5¢ - Blue, dark blue
Printing Method: Flat plate
Subject: Minute Man
Number issued: 5,348,800
Perforations: 11
Watermark: Unwatermarked
Scott #: 619
Issued: April 4th, 1925
Used
75¢ - $1.50
No postmark with gum (MH)
$2 - $3
Full perfect gum, no postmark
no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH)
$5 - $9
A pane of 50 of #619, there were four panes to a sheet of 200
#619 was issued with the following plate #'s
16805-08
A first day cover of #619, April 4th, 1925
This stamp was one of a series of stamps that commemorated the 150th anniversary of the Revolutionary War. This series was issued to commemorate Lexington and Concord, which were the precursor to the revolutionary war. As such, only two stamps were supposed to be issued, a Lexington and a Concord, with which the minutemen were associated. The original designs are shown in the third image above. There was a movement to include Paul Revere in this series with perhaps a depiction of his midnight ride to Concord, but alas, he did not make the cut.
The vignette design depicts the statue of a Minute Man by Daniel Chester French located in Concord, Massachusetts. The top photo shows the photo today, and the second photo is the actual photo that was used for the design
The last two images are proofs of the design (619 P1 and P2)