Ordinary issue: 

There were no new Regular Issue stamps issued in 1940, although the National Defense stamps, Scott's 899-901 might be considered regular issues since they were regularly issued at Post Office windows in an effort to stir sympathy for the looming war. The quantities issued of each of these certainly reflect this.

Commemoratives:

Scott 859 - 1¢ Famous American Author Washington Irving - Jan.29 - Designer: William Roach -  Engraver: C. T. Arlt
Scott 860 - 2¢ Famous American Author James Fenimore Cooper - Jan. 29 - Designer: William Roach -  Engraver: C. T. Arlt
Scott 861 - 3¢ Famous American Author Ralph Waldo Emerson - Feb. 5 - Designer: William Roach -  Engraver: C. T. Arlt
Scott 862 - 5¢ Famous American Author Louisa May Alcott - Feb. 5 - Designer: William Roach -  Engraver: C. T. Arlt
Scott 863 - 10¢ Famous American Author Mark Twain - Feb. 13 - Designer: William Roach -  Engraver: C. T. Arlt
Scott 864 - 1¢ Famous Am. Poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Feb.16 - Designer: William Roach -  Engraver: C. A. Brooks
Scott 865 - 2¢ Famous American Poet John Greenleaf Whittier - Feb. 16 - Designer: William Roach -  Engraver: C. A. Brooks
Scott 866 - 3¢ Famous American Poet James Russell Lowell - Feb. 20 - Designer: William Roach -  Engraver: C. A. Brooks
Scott 867 - 5¢ Famous American Poet Walt Whitman - Feb. 20 - Designer: William Roach -  Engraver: C. A. Brooks
Scott 868 - 10¢ Famous American Poet James Whitcomb Riley - Feb. 24 - Designer: William Roach -  Engraver: C. A. Brooks
Scott 869 - 1¢ Famous American Educator Horace Mann - March 14 - Designer: William Roach -  Engraver: C. T. Arlt
Scott 870 - 2¢ Famous American Educator Mark Hopkins - March 14 - Designer: William Roach -  Engraver: C. T. Arlt
Scott 871 - 3¢ Famous American Educator Charles W. Eliot - March 28 - Designer: William Roach -  Engraver: C. T. Arlt
Scott 872 - 5¢ Famous American Educator Frances E. Willard - March 28 - Designer: William Roach -  Engraver: C. T. Arlt
Scott 873 - 10¢ Famous American Educator Booker T. Washington - April 7 - Designer: William Roach -  Engraver: C. T. Arlt
Scott 874 - 1¢ Famous American Scientist John James Audubon - April 8 - Designer: William Roach -  Engraver: J. T. Vail
Scott 875 - 2¢ Famous American Scientist Dr. Crawford W. Long - April 8 - Designer: William Roach -  Engraver: J. T. Vail
Scott 876 - 3¢ Famous American Scientist Luther Burbank - April 17 - Designer: William Roach -  Engraver: J. T. Vail
Scott 877 - 5¢ Famous American Scientist Dr. Walter Reed - April 17 - Designer: William Roach -  Engraver: J. T. Vail
Scott 878 - 10¢ Famous American Scientist Jane Addams - April 26 - Designer: William Roach -  Engraver: J. T. Vail
Scott 879 - 1¢ Famous American Composer Stephen Collins Foster - May 3 - Designer: William Roach -  Engraver: C. T. Arlt
Scott 880 - 2¢ Famous American Composer John Phillip Sousa - May 3 - Designer: William Roach -  Engraver: C. T. Arlt
Scott 881 - 3¢ Famous American Composer Victor Herbert - May 13 - Designer: William Roach -  Engraver: C. T. Arlt
Scott 882 - 5¢ Famous American. Composer Edward A. MacDowell - May 13 - Designer: William Roach -  Engraver: C. T. Arlt
Scott 883 - 10¢ Famous American Composer Ethelbert Nevin - June 10 - Designer: William Roach -  Engraver: C. T. Arlt
Scott 884 - 1¢ Famous American Artist Gilbert Charles Stuart - Sept. 5 - Designer: William Roach -  Engraver: C. T. Arlt
Scott 885 - 2¢ Famous American Artist James McNeill Whistler - Sept. 5 - Designer: William Roach -  Engraver: C. T. Arlt
Scott 886 - 3¢ Famous American Artist Augustus Saint Gaudens - Sept. 16 - Designer: William Roach -  Engraver: C. T. Arlt
Scott 887 - 5¢ Famous American Artist Daniel Chester French - Sept. 16 - Designer: William Roach -  Engraver: C. T. Arlt
Scott 888 - 10¢ Famous American Artist Frederic Remington - Sept. 30 - Designer: William Roach -  Engraver: C. T. Arlt
Scott 889 - 1¢ Famous American Inventor Eli Whitney - Oct. 7 - Designer: William Roach -  Engraver: C. A. Brooks
Scott 890 - 2¢ Famous American Inventor Samuel F. B. Morse - Oct. 7 - Designer: William Roach -  Engraver: C. A. Brooks
Scott 891 - 3¢ Famous American Inventor Cyrus Hall McCormick - Oct. 14 - Designer: William Roach -  Engraver: C. A. Brooks
Scott 892 - 5¢ Famous American Inventor Elias Howe - Oct. 14 - Designer: William Roach -  Engraver: C. A. Brooks
Scott 893 - 10¢ Famous American Inventor Alexander Graham Bell - Oct. 28 - Designer: William Roach -  Engraver: C. A. Brooks
Scott 894 - The 3¢ Pony Express - April 3 - Designer: William Roach -  Engraver: C. A. Brooks
Scott 895 - The 3¢ Pan American Union - April 14 - Designer: William Roach -  Engraver: C. T. Arlt
Scott 896 - The 3¢ Idaho Statehood - July 3 - Designer: William Schrage -  Engraver: J. R. Lowe
Scott 897 - The 3¢ Wyoming Statehood - July 10 - Designer: Alvin R. Meissner -  Engraver: C. A. Brooks
Scott 898 - The 3¢ Coronado Expedition - Sept. 7 - Designer: V. S. McCloskey, Jr. -  Engraver: C. A. Brooks
Scott 899 - The 1¢ National Defense Issue - Statue of Liberty - Oct. 16 - Designer: William Roach -  Engraver: C. T. Arlt
Scott 900 - The 2¢ National Defense Issue - Army and Navy - Oct. 16 - Designer: William Roach -  Engraver: H. R. Rollins
Scott 901 - The 3¢ National Defense Issue - Torch of Enlightenment - Oct. 16 - Designer: William Roach -  Engraver: J. R. Lowe
Scott 902 - The 3¢ Thirteenth Amendment Issue - October 20 - Designer: William Roach -  Engraver: C. T. Arlt

Air Mail:

There were no new Air Mail stamps issued in 1940.

Special Delivery:

There were no new Special Delivery stamps issued in 1940.

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