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Postage Stamps of the United States First Issued in 1965 |
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President: Lyndon Baines Johnson
Postmasters General: Jan.1 - Nov. 3: John A. Gronowski
· Nov. 3 - Dec. 31: Lawrence F. O'Brien |
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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
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Centenary of the Surrender at Appomattox |
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Appomattox,
VA - Apr. 9, 1965
Giori Press - Perf 11 - 200 Subject
112,845,000 issued |
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Physical Fitness in America |
Crusade Against Cancer |
Winston
Churchill (1874-1965) |
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Washington, D.C. -
Feb. 15, 1965
Giori Press - Perf 11 - 200 Subject
115,095,000 issued |
Washington, D.C.
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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 |
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Battle of New Orleans 150th
Anniv. |
Magna Carta 750th Anniversary |
International Cooperation Year |
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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 |
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| Centenary of the Salvation
Army |
Dante Alighieri 700th Anniversary |
Herbert Hoover (1874-1964) |
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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 |
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Robert Fulton (1765-1815) |
Traffic Safety |
International
Telecommunications |
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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 |
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400th Anniv. of Florida Settlement |
John Singleton Copley (1738-1815)
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Adlai E. Stevenson (1900-1965)
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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 |
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1965
Christmas Issue
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| Angel With
Trumpet |
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Silver Bell, AZ -
Nov. 2, 1965
Giori Press - Perf 11 - 400 Subject
1,139,930,000 issued |
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The following postage stamp varieties were
first issued by the U.S. in 1965:
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Regular Issue:
see: Prominent
Americans Issue
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Scott 1282 - |
4¢ Abraham Lincoln -
Nov. 19, 1965 - Designer:
Bill Hyde - Engraver: J. S. Creamer
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Scott 1282a - |
4¢ Abraham Lincoln - Tagged - Dec. 1,
1965
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Commemoratives:
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Scott 1182 - |
5¢ Surrender at Appomattox
- Designer: Leonard Fellman - Engraver: A. W.
Dintaman
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Scott 1182a |
5¢ Surrender at Appomattox
- Horizontal Pair Imperforate Vertically
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Scott 1261 - |
5¢ Gen. Jackson Leading the Charge -
Sesquicentennial Medal - Designer: R. J. Jones - Engraver:
C. A. Brooks
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Scott 1262 - |
5¢ Discus Thrower - Designer:
Norman Todhunter
- Engraver:
A. W. Dintaman
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Scott 1263 - |
5¢ Fighting Cancer with Microscope and
Stethoscope - Designer: Stevan Dohanos - Engraver: J. S.
Creamer
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Scott 1264 - |
5¢ Portrait of Winston Churchill - Designer:
Richard Hurd - Engraver: C. A.
Brooks
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Scott 1265 - |
5¢ Noblemen and the Royal Crown -
Designer: Brook Temple - Engraver:
A. W. Dintaman |
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Scott 1266 - |
5¢ The Emblem of the UN's International
Year of Cooperation -
Designer: H. M. Sanborn - Engraver: C. A.
Brooks |
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Scott 1267 - |
5¢ Salvation Army 100 Years of Service
- Designer: Sam Marsh - Engraver: G. A. Payne
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Scott 1268 - |
5¢ From a Painting of Dante - Designer: Douglas Gorsline
- Engraver:
A. W. Dintaman |
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Scott 1269 - |
5¢ Portrait of Herbert Hoover -
Designer:
Norman Todhunter - Engraver: C. A.
Brooks |
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Scott 1270 - |
5¢ Fulton and the Clermont -
Designer: John Maass - Engraver: C. A.
Brooks |
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Scott 1271 - |
5¢ Spanish Flag, Ships and Explorer - Designer:
Brook Temple - Engraver:
A. W. Dintaman |
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Scott 1271a |
5¢ Spanish Flag, Ships and Explorer -
Yellow Omitted |
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Scott 1272 - |
5¢ Stop Light -
Designer: Richard Hurd - Engraver: J. S. Creamer |
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Scott 1273 - |
5¢ From Painting - Elizabeth Clarke
Copley - Designer: John Carter Brown
- Engraver:
C. A.
Brooks |
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Scott 1274 - |
11¢ Sine Wave Over Galt Projection Map - Designer:
Thomas F. Naegele - Engraver:
A. W. Dintaman |
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Scott 1275 - |
5¢ Photo of Stevenson over UN Logo - Designer:
George Samerjan - Engraver: C. A.
Brooks |
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Scott 1276 - |
5¢ An 1840 Weathervane - Angel with
Trumpet - Untagged - Designer: Robert J. Jones - Engraver: C. A.
Brooks |
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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.
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