1940 2¢ Samuel Morse #890
(Famous American series)
Samuel Morse
Painter and inventor
2¢ Pink carmine
Recess Printing - Perf. 10½ x 11
Scott #890 - 1940
53 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 (890-P2)
photo essay (890-E)
A first day cover of #890 dated October 7th 1940
A sheet of 70
Early use of the telegraph
Source photograph for the vignette design
In 1944 the Post Office celebrated Samuel Morse's invention (#924)