Stamp Details

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Description

Liberty Bell (1752), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Theme

This is a meta series that encompases all commemorative stamps with the Revolutionary War theme.

1¢ George Washington at Cambridge (1775)
2¢ Liberty Bell (1752), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2¢ Alexander Hamilton’s Battery, by Edmund Franklin Ward
2¢ George Washington praying at Valley Forge (1866)
2¢ George Washington, overprinted Molly Pitcher
2¢ The Fall of Fort Sackville (1923), by Frederick Coffay Yohn
2¢ John Sullivan (1740-1795), Continental Congress delegate
2¢ Count de Rochambeau, Washington, and Count de Grasse
3¢ Proclamation of Peace

Series

Sesquicentennial Exposition Issue
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2¢ Liberty Bell (1752), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Face Value

2¢

Date Issued

10-May-1926

Location

Philatelic Agency in Washington DC
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Boston, Massachusetts

Run Qty

Unknown

Separation

Perforations

Perferations

11 x 11

Print Method

Recess

Printing Process

Flat Plate

Color(s)

Carmine Rose

Watermark

None - No watermark

Notes

This was a single stamp issued to commemorate the Sesquicentennial Exposition in Philadelphia. Only one stamp was issued although a multi-stamp series was requested by the exposition.

People

Huston, Claire Aubrey - Designer
Hall, Edward M - Engraver (frame)
Hall, Edward M - Engraver (lettering)
Eissler, John - Engraver (vignette)

See also

1847us.com Arago colnect.com Jim's Stamp Album

Key Word(s)

1776 1926 Sesquicentennial Exposition Philadelphia Liberty Bell Liberty Bell 150

In Collection

Acquired	No	Stamp Qty
3/14/2021		1
Stamp Qty 1 Mount J Acquired 3/14/2021 - Unused; Unhinged Gum Cond Mint never hinged Centering Very fine Location American Heirloom Volume 1

Values

Used

$0.50

Mint

$2.25

PB or LP

$37.50

Count

FDC

$15.00

Values as of

2015

1926 in History

Letter Rate

2¢

Package Rate

2¢

Postcard Rate

1¢

Effective

7/1/1919

American President
Calvin Coolidge (8/2/1923-3/4/1929)

Argentine President
Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear (10/12/1922-10/12/1928)

Australian Prime Minister
Stanley Bruce (2/9/1923-10/22/1929)

Austrian President
Michael Hainisch (12/9/1920-12/10/1928)

Belgian Prime Minister
Prosper Poullet (6/17/1925-5/20/1926)

Brazilian President
Arthur Bernardes (11/15/1922-11/14/1926)

British Prime Minister
Stanley Baldwin (11/4/1924-6/4/1929)

Canadian Prime Minister
William Lyon Mackenzie King (12/29/1921-6/28/1926)

German President
Paul von Hindenburg (5/12/1925-8/2/1934)

Japanese Prime Minister
Wakatsuki Reijiro (1/30/1926-4/20/1927)

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