1940 2¢ James A. McNeill Whistler #885
(Famous American series)
James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Artist, active during the American Gilded Age
2¢ Pink carmine
Recess Printing - Perf. 10½ x 11
Scott #885 - 1940
54 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 (885-P2)
Photo essay (885-E)
A first day cover of #885 dated September 5th 1940
A sheet of 70
'Portrait of the artist's mother' by James McNeill Whistler
Source photograph for the vignette design
In 1934 the Post Office used 'Portrait of the artist's mother' by James McNeill Whistler
for the design of a stamp in memory of the mothers of America
(#737)