Postage Stamps of the United States First Issued in 1968
President: Lyndon Baines Johnson
Postmaster Generals: Jan.1 - April 26: Lawrence F. O'Brien · April 26 - Dec. 31: W. Marvin WatsonDomestic Letter Rate: Jan.1 - Jan.6: 5˘ per oz · Jan.7 - Dec.31: 6˘ per oz
Postcard Rate: Jan.1 - Jan.6: 4˘ · Jan.7 - Dec.31: 5˘
Air Mail Rate: Jan.1 - Jan.6: 8˘ per oz. · Jan.7 - Dec.31: 10˘ per oz.
Commemorative Stamps of 1968
Regular Stamps of 1965-1978 "The Prominent Americans"
Designs, Designers and Engravers
Illinois Statehood Centenary
HEMISFAIR '68 - San Antonio, Texas
Law and Order Issue
Shawneetown, IL - Feb. 12, 1968
Giori Press - Perf 11 - 200 Subject
141,350,000 issuedSan Antonio, TX - March 30, 1968
Giori Press - Perf 11 - 200 Subject
117,470,600 issuedWashington, D.C. - May 17, 1968
Giori Press - Perf 11 - 200 Subject
130,125,000 issued
Parcel Airlift Issue
Youth of America - Elks Centennial Register to Vote Issue
Seattle, WA - April 4, 1968
Giori Press - Perf 11 - 200 Subject
Chicago, IL - May 1, 1968
Giori Press - Perf 11 - 200 Subject
147,120,000 issuedWashington, D.C. - June 27, 1968
Giori Press - Perf 11 - 200 Subject
158,070,000 issued
Note: the Historic Flag Stamps were issued in setenant panes with 5 columns of all 10stamps. Four such panes of 50 made the sheet of 200
Fort Moultrie Flag - 1776
Fort McHenry Flag - 1795-1818
Washington's Cruisers Flag -1775
Pittsburgh, PA - July 4, 1968
Giori Press - Perf 11 - 200 Subject
228,040,000 issuedPittsburgh, PA - July 4, 1968
Giori Press - Perf 11 - 200 Subject
228,040,000 issuedPittsburgh, PA - July 4, 1968
Giori Press - Perf 11 - 200 Subject
228,040,000 issued
Bennington Flag - 1777
Rhode Island Flag - 1775
First Stars and Stripes - 1777
Pittsburgh, PA - July 4, 1968
Giori Press - Perf 11 - 200 Subject
228,040,000 issuedPittsburgh, PA - July 4, 1968
Giori Press - Perf 11 - 200 Subject
228,040,000 issuedPittsburgh, PA - July 4, 1968
Giori Press - Perf 11 - 200 Subject
228,040,000 issued
Bunker Hill Flag - 1775
Grand Union Flag - 1776
Philadelphia Light Horse Flag - 1775
Pittsburgh, PA - July 4, 1968
Giori Press - Perf 11 - 200 Subject
228,040,000 issuedPittsburgh, PA - July 4, 1968
Giori Press - Perf 11 - 200 Subject
228,040,000 issuedPittsburgh, PA - July 4, 1968
Giori Press - Perf 11 - 200 Subject
228,040,000 issued
First Navy Jack - 1775
Father Marquette (1637-1675)
Daniel Boone (1734-1820)
Pittsburgh, PA - July 4, 1968
Giori Press - Perf 11 - 200 Subject
228,040,000 issuedSault Ste. Marie, MI - Sep. 20, 1968
Giori Press - Perf 11 - 200 Subject
132,560,000 issuedFrankfort, KY - Sep. 26, 1968
Giori Press - Perf 11 - 200 Subject
130,358,000 issued
Walt Disney (1901-1966)
Leif Erikson - Norse Explorer
John Trumbull (1756-1843)
Marceline, MO - Sep. 11, 1968
Photogravure - Perf 12 - 400 Subject
153,015,000 issuedSeattle, WA - Oct. 9, 1968
Giori Press - Perf 11 - 200 Subject
128,710,000 issuedNew Haven, CT - Oct. 18, 1968
