1948 Part II U.S. Postage Stamps

Postage Stamps of the United States First Issued from Sept. through Dec. 1948

Commemorative Postage Stamps of 1948 - September - December
Rotary Press - Perf 11 x 10½ - 200 Subject Electric Eye Plates - See also: January through August 1948


Clara Barton Oxford, MA - Sep.7, 1948 57,823,000 issued	Poultry Industry Issue New Haven, CT - Sep. 9, 1948 52,975,000 issued	Fort Kearny Issue Minden, NE - Sep. 22, 1948 58,332,000 issued


American Volunteer Fireman Dover, DE - Oct. 4, 1948 56,228,000 issued	Oklahoma Indian Centennial Muskogee, OK - Oct. 15, 1948 57,832,000 issued	50th Anniversary of the Rough Riders Prescott, AZ - Oct. 27, 1948 53,875,000 issued


Juliette Low - Girl Scouts Savannah, GA - Oct.2 9, 1948 63,834,500 issued	Moina Michael Issue Athens, GA - Nov. 9, 1948 64,079,500 issued	Gettysburg Address Gettysburg, PA - Nov. 19, 1948 63,388,000 issued


Gold Star Mothers Washington, D.C. - Sep. 21, 1948 Perf 10½ x 11 - 77,149,000 issued	Centenary of the American Turners Cincinnati, OH - Nov. 20, 1948 Perf 10½ x 11 - 62,285,500 issued

Rotary Press - Perf 10½ x 11 - 280 Subject Electric Eye Plates


Will Rogers Issue Claremore, OK - Nov. 4, 1948 67,162,200 issued	Centennial of Fort Bliss El Paso, TX - Nov. 5, 1948 64,561,000 issued	Joel Chandler Harris Eatonton, GA - Dec. 9, 1948 57,492,610 issued

The following postage stamp varieties were first issued by the U.S. in 1948:

Ordinary issue:

There were no new Regular Issue stamps issued in 1948.

Commemoratives:

Scott 953 - 3¢ Famous American Scientist George Washington Carver - Designer: William A. Roach - Modeler: Robert L. Miller
Engravers: Edward R. Grove (portrait) & James T. Vail & A. W. Christensen (frame, numerals & lettering)
Scott 954 - 3¢ Centenary of California's Gold - Designer: Charles R. Chickering - Engravers: Matthew D. Fenton (vignette & ribbon) & A. Christensen
Scott 955 - 3¢ 150th Anniversary of Mississippi Settlement - Designer: Wm. K. Schrage - Engravers: M. D. Fenton (portrait, seal & map) & A. Christensen
Scott 956 - 3¢ Four Chaplains and the Sinking S.S. Dorchester - Designer: C. R. Chickering - Engraver: M. Fenton (vignette) & E. H. Helmuth (lettering & numerals)
Scott 957 - 3¢ Centenary of Wisconsin's Statehood - Designer: V. S. McCloskey, Jr. - Engraver: R. M. Bower
Scott 958 - 3¢ Centenary of Swedish Pioneer Settlements in the Midwest - Designer: C. R. Chickering - Engraver: C. T. Arlt
Scott 959 - 3¢ Century of Progress of American Women - Designer: V. S. McCloskey, Jr. - Engraver: C. T. Arlt
Scott 960 - 3¢ Famous American Author William Allen White - Designer: William Roach - Engraver: C. A. Brooks
Scott 961 - 3¢ United States - Canada Friendship Issue - Designer: Leon Helguera - Engraver: G. A. Gundersen
Scott 962 - 3¢ Francis Scott Key - Designer: V. S. McCloskey, Jr. - Engraver: R. M. Bower
Scott 963 - 3¢ Salute to Youth Issue - Designer: V. S. McCloskey, Jr. - Engraver: M. D. Fenton
Scott 964 - 3¢ Centenary of Oregon Territory - Designer: C. R. Chickering - Engraver: C. T. Arlt
Scott 965 - 3¢ Famous American Jurist Harlan Fiske Stone - Designer: C. R. Chickering - Engraver: C. T. Arlt
Scott 966 - 3¢ Mt. Palomar Observatory - Designer: V. S. McCloskey, Jr. - Engraver: G. A. Gundersen
Scott 967 - 3¢ Clara Barton Founder of the American Red Cross - Designer: C. R. Chickering - Engraver: C. A. Brooks
Scott 968 - 3¢ Centennial of the American Poultry Industry - Designer: C. R. Chickering - Engraver: M. D. Fenton
Scott 969 - 3¢ Gold Star Mothers Issue - Designer: C. R. Chickering - Engraver: A. W. Dintaman
Scott 970 - 3¢ Fort Kearny Issue - Designer: Wm. K. Schrage - Engravers: G. A. Gundersen (vignette) & A. W. Christensen (frame, numerals & lettering)
Scott 971 - 3¢ 300th Anniversary of the American Volunteer Fireman - Designer: Wm. K. Schrage - Engravers: R. M. Bower (portrait) & J. S. Edmondson (lettering & numerals)
Scott 972 - 3¢ Oklahoma Indian Centennial - "Trail of Tears" - Designer: R. L. Miller - Engraver: C. A. Brooks
Scott 973 - 3¢ 50th Anniversary of the Rough Riders - Designer: V. S. McCloskey, Jr. - Engraver: C. T. Arlt
Scott 974 - 3¢ Juliette Lowe - Founder of Girl Scouting in America - Designer: William Schrage - Engraver: G. A. Gundersen
Scott 975 - 3¢ Famous American Humorist Will Rogers - Designer: C. R. Chickering - Engraver: M. D. Fenton
Scott 976 - 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 - 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 - 3¢ Famous American Author Joel Chandler Harris - Designer: Wm. K. Schrage
Engravers: R. M. Bower (portrait) & C. T. Arlt (frame) & J. S. Edmondson (lettering & numerals)

Air Mail:

Scott C37 - 5¢ DC-4 Skymaster Coil of 1948
Scott C38 - 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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