#614 - 1924 1ยข Huguenot-Walloon
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Basic Info
1¢ - Green, dark green
Printing Method: Flat plate
Subject: The 'Nieuw Nederland'
Number issued: 51,000,000
Perforations: 11
Watermark: Unwatermarked
Scott #: 614
Issued: May 1st, 1924
Value
Used
25¢
No postmark with gum (MH)
50¢ - 75¢
Full perfect gum, no postmark
no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH)
$1 - $1.50
A full pane
A pane of 100 of #614, there were four panes to a sheet of 400
Plate #'s
#614 was issued with the following plate #'s
15756-59, 78-85
The stamps evolution
Congressman Dr. John Baer Stoudt suggested that the 1924 tercentenary celebration of the Huguenot-Walloon expedition should be commemorated on a stamp. Originally it was suggested that four values should be issued, 1¢, 2¢, 5¢ and 50¢.
Congressman Dr. John Baer Stoudt suggested that the 1924 tercentenary celebration of the Huguenot-Walloon expedition should be commemorated on a stamp. Originally it was suggested that four values should be issued, 1¢, 2¢, 5¢ and 50¢.
The subject of the vignette is the expeditions ship the 'Nieuw Nederland'. The Walloon expedition established the colony of Fort Orange, now Albany, and the smaller offshoot colony on Manhattan Island called Nieuw Amsterdam. A 1665 painting of the ship docked outside this colony is the first image shown above. This is followed by a later 1665 painting of the Nieuw Amsterdam Colony. The third image is an imagined depiction of the ship drawn (614-E1) by the Bureau of Engraving based on an August Milne painting. The last image is an essay using an unadopted frame design.
First day cover
A first day cover of #615, May 1st, 1924
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