Giori Press - Perf 11 - 200 Subject
128,295,000 issued
Arkansas River Navigation Cherokee Strip - 75th Anniversary Waterfowl Conservation Issue Little Rock, AR - Oct. 1, 1968
Giori Press - Perf 11 - 200 Subject
132,265,000 issuedPonca, OK - Oct. 15, 1968
Rotary Press - Perf 11x10˝ - 200 Subject
Electric Eye Plates - 124,775,000 issuedCleveland, OH - Oct. 24, 1968
Giori Press - Perf 11 - 200 Subject
142,245,000 issued
Flag Issue - New 6˘ Rate
1968 Christmas Issue
American Indian Issue
Washington, D.C. - Jan.. 24, 1968
Giori Press - Perf 11 - 200 Subject
127,585,000 issuedWashington, D.C. - Nov. 1, 1968
Multi-color Huck - Perf 11 - 50 Subject
115,875,000 issuedWashington, D.C. - Nov. 4, 1968
Giori Press - Perf 11 - 200 Subject
125,100,000 issued
The Air Mail Stamps of 1968
Giori Press - Perf 11 x 11 - 200 Subject Plates
Fifty-Star Runway Air Mail 50th Anniv. of U.S. Air Mail Service Stylized USA and Jet Air Mail Stamp San Francisco, CA - Jan. 5, 1968
Rotary Press - Perf 11 x 10˝ - 400 SubjectWashington, D.C. - May 15, 1968
more than 60 million issuedNew York, NY - Nov. 22, 1968
The following postage stamp varieties were first issued by the U.S. in 1968:
Regular Issue:
see also: Prominent Americans Issue for varieties and designs
Scott 1278 - 1˘ Thomas Jefferson, Portrait by R. Peale - Designer: Robert Geissmann - Engraver: E. R. Felver Scott 1278a 1˘ Thomas Jefferson - Booklet Pane of 8 - Tagged Shiny and Dull Gum - Jan. 12, 1968 Scott 1299 1˘ Thomas Jefferson - Coil Stamp - Perf 10 Vertically - Tagged - Jan. 12, 1968 Scott 1280a 2˘ Frank Lloyd Wright - Booklet Pane of 5 + Label - Jan. 8, 1968 Scott 1284c 6˘ Franklin D. Roosevelt - Type I - Booklet Pane of 5 + Label - Jan. 9, 1968 Scott 1305 - 6˘ Franklin D. Roosevelt - Type II - Perf 10 Coil - Tagged - Feb. 28, 1968 Scott 1338 - 6˘ Flag Issue - Tagged Scott 1338k 6˘ Flag Issue - Pair - Imperforate Between - Tagged Scott 1338m 6˘ Flag Issue - Tagging Omitted Scott 1338s 6˘ Flag Issue - Red Missing from Foldover - Unique Scott 1288 - 15˘ Oliver Wendell Holmes - Designer: Richard Hurd - Engraver: J. S. Creamer - March 8, 1968 Scott 1291 - 30˘ John Dewey - Designer: Richard L. Clark - Engraver: E. P. Archer - Oct. 21, 1968 Scott 1292 - 40˘ Thomas Paine - Designer: R. Geissmann - Engraver: A. W. Dintaman - Jan. 29, 1968 Scott 1293 - 50˘ Lucy Stone - Designer: Mark English - Engraver: E. R. Felver - Aug. 13, 1968 Commemoratives:
Scott 1339 - 6˘ Illinois Farm House and Grain Field - Tagged - Designer: George Barford - Engraver: J. S. Creamer Scott 1339a 6˘ Illinois Farm House and Grain Field - Tagging Omitted Scott 1340 - 6˘ Map & "Geodesic" Lines Converging at San Antonio, Tagged - Designer: L. Macouillard - Engraver: E. R. Felver Scott 1340a 6˘ Map & "Geodesic" Lines Converging at San Antonio - White Omitted Scott 1341 - 6˘ Eagle Holding Airlift Pennant - Untagged - Designer: Stevan Dohanos - Engraver: E. P. Archer Scott 1342 - 6˘ Youth - Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks - Tagged - Designer: Edward Vebell - Engraver: E. P. Archer Scott 1342a 6˘ Youth - Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks - Tagging Omitted Scott 1343 - 6˘ Policeman Instructing Boy - Tagged - Designer: Ward Brackett - Engraver: J. S. Creamer Scott 1343a 6˘ Policeman Instructing Boy - Tagging Omitted Scott 1344 - 6˘ Weathervane with Eagle - Tagged - Designer: Norman Todhunter - Engraver: A. W. Dintaman Scott 1344a 6˘ Weathervane with Eagle - Tagging Omitted Scott 1345 - 6˘ Fort Moultrie Flag - 1776 - Tagged - Designer: Robert J. Jones - Engraver: R. G. Culin Scott 1345b 6˘ Fort Moultrie Flag - 1776 - Tagging Omitted Scott 1346 - 6˘ Fort McHenry Flag - 1795-1818 - Tagged - Designer: Robert J. Jones - Engraver: R. G. Culin Scott 1346b 6˘ Fort McHenry Flag - 1795-1818 - Tagging Omitted Scott 1347 - 6˘ Washington's Cruisers Flag -1775 - Tagged - Designer: Robert J. Jones - Engraver: R. G. Culin Scott 1347b 6˘ Washington's Cruisers Flag -1775 - Tagging Omitted Scott 1348 - 6˘ Bennington Flag - 1777 - Tagged - Designer: Robert J. Jones - Engraver: R. G. Culin Scott 1348b 6˘ Bennington Flag - 1777 - Tagging Omitted Scott 1349 - 6˘ Rhode Island Flag - 1775 - Tagged - Designer: Robert J. Jones - Engraver: R. G. Culin Scott 1349b 6˘ Rhode Island Flag - 1775 - Tagging Omitted Scott 1350 - 6˘ First Stars and Stripes - 1777 - Tagged - Designer: Robert J. Jones - Engraver: R. G. Culin Scott 1350b 6˘ First Stars and Stripes - 1777 - Tagging Omitted Scott 1351 - 6˘ Bunker Hill Flag - 1775 - Tagged - Designer: Designer: Robert J. Jones - Engraver: R. G. Culin Scott 1351b 6˘ Bunker Hill Flag - 1775 - Tagging Omitted Scott 1352 - 6˘ Grand Union Flag - 1776 - Tagged - Designer: Designer: Robert J. Jones - Engraver: R. G. Culin Scott 1352b 6˘ Grand Union Flag - 1776 - Tagging Omitted Scott 1353 - 6˘ Philadelphia Light Horse Flag - Tagged - 1775 - Designer: Robert J. Jones - Engraver: R. G. Culin Scott 1353b 6˘ Philadelphia Light Horse Flag - Tagging Omitted Scott 1354 - 6˘ First Navy Jack - 1775 - Tagged - Designer: Robert J. Jones - Engraver: R. G. Culin Scott 1354b 6˘ First Navy Jack - 1775 - Tagging Omitted Scott 1355 - 6˘ Walt Disney, Cartoonist - Tagged - Designer: C. Robert Moore - this stamp was not engraved Scott 1355a 6˘ Walt Disney - Ocher Omitted Scott 1355b 6˘ Walt Disney - Vertical Pair Imperforate Horizontally Scott 1355c 6˘ Walt Disney - Imperforate Pair Scott 1355d 6˘ Walt Disney - Black Omitted Scott 1355e 6˘ Walt Disney - Horizontal Pair Imperforate Between Scott 1355f 6˘ Walt Disney - Blue Omitted Scott 1355g 6˘ Walt Disney - Tagging Omitted Scott 1356 - 6˘ Marquette and Joliet Exploring the Mississippi - Tagged - Designer: Stanley W. Galli - Engraver: E. P. Archer Scott 1356a 6˘ Marquette and Joliet Exploring the Mississippi - Tagging Omitted Scott 1357 - 6˘ Rifle, Powder Horn, Knife and Tomahawk Pipe - Tagged - Designer: