A series of definitives issued beginning in 1938 depicting all of the presidents of the UInited States through Calvin Coolidge. Three stamps also included non-presidentail subjects. Each of these included a ½ cent.
This series is the first time that stamps were issued that had denominations other than the normal postal rates of the time.
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Letter Rate 3¢ Package Rate 3¢ Postcard Rate 2¢ Effective 1/1/1952 United States 4/12/1954 Bill Haley records 'Rock Around the Clock" Bill Haley and the Comets recorded 'Rock Around the Clock" at Pythian Temple Studios in Manhattan. It became a number #1 Billboard hit for eight straight weeks. American President Dwight D Eisenhower (1/20/1953-1/20/1961) Argentine President Juan Perón (6/4/1946-9/19/1955) Australian Prime Minister Robert Menzies (12/19/1949-1/26/1966) Austrian President Theodor Körner (6/21/1951-1/4/1957) Belgian Prime Minister Achille Van Acker (4/23/1954-6/26/1958) Brazilian President João Café Filho (8/24/1954-11/8/1955) British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (10/26/1951-4/5/1955) Canadian Prime Minister Louis St Laurent (11/15/1948-6/21/1957) East German President Wilhelm Pieck (10/11/1949-9/7/1960) German President Theodor Heuss (9/12/1949-9/12/1959) Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida (10/15/1948-12/10/1954)