1940 3¢ 50th Anniversary of Wyoming Statehood #897
3¢ Brown Violet
Rotary Press Printing - Perf. 10½ x 11
50 million printed - Scott #897 - 1940
Value
Used: $0.01
No postmark with gum (MH): $0.02
Full perfect gum, no postmark, no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH): $0.02
Small die proof on white wove card
897P2
A pane of 50 stamps, there were four panes to a sheet of 200
A first day cover of #897 dated July 10th 1940
Source engraving for the design
The Great Seal of Wyoming
Beautiful Wyoming
in 1990 the USPS celebrated the 100th anniversary of Wyoming Statehood with this stamp (#2444)