L. Macouillard - Engraver: J. S. Creamer Scott 1357a 6˘ Rifle, Powder Horn, Knife and Tomahawk Pipe - Tagging Omitted Scott 1358 - 6˘ Ship's Wheel, Barge and Electric Tower - Tagged - Designer: Dean Ellis - Engraver: E. P. Archer Scott 1358a 6˘ Ship's Wheel, Barge and Electric Tower Scott 1359 - 6˘ Leif Erikson Viking Explorer - Tagged - Designer: Kurt Weiner - Engraver: E. P. Archer Scott 1360 - 6˘ Racing for Oklahoma Homesteads - Tagged - Designer: Norman Todhunter - Engraver: J. S. Creamer Scott 1360a 6˘ Racing for Oklahoma Homesteads - Tagging Omitted Scott 1361 - 6˘ Detail from The Battle of Bunker Hill - Tagged - Designer: Robert J. Jones - Engraver: J. S. Creamer Scott 1361a 6˘ Detail from The Battle of Bunker Hill - Tagging Omitted Scott 1361b 6˘ Detail from The Battle of Bunker Hill - Black Missing from Foldover Scott 1362 - 6˘ Wood Ducks in Flight - Tagged - Designer: Stanley W. Galli - Engraver: E. P. Archer Scott 1362a 6˘ Wood Ducks in Flight - Vertical Pair Imperforate Between Scott 1362b 6˘ Wood Ducks in Flight - Red and Dark Blue Omitted Scott 1362c 6˘ Wood Ducks in Flight - Red Omitted Scott 1363 - 6˘ Angel Gabriel from The Annunciation by Jan van Eyck - Tagged - Designer: R. J. Jones - Engraver: E. R. Felver Scott 1363a 6˘ Angel Gabriel from The Annunciation - Untagged - Nov. 2, 1968 Scott 1363b 6˘ Angel Gabriel from The Annunciation - Imperforate Pair - Tagged Scott 1363c 6˘ Angel Gabriel from The Annunciation - Light Yellow Omitted Scott 1363d 6˘ Angel Gabriel from The Annunciation - Imperforate Pair - Untagged Scott 1364 - 6˘ Portrait of Chief Joseph by Cyrenius Hall - Tagged - Designer: W. D. Richard - Engraver: E. R. Felver Scott 1364a 6˘ Portrait of Chief Joseph - Tagging Omitted Air Mail:
Scott C72 - 10˘ 50 Star Runway Air Mail Stamp - Tagged - Jan. 5, 1968
Scott C72b - 10˘ 50 Star Runway Air Mail - Booklet Pane of 8 - Feb. 15, 1968
Scott C72c - 10˘ 50 Star Runway Air Mail - Booklet Pane of 5 + "Mail Early" Tab - Jan. 6, 1968
Scott C72c - 10˘ 50 Star Runway Air Mail - Booklet Pane of 5 + "ZIP" Tab - Jan. 6, 1968
Scott C72d - 10˘ 50 Star Runway Air Mail - Vertical Pair Imperforate - From Booklet Pane
Scott C72e - 10˘ 50 Star Runway Air Mail - (as C72) Tagging Omitted
Scott C72f - 10˘ 50 Star Runway Air Mail - (as C72b) Booklet Pane of 8 - Tagging Omitted
Scott C73 - 10˘ 50 Star Runway Air Mail - Coil Perf 10 Vertically - Tagged - Jan. 5, 1968
Scott C73a - 10˘ 50 Star Runway Air Mail - Imperforate Pair from coil stamp - Tagged
Scott C74 - 10˘ Jenny - 50th Anniv. of U.S. Air Mail Service - Tagged - May 15, 1968 - Designer: Hordur Karlsson
Scott C74b - 10˘ Jenny - 50th Anniversary of U.S. Air Mail Service - Tagging Omitted
Scott C75 - 20˘ Stylized USA and Jet Air Mail Stamp - Tagged - Nov. 22, 1968 - Designer: John Larrecq
Scott C75a - 20˘ Stylized USA and Jet Air Mail Stamp - Tagging Omitted
Special Delivery:
There were no new Special Delivery stamps issued in 1968.
