#615 - 1924 2ยข Huguenot-Walloon
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Basic Info
2¢ - Carmine rose, dark carmine rose
Printing Method: Flat plate
Subject: Landing at Fort Orange
Number issued: 77,753,423
Perforations: 11
Watermark: Unwatermarked
Scott #: 615
Issued: May 1st, 1924
Value
Used
25¢
No postmark with gum (MH)
$1 - $1.50
Full perfect gum, no postmark
no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH)
$1.25 - $2.50
A full pane
A pane of 100 of #615, there were four panes to a sheet of 400
Plate #'s
#615 was issued with the following plate #'s
15744-47, 60-63, 66-69, 86-89
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¢.
The subject of the vignette is the expeditions landing at Fort Orange now Albany and the smaller offshoot colony on The subject of the vignette is the expeditions landing at Fort Orange, now Albany and the smaller offshoot colony on Manhattan Island called Nieuw Amsterdam. The vignette was a copy of an engraving (first photo above) shown in Mrs Lambs History of New York (second photo above). The third image is an essay (615-E1) from the Bureau of Engraving. The last image is a die proof on card (615-P2)
First day cover
A first day cover of #615, May 1st, 1924
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