965  Giori Press - Perf 11 - 200 Subject  112,845,000 issued   Physical Fitness in America Crusade Against Cancer Winston Churchill (1874-1965) Washington, D.C.  - Feb. 15, 1965  Giori Press - Perf 11 - 200 Subject  115,095,000 issued Washington, D.C. - April 1, 1965 Giori Press - Perf 11 - 200 Subject  119,560,000 issued Fulton, MO - May 13, 1965 Rotary Press - Perf 10½ x 11 - 200 Subject Electric Eye Plates - 125,180,000 issued   Battle of New Orleans 150th Anniv.    Magna Carta 750th Anniversary       International Cooperation Year New Orleans, LA - Feb. 8, 1965 Giori Press - Perf 11 - 200 Subject  115,695,000 issued Jamestown, VA - June 15, 1965 Giori Press - Perf 11 - 200 Subject  120,135,000 issued San Francisco, CA - June 26, 1965 Giori Press - Perf 11 - 200 Subject  115,405,000 issued Centenary of the Salvation Army  Dante Alighieri 700th Anniversary  Herbert Hoover (1874-1964) New York, NY - July 2, 1965   Giori Press - Perf 11 - 200 Subject 115,855,000 issued San Francisco, CA - July 17, 1965 Rotary Press - Perf 10½ x 11 - 200 Subject Electric Eye Plates - 115,340,000 issued West Branch, IA - Aug. 10, 1965    Rotary Press - Perf 10½ x 11 - 200 Subject Electric Eye Plates - 114,840,000 issued   Robert Fulton (1765-1815)   Traffic Safety   International Telecommunications  Clermont, NY  - Aug. 19, 1965  Giori Press - Perf 11 - 200 Subject 116,140,000 issued Baltimore, MD  - Sep. 3, 1965   Giori Press - Perf 11 - 200 Subject  114,085,000 issued Washington, D.C. - Oct. 6, 1965   Giori Press - Perf 11 - 200 Subject  26,995,000 issued 400th Anniv. of Florida Settlement John Singleton Copley (1738-1815) Adlai E. Stevenson (1900-1965)  St. Augustine, FL  - Aug.. 28, 1965   Giori Press - Perf 11 - 200 Subject  116,900,000 issued  Washington, D.C.  - Sep. 17, 1965   Giori Press - Perf 11 - 400 Subject 114,880,000 issued Bloomington, IL - Oct. 23, 1965 Giori Press - Perf 11 - 200 Subject 128,495,000 issued   1965 Christmas Issue Angel With Trumpet       Silver Bell, AZ - Nov. 2, 1965 Giori Press - Perf 11 - 400 Subject 1,139,930,000 issued                                                                                                                                                            The following postage stamp varieties were first issued by the U.S. in 1965:                                                                                                                                                        Regular Issue:   see: Prominent Americans Issue Scott 1282 - 4¢ Abraham Lincoln - Nov. 19, 1965 - Designer: Bill Hyde - Engraver:  J. S. Creamer Scott 1282a - 4¢ Abraham Lincoln - Tagged - Dec. 1, 1965 Commemoratives: Scott 1182 - 5¢ Surrender at Appomattox - Designer: Leonard Fellman - Engraver: A. W. Dintaman Scott 1182a 5¢ Surrender at Appomattox - Horizontal Pair Imperforate Vertically Scott 1261 - 5¢ Gen. Jackson Leading the Charge - Sesquicentennial Medal - Designer: R. J. Jones - Engraver: C. A. Brooks Scott 1262 - 5¢ Discus Thrower - Designer: Norman Todhunter - Engraver:  A. W. Dintaman Scott 1263 - 5¢ Fighting Cancer with Microscope and Stethoscope - Designer: Stevan Dohanos - Engraver: J. S. Creamer Scott 1264 - 5¢ Portrait of Winston Churchill - Designer: Richard Hurd - Engraver: C. A. Brooks Scott 1265 - 5¢ Noblemen and the Royal Crown - Designer: Brook Temple - Engraver: A. W. Dintaman Scott 1266 - 5¢ The Emblem of the UN's International Year of Cooperation - Designer: H. M. Sanborn - Engraver: C. A. Brooks Scott 1267 - 5¢ Salvation Army 100 Years of Service  - Designer: Sam Marsh - Engraver:  G. A. Payne Scott 1268 - 5¢ From a Painting of Dante - Designer: Douglas Gorsline - Engraver: A. W. Dintaman Scott 1269 - 5¢ Portrait of Herbert Hoover - Designer: Norman Todhunter - Engraver: C. A. Brooks Scott 1270 - 5¢ Fulton and the Clermont - Designer: John Maass - Engraver: C. A. Brooks Scott 1271 - 5¢ Spanish Flag, Ships and Explorer - Designer: Brook Temple - Engraver: A. W. Dintaman Scott 1271a 5¢ Spanish Flag, Ships and Explorer - Yellow Omitted  Scott 1272 - 5¢ Stop Light - Designer: Richard Hurd - Engraver: J. S. Creamer Scott 1273 - 5¢ From Painting - Elizabeth Clarke Copley - Designer: John Carter Brown - Engraver: C. A. Brooks Scott 1274 - 11¢ Sine Wave Over Galt Projection Map -  Designer: Thomas F. Naegele - Engraver:  A. W. Dintaman Scott 1275 - 5¢ Photo of Stevenson over UN Logo -  Designer: George Samerjan - Engraver: C. A. Brooks Scott 1276 - 5¢ An 1840 Weathervane - Angel with Trumpet -  Untagged - Designer: Robert J. Jones - Engraver: C. A. Brooks Scott 1276a 5¢ Weathervane - Angel with Trumpet - Tagged - Nov. 15, 1966 Air Mail: Scott C65a -  Design of 1962 - Tagged - 8¢ Jetliner Over Capitol Coil Stamp - Perforated 10 Horizontally - Jan. 14, 1965 Special Delivery: There were no new Special Delivery stamps issued in 1965.                                                                                                                                                             Previous: 1964                                          Next: 1966

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