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Postage Stamps of the United States First Issued in 1948 |
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President: Harry S Truman · Postmaster
General: Jesse M. Donaldson |
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Domestic Letter Rate: 3¢ per oz
· Postcard Rate: 1¢ · Air Mail Rate:
5¢ per oz. |
Commemorative Postage Stamps of 1948 - January - August
Rotary Press - Perf 11 x 10½ - 200 Subject Electric Eye Plates
- See also: September to December 1948
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Centenary of California's
Gold
Coloma, CA - Jan. 24, 1948
131,109,500 issued |
150th Anniversary of
Mississippi
Natchez, MS - April 7, 1948
122,650,500 issued |
The Four Chaplains
Washington, D.C. - May 28, 1948
121,953,500 issued |
Centenary of Wisconsin's
Statehood
Madison, WI - May 29, 1948
115,250,000 issued |
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Centenary of Swedish
Pioneer Settlements
Chicago, IL - June 4, 1948
64,198,500 issued |
Progress of Women
Seneca Falls, NY - July 19, 1948
117,642,500 issued |
U.S. - Canada Friendship
Issue
Niagara Falls, NY - Aug. 2, 1948
113,474,500 issued |
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Francis Scott Key
Frederick, MD - Aug. 9, 1948
120,868,500 issued |
Salute to Youth Issue
Washington, D.C. - Aug. 11, 1948
77,800,500 issued |
Centenary of Oregon
Territory
Oregon City, OR - Aug. 14, 1948
52,214,000 issued |
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Rotary Press - Perf 10½ x 11 - 280 Subject Electric Eye Plates
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George
Washington Carver
Tuskegee Institute, AL - Jan..5
121,548,000 issued |
William Allen
White
Emporia, KS - July 31, 1948
77,649,600 issued |
Harlan Fiske
Stone
Chesterfield, NH - Aug. 25, 1948
53,958,100 issued |
Mt. Palomar
Observatory
Palomar Mountain, CA - Aug. 30
61,120,000 issued |
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September to December 1948
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The Air Mail Stamps of 1948
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C37 - 5¢ DC-4
Skymaster Rotary Coil
Rotary Press - Perf 10 Horizontally
Jan. 15, 1948 - 33,244,500 Issued |
C38 - 5¢ Map of
the Five Boroughs of N.Y. City
July 1, 1948 - Rotary Press - Perf 11 x 10½
400 Subject Electric
Eye Plates - 38,449,100 Issued |
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The following postage stamp varieties were
first issued by the U.S. in 1948:
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Ordinary issue:
There were no new Regular Issue stamps
issued in 1948.
Commemoratives:
Scott 953 - The 3¢ Famous American Scientist George
Washington Carver - Designer: William Roach - Engraver:
E. R. Grove
Scott 954 - The 3¢ Centenary of California's Gold
- Designer: C. R. Chickering - Engraver: M. D.
Fenton
Scott 955 - The 3¢ 150th Anniversary of Mississippi Settlement
- Designer: William Schrage - Engraver: M. D. Fenton
Scott 956 - The 3¢ Four Chaplains and the Sinking S.S. Dorchester
- Designer: C. R. Chickering - Engraver: M. D.
Fenton
Scott 957 - The 3¢ Centenary of Wisconsin's Statehood - Designer:
V. S.
McCloskey, Jr. - Engraver: R. M. Bower
Scott 958 - The 3¢ Centenary of Swedish Pioneer Settlements in the Midwest
- Designer: C. R. Chickering - Engraver: C. T. Arlt
Scott 959 - The 3¢ Century of Progress of American Women - Designer:
V. S.
McCloskey, Jr. - Engraver: C. T. Arlt
Scott 960 - The 3¢ Famous American Author William Allen White - Designer:
William Roach - Engraver: C. A.
Brooks
Scott 961 - The 3¢ United States - Canada Friendship Issue - Designer:
Leon Helguera - Engraver: G. A. Gundersen
Scott 962 - The 3¢ Francis Scott Key - Designer: V. S.
McCloskey, Jr. - Engraver: R. M. Bower
Scott 963 - The 3¢ Salute to Youth Issue - Designer: V.
S.
McCloskey, Jr. - Engraver: M. D. Fenton
Scott 964 - The 3¢ Centenary of Oregon Territory
- Designer: C. R. Chickering - Engraver: C. T. Arlt
Scott 965 - The 3¢ Famous American Jurist Harlan Fiske Stone
- Designer: C. R. Chickering - Engraver: C. T. Arlt
Scott 966 - The 3¢ Mt. Palomar Observatory - Designer: V.
S.
McCloskey, Jr. - Engraver: G. A. Gundersen
Scott 967 - The 3¢ Clara Barton Founder of the American Red Cross
- Designer: C. R. Chickering - Engraver: C. A.
Brooks
Scott 968 - The 3¢ Centennial of the American Poultry
Industry
- Designer: C. R. Chickering - Engraver: M. D.
Fenton
Scott 969 - The 3¢ Gold Star Mothers Issue
- Designer: C. R. Chickering - Engraver: A. W.
Dintaman
Scott 970 - The 3¢ Fort Kearny Issue- Designer: William
Roach - Engraver: G. A. Gundersen
Scott 971 - The 3¢ 300th Anniversary of the American
Volunteer Fireman- Designer: William Roach - Engraver:
R. M. Bower
Scott 972 - The 3¢ Oklahoma Indian Centennial -
"Trail of Tears"
- Designer: R. L. Miller - Engraver: C. A.
Brooks
Scott 973 - The 3¢ 50th Anniversary of the Rough Riders - Designer:
V. S.
McCloskey, Jr. - Engraver: C. T. Arlt
Scott 974 - The 3¢ Juliette Lowe - Founder of Girl
Scouting in America
- Designer: William Schrage - Engraver: G. A.
Gundersen
Scott 975 - The 3¢ Famous American Humorist Will
Rogers
- Designer: C. R. Chickering - Engraver: M. D.
Fenton
Scott 976 - The 3¢ Centennial of Fort Bliss
- Designer: C. R. Chickering - Engraver: C. A.
Brooks
Scott 977 - 3¢ Moina Michael - Originator of
Flanders Field Memorial Poppy - Designer:
McCloskey, Jr. - Engraver: C. A.
Brooks
Scott 978 - The 3¢ 85th Anniversary of the Gettysburg
Address
- Designer: C. R. Chickering - Engraver: R. M. Bower
Scott 979 - 3¢ Centenary of American Turners -
Fathers of Physical Education
- Designer: A. Meissner - Engraver: A. W. Dintaman
Scott 980 - The 3¢ Famous American Author Joel Chandler
Harris - Designer: William Roach - Engraver: R. M.
Bower
Air Mail:
Scott C37 - The 5¢ DC-4 Skymaster Coil of
1948
Scott C38 - The 5¢ Map of the Five Boroughs of N.Y. City
Special Delivery:
There were no new Special Delivery stamps
issued in 1948.
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