1940 2¢ John Philip Sousa #880
(Famous American series)
John Philip Sousa
Composer and conductor
Composed "Stars and Stripes are Forever"
2¢ Pink carmine
Recess Printing - Perf. 10½ x 11
Scott #880 - 1940
58 million printed
Value
Used: $0.01
No postmark with gum (MH): $0.01
Full perfect gum, no postmark, no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH): $0.01
Small die proof (880-P2)
A first day cover of #880 dated May 3rd 1940
John Sousa directed the Marine Corps Band for many years
Source photograph for the vignette design
The USPS issued a 100th anniversary commemorative stamp in 1997 (#3153)