#854 1939 3ยข Washington Taking Oath of Office Sesquicentennial
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Basic Info
3¢ Red violet
Subject: Washington Taking Oath of Office
Perforations: 11
Number issued: 72,764,550
Scott #: 854
Issued: April 30th, 1939
Value for pairs
Full perfect gum, no postmark
no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH)
25¢
Used and MH
5¢
First Day Cover
A first day cover, dated April 30th, 1939
Plate #'s
#854 was issued with the following plate #'s
Numbers
22365-73
The Inspiration for the Design
On April 30, 1789, George Washington, standing on the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York, took his oath of office as the first President of the United States. “As the first of every thing, in our situation will serve to establish a Precedent,” he wrote James Madison, “it is devoutly wished on my part, that these precedents may be fixed on true principles.”
A full pane
A pane of 50 stamps, there were two panes to a sheet of 100
Proofs
852-P2
Small die proof on india
852-P2
852-TC1
Trial color proof on india, die sunk in card
852-TC1
1939 Issues
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