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Postage Stamps of the United
States First Issued in 1924
President: Calvin Coolidge · Postmaster
General: Harry S. New |
| Domestic Letter Rate: 2¢ per oz. ·
Postcard Rate: 1¢ · Special Delivery
- Registry Fee:
10¢
· Foreign Rate: 5¢ |
| Air Mail Rates: Jan. 1 - June
30: 6¢ per oz. · Jul. 1 - Dec. 31: 8¢ per oz.
per zone - there were 3 zones, more-or-less an East Zone, a Midwest
Zone and a West Coast Zone. The fee was 8¢ per oz. if the letter
stayed in its zone, 16¢ per oz. if it crossed one zone, and 24¢
per oz. if it went from East (Coast) to West (Coast) crossing two
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The Huguenot-Walloon Tercentenary
Flat Plate - Perforated 11 -
200 Subject Plates
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51,378,023 issued
First Day: May 1, 1924
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77,753,423 issued
First Day: May 1, 1924
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5,659,023 issued
First Day: May 1, 1924
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The Huguenots and the Walloons were early
French and Flemish settlers of America, sharing a bond of protestant
heritage, both adhering to the strict Calvinist
philosophy. These stamps, designed by C. Aubrey Huston,
commemorated the 300th anniversary of their settlement in
America. The 1¢ stamp depicts the artist's image of what the colonists
ship, the "Nieu Nederland", may have looked
like. The 2¢ stamp, from a painting by Martha Lamb,
illustrates the landing of the Walloons on the banks of the
Hudson River at Fort Orange, later to become Albany, New
York. The 5¢ stamp is an artistic version of the Ribault
Monument in Mayport, Florida commemorating the landing of
the Huguenots on May 1, 1562.
The 1¢ and 2¢ stamps have double-transfer varieties. The 5¢
stamp has a "broken circle" variety characterized
by breaks in the bottom of the inner circle surrounding the
right numeral "5", with the most dramatic example
being an "unhinging" of the inner line of the
circle in such a way as to touch the outer line of the
circle. All three varieties are listed in Scott and bring a
premium over the normal stamp.
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The following postage stamp varieties were
first issued by the U.S. in 1924:
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Ordinary issue:
Scott 583 - 2¢ Washington rotary perf 10 - EKU: 5/15/24
Scott 600 - 3¢ Lincoln rotary coil perf 10 vertically -
First Day:
5/10/24
Scott 602 - 5¢ Roosevelt rotary coil perf 10 vertically -
First Day:
3/5/24
Scott 603 - 10¢ Monroe rotary coil perf 10 vertically -
First Day:
12/1/24
Scott 604 - 1¢ Franklin rotary coil perf 10 horizontally -
First Day:
7/19/24
Commemoratives:
Scott 614 - 1¢ Huguenot Walloon -
Designer: C. Aubrey Huston - Engravers: L. S. Schofield, E. M. Hall and H. P. Dawson,
Scott 615 - 2¢ Huguenot Walloon - Designer: C. Aubrey Huston
- Engravers: H. P. Dawson and J. Eissler (vignette)
- E. .M. Hall (frame, lettering)
Scott 616 - 5¢ Huguenot Walloon - Designer: Clair Aubrey Huston
- Engravers: Frank Pauling and Edward M. Hall
Air Mail:
No new varieties of the Air Mail stamps
were issued in 1924
Special Delivery:
No new varieties of the Special Delivery stamps
were issued in 1924
Postage Dues:
No new varieties of the Postage Due stamps
were issued in 1924
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