Issued: Philadelphia, PA - October 4th, 1952

First day cover

First day Maxim Card

Plate Size: Sheets of 200 (4 panes of 50) on electric eye plates.


Pane of 50

Printer: The Bureau of Printing and Engraving

Watermark: USPS, single lined

Quantity Issued: 115,430,000

Look for blocks of four or six,
MNH with the plate number as shown above.
Do not bother investing in graded stamps as they
only depreciate for this year.

One of the Paper Boys of America, a 1950's photograph.

The stamp was originaly supposed to celebrate free enterprise, as America's economic post war surge was in full force. You will see on the torch the words "Free Enterprise" on the torch. Then somewhere along the process it was decided that the epitomy of Free Enterprise was the boy getting busy earning his pocket money delivering papers.

At the time there was a big push to get boys involved in community activity, such as Boy Scouts of America. The common slogan at the time was that todays Newspaper boys would be tomorrows leaders. I know mine will not be a baseball pitcher when he gets older.

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